City of Vancouver Archives

Ladies of the Woman's Auxiliary, Vancouver Pioneers Association

Special train carrying pioneers and citizens of Vancouver at Coquitlam ready for departure for Port Moody and Vancouver, July 3rd 1936

Engine No, 371 (replica) arrives from Coquitlam at Port Moody drawing special train with pioneers and citizens of Vancouver, 3rd July, 1936

Ladies, in dress of the period, awaiting arrival of train at Port Moody, July 3, 1936

Port Moody, July 3, 1936, re-enactment arrival of first train, July 4, 1886

Rt. Hon. R.B. Bennett, W.H. Evans, Peter Barnhart, His Worship G.G. McGeer [at arrival of first train re-enactment]

W.H. Evans, engineer, first train, July 4th 1886, at Coquitlam, July 3rd 1936

Peter Barnhart, conductor, first train, July 4th 1886, at Coquitlam, July 3rd 1936

C.A. Cottrell, Asst. Gen. Mgr., C.P.R. addressing assemblage at C.P.R. Station Vancouver, July 3rd 1936

Engine No, 371 (replica) at Port Moody drawing special train with pioneers and citizens of Vancouver, 3rd July, 1936

Engine No. 371 (replica) preparing to proceed from Port Moody to Vancouver

Port Moody, July 3, 1936, re-enactment of arrival of first transcontinental passenger train, July 4, 1886

C.A. Cottrell, Asst. Gen. Mgr., C.P.R. addressing assemblage at C.P.R. Station Vancouver, July 3rd 1936

Special train carrying pioneer[s] and citizens of Vancouver at Coquitlam ready for departure for Port Moody and Vancouver, July 3rd 1936

Replica Port Moody Station, 1886, ladies in dress of the period

W.H. Evans, engineer, first train, July 4th 1886, at Coquitlam, July 3rd 1936

Ladies clamber over cowcatcher [of replica Engine No. 371]

Port Moody, July 3, 1936, re-enactment of arrival of first transcontinental passenger train, July 4, 1886

Rt. Hon. R.B. Bennett and His Worship G.G. McGeer approaching [City Hall]

His Worship Gerald Grattan McGeer, K.C., M.P., Mayor of Vancouver, addresses assemblage [at City Hall]

Corner stone, City Hall, 2 July 1936

Alderman W.H. Lembke, (Last Reeve, Point Grey) Chairman, Building Committee

Fred L. Townley, Esquire, (Townley and Matheson,) architect; son of late Lieut.-Col. His Worship T.O. Townley, Mayor, 1901, makes personal presentation of gilded trowel to Mayor McGeer [at City Hall]

His worship G.G. McGeer delivers address [at City Hall]

Mrs. McGeer, the Mayoress, and Mrs. Herridge, sister of Rt. Hon. R.B. Bennett, approaching [City Hall]

Rt. Hon. R.B. Bennett, P.C., K.C., LL.D., M.P., delivers oration [at City Hall]

Civic procession approaches (from Tenth Avenue)

His Worship G.G. McGeer, K.C., M.P., Mayor of Vancouver, gently pushes suspended corner stone into position, and declares it well and truly laid [at City Hall]

The national anthem, "God Save the King" [at City Hall]

Rt. Hon. R.B. Bennett, P.C. delivers oration [at City Hall]

Fred L. Townley, architect, presents the mayor with gilded trowel [at City Hall]

His Worship G.G. McGeer, K.C., M.P., Mayor of Vancouver, gently pushes suspended corner stone into position, and declares it well and truly laid [at City Hall]