City of Vancouver Archives

[The new Hastings Sawmill]

AM54-S4-: Mi P71
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[The Nine O'Clock Gun at Brockton (Hallelujah) Point]

AM54-S4-: St Pk P121
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Totem poles in front of longhouses]

AM54-S4-: In P183
Item
[between 1925 and 1930]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Span of Second Narrows bridge falling into inlet]

AM54-S4-: Br P55.2
Item
Sept. 9, 1930

Part of Major Matthews collection

Tugboat is the "Lorne" and hulk is the "Pacific Gatherer."

[Surviving electors of the first civic election at a banquet in the Oval Room in the Hotel Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: LP 160.1
Item
May 4, 1936

Part of Major Matthews collection

Professionally taken group portrait shows the urviving electors of the first civic election at a banquet in the Oval Room in the Hotel Vancouver. Shows Alderman Loat, George Upham, Alderman Thompson, W.H. Gallagher, Calvert Simson, Alderman Harvey, Edward Cook, Alderman Smith, J.W. McFarland, Walter E. Graveley, Mrs. J.S. Matthews, Mr. Langley, Allan K. Stuart, Alderman Miller, and Alderman Lembke.

[Pauline Johnson Memorial]

AM54-S4-: Mon P30
Item
[ca. 1927]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Pender Hall, southwest corner of Howe and Pender Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu N209
Item
[Oct. 1947]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[View of Vancouver from Queen Elizabeth Park]

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P125
Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows City Hall and part of Riley Park and The Lions

[University of British Columbia Library]

AM54-S4-: Bu P706.3
Item
[1936]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows landscaping and the south and west exterior of the library

[Vancouver's first fire boat "J.H. Carlisle"]

AM54-S4-: Bo P357
Item
1928

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View from Marine Drive towards Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: Out P3.2
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Mount Baker

[View looking northwest from the Hotel Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P54
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Marine Building and Brockton Point and The Lions in the background

[View of Howe Sound from the Whytecliff Hotel]

AM54-S4-: Out P480
Item
[ca. 1937]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Gambier Island, Hood Point and Bowen Island

[The "Princess Joan" steamship at C.P.R. Pier B-C]

AM54-S4-: Wat P69
Item
1948

Part of Major Matthews collection

[R.M.S.S. "Aorangi"]

AM54-S4-: LP 204
Item
[between 1925 and 1937]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photo shows Brockton Point

[Schooner "Vancouver" being towed by the tugboat "Sea Monarch" through the First Narrows]

AM54-S4-: Bo P318
Item
1923

Part of Major Matthews collection

["The Green Timbers" on either side of Yale Road]

AM54-S4-: Out P632.1
Item
[ca. 1922]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Long Beach on Vancouver Island]

AM54-S4-: Out P611.1
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Looking north on Howe Street from Dunsmuir Street towards North Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P63.2
Item
1929

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view showing the Marine Building under construction and part of Piers A and B-C

[Looking west on Hastings Street from Cambie Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P57
Item
Jan. 17, 1936

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Dominion Bank building, the Bank of Hamilton building, the cenotaph and the Marine Building

Lumberman's Arch in Stanley Park

AM54-S4-: Arch P45
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Grain ships await docking berths in Vancouver Harbour]

AM54-S4-: Wat P37
Item
Jan. 13, 1928

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Exterior of the Marine Building - 355 Burrard St.]

AM54-S4-: Bu P22
Item
[193-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Exterior of the Templeton Block - 9 East Hastings Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P297
Item
Sept. 1940

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Best Barber Shop, United Cigar Stores Ltd., Geo. Covier Hats for Men, Frome's OK Exchange, signs for Dr. Dier, Dentist, and a traffic light.

[Exterior of Vancouver Technical School at the corner of East Broadway and Clinton (Penticton) Street]

AM54-S4-: Sch P14
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Granville Street South at Connaught Drive and 29th [Avenue]

AM54-S4-: Str P269.5
Item
1921

Part of Major Matthews collection

Trial trip of tug "St. Faith" - Kingcome Navigation Co. August 14th, 1926.

AM54-S4-: Bo P33
Item
Aug. 14, 1926

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph contains an inset of the "St. Faith"

Motor Vehicle Testing Building - Henry Whittaker Provincial Architect - Carter, Halls, Aldiner Company Limited, Contractors - No. 1

AM54-S4-1-M-17-: M-17-35
Item
June 30, 1938

Part of Major Matthews collection

Construction progress photograph showing the building site on the south side of the 1700 Block West Georgia and a house being demolished

Motor Vehicle Testing Building - Henry Whittaker Provincial Architect - Carter, Halls, Aldiner Company Limited, Contractors - No. 5

AM54-S4-1-M-17-: M-17-39
Item
Aug. 19, 1938

Part of Major Matthews collection

Construction progress photograph showing the building site on the south side of the 1700 Block West Georgia

[People at an observation point beside Marine Drive]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-826
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[C.P.R. steamer "Empress of Canada" passing by Propsect Point Lighthouse and Signal Station]

AM54-S4-: Bo P9
Item
[1922?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Central School]

AM54-S4-: Bu N214
Item
[16 Feb. 1948]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Exterior of building - 470 W. Hastings Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P298
Item
Sept. 1940

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows United Cigar Stores Ltd., signs for Dr. R.L. Douglas and Associates, Dentists and Vancouver School of Accordion, Consolidated Typewriters Ltd., Storey's Malted Milk.

[Exterior of King Edward High School at the corner of 12th Avenue and Oak Street]

AM54-S4-: Sch P43
Item
[ca. 1925]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Exterior of Hotel Georgia corner of Howe and Georgia Streets]

AM54-S4-: Hot P2
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Madill Garage and Union Gasoline and the Devonshire Apartment Hotel

[Exterior of Point Grey High School - 5350 East Boulevard]

AM54-S4-: Sch P17
Item
1935

Part of Major Matthews collection

[A.P. Horne, Esq. in his garden]

AM54-S4-: Port P613
Item
1942

Part of Major Matthews collection

[City Council hosts a banquet for the surviving electorate of the first civic election]

AM54-S4-: Port P161
Item
May 4, 1936

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing (left to right) standing: John Irving, Edward Cook, J.H. Carlisle, W.D. Haywood, Allan K. Stuart, James Springer, V.W. Haywood, J.A. Mateer, T.J. Jackman, F.G. Upham, James Myers, J.T. Wilkinson, Frank E. Tilley, A.A. Langley; (sitting) H.J. Newton, Calvert Simson, Walter E. Gravely, W.H. Gallagher, George L. Sehetky, William H.. Macey, Thomas Greer, Hugh E. Campbell, John G. Garvin, Thomas L. Whipple, George R. Gordon, J.W. McFarland, John McKeown, George Cary, Jackson T. Abray, William S. Cook, W.H. Chase and others