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Carrall Street and Powell Street, 1886 [Maple Tree Square]

Carrall Street and Powell Street, 1886 [Maple Tree Square]

AM753-S1-: CVA 256-06
Item
June 7, 1886

Part of Elizabeth Abbott fonds

Day after the fire, tent on S.E. corner [of] Cordova and Carrall Streets

Day after the fire, tent on S.E. corner [of] Cordova and Carrall Streets

AM1576-S6-12-F12-: 2011-010.1844
Item
June 14, 1886 (reproduced ca. 1984)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Vancouver after fire

Vancouver after fire

AM1576-S6-12-F47-: 2011-010.1679
Item
June 14, 1886 (reproduced 1986)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Item is a photographic reproduction of a photograph showing Vancouver after the fire of 1886. The photograph also exists under the identifier LGN 455 in the COV Archives holdings.

[Hastings Mill Store wharf, foot of Dunlevy Street with "Princess Louise" side-wheeler ...

[Hastings Mill Store wharf, foot of Dunlevy Street with "Princess Louise" side-wheeler docking]

AM1376-: CVA 30-3
Item
July 1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

The Harbour [showing Hastings Mill Store wharf]

The Harbour [showing Hastings Mill Store wharf]

AM1376-: CVA 30-2
Item
1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Canadian Pacific Railway. Plan of part of branch line from Port Moody. A point on main line C.P.R...

Canadian Pacific Railway. Plan of part of branch line from Port Moody. A point on main line C.P.R. to English Bay, B.C.

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Map shows a survey conducted by the Canadian Pacific Railway of English Bay, Burrard Inlet and Coal Harbour, including a rough outline of area and lots. Note on map reads "Certified as a correct plan showing the land required for right of way Burrard Inlet B.C., February 22, 1886. H.J. Cambie, Engineer in Charge." Map is certified as correct and signed by various C.P.R. officials, including W.C. Van Horne.

[Clearing the land that would become the area near the corner of Hastings Street and Seymour Street]

[Clearing the land that would become the area near the corner of Hastings Street and Seymour Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P202
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Portrait of Mayor Malcolm McLean

Portrait of Mayor Malcolm McLean

AM465-: CVA 246-1
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of McQueen family fonds

[Tugboat "Arrow"]

[Tugboat "Arrow"]

AM54-S4-: Bo P339
Item
June 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

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

AM54-S4-: LGN 1045
Item
[Sept. 1886]; copied [190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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]

AM54-S4-: LGN 456
Item
[Sept. 1886]; copied [190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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.

AM54-S4-: Tr P12
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a huge tree stump on Georgia Street

Hotel Site C.P.Ry

Hotel Site C.P.Ry

AM54-S4-: Hot P14
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the excavation for the first Hotel Vancouver at Granville and Georgia Streets and John Tonkin

[L.A. Hamilton's camp on the southside of False Creek]

[L.A. Hamilton's camp on the southside of False Creek]

AM54-S4-: Dist P36
Item
1886 ; reproduced June 1940

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Miss Isabelle Hamilton holding Isobel Hamilton and John Leask

[Looking east from the bluff near the foot of Howe Street]

[Looking east from the bluff near the foot of Howe Street]

AM54-S4-: Wat P17
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows part of the C.P.R. wharf, the proposed C.P.R. station site and Princess Louise tree in the background

Real estate office in big tree

Real estate office in big tree

AM54-S4-: LGN 1047
Item
[1886]; copied [190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

AM54-S4-: Wat P43
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view looking west from near the foot of Westminster Avenue (Main Street)

Cordova St[reet looking west from Carrall Street] : July 1886 - five weeks after the fire.

Cordova St[reet looking west from Carrall Street] : July 1886 - five weeks after the fire.

AM54-S4-: Str P7.1
Item
July 1886 ; reproduced 1928

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows businesses being rebuilt after the great fire. Some businesses in the photograph are: Burrard Hotel, Tom Dunn Hardware, Grant & Arkell, Dietz (sp?) Winch, Daily News (on Hastings Street), Sekl's Furniture Store, Dougall House, Tom McDonald (on Pender Street), Mathison the Printer (on Hastings Street), Cosmopolitan Hotel, Mizony's Restaurant, F.W. Hart Furniture, Tilley's (sp?) Book Store and the Telephone Exchange.

[Vancouver waterfront] before the fire [of 1886]

[Vancouver waterfront] before the fire [of 1886]

AM54-S4-: LGN 450
Item
[1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows buildings and ships of waterfront, including Hastings Sawmill, the S.S. "Beaver", the Hastings Mill Store and wharf, and other buildings. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[View of Brockton Point from Coal Harbour]

[View of Brockton Point from Coal Harbour]

AM54-S4-: Wat P47
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Tall ships in Burrard Inlet]

[Tall ships in Burrard Inlet]

AM54-S4-: Bo P259
Item
July 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Two ships identified as the H.M.S. "Triumph" and the barque "Robert Kerr"

[Police officers assembled in front of tent]

[Police officers assembled in front of tent]

AM54-S4-: LGN 457
Item
[Sept. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Police Chief John Stewart, Assistant Chief McLaren, and constables Heywood and Jackson T. Abray standing in front of a tent labelled "City Hall".
Although this photograph was originally dated June 1886 (shortly after the fire), information from a newspaper article, and from a dated billboard found in the background of the photograph, shows that the portrait was likely staged in early September of 1886. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[C.P.R. wharf under construction]

[C.P.R. wharf under construction]

AM54-S4-: Can P24
Item
[1886?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the ship "Robert Kerr"

[Cargo of tea on dock from the "W.B. Flint"] 1st Tea Ship

[Cargo of tea on dock from the "W.B. Flint"] 1st Tea Ship

AM54-S4-: Bo P185
Item
Aug. 1, 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men identified left to right: F.F. Nelson, Mr. Forrest, H. Abbott, C.T. Conover, J.B. Tiffin

[Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Grassie standing next to large pieces of a felled tree on Georgia Street]

[Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Grassie standing next to large pieces of a felled tree on Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: SGN 152
Item
[1886?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Refugee bivouac near south end of Westminster bridge after the Great Fire]

[Refugee bivouac near south end of Westminster bridge after the Great Fire]

AM54-S4-: GF P6
Item
June 14, 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men identifed: Robert Robertson, Chris L. Behnsen, Bob Spinks and Walter E. Gravely

Water Street looking east from Cambie Street

Water Street looking east from Cambie Street

AM1576-S6-12-F12-: 2011-010.1840
Item
1886 (reproduced ca. 1984)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

[Group assembled on steps of Hastings Sawmill School]

[Group assembled on steps of Hastings Sawmill School]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-224
Item
11 June 1886

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

The photograph is accompanied by a note stating that the information written on the photograph (that the school's teacher was Miss Harknay, standing in the back row in a blouse with white buttons) is incorrect. The note also states that the teacher was Mr. T. W. Palmer (standing on the plank sidewalk in the photograph).

[View from the water of Alderman Coldwell's building under construction]

[View from the water of Alderman Coldwell's building under construction]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1026
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph show the Granville Hotel on the far left

[Anglican clergy in front of St. James' Church]

[Anglican clergy in front of St. James' Church]

AM54-S4-: Port P756
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing Reverend Ditcham, Reverend Wright, Archdeacon Woods, Reverend Clinton, Reverend Charles Croucher, Reverend Small, Bishop Sillitoe, Reverend Edwards and others

[Barrister L.P. Eckstein's office in a tent after the great fire]

[Barrister L.P. Eckstein's office in a tent after the great fire]

AM54-S4-: GF P3
Item
1886; reproduced 1932

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Alderman C.A. Coldwell]

[Alderman C.A. Coldwell]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2915
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Head and shoulders portrait

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

[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.

AM1576-S6-12-F47-: 2011-010.1675
Item
1886 (reproduced 1986)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Item is a photographic reproduction of a photograph showing Carrall Street in 1886. The photograph also exists under the identifier Str P83 in the COV Archives holdings.

Foot of Granville Street

Foot of Granville Street

AM54-S4-: Dist P166
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows "The Bluff" over looking Granville before the fire

[Vancouver waterfront] before the fire [of 1886]

[Vancouver waterfront] before the fire [of 1886]

AM54-S4-: LGN 452
Item
[1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows houses and commercial buildings along the waterfront. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

AM54-S4-: Wat P30
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph taken from the foot of Granville Street showing the barque "Robert Kerr", the tug "Alexander" and the towing ship "Duke of Abercorn"

Cordova Street [looking west from Carrall Street] : July 1886 - five weeks after the fire.

Cordova Street [looking west from Carrall Street] : July 1886 - five weeks after the fire.

AM54-S4-: Str P7
Item
July 1886 ; reproduced 1928

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows businesses being rebuilt after the great fire. The names of the businesses are written in pen across the centre of the photograph with a line indicating the building or business. Businesses identified are: Burrard Hotel, Tom Dunn Hardware, Grant & Arkell, Dietz (sp?) Winch, Daily News (on Hastings Street), Sekl's Furniture Store, Dougall House, Tom McDonald (on Pender Street), Mathison the Printer (on Hastings Street), Cosmopolitan Hotel, Mizony's Restaurant, F.W. Hart Furniture, Tilley's (sp?) Book Store and the Telephone Exchange.

[Two men in a huge tree stump on Georgia Street between Granville Street and Seymour Street]

[Two men in a huge tree stump on Georgia Street between Granville Street and Seymour Street]

AM54-S4-: Tr P4
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Vancouver, about end of 1886 (after fire), showing Cordova and Hastings Streets, and the City Wharf

Vancouver, about end of 1886 (after fire), showing Cordova and Hastings Streets, and the City Wharf

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-222
Item
1886; reproduced [190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows buildings, dirt roads, plank sidewalks, and the waterfront area. Various areas in the waterfront are labelled with letters.

Portrait of Mrs. Margaret A. McLean

Portrait of Mrs. Margaret A. McLean

AM465-: CVA 246-2
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of McQueen family fonds

[Exterior of A.W. Ross Real Estate and E.C. Coulding Law Office building on Hastings between Home...

[Exterior of A.W. Ross Real Estate and E.C. Coulding Law Office building on Hastings between Homer and Hamilton Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu P12
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Exterior of F.W. Hart Furniture Store - 29 Cordova Street]

[Exterior of F.W. Hart Furniture Store - 29 Cordova Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P325
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

4 Weeks after Fire

4 Weeks after Fire

AM54-S4-: Str P129
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view looking east from Richards Street toward the intersection of Water Street and Cordova Street, plank roads, buildings including the Greyhound Hotel under construction and Princess Louise Tree

Plan of provincial government property to be sold at Victoria by public auction, Monday, January ...

Plan of provincial government property to be sold at Victoria by public auction, Monday, January 18th, 1886

AM1594-: MAP 743-: LEG1328.1
Part
1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Part contains a map showing block and lot numbers of properties in the area bounded by Campbell Street (Alma Street), Richards Street (Balaclava Street), English Bay, and present-day 15th Avenue (not named on map).

[The waterfront at the foot of Seymour Street showing the C.P.R right-of-way under construction]

[The waterfront at the foot of Seymour Street showing the C.P.R right-of-way under construction]

AM54-S4-: Wat P42
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the barque "Robert Kerr"

[View of Vancouver before the fire from a clearing at Hastings Street and Granville Street ]

[View of Vancouver before the fire from a clearing at Hastings Street and Granville Street ]

AM54-S4-: Str P241
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Water Street looking east]

[Water Street looking east]

AM54-S4-: Str P8
Item
1886 ; reproduced [ca. 1902]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the residences of Isaac John and Ainsley Moaut and other buildings prior to the Great Fire

Vancouver after fire

Vancouver after fire

AM54-S4-: LGN 455
Item
June 14, 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

Vancouver after fire

Vancouver after fire

AM54-S4-: LGN 1046
Item
[1886]; copied [190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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