1st Celebration in B.C. of Dominion Day, New Westminster 1878
- AM54-S4-: Bu P738
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- July 1, 1878
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a group portrait in front of the Colonial hotel (Columbia Street)
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1st Celebration in B.C. of Dominion Day, New Westminster 1878
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a group portrait in front of the Colonial hotel (Columbia Street)
[A crowd gathers to watch a span of the bridge being floated into place]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
[A crowd gathers to watch a span of the bridge being floated into place]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
[A crowd watches as a spread span is floated into place]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
[A gathering of Caledonians in their tartans]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group portrait
[A group of women after the fire]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group portrait showing (left to right): Margaret E. Spillman, Esther Spillman, M. Robinson and Etta Robinson
[A group of workers pose during construction of the superstructure]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph showing a group portrait
[A group of workers pose during the construction of a spread span]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
[A group of workers pose during the construction of a spread span]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
[A group of workers pose on the superstructure]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph showing a group portrait
[A horse-drawn Imperial Oil Company delivery wagon]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows Billy Dion driving
[A man on a horse at the annual Royal Agricultural Exhibition]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[A path through a grove of trees]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[A path through a grove of trees]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
[A span being floated into place]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
[A span of the bridge being floated into place]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
[A spread span is floated into position]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
[A Vancouver, Westminster and Yukon Railway Company train crosses the bridge]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
[A view of the completed bridge]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
[An electric railway car next to a siding]
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Bank of B.C. [after fire of September 10, 1898]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Bank of B.C. building after fire]
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Item is a photograph showing the ruined structure of the Bank of B.C. at Columbia and Sixth, New Westminster.
Bank of British Columbia, New Westminster [Columbia and Mary Streets]
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[Bayonet Squad, A & B Companies, 6th Regiment, D.C.O.R.]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Individuals identified are: Carey Pickles, Joe Mahoney, Crossland Oddy, Miller, J.G. Gamon, W. Huntley, L.B. Lusby, T. Cunningham, T.J. Mahoney, Alex Turnbull, W.J. Soan and Sgt. Major Cornsh
[Bayonet Squad, "Guard" A & B Companies, 6th Regiment, D.C.O.R.]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Individuals identified are: Carey Pickles, Joe Mahoney, Crossland Oddy, Miller, Sgt. J.G. Gamon, Walter Huntley, L.B. Lusby, Tom Cunningham, Sgt. Major J.C. Cornish, T.J. Mahoney, Alex Turnbull and W.J. Sloan
[B.C. Electric Railway Company Fraser Valley Railway line cars]
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Photograph shows men, women and children assembled in and around three electric railway cars on Front Street, New Westminster.
[B.C. Wood Preserving Co. plant and storage yard]
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Photograph also shows a railway crane.
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Studio portrait
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Construction progress photograph
Brunette Sawmills, Ltd., Sapperton, B.C.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Panoramic view from the water
Brunette Sawmills, Ltd., Sapperton, B.C.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Panoramic view
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Group portrait showing Arthur Leslie, Oswald Peele, Frank Biladeau, J.T. Burnett, Tom Sayer, A. Mortison, H.Walker Sangster, Tim Mahoney, W. Sutherland, Tom Trapp, Rufus K. Sangster, Stewart Gordon, Chris Jackson and Arthur Wise
[Buildings after New Westminster fire]
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[Buildings after New Westminster fire]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Buildings are in the 700 block of Columbia St. in New Westminster.
[Buildings destroyed by the Great Fire]
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Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Forces in training New Westminster, B.C.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group portrait
Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
[Celebrating "The Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa" on Columbia Street]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Construction progress photograph showing the bridge site across the Fraser River