City of Vancouver Archives

Plan of Provincial Government property to be bought and sold at Victoria by public auction, Monday, January 18th, 1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is an advertisement for real estate in the area bounded by Campbell Street (Alma Street), Richards Street (Balaclava Street), English Bay, and 15th Avenue, with a map of properties on one side and textual advertisements on the other.

Real estate office in big tree

AM54-S4-: LGN 454
Item
[1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a group of men on Granville Street posing on and around large tree stump as a promotional advertising event. The men in the photograph are, from left to right on ground: Edwin Sanders, A.W. Ross, Dr. Fort, J.W. Horne, Mr. Hendrickson, and U.S. Consul Mr. Hemming. Men on log are: H.A. Jones, Mr. Stiles, and an unidentified man. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Real estate office in big tree [Georgia Street, near Granville]

AM54-S4-: LGN 453
Item
[May 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a group of men posing on and around large tree stump as a promotional advertising event. The men in the photograph are, from left to right on ground: Mr. Stiles, A.W. Ross, Dr. Luke Port, J.W. Horne, Mr. Hendrickson, and U.S. Consul Mr. Hemming. Men on log L-R are: H.A. Jones, Mr. Perry, and an unidentified man thought to be Mr. Perry's partner. Identification based on J.S. Matthews' notes with print indicating identification provided by the photographer H.T. Devine.

[Hastings sawmill looking north-west showing plank sidewalk to Gastown]

AM1376-: CVA 30-1
Item
1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

[Partially cleared area around ]Vancouver Harbor

AM54-S4-: SGN 155
Item
[1886?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[John Morton, William Hailstone and Sam Brighouse]

AM54-S4-: Port P97
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Jonathan Miller]

AM54-S4-: Port P471
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Joseph William Palmer]

AM54-S4-: Port P607
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Head and shoulders portrait

[Exterior of the E.C. Coulding Law Office and A.W. Ross Real Estate building on Hastings Street between Hamilton Street and Homer Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P224
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Head and shoulders portrait of Dr. R. Mathison and exterior of R. Mathison Jr. The Job Printer building - 323 W. Hastings Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P177
Item
July, 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men identified (left to right); J.J. Peak, T.S. Carmen, Bob English, Robert Mathison Sr., Mr. Robert "Bob" Mathison.

[Mrs. Malcolm A. MacLean]

AM54-S4-: Port P472.1
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Studio portrait

[Alderman Peter Cordiner]

AM54-S4-: Port P857
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Head and shoulders portrait

[Arrival of first C.P.R. train at Port Moody]

AM54-S4-: Can P56
Item
July 4, 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the masts of the ship "Duke of Abercorn"

[Behind L.A. Hamilton's campsite on the southside of False Creek]

AM54-S4-: Dist P35
Item
1886; reproduced June 1940

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph show Miss Isabelle Hamilton holding Isobel Hamilton, John Leask, A.J. Dana and Louie

[Vancouver waterfront] before the fire [of 1886]

AM54-S4-: LGN 451
Item
[1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows various houses and buildings along Hastings Road on the waterfront and the Princess Louise tree. Photograph also shows smoke from clearing fires in the area. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[View from the Cambie Street wharf]

AM54-S4-: Wat P44
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the barque "Robert Kerr"

Mayor, Council and City officials assembled in front of tent

AM1576-S6-12-F47-: 2011-010.1680
Item
1886 (reproduced 1986)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Item is a photographic reproduction of a photograph showing the Mayor, Council and City officials assembled in front of tent. Photograph shows City Council members and officials standing in front of a tent with the sign "City Hall", after the fire of 1886. The men in the photograph are: (seated, L-R): C.M. Coldwell, E.P. Hamilton, J.R. Northcote, Mayor M.A. Maclean, L. A. Hamilton, P. Cordiner, City Clerk T.F. McGuigan; (standing, L-R): J. Griffith, R. Balfour, T. Dunn, City Solicitor J.J. Blake, J. Humphries, City Treasurer G.F. Baldwin, and City Coroner Dr. W.J. McGuigan. The empty chair on the left is for Councillor H. Hemlow, who was absent on business. The man standing on the wharf in the background is G.W. Gibson, founder of Gibson's Landing. The photograph also exists under the identifier LGN 1045 in the COV Archives holdings.

Rebuilding [after fire]

AM1576-S6-12-F47-: 2011-010.1681
Item
[1886] (reproduced 1986)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Item is a photographic reproduction of a photograph showing people rebuilding, most likely after fire of 1886.

Advertisements for Vancouver real estate

AM1594-: MAP 743-: LEG1328.2
Part
1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Burrard Inlet

AM1257-S26-F2-8
File
1859 (revised to 1886)

Part of Greater Vancouver Regional District fonds

[A huge log near the corner of Georgia Street and Seymour Street]

AM54-S4-: Tr P13
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows J.W. Horne and others

[Exterior of T.J. Janes residence and Livery and Feed Stable - Westminster Avenue (Main Street) Lots 5 and 6, Block 23, D.L. 196]

AM54-S4-: Bu P219
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Women on porch identified (left to right): Mrs. W.H. Grassie, Mrs. T.J. Janes holding daughter (Mrs. Wm. Marshall) and unidentified. Man driving stage is Mr. T.J. Janes.

[Exterior of the Post Office building on Hastings Street between Homer and Hamilton Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu P13
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows raised wooden sidewalks.

[Exterior of Tremont House on Carrall Street]

AM54-S4-: Hot P29
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Refugee tent on the southeast corner of Hastings and Carrall Streets after the Great Fire]

AM54-S4-: GF P8
Item
June 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men identified (left to right): Dan Menzies, Joe Templeton, William Ralph, Charles Miller, unknown, unknown, "Bob" Mathison, George R. Gordon

[Royal City Planing Mill at foot of Carrall Street]

AM54-S4-: Mi P10
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Isabelle, Isobel and L.A. Hamilton canoeing in False Creek]

AM54-S4-: Dist P88
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the C.P.R. Kitsilano bridge and a forest fire in a clearing in the West End.

[Jackson T. Abray]

AM54-S4-: Port N5
Item
[ca. 1886] ; reproduced [193-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Head and shoulders portrait

[Exterior of Ogle, Campbell and Co. Clothing and Gents Furnishings - Cordova Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P125
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

[The cleared site of the C.P.R. Station between the foot of Richards Street and Seymour Street]

AM54-S4-: Wat P48
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the barque "Robert Kerr"

[Mr. Louis Cartier]

AM54-S4-: Port P51
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Studio portrait

[Mrs. Farr]

AM54-S4-: Port P49
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Studio portrait

[Mrs. Malcolm A. MacLean]

AM54-S4-: Port P472.2
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Studio portrait

Carrall Street

AM54-S4-: Str P83
Item
June 7, 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Maple Tree at the corner of Carrall Street and Water Street, James Hartney Dry Goods and Groceries, George Byrnes, William Brewer, Walter Gravely and others

[View of the site of the C.P.R. station at the foot of Howe Street]

AM54-S4-: Can P75
Item
July 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the C.P.R. wharf and right of way under construction, and Princess Louise tree

[Ben Chase and a woman beside the huge tree stump on Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Tr P14
Item
[ca. 1886] ; reproduced [193-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Boats and ships in Vancouver Harbour]

AM54-S4-: Bo P261
Item
July 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

The "Princess Louise" is second from the left and the barque "Robert Kerr" is front center.

Princess Louise Tree, Vancouver

AM54-S4-: Tr P9
Item
June 12, 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Parade, Cordova Street, Band H.M.S. Triumph

AM1576-S6-12-F47-: 2011-010.1772
Item
July 1, 1887 (reproduced 1986)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Section of Dominion Day Parade on Cordova Street between Abbott and Cambie looking east

AM1376-: CVA 149-04
Item
July 1, 1887

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

[Crowds watching C.P.R. ship "Abyssinia" leave dock at foot of Granville and Howe Streets]

AM54-S4-: SGN 307
Item
[1887?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Exterior of the Lacey R. Johnson residence - 455 Seymour St.]

AM54-S4-: Bu P119
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

People identified: Mr. L.R. Johnson and son on porch and Miss Johnson (Mrs. Walter F. Evans) in window. The Durham Block is to the left.

[Frank W. Hart]

AM54-S4-: Port P99.1
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Head and shoulders portrait

Vancouver, From C.P.R. Docks

AM54-S4-: Wat N11.2
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Soldiers assembled for Dominion Day parade at Cordova Street and Abbott Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 458
Item
July 1, 1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows spectators on sidewalks, and soldiers in the street, including: the band of the ship H.M.S. "Triumph", the Battery British Columbia Garrison Artillery, and the New Westminster Rifle Company and the Cordova Street Arch in the background.