City of Vancouver Archives

C.P. Exhibition [parade float] Fred Deeley [Ltd.]

AM1535-: CVA 99 - 3165
Item
1935

[Longshoremen's union on Hastings Street in front of their Labour Day parade float replicating the S.S. "Umatilla"]

AM54-S4-: Str P371
Item
[1898]

Group portrait showing Captain Percy Nye and others and the Inns of Court Building (423 Hamilton Street at West Hastings).

Jubilee Parade Veterans float

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4453
Item
July 1, 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows passengers on the float for the South African Campaigners, Canadian Legion, Branch No. 1.

Champion and White Limited - Decorative Truck

AM1535-: CVA 99-3491
Item
[192-?]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Item is a photograph showing a boxer on a parade float with a sign that reads "Champion-White Man Knocks Them All Out with Robin Hood Boilers."

Vancouver Pageant

AM54-S4-: Fl P5.6
Item
June 12, 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a parade on Hastings Street from Carrall Street

[The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners with their Labour Day parade float at Seymour Street and Dunsmuir Street]

AM54-S4-: Fl P2
Item
Sept. 1903

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Bank of Montreal, Mr. Hunt, John Hawkins Gregory and others

House, ugly kid, pool, parade U.S.

AM1614-: 2011-002.5
Item
[ca. 1928]-1930

Part of Samuel S. Magoffin fonds

Item is an amateur film beginning with scenic footage of a fountain taken during the Magoffin’s trip to Cuba, followed by footage of Sam and Margaret Magoffin walking on the grounds of and taking tea on the terrace of a large house, possibly in West Vancouver. Interspersed in this footage are images showing lions in a caged pen and men shooting rifles. The film also includes footage of people swimming in and lounging around a large swimming pool and the Magoffins and others relaxing in front of a hotel and visiting with a baby. Also included is footage of the 1930 Portland Rose Festival parade, including floats for the Portland Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club, Richfield Oil (Charles Lindbergh theme), First National Bank, Multnomah County, Japan, Claude Neon Products, Jantzen, and Wonder Bread.

Personal - [Br--?] 1925 - Vancouver 1926 - Prince George - Prince Rupert

AM1614-: 2011-002.4
Item
1925-1926

Part of Samuel S. Magoffin fonds

Item is an amateur film beginning with footage of a man playing with dogs; wild horses running; Margaret Magoffin driving a car; Sam Magoffin, Margaret and various people and dogs standing on the front stairs of a house; and Sam and three men exiting the S.S. Magoffin & Co. Railway Contractors Tie Department building (possibly in Prince George).

The film also includes footage of Prince Rupert, B.C., including the Prince Rupert Hotel and Sam and Margaret Magoffin on Sixth Avenue with several of the downtown buildings in the background. Also included is footage taken along the waterfront and from aboard the S.S. Prince Rupert, as well as views of the city taken from a high vantage point. Buildings shown in this footage include the fire hall and elevator.

Also contained in the film is footage of a parade in Vancouver taken from a bird’s eye viewpoint. The parade includes footage of mounties on horses, sailors, a pipe band, clowns, animals, and many floats, including floats for Point Grey, the City of Vancouver, the Loyal Order of Moose, Burns Shamrock Brand Products, Vancouver Ice Cream, and a stampede. The film also includes several minutes of footage of a rodeo at Hastings Park, including bronco and bull riding and chuckwagon racing activities. The film also shows Sam and Margaret with other people in front of the Court House and having a picnic on Grouse Mountain. Also included is footage of a military parade by Victory Square, a military review, and a medals ceremony; Mayor L.D. Taylor is shown in attendance at this event.

Chinatown Parade 1960

AM1563-: MI-337
Item
[1960]

Part of Joe Quan fonds

Item is an amateur film of the Chinatown Parade, likely taken in 1960. The film includes views of Pender Street and spectators lined up along the parade route, and cars and groups participating in the parade, possibly including Miss Chinatown and pageant runner-ups.

Hong Kong - George V silver jubilee parade, miscellaneous

AM1591-: 2011-089.40
Item
[between 1926 and 1935]

Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds

Item is an amateur film from Douglas Scott's time living in Hong Kong which captures a parade which celebrates King George V's Silver Jubilee (as read on banners in the parade). Various groups go down the street, including dragon dances, children in ornate dress carried on litters, people wearing masks, various floats, and musicians, as crowds of Hong Kong residents and expatriates watch. Subsequent footage includes locals working near the docks; Margaret and her mother at the Scott house with various animals; boats on the water; and a tram in Hong Kong.