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Vancouver - Spectacular by Nature - Japanese version CH 1/2 - English version CH 3/4 [English ver...

Vancouver - Spectacular by Nature - Japanese version CH 1/2 - English version CH 3/4 [English version CH 3/4]

Item is "Vancouver - Spectacular By Nature;" the last in the series of video post cards; released in 1994. The film features footage of Vancouver and the surrounding area highlighting the activities and attractions available to visitors. The final five minutes of the film features a couple of minutes of archival footage of Vancouver as a way to celebrate and acknowledge its 100 year history. Directed and edited by Mike [Michael] Collier; photography Dave Geddes, Ron Orieux, Bob Rodvik, Tim Sale, John Seale, and Bob Asgeirsson; narrator Art Hives; music Ralph Dyck; technical services Alpha Cine Service and Post Haste Video. Produced by Yaletown Productions Inc. b&w from 00:21:43-00:22:40.

Vancouver Block clock tower and Birks sign

Vancouver Block clock tower and Birks sign

Item is a photograph of the upper floors and clock tower of Vancouver Block (736 Granville Street) taken from Howe Street over the top of the lower portion of the of the Toronto Dominion Bank tower (700 W. Georgia Street). The photograph details the clock face with neon tubing visible (though turned off), as well as the detailed cornices and caryatids that decorate the upper floor and tower. Atop the tower is a large rotating sign for Birks.

Vancouver from Hotel Vancouver

Vancouver from Hotel Vancouver

Photograph shows downtown Vancouver, Burrard Inlet, and the North Shore mountains, looking north from either the Hotel Vancouver J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Vancouver Lodge exterior in 1952

Vancouver Lodge exterior in 1952

Item is a photographic reproduction of a photograph from 1952 showing the exterior of the Vancouver Lodge AMORC. Writing on back: "Vancouver Lodge AMORC 805 West 23rd Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. as it looked back in Sept. 14, 1952."

[Various scenes of Vancouver]

[Various scenes of Vancouver]

Photograph negative is a copy of six photograph prints, showing: tents erected after fire of 1886; buildings along Vancouver waterfront; Vancouver City Council members and officials gathered in front of tent labelled "City Hall"; men with supplies and oxen on the S.S. "Beaver"; view of buildings and empty lots on street; and a group of men assembled around a large log for an advertisement promoting the sale of Vancouver real estate.

Victory Square

Victory Square

Photograph shows The Daily Province Building, Central School and the City Health Department building

[Victory Square at 200 West Hastings Street]

[Victory Square at 200 West Hastings Street]

Photograph also shows the Victory Building (198 West Hastings Street), the Victory Square Cenotaph (Hastings Street and Cambie Street), and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (300 West Hastings Street)

[View along Granville Street looking south from the waterfront]

[View along Granville Street looking south from the waterfront]

  • An attached label reads: "Looking south on Granville Street, during the 'Klondyke Boom,' 1898-9. The Williams stone buildings on the right gives the key to the picture. The Royal Bank and Post office are now on either corner. - Philip Timms."
  • Notes on the back of the photograph contain information regarding the purchase of the photograph by the Hudson's Bay Company.
[View from Mount Pleasant]

[View from Mount Pleasant]

Photograph is taken from the corner of St. George Street and 6th Avenue. Photograph shows the house at 489 6th Avenue as well as other houses and buildings.

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