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Kitsilano Beach pool, east end with crowds

Kitsilano Beach pool, east end with crowds

Item is a photograph of families using the outdoor swimming pool at Kitsilano Beach. The photograph is taken from near the southwest end of the pool, looking east. The showboat stage and a pier into the pool can be seen, and beyond the pool Kitsilano Beach and the bathhouse is visible, with Hotel Vancouver, the Vancouver Block clock tower, and the Burrard Street Bridge visible in the far background.

Kitsilano Beach pool, from west end

Kitsilano Beach pool, from west end

Item is a photograph of families using the outdoor swimming pool at Kitsilano Beach. The photograph is taken from near the southwest end of the pool, looking east. The showboat stage, diving platform, and a pier into the pool can be seen, and beyond the pool Kitsilano Beach and the bathhouse is visible.

Kitsilano Beach pool, diving tower

Kitsilano Beach pool, diving tower

Item is a photograph of families using the outdoor swimming pool at Kitsilano Beach. The photograph is taken from the pathway above the pool to the south, looking north down into the pool area. The showboat stage and diving platform are visible, and beyond the pool English Bay and Stanley Park can be seen.

Kitsilano Beach pool, showboat stage

Kitsilano Beach pool, showboat stage

Item is a photograph of the showboat stage at the outdoor swimming pool at Kitsilano Beach. The photograph is taken from a position above the pool to the south, looking north down into the pool area. The diving platform and people using the pool are also visible, and beyond the pool English Bay and Stanley Park can be seen.

R.C.A.F. [Royal Canadian Air Force] station : Vancouver, Jericho Beach

Item is a site plan of the R.C.A.F. station on Kitsilano Point (currently Vanier Park), as well as adjacent areas. The map shows lot numbers, roads, buildings, breakwaters, hangars and barbed wire entanglements on the base. Buildings are numbered, so it is likely the map was created to accompany a report or other document.

Lines of parked cars along West First in Kitsilano

Lines of parked cars along West First in Kitsilano

Item is a photograph showing lines of cars parked along a street in Kitsilano. Caption from Vancouver Express: "Long lines of cars stretch on West First in the early evening hours as Kitsilano area rivals the West End for difficulty in finding on-street parking. Mushroom growth of apartments has turned streets into parking lots and residents and visitors alike find it impossible to park near their destinations. Many of the streets are so heavily bordered with autos that only one way traffic is possible and drivers must back up and manoeuvre to pass."

Ted Rawson flying kite on Kitsilano Beach

Ted Rawson flying kite on Kitsilano Beach

Item is a photograph showing kite flyer Ted Rawson at Kitsilano Beach. Caption from Vancouver Express: "Kite-flyer Ted Rawson gets some help with 10-foot model he built for blustery winds on Kitsilano Beach."

View from 6th Avenue and Maple Street

View from 6th Avenue and Maple Street

Item is a photograph showing the view from 6th Avenue and Maple Street. Annotation on verso: "Taken from 6th Avenue and Maple Street, C.P.R. tracks in front, Kitsilano Beach is about 8 blocks from this point. False Creek east of the right side of picture. English Bay district across from Kitsilano."

Site plan Jericho, B.C.

Item is a site plan for the R.C.A.F site at Jericho Beach from English Bay in the north to 8th Avenue in the south and from Highbury in the east to Trimble in the west. The map contains a number of annotations (in red).

Canada. Department of National Defence

False Creek Indian Reserve, Burrard Inlet, B.C.

Map is a plan of Kitsilano Point showing the area currently known as Kitsilano Beach and Vanier Park. The map shows in detail the land designated as the Kitsilano Indian Reserve, including the location of the First Nations village on False Creek and the older village of Snauq. Indicated are the boundaries of the original reserve as constituted prior to Confederation, and the addition made by the Joint Commission on 15th June 1877. The map shows the location of First Nations homes and their owners as well as orchards, hops growing area, and cemetery; a legend on the right side of the map provides further explanation. Map also shows the location of the Canadian Pacific right of way, Tait's Mill, the Third Avenue Bridge, Sam Greer's house and garden on what is now known as Kitsilano Beach, as well as creeks and other physical characteristics of the land.

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