City of Vancouver Archives

[Aerial view of Vancouver and Burnaby]

AM54-S4-: VLP 186.7
Item
[between 1942 and 1945]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Vancouver Technical School, Grandview Highway and Renfrew Playing Fields.

[Aerial view of Burrard Inlet, Hastings-Sunrise, Burnaby and the District of North Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: VLP 186.3
Item
[between 1942 and 1945]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Exhibition Park and P.N.E. Golf Course, Second Narrows Bridge, New Brighton Park, Callister Park, Burrard Inlet, Lynn Creek, Lynn Park, Seymour Creek, Vancouver Harbour Commissioners Railway, Inspected Shingles Ltd., Cascade Rock and Gravel Co. Ltd., Canadian Shingle Co. Ltd. (Capilano Timber Co. Ltd.), Alberta Pool Elevator, Columbia Grain Elevator Co. Ltd., Canadian Pacific Railway, Girls Industrial School and Old Peoples Home sites.

Norwegian Picnic, Central Park

AM54-S4-: VLP 158
Item
Aug. 3, 1930

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing Consul Bjorke, Reverend Nantrup, Maitland, Degraves, Reverend Olsen and Mr. J.E. Johnston

[St. Nicholas Parish Church]

AM54-S4-: Ch N14
Item
[1925 or 1926]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Anglican church at corner of Triumph Street and Ingleton Street, Burnaby.

[Woman standing outside store at Hastings and Sperling Streets, Burnaby]

AM54-S4-: SGN 183
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Group of people assembled around a car in front of the Hastings Grove Store, Curtis and Duthie Streets, Burnaby]

AM54-S4-: SGN 184
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Partially cleared site for Horne Payne substation, covered in snow]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1178
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Horne Payne substation construction site, viewed from the west]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1177
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men constructing steel frame of Horne Payne substation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1176
Item
31 July 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Steel frame of partially constructed Horne Payne substation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1175
Item
19 Aug. 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Side view of old "1222" which was the last tram to run on the Steveston Interurban Line

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1155.1
Item
1963

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph was taken at Edmonds

End view of old "1222" at Edmonds looking west

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1155.2
Item
1963

Part of Major Matthews collection

End view of old "1222" at Edmonds looking east

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1155.3
Item
1963

Part of Major Matthews collection

This photo shows section of track looking east towards Edmonds. Old "1222" is off ot the left.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1155.4
Item
1963

Part of Major Matthews collection

This photo shows section of track looking looking round the curve towards Central Park

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1155.5
Item
1963

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of Bainbridge Ranch from Burnaby Lake]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-193
Item
[ca. 1910]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Map of portion New Westminster District

AM54-S13-: MAP 1055.01
Item
1877 (traced 1954)

Part of Major Matthews collection

Item is an annotated tracing of a map showing the future sites of Vancouver, Burnaby and the North Shore from an area bordering on English Bay to an area bordering on North Arm. Traced over by J.S. Matthews in 1954, it illustrates intended land settlement and subdivision in 1877. Also shown are bodies of water, Hastings & Granville Road, and the settlements of Hastings and Granville. Annotations are an introductory note by Matthews in August 1954 titled "Before Greater Vancouver." Enclosed with the map are four letters between J.S. Matthews and W.H. Hutchinson, Chief of the Geographic Division of the B.C. Survey and Mapping Branch of the Department of Lands and Forests, in 1954 concerning the map's provenance and Matthew's efforts to increase the legibility of copies of the original map.

[View of the Prefabricated Buildings Ltd. factory and storage yard]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N184
Item
4 June 1943

Part of Major Matthews collection

Central Park Line in the Early Days

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2836
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows street car No. 2

[Partially constructed Horne-Payne substation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 887
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of Horne-Payne substation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 888
Item
31 July 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Storage tanks and railway tanks at Imperial Oil Company refinery in Burnaby]

AM54-S4-: LGN 685
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Central Park Agricultural Hall]

AM54-S4-: LGN 548
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Government Road east of Bainbridge Avenue, Burnaby]

AM54-S4-: LGN 549
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows plank road next to partially cleared land. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Plan of Burrard Peninsula - distribution of population estimated for 1950

AM54-S4-: LGN 558
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of a map showing estimated population levels for Vancouver, Point Grey, South Vancouver and Burnaby. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Great Northern Railway track (from New Westminster to Vancouver) at Piper Mill, Piper Siding

AM54-S4-: CVA 466-11
Item
[ca. 1907]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Piper Mill, Piper Siding [near] Great Northern Railway

AM54-S4-: CVA 466-10
Item
[ca. 1907]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Piper Mill, Piper Siding [near] Great Northern Railway

AM54-S4-: CVA 466-9
Item
[ca. 1907]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Piper Avenue looking south to Burnaby Lake

AM54-S4-: CVA 466-8
Item
[ca. 1907]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Piper floating wharf at foot of Piper Avenue south of G.N. track North Burnaby

AM54-S4-: CVA 466-7
Item
[ca. 1907]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Creek near] C.J. Piper's cottage [on] Piper [Avenue] south of G.N.R. track North Burnaby

AM54-S4-: CVA 466-6
Item
[ca. 1907]

Part of Major Matthews collection

C.J. Piper's cottage [on] Piper [Avenue near] Burnaby Lake

AM54-S4-: CVA 466-5
Item
[ca. 1907]

Part of Major Matthews collection

C.J. Piper's cottage [on] Piper [Avenue] North Burnaby south of G.N. tracks

AM54-S4-: CVA 466-4
Item
[ca. 1907]

Part of Major Matthews collection

C.J. Piper's cottage [at] Piper [Avenue] North Burnaby [south of G.N. tracks]

AM54-S4-: CVA 466-3
Item
[ca. 1906]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Kingsway and Edmonds [Street on] north side city incoming

AM54-S4-1---: CVA 20-22
Item
1932

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a billboard advertising Ingledew's and the Richfield Garage

Kingsway and Patterson [Avenue]

AM54-S4-1---: CVA 20-28
Item
1932

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a Ruddy-Duker Company billboard advertising The Camrin and Vance Hotel in Seattle

[Kingsway at Boundary Road]

AM54-S4-1---: CVA 20-27
Item
1932

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a billboard in the distance

[The wreck of Great Northern Railway train and engine No. 202 near Burnaby Lake]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2177
Item
1906

Part of Major Matthews collection

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Central Park

AM54-S4-: Ch P142
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Kingsway and Tyne [Street showing] roof (2700) [on] south side outgoing

AM54-S4-1---: CVA 20-30
Item
1932

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a Ruddy-Duker Ltd. billboard for Shell and a sign painted on the side of a building advertising The Seaton Suites

Kingsway and Patterson [Avenue] north side city incoming

AM54-S4-1---: CVA 20-26
Item
1932

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a sign for The Abbey Mausoleum and Columbarium at Ocean View Burrial Park and two billboards in the background

Kingsway and Waltham [Avenue] south side city incoming

AM54-S4-1---: CVA 20-24
Item
1931

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a Harry Duker Ltd. billboard advertising McCallum's Scotch Wiskey

Kingsway and Gilley [Avenue on] south side city outgoing

AM54-S4-1---: CVA 20-23
Item
1932

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Ruddy-Druker Company billboard advertising Graham automoiles at Bingham-Tyrwhitt Motors

Laurie, 3 months

AM54-S11-3---: CVA 371-3027
Item
Apr. 1963

Part of Major Matthews collection

Snapshot of Laurie Lyn Walser crawling on bed.

Laurie, 3 months and Mark, 2 1/2

AM54-S11-3---: CVA 371-3026
Item
Apr. 1963.

Part of Major Matthews collection

Snapshot of Mark Walser holding Laurie Lyn Walser.

[Laurie Lyn Walser, 3 days old]

AM54-S11-3---: CVA 371-3025
Item
[Dec. 1962?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Snapshot of Laurie Lyn Walser at 3 days old sent to Major Matthews by Evelyn Walser for Christmas. Photo has a short note on verso by Evelyn Walser that describes the picture.

[Neil Raymond Walser]

AM54-S11-3---: CVA 371-3024
Item
[Oct. 16, 1965?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Professionally taken head & shoulders portrait of Neil Raymond Walser for birth announcement produced by Dominion Birth Announcement Co. Born at Burnaby General Hospital on October 16, 1965 by parents Don and Evelyn Walser.