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UBC Archives has shifted its social media activities to Bluesky (bsky.app). This account will remain for historical purposes, but we will not post or otherwise engage here. Come check out our content at @UBCArchives.bsky.social!
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UBC Archives is now on Bluesky! Come check out our content at @UBCArchives.bsky.social.
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Morning mist in Vancouver's Stanley Park, captured in 1912 by Rosetti Photographic Studios. A glimpse into the past from the @UBCArchives Haweis Family fonds: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.004082…
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UBC Library has acquired the institutional records of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, which was founded at UBC in 1991 to focus on interdisciplinary research. bit.ly/4hde1W7
#TBT Casimir C. Lindsey shown with fish - 16 January 1959 (Peter Holborne photo) dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.013579…
Dr. Lindsey was with the UBC Institute of Fisheries, later the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Cc: @UBCoceans
#UBChistory #fisheries #oceans
#TBT Interior view of Mathematics building following bomb explosion - 9 January 1970 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.015116…
See also The Ubyssey, 13 January 1970: open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/u…
#UBChistory #explosion #bomb #MathBuilding #The70s
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In 1962, the Alaskan Queen sailed away from Sand Point, Alaska, in rough waters and headed for the Bering Sea. From the Fisherman Publishing Society Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.000776…
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Happy New Year! 🌟 May the sunlight guide your journey into 2025, bringing warmth and inspiration to every step ahead.
From the Rosetti Studios - Stanley Park Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.004081…
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The semester has started. Welcome back to campus! A photo of the #UBC campus view taken by Dee, Martin. From the UBC Archives Photograph Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.016173…
#TBT Dr. H. Peter Oberlander with pipe - 2 January 1972 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.037615…
See also the inventory to his archive: library.ubc.ca/archives/u_ar…
#UBChistory
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As 2024 comes to a close, we reflect on another remarkable year of sharing stories from the past. Thank you for being part of our journey. See you next year! 🎉
This photo is part of the UBC Archives Photograph Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.001925…
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Map Division staff examine a massive map of Vancouver in 1977. 🗺️ From the UBC Archives Photograph Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.013721…
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"Vancouver Today": Postcard includes three photographs of views of Vancouver that depict the city's progress and development over 20 years. From the Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.036098…
#TBT [on a Friday] Main Library North wing construction - 27 December 1947 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.014002…
In background: old Army huts housing the Faculty of Law and other offices.
#UBChistory #UBCLibrary #UBCLaw
#TBT Clarence Fulton working with equipment in the B.C. Research Laboratory (Peter Holborne photo) - 19 December 1951 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.003262…
#UBChistory #research #SCIENCE!
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Here’s a close-up of the UBC crest above the Main Library entrance, captured in 2000. From the UBC Archives Photograph Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.016519…
#TBT The Ubyssey - 12 December 1918 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.012377…
University Unites in Thanksgiving [celebrating armistice & end of WWI]
Varsity Will Play Victoria Dec. 20 [rugby & basketball]
Miss Anglin Joins The Players Club [honorary membership for famous Cdn. actress]
#UBChistory
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Tashme Camp in winter, a photograph capturing a moment from the mid-20th century. From the Japanese Canadian Research Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.004892…
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The exam period is here at #UBC. 📚 This 1991 photo captures students hard at work during exams in the Armory. From the UBC Archives Photograph Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.016095…
#TBT Endowment Lands homes (Leonard Frank photo) - 5 December 1927) dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.002948…
Images of houses and other buildings in the UEL University Hill neighbourhood can be found at open.library.ubc.ca/search?q…. Can you discover how many are still there?
#UBChistory #houses