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Entrance to Lions Gate Bridge

Item is a postcard printed with an image of the Lions Gate Bridge viewed from the pedestrian overpass above the Stanley Park causeway, looking north. The lion statues and pillars marking the entrance to the bridge are decorated with banners and royal insignia marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Vehicles, buses and pedestrians cross the bridge.

Georgia Street Viaduct

Item is a postcard printed with an image of the Georgia Street Viaduct. The vantage point was from a point south of the viaduct, near to the viaduct's eastern end. Downtown buildings including warehouses, the B.C. Regiment's Beatty Street Drill Hall and the Sun Tower are shown in the background. Buildings next to the viaduct are shown in the foreground. An industrial area (possibly railroad yards) is pictured underneath the viaduct.

Second Annual Horse Show

Item is a postcard printed with an image of the Riding School and Assembly Hall in Vancouver during the second annual horse show held at that location. The right side of the postcard's recto is printed with an image of a parade and with information relating to the riding school and assembly hall's physical features and construction cost.

Part of financial district, Vancouver, Canada

Item is a letter card printed with an image of office and commercial buildings in downtown Vancouver in the area of Howe and Pender streets. Some of the buildings pictured in the image are named in the text printed on the letter card's verso; these buildings include the Marine Building, the Stock Exchange, and the Hall Building.

Part of financial district, Vancouver, Canada

Item is the image portion of letter card; the portions reserved for a mailing address and for tearing off have been removed. The recto of the remaining card is printed with an image of office and commercial buildings in downtown Vancouver in the area of Howe and Pender streets. Buildings pictured in the image include the Marine Building, the Stock Exchange, and the Hall Building. The first half of a personal message is hand-written on the card's verso.

The Canadian Bank of Commerce, Vancouver, B.C.

Item is a postcard printed with an image of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce at Granville and Hastings Streets. Pedestrians are pictured on the street and sidewalks in front of and near the bank. This postcard includes personal correspondence. Sent to Miss May Mackenzie of Colinton, Midlothian, Scotland, from Gregor Fraser.

Vancouver, B.C. Skyscrapers

Item is postcard printed with a collage-like image of downtown Vancouver skyscrapers. Some of the buildings pictured are the World Building (now known as the Sun Tower), the Dominion Trust Building, the central post office, the provincial court house, and the Vancouver Block.

Opera House, Vancouver, B.C.

Item is a postcard printed with an image of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Vancouver Opera House, viewed from Granville Street. This postcard includes personal correspondence. Sent to Mrs. Peter Lanson, City Heights post office, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver, B.C. Skyscrapers

Item is a postcard printed with a collage-like image of downtown Vancouver skyscrapers. Some of the buildings pictured are the World Building (now known as the Sun Tower), the Dominion Trust Building, the central post office, the provincial court house, and the Vancouver Block.

Looking down Granville St., Vancouver, B.C.

Item is a postcard printed with an image of buildings, streetcars, and pedestrians on Granville Street, looking north from an area near Pender Street. A hand-written note on the back of this postcard reads, "Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce[,] Hastings and Granville[,] under construction, summer 1908[.] Presented by Harold E.W. Bradshaw[,] Suite 706[,] Bank of Commerce Bldg. 640 W. Hastings. July 24 1959"

Part of business district, Vancouver, Canada

Item is a postcard printed with an image of the area around the intersection of Granville and Georgia Streets, viewed from the gardens in front of the provincial courthouse, looking east. Pictured in the image are, from left to right, the Hudson's Bay Company department store, the Birks Building, and the Vancouver Block. A parking lot is visible across the street from the Birks Building, on the site of the demolished second Hotel Vancouver.

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