City of Vancouver Archives

VPK-S98-: LEG1800.127
Item
1931

Part of Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation fonds

Item is an architectural design drawing for the English Bay Beach bathhouse. The drawing includes front, north and south elevations; exterior elevations of entrances and windows; and sections.

Vancouver (B.C.). Board of Park Commissioners

Aerial photo, vertical, Jericho Beach Park and Kitsilano

AM1376-: CVA 59-09
Item
May 1956

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a photograph of Jericho Beach Park and the surrounding area, looking north. The area photographed runs from English Bay and Jericho Beach to W 16th Avenue,and from Sasamat Street to Balaclava Street.

[George Cunningham memorial sundial plaque]

COV-S644-: CVA 1095-00604
Item
Feb. 1974

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[George Cunningham memorial sundial]

COV-S644-: CVA 1095-00603
Item
Feb. 1974

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Joe Fortes, lifeguard [diving into water at English Bay]

AM1576-S6-12-F47-: 2011-010.1771
Item
[ca. 1908] (reproduced 1986)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

The pier, English Bay, Vancouver, B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-2100
Item
[192-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

The Pier, English Bay, Vancouver, B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-2043
Item
[191-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Promenade, English Bay, Vancouver, B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-2448
Item
[192-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

The Beach, English Bay, Vancouver, B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-2282
Item
[191-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Miss Lillian Jackson : 1912, English Bay

AM1052-: AM1052 P-2016
Item
1912

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a postcard showing Lillian Jackson at English Bay in 1912. There is a photocopied note accompanying the image: "Miss Lillian Jackson 1912, English Bay. Later Mrs. Alex Hogg. Mother of Irene Lawrence. This picture taken on the beach at English Bay, Vancouver in 1912. Notice the old bath houses, the long pier (on the left) leading to the popular dance floor. The building under construction in the background is the Sylvia Hotel. The management of the Sylvia Hotel was so intrigued with this post card picture that they borrowed it and had it blown up, quite large, and the finished pictures are hanging in several areas of the hotel."

Rec[orded] 1985

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is a film showing an aircraft carrier in English Bay, the sun rise from Fontainebleau (Apt. 5455 Balsam Street, fishing in Campbell River, Nanaimo Bath Tub Race, and children running through sprinkler, swimming in an outdoor pool [at Fontainebleau].

Westminster Bridge - Oliver, Patullo Bridge - Lions Gate

AM1487-F03-: 2012-033.10
Item
[ca. 1937]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is a film containing footage of a rural farm area, children playing, Boy Scouts, baseball in a field, a truck laying asphalt onto the road, Pattullo Bridge construction and completion, the New Westminster waterfront, Vancouver skyline from Stanley Park, Second Beach swimming pool, view of partially finished Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park, English Bay, the Sylvia Hotel and City Hall.