Mayor McGeer presents oldest gentleman inhabitant of Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant Queen and attendants before crowning, July 16th
Mt. Pleasant Queen crowned by Mayoress McGeer, July 16th
Mayor McGeer presents oldest lady inhabitant of Mt. Pleasant
Kerrisdale, bicycle parade at East Boulevard and Forty First Avenue
Kerrisdale, float passing westwards at Forty First Avenue and East Boulevard, July 9th
Mrs. Eric W. Hamber, wife of Lieutenant-Governor, crowns South Vancouver Queen
South Vancouver Queen and attendants before crowning, July 8th
South Vancouver, procession to crowning ceremony, July 8th
South Vancouver Queen after crowning, July 8, 1936
Mayor McGeer makes speech, South Vancouver celebration
Ladies clamber over cowcatcher [of replica Engine No. 371]
Citizens awaiting at C.P.R. Station, Vancouver, arrival of train from Port Moody, July 3rd 1936
Engineer William (Billy) H. Evans and Committee of Vancouver Pioneers Association
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
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]
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]
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]
Corner stone well and truly laid [at City Hall], July 2nd 1936
Premier Wm. Aberhart (Alberta), Premier Pattullo (B.C.), "Gerry" McGeer, Rt. Hon. R.B. Bennett, P.C. Hon. Mr. Chief Justice Aulay Morrison