Collection

About the photographs

There are more than three thousand photographs in the entire Philip Timms Photograph Collection. Fifteen hundred of these images were digitized during the project entitled Vancouver's Golden Years, 1900-1910: Photographs by Philip Timms which was funded through Canada's Digital Collections Program. The second Timms project, also funded by Industry Canada, entitled British Columbia Through the Camera Lens of Philip Timms, ensures that the remaining images are available for the public to view.

Images in the collection exist in a variety of formats, including: glass plate negative, film based negative, lantern slide, and display print. Subjects include: children, streetscapes, houses, ships, ferries, locomotives, picnics, beach scenes, parks, mountains and local industry.

Timms' photographs provide a rich resource that lends itself well to a wide variety of audiences locally, nationally and internationally, including: film and television companies, architects and city planners, students, teachers, historians, librarians, and writers.

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Navigation Bar: 18573, Philip Timms, Date unknown, Stanley Park walks, Vancouver, B.C.

Top Right: 18570, Philip Timms, Date unknown, Interurban railway, Vancouver, B.C.

Bottom Left: VPL 8061, Philip Timms, 190-, Location unknown, Women and children.

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This digital collection was produced with financial assistance from Canada's Digital Collections Initiative, Industry Canada.