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[Flying. Left to right: the Mayor L.D. Taylor, Major [Tudhope?] M.C., Captain Glover, before seaplane flight]

Photograph shows Mayor L.D. Taylor, Major [Tudhope] and Captain Glover of the B.C. Electric Railway Company, dressed in flight gear standing in front of a seaplane at the Jericho Beach Station. L.D. Taylor is wearing aviator goggles. An article in the March 6, 1939 The Daily Province states that this was his first flight.

[Captain Glover, Major [Tudhope?] M.C, and Mayor L.D. Taylor at Jericho Beach Station before seaplane flight]

Photograph shows (from left to right): Captain Glover of the B.C. Electric Railway Company, Major [Tudhope] and Mayor L.D. Taylor dressed in flight gear standing in front of a seaplane at the Jericho Beach Station. An article in the March 6, 1939 The Daily Province states that this was Taylor's first flight.

[Captain Glover, Major [Tudhope?] M.C, and Mayor L.D. Taylor in seaplane at Jericho Beach Station preparing for flight]

Photograph shows seated in plane (from left to right): Captain Glover of the B.C. Electric Company, Mayor L.D. Taylor, and Major [Tudhope]. The photograph also shows a man standing on the nose of the plane turning a crank. An article in the March 6, 1939 The Daily Province states that this was Taylor's first flight.

[Mayor's secretary George Fitch, Mayor L.D. Taylor, Major [Tudhope?], Captain Glover and unidentified man standing on the beach at the Jericho Beach Station after flight in seaplane]

Photograph shows (from left to right): George Fitch, unidentified man (with back to camera), Mayor L.D. Taylor, Major [Tudhope] and Captain Glover. An article in the March 6, 1939 The Daily Province states that this was Taylor's first flight.

[Flying jaunt: The Mayor, Captain Glover, Executive B.C. Electric Railway Company, Mayor's Secretary, (with back to camera) after flight in sea plane]

Photograph shows (from left to right): Mayor L.D. Taylor, Captain Glover, unidentified man, and George Fitch standing on the beach at the Jericho Beach Station after flight in seaplane. An article in the March 6, 1939. The Daily Province states that this was Taylor's first flight.

[Waterworks diving crew prepare Mayor L.D. Taylor for First Narrows dive]

Photograph shows L.D. Taylor sitting on a bench dressed in a diving suit. Members of the diving crew stand around Taylor, as one of the crew prepares to place a diving helmet on Taylor's head. Inscription on the back of photograph reads: "Day after first ride in airplane went down in diving suit, Jericho seaplane 1926, late Capt. Glover, B.C. E[lectric] R[ailway] Co[mpany] with him." Individual identified is Arthur Mole standing far right.

[Opening ceremony for C.P.R. Piers B and C]

Photograph shows Mayor L.D. Taylor and C.P.R. President and Chairman E.W. Beatty holding a scroll tied with ribbon. C.A. Cotterell, General Superintendent for the B.C. District of the C.P.R., stands to the left.

[Opening ceremony for C.P.R. Piers B and C]

Photograph shows the passing of a scroll tied with ribbon between Mayor L.D. Taylor and C.A. Cotterell, General Superintendent for the B.C. District of the C.P.R. E.W. Beatty, C.P.R. President and Chairman watches.

[Governor General Lord Byng's farewell visit]

Inscription by L.D. Taylor on verso of print reads: " Party. Left to right: Councillor McLean, Revelstoke, B.C., His Excellency Baron Byng, myself {Mayor L.D. Taylor], Chief of Police Long, my secretary George Fitch, Her Excellency Baroness Byng, Miss Sandford lady in waiting." Photograph taken at C.N. Station.

[Governor General Lord Byng's farewell visit]

Inscription by L.D. Taylor on verso of print reads: "Miss Sandford lady in waiting, Captain [?] Mgr. B.C. Coast S.S. Coy., Her Excellency Baroness BYNG, The Mayor [L.D. Taylor], His Excellency Baron Byng, Colonel Foster C.D.C."

[Group portrait on the deck of the R.M.S. Aorangi]

Individuals identified are: Managing Director [of the Canadian Australasian Line] holding ring with the ship's name on it and his wife holding flowers, Mayor L.D. Taylor standing to the right of the Director, and the Mayor's secretary on far right. Inscription by Taylor on verso of print reads: "First call the Aorangi, Sydney to Vancouver. Largest power boat so far built."

[Ceremony at Lansdowne Park]

Photograph shows a group of people gathered on a podium for a ceremony, possibly at Lansdowne Park. Individuals identified are: Mayor L.D. Taylor, standing in front of table.

[Visit of Australian Premier Bruce]

Photograph is a group portrait taken inside the C.P.R. Station showing (from left to right): Nels Lougheed, Mrs. Bruce, Premier Bruce and L.D. Taylor. Inscription on verso of print reads: " Visit. Abernethy Lougheed logging camp, in B.C. largest stockholder, McCormick Chicago Ill[inoi]s."

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