[Aerial view of Vancouver and Burnaby]
- AM54-S4-: VLP 186.7
- Item
- [between 1942 and 1945]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows Vancouver Technical School, Grandview Highway and Renfrew Playing Fields.
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[Aerial view of Vancouver and Burnaby]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows Vancouver Technical School, Grandview Highway and Renfrew Playing Fields.
[Aerial view of Burrard Inlet, Hastings-Sunrise, Burnaby and the District of North Vancouver]
Part of Major Matthews collection
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.
Norwegian Picnic, Central Park
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group portrait showing Consul Bjorke, Reverend Nantrup, Maitland, Degraves, Reverend Olsen and Mr. J.E. Johnston
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows Anglican church at corner of Triumph Street and Ingleton Street, Burnaby.
[Woman standing outside store at Hastings and Sperling Streets, Burnaby]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Partially cleared site for Horne Payne substation, covered in snow]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Horne Payne substation construction site, viewed from the west]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Men constructing steel frame of Horne Payne substation]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Steel frame of partially constructed Horne Payne substation]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Side view of old "1222" which was the last tram to run on the Steveston Interurban Line
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph was taken at Edmonds
End view of old "1222" at Edmonds looking west
Part of Major Matthews collection
End view of old "1222" at Edmonds looking east
Part of Major Matthews collection
This photo shows section of track looking east towards Edmonds. Old "1222" is off ot the left.
Part of Major Matthews collection
This photo shows section of track looking looking round the curve towards Central Park
Part of Major Matthews collection
[View of Bainbridge Ranch from Burnaby Lake]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Map of portion New Westminster District
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is an annotated tracing of a map showing the future sites of Vancouver, Burnaby and the North Shore from an area bordering on English Bay to an area bordering on North Arm. Traced over by J.S. Matthews in 1954, it illustrates intended land settlement and subdivision in 1877. Also shown are bodies of water, Hastings & Granville Road, and the settlements of Hastings and Granville. Annotations are an introductory note by Matthews in August 1954 titled "Before Greater Vancouver." Enclosed with the map are four letters between J.S. Matthews and W.H. Hutchinson, Chief of the Geographic Division of the B.C. Survey and Mapping Branch of the Department of Lands and Forests, in 1954 concerning the map's provenance and Matthew's efforts to increase the legibility of copies of the original map.
[View of the Prefabricated Buildings Ltd. factory and storage yard]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Central Park Line in the Early Days
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows street car No. 2
[Partially constructed Horne-Payne substation]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Construction of Horne-Payne substation]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Storage tanks and railway tanks at Imperial Oil Company refinery in Burnaby]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Central Park Agricultural Hall]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Government Road east of Bainbridge Avenue, Burnaby]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows plank road next to partially cleared land. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
Plan of Burrard Peninsula - distribution of population estimated for 1950
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph negative is a copy of a map showing estimated population levels for Vancouver, Point Grey, South Vancouver and Burnaby. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a topographical map of the municipalities surrounding Howe Sound and Burrard Inlet. Municipal boundaries, roads and other transportation infrastructure, and radio stations are also included. The Greater Vancouver water supply areas and waterways are shown along with pipe lines, power lines and telegraph lines.
Great Northern Railway track (from New Westminster to Vancouver) at Piper Mill, Piper Siding
Part of Major Matthews collection
Piper Mill, Piper Siding [near] Great Northern Railway
Part of Major Matthews collection
Piper Mill, Piper Siding [near] Great Northern Railway
Part of Major Matthews collection
Piper Avenue looking south to Burnaby Lake
Part of Major Matthews collection
Piper floating wharf at foot of Piper Avenue south of G.N. track North Burnaby
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Creek near] C.J. Piper's cottage [on] Piper [Avenue] south of G.N.R. track North Burnaby
Part of Major Matthews collection
C.J. Piper's cottage [on] Piper [Avenue near] Burnaby Lake
Part of Major Matthews collection
C.J. Piper's cottage [on] Piper [Avenue] North Burnaby south of G.N. tracks
Part of Major Matthews collection
C.J. Piper's cottage [at] Piper [Avenue] North Burnaby [south of G.N. tracks]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Kingsway and Edmonds [Street on] north side city incoming
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a billboard advertising Ingledew's and the Richfield Garage
Kingsway and Patterson [Avenue]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a Ruddy-Duker Company billboard advertising The Camrin and Vance Hotel in Seattle
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a billboard in the distance
[The wreck of Great Northern Railway train and engine No. 202 near Burnaby Lake]
Part of Major Matthews collection
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Central Park
Part of Major Matthews collection
Kingsway and Tyne [Street showing] roof (2700) [on] south side outgoing
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a Ruddy-Duker Ltd. billboard for Shell and a sign painted on the side of a building advertising The Seaton Suites
Kingsway and Patterson [Avenue] north side city incoming
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a sign for The Abbey Mausoleum and Columbarium at Ocean View Burrial Park and two billboards in the background
Kingsway and Waltham [Avenue] south side city incoming
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a Harry Duker Ltd. billboard advertising McCallum's Scotch Wiskey
Kingsway and Gilley [Avenue on] south side city outgoing
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Photograph shows Ruddy-Druker Company billboard advertising Graham automoiles at Bingham-Tyrwhitt Motors
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Snapshot of Laurie Lyn Walser crawling on bed.
Laurie, 3 months and Mark, 2 1/2
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Snapshot of Mark Walser holding Laurie Lyn Walser.
[Laurie Lyn Walser, 3 days old]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Snapshot of Laurie Lyn Walser at 3 days old sent to Major Matthews by Evelyn Walser for Christmas. Photo has a short note on verso by Evelyn Walser that describes the picture.
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Professionally taken head & shoulders portrait of Neil Raymond Walser for birth announcement produced by Dominion Birth Announcement Co. Born at Burnaby General Hospital on October 16, 1965 by parents Don and Evelyn Walser.
[Mark Walser with toy at 16 1/2 months]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Snapshot of Mark Walser with toy printed as a Christmas and New Year card that was sent to Major Matthews from Don and Evelyn Walser.
[Mark Walser and Laurie Lyn Walser sitting on chair]
Part of Major Matthews collection