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A New Westminster Album

Glimpses of the City As It Was

by (author) Gavin Hainsworth & Katherine Freund-Hainsworth

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2005
Category
Regional, General, General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781550029550
    Publish Date
    Sep 2005
    List Price
    $9.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550025484
    Publish Date
    Sep 2005
    List Price
    $29.99

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Description

From prospectors to politicians, promoters to profiteers, New Westminster’s known them all. It is Western Canada’s oldest city, aptly named by Queen Victoria as the first capital of the new colony of British Columbia. On the mighty Fraser River, it has survived gold rushes, loss of capital status, fire, flood, the Depression, and two world wars. This collection of illuminating black and white photographs, artwork, and text shows how its tenacious citizens have thrived. It follows the city’s festivals, traditions, organizations, people, and neighbourhoods. The city has both witnessed and been the centre of the fascinating events that shaped B.C. This multifaceted photographic history album depicts almost 150 years of the City of New Westminster.

About the authors

Gavin Hainsworth and Katherine Freund-Hainsworth combine their talents of historical research, activism, architectural photography and drawing, writing, and lecturing. They are members of various New Westminster, British Columbian, and Canadian historical and heritage preservation archives and foundations. They wed their individual expertise by harmonizing historical writing with a journalistic and visually artistic spirit. Gavin is a periodical non-fiction writer/journalist, and Katherine is a heritage columnist/photojournalist and artist.

Gavin Hainsworth's profile page

Gavin Hainsworth and Katherine Freund-Hainsworth combine their talents of historical research, activism, architectural photography and drawing, writing, and lecturing. They are members of various New Westminster, British Columbian, and Canadian historical and heritage preservation archives and foundations. They wed their individual expertise by harmonizing historical writing with a journalistic and visually artistic spirit. Gavin is a periodical non-fiction writer/journalist, and Katherine is a heritage columnist/photojournalist and artist.

Katherine Freund-Hainsworth's profile page