Historic Victoria Advertisements
Food & Groceries – 1900-1909
As part of our series on Historic Victoria Advertisements, Food & Groceries, 1900-1909, here is a 1909 advertisement by Copas & Young, The Anti-Combine Grocers, located in the Fell Building, 655-671 Fort Street / 1011 Broad Street. It includes grocery prices.

1909 advertisement for Copas & Young, Anti-Combine Grocers, in the Fell Building, Fort Street at Broad Street. (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)
Copas & Young was located in the Fell Building, 655-671 Fort Street / 1011 Broad Street. , which had been built in 1879 by James Fell, who ran his own grocery, Fell & Co., in the building.

The Fell Building, 655-671 Fort Street and 1011 Broad Street
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Hello! I’m researching public sentiment about anti-combines across Canada in the early 20th century. I’d be very interested in more archival information on Copas and Young, if you have it!
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