Historic Victoria Advertisements Automobiles & Transportation 1940-1949 As part of our series on Historic Victoria Advertisements, Automobiles & Transportation, 1940-1949, here is a 1940 advertisement for Vancouver Island Coach Lines, which at that time was based at Gordon Street and Courtney Street, where the Broughton Street Parkade is now located. 1940 advertisement [...]
Historic Victoria Advertisements Businesses / Music 1910-1919 As part of our series on Historic Victoria Advertisements, Businesses / Music, 1910-1919 , here is a 1919 advertisement for Columbia Records, available at Weiler Brothers, 921 Government Street. 1919 advertisement for Columbia Records at Weiler Brothers, 921 Government Street (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection) [...]
Historic Victoria Advertisements Women's Clothing 1910-1919As part of our series on Historic Victoria Advertisements, Women's Clothing, 1910-1919, here is a 1911 advertisement for Angus Campbell & Co., "The Ladies Store" which operated from the Promis Block, 1010 Government Street, for over three decades.This advertisement focuses on Corsets, a standard women's clothing accessory at that time. [...]
Historic Victoria Advertisements Automobiles & Transportation 1930-1939 As part of our series on Historic Victoria Advertisements, Automobiles & Transportation, 1930-1939, here is a 1931 advertisement for Willys cars and trucks, sold by Thomas Weeks & Sons Ltd., 968 Yates Street. 1931 advertisement for Willys cars and trucks, sold by Thomas H. Weeks [...]
Historic Victoria Advertisements Businesses As part of our series on Historic Victoria Advertisements, Businesses, here is a 1931 advertisement for The Pantorium Dye Works, located at 905 Fort Street. 1931 advertisement for the Pantorium Dye Works, whose business building is still standing at 905 Fort Street. (Victoria Online Sightseeing ours collection) [...]
Historic Victoria Advertisements Automobiles & Transportation 1930-1939 As part of our series on Historic Victoria Advertisements, Automobiles & Transportation, 1930-1939, here is a 1931 advertisement for CCM bicycles, then available in Victoria at the Hudson's Bay Company, 1701 Douglas Street, Plimley & Ritchie, in the now demolished Arcade Building, (Government Street at View Street) [...]
Historic Victoria Advertisements Household Products & Services Here is a 1931 advertisement from B.C. Electric, the forerunner to today’s B.C. Hydro, showing domestic electricity rates. […]
Historic Victoria AdvertisementsAutomobiles & Transportation 1930-1939As part of our series on Historic Victoria Advertisements, Automobiles & Transportation, 1930-1939, here is a 1931 advertisement for Plymouth automobiles, from the Begg Motor Company, 865 Yates Street.In 1926, when it built 865 Yates Street as its office and showroom, Begg Motor Company had been [...]
Historic Victoria Advertisements Women's Clothing 1910-1919As part of our series on Historic Victoria Advertisements, Women's Clothing, 1910-1919, here is a 1911 advertisement for Angus Campbell & Co., "The Ladies Store" which operated from the Promis Block, 1010 Government Street, for over three decades. 1911 advertisement for Angus Campbell, a women's clothing store located at 1010 [...]
Historic Victoria Advertisements Automobiles & Transportation 1910-1919 As part of our series on Historic Victoria Advertisements, Automobiles & Transportation , 1910-1919 , here are two 1911 advertisements for the B.C. Coast Service, a division of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which ran passenger ships between Victoria, Vancouver and other points along the B.C. coast. It also ran [...]