City of Vancouver Archives

AM54-S4-: LP 103.1.4
Item
[190-?]

[Birds eye view of Vancouver looking north from tower of Holy Rosary Church]

AM54-S4-: LP 103.2.1
Item
July 28, 1900

Photograph shows the 500 block of Seymour Street and the intersection of Pender Street. Prominent buildings are the MacKinnon building, the Fairfield Building and the Delmonico Hotel. Photograph also shows wooden sidewalks.

[Birds eye view of Vancouver looking east from tower of Holy Rosary Church]

AM54-S4-: LP 103.3
Item
July 28, 1900

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the intersection of Hamilton Street and Pender Street. Prominent buildings are Victoria House (boarding), Inns of Court Building (423 Hamilton Street at West Hastings), Court House, Central School, Flack Block, Province Office and City Hospital.

[Bird's eye view of] Vancouver and Mt. Pleasant from tower of Catholic Church [Holy Rosary Church] looking south

AM54-S4-: LP 103.4.1
Item
July 28, 1900

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the 600 block of Hamilton Street. Prominent features in the photograph are the First Baptist Church, B.C. Portland Cement Factory and the Cambie Street Recreation Grounds (later Larwill Park).

Hastings Street, Vancouver [looking east from Seymour Street]

AM54-S4-: LP 148
Item
June 1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Bank of Montreal (440 W. Hastings) and Bank of British Columbia (438 W. Hastings) building under construction.

Lower town Phoenix, B.C. Brooklyn Mine [and] Stemwinder Mine

AM54-S4-: LP 196.3
Item
1901-1902

Part of Major Matthews collection

Phoenix, B.C. [mining town]

AM54-S4-: LP 196.4
Item

Part of Major Matthews collection

Floods 1894 Mission City B.C.

AM54-S4-: LP 248
Item
June 6, 1894

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men in front of] C.N.P. Lbr. [Crow's Nest Pass Lumber] Co. bunk-house

AM54-S4-: LP 255.16
Item
[between 1910 and 1914]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

AM54-S4-: LP 263.1
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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.

[Bird's eye view of Rossland from Red Mountain]

AM54-S4-: LP 263.2
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Sites and buildings identified: 1. Nickle Plate Mine, 2. Nickle Plate Flats, 3. Miner's Union Hall, 4. Upper Sourdough Alley, 5. Columbia Alley, 6. Allan Hotel, 7. Howard Hotel.

[Bird's eye view] looking N.W. from City Hall roof

AM54-S4-: LP 283.2
Item
[ca. 1958]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the intersection of Cambie St. and West Broadway Ave., the mouth of False Creek, Burrard Bridge, Granville Bridge and C.P.R. yards

[View of Vancouver from Fairview]

AM54-S4-: LP 43
Item
[between 1932 and 1948]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Hotel Vancouver (900 West Georgia), Marine Building, Hotel Vancouver (710 West Georgia), Vancouver Block, CPR Yards, Yaletown Warehouses, False Creek and Northshore Mountains

[Panoramic view of Vancouver Harbour from Stanley Park]

AM54-S4-: LP 49
Item
1930

Part of Major Matthews collection

Prominent buildings identified are Hotel Vancouver (900 West Georgia), the Georgia Medical Dental Building, Immigration Building, Marine Building, Royal Bank and Pier "BC". Ships identified are (L-R): "Catala", "Princess Louise", "Robert Merrick", "Empress of Japan", "Aorangi", C.P.R. transfer car barage, "Kyuqust" and Union Oil Co. Tanker.

The Holden Building - under construction

AM54-S4-1-M-11-: M-11-33
Item
[1910?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Birds-eye view of the north western portion of the business section

AM54-S4-1-M-11-: M-11-37
Item
[ca. 1910]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph is a sectional panorama photograph consisting of 3 photographs joined together to form a panorama. The left section shows the Pacific building on Hastings at Howe St. under construction, and the Post Office. The centre section shows the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Canada Life Building under construction, Spencers and MacDonald Coal. The right section shows the Dominion Trust building, Delmonico Hotel and the Pender Hotel.

Centre business section

AM54-S4-1-M-11-: M-11-40
Item
[191-]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph is a sectional panorama photograph consisting of 2 photographs joined together to form a panorama. The left section shows Homer Street at Hastings and Cordova and boats along the waterfront. The right section shows the O'Brien hall, the Dominion Building and the Carter-Cotton (Province Newspaper) building.

A part of the wholesale section [showing Water Street from the foot of Richards]

AM54-S4-1-M-11-: M-11-42
Item
[190-]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Kelly Douglas & Co. warehouse, Gault Brothers, Hudson's Bay wholesale, the Flat Iron building and the Dresden rooming house.

A section of Vancouver where the older buildings are being replaced by modern structures

AM54-S4-1-M-11-: M-11-43
Item
[190-]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph is a sectional panorama photograph comprised of 3 photographs joined together to form a panorama. The left section shows the old Court House, Carter-Cotton building, Province building, and horse carts along Hastings Street. The centre section shows the Henderson Building, W.R. Megaw Co. warehouse in old Drill shed and the Loo building. The right section shows C.B. Higginson Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, Stevenson Bros., Lotzkar Sheet metal Shop and other buildings.

A section of Vancouver's waterfront

AM54-S4-1-M-11-: M-11-46
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph is a sectional panorama photograph comprised of 2 photographs joined together to form a panorama. The left section shows the CPR station and Kelly Douglas & Co. Warehouse. The right section shows boats loading.