Name: Exterior View of Two Windows
Created: c. 1910



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Name: Staircase
Created: c. 1910



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Name: Window in a Landing
Created: c. 1910



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Name: Thought to Be Sir Walter Raleigh
Author: Unknown studio
Created: c. 1910
Description: Did the original owners of this 1910 house believe they had kinship with an English nobleman? Did they merely like the idea of a historical figure on their staircase? Perhaps there is another explanation we will never know...



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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Name: Historical English Face (detail)
Author: Studio unknown
Created: c. 1910
Description: Tens of thousands of decorative windows embellished Canadian homes built in the decades around 1900. They were usually chosen from inexpensive catalogue designs, and made up by local glass stores with materials from Eastern distributors. For an extra charge a hand-painted face could be included within the generic borders.



Home on Blenheim Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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