Historic Victoria Advertisements
Advertising is an excellent historical resource so we regularly post Historic Victoria Advertisements on the Victoria Online Sightseeing website.
Please note that this is a work in progress; we will be adding more to this page in due time.
Here are the topics we have included so far:
![1913 advertisement for Hudson Six and the Vancouver Island Motor Company. (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/HUdson-1913-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-1662x1332.jpg)
1913 advertisement for Hudson Six and the Vancouver Island Motor Company. (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)
![1939 advertisement for Phoenix Lager, brewed by the Victoria Phoenix brewing Company at 1921 Government Street (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Phoenix_Lager-dailycolonist-1939-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-1662x1731.jpg)
1939 advertisement for Phoenix Lager, brewed by the Victoria Phoenix brewing Company at 1921 Government Street (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)
![1913 advertisement Budweiser beer, distributed in Victoria by R.P. Rithet & Co., Wharf Street (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/RP_Rithet-Budweiser-dailycolonist-1912-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-1662x1602.jpg)
1913 advertisement Budweiser beer, distributed in Victoria by R.P. Rithet & Co., Wharf Street (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)
We have included a page on long running, but now defunct, Businesses which had palyed a role in Victoria’s history.
This 1913 advertisement for Budweiser was placed by R.P. Rithet & Co., which operated for decades in the Rithet Building, 1117-1125 Wharf Street.
Department Stores
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![1924 advertisement for Angus Campbell & Co., which occupied 1010 Government Street for over two decades.](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Angus_Campbell-1010_Government_St-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-1662x2745-620x1024.jpg)
1924 advertisement for Angus Campbell & Co., which occupied 1010 Government Street for over two decades.
Fashion
- 1900-1909 (coming soon)
- 1910-1919 (coming soon)
- 1920-1929
- 1930-1939 (coming soon)
- 1940-1949 (coming soon)
- 1950-1959 (coming soon)
![1915 Advertisement For Dr. Gilbert's Painless Dental Parlors, 1304 Douglas Street (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Dentist-Dr_Gilberts-1915-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-1662x1701.jpg)
1915 Advertisement For Dr. Gilbert’s Painless Dental Parlors, 1304 Douglas Street (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)
- 1900-1909 (coming soon)
- 1910-1919
- 1920-1929 (coming soon)
- 1930-1939 (coming soon)
- 1940-1949 (coming soon)
- 1950-1959 (coming soon)
- 1960-1969 (coming soon)
![1909 advertisement for W.G. Cameron, 581 Johnson Street, (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/WG_Cameron-dailycolonist-1909-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-1662x1217.jpg)
1909 advertisement for W.G. Cameron, 581 Johnson Street, (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)
![Romano Theater advertisement,1919, for The Love Swindle starring Edith Roberts (1899-1935).](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Romano_Theatre-1919-VictoriaOnlineSightseeingTours-1662x3686-462x1024.jpg)
Romano Theater advertisement,1919, for The Love Swindle starring Edith Roberts (1899-1935).
![1909 advertisement for the then newly subdivided are bordered by Fairfiled Road, Cook Street, Oscar Street and Linden Avenue (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Fairfield_Estate-dailycolonist-1909-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-1662x1261.jpg)
1909 advertisement for the then newly subdivided are bordered by Fairfield Road, Cook Street, Oscar Street and Linden Avenue (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)
Sports, Recreation & Fitness
Coming soon
![1929 advertisement for Sparton Radios, sold at the Hudson's Bay Company and at Kent's, 642 Yates Street, (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Sparton_Radios-dailycolonist-1929-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-1662x2259-753x1024.jpg)
1929 advertisement for Sparton Radios, sold at the Hudson’s Bay Company and at Kent’s, 642 Yates Street, (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)
![1912 advertisement for Finch & Finch, 719 Yates Street (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FinchFinch-advertisement-1912-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-1662x2477-687x1024.jpg)
1912 advertisement for Finch & Finch, 719 Yates Street (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)
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