Commonplace book of Frank Sylvester - Scrapbook Newspaper Clipping
Description:
Pages from the Commonplace Book of Frank Sylvester.
Scrapbook title:
Commonplace Book of Frank Sylvester
Creator:
Sylvester, Frank, 1837-1908
Dates of creation:
1874 to 1907
Format-Extent:
631 pages ; 24 x 36 cm
Full scrapbook description:
This commonplace book, created primarily in Victoria BC, contains miscellaneous information recorded from a variety of sources, including newspaper clippings and journals, about random facts, art, ships in port, recipes, accounting and bills, obituaries, a meteor falling, diseases and medicine, drawings, Alert Bay Canning accounts, etc. and a few entries of daily life and accounts.
Scrapbook category:
Commonplace book/scrapbook
Language:
eng
Fonds / collection title:
Frank and Cecelia Sylvester family fonds
Fonds / collection identifier:
AR281
Fonds / collection creator:
Sylvester family: Frank Sylvester and Cecelia Davies Sylvester