Crowd of children and adults gathered around the old miniature railway at Stanley Park
- VPK-S625-: CVA 392-0073
- Item
- [ca. 1947]
Crowd of children and adults gathered around the old miniature railway at Stanley Park
Under Park Drive at front of Beaver Lake ravine
Photograph shows S.S. Iberia passing in Burrard Inlet.
Couple at Capilano Canyon Park
Men standing atop a mountain of trees from land clearing work
Stanley Park Georgia Street entrance
Photograph shows Coal Harbour, Lost Lagoon, greenhouses, and Stanley Park Armouries.
Planting of Shakespeare Tercentennial oak in Stanley Park
Cleaning out new Brighton Pool after summer holiday
Pirate Ship parade float sponsored by Board of Park Commissioners
View of Sunset Beach from Burrard Bridge
Photograph shows West End apartments and houses along Beach Avenue.
Vancouver Board of Park Commissioners
Photograph shows George Eldon, W. R. Owen, Jonathan Rogers and others.
Brockton Point Lighthouse with residence behind at Stanley Park
32 men, possibly at Stanley Park Pavilion
Canadian Tourists' Association convention and re-union : Stanley Park
New Post Office building on Georgia Street
MacLean Park Housing Project building under construction
Demolition of houses in 700-block Keefer, site of MacLean Park
Percy Norman Pool under construction
Ferguson Point and Third Beach area
Crowd gathered for outdoor ceremony at Garden of Remembrance at Stanley Park
Adanac Park, looking east from Provincial Government Buildings
Rear of provincial government building
Rear of provincial government building
P & O Liner M.V. Canberra entering Vancouver Harbour
Polar Bear Cubs in Stanley Park Zoo
Third Beach before reclamation
Tide Bay Company pumping sand onto Third Beach
Tide Bay Company dredging and pouring sand off Siwash Rock through pipes to form Third beach
Aerial view of Kitsilano Point, with artist's conception of golf course superimposed on image
Visit of Queen Elizabeth - dogwood - playground
Item is a documentary film documenting Queen Elizabeth's 1959 visit to Vancouver. The film shows preparation of a presentation for her visit to Queen Elizabeth Park as well as the presentation being viewed by Queen Elizabeth. The presentation consists of an assembly of children creating a dogwood-flower-shaped formation in the park.
Proposed new bathhouse, Kitsilano
Item is an architectural drawing showing floor plans for the first and ground floors.
Proposed new bathhouse, Kitsilano
Item is an architectural drawing showing the front facade of the bathhouse.
Item is a documentary film documenting Vancouver's parks in 1940. This film names Vancouver the "Playground City of the North West" and contains footage of Stanley Park, Connaught Park, Douglas Park, Devonshire Park, Shaughnessy Park, Memorial West Park, Memorial South Park, Almond Park, Hastings Community Park, Grandview Park, Trout Lake, Queen Elizabeth Park, Tatlow Park, Thornton Park, Hadden Park, Burrard View Park, Maple Grove Park, Sunset Nursery, Victory Square Park, Beaver Lake Park as well as Vancouver's beaches including English Bay, Kitsilano Beach, Second Beach, Spanish Banks and Locarno Beach. The film also features Stanley Park including footage of typical scenes at the entrance and causeway, the Administration Offices of the parks system, primeval forest scenes, blossom time in the rockeries and gardens, Lost Lagoon, Prospect Point, Lions Gate Bridge, the totem poles and a view of Stanley park from afar. As well, the film documents the locations of the free swimming classes provided by Vancouver Sun newspaper at Lumberman's Arch Pool, Kitsilano Pool, New Brighton Pool and Maple Grove Pool. Vancouver's playgrounds are also documented with footage of children playing in the playgrounds at Memorial South Playground, Norquay Playground, Robson Playground and McLean Playground. In addition, this film documents a variety of recreational activities that take place in Vancouver's parks including swimming, sunbathing, boating, diving, folk dancing, tennis, golfing (at Fraser Golf Course), walking, lawn bowling, horse-shoe pitching, model yacht racing, cricket, playing games, enjoying the park's fauna and flora (in both summer and autumn), picnicking and having BBQs. Special events such as symphonies, Dress-up Day, the Annual Sandbox Contest, and the annual Soap-box Derby are also documented.
[Man on squash court preparing to serve]
[Person on water skis being pulled by boat in Burrard Inlet]
[Man holding kid in life jacket in front of Jericho Sailing Centre]
[Person on water skis being pulled by boat]