City of Vancouver Archives

Vancouver from C.P.R. Docks

AM54-S4-1-: CVA 4-36
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

[The Gem and Jack Levy's cigar store on Cordova Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P41
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Miss Lillie Card (Mrs. Gabriel Lycett)]

AM54-S4-: Port P203.2
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Studio portrait

Waterfront looking east

AM1576-S6-12-F47-: 2011-010.1724
Item
1887 (reproduced 1986)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Engine [374] of First [C.P.R. Passenger] Train [to arrive in Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: Can P5
Item
May 23, 1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows freight sheds at the foot of Richards Street and Seymour Street and a portrait of Queen Victoria.

Engine [374] of First [C.P.R. Passenger] Train [to arrive in Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: Can P6
Item
May 23, 1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows freight sheds at the foot of Richards and Seymour Streets and a portrait of Queen Victoria.

[Vancouver volunteer fire brigade - Champion hose team of British Columbia]

AM54-S4-: FD P7
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait. Men identified (left to right): Back row: J. Moran, W. Hamilton, R. Rutherford, D. Biggar. Middle row: Hugh Campbell, J.Taylor, J.McDonald, J.McKenzie, W.H. Saunders. Front: J.A. Mateer.

[Vancouver volunteer fire brigade on Dominion Day in front of Fire Hall No. 1 on Water Street]

AM54-S4-: FD P21
Item
July 1, 1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait

C.P.R. Co.'s wharf

AM54-S4-: LGN 463
Item
[1887?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows wharf, piles of timber, railway cars, the ship "Williamette" at dock, and buildings and forest in the distance. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P61
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a northern view from Pender Street at Homer Street including Hastings Sawmill in the background

Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) [composite photograph]

AM54-S4-: LP 44
Item
[1887?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the interiors of social hall, reading room, office, assembly hall, hall and exterior of building.

[Water Street looking west from Carrall Street]

AM54-S4-: Str N58
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Granville Hotel and other buildings

[Head and shoulders studio portrait of Malcolm McLean, first Mayor of Vancouver]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-734
Item
[1887?]; reproduced [192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Exterior of Dr. and Mrs. J.M. Lefevre's residence on the N.W. corner of Hastings and Granville Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu P100
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Dr. Lefevre's surgery to the left attached to the house.

[Lumber ships loading at Hastings Sawmill]

AM54-S4-: Bo P26.2
Item
[1886 or 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Dougall House - S.E. corner Cordova and Abbott Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu P24
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Hastings Street looking east from Seymour Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P126
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Bank of Montreal and Bank of B.C. building

[Hastings Street near Seymour Street looking east]

AM54-S4-: Str P128
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the residences of F.C. Innes and Dr. J.M. Lefevre, H.A. Mellon's Real Estate office and Hastings Mill in the background

[Hotel Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: SGN 4
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

C.P.R. Bachelors Hall on raft in False Creek

AM54-S4-: Can P11
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men identified left to right: Jake Hurliman, unknown, unknown, unknown, Charles H. Temple, Mr. Parker, Tom Physic, Jimmy Miles, Tom Barnet.

[Exterior of the Bayview Hotel on Cordova Street between Seymour Street and Granville Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P99
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows J. Canning Produce store, Arthur B. Diplock and Company and the sign for the U.S. Consulate

Exterior of the Sunny Side Hotel northwest corner of Water Street and Carrall Street

AM54-S4-: Hot P7
Item
May 24, 1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows decorations for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and Mrs. William McGirr and Miss Mellie McGirr

[Foot of Howe Street, showing houses and part of the C.P.R. station]

AM54-S4-: SGN 17
Item
[1887?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Joe Templeton, George R. Gordon, William Ralph, Ned Dodds and Dr. Robert Mathison]

AM54-S4-: Port P309
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait

[Crowds at C.P.R. station viewing the arrival of the] first train in Vancouver

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-454
Item
May 23, 1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

["Beaconsfield" lumber ship loading at Hastings Sawmill]

AM54-S4-: Bo P5.2
Item
[1886 or 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

["Princess Louise" and sailing ship docked at C.P.R. wharf]

AM54-S4-: Bo P5.1
Item
[1886 or 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[C.P.R. S.S. "Abysinnia" passing through the First Narrows]

AM54-S4-: Bo P181
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

N.W. corner Hastings and Granville Streets, site of old post office building

AM1576-S6-12-F12-: 2011-010.1847
Item
1887 (reproduced ca. 1984)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

[People gathered to view ship at C.P.R. dock]

AM54-S4-: SGN 55
Item
[1887?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[View of the waterfront looking west from near the foot of Dunlevy Avenue]

AM54-S4-: Wat P45
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Vancouver looking Northwest

AM54-S4-: Str P223
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view from Oppenheimer (Cordova) Street near Gore Avenue

Vancouver Looking West

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P59.1
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view looking west from Jackson Avenue

City of Vancouver : Canadian Pacific town site

AM54-S13-: MAP 42
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Item is a map showing lot numbers and street names in Vancouver's West End from Boundary Avenue (now Glen Drive) in the east to Chilco Street in the west and Kitsilano (from First Avenue in the north to Fifth Avenue in the south and from Heather Street in the east to Vine Street in the west). The three inset maps are a map of "Canadian Pacific mail steamship lines" around the world, an "Index plan of Vancouver, B.C." and an "Index plan city limits".