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Explore the museum's bird collection. Learn how to help birds through citizen science.
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Hannah Maynard was an early expert in experimental photography. In the mid-1800s, she started capturing portraits of Victoria’s early settlers and Indigenous communities. With explorations of multiple exposures and photo sculpting, she experimented with surrealism years before its time.
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For thousands of years, Indigenous people have shared the Great Bear Rainforest with wolves, eagles, sea otters, salmon and herring, as well as many other animals. It is the only home of BC’s provincial mammal, the Spirit Bear.
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British Columbia has high mountains. Lots of them. In fact, more than 12 per cent of the province is alpine tundra—land above the trees. The alpine tundra is a land of extremes. Trees can’t grow at such high elevations because of cold temperatures. The growing season is brief, and some areas are covered by snow…
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To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (DAO) partnered with Royal BC Museum. Discover how this place of science helped the world understand astronomy and our place in the universe.
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The world of filmmaking has changed dramatically over the years. Recording devices are now digital and they’re available to amateurs just about everywhere. Explore archival audio and film from the BC Archives to learn about home movies and amateur filmmaking through the career of Stanley Fox.
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Every picture tells a story, but whose story? How can a single picture tell us a story about what happened long ago? To answer these questions historians have developed some thoughtful ways to read photographs.
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Marine invertebrates are animals without backbones that live in the ocean. These creatures make up most of ocean animal life. Learn about the incredible diversity beneath the waves.
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Oral history recordings are like time machines. They transport us to the past and help us learn about the people and places of British Columbia. They are uniquely personal accounts of the past from the people who actually lived it. What can you discover about British Columbia’s past by listening?
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It’s been more than 100 years since the beginning of the First World War. How can we now use artifacts, documents, and other primary sources to understand what life was like for people during this part of BC’s past?
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The study of insects (entomology) is alive and well at the Royal BC Museum. Go behind the scenes to discover how we learn about the diversity of insect life in this province.
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The Royal BC Museum fish collection is varied and wonderful. Explore the astounding diversity of British Columbia fishes through the collection and scientific illustration.
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Jack Webster was a well-known British Columbian journalist. BCTV donated all of the Webster! episodes to the Royal BC Museum. What will you discover about BC's recent past from the Jack Webster collection?
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Emily Carr is British Columbia’s most famous artist, but she was also a colourful woman who lived a life full of adventure. Learn about Emily’s love of animals and explore her life through some of the museum’s vast Emily Carr collection.
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Canada’s oldest Chinatown is in Victoria, BC. The Royal BC Museum exhibition Tradition in Felicities used video, photographs and the written word to celebrate the community of this national landmark. Teachers look for lesson plans in Watch!
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Some of the oldest fossils in the Royal BC Museum collection are some of the oddest looking too. Learn about the strange forms of early life on Earth.
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American botanist Mary Gibson Henry collected plants in northeastern BC in 1931. Her pioneering journey was recorded on film. Lucky for us, BC Archives has a copy.
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With all the choices for recording images these days, the art of illustration is still valued by scientific researchers. Explore the work of gifted biologist and illustrator Dr Hart.
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The role of the British Crown in Canada is mainly ceremonial, but the lieutenant-governor still plays a key part in the governing of British Columbia.
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You might be surprised at what a seemingly simple piece of paper can reveal. The BC Archives holds paper documents such as birth, marriage and death certificates. These and other records are important resources for family history researchers.
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Citizen Science Card
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Completed Study Skin
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Final Stitch
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Tissue Collection
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Skinning
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First incision
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Data Collection
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Study Skin
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Taxonomy
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Catalogue
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British Columbians Respond
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Radio Transmitter
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Mark and Recapture
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Information Implicite ou Explicite
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Face Value vs. Inference
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Man in the Middle
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Leptoceratopsid Dinosaur Illustration
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Research Notebook
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Unique Toes
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Buster’s Skeleton
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Fossil Vertebrate Collection
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Climate Change and Plate Tectonics in BC
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The Story Behind Buster, the mountain dinosaur of BC
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Dating Fossil Discoveries
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Digital Dinosaur Bone
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Dinosaur Claw
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The Journey of a Fossil
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Mrs. R. Maynards Photo Gallery Final
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Lesson Plan Hannah Maynard
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Hannah Maynard Career
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Examining Buster’s Bones
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Examining maps
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Jet Boating
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Team Sustut
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Giant Turtle Shell Fossil
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Uncovering Fossils
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Thinking at Birdflat Creek
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Walking at Sustut River
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Outcrop
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Dinosaur Footprints Search
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Railway Fossils
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Moose Skull
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Dinosaur Path
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Dr. Arbour and Fossil Plant
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The Journey of a Fossil
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The Universe of John Plaskett
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Binary Star Conference
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DAO Opening Ceremony
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Plant Genetics
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Plant Detectives and Pollen Analysis
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Telescope Tube
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Dome Assembly
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Rotating Dome Tracks
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DAO Scale Model
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Completed Telescope Mirror
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Telescope Mirror
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J.S. Plaskett
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Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
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Telescope Mirror
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Dr. Dennis Crabtree
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Dr. Samantha Lawler
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Dr. J.S. Plaskett
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Plant Dryer
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BioBlitz Discoveries
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Great Tundra
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This Week in History: Season 6, Episode 10 – Photos of Great War Soldiers and Nurses from BC
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Ida Halpern and Historic First Nations Song Recordings
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Marine Travellers from Japan
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Seaweed and Bugs
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Guangzhou to British Columbia
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Gray Whale
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The Cowboy Cameraman
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Josephine Crease’s Photo Album
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Emily’s Family of Pets
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Vancouver Island Home Industry
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Drawing Fish
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Summer 2016 Facebook Live Species At Risk Event
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Stanley Fox A Life in Film
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Stanley Fox with video camera in 2000
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Stanley Fox and Dennis Duffy at National Film Week, Vancouver, March 1986.
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Stanley Fox directing
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Journal open to show entries for The Ox-Bow Incident and The Red Shoes
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A Critical Record of Contemporary Cinema
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Cover of a journal belonging to filmmaker Stanley Fox
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Stan Fox editing Ringers Required, 1960
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Production still from In the Daytime, 1948
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Stanley Fox and Peter Varley editing In the Daytime
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Stan Fox with cast and crew of Glub on location, 1947
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Stanley Fox with Bolex movie camera, 1947
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Stan Fox, age about 16, ca 1944
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Stanley Fox Interview, 1988
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Excerpt from The Suetonius Version, 1952.
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Stanley Park sequence from In the Daytime, 1949
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Suite Two excerpt, 1947
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Glub excerpt, 1947
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Stanley Fox on his first 16mm film footage
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This Week in History – Filmmaker Stanley Fox
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This Week in History Season 4 Episode 14 Mary Gibson Henry
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Stan Fox Story
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Mary Gibson Henry collection
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Dance
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Mr. Coyote and Mrs. Coyote and their Magic Ladder.
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The Call Went Out
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Gold Rush Photographer
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Thinking like a Historian: Reading Historical Photographs
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First Nations, poles and housing at Comox, ca. 1866-1870. Frederick Dally photographer
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First Nations at Lytton
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Heron Claim Miners
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Men on Flume
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Stagecoach
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Barkerville Street
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Barkerville Street Scene
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Shaft Entrance
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Looking Closely: Photo Analysis Worksheet
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Tips for Teachers – Teaching: Using Historical Photographs in the Classroom
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Tips for Teachers: Using Historical Photographs in the Classroom
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Imbert Orchard
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Jean Noel Bond
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Theresa Wolfwood
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Ted Adye
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Working&Quitting
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A Note on Sources
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Imbert Orchard, CBC Vancouver radio producer and oral historian, on a field recording trip in Northern British Columbia
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Poem by Ellanore Parker
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Bantam Recruitment Notice
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Postcard from Murney Pugh
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Nurses Before and After Night Duty
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Group Portrait
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The Great War
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A Chinese Coin to Raise Canadian Dollars
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Printing Press
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Discovering Diversity Part 1
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Behind the Scenes: Entomology
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Humboldt Squid
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MammothTusksConstruction
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Spider Specimen
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Fish Family Illustrations 2
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Fish Family Illustrations 1
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Sucker Mouths
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Fish Tails
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Orange Spotted Sunfish
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Pumpkinseed Fish
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Green Sunfish
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White Crappie
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Smallmouth Bass
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Exploring the Coastline
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Discovering Diversity Part 4
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Into the Deep
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Humboldt Squid
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Entomology: Behind the Scenes
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Thyasirid Clam
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Alaska Eelpout
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Slimy Snailfish
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Sunbeam Lampfish
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Highlight Hatchetfish
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Rough Pomfret
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Smootheye Poacher
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Atka Mackerel
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Fall Spider Season
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Eulachon Illustration
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Marmot Dissection
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Dragonflies of BC
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What Species Would You Save? Video
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Marmot
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What Species Would You Save?
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Phantom Orchid drawing #2
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Phantom Orchid #1
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Pale Poppy drawing #2
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Pale Poppy drawing #1
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Webster
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Webster on the Phone
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Webster at Desk
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Webster and James Jonah
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Webster and Mike Harcourt
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Webster in Suit
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Webster Show List
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Ember Lundgren on Drex Live
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Pierre Trudeau Interview
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Webster on This Week in History
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BC Archives Webster Interview
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Webster! Opening Sequence 1982
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Webster! Phone-In 1979
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Webster! Sophie Pierre Interview 1986
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Webster on Phone
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Printing Press
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St. Ann’s Schoolhouse and Helmcken House Re-Opened and Celebrated
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Sisters of St Ann Archives Goes to the Royal BC Museum
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The Opening of St. Ann’s Schoolhouse
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Marmot Dissection
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Neversweat Tunnel
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Gold Rush Music Collection 3
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Meet Textile Conservator Colleen Wilson
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Emily with her Pets
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Emily Carr
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Emily in “The Elephant”
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Emily with Woo
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Rock Bay Bridge
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Melons
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Tanoo
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What About Woo?
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Art of Emily with Kathryn Bridge
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Emily Carr in Ottawa
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Emily Carr’s Birthday
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Light Pillar
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Salish Loom
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Interactive Language Light Pillar
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Storytellers and Language Keepers
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Sisters of St. Ann’s Archive Goes To RBCM – Shaw TV Victoria
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Type Cabinet
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Spotted Bat Illustration
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A New Design
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How Did I Become an Archaeologist
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Lesson plan for TiF video secondary
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Lesson plan for Tif video elementary
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Mary Gibson Henry Expeditions
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Archivist Raymond Frogner
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Botany at the Royal BC Museum
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Dr. Ken Marr
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Dr. Erica Wheeler
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Mary Gibson Henry
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Dr Melissa Frey
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Type Specimens and the Oldest Fossils
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Chinese Freemason’s Lantern Animation
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About Grace Bell
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This Week In History – Josephine Hart
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Francis Kermode
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Mary Gibson Henry in BC
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Mary Gibson Henry Expedition
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Joss House
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Tradition in Felicities: Celebrating the History of Canada’s Oldest Chinatown
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Petition for a Museum
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Tropical Valley Expedition
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War Poster
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Paxillose Crab Illustration
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Foliate Kelp Crab Illustration
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Josephine F. L. Hart Profile
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Dr Josephine Hart
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Sharp-Nosed Crab Illustration
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Blue Band Hermit Crab Illustration
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Maroon Hermit Crab Illustration
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Pubescent Porcelain Crab Illustration
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House Excavation
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Hornaday Letter Page Two
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Hornaday Letter Page One
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Type Cabinet
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