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[First car to cross [first] Second Narrows Bridge]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-96
Item
Nov. 7 1925

Photograph shows Mayor L.D. Taylor second row, left. Inscription by Taylor on the verso of print reads: "First money $200,000, voted by my administration in 1910."

[Cutting the ribbon by Hon. W.H. Sutherland at the opening ceremony for the first Second Narrows Bridge]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-94
Item
Nov. 7 1925

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Inscription by Taylor on verso of print reads: "Chief of Police, L.D. [Taylor], newly elected M.P. evidently trying to have me remove my hat, Alderman North Vancouver then Dr. Sutherland, next big fellow one of my aldermen."

[Dr. Sutherland delivering the address at the opening ceremony for the first Second Narrows Bridge]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-93
Item
Nov. 7 1925

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Individuals identified are: the Hon. W.H. Sutherland, Minister of Public Works (speaking) Mayor L.D. Taylor to the left of Sutherland and the Mayor of North Vancouver to the right of Sutherland. A Vancouver alderman stands behind Sutherland.

[Opening ceremony for the first Second Narrows Bridge]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-92
Item
Nov. 7 1925

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows the Hon. W.H. Sutherland, Minister of Public Works delivering address. Individuals identified are: Mayor L.D. Taylor to the left of Sutherland and the Mayor of North Vancouver to the right of Sutherland. A Vancouver alderman stands behind Sutherland.

[Opening ceremony for the first Second Narrows Bridge]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-89
Item
Nov. 7 1925

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows the Hon. W.H. Sutherland, Minister of Public Works delivering address. Individuals identified are: Mayor L.D. Taylor to the left of Sutherland and the Mayor of North Vancouver to the right of Sutherland. A Vancouver alderman stands behind Sutherland.

[Opening ceremony for the first Second Narrows Bridge]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-88
Item
Nov. 7 1925

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows crowd and officials.

[Mayor L.D. Taylor shaking hand of member of the Cold Stream Guards Band]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-87
Item
[ca. 1931]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows Alderman E.W. Dean to the left of the guard.

[Mayor L.D. Taylor meeting members of the Cold Stream Guards Band]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-86
Item
[ca. 1931]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows Alderman E.W. Dean to the left of the guard.

[Hon. Thomas Dufferin Pattullo (Premier) with Mayor L.D. Taylor at the opening of baseball season]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-73
Item
1934

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

[Mayor L.D. Taylor bowls the first ball during Australian cricket team visit]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-71
Item
1932

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows Alderman E.W. Dean second from right.

[Group portrait of Mayor L.D. Taylor with children at orphan's picnic hosted by the Vancouver Automobile Club at Ceperley Playgrounds]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-70
Item
[1932]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Dominion Photo Company

[Vice Admiral Saburo Hyakutake, Imperial Japanese Navy, lays wreath at cenotaph, with Mayor L.D. Taylor looking on]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-679
Item
Feb. 1925

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

[Reeve Cornett of South Vancouver, Mayor L.D. Taylor of Vancouver and Councillor Lembke of Point Grey prior to amalgamation in 1929]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-57
Item
[1928]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Inscribed on recto: "United we stand - divided we fall"

[Mayor L.D. Taylor, Col. E.J. Ryan, contractor, and T.S. Dixon of the Vancouver Board of Trade standing on the site of the Canadian National Railways Hotel at Georgia and Hornby on the first day of construction]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-56
Item
Dec. 4 1928

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows the start of construction for the third Hotel Vancouver.

[Governor General Lord Willingdon and Lady Willingdon arrive in Vancouver for visit, April 14, 1927]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-55
Item
1927

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows Mayor L.D. Taylor to the left of Lord Willingdon

[Governor General Lord Willingdon, Mayor L.D. Taylor, Lady Willingdon and Col. H.S. Tobin during the Willingdon's visit, April 14, 1927]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-54
Item
Apr. 14 1927

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

[Mayor L.D. Taylor with members of the [C.N.O.S.?] First National Band, Vancouver and group of unidentified men and women]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-45
Item
[July] 1927

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph is a group portrait showing L.D. Taylor in the second row from the front, sixth person from the left.

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

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-35
Item
July 4, 1927

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

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.

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

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-34
Item
July 4, 1927

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

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.

[Mayor L.D. Taylor enters water at First Narrows in diving suit]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-32
Item
June 1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

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

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-31
Item
June 1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

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.

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

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-30
Item
June 1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows L.D. Taylor sitting on a bench dressed in a diving suit. A member of the diving crew is just about to place a diving helmet on Taylor's head. Individuals identified are James M. Begg, sewerage board engineer, standing to the left of L.D., and Arthur Mole, far right.

[Mayor L.D. Taylor with waterworks diving crew prior to First Narrows dive]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-29
Item
June 1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph is a group portrait showing L.D. Taylor (front row, right), sitting on a bench dressed in a diving suit, with members of the diving crew. Individual identified is James M. Begg, sewerage board engineer, standing fourth from the left.

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

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-28
Item
June 1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows diving crew putting diving suit on L.D. Taylor (second from right).

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

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-27
Item
June 1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows diving crew assisting L.D. Taylor (second from the right) dress for the dive.

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

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-26
Item
June 1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows L.D. Taylor sitting on a bench while diving crew makes preparations for dive.

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

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-25
Item
1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

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.

[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]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-24
Item
1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

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.

[Landing of seaplane carrying Mayor L.D. Taylor, Major [Tudhope?] and Captain Glover of the B.C. Electric Railway Company at the Jericho Beach Station]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-23
Item
1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Inscription on verso of print reads: "The seaplane in which trip was made about to land with the party." An article in the March 6, 1939 The Daily Province states that this was his Taylor's first flight.

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

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-22
Item
1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

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.

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

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-21
Item
1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

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.

[Mayor L.D. Taylor standing in front of seaplane at Jericho Beach Station before flight]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-20
Item
1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows L.D. Taylor dressed in flight gear and wearing aviator goggles. Inscription on the verso of print reads: "L.D. first flight."

[Mayor L.D. Taylor pitching baseball]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-196
Item
[between 1924 and 1934]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

[Mayor L.D. Taylor speaking at dedication of Water Street fountain]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-191
Item
[between 1924 and 1928]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

[Mayor L.D. Taylor standing outdoors with a group of men]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-190
Item
[between 1931 and 1934]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows Mayor L.D. Taylor front row, third from left.

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

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-19
Item
1926

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

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.

[Chief of Police and Mayor L.D. Taylor at outdoor celebration, possibly for Dominion Day]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-189
Item
[between 1924 and 1928?]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Item is a photograph showing the group of officials standing at Cambie and Hastings.

[Mayor L.D. Taylor with athletes on East Hastings Street near Main Street]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-188
Item
[between 1924-1928?]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows Mayor L.D. Taylor, second from left.

[Mayor L.D. Taylor speaking at a ceremony]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-187
Item
[between 1924 and 1928]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

[Mayor L.D. Taylor shaking a young man's hand while another young man looks on]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-186
Item
[between 1924 and 1928?]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

[Mayor L.D. Taylor getting into boat with wreath of flowers and "success" ribbon on the front window]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-185
Item
[ca. 1931?]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

[Mayor L.D. Taylor and a small group of men standing next to Vancouver British Columbia Western Grain Terminus parade float]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-184
Item
[between 1925 and 1928?]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Amalgamation Committee for Point Grey, Vancouver and South Vancouver

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-183
Item
1928

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows the following individuals standing in front of the main entrance of City Hall on Main Street: (Point Grey) W.H. Lembke, R.N. Fraser, F.G. Forbes, N. Thompson (South Vancouver) J.W. Cornett, D. Grimmett, W.H. Cottrell, W.J. Buckingham (Van