Published in Vancouver and printed in San Francisco, this 'rotagravure' edition pictorial newspaper came out on December 11, 1926 in the year the city celebrated its 40th anniversary. The paper was subtitled 'British Columbia in Pictures' and due to the quality of the printing, the reproduction of photographs is excellent. The Morning Star was one of the city's early newspapers which was first published as an evening paper from 1924-1926, and then as a morning paper from 1926-1932. Bessie Lamb gives an excellent overview of Vancouver's early newspaper scene in her 1942 thesis, "The Origin and Development of Newspapers in Vancouver".

The printing was done by Pacific Gravure Co., and it was compiled by Al Prather.

This particular paper came from Mike Wagner's collection. The paper was originally staple bound, and this copy has had its cover laminated and the inner pages were bound with archival tape. There was some additional tape damage on the masthead and on the back page which has been retouched out of these scans. The edges of the page were also lightly retouched for consistency.