[A fireman applies water to the smoldering ruins of the ballroom at Government House]
- AM54-S4-: Out P832.4
- Item
- Apr. 15, 1957
Part of Major Matthews collection
[A fireman applies water to the smoldering ruins of the ballroom at Government House]
Part of Major Matthews collection
A.R.P. fire drill display - Kitsilano
[A.R.P. firefighter coming down a pole at a firestation]
[A.R.P. firefighter standing on back of pumper truck]
A.R.P. Richmond Fire Department
Photograph shows the Richmond Town Hall in the background
Photograph shows Sanich Fire Department Auxiliary equipment
B.C. Fire Chiefs Association 28th Annual Fire College Aug. 18-21, 1959 - Astor Hotel, Burnaby, B.C.
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Panoramic group portrait
Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds
Item is an amateur film likely shot during Douglas Scott's time living in Hong Kong which captures an unidentified building by the waterfront on fire in the night. The heads of onlookers and the spray of hoses to fight the fire can be seen in the darkness.
City Fire Chief Archie McDiarmid on location of a Vancouver fire
Part of Pacific Press fonds
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Female A.R.P. auxiliary firefighter with fire hose]
Fire Chief [having a drink at a canteen]
Fire station #2, personnel group portrait
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a copy negative of a photograph of fire station #2 personnel. (From left to right.) Top row: Syd Burgess, unknown, unknown. Middle row: unknown, unknown, Jack Fitzpatrick, Bill Plumbstell, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, C.C. McLennan. Seated: Chris Barker, unknown, Tom Botterell, J. Loftus Copt, Fire Chief Carlisle, Deputy Fire Chief Thompson, C. Jewett, Tom Burke, Andy Gill, unknown (Maybe T. Moffatt), R.M. Hare, A. Johnston, A. Watson, R. Forsyth, Alex McDonald, R. Allison, N. Henderson, T. McInnis, C. Westover, G. Dunlap, H. Walpole.
Fire station #2, with three 1908 engines and chief's car
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a copy negative of a photograph of fire station #2, 854 Seymour St., Vancouver, B.C. with three manned 1908 engines and fire chief Carlisle in chief's car .
Fire station #2, with Webb electric, 4-wheel drive, gasoline driven engine
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a copy negative of a photograph of fire station #2, 854 Seymour St., Vancouver, B.C. with manned Webb electric, 4-wheel drive, gasoline driven engine.
[Firefighters battling fire at the Exclusive Ambulance Ltd. building]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a photograph showing firefighters at the Exclusive Ambulance Ltd. site lcoated at 710 West 13th Avenue.
Firefighters with hoses near bushes
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
Firehall auto brigade, Vancouver, B.C.
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a copy negative of a photograph of the fire hall auto brigade, Vancouver (B.C.), showing manned equipment, at #1 station on the southwest corner of Gore ave. on Cordova. Picured are a 1908 Amaskeag self-propelled steam pump, chemical and hose wagons, and an 85’ aerial ladder. Deputy Chief Chas. Thompson is identified in front of the Amaskeag steam pump (left).
Fireman carrying Gerald McGeer's coffin, leaving City Hall
Part of Pacific Press fonds
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group portrait showing Chief Arthur Turner, Arthur Bailey, Carl Law, Captain Kenny Munro, Clarence Shannon, William Kean, Syd Wooders, Alex Johnson, Fred McGeachy and Ed Seaford
Part of Audrey Gordon fonds
Part of Audrey Gordon fonds
Part of Audrey Gordon fonds
Part of Audrey Gordon fonds
Part of John William Freeston fonds
Panoramic view showing men climbing ladders, a safety net and a fireman's carry
[Firemen with hoses on the C.P.R. dock]
[First] May Day [Queen of the May celebration] New Westminster, B.C.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Girl standing on fire engine is Helen McColl and man under Maypole with hands in pockets is Col. Scott
Fourteenth Annual fireman's ball, 1912, dance program, dance page
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a copy negative of a photograph of a page of the dance program from the Vancouver Fireman's Benefit Association's 14th annual ball & supper, at Dominion Hall, Pender Street, Feb. 8th, 1912, Vancouver.
Fourteenth Annual fireman's ball, 1912, dance program, front page
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a copy negative of a photograph of a page of the dance program from the Vancouver Fireman's Benefit Association's 14th annual ball & supper, at Dominion Hall, Pender Street, Feb. 8th, 1912, Vancouver (B.C.). The cover shows an image of an Amoskeag steam engine of 1908.
Fourteenth Annual fireman's ball, 1912, dance program, reception page
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a copy negative of a photograph of a page of the dance program from the Vancouver Fireman's Benefit Association's 14th annual ball & supper, at Dominion Hall, Pender Street, Feb. 8th, 1912, Vancouver.
Fourteenth Annual fireman's ball, 1912, invitation
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a copy negative of a photograph of an invitation toVancouver Fireman's Benefit Association's fourteenth annual ball & supper, at Dominion hall, Pender Street, Feb. 8th, 1912, Vancouver (B.C.).
Gordon Waddell, Burnaby's first Fire Chief
Part of Pacific Press fonds
Group of fire officials in 1896
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a copy negative of a photograph of a group of fire officials in 1896, middle of 700 block, Seymour street on east side, Vancouver (B.C), hose wagon in background. Front row (left to right): Capt. Wm. McPhie, Chief Carlisle, and steam engineer John Cooper. Back row (left to right): C. W. Thompson, Jas. McInnis, Chris Barker, W. Geo. McDonald, and Andy Gill.
Group of fire officials just north of #2 fire hall
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a copy negative of a photograph of a group of city of Vancouver fire officials just north of #2 fire hall on Seymour street. Left to right. Top row: Capt. Jas. McInnes, unknown, Chris Barker, Syd Burgess. Middle: Ed Keating, unknown, unknown. Front: unknown, Richard Frost, unknown, Thomas Bottrell.
[Group of firefighters, fire engines and cars]
Part of John William Freeston fonds
Panoramic view showing W.M. McCloy and Company Auctioneers at 32 6th Avenue
Group portrait of fire chiefs in civilian dress with reporter Simma Holt
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a photograph showing (L-R): seated - E.L. Erratt, J.H. De Graves, Simma Holt, C.W. Thompson, A.McDiarmid, A.R. Murray ; standing - Malcolm MacDonald, William Plumsteel, Angus Lougheed, Walter Fox, Harvey Bowering.
Group portrait of Firefighters soccer team, Kennedy Cup winners, on airport tarmac
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a photograph showing a group portrait of the Firemen's Soccer Team arrival at the Vancouver Airport posing with their President Kennedy Trophy.
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a photograph showing Capt. J. Anderson (Instructor), L. Leavy, T. Anderson (Capt.), Chief Thompson, J. Ettinger, W. Bailey (Patient), and W. Barrett.
Horse drawn fire engine with first aerial 75 foot ladder
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a copy negative of a photograph of a horse drawn fire engine with first aerial 75 foot ladder, and with Fred A. Barker, driver.
Hugh S. Bird, retired Fire Chief
Part of Pacific Press fonds
[Hyack Fire Company firemen in front of Fire Hall on Columbia Street]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the May Queens in a wagon, a Hotel and City Bakery
J.H. Watson, New Westminster Fire Chief
Part of Pacific Press fonds
John Henry de Graves, Fire Chief, Vancouver
Part of Pacific Press fonds
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group portrait showing left to right: (front row): Mrs. F. Raymur, George Barden, H. Bert Foulkes and Lieutenant Sid Wooders; (second row): Chief Frank Raymur, Tom Massender, Cecil C. Maddison and Harry Young; (Back row): Captain Seaford and Ernie Vaughan
Writing on the back of the photograph includes: " This station is now known as No. 18 Firehall, Vancouver Fire Department. On this same occasion a sealed metal box containing a parchment with the names of the members present at that time, was placed in the south west corner of the building"
[Nanaimo volunteer fire brigade hose reel racing team]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group portrait. Men identified: William Poole, Fred Hemer, Jack McDonald, Ernie Van Houten, Charles Van Houten, John Watkins, Robert Pettigrew, Dick Wallis, Bert Horne, J. Parkin, Alfred Cassels, William Cheaney, William Prestige, William Taylor, Bert Peck, William Edmonds, Duffy McGregor
One of the first motor hose wagons at city hall
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a copy negative of a photograph of one of the first motor hose wagons at city hall, 425 Westminster Ave. (Main Street) Vancouver, B.C., with fire chief Carlisle behind drive and Capt. E.D. Mitchell on right between wheels.
[Police and Firemen in front of the Point Grey Municipal Hall]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group portrait showing Deputy Chief John Murdoch, Chief H.J. Simpson, Fire Chief Turner and others