City of Vancouver Archives

Big snow - Douglas Street looking south from Pandora Avenue

AM303-S2-: CVA 294-067
Item
1916

Part of Bertram Emery fonds

[Biplane crashed in the snow]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1131.01
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[Bird's eye view of Rossland from Red Mountain]

AM54-S4-: LP 263.2
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Sites and buildings identified: 1. Nickle Plate Mine, 2. Nickle Plate Flats, 3. Miner's Union Hall, 4. Upper Sourdough Alley, 5. Columbia Alley, 6. Allan Hotel, 7. Howard Hotel.

[Bliss Carman on Grouse Mountain]

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

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Boats and dock covered with snow]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-579
Item
1936

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows the "Ellen K" and others

[Boats and docks covered in snow]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-580
Item
1936

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows the Vancouver Rowing Club in the background

[Bomb damaged railroad cars on the Western Front]

AM54-S4-: Mil P281.21
Item
[ca. 1916]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Boston House]

COV-S632-: CVA 789-82
Item
Feb. 9, 1916

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Boys Industrial School (Biscoq) building]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-314
Item
[ca. 1925]

Part of Major Matthews collection

British Columbia - Vancouver skyline

AM1435-: CVA 1435-108
Item
[197-?]

Part of Westcoast Transmission Company Ltd. fonds

Item is photograph showing snow-covered Vanier Park looking north east towards downtown Vancouver.

British Columbia - Vancouver skyline

AM1435-: CVA 1435-109
Item
[197-?]

Part of Westcoast Transmission Company Ltd. fonds

Item is photograph showing snow-covered Vanier Park looking north east towards downtown Vancouver.

Bud [Rose] travelling up North

AM427-S4-F3-: CVA 289-003.338
Item
[ca. 1926]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

[Buildings on the edge of Lake Buntzen]

AM54-S4-1-S-4-: S-4-64
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Burrard Shipyard

AM626-: CVA 288-093
Item
1961

Part of Karl Koenig fonds

Camel's Back and Mount Seymour

AM54-S4-1-M-4-: M-4-32
Item
[between 1910 and 1929]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Camp in Black Tusk Meadows in Garibaldi District]

AM505-S1-: CVA 660-267
Item
[ca. 1915]

Part of John Davidson fonds

Photograph shows Black Tusk

Camp Spiral near Monarch Mine

AM1376-: CVA 401-4
Item
[ca. 1909]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Canadian Heritage Garden : [untitled]

AM1502-S1-2-: CVA 1502-22
Item
Apr. 1, 1990

Part of VanDusen Botanical Garden Association fonds

Image shows the log cabin in the Canadian Heritage Garden in a snow storm.

Canadian Heritage Garden : winter

AM1502-S1-2-: CVA 1502-27
Item
1990

Part of VanDusen Botanical Garden Association fonds

Canadian National Hotel [Hotel Vancouver]

AM1535-: CVA 99-3657
Item
Jan. 21, 1930

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Construction progress photograph

[Canadian Pacific Railway station]

AM505-S1-: CVA 660-591
Item
[ca. 1911]

Part of John Davidson fonds

Canadian White Pine Hockey Club - Champions Marpole Hockey League - 1935-36

AM1535-: CVA 99-4853
Item
Feb. 9, 1936

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Group portrait in front of the Forum showing left to right (back row): R. McCutcheon, A. Courtney, J. Lawson, A. Loyst, G. Grant, C. (Doughy) Spring, A. McMillan, G. Jordan, A. Steele, G. McLachlin and C. Potter; (second row): W. Skinner, M. Hill, W. Williamson, C. Joyce, M. Hyndman, J. Sullivan, L. McMillan, O. Reid; (front row): B. Joyce

[Capilano Creek Dam]

AM54-S4-: Ci Dept P29.2
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Captain W.H. Gillen and R.C.M.P. "St. Roch"]

AM54-S4-: Bo P438.4
Item
1928

Part of Major Matthews collection

Cathedral Mountain taken from Dam Mountain

AM54-S4-1-M-4-: M-4-12
Item
[between 1910 and 1929]

Part of Major Matthews collection

C.F.P.L. [Canadian Forest Products Ltd.] Logg[ing] Eng.[#]111 [Class 2-6-6-2]

AM1506-S2-6-: CVA 447-1590
Item
Jan. 1, 1947

Part of Walter E. Frost fonds

[Chang Yat Leong's family]

AM571-S4-: CVA 287-42
Item
[ca. 1928]

Part of Sam Kee Company fonds

Group portrait

Changing guard [near] Hull 46

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-1085
Item
[1942?]

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[Chicago and Minneapolis parks and playgrounds]

VPK-S652-: MI-119
Item
[ca. 1959]

Part of Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation fonds

Item is a documentary film documenting parks and playgrounds in Chicago and Minneapolis in the United States of America. The film is shot in the winter and contains footage of parks and mostly vacant recreation playgrounds and playground equipment such as a miniature train and horse and carriage. The film also documents people engaged in recreational activities at an ice rink, animals and children in a playground as well as several identifiable locations including the Alder Planetarium (Chicago), the Keith R. Olsen Memorial Recreation Centre, the Stuart Field Minneapolis Park Board building, and Barnum Park. This film may have been used by the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation for reference purposes.

Chicago Great Western Boxcar [#5538]

AM1506-S2-1-: CVA 447-1726
Item
Dec. 25, 1951

Part of Walter E. Frost fonds

Children playing hockey on snowy street

AM1533-S2-4-: 2009-005.318.1
Item
[194-]

Part of Dunbar History Project fonds

Item filed under Sports and recreation.

Children playing hockey on snowy street

AM1533-S2-4-: 2009-005.318
Item
[194-]

Part of Dunbar History Project fonds

Item filed under Sports and recreation.

Christ Church, Vancouver [on Burrard Street at Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Ch P54.2
Item
1912

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Christmas lights and the garden at Vivian E. Bennett residence - 1735 East 49th Avenue]

AM54-S4-: Bu P737.10
Item
[1953]

Part of Major Matthews collection

City Hall on left, [snow banks on] Douglas Street & Pandora Avenue, Victoria, B.C.

AM303-S2-: CVA 294-073
Item
1916

Part of Bertram Emery fonds

City Hall, Douglas Street and Pandora Avenue

AM303-S2-: CVA 294-072
Item
1916

Part of Bertram Emery fonds

City Lights Etc.

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is an amateur film documenting Vancouver city lights at night in 1964, including several neon signs and Theatre Row on Granville Street. The film also contains snow scenes and footage of the William Gardner family at Capilano Road in North Vancouver in December 1964 and January 1965, and footage of the family at their West Vancouver home between May and July 1965.

Gardner, William