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Item is a photograph of False Creek, showing English Bay to W 16th Avenue, and from Maple Street to the Cambie Street Bridge. Includes the Burrard Street Bridge, the new Granville Bridge, the Cambie Bridge, and Granville Island.

Oblique view showing the Granville Bridge and the new Granville Bridge under construction, the Kitsilano Trestle Bridge, of the Burrard Bridge and the industrial and undeveloped areas on the north and south sides of False Creek

Item is a photograph of Marpole and northern Richmond, looking north. The area photographed centres on the fork of the Fraser River at Sea Island, and runs from W 67th Avenue to Cambie Rd., and from the western most tip of Richmond Island to the west tip of Mitchell Island. Includes the Marpole Bridge and both Oak Street and Moray bridges under construction.

Item is a photograph of the Vancouver waterfront, looking southwest down Burrard Street, showing the waterfront and downtown Vancouver, including Waterfront Station, Hotel Vancouver, Marine Building, Burrard Bridge, Granville Street Bridge, and the city beyond.

Photograph was exhibit 8 in the Ducharme murder case

Photograph also shows the Granville Street Bridge and the Connaught (Cambie) Bridge.

Item is a photograph showing the 1200 block of Powell Street at Clark Drive.

Oblique view shows the Burrard bridge, Granville Island, Kitsilano trestle bridge, the old and new Granville bridges, downtown, Yaletown and north Fairview.

Photograph shows Kitsilano, Kits Point, Kitsilano Beach, R.C.A.F. Equipment Depot, Kitsilano Pool, Burrard Bridge, C.P.R. Kitsilano Trestle, Granville Island, Granville Bridge, Cambie Bridge, False Creek, C.P.R. False Creek Yards, West End, Yaletown, Arbutus Ridge, Shaughnessy, South Cambie, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Little Mountain Reservoir, Connaught Park, Quilchena Golf Course, Douglas Park, Shaughnessy Heights Golf Course, Queen Elizabeth Park, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Barracks, Shaughnessy Military Hospital, Hillcrest Park, Robertson & Hacket Sawmill, City Yard, West Coast Ship Builders and Athletic Park.

Photograph shows Exhibition Park and P.N.E. Golf Course, Second Narrows Bridge, New Brighton Park, Callister Park, Burrard Inlet, Lynn Creek, Lynn Park, Seymour Creek, Vancouver Harbour Commissioners Railway, Inspected Shingles Ltd., Cascade Rock and Gravel Co. Ltd., Canadian Shingle Co. Ltd. (Capilano Timber Co. Ltd.), Alberta Pool Elevator, Columbia Grain Elevator Co. Ltd., Canadian Pacific Railway, Girls Industrial School and Old Peoples Home sites.

Photograph shows Lions Gate Bridge, Beaver Lake, Lost Lagoon, Prospect Point, Brockton Point, Deadman's Island, Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, H.M.C.S. Discovery, Brockton Oval and English Bay.

Photograph shows the False Creek Indian Reserve, Granville and C.P.R. Kitsilano bridges, the McCreery and Johnston residences and a cannery

Photograph shows four ships under construction and the G.N.R. Trestle and Granville bridges

Film is a travelogue showcasing scenery, attractions and industry in the Vancouver area. Film contains general and aerial views of Vancouver, plus sequences of the harbour, Vancouver International Airport, Stanley Park, UBC, the Vancouver International Festival and the PNE. Industry is depicted through shots of a sawmill, a fish cannery, a foundry and a shipyard (where the vessel Yukon is launched). Water sports, golf and skiing at Grouse Mountain are shown, as well as Queen Elizabeth Park, Capilano Suspension Bridge, the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Granville Street at night and a White Spot drive-in. Individuals involved with the production of the film include: Jim Richardson (script), David Bennett (director), A.J.H. Pullinger (cinematography), Norma Jackson (editing), Lloyd Stump (sound), Saba Bros. Limited (gowns), Marguerite Roozeboom (art direction), recorded by Telesound, Lew Perry (producer).

Item is a film containing footage of a pageant, people riding horses and ponies, the Capilano Suspension Bridge and surrounding area, the Capilano River valley and surrounding trails, orchestra at Malkin Bowl, a picnic, children playing in backyard and wading pool (possibly at 3846 West 10th), May Day Parade in downtown Vancouver, Stanley Park gardens, George Vancouver statue and City Hall campus, Vancouver skyline view from City Hall and children playing in grassy area.

Item is an amateur film showing people with dogs in the snow and Sam and Margaret Magoffin with her parents, the Boalts, having a picnic in the woods, at the Capilano Suspension Bridge, and then at the beach where the men change a tire on the car. Also included in the film are scenes taken at home with the women knitting and sewing, Margaret and her parents exiting the Devonshire Hotel and entering a car with the courthouse in the background, people waving from the back of a train, and Sam and Margaret standing by a window.

Item is a color film which details the steps involved in constructing the Lions Gate Bridge (First Narrows Bridge) across the First Narrows of the Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, B.C.) in 1937 and 1938. The film, which appears to be professionally produced, captures the entire construction and assembly process, including the cutting of a road through Stanley Park, preparation of cofferdams and caissons, foundation pouring, erection of the main towers, hoisting and attaching cables, insertion of stiffening trusses, bridge surface pouring, application of protective paint, and other finishing touches, including the installation of sculptor Charles Marega's lions. The film also captures shots of key contributors A.J.T. Taylor and John Anderson, as well as the first cars to cross the span from end to end.

Photograph shows a gas storage silo

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

Item is a letter from Burrard Dry Dock Company (previously Wallace Shipyards) regarding the location of a photograph.

Photograph shows the Georgia Viaduct and the CPR rail yards.

Item is a map showing downtown Vancouver and a portion of east Vancouver. City blocks, buildings and railway lines are shown. Annotations in pencil mark the location of Granville Bridge, Main Street Bridge, the Vancouver Lumber Company, the Canadian Pacific Railway station, the Hastings Sawmill, False Creek and Burrard Inlet.

Item is an architectural drawing of a Second Narrows crossing, bridging Vancouver and North Vancouver. The drawing consists of an elevation of the bridge, as well as a plan of the bridge and the north and south approaches.

Building of Burrard Viaduct with Coal Harbour in the background, including part of Deadman's Island and a floating fuel station on the left and the mountains beyond.

Building of Burrard Viaduct with Coal Harbour in the background, including part of Deadman's Island and a floating fuel station on the left and the mountains beyond.

Item is a photograph showing a view of Boundary Road looking South, near Kingsway with the Canfield Centre building under construction in the background (3777 Kingsway). An overpass is shown in the foreground.

Photograph also shows False Creek east of Main, Downtown Vancouver and the Cambie Street Bridge in the background. Some prominent buildings include: Quebec Manor, Arcadian Hall, Dudley Block, Muir Apartments and Mount Pleasant Public School.

Panoramic view showing the CN Freight shed, (temporary) Evangelistic Tabernacle, City Market building, the Globe and Ivanhoe Hotels and the swing span of the G.N.R. Trestle Bridge.

Panoramic view showing the start of the False Creek reclamation, the Great Northern Railway Station construction site, the Main Street bascule bridge, Market Hall and Ivanhoe Hotel.

Panoramic view showing the Great Northern Railway Station, construction site for the Canadian National Railway Station, the Main Street bascule bridge and the Invanhoe Hotel.

Panoramic view showing the dredging of False Creek for the Granville Island construction.

Panoramic view showing Granville Street Bridge, C.P.R. Kitsilano Trestle, and the Kitsilano Indian Reserve.

Panoramic view showing the Granville Bridge with the span open, C.P.R. Trestle Bridge, Robertson and Hacket Sawmill, Canadian Pipe Co., Vancouver Granite Co. and Marpole Coal Co.

Panoramic view showing Coal Harbour, Deadman's Island, the Westminster Avenue Trestle and Cambie Street Bridges, St. Andrew's Church, the Beatty Street Drill Hall and the Sun Tower

Panoramic view showing the Georgia Viaduct, G.N.R. Trestle and Cambie Bridges, and the Vancouver Gas Works, G.N.R. and C.N.R. stations, B.C. Electric railway yard and Coughlan Shipyards.

Photograph shows the Granville Bridge.

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

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

Photograph shows marsh, water and bridge.