City of Vancouver Archives

[Studio portrait of Hilda E. Price and her son Thomas Ernest Price]

AM358-S1-: CVA 152-121
Item
[Between 1887 and 1892]

Part of H.A. Price collection

[Unidentified head and shoulders portrait of a man]

AM358-S1-: CVA 152-104
Item
[Between 1887 and 1892]

Part of H.A. Price collection

[Hastings Street looking east from Seymour Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P126
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Bank of Montreal and Bank of B.C. building

[Hastings Street near Seymour Street looking east]

AM54-S4-: Str P128
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the residences of F.C. Innes and Dr. J.M. Lefevre, H.A. Mellon's Real Estate office and Hastings Mill in the background

[Hotel Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: SGN 4
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Miss Lillie Card (Mrs. Gabriel Lycett)]

AM54-S4-: Port P203.2
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Studio portrait

[Joe Templeton, George R. Gordon, William Ralph, Ned Dodds and Dr. Robert Mathison]

AM54-S4-: Port P309
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait

[Exterior of the Bayview Hotel on Cordova Street between Seymour Street and Granville Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P99
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows J. Canning Produce store, Arthur B. Diplock and Company and the sign for the U.S. Consulate

Exterior of the Sunny Side Hotel northwest corner of Water Street and Carrall Street

AM54-S4-: Hot P7
Item
May 24, 1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows decorations for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and Mrs. William McGirr and Miss Mellie McGirr

[Foot of Howe Street, showing houses and part of the C.P.R. station]

AM54-S4-: SGN 17
Item
[1887?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

N.W. corner Hastings and Granville Streets, site of old post office building

AM1576-S6-12-F12-: 2011-010.1847
Item
1887 (reproduced ca. 1984)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

[Head and shoulders studio portrait of Malcolm McLean, first Mayor of Vancouver]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-734
Item
[1887?]; reproduced [192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Frederick William Sentell]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1816
Item
[between 1887 and 1892]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Head and shoulders portrait

Vancouver, B.C., the Pacific coast terminus of the C.P.R. [Canadian Pacific Railway]

AM1594-: MAP 304-: LEG1340.8
Part
1887

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Part contains text and engravings describing Vancouver's climate, resources, industries, and buildings.

[C.P.R. crossing under construction on Cordova between Seymour and Granville Streets]

AM54-S4-: Can P25
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the end of the depot that held the Dominion Government Immigration Office.

[Cordova Street looking west from Carrall Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P353
Item
1887 ; reproduced 1958

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a planked road

[Crowds at C.P.R. station viewing the arrival of the] first train in Vancouver

AM54-S4-: LGN 460
Item
May 23, 1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Crowds at C.P.R. wharf viewing the arrival of the] first train in Vancouver

AM54-S4-: LGN 465
Item
[23 May 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Exterior of Carter House hotel - 166 Water Street]

AM54-S4-: Hot P1
Item
[1887?]; reproduced 1932

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Mrs. Margaret J. Carter, C.E. Taggart, Charles E. Doering, Lewis Carter and John L.Carter

City of Vancouver : Canadian Pacific town site

AM54-S13-: MAP 42
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Item is a map showing lot numbers and street names in Vancouver's West End from Boundary Avenue (now Glen Drive) in the east to Chilco Street in the west and Kitsilano (from First Avenue in the north to Fifth Avenue in the south and from Heather Street in the east to Vine Street in the west). The three inset maps are a map of "Canadian Pacific mail steamship lines" around the world, an "Index plan of Vancouver, B.C." and an "Index plan city limits".

Vancouver looking Northwest

AM54-S4-: Str P223
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view from Oppenheimer (Cordova) Street near Gore Avenue

Vancouver Looking West

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P59.1
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view looking west from Jackson Avenue

[R.M.S. "Abyssinia"]

AM54-S4-: LP 327
Item
June 13, 1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Northern view of West End from first Hotel Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: Dist P62
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Terminus C.P.Ry. [at the foot of Trafalgar Street]

AM54-S4-: Can P208
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the end of the C.P.R. tracks (stop block)

H.M.S. Triumph & Caroline

AM54-S4-: Bo P57
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the H.M.S. "Caroline" in background.

[View of the waterfront looking west from near the foot of Dunlevy Avenue]

AM54-S4-: Wat P45
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Spratt's Oilery and dock - Coal Harbour at the foot of Thurlow Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P220
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Brockton Point and squatters and fishermen's cottages across the harbour.

[People gathered to view ship at C.P.R. dock]

AM54-S4-: SGN 55
Item
[1887?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Exterior of the White Swan Hotel and American Restaurant - S.W. corner of Seymour and Cordova Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu P361
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Man with arm outstretched is Charles Mee.

[The C.P.R. wharf at the foot of Granville Street]

AM54-S4-: Wat P46
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

[The first C.P.R. depot and offices on Cordova Street near Richards Street]

AM54-S4-: Can P9
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a sign for the Bank of British Columbia in the same building.

[The first C.P.R. station and wharf]

AM54-S4-: Can P204
Item
1887; reproduced in 1957

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the "Pacific Express" being unloaded

Vancouver, B.C., Pacific terminus of the C.P.R.

AM1594-: MAP 372
Item
[1887 or after]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a brochure published by a real estate development company, promoting the city and its properties. The front side of the unfolded brochure contains information about the city, about Ross and Ceperley, and has information about prominent buildings, many with photographs or illustrations.

City of Vancouver, Canadian Pacific Town Site

AM1594-: MAP 33
Item
[between 1887 and 1889]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

The map shows the area currently occupied by Downtown Vancouver and parts of Kitsilano. It shows the location of C.P.R. Wharf, Royal City Saw Mills, Hastings Saw Mill and Wharf, Leamy and Kyle's Saw Mill and other saw mills. "Streets graded and side-walked marked thus . . . . .." An insert shows "Canadian Pacific Mail Steamship Lines" on a map of the world. The north shore of Burrard Inlet indicates the locations of "Indian Houses" and a mission church.

[Head and shoulders portrait of a man]

AM358-S1-: CVA 152-90
Item
[between 1887 and 1892]

Part of H.A. Price collection

[Unidentified studio portrait of a baby]

AM358-S1-: CVA 152-105
Item
[Between 1887 and 1892]

Part of H.A. Price collection

[View of Coal Harbour from Vancouver]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-183
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows part of Vancouver waterfront, Coal Harbour, Deadman's Island, and Stanley Park.

[Water Street looking east from Cordova Street]

AM54-S4-: Str N59
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a planked road, The Greyhound Hotel and other commercial buildings and power poles with no wiring

[William A. Insley]

AM54-S4-: Port P67.2
Item
[between 1887 and 1892]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Head and shoulders portrait

Hastings Street, Vancouver [looking east from Seymour Street]

AM54-S4-: LP 148
Item
June 1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Bank of Montreal (440 W. Hastings) and Bank of British Columbia (438 W. Hastings) building under construction.

[The Bayview Hotel home to the first United States Consulate]

AM54-S4-: Str P75
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Some members of Vancouver Volunteer Fire Brigade]

AM54-S4-: FD P32
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Studio portrait. Men identified (left to right): Back row: J.W. Campbell, A. St. Laurent. Middle row: C. Gigier, C. F. Perry, A. Laroix, Joe Rox. Front row: A. Vachon, F. Duhamel