City of Vancouver Archives

[View of departing "Empress of Asia"]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1035
Item
1939

Part of James Crookall fonds

[View of] C.P.R. "Princess Mary" taken from Brockton Point

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-32
Item
[ca. 1928]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[View of C.P.R. Pier "D" from the roof of the Post Office]

AM54-S4-: Wat P124.5
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of C.P.R. Pier "D" from the roof of the Post Office]

AM54-S4-: Wat P125.1
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the "Princess Charlotte" and the "Empress of Australia"

[View of C.P.R. Pier "D" from the roof of the Post Office]

AM54-S4-: Wat P125.2
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the "Princess Charlotte" and the "Empress of Australia"

[View of an unidentified Empress liner]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1902
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of an unidentified Empress liner]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1908
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of a ship in the harbour from the lighthouse at Brockton Point]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-680
Item
1937

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows the Union Steamship Company's vessel "Lady Cecilia" or "Lady Cynthia"

[View of upper deck of S.S. "Thistlegarth" at Vancouver Harbour Commissioners Grain elevator dock]

AM1506-S3-2-: CVA 447-2763.1
Item
[before 1949]

Part of Walter E. Frost fonds

[View of ] Pier "D"

AM358-S1-: CVA 152-26
Item
June 21, 1918

Part of H.A. Price collection

Photograph shows a ship at dock.

[View of a C.P.R. "Princess" ship from Prospect Point]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-971
Item
1938

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows C.P.R. vessel "Princess Kathleen" or "Princess Marguerite". Photograph also shows the top of the lighthouse.

[View looking north from Cordova Street and Cambie Street]

AM1504-: CVA 1504-13
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of John William Freeston fonds

Panoramic view showing Brockton Point, Pier D and the wharves east including the Union Steam Ship Company dock, the north side of the 300 Block Water Street and the Leckie Boot Company

[View looking east from the Marine Building showing C.P.R. Pier B-C and Pier D and beyond]

AM54-S4-: Wat P35
Item
[ca. 1935]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the "Empress of Japan" and the North Vancouver ferry

[View from the water of the "Amur" at dock at Port Essington]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1176
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[View from the water of S.S. "Prince Robert" passing Prospect Point]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1319
Item
July 16, 1939

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows the Prospect Point signal station, lighthouse and boathouse in the background

[View from the water of ships at the Hastings Sawmill wharf]

AM54-S4-: Mi P32
Item
[between 1899 and 1903]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View from the water of ships at the C.P.R. dock]

AM54-S4-: Can P37
Item
July 1, 1898

Part of Major Matthews collection

Ships identified: "Empress of China," "Athenian," "Queen" and "Charmer"

[View from the water of ships and docks east of the second C.P.R. Station]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-257
Item
[ca. 1914]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View from the Prospect Point signal station of a ship passing under the Lions Gate Bridge under construction]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-851
Item
1938

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows the C.P.R. vessel "Princess Kathleen" or "Princess Marguerite"

[View from the Lions Gate Bridge of "Empress of Canada"]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-967
Item
Nov. 12, 1938

Part of James Crookall fonds

[View from the Lions Gate Bridge of "Empress of Canada"]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-965
Item
Nov. 12, 1938

Part of James Crookall fonds

[View from the Lions Gate Bridge of "Empress of Canada"]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-966
Item
Nov. 12, 1938

Part of James Crookall fonds

[View from Stanley Park of two Union Steamship vessels leaving harbour]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-339
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[View from Prospect Point showing five Union S.S. vessels leaving Harbour]

AM75-S1-: CVA 374-169
Item
[between 1930 and 1948]

Part of Union Steamship Company of British Columbia fonds

[View from Prospect Point of the paddlewheel S.S. "North Pacific" entering the First Narrows]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2215
Item
[1897 or 1898]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View from dock towards ship at the National Harbour Board's dock]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-233
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[View from Brockton Point of freighter passing under the Lions Gate Bridge]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1340
Item
Jul. 1939

Part of James Crookall fonds

[View from bridge, aft along upper deck - S.S. "Lady Cecilia"]

AM75-S1-: CVA 374-104
Item
[between 1930 and 1948]

Part of Union Steamship Company of British Columbia fonds

Victoria - arborist, waterfront, roses

AM1591-: 2011-089.28
Item
[1939?]

Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds

Item is an amateur film from Douglas Scott's time living in Victoria, British Columbia, which captures an arbourist climbing a tree with ropes and spiked boots, hacking branches with an axe, and stopping for a cigarette break at the top of the tree; a shot of a large steam boat seen through the porte cochere of the Empress Hotel (Victoria, BC); and close-up shots of roses, most likely taken at either the Empress Hotel or Beacon Hill Park.

[Vessel "Menestheus" being towed through False Creek]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1540
Item
Sept. 1945

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows the open Kitsilano Trestle Bridge and the Granville Bridge

[Vessel "Menestheus" being towed through False Creek]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1541
Item
Sept. 1945

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows the open Kitsilano Trestle Bridge and the Granville Bridge

[Vessel "Menestheus" being towed through False Creek]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1542
Item
Sept. 1945

Part of James Crookall fonds

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.

Vancouver, B.C. from Deadman's Island

AM54-S4-: Wat P51
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the barque "Robert Kerr" and the C.P.R. Station under construction in the background

[Vancouver waterfront]

AM1584-: CVA 7-199
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of James Luke Quiney fonds

Vancouver Harbour

AM1376-: CVA 1305-1
Item
Feb. 7, 1924

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Panoramic view showing Burrard Inlet including 42 ocean steamers in port of which 25 were for grain cargoes, 17 vessels at berth (not shown in photograph) and the Harbour Commissioners wharf and Grain Elevator No. 1 and log booms

Vancouver Harbour

AM54-S4-: PAN P78
Item
Feb. 7, 1924

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view showing Burrard Inlet including 42 ocean steamers in port of which 25 were for grain cargoes, 17 vessels at berth (not shown in photograph) and the Harbour Commissioners wharf and Grain Elevator No. 1 and log booms

Vancouver Harbor from Hastings Mill

AM54-S4-: Wat P59
Item
[between 1898 and 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows British warships

Vancouver Harbor

AM54-S4-: Wat P14
Item
[ca. 1937]

Part of Major Matthews collection

View looking east showing C.P.R. Pier B-C and Pier D

[Vancouver and District Waterfront Workers' Association Annual Picnic Excursion leaving Union Dock on S.S. "Lady Alexandra"]

AM75-S1-: CVA 374-160
Item
[193-?]

Part of Union Steamship Company of British Columbia fonds

Photograph shows the "Lady Cecilia" and "Lady Cynthia"

[U.S.S. "Lady Cynthia" in harbour]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-375
Item
[ca. 1935]

Part of James Crookall fonds

U.S.S. "Lady Alexandra"

AM1052-: AM1052 P-87
Item
1927

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a postcard printed with an image of the Lady Alexandra, a Union Steamship Company steamer that carried passengers across Howe Sound to Bowen Island.

[U.S.S. "Henderson" arriving in Burrard Inlet]

AM54-S4-: Bo P96
Item
July 26, 1923

Part of Major Matthews collection

U.S.S. "Capilano" at wharf [at] Camp Artaban

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4584
Item
Aug. 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

U.S.S. "Capilano" at wharf [at] Camp Artaban

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4585
Item
Aug. 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

U.S.S. "Camosum."

AM1052-: AM1052 P-119
Item
[ca. 1928]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a postcard printed with an image of the Camosun, a vessel in the Union Steamship Company's fleet of passenger ships serving the B.C. coast, entering Vancouver Harbour. The ship is pictured heading east, with the North Shore in the background.