Credits

Project Sponsors

• Industry Canada: Canada's Digital Collections

Very special thanks to:

• The Vancouver Museum
• The City of Vancouver Archives
• The Gates Foundation

We are especially grateful to Philip Timms' grand-children, Lois Peters and Lawrence Albert Timms, for their help and support during this project.

Library Team

• Kate Russell, Supervising Librarian, Special Collections Department
• Wendy Godley, Librarian, Special Collections Department
• Melina Bowden, Library Assistant III, Special Collections Department
• Rosemary Cookson, Library Assistant III, Special Collections Department
• Corinne Sam, Library Assistant III, Special Collections Department
• Susan Camilleri Konar, Library Assistant III, Special Collections Department
• Jon Whipple, Graphics Technician, Marketing, Development and Communications Department and Virtual Library
• Andrew Herfst, Scanning Technician
• Janet Thornton, Library Technician
• Special thanks to Vancouver Public Library System Support Group

Technical Information

Scanning

Hardware

• Seanix P3 600, 512MB RAM, 13 GB HD, CD-RW, Windows '98
• ViewSonic G810 22 inch CRT
• Microtek ScanMaker III
• Wacom Graphics Tablet

Software

• Scanwizard Image Acquisition Software
• Adobe Photoshop 5.5
• Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4

Text Database and Web

• InMagic DB\Textworks 6.01, Web Publisher 4.03
• Netscape Navigator 4.7
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5

The Archiving and Scanning Process

Before image scanning and data entry into the electronic database could begin, a system was created to inventory all manifestations of each image in the Timms Collection. A logbook was created (listing negatives: glass plate, film base, copy and source, and display prints: copy and source) from which the data was interpreted and then entered into the InMagic database. This data was merged with all additional information from the Special Collections Department photograph accession records and historic photograph index shelflist, thereby enhancing the descriptive information for every image. The entire inventorying process was highly labour intensive, in part because of the need to gather and organize information found in handwritten and index card format in preparation for transferring it to electronic form.

After the text was entered, the source images were removed from the Special Collections historical photographs vault and were checked against the accompanying text. Once this step was completed, scanning of the photographs commenced, with each image scanned in greyscale to a minimum of 300dpi. The scans were saved as TIFFs and burned to CD-ROM for archival storage. The TIFFs were then used as the source for the creation of JPEGs in two sizes at 72dpi suitable for displaying on the website.

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Navigation Bar: VPL 7728, P. Timms, 1910, Workmen laying cement sidewalks on Georgia Street at Richards Street. Waverley Hotel.

Bottom Left: VPL 7342, P. Timms, 190-, Move to Vancouver! There's lots of room!.

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This digital collection was produced with financial assistance from Canada's Digital Collections Initiative, Industry Canada.