Light on the water : early photography of coastal British Columbia / Keith McLaren.

Main entry:

McLaren, Keith, 1950-

Title & Author:

Light on the water : early photography of coastal British Columbia / Keith McLaren.

Publication:

Description:

160 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Early Photographers on the B.C. Coast -- Ch. 1. Days of Sail -- Ch. 2. Local Shipbuilding -- Ch. 3. Coastal Routes -- Ch. 4. Across the Pacific -- Ch. 5. The Naval Presence -- Ch. 6. Trade and Industry.

Summary:

Light on the Water presents a choice collection of over 120 captivating black-and-white historic photographs of boats, ships and people along the coast of British Columbia from the late 1850s to the 1940s. As Keith McLaren points out, we are fortunate that the growing popularity of photography developed at the same time as European settlement of the coast. These early photographers left a legacy of superb images of intriguing and diverse subjects: sailing ships in storms, a pensive young girl at a launching, a fisherman baiting hooks, the luxurious interiors of Empress liners, gold seekers on the deck of a steamer, crowds waving good-bye to a troopship going off to war.

ISBN:

0295977485 (acid-free paper)
9780295977485 (acid-free paper)
1550546589
9781550546583

Subject:

Seafaring life British Columbia Pacific Coast Pictorial works.
Coastwise shipping British Columbia History.
Navires Colombie-Britannique Ouvrages illustrés.
Pacifique, Côte du (C.-B.) Histoire Ouvrages illustrés.
Transports maritimes côtiers Colombie-Britannique Histoire.
Vie en mer Colombie-Britannique Pacifique, Côte du Ouvrages illustrés.
Coastwise shipping
Seafaring life
Vie en mer Canada Colombie-Britanique Ouvrages illustrés.
Pacific Coast (B.C.) Pictorial works.
Pacifique, Côte du (C.-B.) Ouvrages illustrés.
British Columbia
British Columbia Pacific Coast
Colombie-Britanique (Canada) Ouvrages illustrés.

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
History
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 205670
Call No.: F1089 .P2 M35 1998
Status: Available

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