City of Vancouver Archives

[Crowd on Beatty Street observing Harry Gardiner (the "Human Fly") scale the World Tower]

AM54-S4-: Bu P550
Item
Oct. 31, 1918

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Crowds gathered at Granville and Pender Streets for celebration]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1126
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Exterior of the Post Office - 701 West Hastings Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P516
Item
1956

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Winch, Metropolitan and Marine Buildings

[Ferry line-up on Lonsdale Avenue up to Eighth Street]

AM54-S4-: Br P75.2
Item
Mar. 1931

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Fifteenth Street looking east towards Grand Boulevard]

AM54-S4-: Out P1085
Item
1906

Part of Major Matthews collection

Vancouver B.C. from the South

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P147
Item
1889 ; reproduced 1952

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view looking north from the corner of Westminster Avenue (Main Street) and 7th Avenue including the Westminster Avenue Trestle Bridge and False Creek in the background

Vancouver Harbour 1923

AM54-S4-: PAN P59
Item
1923

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view from Pender Street showing the C.P.R. car barge dock, the Immigration Building and Pier A and the squatter's shacks on Deadman's Island

Vancouver Pageant

AM54-S4-: Fl P5.3
Item
June 12, 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a parade on Hastings Street from Carrall Street

Vancouver, B.C. "The livest and most beautifully located city in Canada"

AM54-S4-: PAN P79
Item
Aug. 31, 1911

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view (280 degrees) taken from the dome of the World Building showing the Beatty Street Armouries, the Cambie Street Grounds, Central High School, Vancouver High School, the Dominion Building, the railway yards and the eastern industrial areas

Vancouver, B.C. from Hotel Vancouver

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P17
Item
[ca. 1889]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view looking east from Georgia Street towards the 600 Block Seymour Street

Vancouver, B.C. from the East

AM54-S4-: Wat P9
Item
[ca. 1888]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view looking west along Alexander Street

Vancouver, Canada, Rotary Club leaving Compressed Gas Company's Office for the Royal Nurseries.

AM54-S4-: Bu P535
Item
Aug. 12, 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the west side of the 500 block of Howe Street.

[Panoramic view of downtown, Vancouver from Granville and Hastings Streets]

AM54-S4-: PAN P92.2
Item
[ca. 1909]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph is almost a 360 degree view. Buildings and some landmarks are identified in ink on print. This is a cropped version of PAN P92.1.

Written on the back of the print in what appears to be Major J.S. Matthews writing:
"Building permits issued.
Court House, superstructure, 7 Dec 1907 (addition, 30/3/1912)
excavation, 8 Mar 1907
Dominion Trust 21 Apr 1908
Carter-Cotton Bldg (Province Bldg) 5 Oct 1908 (addition Pender St 14/11/10)

Street cars and vehicles:- left hand rule of the road until 1921.

Have not investigated but this looks July or August 1908 or perhaps July-Aug 1909"

[Third Avenue looking north showing new buildings and businesses]

AM54-S4-: Out P630.1
Item
1910

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows raised wooden sidewalks

[Sidewalk construction on Main Street at East 35th Avenue]

AM54-S4-: Str N314.2
Item
2 Apr. 1931

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men and equipment on the side of Main Street and large signs warning of construction zone.

[Southern view of Samuel and Fitzgerald McCleery's farms - District Lots 315 and 316]

AM54-S4-: LP 355.2
Item
1910

Part of Major Matthews collection

Item consists of 3 photographs mounted on board to form a sectional panoramic view of MacDonald Street (Old Kaye Road)

[Sperling Avenue looking east]

AM54-S4-: Out N515.2
Item
10 Apr. 1934

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Neale house on northeast corner of Sperling Avenue and Lougheed Highway surrounded by fields and vacant land. Railway tracks visible in the distance.

[Sperling Avenue looking east]

AM54-S4-: Out N515.1
Item
10 Apr. 1934

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Neale house on northeast corner of Sperling Avenue and Lougheed Highway surrounded by fields and vacant land. Railway tracks visible in the distance.

[Street in Chilliwack, B.C.]

AM54-S4-: LGN 918
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Streetcar line construction on Westminster Avenue (Main Street)]

AM54-S4-: Trans P77
Item
1889

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view looking north from near Prior Street

Cut-off, Twelfth Ave. to Tenth Ave. at Trafalgar

AM54-S4-: Str N39
Item
18 Sept. 1928

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows streets and houses in area of the Kitsilano diversion.

En route for the Park

AM54-S4-: Str N73.2
Item
[ca. 1898]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a marching band on Hastings Street approaching Granville Street and the Leland Hotel Annex

Granville Street south from Connaught Drive Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-: Str N33
Item
1911

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the clearing for the first Shaughnessy Heights

Hastings Street, Vancouver

AM54-S4-: Str P179
Item
1909

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view looking west from Cambie Street

[Looking north from Georgia Street from the Hotel Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P77.2
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the 600 Block between Howe Street and Granville Street including part of the C.P.R. Park, the Van Horne Building and the Bank of Montreal

[Looking north on Granville Street from Robson Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P332
Item
1927 ; reproduced 1955

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows buildings under construction, the second Hotel Vancouver and the clock tower of the Vancouver Block

[Looking north on Homer Street from Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P256
Item
1948

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Hopps Sign Company, Smith Marking Device Company and the Alcazar Hotel

[Looking northeast from Georgia Street from the Hotel Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P102.2
Item
July 1, 1889

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the east side of the 600 Block of Granville Street and beyond including the New York Block, the Simpson Block, the Crew Block, Homer Street Methodist Church, St. Anne's Academy and Holy Rosary Church (before the steeple was built)

[Looking northwest from the roof of the first Hotel Vancouver on Georgia Street towards Stanley Park]

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P74
Item
[ca. 1894]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the west side of the 600 Block of Howe Street including Manor House

[Looking west along Georgia Street at Howe Street from the roof of the second Hotel Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P73
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Walker and Robinson Nursery and Christ Church Cathedral

[Looking west on Buckland Road (West 29th Avenue) from Alma Road (Street)]

AM54-S4-: Str P17
Item
1911

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Convent of the Sacred Heart under construction

[Looking west on Hastings Street from Cambie Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P18
Item
[ca. 1898]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows The Inns of Court Building (423 Hamilton Street at West Hastings) and Arcade building

[Looking west on Hastings Street from Cambie Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P57
Item
Jan. 17, 1936

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Dominion Bank building, the Bank of Hamilton building, the cenotaph and the Marine Building

[Looking west on Hastings Street from Cambie Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P317
Item
1896

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Arcade and the Inns of Court Building (423 Hamilton Street at West Hastings).

B.C. Electric [Hydro Building - 970 Burrard Street under construction]

AM54-S4-: Bu P522
Item
1957

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Hotel Vancouver

Beach Avenue English Bay, foot Davie St.

AM54-S4-: SGN 1619
Item
[1918?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Columbia Street Great Westminster Fire

AM54-S4-: Out P364
Item
Sept. 11, 1898

Part of Major Matthews collection

Cordova St[reet looking west from Carrall Street] : July 1886 - five weeks after the fire.

AM54-S4-: Str P7.1
Item
July 1886 ; reproduced 1928

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows businesses being rebuilt after the great fire. Some businesses in the photograph are: Burrard Hotel, Tom Dunn Hardware, Grant & Arkell, Dietz (sp?) Winch, Daily News (on Hastings Street), Sekl's Furniture Store, Dougall House, Tom McDonald (on Pender Street), Mathison the Printer (on Hastings Street), Cosmopolitan Hotel, Mizony's Restaurant, F.W. Hart Furniture, Tilley's (sp?) Book Store and the Telephone Exchange.

Cordova Street looking east from Cambie Street, Vancouver

AM54-S4-: Str P281
Item
1890

Part of Major Matthews collection

Cordova Street Looking West [from Carrall Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P118
Item
[ca. 1898]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Dunn-Miller Block

[View of the last Vancouver Lulu Island inter urban tram near 41st Avenue and West Boulevard]

AM54-S4-: Dist P104.2
Item
July 18, 1952

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Lucas Motors and other businesses in the 5600 5500 blocks of West Boulevard

[View of the south side of the 700 and 800 Blocks of Hastings Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P646.2
Item
[ca. 1928]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows signs on the Williams Building (Mackinnon Block) for the Liberal Headquarters, Dr. Max M. Johnson, Cunningham's Drug Store and Leonard's Cafe, Harwood Taxi and The Pacific Building and the Credit Foncier Building