City of Vancouver Archives

[Power lines over lane near Pender and Main Streets]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1231
Item
10 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows electric power lines and support structure, and part of the Sherman Hotel.

[Power poles and pruned trees on Burrard Street near Pender Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1235
Item
9 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Road construction in front of second C.P.R. station]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1020
Item
13 May 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Sawmill near Alder Street and Sixth Avenue]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1204
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Section of coal conveyor, concrete stack, and gas holder structure of the Vancouver Steam Plant]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1196
Item
[1914?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Section of partially constructed Georgia Viaduct]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1188
Item
[1914?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Smythe St. between Howe and Granville. April 28 '14.

AM54-S4-: LGN 986
Item
28 Apr. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men laying electric power cables (containing three stranded copper conductors and insulated with impregnated papers) under the street. Photograph shows Smithe Street looking east from Granville Street.

[Streetcar number 501, fitted with doors for front end entrance and one man operation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1211
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Three men on float in False Creek conducting an electrolysis survey]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1269.1
Item
6 May 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows three men with equipment on a small float, and two men in canoes nearby.

[Three men on float in False Creek conducting an electrolysis survey]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1269.2
Item
[6 May 1914]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Three men, including Distribution Engineer Mr. Busch (in bowler hat), on float in False Creek conducting an electrolysis survey]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1269.3
Item
6 May 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Three types of track rail bonds used on street car rails]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1131
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Three types of track rail bonds used on street car rails]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1133
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Transfer of crate containing one half generator stator from a Blue Funnel liner to a flatbed car on a C.P.R. transfer barge in Vancouver harbour]

AM54-S4-: LGN 863
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Transfer of crate containing one half generator stator from a Blue Funnel liner to a flatbed car on a C.P.R. transfer barge in Vancouver harbour]

AM54-S4-: LGN 864
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Transit routes in downtown area Vancouver, B.C. effective July 18, 1952

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a sheet which contains maps of the downtown portions of 14 BC Electric transit routes: Dunbar, Arbutus, Granville - Kingsway - Victoria, Macdonald, 4th Ave. - West Pt. Grey, Powell - Stanley Park, Broadway East - Robson, Hastings East, Main, Davie - Fraser, Grandview, Oak, Cambie, North Vancouver - Intercity.

[Two B.C. Electric Railway Co. floats outside the company's head office on Carrall Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1217
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows two floats, one containing Vancouver's first streetcar, and the other containing a replica of the Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two.

[Two men at partially constructed driveway at east end of C.P.R. station]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1274
Item
13 May 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Two men with tennis racquets standing on front step of B.C. Electric Lawn Tennis Club at 41st Avenue and Laurel Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 935
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Two types of track rail bonds used on street car rails]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1132
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Two Vancouver Gas Company floats]

AM54-S4-: LGN 985
Item
12 June 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows two floats for the Vancouver Pageant, one depicting household life before 1886 (on horse-drawn cart), and one depicting household life between 1886 and 1914 (on truck).

[Underground cable manholes for Haro Street substation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1149
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Vancouver and suburbs trolley and feeder map

AM54-S4-: LGN 1193.2
Item
[1914?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph is a copy of a map showing overhead trolley and railway feeder circuit locations in Vancouver and surrounding areas.

Vancouver and suburbs trolley and feeder map

AM54-S4-: LGN 1193.1
Item
[1914?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of a map showing overhead trolley and railway feeder circuit locations in Vancouver and surrounding areas.

Vancouver city and suburban lines

AM1594-: 2011-067.1-: 2011-067.1.2
Part
1923

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Part is the back side of an informational pamphlet published by the BC Electric Railway Co. showing street car lines, interurban lines, bus routes and parks.

[Vancouver Gas Company float for Vancouver Pageant parade]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1007
Item
12 June 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Vancouver Pageant. June 12, 1914

AM54-S4-: LGN 984
Item
12 June 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows crowds watching parade on Hastings Street, including floats from the Vancouver Gas Company and the B.C. Electric Railway Company.

[Various electrically operated trucks assembled for a demonstration at Beatty and Dunsmuir Streets]

AM54-S4-: LGN 928
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Various electrically operated vehicles inside B.C. Electric Company garage at Carrall Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 927
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Various electrically operated vehicles inside B.C. Electric Railway Company garage at Carrall Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 926
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View looking northwest on] Dunbar Diversion [at West 14th Avenue]

AM1184-: CVA 1184-3633
Item
1951

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

Photograph shows a B.C.E.R. streetcar, a house at 3635 West 14th Avenue and a portion of Almond Park.

[View of 300 block of Water Street, looking west]

AM54-S4-: LGN 983
Item
15 May 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of B.C. Electric street cars on Dunbar Street from 41st Avenue]

AM1184-: CVA 1184-3632
Item
1951

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

Photograph shows the Safeway store and other retail businesses in the 5600 block Dunbar Street.

[View of Burrard Street near Nelson Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1239
Item
9 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows newly installed power poles, houses, and the First Baptist Church.

[View of Burrard Street, looking north from near Davie Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1125
Item
10 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of Burrard Street, looking north from Nelson Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1004
Item
9 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of Burrard Street, looking south from Burnaby Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1126
Item
10 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of Burrard Street, looking south from Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1010
Item
26 Jan. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of Burrard Street, looking south from Hastings Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1011
Item
26 Jan. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of Burrard Street, looking south from near Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1005
Item
9 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of Burrard Street, looking southwest from near Davie Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1230
Item
10 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows power lines, houses, and the Burrard Court apartment building at 1237 Burrard Street.

[View of Cambie Street, looking south from near Pender Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1233
Item
10 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows parked cars, power lines over the street, and various buildings, including a hospital building at the corner of Pender and Cambie Streets.

[View of Granville Street, looking north from Pender Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1013
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of Hastings Street, looking west from near Seymour Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1273
Item
[1914?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of illuminated signs on Hastings Street, looking east from Abbott Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1017
Item
19 Apr. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Signs for "Palace Hotel", "Allen's Cafe", "Stark's Glasgow House Carpets", "Rex Theatre", "Hotel Regent", "Cascade Beer", "Regal Theatre" and "Marshall Optical" are visible.