City of Vancouver Archives

[Charles W. Cates standing beside the achor of the S.S. "Beaver"]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1549
Item
Oct. 10, 1957

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Bliss Carman on Grouse Mountain]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1548
Item
May 15, 1929 ; reproduced [ca. 1940]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[James N.J. Brown in his racing scull]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1526
Item
[ca. 1908]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Mr. and Mrs. John Scales near Seymour Creek]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1396
Item
1937

Part of Major Matthews collection

[An unidentified group sitting on a large moss-covered stump]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1357
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Captain Charles Cates' aunt

[Mrs. Carrasco and Clara (Mrs. Bert Anson)]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1356
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Mrs. Chapman and an unidentified woman

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1355
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Exterior of the Canyon View Hotel]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1342
Item
[ca. 1908]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Miss Munday looking at the view from Grouse Mountain]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1337
Item
Mar. 24, 1926

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Mr. and Mrs. Munday and their daughter in front of their log cabin on Grouse Mountain]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1336
Item
Mar. 24, 1926

Part of Major Matthews collection

Bank of Hamilton

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1235
Item
[ca. 1910]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Aberdeen Bock on Lonsdale Avenue below First Street

[View of 25th Street from Dundarave Pier]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1230
Item
1958

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the St. Mawes Hotel

[A group of campers in Lynn Valley]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1148
Item
[ca. 1892]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showingMrs. Alan Stewart, Firth McNeill, Mrs. H.W. Maynard, Mrs. R.W. Perry, John Prentice and others

Yard No. 2 - Wallace Shipyards, North Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1072
Item
1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Interior of "The Mabel Brown" in frame - Wallace Shipyards North Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1071
Item
1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

"The Mabel Brown" - Wallace Shipyards North Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1070
Item
1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the hull under construction

"The Mabel Brown" [under construction] - Wallace Shipyards North Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1069
Item
1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

"Mabel Brown" First Auxiliary Schooner Launched in B.C.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1066
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of Major Matthews collection

"Mabel Brown" First Auxiliary Schooner Launched in B.C.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1067
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Laying and Caulking Deck of "The Mabel Brown" - Wallace Shipyards North Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1068
Item
1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Our Playhouse

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-781
Item
[ca. 1911]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows The Lonsdale Theatre

Tower in Japanese Tea-Gardens

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-780
Item
[ca. 1911]

Part of Major Matthews collection

North Vancouver Coal and Supply Company Limited

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-779
Item
Aug. 9, 1911

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows teamsters on their laden wagons and Brackman-Ker Milling Company

[Exterior of the Palace Hotel on 2nd Street]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-778
Item
[ca. 1911]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Suspension Bridge Capilano

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-460
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[An unidentified alpine club climbing a steep rise]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-462
Item
[192-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Item is a photograph. Notes written on the back say " I think first ascent of North Shore Mountains by women of Alpine Club. I think we have 8x10 negative. JSM"

Serpent of Capilano B.C.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-358
Item
[192-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows part of the whimsical garden at Napoleon St. Pierre's place in the 1500 Block of Marine Drive

The Great Mystery, Capilano Garden, B.C.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-357
Item
[192-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows part of the whimsical garden at Napoleon St. Pierre's place in the 1500 Block of Marine Drive

Engineers in Camp North Vancouver

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-763
Item
1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing soldiers building bridges at Fell's Fill at the foot of Fell Avenue

Engineers in Camp North Vancouver

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-762
Item
1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing soldiers building bridges at Fell's Fill at the foot of Fell Avenue

Engineers in Camp North Vancouver

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-761
Item
1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing soldiers at Fell's Fill at the foot of Fell Avenue and Major J. Eades Ward

Engineers in Camp North Vancouver

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-760
Item
1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows soldiers filling sandbags at Fell's Fill at the foot of Fell Avenue and Major J. Eades Ward

Swing Bridge Capilano Canyon, N. Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-212
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the suspension bridge

Capilano Canyon Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-211
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Capilano Suspension Bridge

First shack top Grouse Mountain [built by Fred Hickleton]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-50
Item
1901

Part of Major Matthews collection

Lynn Canyon, North Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-9
Item
[192-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Interpretation

AM54-S13-: MAP 56.04
Item
1932

Part of Major Matthews collection

The item is a table of place names shown on map 56.01; Indian villages and landmarks, Burrard Inlet and English Bay, before the whiteman came. The table gives First Nations names and their approximate english meaning, or the European name given to the same location.

[View of] Deep Cove

AM54-S4-: Out N216
Item
1951

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Hamber Island on the left and Boulder Island on the right

[Johnson and Salsbury's window at 90 Lonsdale Avenue showing a display for the visit of the Duke of Connaught]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-785
Item
1912

Part of Major Matthews collection

Plan of pre-emption claims, group 1, New Westminster District B.C., 1887-1888

AM54-S13-: MAP 1043
Item
[1888 or after]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Item is a map depicting pre-emption claims in Group 1, New Westminster District, a section of land extending north from Burrard Inlet and including Capilano Creek. The majority of claims are numbered and/or include the owner's last name. In addition to creeks, the map also shows the location of a waterworks dam, mountains, and high hills. Pencil annotations indicate the location of "Trythall's Clearing."

[Water system at Burwell Lake]

AM54-S4-: Mount N38.2
Item
Aug. 28, 1930

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Water system at Burwell Lake]

AM54-S4-: Mount N38.1
Item
Aug. 28, 1930

Part of Major Matthews collection

Map of portion New Westminster District

AM54-S13-: MAP 1055.01
Item
1877 (traced 1954)

Part of Major Matthews collection

Item is an annotated tracing of a map showing the future sites of Vancouver, Burnaby and the North Shore from an area bordering on English Bay to an area bordering on North Arm. Traced over by J.S. Matthews in 1954, it illustrates intended land settlement and subdivision in 1877. Also shown are bodies of water, Hastings & Granville Road, and the settlements of Hastings and Granville. Annotations are an introductory note by Matthews in August 1954 titled "Before Greater Vancouver." Enclosed with the map are four letters between J.S. Matthews and W.H. Hutchinson, Chief of the Geographic Division of the B.C. Survey and Mapping Branch of the Department of Lands and Forests, in 1954 concerning the map's provenance and Matthew's efforts to increase the legibility of copies of the original map.