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Book Cover of Lady Aberdeen’s 1893 “Through Canada with a Kodak”

Book Cover of Lady Aberdeen’s 1893 “Through Canada with a Kodak”

This is the book cover of Lady Aberdeen’s 1893, Through Canada with a Kodak. The book was published in London by Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Company.
H. P. Lee Real Estate Advertisement, n.d.

H. P. Lee Real Estate Advertisement, n.d.

This advertisement was aimed at attracting new settlers to the Okanagan Valley, for its good weather and lifestyle in fruit farming.  
‘Aberdeen Estates’ Fruit Farms Advertisement in the Vernon News, 1892

‘Aberdeen Estates’ Fruit Farms Advertisement in the Vernon News, 1892

An advertisement for the sale of the ‘Aberdeen Estates’ fruit farms was placed in the April 7, 1892 Vernon News.  Mackay placed many ads to help sell the Coldstream […]
“Residence No. 1. Present owner emerging from inspection”; “Residence No. 2.”; “Residence No. 3.”, 1891

“Residence No. 1. Present owner emerging from inspection”; “Residence No. 2.”; “Residence No. 3.”, 1891

John McDougall was born at Fort Garry around 1827 to a Scottish father and a First Nations mother.  McDougall travelled through the Okanagan Valley while working for the […]
Coldstream, 1898

Coldstream, 1898

Archival photographs are used in the video to illustrate some of the people, buildings, and places in the Coldstream area that Lady Aberdeen described in her journal. These […]
The Aberdeens arrive at Guisachan Farm

The Aberdeens arrive at Guisachan Farm

The Aberdeens arrive at Guisachan Farm October 14th, 1891 They arrived unannounced at Okanagan Mission and had to walk a couple of miles to the Guisachan.  At first […]
The Aberdeens Arrive in the Okanagan Valley

The Aberdeens Arrive in the Okanagan Valley

The Aberdeens arrive in the Okanagan Valley, October 14th, 1891 October 14th, 1891. Vernon, Sicamous, Guisachan.  Here we are at last at our destination! The starting of the first […]
Mackay’s plan for the New Townsite of Benvoulin, 1891

Mackay’s plan for the New Townsite of Benvoulin, 1891

Mackay’s 1891 plan for the Benvoulin townsite, which was amended in 1937.  The Benvoulin townsite never really came to fruition, as Bernard Lequime filed his new Kelowna townsite […]
Mackay’s Advertisement for “Fruit Farms for Sale”, 1891

Mackay’s Advertisement for “Fruit Farms for Sale”, 1891

This advertisement, to sell 10-40 acre lots for fruit farms in the Okanagan Mission, was put into the local paper, the Vernon News, by G.G. Mackay & Son […]
Advertisement for ‘The Kodak Camera’, 1889

Advertisement for ‘The Kodak Camera’, 1889

The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company (1892 renamed Eastman Kodak Company) used the slogan You press the button, we do the rest.  The camera was marketed to the […]
Marjoribanks’ Family Crest

Marjoribanks’ Family Crest

The Marjoribanks’ family crest with the motto Advance with Courage.