![Item #9 NEW WESTMINSTER. [Early Rare Original Albumen Photograph Panorama of New Westminster Taken from Fraser River].](https://imaginationonpaper.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9.png?auto=webp&v=1787118237)
NEW WESTMINSTER. [Early Rare Original Albumen Photograph Panorama of New Westminster Taken from Fraser River].
Price:
$750.00 CAD
Ca. 1870. Albumen photo ca. 17x21,5 cm (6 ½ x 8 ½ in). Mounted on period card and recently matted. Period ink inscription “New Westminster, British Columbia” on verso. Image slightly faded, with a few minor stains, but overall a very good photo.
This early panorama depicts the first steps in developing New Westminster’s downtown core, showing the Royal Columbian Hospital (the twin-gabled building), Telegraph House, and Holy Trinity Church. A similar photo is now in the New Westminster Archives collection (IHP8004; https://archives.newwestcity.ca/permalink/25276/). Item #9