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D.L. 184 westward to [D.L. 181?]

Item is one of three tracings of sketches from a foreshore survey conducted by the Royal Engineers (Sappers Breakenridge, Patterson and Goskirk, under Lance Corporal G. Turner), who surveyed the foreshore from Hastings Sawmill west to Coal Harbour and the

Foreshore D.L. 181 westward

Item is one of three tracings of sketches from a foreshore survey conducted by the Royal Engineers (Sappers Breakenridge, Patterson and Goskirk, under Lance Corporal G. Turner), who surveyed the foreshore from Hastings Sawmill west to Coal Harbour and the

Foreshore survey D.L. 185

Item is one of three tracings of sketches from a foreshore survey conducted by the Royal Engineers (Sappers Breakenridge, Patterson and Goskirk, under Lance Corporal G. Turner), who surveyed the foreshore from Hastings Sawmill west to Coal Harbour and the

[Group portrait in the entrance to the Orpheum Theatre for the premier of the movie "Silent Barriers" ("The Great Barrier")]

People identified: Mr. Chas A. Cotterell (fourth from left), Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Evans (standing sixth and seventh from left, close to microphone). Photograph also includes A.B. Calder, J.A. Mackay, T.W. Bradshaw, Mrs. Bradshaw, J.J. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Maharg, Herbert Vollans, as well as Norman Duncan and members of the C.P.R. Pipe Band.

Vancouver Police Dept. 1914 - 1915

Head and shoulders portraits. Members identified (left to right): Center section: D. McKay, J. Anderson, Wmr. Wilsher, G. Sutherland, G. Omstead, W. Shirley, J. Craig, D. Scott, C.J. Yorke, W. Kuner, G.W. Lee, H. Smith, S. Lowry, P.A. Allen, D. Leatherdale, D.D. McIntosh, G. Hood, Murdock B. MacLennan, D. Marr, H.C. Shaw, Wm. McRae, C.J. South, G. Waite, Mrs. L. Harris, A.F. Amor, J.K. Kennedy, Miss M.F. Churchill, A.C.J. Weeks, L.D. Taylor, C.E. Mahon. Top row: A.D. McLean, C.W. Kaneen, H.O. Schultz, W.A.B. O'Hara, Jas. Cameron, C.P. Walker, G.R. Fetters, Jno. Scanlan, Ismay Fell, H.W. Ricketts, W. Grant, J.J. Robinson, H.W. Long, T.F. Coakley, W.H.G. Milne, W. Lemon, T.K. Lightley, I.M. Noble, T. Murray, P. McGrenera, R. Shearer, D. Fraser, D. McGillivray, G. Thompson, J. Headrick. Second row: W.M. McDonald, A. Sutherland, P. Davis, G.O. Alsen, W. Hunt, James Bell, A.M. McAfee, J.W. Watson, A. Lawrie, H. Brundige, L. Kirkman, W. Lang, Fefler, R. Hodgson, C.C. Mulligan, C. Antenen, C. Graham, E. Coville, N.R. Martin, F. Nickerson. Third row: J. Galloway, J. Crighton, J.S. Ross, G.S. Lewis, J.C. Proudlock, D.T. Burton, J.D. McDonald, R. Macklin, S. Lindsay, J. Morgan, J. Robertson, A. Irwin, J.H. Deacon, J. Duncan, E.A. Pettit, J. Reid, W. Mackie, Geo. Picot, J. Walker, J.A. Parsons. Fourth row: W. Grant, F. Maher, J. McRae, R. Knox, M. Stewart, A.M. Stuart, R.A. Payne, W.M. Morrison, A.J. Scott, W.J. Lattimer, R. Munro, R. McLeod, T. Stott, T. Crawford, A.J. Heavingham, M. Urquhart, H. Higginbottom, A. McKay, H. Ellis, A. Tisdale. Fifth row: A. Bell, R. McCall, C. Soden, J. Berry, D. McLeod, E. Russel, D.A. McGregor, C.F. Tuley, F.R. Lester, H. Morrison, R. McKerlich, R. Lemon, D.D. McArthur, A.S. Hann, E. Owen, W.J. Barker, J. Morrison, B. Dalton. Sixth row: H.W. Gallivan, D. Carnes, J. McKenzie, F. Steadman, W.A. Marriott, J.G. McLellan, T. Nisbet, C. Palmer, J.W. Tuning, J.E. Richmond, C. McDonald, R.F. Dunlop, E. Mercer, R. Gill, J.J. Morrison, A.R. McLeod, Wm. A. Walker, W. Smith. Seventh row: R. McLean, A. Murray, D. Grant, D. Stewart, J. Fletcher, J.G. Stafford, P. Dineen, J. McLean, P.S. Quirk, E. Annesley, J. Brown, P.N. Baines, D. Robertson, J.J. Heughan, R. Dunn, H. Mortimore, D. McDonald, W.J. Murdock. Eight row: N. Corbett, J.F. Campbell, J.D. Davis, R.T. Milner, T.J. Auld, H.L. Shaw, J. Sheilds, McIvor, L.H. Heaney, D. McLeod, J. Currie, H.J. Alcox, J. Sharkey, A. McDonald, F. Maddaford, G.P. Ryan, G.S. Clarke, T.G. Langham. Nineth row: W. Napier, A.R. Doe, T. Parks, R. Newington, A. McDonald, E. Scarlett, T. McCready, R. Young, B. McKelview, S.B. Dark, G.A. Murray, D. McTavish, G. McNeill, T.G. Irwin, J. MacDonald, H.A. Powell, H. McAulay, D. Campbell. Tenth row: H.W. Hall, M. Morrison, A. Campbell, J. Dufresne, T. Rushton, R. Armstrong, E.E. Robinson, S.D. Scott, F. Hart, J.J. Thomson, H. Collier, J.H. Jewitt, S.O. Crewe, J. Ricci, G.A. Donald, H.E. Newton, H.W. Graham, W. Moffett, J.J. Foran, J.A. Porter, N. McMillan, T. Philips. Eleventh row: D.C. McKinnon, A. Stazicker, S. Stone, E. McDonald, W.J. Fisk, G. McLaughlin, M.A. McLeod, J. Ellice, G. Sunstrum, R. Tisdale, J. Killeen, N. McDonald, D. McLeod, J. Jackson, R.A. Perry, J. O'Grady, P.L. McArthur, A. Imlah, F.E. Dening, G. Scallion, D.A. Sinclair, H. Good-Murphy, A.R. Gibb, D. Johnstone, A. Rotos, J. Duffy.

The Porteous Album

File is four pages from an album containing photographs of the Leamy and Kyle Sawmill, logging camps, C.P.R. locomotive "Old Curly" and Deadmans Island

[The Lord Beaverbrook Ministry of Information Album]

File contains photographs of Lord Beaverbrook's (William Maxwell Aitken) travels in France, Belgium, Scotland, England duringWorld War I including meetings with French journalists, President Poincare, Lord Derby, Canadian Commissioner in Paris, war damage in Ypres, Sir Douglas Haig, General McRae, Canadian Forestry Detachment Camp and sawmill, Canadian Light Railway, Lord Lovat, General Stewart and General McRae, Canadian Cavalry, Canadian Red Cross and Nursing Sisters, Vimy Ridge, Lewis Gun, front lines (Canadian and German), Edinburgh Castle, Glasgow, aerodrome near London, biplanes, members of the news corps (E.H. Macklin, F. Smith, W.J. Southam), tankdrome and tanks

Vancouver Police 1914-1915

File contains photographs of head and shoulders portraits of police commissioners, police officers, detectives, ancilliary staff (clerks, janitor, matrons, photographers, probation officer, mechanics, drivers), mounted police, police headquarters, newspaper reporters, patrol boat, ambulance, patrol car

Vancouver Park Commissioners

File is album containing copy and original photographs of people who served as Park Commissioners from 1888 to 1958. Album also includes some copy photographs of people other than Park Commissioners.

Canadian Pacific Railway : first train, 1887

File is a commemorative album compiled to mark a celebration of the first train to Vancouver and the return of locomotive 374 to Vancouver. The celebration took place on August 22, 1945. The album depicts the arrival of the first train in Vancouver as well as photographs taken of the celebration itself. Album contains some copy photographs and photographic reproductions of maps, as well as textual records and other memorabilia.

Spokane and Red Mountains, showing Le Roi Mine from Columbia Ave. Rossland

Sites and buildings identified: 1. Spokane Mt., 2. Le Roi Mine, 3. War Eagle Mine, 4. Centre Star Mine, 5. Nickle Plate Mine, 6. Red Mt., 7. Columbia Ave., 8. Spokane St., 9. Travers Hardware, 10. Ritchie Blk., 11. Jas. Price Tailor, 12. Stussi's Store & Post Office, 13. Shirley Bakery, 14. Pacific Hotel, 15. Grand Hotel, 16. Clifton Hotel, 17. Edgren's Store.

[Kitsilano Ratepayer Association album]

File contains the history of the Association between 1907 and 1947 including: photographs of the Kitsilano area from 1895 including Kitsilano Beach and Pool and Presidents of the Association; addresses and biographies of Presidents including: F. Scudamore, A. Owens, Anna Fagan, J.Z. Hall, G. Thompson, W. Taylor, J.S. Matthews, Col. Endacott, P. Pettipiece, F. Crone and others; reports of meetings; newspaper clippings and cartoons

[Major J.S. Matthews' album of Vancouver Scenes]

File contains photographs of historic boats and ships, beaches, waterfronts, piers and docks, maps, buildings, Hastings Mill, False Creek, Downtown, English Bay, Kitsilano Beach, Jericho Beach, logging, street scenes, churches, schools, pioneers, Victory Square, hospitals, hotels, railway stations, trains, bridges, Stanley Park, North Vancouver ferry dock, north shore mountains

[Spillman album]

File is album of photographs taken by Miss Margaret Edna Spillman (later Mrs. W.E. (Jim) Drewett of Lytton, B.C.) Margaret (Maggie) Spillman was the eldest child of Edmund Spillman a Vancouver decorator and artist. She was a teacher at Central School as well as an amateur painter and photographer. The photographs include family and friends in various locations including Perth, Ontario, Dawson, Yukon Territory and Buccaneer Bay on North Thormanby Island, B.C.. Images from Vancouver include banks, churches, retail stores, streets, post office, hotels, C.P.R. station and yards, Stanley Park (including Brockton Point lighthouse, Deadman's Island and the water works cottage) and C.P.R. Park. There are some good images of Victorian household interiors (which may have been decorated by Edmund Spillman).

[Vancouver Exhibition Album]

File contains photographs of company product displays including: The Office Specialty Manufacturing Company, Star Brand laundry tubs, Canadian Milk Products Limited (KLIM skimmed milk powder), W.T. McArthur and Company, Graham Hirst Company (Corona typewriters), Fraser Valley Dairies Limited, B.C. Electric, British America Paint Company, Vancouver Trunk and Bag Limited, David Hall signs, Trubilt Toy, Shelleys bakery, Addressograph, Langmuir's Shingle Stains (Bogardus-Wickens Limited), The Success Business College, Simmons Steel Beds, California Wine Company (Rockey Mountain Brand logan juice), Ritchie Brother's seeds, Central Creameries Limited, Barrington Chocolates, Day-Smith Motors Limited automobiles, Gregory Tires and vegetables, horses, cattle and the interior of the Forestry Building

[Tour of small towns in British Columbia by unidentified group]

File is album of photographs showing Prince Rupert, Lillooet, Vanderhoof, Ocean Falls, Quesnel, 147 Mile House, Prince George, Anyox, Smithers, the Cariboo Road, scenes on the Fraser River, Stuart Lake, 7 Mile House, 83 Mile House, Soda Creek, Fort George, Nechaco River, 150 Mile House, and other locations. The photographs show streets, groups of people, Native Indian groups, ports and waterfront scenes, and scenes related to mining and other industrial activity.

[J.A. Byron album #1]

File is album of studio portraits taken in Ontario. Some of the people in the portraits are identified on the backs of the photographs.

[A.W.A. Phair album]

File is album of photographs of Lytton, Lillooet (including street views, St. Mary's Church, Indian Church, Pimer Hotel and a stagecoach), Cayoosh Creek, Duffy Lake, Vancouver (including the Court House and a Japanese Arch on Hasting Street) and other locations in British Columbia. People identified: Frank Gott, Pete Rebagliati, Cottrell Hope and McGillivray's place

Watercolors, 1883-1890, L.A. Hamilton

File is album of photographic reproductions of paintings by L. A. Hamilton, Land Commissioner for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Hamilton planned the townsite of Vancouver and served on its first City Council. File includes a copy photograph of Mr. Hamilton (reprint of Port P530 N220).

[Abraham W. Watson album]

File is album of photographs of unidentified adults and children (family and friends of Abraham Watson?) and early scenes of Vancouver (including houses in the West End, the 1600 Block Robson Street, English Bay pier, Stanley Park and a dentist at work), Victoria, Banff and other locations. Nearly all of the photographs are unidentified.

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