- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-69
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
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[Burr Block, 409-417 Columbia Street, New Westminster]
- AM123-S4-: CVA 810-7
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- 1915-1925
Photograph shows the Burr Block on Columbia Street in New Westminster. Business shown L.Asquith Auctioneer and Government Liquor Store.
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-70
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-71
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-72
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-73
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
Sign for Columbia Funeral Chapel can be seen.
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-74
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
Sign for Wharfside Craft Centre can be seen.
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-75
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-76
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-77
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-78
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-79
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
King Edward Hotel
[Burr Block, 409-417 Columbia Street, New Westminster]
- AM123-S4-: CVA 810-8
- Item
- 1915-1925
Photograph shows the Burr Block on Columbia Street in New Westminster. Business shown L.Asquith Auctioneer and Government Liquor Store.
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-80
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-81
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
Sign for Westamp rubber stamp company can be seen.
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-82
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
The Mercantile Building, 332 Columbia, can be seen.
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-83
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
Kennedy Travel can be seen.
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-84
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-85
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
Radio Shack and Tandy Leathercraft businesses can be seen.
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-86
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-87
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-88
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
CCC Ventures sign can be seen.
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-89
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
Paper Chase business can be seen.
[Street Level of Burr Block, 409-417 Columbia Street, New Westminster]
- AM123-S4-: CVA 810-9
- Item
- 1935-1945
Photograph shows the Street level of the Burr Block on Columbia Street in New Westminster. Business shown C. J. Pineo Ltd. Fine Footwear and Leed's Boy's and Men's Wear located in the Guichon Block next to the Burr Block.
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-90
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-91
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-92
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- Feb. - Mar., 1980
[View of 900 block Seymour Street]
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-93
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- 1979-1980
Sign for Dominion Motors can be seen.
[View of 600-block Granville Street]
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-94
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- 1979-1980
Downtown Theatre can be seen.
[View of 600-block Granville Street]
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-95
- Item
- 1979-1980
[View of 600-block Seymour Street]
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-96
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- 1979-1980
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-97
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- 1979-1980
Signs for Beneficial Loan, Sukiyaki Bowl and Snow Garden Restaurant can be seen.
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-98
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- 1979-1980
401-413 W. Cordova Street / 342-346 Water Street
- AM123-S4---: CVA 810-99
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- 1979-1980
Mercantile Mortgage Company fonds
- AM123
- Fonds
- 1869-1988; 1908-1985 predominant
The fonds consists of textual records, including architectural plans and sketches, and photographs relating to the administration and operation of Mercantile Mortgage Company Limited, Estates Investment Limited and the other Thomson family corporate holdings.
Incorporation and capitalization documents and correspondence from 1908 and 1919 exist for both Mercantile Mortgage Company and Estates Investment Limited, respectively. Administrative and operational records include financial statements, operating statements and working papers for both companies, and Argyll House Limited, dating from their inception to the late 1980s, as well as company and Unit Holder audits from the same time period. Unit holder lists, registers, stock certificates and correspondence give investment and investor details from 1908 to 1988. Trustee Company Limited, Mercantile Mortgage Company Limited and Estates Investment Limited Minute Books detail the administration and operation of the companies from their inception in 1908 and 1919 to 1983.
A large number of records detail the property and real estate holdings and mortgage loans held by Mercantile Mortgage Company and Estates Investment Limited. These include building files for each of the significant Vancouver and New Westminster properties which include deeds, photographs, architectural plans and sketches, correspondence with building trades companies in the respective cities, permits for construction in each building and some lease and tenant information. Many of these files date to the late 19th Century or first decade of the 20th century. In addition, a number of building files detail modern upgrades to the buildings including elevator and sprinkler system installation and general upgrades from the 1950s through the 1970s. Some files contain lease and tenant information as well as operating statements and general property management information. Tax assessments and property valuations from the 1970s and 1980s are related to sale agreements for each of the properties. In addition, a number of dockets dating from 1896 to 1921 contain mortgages, agreements of sale, property deeds, real unit property deeds and transfers, and other indentures and contracts related to real estate investments and mortgage loans.
Photographs and colour slides of Gastown and New Westminster buildings and streets detail the development of the buildings and their respective cities and neighbourhoods through the 20th Century.
Mercantile Mortgage Company Limited
Administrative and Operational files
- AM123-S1
- Series
- 1908-1988
Series consists of incorporation and capitalization documents and correspondence from 1908 and 1919, unit holder lists, registers, and stock certificates from 1908 to 1988 and correspondence regarding investment and investor details from 1908 to 1988, as well as some messages, reports and information circulars prepared for shareholders in the 1970s and 1980s.
Financial Statements and Reports
- AM123-S2
- Series
- 1908-1986
Series consists of financial statements, operating statements and working papers for Mercantile Mortgage Company Limited, Estates Investments Limited and Argyll House Limited, dating from their inception to the late 1980s, as well as company and Unit Holder audits from the same time period.
- AM123-S3
- Series
- 1908-1983
Series consists of Trustee Company Limited, Mercantile Mortgage Company Limited and Estates Investment Limited Minute Books and Minutes detailing the administration and operation of the companies from their inception in 1908 and 1919 to 1983. Some files include meeting agendas, presidents' messages and reports and trace the evolution of business operations and real estate investment in Gastown throughout the 20th century.
- AM123-S4
- Series
- 1869-1986
Series consists of records detailing the property, real estate and mortgage loans held by Mercantile Mortgage Company and Estates Investment Limited. These include building files for each of the significant Vancouver and New Westminster properties which include deeds, photographs, architectural plans and sketches, correspondence with building trades companies in the respective cities, permits for construction in each building and some lease and tenant information. Many of these files date to the late 19th Century or first decade of the 20th century. In addition, a number of building files detail modern upgrades to the buildings including elevator and sprinkler system installation and general upgrades from the 1950s through the 1970s. Some files contain lease and tenant information as well as operating statements and general property management information. Tax assessments and property valuations from the 1970s and 1980s are related to sale agreements for each of the properties. A number of dockets dating from 1896 to 1921 contain mortgages, agreements of sale, property deeds, real unit property deeds and transfers, and other indentures and contracts related to real estate investments and mortgage loans. Many files include photographs and architectural plans.
Eleven files consist of polaroid photographs only which represent a survey of commercial properties in New Westminster and Downtown Vancouver taken in 1979 and 1980 in anticipation of the sale of Mercantile Mortgage Company Limited property throughout the 1980s. In addition, 2 files of colour slides dating from the 1950s and 1960s exists showing buildings and street scenes in Gastown. One file consists of a slide show, the Townsite Story, compiled by M. Gerald Thomson in ca. 1968 detailing coordinated efforts at development and rejuvination in the Gastown area in the 1960s and presented to various business and investor groups in Vancouver in reaction to the Project 200 urban planning initiatives.