The City of Victoria Archives’ Online Search was launched Thursday. It’s a searchable database containing more than 10,000 digitized archival photos and records.
The database includes:
• Photos chronicling evocative moments in the city’s history, including soldiers marching off to war, haying on Dallas Road, wooden paving blocks being pulled up on Yates Street in 1947 and soldiers digging trenches in Beacon Hill Park as part of a training exercise prior to deployment in the First World War.
• A collection of photos from H.U. Knight, including candid photos of Emily Carr in her studio in 1934.
• A large collection from photographer W.E. John, known for his quirky and candid shots of people living their lives throughout the city, particularly in the 1960s. The collection includes photographs from a “love-in” held in Beacon Hill Park in 1967.
There is lots to explore on this site. To get an idea of what is available, select Subjects in the left margin and enter “war” in the search box to find a collection of digitized photos taken during WWI and WWII.
More info in this Times Colonist article.
