White Bears and Other Curiosities: The First 100 Years of the Royal British Columbia Museum (Royal British Columbia Museum Special Publication) - Softcover
Historian Peter Corley-Smith chronicles the provincial museum's accomplishments since 1886, when 30 prominent citizens petitioned the government to establish a provincial museum. From its modest roots, the museum has grown to become one of the most renowned in North America. But this is a story about the people with the vision to preserve examples of this province's history for generations to come. It's also the story of the people with the imagination and creativity to tell BC's story in a fashion that remains imprinted on the minds and in the hearts of so many visitors.
The title comes from the story of the white Kermode Bear, a discovery brought to public attention in the 1920s by the provincial museum's longest serving director, Francis Kermode. Was this a new species or just a white variation of the Black Bear?
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Peter Corley-Smith (1923-2002) is best known for his books on British Columbia's aviation history, including Barnstorming to Bush Flying: British Columbia's Aviation Pioneers 1910-1930 and Helicopters: The British Columbia Story (with Dave Parker).
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- PublisherThe Royal British Columbia Museum
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 077188740X
- ISBN 13 9780771887406
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages152
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. Matthew Baillie Begbie was among the influential group that gathered in January 1886 to start the Provincial Museum. Read more about : Pacific Coast, Francis Kermode, caribou, Graham Island, Virago Sound, Rangifer dawsoni, Ursus kermodei, Gribbel, walrus, ecological reserve, Kwakiutl house, Birdcages, Winifred (Redfern) Hardy, Ian McTaggart Cowan and artist Lillian Sweeney. Page 107 takes us to the clifford Carl Years. 148 pages in all - includes INDEX at back. Cond : Paper wrapper is purple with lettering similar. Front cover artwork by Rennie Knowlton is of three of the white bears. Volume is bright and crisp in all aspects. Collectible ! Quote (p. 54) : " In November of that year, a fur trader in New York, J. Boskowitz, received a shipment of skins from the west coast. Among them was a small, cream-white bear skin. Realizing that it was not a polar bear and so at least something of a rarity, he got in touch with ._._._. .' Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 010682
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