City of Vancouver Archives

[Sea Island Airport administration building]

AM54-S4-: Air N34
Item
[5 May 1931]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Sea Island Airport administration building]

AM54-S4-: Air N35
Item
[5 May 1931]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Sea Island Airport administration building]

AM54-S4-: Air N36
Item
[5 May 1931]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Sea Island Airport administration building]

AM54-S4-: Air N37
Item
[5 May 1931]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Area between Sea Island Airport administration building and airdrome]

AM54-S4-: Air N38
Item
May 5, 1931

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Exterior view of airport building]

AM1184-S3-: CVA 1184-956
Item
Aug 1942

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

Photograph shows the original airport building, which was replaced after being destroyed by a fire.

[Canadian Pacific Airlines pre-inaugural flight of the "Empress of Sydney" to Australia]

AM54-S4-: Air P37.3
Item
July 10, 1949

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph also shows the Immigration and Customs building.

[Canadian Pacific Airlines christening of the "Empress of Vancouver"]

AM54-S4-: Air P41.4
Item
July 22, 1949

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Grant McConachie and the Queen Charlotte Airlines Limited Manager in the background.

[Exterior of Administration building at Sea Island Airport]

AM54-S4-: Air P44
Item
Jan. 5, 1936

Part of Major Matthews collection

["Gilmore the Record Breaker" airplane taking off on the first non-stop flight to Mexico from the Vancouver Airport]

AM54-S4-: Air P79.4
Item
1935

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Aerial view of] The New International Air Terminal - Vancouver, Canada

AM54-S4-: Air P111.1
Item
Oct. 25, 1968

Part of Major Matthews collection

Oblique view. Photograph shows Canadian Pacific Airlines and Air Canada planes at the terminal.

International Air Terminal, Vancouver

AM54-S4-: Air P111.2
Item
Oct. 25, 1968

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Airport administration building and airplane]

AM54-S4-: Air P113
Item
[between 1940 and 1948]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Oblique view of] City of Vancouver, B.C. Airport

AM54-S4-: LP 45
Item
July 21, 1931

Part of Major Matthews collection

The "Empress of Auckland", C.P.A. transpacific aircraft, on tarmac at Vancouver Airport.

AM54-S4-: Air P39
Item
July, 1949

Part of Major Matthews collection

Vancouver Airport : design for Spanish Banks

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a pamphlet showing a proposed sea and land plane development at Spanish Banks. The front sheet shows cost estimates and the back sheet shows a map of the proposed development.

[View of the Marpole rail and highway bridges]

AM54-S4-: Br P63.3
Item
1957

Part of Major Matthews collection

Oblique view shows Vancouver International Airport.

[Aerial view of Vancouver International Airport]

AM54-S4-: Air P83
Item
1957

Part of Major Matthews collection

Miscellaneous [5 of 130]

COV-S663-: CVA 800-0294
Item
Aug. 1976

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Miscellaneous [7 of 130]

COV-S663-: CVA 800-0296
Item
Aug. 1976

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Miscellaneous [11 of 130]

COV-S663-: CVA 800-0300
Item
Aug. 1976

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Prototype LRT Vehicle [2 of 11]

COV-S663-: CVA 800-0311
Item
Aug. 1976

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

View of airfield [showing crowds at air show]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-187
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[Crowd at air show watching aerobatics]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-186
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of James Crookall fonds

United Air Lines airplane Boeing 247D [and view of airplanes circling the airfield]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-182
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of James Crookall fonds

View of airfield [from terminal building]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-180
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of James Crookall fonds

Tom Wong Collection

AM1376-F12
File
1967-1971

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

File consists of 32 photographs showing aerial views of the Vancouver Airport, Sea Island, Richmond, and the Fraser River. Also included are various shots showing the belly-landing of a small airplane.

Sea Island Airport Airdrome [hangar]

AM54-S4-: Air P56
Item
May 5, 1931

Part of Major Matthews collection

Miscellaneous photographs of Tillicum - February 10, 1985 - Vancouver Airport

AM1576-S6-12-: 2011-010.1933
Item
1985

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Item is a contact sheet featuring thirty-six images of Tillicum's visit to the Vancouver Airport, including Tillicum at the Tourism British Columbia booth; greeting William Hutt, Captain George Vancouver and tap dancers; and standing with two RCMP officers. Shows frames 2A to 37A.

[Airport and runways under construction]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N04
Item
1 May 1931

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph also shows two hangars.

McRoberts Island [Sea Island]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a map of McRoberts Island (now named Sea Island). The map shows the locations of farms and the Vancouver Airport, notes on flora and geographical features, crops & dates/partitions of settlement.

Matthews, James Skitt, Major

Vancouver Airport

AM1576-S6-12-F12-: 2011-010.1885
Item
1929 (reproduced ca. 1984)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Sea Island airport, aerial photo, south, from biplane

AM1376-: CVA 50-1
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Sea Island airport, aerial photo, northeast

AM1376-: CVA 50-2
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Sea Island airport, aerial photo, northwest

AM1376-: CVA 50-3
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Canadian Liaison Mission to Japan, General Crerar talking to Commonwealth military officials

AM361-S9-: CVA 78-185
Item
Aug. 1947

Part of Sherwood and Evelyn Lett family fonds

Item is a photograph of General H.D.G. Crerar (second from left) talking to unidentified Commonwealth military officials at an airport during the Canadian Liaison Mission to Japan's visit to Hong Kong.

Canadian Liaison Mission to Japan, General Crerar and Commonwealth military official

AM361-S9-: CVA 78-186
Item
Aug. 1947

Part of Sherwood and Evelyn Lett family fonds

Item is a photograph of General H.D.G. Crerar (left) with an unidentified Commonwealth military official at an airport during the Canadian Liaison Mission to Japan's visit to Hong Kong.

Canadian Liaison Mission to Japan, General Crerar and Commonwealth military officials

AM361-S9-: CVA 78-187
Item
Aug. 1947

Part of Sherwood and Evelyn Lett family fonds

Item is a photograph of General H.D.G. Crerar (second from right) talking to three unidentified Commonwealth military officials at an airport during the Canadian Liaison Mission to Japan's visit to Hong Kong.

[Official Vancouver Civic Airport opening]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N05A
Item
22 July 1931

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows crowds along the runway to view airplanes and hangers.

79th hangars [at] Camp Everman [in the] snow

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1709
Item
[ca. 1916]

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows a biplane in the air in the distance

Hangars [at] Camp Everman [in the] snow

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1710
Item
[ca. 1916]

Part of James Crookall fonds

Toni Sinclair eating Welsh rarebit at Vancouver International Airport

AM1667-: CVA 134-044
Item
Mar. 26, 1970

Part of Vancouver Express fonds

Item is a photograph of Toni Sinclair eating Welsh rarebit upon her arrival at Vancouver International Airport. Caption from Vancouver Express: "One rabbit for Easter: Burnaby actress Toni Sinclair, who caused a mild furor in Britain last fall by saying -- on BBC -- that the only good Welsh Rarebit was to be had in Vancouver's Georgia Hotel, gets her just dessert at Vancouver International Airport on her arrival back home. Serving is Berndt Meikle of the Cavalier Grill."

View of airport showing loading bays

AM1667-: CVA 134-087
Item
Apr. 14, 1970

Part of Vancouver Express fonds

Item is a photograph showing airport loading bays. Caption from Vancouver Express: "Parking is at a premium at the airport, even for the planes. Large volume is making loading bays scarce."

C.P. Air's newly built hangar

AM1667-: CVA 134-091
Item
Apr. 18, 1970

Part of Vancouver Express fonds

Airstrip at Brockton Point (day flyings)

COV-S648-F0688-: MAP 971
Item
[196-?]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is an architectural drawing which depicts the overall design of a proposed airstrip in Burrard Inlet at Brockton Point. The drawing also depicts the associated waterfront expressway feeding onto the Lions Gate Bridge and a 6-lane tunnel under the First Narrows.

Foundation of Canada Engineering Corporation

Flying scenes B.C. Coast, 1946-1960

AM1487-F05-: 2013-004.03
Item
1946-1960

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

Item is a film showing airplane scenes of the B.C. Coast including a seaplane parked near cabin on lake, aerial footage of mountains, rivers and populated regions along the B.C. Coast, float planes and aerial footage of Vancouver and the Lion's Gate Bridge.

Vancouver International Airport. Sea Island

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a fire insurance plan of Vancouver International Airport. The map depicts buildings, roads, government dock, and Fraser River, and usage of various buildings.

British Columbia Underwriters' Association

YVR skytalk : the bi-monthly newspaper of YVR - Vancouver International Ariport : September/October 1995