City of Vancouver Archives

[Group portrait of first brass band at Cambie Street grounds]

AM54-S4-: Park N4
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Group assembled in garden in rear of 74 Cordova St.]

AM54-S4-: Bu P44
Item
[ca. 1888]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the first electric light plant and the unit block Hastings between Carrall and Abbott Street. Individuals identified (left to right): Mrs. Percy Venables, Mr. Mazoni, Miss Thomas, Mr. Dizromi, unidentified, Mr. Gabe Thomas, Mrs. Brown, Peter Clair, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Vashon, Mrs. Mazoni, Mrs. Peter Clair, Mrs. Woods. Front: Mazoni boy.

[Exterior of the New York Block - eastside 600 block Granville Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P79
Item
[ca. 1889]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows (left to right) E.S. Scoullar Hardware, Carters Temple of Music, H. Collins Dry Goods and A.L. McMullen Dry Goods.

[Queen Brothers Stanley Park Stables - south side Georgia between Seymour and Granville Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu P84
Item
[ca. 1889]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Frank W. Hart's funeral hearse.

Vancouver San Juan Lime Co. Kiln [foot of Raymur Avenue]

AM54-S4-: Bu P94
Item
[ca. 1888]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Interior Machine Shops of City Foundry [at the foot of Hawks Avenue]

AM54-S4-: Bu P95.1
Item
1889

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Interior of City Foundry and Machine works at the foot of Hawks Ave.]

AM54-S4-: Bu P95.2
Item
1889

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Group portrait on porch of the Ellesmere Rooms at 439 Homer Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P141
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Man in derby hat identified as Frank M. Yorke.

[House at 1100 Haro Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P144.1
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Exterior of H.T.Ceperley's residence - 1116 Georgia St.]

AM54-S4-: Bu P290
Item
[ca. 1888]

Part of Major Matthews collection

People identified (left to right): Mr. H.T. Ceperley, Arthur T. Ceperley, Mrs. Ceperley and daughter (Mrs. E.C. Hall)

[Exterior of the Ferguson Building - S.W. corner of Hastings and Richards Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu P315
Item
[ca. 1889]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows W. Reynell and Co., Cope and Young and Shelton and Co.

General View of Docks at Vancouver

AM54-S4-: Can P14
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[The first C.P.R. roundhouse and machine shop crew on Drake Street]

AM54-S4-: Can P21
Item
[1888 or 1889]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Group portrait in front of C.P.R. repair shed and roundhouse near Pender and Carroll Streets]

AM54-S4-: Can P189
Item
[ca. 1888]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men identified: David Law, Mr. Steele and Mr. Charles Richardson

[Steam powered fire engine " M.A. MacLean" on trial run]

AM54-S4-: FD P42
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

[The ladies' parlour of the Secord Hotel - corner of Dunlevy Avenue and Powell Street]

AM54-S4-: Hot P23.1
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) [composite photograph]

AM54-S4-: LP 44
Item
[1887?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the interiors of social hall, reading room, office, assembly hall, hall and exterior of building.

[W.H. Gallagher and others on a verandah]

AM54-S4-: Port P181
Item
1888

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait

[A gathering of Vancouver Football Club in Hastings at George Black's place]

AM54-S4-: Sp P58
Item
May 3, 1890

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing (back row): George McLaren Brown, D. Graves, C. Gardner Johnson, A. St. George Hamersley, R.G. Tatlow, Fred Johnson, A. Mowatt; (front row): Reverend M. Edwards, Reverend H.G.F. Clinton, Harry Watson, Frank Holt, Richard Harvey, S. Black, F.W. Boultbee (lying down) and others

[An unidentified group picnic]

AM54-S4-: St Pk P259.2
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait

[View of Westminster Avenue (Main Street) from Mount Pleasant]

AM54-S4-: Str P54.1
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[A float in the 400 Block of Powell Street ready to join the Dominion Day parade]

AM54-S4-: Str P245
Item
[ca. 1889]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Choice Groceries in the background

[Vacant lots on the north side of Hastings street between Homer Street and Hamilton Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P338
Item
[ca. 1889]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a man aiming a rifle

[View from Hastings Street looking east towards Hastings Sawmill]

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P38.1
Item
1892

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view from the Lefevre Block showing the C.P.R. offices on Cordova Street and the roof of the Wulffsohn Block

[Eastern view from Richards Street of the buildings between Cordova Street and Hastings Street]

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P38.2
Item
1892

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view from the Lefevre Block showing the Holland Block under construction, the tower of the Brimsmead Block, the tower of the public library and other buildings

[Looking east along Hastings Street from Richards Street]

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P38.3
Item
1892

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view from the Lefevre Block showing the Innes-Thompson (Innes-Townley) Block, The A.G. Ferguson Block, the Bank of British Columbia, the News-Advertiser and other buildings and streetcars

Vancouver, B.C. from the East

AM54-S4-: Wat P9
Item
[ca. 1888]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view looking west along Alexander Street

[Bailey Bros. Stationery and Photo, 138 Cordova Street]

AM54-S4-: SGN 137
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows interior of business, showing various displays. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[View along Westminster Avenue, looking north from Mount Pleasant]

AM54-S4-: SGN 18
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Businesses at 500 block of West Hastings Street]

AM54-S4-: SGN 14
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows businesses located in the Thompson-Ogle building, including Weeks and Ford, deWolf and Munro, and Shelton and Co. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Burrard Rowing Club clubhouse at the foot of Thurlow Street, on wharf next to shed and fish net dryer from Spratt's Oilery]

AM54-S4-: SGN 25
Item
[1890?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Foot of Howe Street, showing houses and part of the C.P.R. station]

AM54-S4-: SGN 17
Item
[1887?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[View along Granville Street, looking north from the Hotel Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: SGN 19
Item
[1890?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Composite of three Vancouver scenes]

AM54-S4-: SGN 32
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph consists of a composite of three photographs, showing a salmon cannery, Brockton Point, and a view of Vancouver from Mount Pleasant. The images were photographed while mounted on a sheet of newspaper.

Vancouver, B.C. from Mount Pleasant

AM54-S4-: SGN 27
Item
[1890?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a Bailey Bros. photograph of Vancouver (Van Sc P23) , placed on an easel, surrounded by flowers.

[Vancouver Manufacturing and Trading Company building and work yard near the foot of Granville Street, showing the Fairview area in the distance]

AM54-S4-: SGN 23
Item
[1889?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Family assembled on porch of James Henry Tupper residence, 1232 Seymour Street]

AM54-S4-: SGN 135
Item
[1890?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

The individuals in the photograph are (from left to right): Alfred Tupper, unidentified man, Mary Tupper, William Tomis Tupper, James Henry Tupper, Annie Tupper, Mrs. James Henry Tupper, Joseph Hugh Tupper, unidentified girl, unidentified woman, and mother of James Henry Tupper. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Family assembled on porch of James Henry Tupper residence, 1232 Seymour Street]

AM54-S4-: SGN 134
Item
[1890?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

The individuals in the photograph are (from left to right): Alfred Tupper, unidentified man, Mary Tupper, William Tomis Tupper, James Henry Tupper, Annie Tupper, Mrs. James Henry Tupper, Joseph Hugh Tupper, unidentified girl, unidentified woman, and mother of James Henry Tupper. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Entrance doors to YMCA Reading Room]

AM54-S4-: SGN 136
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Tremont Hotel, on Carrall Street between Cordova and Powell Streets, erected after fire of 1886]

AM54-S4-: SGN 123
Item
[1886?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a rough wooden building, with three men standing and two men sitting in front. The men are (from left to right): C.L. Behnsen, John Campbell, William Clements, contractor, J.M. Luckie, and an unidentified carpenter. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Souvenir of Vancouver

AM54-S4-: SGN 121
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph consists of various images of Vancouver, including sites in Stanley Park, boats, street scenes, a cannery, and other photographs, surrounded by foliage and fruit.