Eyes of a City: Early Vancouver Photographers 1868-1900, Mattison, David. Published by Vancouver City Archives, Vancouver, B.C., 1986. Occasional Paper No. 3. Oblong 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall; 76pp., Bibliography; Appendix of Vancouver Commercial Photographers and Studios 1886-1900; Index. Card covers with glossy pages. In fine condition.
An exploration of early Vancouver through the photographs that have managed to survive. Mattison surveys the photos taken by tourists, amateurs, journalists, professional and the major commercial photographers of nineteenth-century Vancouver: J. A. Brock & Co., the Bailey Brothers, Trueman & Caple, and, S. J. Thompson.
