Online Photograph Databases
British Columbia Archives (Royal BC Museum) -- Visual Records Online
Database contains textual descriptions of photographs, paintings, drawings and prints from the British Columbia Archives' visual records collection. Of these over 110,000 items have images on-line for viewing.
British Columbia Central Coast Archives Online Photograph Database
Provides an online photograph database for historical images of the Bella Coola Valley.
BC Institute of Technology Archives -- Aircraft Training Maintenance Multi-media Collection
Provides access to a searchable multi-media collection related to the first fifty years of Aircraft Maintenance Training.
City of Richmond Archives -- Historical Photographs
Over 7,000 scanned images from the photographic holdings of the City of Richmond Archives are now accessible.
City of Vancouver Archives -- Historical Photograph Collection
Approximately 14,200 images from the extensive historical photograph collection of the City of Vancouver Archives have been scanned into the Archives' database and are available online. Photographs depict subjects relating to Vancouver's history, government and culture from the 1860s to the 1980s.
Greater Vernon Museum and Archives Online Photograph Database
Provides an online photograph database for historical images of Vernon and area in the holdings of the Greater Vernon Museum and Archives.
Langley Centennial Museum Historical Photograph Database
Provides an online database of the historical photographs in the holdings of the Langley Centennial Museum and National Exhibition Centre.
Nanaimo Community Archives - Nanaimo Chinatowns Photograph Database
As a part of a major online exhibition documenting the history of the various Chinatowns in Nanaimo, site provides searchable, online access to related historical photographs from the holdings of the Nanaimo Community Archives.
New Westminster Public Library Historical Photograph Database
Provides an online database of the Library's historical photograph collection.
North Vancouver Museum and Archives
Integrated database of archival holdings includes descriptions and scanned images of historic photographs of North Vancouver and area.
Thompson-Okanagan Historic Photographs
Scanned images of historic photographs depicting the Thompson/Okanagan region drawn from the holdings of the Kelowna Museum, the Historic O'Keefe Ranch, the En'Owkin Centre, and the Okanagan Centre Museum.
UBC Library Digital Resources
A new, searchable database consisting of images and bibliographic descriptions of historical photographs from the University Archives and University Library Rare Books and Special Collections. At present, images from the UBC historical photograph collection and photographs from the Fisherman Publishing Society, Macmillan Bloedel Ltd., Capilano Timber Company, and the Peter B. Anderson collection are available.
University of Victoria Archives Historical Photograph Database
The database provides access to images from the University of Victoria Archives historical photograph collection, most depicting persons, events and facilities at the University of Victoria and its predecessor body, Victoria College.
Vancouver Public Library Historical Photographs Database
An impressive historical photograph database , with images being added on an ongoing basis. Photographs by Leonard Frank, Philip Timms, Mattie Gunterman, and Artray Studios are currently available to view online.
Wells Archives Historical Photograph Database
This online database contains historical images from the Wells Archives (Wells Historical Society) depicting people, activity, industry and scenes around Wells and Barkerville.
Online Photograph Galleries
Bowen Island Museum and Archives
Photo gallery provides a selection of historical images of people and activities on Bowen Island.
British Columbia Medical Association Archives
"Portraits of the Presidents" consists of photographic portraits from the holdings of the BCMA Archives depicting the presidents of the BC Medical Association from 1899 to 2003. Gallery also includes biographical sketches of the early presidents (1899-1950).
Campbell River Museum and Archives
"'A Moment in Time', A Collection of Henry Twidle's Photographs" is a virtual exhibit incorporating photographs from the archival holdings of the Museum at Campbell River taken by Henry Twidle at the beginning of the 20th century. Photographs include logging camps, commercial fishing boats and canneries, and pioneer settlements and settlers. An earlier online gallery of historical photographs depicting fishing technology is also still available.
Chilliwack Museum and Archives
Online image gallery of historical photographs of Chilliwack and area.
City of Surrey Archives
The City of Surrey Archives Heritage Photograph Collection provides an online sampling of its extensive historical photograph holdings. The gallery illustrates two major facets of the city's history, townsites and transport.
City of Victoria Archives
The City of Victoria Archives provides a select, online sampling of historical images from the H.U. Knight fonds . Gallery includes images of buildings, businesses, social activities, and prominent residents of Victoria in the first half of the twentieth century.
Comox Archives and Museum
Online image gallery of historical photographs of Comox and area.
Delta Museum and Archives
Online image gallery of historical photographs of Delta and area from the Ken Young photograph collection .
Enderby and District Museum and Archives
Online exhibit ("Snapshots from the Past") of historical photographs organized by theme documenting the history of Enderby and surrounding areas. Includes an Image Directory with links to all online photographs.
Fort Steele Heritage Town Archives
A "photo album" of historical images depicting scenes of early Fort Steele and the East Kootenay.
Fraser-Fort George Regional Museum
Galleries of images taken by J. Simonson, depicting scenes, activities and people in the Fort George (Prince George) area of Central British Columbia in the early part of the 20th century.
Kitimat Centennial Museum - Project Images
Galleries of historical images of the development of the smelter and town of Kitimat and of the Kitimat-Kemano Project.
Powell River Historical Museum and Archives Historical Photographs
Gallery provides samples of historical photographs from the archives' holdings accessible by thematic area. Photographs depict various aspects of the development of Powell River and region.
Prince Rupert City and Regional Archives Photograph Gallery
Gallery provides sample images of historical photographs from the archives' holdings depicting scenes of Prince Rupert and area.
Revelstoke Museum and Archives Historical Photographs
Gallery provides samples of historical images from the archives' photograph holdings.
Rossland Museum Historical Photographs
Gallery provides samples of historical photographs from the archives' holdings relating to Rossland and the Le Roi mines.
Salmon Arm Museum
"Photo Archives" section provides image galleries alongside finding aids for the fonds of three prominent photographers in the Salmon Arm area, Frank Duncan , Rex Lingford , and H. Perrier .
Salt Spring Island Archives Historical Photographs
Gallery contains historical photographs of Salt Spring Island from a variety of collections in the archives' holdings.
Silverton Historical Society Photographs
Gallery contains historical photographs of Silverton and New Denver from the archives' holdings.
Trail City Archives
Gallery features images depicting scenes of Trail from ca. 1896 to ca. 1994.
United Church of Canada British Columbia Conference Archives
Gallery/exhibit features images depicting the history of the United Church of Canada's Marine Missions on the Central Coast of British Columbia .
University of British Columbia Archives
In addition to its comprehensive online photograph database, UBC Archives has now begun to add photograph galleries to inventories of fonds and collections in its holdings. Included are: the Gavin Dirom Photo Gallery and the George Van Wilby Photo Gallery .
Vancouver Public Library Digital Collections Online
Digital collections available online include the: Leonard Frank photograph collection ; Philip T.Timms: Vancouver's Golden Years: 1900-1910 ; British Columbia Through the Camera Lens of Philip Timms ; Mattie Gunterman: Camp Cook and Photographer ; The Artray Photograph Collection: Vignettes of Post War Vancouver ; and, The Canadian Pacific Railway Photograph Collection: A Special Collection of Photographs Documenting the History of the CPR in British Columbia .
Whistler Museum and Archives -- Pioneer Photographs from the Myrtle Philip Collection
Impressive web exhibit with thematic galleries of photographs depicting Myrtle Philip, a founding pioneer of Whistler, B.C., and many aspects of pioneer life in the Whistler area.