City of Vancouver Archives

"Yorkshire Building" for Yorkshire Guarantee and Securities Corporation Ltd. Messrs. Somerville and Putnam architects. Dominion Construction Coy. contractors

AM54-S4-: LGN 553
Item
29 Apr. 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows building under construction

[Workmen laying plank sidewalks and street crossings at the corner of Granville Street and Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P239
Item
1889

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Donald A. Smith (Strathcona) building under construction and the first Hotel Vancouver

[Workers, scaffolding and machinery in excavated area for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1763
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Workers, equipment and debris at construction area around stream]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1800
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Workers in partially excavated area for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1755
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Workers and scaffolding in excavated area fo Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1762
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Workers and scaffolding at partially constructed Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1754
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Wooden structures and equipment next to stream]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1789
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Wooden penstocks leading to partially constructed gate house for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1752
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Wooden penstock for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1761
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Wooden pen stocks for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1660
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Winch machinery under outdoor shelter for construction of Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1674
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Winch and other equipment on partially cleared hillside next to stream]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1788
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Westcoast Building under construction - 1333 West Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P725.2
Item
[1968]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the central concrete core illuminated at night

[Westcoast Building under construction - 1333 West Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P725.1
Item
[1969]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the intalled floors and the beginning of the attachments of the glass curtain wall

[Westcoast Building under construction - 1333 West Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P725.4
Item
[1969]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows construction site, West Georgia Street in a westward direction, and Coal Harbour area

[Westcoast Building under construction - 1333 West Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P725.9
Item
[1969]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows steel girder hoisted alongside the central concrete core

[West Coast Shipbuilders Limited site under construction]

AM54-S4-1-M-7-: M-7-24
Item
Oct. 16, 1941

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows West First Avenue near Columbia Street

[Wesley Methodist Church under construction on the southwest corner of Burrard Street at Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Ch P61
Item
Dec. 1901

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Wesley Methodist Church under construction on the southwest corner of Burrard Street at Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: CVA 466-25
Item
1901

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a carbon electric light

[Wesley Methodist Church under construction at the south west corner of Georgia and Burrard Streets]

AM54-S4-: LGN 682
Item
[ca. 1901]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Water flowing from diversion tunnel through rock bluff at east end of Coquitlam Dam site]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1294.2
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of West Georgia Street, looking east from Westcoast Building - 1333 West Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P725.3
Item
[1969]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Elbow Room Cafe/ Restaurant on Jervis Street

[View of the north side of the 100 Block of West Hastings Street]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2102
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Woodward Department Store and the Alexandra Building under construction

[View of the new Post Office construction site looking towards Georgia between Hamilton and Homer Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu P476.3
Item
July 8, 1954

Part of Major Matthews collection

Construction progress photograph. Photograph shows Home Oil and Larwill service stations

[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 the Metropolitan Building under construction - 839 Hastings Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P556
Item
1910

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Richard Marpole residence at 801 Hastings Street.

[View of the first Capilano Creek dam under construction]

AM54-S4-: Ci Dept P23
Item
1888

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of the east side of the 700 block Granville Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P502.2
Item
1912

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows McTaggarts Grocery, Greko Coffee, Hotel Windsor, and the Vancouver Block and Hudson Bay Co. Store under construction.

[View of the east side of the 600 block Granville Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P506.1
Item
1900

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the addition of the Hudson Bay Co. store, the spire of Holy Rosary Cathedral under construction and the Bank of Montreal at Granville and Dunsmuir.

[View of the Dominion Trust building under construction]

AM54-S4-: Trans P149.12
Item
[ca. 1909]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of the C.N.R. Station under construction and the completed G.N.R. (Union) Station] March.23.1918.

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N178
Item
23 Mar. 1918

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph also shows the Main Street Bascule bridge and the City Market building in the bakground.

[View of the B.C. Hydro Building - 970 Burrard Street under construction from Thurlow Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P519
Item
Dec. 5, 1956

Part of Major Matthews collection

View of settling pond taken from 750.0 looking towards 600.0 on 24th June 1913

AM54-S4-: LGN 882
Item
24 June 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, looking east on centre line of dam.

View of settling pond taken from 1200.0 looking to 1400.0 on 24th June 1913

AM54-S4-: LGN 1283
Item
24 June 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows water below flumes of Coquitlam Dam.

[View of partially constructed Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two from Indian Arm]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1169
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of inlet behind Brentwood Bay Steam Plant]

AM54-S4-: LGN 892
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of Hastings Street looking east from the Dominion Trust Building at Cambie Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P23
Item
1909

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Great Northern Railway Bridge, the C.P.R. yards and other waterfront buildings in the background

[View of False Creek Flats east of Main Street]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N87
Item
Mar. 10, 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view showing the Great Northern Railway Station, construction site for the Canadian National Railway Station, the Main Street bascule bridge and the Invanhoe Hotel.

[View of False Creek Flats east of Main Street]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N86
Item
Aug 19, 1916

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view showing the start of the False Creek reclamation, the Great Northern Railway Station construction site, the Main Street bascule bridge, Market Hall and Ivanhoe Hotel.