(Main St.) West Westminster Avenue, Vancouver
- AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-988
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- [188-?]; reproduced [197-?]
Photograph shows incomplete plank roads, a brick building in the foreground, and various other buildings in the background.
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(Main St.) West Westminster Avenue, Vancouver
Photograph shows incomplete plank roads, a brick building in the foreground, and various other buildings in the background.
[View from the Hotel Vancouver]
Photograph shows buildings, streets, and waterfront area.
[Vancouver waterfront] before the fire [of 1886]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows buildings and ships of waterfront, including Hastings Sawmill, the S.S. "Beaver", the Hastings Mill Store and wharf, and other buildings. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
Vancouver, about end of 1886 (after fire), showing Cordova and Hastings Streets, and the City Wharf
Photograph shows buildings, dirt roads, plank sidewalks, and the waterfront area. Various areas in the waterfront are labelled with letters.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Men identified (left to right); J.J. Peak, T.S. Carmen, Bob English, Robert Mathison Sr., Mr. Robert "Bob" Mathison.
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Exterior of the Lacey R. Johnson residence - 455 Seymour St.]
Part of Major Matthews collection
People identified: Mr. L.R. Johnson and son on porch and Miss Johnson (Mrs. Walter F. Evans) in window. The Durham Block is to the left.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows Dr. Lefevre's surgery to the left attached to the house.
N.W. corner Hastings and Granville Streets, site of old post office building
[View of the waterfront looking west from near the foot of Dunlevy Avenue]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Hastings Street, Vancouver [looking east from Seymour Street]
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.
[View of buildings near waterfront, looking east from Hastings and Seymour Streets]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives. Photograph shows the Canadian Pacific Railway office building on Cordova Street.
[View from the Hotel Vancouver]
Photograph shows buildings along and between Howe and Granville Streets, as well as the waterfront area.
Building [Hotel Vancouver] with horse and carriage in front
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
Item is a photograph which appears to be a copy of a photographic print of a Hotel Vancouver.
Vancouver, B.C. from Hotel Vancouver
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a view looking east from Georgia Street towards the 600 Block Seymour Street
[Chinese] funeral, [in the unit block] Dupont Street (later East Pender Street)
Part of H.A. Price collection
Photograph also shows Yip Sang, second man lower left and buildings in the unit block of Dupont (East Pender Street) including the top portion of the Wing Sang building (51 East Pender).
[Chinese] funeral, Dupont Street (later East Pender Street)
Part of H.A. Price collection
Photograph shows the casket being transported in a horse drawn wagon past Fou Chong Ladies and Gents Tailor.
Vancouver, B.C. from the South
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
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Item is a copy of sections of a November 1889 fire insurance map that have been pieced together. Includes the area between Seymour and Dunlevy Streets, from the south shore of the Burrard Inlet to Keefer Street. Map shows Chinatown, part of False Creek, and buildings and their uses (commercial, residential, industrial). The name of the business, business owner, or type of business is noted for most commercial and industrial buildings.
[Exterior of the Strathcona (Sir Donald A. Smith) Block - 618 Georgia Street]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Northern Portion of Vancouver, B.C.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a northwest view from the corner of Richards Street and Dunsmuir Street
[Vacant lots on the north side of Hastings street between Homer Street and Hamilton Street]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a man aiming a rifle
The Inlet, Vancouver [showing the Vancouver Rowing Club buildings]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows (left to right): Burrard Inlet Rowing Club, net drying racks, Spratt's oilery shed and Vancouver Boating Club.
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Decorated Red Cross Brewery carts in the 400 block Cordova Street - north side]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Buildings at southeast corner of Georgia and Seymour Streets]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows part of the Congregational Church, a set of row houses, and the Boston Bakery and Confectionery. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[View of Vancouver from Ninth Avenue (Broadway), between Ash and Cambie Streets]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives state, "Ninth avenue between Ash and Bridge Sts. before 1899 showing CPR Stores Building, Vancouver Opera House, Congregational Church, Leamy & Kyle Sawmill (closed before 1899). Ash Street on left. Ninth Avenue road tip lower left corner. House in centre on eighth avenue."
[Downtown Vancouver and Burrard Inlet, viewed from the Hotel Vancouver]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Exterior of the R.Mathison Jr. The Job Printer building - 323 W. Hastings St.]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Men identified (left to right): W.T. Bainbridge, W.F. Findlay, W.H. Sanders, Rev. E.D. McLaren, Robert Mathison, Sr., Robert Mathison, Jr.
[Strathcona (Sir Donald Smith) Block - 618 Georgia at Granville Street]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
Vancouver from Hotel Vancouver
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows downtown Vancouver, Burrard Inlet, and the North Shore mountains, looking north from either the Hotel Vancouver J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[View of houses on Alberni Street, empty lot, and partially constructed Christ Church Cathedral]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
Photograph shows the unit block of Cordova Street looking west from Carrall to Cambie with business enterprises: on the right the Boulder Saloon and George Lawson Allan, Boots & Shoes and on the left Dunn & Co., Hardware with the Knights of Pythias Hall on the upper level. The foreground shows the Vancouver electric street car travelling west and in the background a horse-drawn carriage travelling east.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows Homer Street Methodist Church, St. Ann's and Sacred Hearts Academies, First Baptist Church and Miss Ida Murphy's home
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
Chinese Detention Shed at Vancouver
Part of H.A. Price collection
Caption with the photograph: Contrary to common belief the C.P.R. did not import Chinese labor to build the Railway. The Chinese were imported by contractor Andrew Onderdonk, building through B.C. under contract to the Canadian Government. The C.P.R. took over the line later.
[BC Telephone Company offices in the 500 block West Cordova Street]
Photograph also shows C.P.R. building, electric street lighting and telephone poles and wires
[Cordova Street, Vancouver B.C.]
Photograph shows the unit block of Cordova Street looking west from Carrall to Cambie with business enterprises including the Knights of Pythias Hall on the upper level of a retail store, an electric street car and a horse-drawn carriage.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph negative is a copy of six photograph prints, showing: tents erected after fire of 1886; buildings along Vancouver waterfront; Vancouver City Council members and officials gathered in front of tent labelled "City Hall"; men with supplies and oxen on the S.S. "Beaver"; view of buildings and empty lots on street; and a group of men assembled around a large log for an advertisement promoting the sale of Vancouver real estate.
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
Part of Major Matthews collection
[View of Mount Pleasant looking north from Ninth Avenue (Broadway) near Quebec Street]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows houses, False Creek, Westminster Road (Main Street) Bridge, downtown buildings, and North Shore mountains. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Group portrait of Hayes and McIntosh butchers in the unit block Cordova Street]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the Central Hotel and signs for A.B. Acorn Real Estate, J.T. Cross Boots, Tryhall Printers and R.V. Winch. Wood plank street and sidewalk are also shown.
[View down Water Street and Codova Street, looking east from Richards Street]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C.
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
Photograph is a view of the 600 block of West Hastings Street, looking west from Granville Street. S. Blackson, Tobacconist, at 636 West Hastings Street is visible.
[Looking west on Hastings Street from Cambie Street]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photgraph shows The Inns of Court Building (423 Hamilton Street at West Hastings) and the Arcade building