Temporary City Hall, 1929-1936, Holden Building, decorated for Golden Jubilee
Dedicatory prayer
Mayor McGeer speaks [at City Hall]
Sir Percy responds [at City Hall]
Sir Percy and Mayor McGeer [at City Hall]
The statue unveiled
Mayor McGeer speaks [at City Hall]
Sir Percy, Mayor McGeer, and Mrs. McGeer
Sir Percy, Mayor McGeer, Lady Vincent, Mrs. McGeer
The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of London and His Worship the Mayor of Vancouver
Sir Percy
Formalities commence [unveiling statue at City Hall]
Sir Percy responds [at City Hall]
Sir Percy pulls cord and unveils statue [at City Hall]
The Lord Mayor and aldermen of London; Mayor and aldermen of Vancouver, together with officials, North Portal, City Hall, August 21st 1936
Sir Percy responds [at City Hall]
Sir Percy and Alderman McRae
Formalities commence [unveiling statue at City Hall]
Formalities commence [unveiling statue at City Hall]
Sir Percy, Mayor McGeer, and mace bearer McKay
Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Percy Vincent, City Hall, Vancouver, Canada, 20 August 1936, following presentation of the mace and unveiling of statue
Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Percy Vincent, City Hall, Vancouver, Canada, 20 August 1936, following presentation of the mace and unveiling of statue
Rt. Hon. R.B. Bennett and His Worship G.G. McGeer approaching [City Hall]
Rt. Hon. R.B. Bennett and His Worship G.G. McGeer approaching [City Hall]
His Worship Gerald Grattan McGeer, K.C., M.P., Mayor of Vancouver, addresses assemblage [at City Hall]
Corner stone, City Hall, 2 July 1936
Alderman W.H. Lembke, (Last Reeve, Point Grey) Chairman, Building Committee
Fred L. Townley, Esquire, (Townley and Matheson,) architect; son of late Lieut.-Col. His Worship T.O. Townley, Mayor, 1901, makes personal presentation of gilded trowel to Mayor McGeer [at City Hall]
His worship G.G. McGeer delivers address [at City Hall]
Mrs. McGeer, the Mayoress, and Mrs. Herridge, sister of Rt. Hon. R.B. Bennett, approaching [City Hall]
His Worship G.G. McGeer, K.C., M.P., Mayor of Vancouver, gently pushes suspended corner stone into position, and declares it well and truly laid [at City Hall]
The national anthem, "God Save the King" [at City Hall]
Rt. Hon. R.B. Bennett, P.C. delivers oration [at City Hall]
Fred L. Townley, architect, presents the mayor with gilded trowel [at City Hall]
His Worship G.G. McGeer, K.C., M.P., Mayor of Vancouver, gently pushes suspended corner stone into position, and declares it well and truly laid [at City Hall]
Corner stone well and truly laid [at City Hall], July 2nd 1936