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Major Matthews collection Devine, Harry T.
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Boating Seymour Creek

Boating Seymour Creek

Photograph shows A.W. Ross, Dr. McGuigan, Mr. Jackson, W.E. Gravely and others and the Phibbs and Thompsons Milk Ranch House

Boating Seymour Creek

Boating Seymour Creek

Photograph shows A.W. Ross, Dr. McGuigan, Mr. Jackson, W.E. Gravely and others and the Phibbs and Thompsons Milk Ranch House

Real estate office in big tree [Georgia Street, near Granville]

Real estate office in big tree [Georgia Street, near Granville]

Photograph shows a group of men posing on and around large tree stump as a promotional advertising event. The men in the photograph are, from left to right on ground: Mr. Stiles, A.W. Ross, Dr. Luke Port, J.W. Horne, Mr. Hendrickson, and U.S. Consul Mr. Hemming. Men on log L-R are: H.A. Jones, Mr. Perry, and an unidentified man thought to be Mr. Perry's partner. Identification based on J.S. Matthews' notes with print indicating identification provided by the photographer H.T. Devine.

Beaver pioneer boat on Pacific Coast

Beaver pioneer boat on Pacific Coast

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives. Notes written on negative include: "A post card reads: 'To F.W. Hart from George Marchant, last master, "Beaver". This photo was taken from the City Wharf, foot of Carrall Street with oxen and supplies on board for a loggin camp." 20 March 1888

Carrall Street

Carrall Street

Photograph shows the Maple Tree at the corner of Carrall Street and Water Street, James Hartney Dry Goods and Groceries, George Byrnes, William Brewer, Walter Gravely and others

Real estate office in big tree

Real estate office in big tree

Photograph shows a group of men on Granville Street posing on and around large tree stump as a promotional advertising event. The men in the photograph are, from left to right on ground: Edwin Sanders, A.W. Ross, Dr. Fort, J.W. Horne, Mr. Hendrickson, and U.S. Consul Mr. Hemming. Men on log are: H.A. Jones, Mr. Stiles, and an unidentified man. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Mayor, Council and City officials assembled in front of tent]

[Mayor, Council and City officials assembled in front of tent]

Photograph shows City Council members and officials standing in front of a tent with the sign "City Hall", after the fire of 1886. The men in the photograph are: (seated, left to right) C.M. Coldwell, E.P. Hamilton, J.R. Northcote, Mayor M.A. Maclean, L. A. Hamilton, P. Cordiner, City Clerk T.F. McGuigan; (standing, left to right) J. Griffith, R. Balfour, T. Dunn, City Solicitor J.J. Blake, J. Humphries, City Treasurer G.F. Baldwin, and City Coroner Dr. W.J. McGuigan. The empty chair on the left is for Councillor H. Hemlow, who was absent on business. The man standing on the wharf in the background is G.W. Gibson, founder of Gibson's Landing.
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Mayor, Council and City officials assembled in front of tent]

[Mayor, Council and City officials assembled in front of tent]

Photograph shows City Council members and officials standing in front of a tent with the sign "City Hall", after the fire of 1886. The men in the photograph are: (seated, left to right) C.M. Coldwell, E.P. Hamilton, J.R. Northcote, Mayor M.A. Maclean, L. A. Hamilton, P. Cordiner, City Clerk T.F. McGuigan; (standing, left to right) J. Griffith, R. Balfour, T. Dunn, City Solicitor J.J. Blake, J. Humphries, City Treasurer G.F. Baldwin, and City Coroner Dr. W.J. McGuigan. The empty chair on the left is for Councillor H. Hemlow, who was absent on business. The man standing on the wharf in the background is G.W. Gibson, founder of Gibson's Landing. Cropped version of LGN 1045.
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Vancouver after fire

Vancouver after fire

Photograph shows George R. Gordon's tent among debris at Cordova Street and Carrall Street and the Regina Hotel in the background.