City of Vancouver Archives

World's biggest and most beautiful birthday cake, 10,000 lbs.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-711
Item
1958

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Wong Bros. shoe service storefront in Duncan or Nanaimo, B.C.

AM1523-S6-F66-: 2008-010.0383
Item
Aug. 1977

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Item is a photograph showing the Wong Bros. Shoe Service store located on Victoria Crescent in Nanaimo, B.C.

[Women carry placards protesting the sale of goods to "the enemy"]

AM54-S4-: Out P595
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Women and men on trail with bikes]

AM54-S4-: Out P262.04
Item
[ca. 1898]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Women and child dressed in their finery]

AM54-S4-: Out P262.01
Item
[ca. 1898]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Woman and man stand beside bell at finish line

AM1576-S6-12-F69-: 2011-010.2296-: 2011-010.2296.19
Part
July 1986

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Woman and man stand beside bell at finish line

AM1576-S6-12-F69-: 2011-010.2296-: 2011-010.2296.18
Part
July 1986

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Woman and man stand beside bell at finish line

AM1576-S6-12-F69-: 2011-010.2296-: 2011-010.2296.20
Part
July 1986

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

VNHS Departure Bay

AM484-S10---: 2005-040.182
Item
May 30, 1964

Part of Vancouver Natural History Society fonds

VNHS Departure Bay

AM484-S10---: 2005-040.186
Item
May 30, 1964

Part of Vancouver Natural History Society fonds

VNHS Departure Bay

AM484-S10---: 2005-040.183
Item
May 30, 1964

Part of Vancouver Natural History Society fonds

VNHS Departure Bay

AM484-S10---: 2005-040.184
Item
May 30, 1964

Part of Vancouver Natural History Society fonds

VNHS Departure Bay

AM484-S10---: 2005-040.185
Item
May 30, 1964

Part of Vancouver Natural History Society fonds

[View of] Nanaimo V.I. [from across an inlet]

AM54-S4-1-A-6-: A-6-117
Item
[186-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

View of Nanaimo substation, town site and harbour

AM1669-: CVA 389-174
Item
June. 3, 1911

Part of Imperial Oil Company fonds

View of Nanaimo substation, town site and harbour

AM1669-: CVA 389-173
Item
June. 3, 1911

Part of Imperial Oil Company fonds

View of Nanaimo substation, town site and harbour

AM1669-: CVA 389-168
Item
June. 3, 1911

Part of Imperial Oil Company fonds

View of Nanaimo substation

AM1669-: CVA 389-169
Item
June. 3, 1911

Part of Imperial Oil Company fonds

View of Nanaimo substation

AM1669-: CVA 389-172
Item
June. 3, 1911

Part of Imperial Oil Company fonds

View of Nanaimo substation

AM1669-: CVA 389-170
Item
June. 3, 1911

Part of Imperial Oil Company fonds

View of Nanaimo substation

AM1669-: CVA 389-171
Item
June. 3, 1911

Part of Imperial Oil Company fonds

[View of Nanaimo from across the water]

AM54-S4-: Out P443
Item
[ca. 1945]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Vancouver, Kamloops, and Nanaimo, B.C.

AM1523-S6-F67
File
Aug.-Dec. 1977

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Vancouver, Duncan, Nanaimo, Cumberland, B.C., 1977

AM1523-S6-F66
File
1977

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Unidentified family in Nanaimo Chinatown

AM1523-S6-F65-: 2008-010.0367
Item
[ca. 1950]

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Unidentified family at Nanaimo Chinatown

AM1523-S6-F65-: 2008-010.0368
Item
[ca. 1950]

Part of Paul Yee fonds

[Tugboat "Bermuda"]

AM54-S4-: Bo P336
Item
[ca. 1911]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Three girls in a garden]

AM54-S4-: Out P262.03
Item
[ca. 1898]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait

[The letters G. R. and a crown made with stones on the ground]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2209
Item
1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph taken at 6th Regiment D.C.O.R. camp at the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway station during the coal miners' riots. G R probably refers to George Rex, as King George V was the monarch.

[The letters D.C.O.R. spelled out with stones on the ground]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2210
Item
1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph taken at 6th Regiment D.C.O.R. camp at the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway station during the coal miners' riots.

[The first Indian church (Wesleyan Methodist) in Nanaimo]

AM54-S4-: Out P471
Item
[ca. 1870]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Reverend Tate, Reverend Cornelius, the Cornelius children, Samuel Gough and others

[The first class of engineers to study for work with the B.C. Power Commission]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-367
Item
1946

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows (left to right): W.E. Kenny, W. Marks, Mr. Weston, W.E. Lyle, S.B. Howlett, Norm Kent, Larry Wight and N.H. Latimer

[The ferry S.S. "Joan" at dock in Nanaimo]

AM54-S4-: SGN 853
Item
[1898?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

The City Hall, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, Canada

AM1052-: AM1052 P-710
Item
[ca. 1957]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

The Bastion, relic of Hudson's Bay Co., Nanaimo, B.C.

AM54-S4-: LGN 486
Item
[1894?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

The Bastion, Nanaimo, B.C.

AM54-S4-: Out P450.1
Item
[ca. 1945]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[The Bastion]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1128.09
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[The Bastion]

AM54-S4-: Out P258.1
Item
[ca. 1902]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[The Bastion]

AM54-S4-: Out P1214
Item
[193-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Student at] Nanaimo Indian School

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-833
Item
[1942?]

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Stanley Park and [North] Shore - Horseshoe Bay and Malahat Hwy. - Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fowlers to Victoria - returned to Vancouver

AM1601-S1-: 2013-033.10
Item
[ca. 1954]

Part of Harry Lin Chin fonds

Item is a film showing the view from inside an automobile travelling the road along the Stanley Park causeway and going across the Lions Gate Bridge towards the North Shore. Film contains scenes from within the car, the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal, aboard the ferry, scenes along the Malahat highway, Duncan, Ladysmith, Malahat Lookout, Victoria Auto Court Motel. The film concludes with a return trip to Vancouver, driving across the Granville Street Bridge, through downtown and across a viaduct.

[S.S. "Maude"]

AM54-S4-: Bo P561
Item
[ca. 1872]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Spitfire Fund #2

AM1674-S8-F03
File
1941

Part of Hugh Pickett fonds

File consists of a scrapbook containing materials related to Spitfire Fund parties in Qualicum Beach, Nanaimo, Britannia Beach, North Vancouver and Harrison Hot Springs. Materials include photographs, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, telegraphs, programs, a napkin and ticket stubs.

[Singing "God Save the King" at] Nanaimo Indian School

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-836
Item
[1942?]

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Sam Lee and Co. grocery storefront in Duncan or Nanaimo, B.C.

AM1523-S6-F66-: 2008-010.0382
Item
Aug. 1977

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Item is a photograph showing the Sam Lee and Co. store located on Victoria Crescent in Nanaimo, B.C.

Rec[orded] 1985

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is a film showing an aircraft carrier in English Bay, the sun rise from Fontainebleau (Apt. 5455 Balsam Street, fishing in Campbell River, Nanaimo Bath Tub Race, and children running through sprinkler, swimming in an outdoor pool [at Fontainebleau].