City of Vancouver Archives

G.S. Powell and A.M. James with George Challenger at unveiling ceremony for Challenger relief map of British Columbia in P.N.E. B.C. Building

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-5565
Item
[1954?]

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

Photographs

AM281-S8
Series
[1900?], 1910-1980

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

Series consists of photographs produced for the P.N.E. and a small number collected by its staff. Photographs document both the Pacific National Exhibition and other events that took place at the Hastings Park site.

Photographs of the fair depict the full range of activities, including: displays, competitions and shows, ceremonies, the annual parade in downtown Vancouver, as well as a wide range of photographs of the Hastings Park site and the interiors and exteriors of various buildings. Some photographs were made by PNE staff as a means of making copies of other types of records, such as architectural drawings and graphic materials such as posters and advertisements, and were kept by staff as part of their photograph collection.

Photographs not related to the fair depict: the military occupation of the grounds, and the use of the grounds as a holding centre for Japanese and Japanese-Canadian internees during Work War II; activities at the Exhibition Park racecourse located at Hastings Park; and various conventions, fairs, entertainment shows and other events staged at the site outside of the fair.

The photographers and/or studios responsible for taking the photos in this series include: Dominion Photo, Gordon Photos, Steffens-Colmer, Leonard Frank Photos, Art Jones, Art Ray,, W. Bennett, Patton's Studio, Graphic Industries Limited, Hodges Photo, George Allen Aerial Photos, Jack Lindsey Photos, Bob Tipple, Ice Capades Incorporated, and William Bros. Photographers

Portrait of unidentified man in fedora hat

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-0294
Item
1927

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

Robo Plaster Co. display

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-6670
Item
[1970?]

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

"Career Corner" displays

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-6770
Item
1970

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

P.N.E. pins

AM281-S10-2--
File
[194-?]; 1978

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

File contains twelve pins.

Four-horse team pulling a stagecoach

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-0456
Item
1933

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

Four-horse team with a stagecoach and outriders

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-0455
Item
1923

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

Item is a photograph showing men, boys and a clown riding a stagecoach brought in for the PNE's "Range Days" event. A.D. 'Cowboy' Kean, manager of "Range Days", is sitting on the horse to the right.

Two four-horse teams pulling a stagecoach

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-0453
Item
[1923]

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

Item is a photograph showing people with a stagecoach brought in for the PNE's "Range Days" event. A. D. 'Cowboy' Kean, manager of "Range Days", is sitting atop a horse on the right.

Men on horses in rodeo

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-0461
Item
1923

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

Item is a photograph showing Arthur David "A.D." Kean in the centre, manager for the PNE's "Range Days" event.

Rodeo 1931 : [A.D. 'Cowboy' Kean on horseback]

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-5074
Item
1923

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

Item is a photograph showing Kean riding a horse during the PNE's "Range Days" event that he managed. Kean's name is spelled out on his leather chaps.