Electric signs

The Salvation Army Corps Harbour Light neon sign

AM1376-: CVA 1376-346
Item
1983

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

[The Woodward's Department store beacon]

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P114
Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Woodward's "W" sign on the top of the building.

[Toilet paper streamers thrown from the Hotel Devonshire during Grey Cup celebrations]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-962
Item
Nov. 26, 1955

Part of Major Matthews collection

Troops returning from Korea

AM1376-: CVA 1376-469
Item
1952

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows a view of a parade on Granville Street looking south from Cordova Street

Tyne [Street] and Kingsway [lookng] west

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1425
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Vancouver By Night

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is a documentary film documenting downtown Vancouver at night and is mostly made up of footage of neon and illuminated electric signs on Granville Street and in Chinatown. The film documents Granville Street at night, with crowds on the sidewalks and many illuminated electric signs visible, including those of the Orpheum, Vogue, and Odeon theatres. Also included is footage of a lighted fountain, the Hudson's Bay Company Building, and traffic signals. The film also documents the neon signs of a numerous restaurants and businesses in Chinatown, including the Marco Polo Restaurant, Ho Ho Chop Suey, the South Seas, Cathay Importers Company Limited, Ho Inn Chop Suey, Ming's, Asia Garden, and Loon Foon Kwok restaurant.

Vancouver Fire Department - 100 foot tower truck

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4368
Item
June 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows part of the Hotel Ambassador at 773 Seymour Street.
Note on negative envelope reads "Vancouver Fire Dept / 100 ft tower truck / and Inhalation squad"

Vancouver Fire Department - 100 foot tower truck

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4369
Item
June 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows the Hotel Ambassador at 773 Seymour Street

Vancouver Parts Company [at 1365 Seymour Street]

AM1535-: CVA 99-4490
Item
Apr. 28, 1937

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Vancouver Parts Company Limited premises [at 1365 Seymour Street]

AM1535-: CVA 99-4567
Item
Nov. 21, 1933

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

V.E. Day crowds

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3836
Item
May 7, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows the west side of Granville Street at Dunsmuir Street

V.E. Day street crowds

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3844
Item
May 7, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows the west side of Granville Street at Dunsmuir Street including the second Hotel Vancouver in the background

Vernon Motors [at] 3rd Avenue and Commercial Drive

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4598
Item
Aug. 20, 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Victoria - flowers, Camera Craft sign

AM1591-: 2011-089.30
Item
[1939?]

Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds

Item is an amateur film from Douglas Scott's time living in Victoria, British Columbia, the first half of which primarily captures many shots of young apple trees in bloom, and flowers in a garden (possibly Beacon Hill Park). The second half of the film captures Scott's neon Camera Craft sign blinking at night.

Victoria Drive and 33rd [Avenue looking] east

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1475
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria Drive and 33rd [Avenue looking] north

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1476
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria Drive and 33rd [Avenue looking] south

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1473
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria Drive and 33rd [Avenue looking] west

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1474
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria [Drive] and 38th Avenue east looking north

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1458
Item
Apr. 9, 1992

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria Drive and 49th [Avenue looking] south

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1483
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria Drive and 49th [Avenue looking] west

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1481
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria Drive and 54th [Avenue] facing east

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1485
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria Drive and 54th Avenue facing east

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1489
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria [Drive] and Broadway [looking] north

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1426
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria [Drive] and Hastings [Street looking] east

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1431
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria [Drive] and Hastings [Street looking] south

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1433
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria [Drive] and Kingsway [looking] east

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1435
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria [Drive] and Kingsway [looking] west

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1434
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Victoria [Drive] and Powell [Street looking] east

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1446
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Photograph shows part of the Princeton Hotel

Victoria [Drive] and Powell [Street looking] north

COV-S505-1-: CVA 772-1447
Item
[between 1980 and 1997]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Photograph shows part of the Princeton Hotel

[View looking north along Commercial Drive at 2nd Avenue from an apartment on the southwest corner]

AM1376-: CVA 105-1
Item
1927

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows the east side of the 1700 Block of Commercial Drive including the Grandview Theatre and other buildings and a No. 4 streetcar

[View looking north along Commercial Drive at 2nd Avenue from an apartment on the southwest corner]

AM1376-: CVA 105-2
Item
1927

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows the east side of the 1700 Block of Commercial Drive including the Grandview Theatre and other buildings

[View looking northwest from Robson Street and Howe Street showing the Courthouse and grounds]

AM1376-: CVA 1248-3
Item
[ca. 1950]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Panoramic view showing the Irwinton Apartments and the Hotel Vancouver

[View looking west on Hastings Street from Main Street]

AM1376-: 2011-068.09
Item
[ca. 1961]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows part of the Vancouver Museum (Carnegie Centre), the Ford Building and the Balmoral Hotell

[View of Bert A. Emery Drug Store at 2189 West Broadway]

AM303-S2-: CVA 294-023
Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of Bertram Emery fonds

Photograph shows Handy Produce, Jeanette Salon and other businesses

[View of fire at Pacific GMC at the corner of Nanaimo Street and Broadway]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-746
Item
[ca. 1957]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

[View of Granville Street looking north from Smithe showing the Orpheum Theatre, Commodore, and Capitol Theatre]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-2290
Item
[1946]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

Photograph shows the Commodore Cabaret and Capitol Theatre.

[View of illuminated signs on Hastings Street, looking east from Abbott Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1017
Item
19 Apr. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Signs for "Palace Hotel", "Allen's Cafe", "Stark's Glasgow House Carpets", "Rex Theatre", "Hotel Regent", "Cascade Beer", "Regal Theatre" and "Marshall Optical" are visible.

[View of] Pacific Centre [under construction-Georgia between Granville and Howe Streets]

AM1506-S1-: CVA 447-75
Item
Apr. 7, 1971

Part of Walter E. Frost fonds

Photograph shows the Court House, Toronto Dominion Tower, Hudson Bay Co., the Vancouver Block (with the Gulf sign) and the Hotel Grosvenor.

[View of the 2100 Block of West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-141
Item
[ca. 1972]

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Photograph shows signs for Finn's Ladies and Mens Wear, Collins of Kerrisdale, Kerrisdale Masonic Hall, Laura Secord Candies, Sweet Sixteen, Ivor Williams Sporting Goods and the Avenue Grill

View of the 800 and 900 blocks of Granville Street (Theatre Row) at night

AM1531-: CVA 672-1
Item
[1959]

Part of B.C. Jennings Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows neon signs of businesses and theatres on Granville Street. Businesses and theatres shown are: the White Lunch restaurant (808 Granville), Allen Hotel (814 Granville), Canadian Bank of Commerce (819 Granville), Capitol Theatre (820 Granville), Medical Arts Building (825 Granville), Paradise Theatre (851 Granville), Commodore Cabaret (872 Granville), Plaza Theatre (881 Granville), Vogue Theatre (919 Granville) and the Orpheum Theatre (884 Granville).

[View of the new Post Office construction site from Dunsmuir and Hamilton Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu P476.2
Item
July 8, 1954

Part of Major Matthews collection

Construction progress photograph. Photograph shows the Vancouver Block with a Shell sign on top of the clock.

[View of the new Post Office construction site from Dunsmuir and Hamilton Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu P476.8
Item
Sept. 8, 1954

Part of Major Matthews collection

Construction progress photograph. Photograph shows the Vancouver block with a Shell sign on top to the clock and a part of Holy Rosary Cathedral.

[View of] Western Photo building [and surrounding buildings from Robson Street and Granville Street]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4159
Item
Dec. 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows the Sprott-Shaw sign, Court House, Hotel Vancouver and the Richmond Apartment building in the background

[Vogue Theatre neon sign]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-3206
Item
[196-?]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Wartime parade of cars on Granville Street at Georgia Street]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1137.7
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows a sign for the Georgia Pharmacy and a banner across the street promoting the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the New York Block and the old Hudson Bay Store decorated with an emblem, bunting and flags

[Wartime parade of cars on Granville Street at Georgia Street]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1042
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows a sign for the Georgia Pharmacy and a banner across the street promoting the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the New York Block and the old Hudson Bay Store decorated with an emblem, bunting and flags