Carriages at the Colwood racetrack, near Victoria
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Carriages at the Colwood racetrack, near Victoria
Colwood racetrack, Victoria [sic]
Exhibition grounds and racetrack at the Willows, Victoria, race meet
Exhibition Park racetrack, Vancouver
Gymkhana at the Victoria Driving Park, April 26, 1890
Part of William Henry Langley fonds
The file consists of one album of 19 photographs containing views of unidentified horses, jockeys, and spectators at a Victoria horseracing competition. There are no identifying captions on the photographs.
Below the title, the following is typed on the album front cover:
“Committee: Major DuPont, Mr. Justice Drake, J.C. Davies Esq., John Martin, Esq., M.G. Drummond, Esq, Dr. Duncan R.C.A., G.L.S. Warrender, Esq., R.N.; Hon. Secretary: L.H. Webber, Esq.; Judges: Mr. Justice Drake, the Hon. P. O’Reilly, Major Dupont; Starter: Lieut. Col. Hughes, R.C.A.; Clerk of the Course: The Hon. C.E. Pooley.
Conditions: Post entries will be accepted. The decision of the judges to be absolutely final. The “assembly” will be sounded by a bugler ten minutes before each race. All prizes to be sweepstakes, except in race No. 10 in which the prize will be $25.”
Pages are made of card, with a thin layer of paper adhered to only the front, punched with two holes, and tied (bound) with [blue or green] ribbon. Photographs have been cut into circles 7.5 cm in diameter and adhered to album pages with unknown adhesive. They have each been decoratively framed with five concentric circles hand drawn in blue ink. The final photograph has been adhered to the outside back cover.
Horse race being run at Colwood racetrack, near Victoria
Horse race being run at Colwood racetrack, near Victoria
Cars lined up behind spectators.
Horse racing at Sandowne Park near Victoria
Horse racing in Beacon Hill Park
Part of Film and Photographic Branch travel industry and tourism photographs
Sandowne.
Part of Film and Photographic Branch travel industry and tourism photographs
Sandowne.
Cultivated fields in foreground.
Meeting of the Victoria Hunt Club at Willows racetrack
In the photo are F.B. Ward, Charles Pooley, Hardy Simpson, Mrs. Walter Langley and possibly Mrs. Arthur Bell.
New grandstand at the Willows racetrack, Victoria
Popular radio broadcaster Billy Browne at Hastings Park, Vancouver
Part of Allan Klenman fonds
Closeup of spectators in stands.
Part of CHEK TV fonds
News item. Some good footage of horses and riders on the track during warm-up periods.
Sandowne racetrack, Victoria [sic]
Sandowne racetrack, Victoria [sic]
Sandowne racetrack, Victoria [sic]
Part of William Henry Langley fonds
The file consists of one album of 101 photographs containing views of friends of the Langley family (including the Foster, Pemberton, Mouat, Helmcken, Beeton, Rithet, Dunsmuir, Turner, and Jones families and Judge Peter O’Reilly), J.T. Pearce Groceries & Provisions Store, views of Victoria Driving Park, and locations across Esquimalt including St. Paul’s Church, St. George’s Inn, an open-air tram and tramline terminus, and ships within the Esquimalt Harbour and graving dock (dry dock).
“A. J. [sic] Langley photographs identified 1963-1964 by Miss Flora Burns, Miss F. G. Hood, Mr. Fred Foster, Mr. Hamilton, Mrs. Hew Paterson, Mrs. H.C. Holmes” is written on the first page in blue ink. Additional identifying text possibly added by Archives staff.
Most photographs have been cut into circles and adhered to album pages with unknown adhesive. They have been decoratively framed with 2-6 concentric circles hand drawn in blue ink. Unnumbered square photographs on page 39 have no additional framing.
Spectators at Colwood racetrack
The Willows Exhibition Building; looking towards Mount Tolmie, Victoria
Cultivated field in foreground.