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The nave, north and south transepts, from the chancel [St. Andrew's Wesley United Church]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-221.10
Item
[1933]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Great organ, St. Andrew's Wesley [United] Church

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-221.20
Item
1933

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows the church organ pipes.

Dining hall, Anglican College, Vancouver, B.C.

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-742
Item
1929

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows tables and chairs, window, ceiling beams, and other details of the room.

[Wesley Choir's last stand - flashlight taken Sunday evening, August 31, 1930, following the singing of "Handel's Hallelujah" - henceforth Wesley and St. Andrew's are one]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-743
Item
Aug. 31, 1930

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows the choir of the Wesley Methodist Church posed in front of the church organ before the church's amalgamation with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church to form St. Andrew's Wesley United Church.

Wesley Choir's last stand - flashlight taken Sunday evening, August 31, 1930, following the singing of "Handel's Hallelujah" - henceforth Wesley and St. Andrew's are one

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-185
Item
Aug. 31, 1930

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows the choir of the Wesley Methodist Church posed in front of the church organ before the church's amalgamation with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church to form St. Andrew's Wesley United Church.

Chapel of Anglican College [later part of the Vancouver School of Theology]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-191
Item
1934

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows interior of college, with chairs, podium, altar, and other items.

Interior of Pioneer's Association Museum (Old Hastings Mill Store) [1575 Alma Street, Vancouver]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-200
Item
[between 1940 and 1948]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows a piano and other artifacts in the museum.

Hansom cab that plied on the Vancouver streets, in the Pioneer's Museum (Old Hastings Mill Store) [1575 Alma Street, Vancouver]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-199
Item
[between 1940 and 1948]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Houses in Mount Pleasant]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-520
Item
[1906?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows two houses. Two men are standing on the front walkway of one house

[View of street at sunset]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-538
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Note on original mounting board reads: "Hastings St. ca. 1904"

[Willows and bridges at Stanley Park]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-539
Item
[1939?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Notes on original mounting board read: "Weeping willows, in their winter sleep. Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C. Van. Nat. History. - Timms"

[Five men at] Sub-arctic lake, Garibaldi National Park

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-540
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Note on original mounting board reads: "Lakes in the sub-arctic, 5500 ft. up. Age-old ice and the annual snowfall. Garibaldi Nat. Park. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

[Side view of sand drifts, Boundary Bay]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-541
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Note on original mounting board reads: "Boundary Bay, B.C. Melting of the ice age, Fraser River. Drift of sand and iron stained pebbles."

[Willows and bridges in Stanley Park]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-550
Item
1939

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Landscape. The Willow's looking glass. Winter in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C. 1939. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

Rock splitting tree - Bowen Island

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-549
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Rock splitting trees fight for life. Bowen Island. Van. Nat. History. Timms."

Vancouver Natural History Society [members assembled at] Trout Lake

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-548
Item
1927

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Vancouver Natural History Society. Our first outing at Trout Lake, Spring time 1927 - Philip Timms Photo."

Pebble filled volcanic mud, False Creek

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-547
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Geology. Pebble filled volcanic mud. Mounds, south cliffs of False Creek, Vancouver, B.C. Van. Nat. History - Timms"

[Trees in] Garibaldi National Park

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-546
Item
[1922?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Garibaldi National Park 1922 one tree cut down by snow avalanche."

[Interior of] Bell tower, St. James' Anglican Church [303 East Cordova Street]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-545
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Industry. Saturday afternoon. Stop work. Bell Tower, St. James' Anglican Church, Vancouver, B.C. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

[Wedge shaped rocks]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-544
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "The 'Wedge." The disintegration of rock formation is an interesting field for the nature photographer. Wet, frost, debris, and vegetation penetrates the fractures in the rock, forcing the mass apart to fall below and form the Talus. Sea Coast, near Vancouver, B.C. Philip Timms, A.R.P.S."

[Tidal pool at] Bowen Island

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-543
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Geology. Pools of sea water, left by falling tides, are a means with frost and heat, of splitting rocks at their jointing. Bowen Island, Vancouver, B.C. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

Five sided basalt, False Creek

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-554
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Geology. Five sided basalt. Eruptives of False Creek, south hillsides. Vancouver, B.C. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

Volcanic mud and basaltic outcropping, False Creek

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-553
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Geology. Volcanic mud and basaltic outcropping. South side of False Creek, Vancouver, B.C. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

Cross section of 275 year old Fir tree, Bowen Island

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-552
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Forestry. Section of a 275 year old Fir tree. Bacteria opens the way to the weather. Bowen Island. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

[Weathered rocks in] Capilano River

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-551
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Weathering. Sharply fractured rocks fall into the streams and become rounded in shape by the ever-moving currents. Capilano River, Vancouver, B.C. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

Early morning on Howe Sound

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-555
Item
1936

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "'The morning's promise.' Early morning on Howe Sound, Vancouver, Canada. Tidal salt water of the Pacific Ocean, explored by Captain Vancouver, over 160 years ago."

Volcanic debris, False Creek

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-556
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Geology. Hill-tops of False Creek, Volcanic debris, where play the city's children, Vancouver, B.C. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

Arbutus Tree on Island Summit, near Hood Point, Howe Sound

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-557
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Forestry. The Arbutus Tree on Watch. Island Summit, off Hood Point, Howe Sound, Vancouver, B.C. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

Miller's Landing, Howe Sound

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-558
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Seascape. Low tide, salt water, and the disintegrating of shoreline. Miller's Landing, Howe Sound, Vancouver, B.C. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

[View of Howe Sound, with dead tree in the foreground]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-559
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "It is possible that this dead tree witnessed the comming of Capt. Vancouver as he explored the Sound past Hood Point, Bowen Island. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

Rocky ramparts of Bowen Island

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-560
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Geology. Rocky ramparts of Bowen Island. Among the Igneous formations. Miller's Landing, Hower Sound. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

Boundary Bay sandcliffs

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-567
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Geology. Sand cliffs at Boundary Bay, near Vancouver, Ancient sea bottom laid down when the Gulf of Georgia was fresh water. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

New Westminster waterfront

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-575
Item
1908

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows docks and boats, commercial and industrial buildings, and houses in the distance.

Sand lenses, Second Beach

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-569
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "Old Sand lenses at Second Beach undermined by wave erosion. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

[Tree growing around rock], Bowen Island

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-568
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A note on the original mounting board reads: "The trees teach men how to fight difficult problems. Splitting the rocks, Bowen Island. Van. Nat. History - Timms."

[Panorama view of Vancouver looking north from Nelson Street]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-656
Item
1936

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Prominent buildings in photograph are: Manhattan Apartments (784 Thurlow Street), Marine Building (355 Burrard Street), Hotel Vancouver (900 West Georgia Street), Provincial Court House (750 Hornby Street); Second Hotel Vancouver (Granville Street), Vancouver Block (736 Granville Street), First Baptist Church (969 Burrard Street) and St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church (1012 Nelson Street).

[Pedestrians on sidewalk at Granville and Pender Streets]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-660
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows pedestrians, streetcars, automobiles, a C.P.R. sign, and the corner of the Rogers building, including O.B. Allan Jewellers.

[Pedestrians on sidewalk of 500 block of Granville Street]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-659
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

An accompanying label reads: "Commonwealth City Life, 50 years ago in Vancouver, Canada. No autos, no chewing gum bespattered asphalt roads, no radios or television. Memory recalls the sound of gentle footsteps along the 12 ft. wooden plank sidewalks. The long skirts and the "respectable" street cleaners of the period. Timms, Vancouver Natural History Society. 1904-1954."

Corner Hastings and Richards Streets. Time of the visit of our King and Queen

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-672
Item
29 May 1939

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows Hastings Street, looking west, decorated with flags and signs. Photograph also shows streetcars, automobiles, and pedestrians.

Pot holes drilled by running stream, Vancouver Island

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-671
Item
[1937?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows weathered rocks.

Clearing site for Court House on Georgia Street

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-528
Item
[ca. 1904]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows horses and men clearing land.

[Granville Street near Pender Street, looking north, showing sign for Semi-Ready Tailoring]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-529
Item
[ca. 1906]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

A label on the back of the photograph mounting reads: "Granville Street, near Pender. Looking North. A foggy day in the autumn. One auto, tram cars on left hand side, the hand cart, Rand Bros. office, Old Style sign of 'Semi-Ready.' The corner before the Rogers building was built."

[View of Dupont Street, later Pender Street, Chinatown area]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-530
Item
[ca. 1906]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows carts, people, and a dog in the middle of the street. Various commercial buildings are also shown.

Dominion Bank building [207 West Hastings Street] under contruction, showing old Court House Dome

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-532
Item
[ca. 1908]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph also shows a horse-drawn cart, and two men leaning over a hand cart.

Parade, Cordova Street, Dominion Day

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-533
Item
1 July 1907

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows soldiers with band marching down street, with spectators on the sidewalks.

[Businesses and produce carts on 400 block of Carrall Street]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-522
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows several horse-drawn carts in front of a commercial block. Businesses in the buildings include: Kwong Fat Yuen Co., Sam Kee and Co., Sun Sun Fine Tailoring.

[View of Granville Street, north of Dunsmuir Street, in the rain]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-525
Item
[ca. 1907]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows pedestrians on sidewalk and horse-drawn carriages in the street.

[Line-up at the foot of Granville Street to purchase lots in Shaughnessy neighbourhood from the C.P.R.]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-526
Item
Sept. 1909

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows queue on both sides of the street, leading to the C.P.R. station.

Georgia Street at Hornby Street

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-527
Item
[ca. 1904]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows horse-drawn carriages on street, including one for the Badminton Hotel; Christ Church Cathedral; and a building containing both a grocery store (Kyle Grocery) and a picture framing store (Timms Art Emporium), later the site of the Georgia Medical - Dental building, then Cathedral Place.

[Five cars at Prospect Point, Stanley Park]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-561
Item
[ca. 1908]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows men, women, and children in cars around Prospect Point. Two young men and a child are seated on a tree stump.

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