City of Vancouver Archives

Vancouver looking east from [Howe Sound]

AM54-S4-: Air P100
Item
1960

Oblique view. Photograph shows Point Grey, University of British Columbia and University Endowment Lands.
Typewritten letter from Hunting Survey Corporation Limited on verso of print.

Looking south toward Pender Street from Hastings Street and Seymour Street

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P38.4
Item
1892

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view showing Homer Street Methodist Church, the tower of Holy Rosary Church, the spire of St. Ann's Academy, the spire of St. Andrew's Church, the roof of the Bank of Montreal, the tower of the First Congregational Church, the storefront of W. Cosman & Sons, and other buildings. Showing in the background is forest.

[View of Deadman's Island from the West End]

AM54-S4-1-S-4-: S-4-75
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Looking north near Centre (Granville) Street from Ninth Avenue (Broadway)]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1477
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View from Hastings Street looking east towards Hastings Sawmill]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1177
Item
1892

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view from the Lefevre Block showing the C.P.R. offices on Cordova Street and the roof of the Wulffsohn Block

Vancouver, B.C. from Deck of Incoming Steamer

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-832
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of the Vancouver waterfront]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-830
Item
May 30, 1924

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Panoramic view looking north from the Hotel Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P143.1
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photographs show the west side of the 600 Block of Howe Street, Manor House, Deadman's Island, the 600 Block of Granville Street, the Van Horne Block, the Hudson Bay Company store, the Homer Street Methodist Church, the tower of Holy Rosary Cathedral and other buildings and houses

[Looking east from Water and Cordova Street]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-726.1
Item
[ca. 1913]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view of intersection of Water Street and Cordova Street showing Gault Brothers, the Leckie water tower and other buildings

[View looking northeast from Queen Elizabeth Park]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-470
Item
[197-?]

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Photograph shows Grouse Mountain in the background

[View looking north from Queen Elizabeth Park]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-469
Item
[197-?]

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Photograph shows City Hall, Downtown and the Lions in the background

[View looking north from Queen Elizabeth Park]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-468
Item
[197-?]

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Photograph shows City Hall, Downtown and the Lions in the background

[View looking north from Queen Elizabeth Park]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-467
Item
[197-?]

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Photograph shows City Hall, Downtown and the Lions in the background

[R.C.A.F. Maritime Air Command plane No. 102 flying over English Bay]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-330
Item
[between 1965 and 1968]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Oblique view showing the Vancouver Maritime Museum and Kits Point residences in the foreground, and the West End, Downtown, Stanley Park and Burrard Inlet in the background.

Looking across English Bay from the beach on Point Grey Road

AM1376-: CVA 218-10
Item
1953

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

[360 degree view of Vancouver from the roof of the second Hotel Vancouver]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N218
Item
Aug. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows many downtown streets and buildings including the Vancouver Block, Wesley Methodist Church, Christ Church, the World Building as well as Coal Harbour, Burrard Inlet and the North Shore in the background.

Vancouver, B.C. "The livest and most beautifully located city in Canada"

AM54-S4-: PAN P79
Item
Aug. 31, 1911

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view (280 degrees) taken from the dome of the World Building showing the Beatty Street Armouries, the Cambie Street Grounds, Central High School, Vancouver High School, the Dominion Building, the railway yards and the eastern industrial areas

[View of downtown from the top of the Dominion Trust Building at 402 West Pender Street and Homer Street]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N217
Item
1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows many buildings including the B.C. Tel building under construction and the Standard Building nearing completion, the Dominion Building (207 West Hastings Street) and Burrard Inlet and the North Shore in the background.

[Northern and eastern view of] Vancouver, B.C. [showing Burrard Inlet, Downtown, False Creek and Yaletown]

AM54-S4-: PAN P98
Item
1912

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

Vancouver, B.C.

AM1376-: CVA 73-2
Item
1911

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Panoramic view from approximately Pender Street and Granville Street looking north showing the Orpheum Theatre at 805 West Pender Street, the top of the Post Office building and clock tower, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Dominion Building, the World Building (Sun Tower) and Burrard Inlet in the background

[View from the Fairview-Mount Pleasant area looking north]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-78
Item
[between 1922 and 1931]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item shows houses under construction in the Fairview and Mount Pleasant neighbourhoods.

[View of Downtown looking north from Burrard Street near Smithe Street]

AM1504-: CVA 1504-1
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of John William Freeston fonds

Panoramic view showing the Irwinton Apartments, the courthouse, the second Hotel Vancouver, the Vancouver Block, Granville Mansions and the Hotel Barron

[Northern view of downtown Vancouver from World Building, 500 Beatty Street]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N222
Item
[ca. 1921]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph also shows Central Public School, Victory Square, Vancouver Daily Province and Dominion Bank Buildings, the Flack Block and C.P.R. Piers B and C and the North Shore in the background.

[View across English Bay]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2937
Item
1906

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows waves rolling in

Panorama of Vancouver, B.C. Canada

AM1376-: CVA 1211-1
Item
[1929 or 1930]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Panoramic view looking north showing Deadman's Island, Brockton Point, part of the West End, Downtown including the Immigration Building, the Marine Building under construction, the Rogers Building, the turret of the Bank of Montreal, the post office clock tower, the Sun Tower, the second Hotel Vancouver and the North Vancouver Ferry in the background

[Looking north from Georgia Street showing the area between Bute Street and Homer Street and across Burrard Inlet]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2902
Item
[ca. 1922]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view

[Looking north from Georgia Street showing the area between Bute Street and Homer Street and across Burrard Inlet]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2900.1
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view

View from 15th Avenue at Birch Street

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2935
Item
1919

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view looking north showing Douglas Lodge on the left and Birch Mountain in the center

[Looking east from Thurlow Street along Nelson Street]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2939
Item
[ca. 1936]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the roof of St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church

Burrard Street from the Marine Building

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4590
Item
1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows a view looking south from Hastings Street including the Hotel Vancouver

City of Vancouver from top of City Hall

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4382
Item
June 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows a view looking northwest including part of Fairview, False Creek, the Kitsilano Trestle and Burrard Bridges

Vancouver from top of old Hotel Vancouver

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4398
Item
June 20, 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows a view looking northeast

Vancouver from top of old Hotel Vancouver

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4397
Item
June 20, 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows a view looking north showing Pier B-C, the Main Post Office, the Royal Bank Building and ferries

Vancouver from top of old Hotel Vancouver

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4396
Item
June 20, 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows a view looking northeast including the eastern docks

Vancouver from top of old Hotel Vancouver

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4395
Item
June 20, 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows a view looking northeast and a man sitting and a baby carriage on the roof of the hotel

City of Vancouver from top of City Hall

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4383
Item
June 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows a view looking northwest including part of Fairview, False Creek, the Cambie Bridge, the Kitsilano Trestle and Burrard Bridges and Downtown in the background

City of Vancouver from top of City Hall

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4381
Item
June 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows a view looking north including part of Fairview, the Cambie Bridge, False Creek and Yaletown, Downtown and the Lions in the background

Vancouver, B.C. from Hotel Vancouver

AM54-S4-: Str P153.2
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a northeast view of the 600 Block Granville Street including the New York Block, the Hudson's Bay Company store, part of the C.P.R. Park and Holy Rosary Cathedral in the background

[View of the Union Steamship Company wharf at the foot of Carrall Street from the water]

AM54-S4-: Wat P104
Item
July 4, 1898

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows crowds watching a sculling race

Souvenir of Vancouver

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-366
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows various scenes of Vancouver including Stanley Park, boats, streets and a cannery

[Looking north from 7th Avenue just east of Westminster Avenue (Main Street)]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2588.2
Item
[ca. 1892]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows part of Mount Pleasant and False Creek, the Westminster Avenue Trestle Bridge and the East End in the background

[Looking north from 7th Avenue just east of Westminster Avenue (Main Street)]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2588.1
Item
[ca. 1892]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows part of Mount Pleasant and False Creek, a streetcar in motion, a woman pushing a pram and Downtown in the background

Vancouver B.C. from the South

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P147
Item
1889 ; reproduced 1952

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view looking north from the corner of Westminster Avenue (Main Street) and 7th Avenue including the Westminster Avenue Trestle Bridge and False Creek in the background