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Flynn Bros. Publishing Ltd., Published 1987. Paperback, [124] pp (unpaginated); 28 cm; illustrated with black-and-white historic photographs and engravings, color photographs, and period sponsor advertisements. Cover watercolor of the Parliament Buildings by Roberto Marquez; cover designed by Publi News Canada.
In Very Good condition. Illustrated card covers, front cover bright with mild shelf wear to edges and a few small specks; plain pale green rear cover with faint handling creases and a few small spots. Perfect bound, binding sound. Interior clean and unmarked. Reprint of the Victoria Historical Review, first published in 1962 by the Victoria Centennial Celebration Society to mark the city's centennial and given free to Victoria taxpayers, reissued for the 125th anniversary of incorporation. The 1962 text is reprinted unchanged, with added color photographs by Sean Flynn of the same sites taken from the same viewing angles, and a greeting from Mayor Gretchen Brewin. Includes Fort Victoria and the Hudson's Bay Company under James Douglas, Victoria in 1862 from the Howard and Barnett directory, Nomination Day 1862 and the mayors of Victoria to 1962, the Victoria Fire Department in 1861, a navy ball of 1890, early Victoria homes, Chinatown, the Butchart Gardens, and Martha Cheney's diary of farm life at Metchosin in the 1850s, with extracts from the British Colonist and the Victoria Colonist. Most historic photographs are from originals in the Provincial Archives; the original sponsor advertisements are reprinted throughout (Royal London Wax Museum, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Vancouver Island Coach Lines, B.C. Government Travel Bureau).