[3875 Point Grey Road - Brock House, 5 of 5]
- COV-S644-: CVA 1095-15460
- Item
- [1977?]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
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[3875 Point Grey Road - Brock House, 5 of 5]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[3875 Point Grey Road - Brock House, 4 of 5]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[3875 Point Grey Road - Brock House, 3 of 5]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[3875 Point Grey Road - Brock House, 2 of 5]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[3875 Point Grey Road - Brock House, 1 of 5]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[Stanley Park Dining Pavillion, 2 of 2]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[Stanley Park Dining Pavillion, 1 of 2]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a photograph showing the Ferguson Point Tea Room.
[People seated on lawn by flower beds in front of the Stanley Park Pavilion]
[Stanley Park Pavilion in the snow]
Part of Walter E. Frost fonds
[Wooden building in an unidentified park]
[Caretaker's Cottage, Brockton Point Cricket grounds]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[Rose Garden Cottage, Stanley Park]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[Service Yard building, Stanley Park]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a documentary film documenting Vancouver's parks in 1940. This film names Vancouver the "Playground City of the North West" and contains footage of Stanley Park, Connaught Park, Douglas Park, Devonshire Park, Shaughnessy Park, Memorial West Park, Memorial South Park, Almond Park, Hastings Community Park, Grandview Park, Trout Lake, Queen Elizabeth Park, Tatlow Park, Thornton Park, Hadden Park, Burrard View Park, Maple Grove Park, Sunset Nursery, Victory Square Park, Beaver Lake Park as well as Vancouver's beaches including English Bay, Kitsilano Beach, Second Beach, Spanish Banks and Locarno Beach. The film also features Stanley Park including footage of typical scenes at the entrance and causeway, the Administration Offices of the parks system, primeval forest scenes, blossom time in the rockeries and gardens, Lost Lagoon, Prospect Point, Lions Gate Bridge, the totem poles and a view of Stanley park from afar. As well, the film documents the locations of the free swimming classes provided by Vancouver Sun newspaper at Lumberman's Arch Pool, Kitsilano Pool, New Brighton Pool and Maple Grove Pool. Vancouver's playgrounds are also documented with footage of children playing in the playgrounds at Memorial South Playground, Norquay Playground, Robson Playground and McLean Playground. In addition, this film documents a variety of recreational activities that take place in Vancouver's parks including swimming, sunbathing, boating, diving, folk dancing, tennis, golfing (at Fraser Golf Course), walking, lawn bowling, horse-shoe pitching, model yacht racing, cricket, playing games, enjoying the park's fauna and flora (in both summer and autumn), picnicking and having BBQs. Special events such as symphonies, Dress-up Day, the Annual Sandbox Contest, and the annual Soap-box Derby are also documented.
Proposed new Bath House for Kitsilano
By-law for $35,000 will not cost you a cent! Vote for it Saturday next
[Henry Avison and his son Henry Stanley Avison outside the Park] Ranger's cottage [at Stanley Park]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Manufacturers Building in the Exhibition Grounds at Hastings Park]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a crowd gathered for The Great Peace Celebration and Thanksgiving service in front of the Pavilion in Stanley Park. The rock garden is also shown in the panorama.
Photograph shows crowds of spectators, the memorial decorated with flags, and the Stanley Park Pavilion.
[People seated outside the Stanley Park Pavilion]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Crowds assembled outside the Stanley Park Pavilion]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Stanley Park entrance and Park Superintendent's cottage]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
Item is a postcard printed with an image of the Central Park Agricultural Hall. On the verso of this postcard is an annotation reading, "On triangular area formed by Kingsway and Interurban railway."
Stanley Park, Stanley Park Pavilion south facade and terrace
Item is a photograph of the south facade and terrace of the Stanley Park Pavilion. Park visitors walk on the path out front and congregate on the lawn.
The Pavilion, Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada
The Exhibition Building [at] Hastings Park
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a documentary film documenting Stanley Park, downtown Vancouver, the Vancouver Planetarium, and Vanier Park. The film documents a number of attractions within Stanley Park including the Stanley Park Miniature Railway, Stanley Park Junction, various sections of the seawall, the Brockton Point Lighthouse, Coal Harbour Marina, Elek Imredy's sculpture Girl in a Wetsuit, the replica figurehead of the RMS Empress of Japan, tennis courts, Prospect Point lookout, Lost Lagoon, the Stanley Park Golf Course, totem poles, and the Lions Gate (First Narrows) Bridge (1938-). The film also includes footage of birds including Canada geese, seagulls, swans, mallard and wood ducks, and peacocks. The film documents Vancouver Harbour and its facilities, and includes footage of shipping containers, cranes, cargo ships, seabus, and a floatplane.
The film also documents downtown Vancouver and includes footage of numerous prominent buildings including the Marine Building, Vancouver Harbour Centre, Bayshore Inn, the Westcoast Energy Building, Hotel Vancouver, the Provincial Court House, Robson Square under construction, the Georgia Medical Dental Building, the Bank of Nova Scotia Tower, TD Tower, the Vancouver Block, Commodore Ballroom, Sun Tower, Dominion Building, Andrew Wesley Church, and the Hudson's Bay Company building. The film also contains night footage of the Vancouver skyline, Granville Street with illuminated signs, a fountain lit by coloured lights, and neon signs in Chinatown, including those for the Marco Polo Chinese Smorgasbord, Loon Foon Kwok restaurant, Ming's, South Seas Dining Lounge, Ho Inn Chop Suey, and Bing C. Wong & Associates Accounting and Taxation Service.
Film also includes footage of the exterior of the Bloedel Conservatory, a tugboat in False Creek, the downtown Vancouver skyline as viewed from Kitsilano, an old house (number 1160, street unknown), sailboats in English Bay, the Vancouver Planetarium, Vanier Park, and Beach Avenue as seen across False Creek from Vanier Park.
VanDusen Gardens, Gastown - Vancouver, B.C.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a documentary film documenting the VanDusen Botanical Display Garden, as well as tourist attractions and businesses in Gastown. Film documents areas of the VanDusen Garden including the parking lot, administration building, main entrance, pavilions, greenhouses, MacMillan Bloedel Place, several ponds and gardens. The film also includes footage of bees, mallard ducks, Canadian geese, black swans, blue herons, and children feeding geese. The film also documents street scenes, tourist attractions, and prominent buildings in Gastown. It features footage of the replica SS Beaver at its moorings, shops including The Coggery and a silver and goldsmith, a busker with a banjo, a mural and signs for Brother Jon's Restaurant (1 Water Street), the Old Spaghetti Factory, a wooden bhudda statue outside of a store, the Europe Hotel, Steam Clock, Gassy Jack statue, Vancouver Harbour Centre, and views of Water Street.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a documentary film documenting the Bloedel Conservatory and the gardens at Queen Elizabeth Park. The film includes footage of flowers and people walking through gardens, standing on a footbridge, taking photographs, and waiting in line outside the Bloedel Conservatory.
[Log structure beside stream in Stanley Park]
Part of Walter E. Frost fonds
[View of] 1st Narrows Looking West
Part of Walter E. Frost fonds
Photograph shows part of the seawall and the old water works buildings and the top of Frank Harris' house.
First Exhibition Building (to be torn down)
Part of Walter E. Frost fonds
Forum Building at Exhibition [Hastings Park]
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
Forum Building at Exhibition [Hastings Park]
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
[Carpenters constructing the Timber Bowl Stadium at Brockton Point for the Diamond Jubilee]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a lily pond
[Exterior of a Pacific National Exhibition building]
Part of Walter E. Frost fonds
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
Photograph shows the first Exhibition Building
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
Photograph shows the Pavilion
Women's Building at Exhibition [Hastings Park]
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
Stanley Park, the VanDusen Garden, and the visit of the Kaiwo Maru
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a documentary film documenting Stanley Park, the VanDusen Botanical Display Garden, and the visit to Vancouver of the Japanese tall ship the Kaiwo Maru. Footage taken at the VanDusen Garden includes the garden entrance, the administration/library/classroom building, flower beds, roses, trees, ponds, lily pads, blue herons, a starling, and stone sculptures. Footage from Stanley Park includes crowds at the Stanley Park Junction, children and adults riding the Stanley Park Miniature Railway, people watching bears at the Stanley Park Zoo, and other zoo animals including flamingoes and seals. Film also includes footage taken from a sail boat of the Kaiwo Maru in English Bay surrounded by numerous pleasurecraft, with a group of the Kaiwo Maru's crew standing on her bow. The film also includes footage of Vancouver Harbour, downtown Vancouver, and cruise ships at berth as viewed from the deck of a sail boat.