The Royal Treatment

The Royal Treatment

 

Lieutenant-Governors

Lieutenant-Governors at Work

This is a photograph of the front page of the first marriage license issued in BC.
This is a photograph of the back page of the first marriage license issued in BC.
This is a photograph of the original petition created to show support for a provincial museum.
This is a photograph of the second page of the original petition created to show support for a provincial museum.
This is a photograph of the third page of the original petition created to show support for a provincial museum.
This is a photograph of the letter from Lieutenant-Governor Clement Cornwall that accompanied the petition for a provincial museum.

Government House: Official Residence of the Lieutenant-Governor

This is a photograph of an 1889 map of Victoria, BC.
This is a black and white photograph of Cary Castle, the first Government House.
This is a black and white photograph of Government House on fire in 1957, smoke surrounds the building.

The Mystery of the Lieutenant-Governor Uniform

Royal BC Museum Conservator Colleen Wilson tells the story of the conservation of Lieutenant-Governor McInnes’ uniform with these photographs. For more information see A Vice-Regal Mystery in read.

This is a close-up photograph of the uniform label showing the name of Lieutenant-Governor McInnes.
This is a photograph showing stitching on the Lieutenant-Governor uniform.
This is a photograph showing the tails of the Lieutenant-Governor uniform being repaired.
This is a photograph revealing the interior lining of the Lieutenant-Governor uniform.
This is a photograph of pins holding pieces of the uniform together during the conservation process.
This is a photograph showing the lining of the uniform tails.
This is a photograph showing where frayed quilted silk was covered with sheer silk for protection.
This is a photograph showing the back of the uniform after it had been repaired by museum conservators.
This is a close-up photograph showing detail on the Lieutenant-Governor uniform and the Conservator’s stitches.
This is a photograph showing the interior of the Lieutenant-Governor uniform hat and the hand embroidered monogram.
This is a photograph showing feathers being dyed for the Lieutenant-Governor’s uniform.
his is a photograph showing the repaired Lieutenant-Governor’s hat.

Please feel free to use these images to educate and inspire in your classrooms. Should you wish to use them for any other purposes, please contact the Permissions and Licensing Office at 250-356-0138 or Toll Free: 1-866-356-0138 or access@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.

This is a black and white photograph of Joseph Trutch, standing, holding a top hat in one hand.
This is a black and white photograph of Clement Cornwall with his family in a horse led carriage.
This is a photograph of Edgar Dewdey seated wearing the Lieutenant-Governor uniform.
This is a black and white photograph of Thomas McInnes in his Lieutenant-Governor uniform.
This is a black and white photograph of Sir Francis Barnard in the Lieutenant-Governor uniform.
This is a black and white photograph of Walter Nichol shaking hands with Chief Maquinna.
This is a black and white photograph of Randolph Bruce in the Lieutenant-Governor uniform.
This is a black and white photograph of American Vice President John Nance Garner and Mrs. Garner, Lieutenant-Governor Fordham Johnson and Premier Pattullo in 1935.
This is a black and white photograph taken at a state luncheon Victoria in 1951 of Lieutenant-Governor Clarence Wallace, the Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, Premier Byron Johnson and Duke of Edinburgh.
This is a black and white photograph of Henry Bell-Irving in the Lieutenant-Governor uniform.
This is a colour photograph of Robert Rogers outside on a sunny day at a children’s garden party in 1984, surrounded by children.
A colour photograph of Lieutenant-Governor David See-Chai Lam with Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II
This is a colour photograph of Iona Campagnolo in the Lieutenant-Governor uniform.
This is a colour photograph of Iona Campagnolo’s Lieutenant-Governor uniform.
This is a colour photograph of Steven Point kneeling down to speak with a group of elementary school students in 2011.
This is a colour photograph showing Judith Guichon in the Lieutenant-Governor uniform in front of youth at the Albert Head Air Cadet Summer Training Centre in 2013.

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