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Pedestrians walking through Maple Tree Square outside the Hotel Europe

Pedestrians walking through Maple Tree Square outside the Hotel Europe

Item part is a photograph of pedestrians crossing through Maple Tree Square. The view is of the Hotel Europe (43 Powell Street, at Alexander) and looking at the Powell Street entrance to the square. Other identified establishments in the photo are Fulano imports (4 Powell Street), the Savoy Cabaret (6 Powell Street), and The Boiler Room.

Cars driving through Maple Tree Square outside the Hotel Europe

Cars driving through Maple Tree Square outside the Hotel Europe

Item part is a photograph of automobiles driving through Maple Tree Square. The view is of the Hotel Europe (43 Powell Street, at Alexander) and looking at the Powell Street entrance to the square. Other identified establishments in the photo are Fulano imports (4 Powell Street), the Savoy Cabaret (6 Powell Street), and The Boiler Room.

Gastown Street Scenes: Alexander, Water, and Cambie, Streets

Item is a set of negatives of street photography scenes in Gastown. The identified street views begin near Maple Tree Square, at Alexander Street and Water Street, and continue west down Water Street to Cambie Street and then south to the Cambie Street and Cordova Street intersection. The photograph subjects are everyday street scenes, predominantly storefronts of local businesses and pedestrians on the sidewalk. This set contains the raw photographs from the roll the photographer shot in their original order. The associated contact sheet has selection marks for frames 2, 9, 14, and 28.

Corner of Powell Street and Carrall Street

Corner of Powell Street and Carrall Street

Item part is a photograph of a street scene at Maple Tree Square, Gastown, looking east down Powell Street The Europe Hotel (43 Powell Street) is visible in the left background with the signage for The Boiler Room in the centre.

Sidewalk near 66 Water Street

Sidewalk near 66 Water Street

Item part is a photograph of pedestrians on the sidewalk of Water Street, Gastown, near the Town Pump restaurant and cabaret (66 Water Street). Mind's Eye photographic gallery and bookstore (52 Water Street) is visible in the foreground, and the Dominion Hotel (210 Abbot Street) is visible in the background.

Sylvia Ablowitz clippings and photographs

File consists of photographs pertaining to Sylvia Ablowitz (nee Goldstein), after whom the Sylvia Hotel was named; including photograph prints showing celebrating Sylvia's 100th and 102nd birthdays, family members sitting shiva following her death in 2002, as well as a negative of her graduation portrait from UBC in 1921.

Spitfire Fund events 1941

File consists of a scrapbook containing materials related to 1941 Spitfire Fund fundraising events including an Elsa Maxwell parry in Vancouver and a boxing match between Al Delaney and Eddie Wenstob. Materials include photographs, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, a poster, and publicity materials.

Elsa Maxwell #1

File consists of a scrapbook containing materials related to the arrival of Elsa Maxwell in Vancouver and the Spitfire Fund party at the Hotel Vancouver. Materials include photographs, notes, contracts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, telegraphs, to-do lists, and schedules. Many of the photographs were taken by Alfred Knight. Individuals in the photographs include Elsa Maxwell, Hugh Pickett and Len Turnbull.

Hugh Pickett scrapbook : 1941

File consists of a scrapbook compiled by Hugh Pickett containing photographs, clippings, receipts, correspondence, a napkin, a broken key, notes and ticket stubs. Materials relate to trips to Harrison Hot Springs, Grouse Mountain, Chilliwack and Seattle; Spitfire Fund events; concerts, sporting events and parties attended by Pickett. Photographs show Hugh Pickett, Len Turnbull, Kaye Connor, Marguerite De Guesseme and many other unidentified individuals.

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