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00 Dunsmuir Street north side

Image shows the west approach to the Georgia Viaduct, includes a Coca Cola billboard, has two French Maid Products painted advertisements on the south side of the Beatty Street building, and the Sun Tower is in the background.

1550 Granville [Street] (Robertson-Hackett [Sawmills]) roof

Photograph shows a view looking northeast from the Granville Bridge showing lighted Neon Products billbooards advertising Nabob and Buckinghan Cigarettes, a lighted Ruddy-Duker Company billboard advertising Firestone, a billboard for Royal City Peas, carbon electric lights and the Continental Hotel in the background

1st Narrows Bridge

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.

Aerial photo, vertical, Marpole and junction of Fraser River, Bridgeport

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.

[Aerial view of Burrard Inlet, Hastings-Sunrise, Burnaby and the District of North Vancouver]

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.

Aerial view of three bridges at Second Narrows

Item is a photograph showing an aerial view of three bridges at Second Narrows. Caption from Vancouver Express: "Three bridges at Second Narrows will soon be down to two as old structure (centre) is slated for demolition. Rail traffic which once used old bridge now travels over CN rail bridge which was completed last year. Aerial photo was taken from Harrison Airways Cessna 172, piloted by Hugh Fraser."

[Aerial view of Vancouver]

Oblique view showing Fairview, Vancouver General Hospital, False Creek and the Expo 86 and other sites under development on the north side, Granville Island, Granville Bridge, Burrard Bridge, Yaletown, Downtown, the West End, Stanley Park and the Lions Gate Bridge, North Vancouver and The Lions in the background

[Aerial view of Vancouver]

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.

[Aerial view of Vancouver looking north]

Oblique view. Photograph shows Fairview R.C.A.F. Equipment Depot, False Creek, Burrard Bridge, C.P.R. Kitsilano Trestle, Granville (Street) Bridge, Granville Island, the West End, Downtown and Burrard Inlet.

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