City of Vancouver Archives

Bristol, college green.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1493
Item
[ca. 1908]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

This postcard includes personal correspondence. Sent to Mr. A. E. Baggs of Worcester, England.

Pershing Square and Biltmore Hotel - Los Angeles, Cal.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1296
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

View looking down Beach Avenue, with houses on north side and Sunset Beach on south side

VPK-S625-: CVA 392-0240
Item
Mar. 1962

Part of Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation fonds

Vancouver parks

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a map showing the locations of Vancouver parks.

Contour plan of Stanley Park

COV-S365-: MAP 721
Item
[189-?]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a topographical map of Stanley Park showing various landmarks and locations of buildings.

Vancouver (B.C.). Engineer's Office

Standard tourists' guide to Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a tourist guidebook to Stanley Park, including a brief history, instructions for vehicle access, and a map with associated index to points of interest. The back of the cover lists "A Few Facts About Vancouver. The map notes driving routes in the park, trails and walking routes.

Grouse Mountain Park. North Vancouver, B.C.

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a map showing Grouse Mountain Park, including highway, parking roads, and scenic trails. Topography is noted.

Land above the trees

AM1553-8-S10-: MI-284
Item
1988

Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds

Film is about Canada's alpine country and the functioning of its unique ecosystem through the seasons. "Land above the trees" won the Golden Decade Award one of the 10 Best Productions of the Decade, the Golden Camera Award for Best Nature and Wildlife Film, it was nominated for Best of the Festival at the US Industrial Film Festival, it won the Polaris Award - Best of the Festival at the (USA) National Council for Geographic Education Film Festival, it won a Silver Medal at the 32nd International Film and Television Festival of New York, it was a finalist at the American Film and Video Festival, and it won a Certificate of Merit - Environment and Ecology at Intercom '89 Industrial Film/Video Festival.
The film was presented by the National Film Board of Canada. Writer and director Michael Collier. Cinematographer Bill Schmalz. Editor Doris Dyck. Music by John Forrest. Narration script Ron Payne. Narrator Jim Hault. Additional cinematography Michael Collier and Bob Asgeirsson. Production assistants Dick Hamilton, Dave Ponsart, and Peter McIlvaney. Re-recording Barry P. Jones. Music recording Mushroom Studios. Production coordinator Katheryn Lynch. Unit Administrator Bruce Hagerman. Producer Geogre Johnson. Executive producer Barbara Janes.

[View of the Great Northern (Union) and Canadian National Stations and Thornton Park]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N101
Item
Sept. 8, 1924

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view showing the Hotel Ivanhoe, the G.N. and C.N. freight buildings and Massey-Harris Farm Implements.

Jan 1985 : Angles

AM1675-S4-F25-: 2018-020.5151
Item
1985

Part of BC Gay and Lesbian Archives

[View of Coal Harbour, Deadman's Island, part of Stanley Park, and the North Shore mountains, from John Morton's clearing at the foot of Thurlow Street]

AM54-S4-: SGN 902
Item
[1898?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[View of Coal Harbour, Deadman's Island, part of Stanley Park, and the North Shore mountains from the foot of Bute Street]

AM54-S4-: SGN 901
Item
[1896?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Two women seated on grass at Beacon Hill Park]

AM54-S4-: SGN 896
Item
[1898?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[People watching swans in pond at Beacon Hill Park]

AM54-S4-: SGN 897
Item
[1898?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Pittencrief Park, Kitsilano Boys' Band on tour, Dumfermline, Scotland 1934

AM1376-: CVA 63-1
Item
1934

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a photograph of a crowd of seated spectators at watching a concert at Pittencrief Park, Dumfermline, Scotland. The Kitsilano Boys' Band is on stage as part of their 1934 tour.

Sheet J : University Endowment Lands to Wallace Street and Twenty-seventh Avenue to Thirty-eighth Avenue

AM1594-MAP 682-: MAP 682.34
Item
[ca. 1925], with revisions to Jan. 31, 1952

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a section showing the area from the University Endowment Lands to Wallace Street and Twenty-seventh Avenue to Thirty-eighth Avenue. Includes streets, roads and sewers; blocks, lots, and legal descriptions; and parks and schools.

Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the City Engineer

[Crowds gathered to watch events at Beacon Hill Park]

AM54-S4-: SGN 161
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Drive at Brockton Point, Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-: SGN 157
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Stanley Park, viewed from English Bay]

AM54-S4-: SGN 97
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Family assembled on rock near road in Stanley Park]

AM54-S4-: SGN 114
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Woman at wooden staircase near path, Stanley Park]

AM54-S4-: SGN 112
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Three women observing black swans on pond, Stanley Park]

AM54-S4-: SGN 111
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Boat in Burrard Inlet, near Brockton Point]

AM54-S4-: SGN 109
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Aerial view of New Brighton Park site, looking west along waterfront toward foot of Renfrew Street

AM362-S7---: CVA 468-84
Item
May 15, 1968

Part of Wilson family fonds

Aerial view of New Brighton Park site, looking east from Renfrew Street

AM362-S7---: CVA 468-83
Item
May 15, 1968

Part of Wilson family fonds

Image shows grain elevators and Canadian Pacific Rails.

Entrance to Stanley Park

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-340
Item
1940

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Aerial view of Musqueam Park

AM1533-S2-4-: 2009-005.309
Item
Apr. 1965

Part of Dunbar History Project fonds

Item filed under Parks. Courtesy of Vancouver Park Board.

Aerial view of Memorial West Park

AM1533-S2-4-: 2009-005.308
Item
1962

Part of Dunbar History Project fonds

Item filed under Parks. Courtesy of Vancouver Park Board.

Aerial view of Camosun Park

AM1533-S2-4-: 2009-005.307
Item
1962

Part of Dunbar History Project fonds

Item filed under Parks. Courtesy of Vancouver Park Board.

[Two women standing on dirt road at Brockton Point], Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-: SGN 106
Item
[1889?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

23rd Annual Convention, Chief Constables Association of Canada

VPD-S214-: CVA 480-127
Item
Jun. 22 - 24, 1927

Part of Vancouver Police Department fonds

Item is a panoramic photograph showing Convention participants and family members gathered for a group portrait in Stanley Park.

[Point Atkinson Lighthouse, West Vancouver, B.C.]

AM1052-: AM1052 P-847
Item
[192-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C. Canada

AM1052-: AM1052 P-838
Item
[192-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Beacon Hill Pk. Victoria, B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-833
Item
[ca. 1913]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

This postcard includes personal correspondence. Sent to G.F. Hartley, Esq. of Vancouver, B.C.

A drive in Central Park B C

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1087
Item
[190-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Burnaby B C

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1086
Item
[190-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a postcard printed with an image of the Central Park Agricultural Hall. On the verso of this postcard is an annotation reading, "On triangular area formed by Kingsway and Interurban railway."

Moonlight on English Bay, B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1063.13
Item
ca. 1918

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a photograph which is part of a set of twelve miniature photographic prints (AM1052 P1063.02 to AM1051 P-1063.13) depicting various scenes and sites around Vancouver. All 12 prints were contained in the envelope AM1052 P1063.01.

Stanley Park, 2nd Beach, B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1063.12
Item
ca. 1918

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a photograph which is part of a set of twelve miniature photographic prints (AM1052 P1063.02 to AM1051 P-1063.13) depicting various scenes and sites around Vancouver. All 12 prints were contained in the envelope AM1052 P1063.01.

Hotel Vancouver[,] Vancouver, B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1063.11
Item
ca. 1918

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a photograph which is part of a set of twelve miniature photographic prints (AM1052 P1063.02 to AM1051 P-1063.13) depicting various scenes and sites around Vancouver. All 12 prints were contained in the envelope AM1052 P1063.01.

Bathing beach, English Bay, B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1063.10
Item
ca. 1918

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a photograph which is part of a set of twelve miniature photographic prints (AM1052 P1063.02 to AM1051 P-1063.13) depicting various scenes and sites around Vancouver. All 12 prints were contained in the envelope AM1052 P1063.01. Logo for Canadian Photo Co. is on the image.

The Sentinal [sic], Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1063.09
Item
ca. 1918

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a photograph which is part of a set of twelve miniature photographic prints (AM1052 P1063.02 to AM1051 P-1063.13) depicting various scenes and sites around Vancouver. All 12 prints were contained in the envelope AM1052 P1063.01. This photograph appears to show a large tree called The Sentinel.

[Ha]stings and Cambie Sts., Vancouver, B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1063.08
Item
ca. 1918

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a photograph which is part of a set of twelve miniature photographic prints (AM1052 P1063.02 to AM1051 P-1063.13) depicting various scenes and sites around Vancouver. All 12 prints were contained in the envelope AM1052 P1063.01.

Stanley Park Vancouver B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1063.07
Item
ca. 1918

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a photograph which is part of a set of twelve miniature photographic prints (AM1052 P1063.02 to AM1051 P-1063.13) depicting various scenes and sites around Vancouver. All 12 prints were contained in the envelope AM1052 P1063.01.

Soundwalking : soundwalk in Lighthouse Park

AM1549-S01-F01-: 2009-116.0158
Item
Mar. 17, 1977

Part of Co-op Radio fonds

Item is an audio reel containing an episode of Soundwalking with Hildegard Westerkamp. The recording takes place at Lighthouse Park.

Stanley Park, Stanley Park Pavilion south facade and terrace

AM1376-: CVA 71-06
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a photograph of the south facade and terrace of the Stanley Park Pavilion. Park visitors walk on the path out front and congregate on the lawn.