City of Vancouver Archives

[The first horseless carriage in Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: Trans P4
Item
1899 ; reproduced [192-?]

Photograph shows George Taylor, Alex D. McLean, unidentified, Donald R. Morrison, George Giles, Alex Morrison, Robert Armstrong and W.G. Davidson

[Mr. and Mrs. George M. Taylor in a steam-driven car]

AM54-S4-: Trans P28
Item
1899

Part of Major Matthews collection

The first horseless carriage ever seen on the streets of Vancouver, owned by the late W. H. Armstrong

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-70
Item
[ca. 1899]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Delivery wagons outside Hampton Brothers Limited, Bakers and Confectioners, Granville Street]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-274
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows one car in front of a line of six horse-drawn carts on the road outside the bakery.

[A. H. Timms family in car outside house at 240 East 14th Avenue]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-662
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows two men and a girl in the car, and another man on the front steps of the house. A sign on the side of the house reads: "A. H. Timms. Job Printer."

[Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jasper Glidden arrive at the C.P.R. Station]

AM54-S4-: Trans P96
Item
Sept. 18, 1904

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Conductor A.B. Forrest

[William Fenton and his mother in a "locomobile" in front of 602 Grove Avenue (Atlantic Street)]

AM54-S4-: Trans P1
Item
1904

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Alexander Fenton and Percy H. Burnet in the Fenton's "locomobile"]

AM54-S4-: Trans P140
Item
[ca. 1904]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Vancouver Automobile Club in Stanley Park]

AM54-S4-: Cl P13
Item
[between 1904 and 1906]

Part of Major Matthews collection

People identified: W. E. Flummerfelt beside first car; W. J. Annand and Billy Stark in second car; Harry Stevens, E.W. McLean in third car; Ernie Stark, F.R. Stewart in fourth car; Mr. Morrison in fifth car; Harry Hooper, Harry Musclow, G.A. Barrett in sixth car - the first taxi in Vancouver.

[Oldsmobiles outside Vancouver Auto and Cycle at 108 East Hastings Street]

AM54-S4-: Trans P47
Item
[1904 or 1905]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows F.R. Stewart, William M. Stark, W.J. Annand, Harry Stevens, Bill Perry and others

[Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glidden are greeted by crowds at the C.P.R. Station]

AM54-S4-: Trans P70
Item
Sept. 18, 1904

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Charles Thomas, Conductor Alex B. Forrest and others

[A group in a car in front of the Hollow Tree at Stanley Park]

AM54-S4-: Port P1257
Item
1905

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing Miss Sigrid Gonnason, Alfred Wallace, Clarence and Hurbert Wallace, Miss Hall, Mrs. Wallace and Mr. George E. Mitchell

[Mr. James Stark beside his Oldsmobile decorated for a parade]

AM54-S4-: Trans P54
Item
1906

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a sign advertising Stark's Glasgow House, Walter Stark and his daughter Meryl (Mrs. Jack Moore) and others

[Three early cars on a planked alley in the West End]

AM54-S4-: Str P141
Item
1906

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows (left to right): Arthur Hendry at the wheel of a "Pierce Arrow", Harry Hooper in and "Orient Buckboard" and Mrs. John Hendry and Mrs Ross in a "Woods Electric"

[Cloth Hall 365-369 Cordova St., 324-334 Water St.]

AM123-S4---: CVA 810-1
Item
1908-1918

Part of Mercantile Mortgage Company fonds

Photograph shows businesses located on Cordova Street including G.R. Gregg and Co. Ltd., The Borden, and Richardson Jensen Ltd. Ships' Chandlers

[The Chief's "Glide" automobile]

AM54-S4-: FD P34
Item
[ca. 1908]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Mr. Jackman driving Assistant Chief Thompson

[The first motorized chemical engine and hose wagon in front of Fire Hall No. 6. - southwest corner of Nicola and Nelson Streets]

AM54-S4-: FD P39.1
Item
1908

Part of Major Matthews collection

[George Hardy and J. Little in a Chalmers car]

AM54-S4-: Trans P30
Item
[ca. 1908]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of the 300 block West Hastings Street at Hamilton Street with a queue of people on the sidewalk lining up to purchase Shaughnessy lots from the C.P.R.]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-653
Item
[Sept. 1909]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows the Inns of Court Building (423 Hamilton Street at West Hastings) and the Debeck Building (336 West Hastings Street).

[View of a parade leaving the C.P.R. dock at the foot of Howe Street]

AM54-S4-: Can P55
Item
1909

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows horse drawn hotel buses

[Men in a car outside The W.J. Massey Automobile and Bicycle Company]

AM54-S4-: Trans P149.10
Item
[ca. 1909]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Mr. C.C. Chipman, His Worship C.S. Douglas and Lord Strathcona in front of the Hollow Tree at Stanley Park]

AM54-S4-: Port P1204
Item
May 31, 1909

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Vancouver Automobile Club at Brockton Point]

AM54-S4-: Cl P13.1
Item
1909

Part of Major Matthews collection

People identified: W.J. Annand, William Stark in second car; Harry Stevens, E.W. McLean in third car; Ernie Stark, F.R. Steward in fourth car; Alex Morrison in fifth car; Harry Hooper in sixth car - the first taxi in Vancouver.

Australian & New Zealand Delegates Imperial Press Conference L[uncheon? members in front of hollow tree in Stanley Park], June 4 [19]09

AM1477-2-S5---: CVA 1477-506
Item
June. 4 1909

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Group portrait. Some individuals in car and some standing in front of and beside the tree. Individual identified is L.D. Taylor, on tree, far right, middle.

[H.T. Lockyer and others in front of the Hollow Tree at Stanley Park]

AM54-S4-: Port P1203.1
Item
[ca. 1909]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of the wooden English Bay Bathing Pavilion on Beach Avenue from the foot of Burnaby Street]

COV-S632-: CVA 789-37
Item
[191-]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Unknown motor car company showroom

AM1376-: CVA 40-3
Item
[191-]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a photograph of the interior showroom of an unknown motor car company showroom. Two cars are on display, a Hudson and a Packard [Touring].

[Group in an automobile in front of the hollow tree, Stanley Park]

AM1052-: AM1052 P-565
Item
[191-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

[Procession travelling along Hamilton Street at Georgia Street for the memorial service for the late King Edward VII]

AM54-S4-: Port P6.1
Item
May 20, 1910

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the tower of the old Courthouse and the steeple of First Baptist Church

[REO speed wagons purchased by David Spencer Ltd.]

AM1535-: CVA 99-5411
Item
[191-?]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

["Salmonbellies" lacrosse match at Queen's Park, New Westminster]

AM1584-: CVA 7-110
Item
1910

Part of James Luke Quiney fonds

[A man and woman in a car]

AM54-S4-: Trans P178.2
Item
1910 ; reproduced [1962?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[A Knights Templar parade at Hastings Street at Gore Street]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2126
Item
[ca. 1910]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Automobile stuck in the mud, near 4th Avenue and Waterloo Street]

AM1584-: CVA 7-19
Item
[ca. 1910]

Part of James Luke Quiney fonds

[Crowds assembled at Hastings Park for the opening of the first Vancouver Exhibition]

AM1584-: CVA 7-109
Item
1910

Part of James Luke Quiney fonds

Baden-Powell [in car in front of] R.D. Rorison's home [1342 Jervis Street]

AM1584-: CVA 7-298
Item
1910

Part of James Luke Quiney fonds

[Sir Wilfrid Laurier in a car in front of the C.P.R. Station]

AM54-S4-: Port P878
Item
Aug. 16, 1910

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Ewing Buchan, His Worship L.D. Taylor, J.H. (Harry) Senkler and others and a 'Napier' automobile

[Two men sitting in a "Blitzen Benz" race car]

AM54-S4-: Sp P96.1
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Man working under a car beside a house]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-1030
Item
[191-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Handsome Harry Hooper in car

AM1535-: CVA 99-87
Item
[ca. 1910]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

[Mayor L.D. Taylor and Sir Wilfrid Laurier in car, greeted by members of the public]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-210
Item
1910

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Item is a photograph showing (L-R): Laurier, Taylor, Ewing Buchan, and J. H. Senkler (in top hat). The driver of the Napier vehicle is possibly Austin S. French.