File consists of slides, originally arranged in slide sheets and a binder, depicting activities and events organized by the Vancouver Centennial Commission. Includes slides relating to the following:
(T) Vancouver's 99th birthday (2011-010.839 to 2011-010.878, 2011-010.917 to 2011-010.933)
(U) Tillicum and kids photo session (2011-010.879 to 2011-010.897)
(V) Xmas [Christmas] tree at Art Gallery, Centennial Flag at night (2011-010.898 to 2011-010.916
(W) Polar Bear Swim at English Bay (2011-010.934 to 2011-010.973)
(X) Celebration of the haggis (2011-010.974 to 2011-010.993)
(AA) Tillicum at Chevron Gas Station (2011-010.994 to 2011-010.1025)
(CC) [Centennial flag at Vanier Park] (2011-010.1026 to 2011-010.1030)
Individuals depicted in the slides include Mayor Michael Harcourt, Pat Carney, Grace McCarthy, Toni Onley, Vancouver Centennial Committee Chairman Michael Francis and Centennial Committee members.
File consists of slide, originally arranged in slide sheets and a binder, depicting Canada Day activities organized by the Vancouver Centennial Commission for July 1, 1986. Individuals depicted in the photographs include Michael Harcourt, Pat Carney, Grace McCarthy, Harry Rankin, and Gordon Campbell.
File consists of slides, originally arranged in slide sheets and a binder, depicting activities and events organized by the Vancouver Centennial Commission. Includes slides relating to the following: (K) April 6th (2011-010.561 to 2011-010.727); (L) Vancouver AM sign unveiling (2011-010.728 to 2011-010.743); (M) Fools parade (2011-010.744 to 2011-010.762); (N) Tillicum's birthday party (2011-010.763 to 2011-010.770); (P) Chinese New Year (2011-010.771 to 2011-010.801); (Q) Tillicum at Lougheed Mall (2011-010.802 to 2011-010.820); and (R) Tony Onley at Agency Press (2011-010.821 to 2011-010.838). April 6th events and activities depicted include the arrival of Governor General Jeanne Sauve at the train station; the birthday celebration at Brockton Point, Stanley Park, including the cutting of the birthday cake; re-dedication of the fountain at Lost Lagoon; fireworks; and a formal dinner. Individuals depicted in the slides include Mayor Michael Harcourt, Governor General Jeanne Sauve, Toni Onley, Vancouver Centennial Committee Chairman Michael Francis and Centennial Committee members.
File consists of slides, originally arranged in slide sheets in a binder, depicting Centennial activities and events organized by the Vancouver Centennial Commission. Includes slides relating to the following: (A) Tillicum at City Hall, miscellaneous Centennial banners (2011-010.367 to 2011-010.406); (B) Tillicum with Mayor Harcourt and Centennial Committee (2011-010.407 to 2011-010.426); (C) Tillicum at PNE / B.C. Place Stadium (2011-010.427 to 2011-010.460); (D) Mac's promotion, Tillicum Mobile [Chevron Ottermobile] (2011-010.461 to 2011-010.470); (E) Tillicum and Centennial baby, April 6th baby (2011-010.471 to 2011-010.489); (F) Boy Scouts making Vancouver sparkle (2011-010.490 to 2011-010.498); (G) Landing of the Ford Taurus, media event (2011-010.499 to 2011-010.412); (H) Boys and Girls Club Making Vancouver Sparkle (2011-010.513 to 2011-010.531); (I) Lighting of the Lions Gate Bridge, [Centennial banners] (2011-010.532 to 2011-010.540); and (J) Centennial Handicap, Exhibition Park, Chevron Burnaby Centre Stage (2011-010.541 to 2011-010.560). Individuals depicted in the slides include Michael Harcourt and Centennial Committee members.
File consists of two contact sheets with a total of forty-seven images showing Centennial mascot Tillicum and Mayor Michael Harcourt with winners of the Vancouver School Board and Seaboard Advertising poster competition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in November 1985.
File consists of photographs and some ephemeral material, such as pamphlets, invitations, and programs, relating to Centennial sports and recreational events that were arranged into a photograph album. Includes photographs and ephemera relating to the following events:
[Tillicum dropping the puck at a hockey event with Canuck Stan Smyl and a Calgary Flame player] (2011-010.1582)
Provincial Girls Curling Championships, February 12-16 (2011-010.1583 to 2011-010.1584)
High School Provincial Tennis Table Championships, February 28-March 1 (2011-010.1585)
Centennial Skateboard Competition, March 31-April 3 (2011-010.1586 to 2011-010.1587)
Kerrisdale / Point Grey Pee Wee Ice Hockey Tournament, March 28-31 (2011-010.1588 to 2011-010.1590)
Western Division Synchronized Swimming Championship (2011-010.1591)
[The Blush is Beautiful Ski to Sea Relay Race, April 15] (2011-010.1592 to 2011-010.1593)
B.C. Masters Swimming Championship, April 19-20 (2011-010.1594)
Vancouver Oldtimers Ice Hockey Tournament, April 25-May 7 (2011-010.1595 to 2011-010.1596)
National Masters Badminton Championships, April 30 to May 3 (2011-010.1597)
Dive Canada International, May 2-4 (2011-010.1598 to 2011-010.1599)
Canada Squash Championships, May 1-6 (2011-010.1600)
Ethnic Communities Volleyball Tournament, May 5-June 11 (2011-010.1601 to 2011-010.1602)
Centennial Handicap, May 11 (2011-010.1603 to 2011-010.1605)
Centennial Rugby Festival, May 11-13 (2011-010.1606 to 2011-010.1607)
Canadian Weightlifting Championships, May 17-18 (2011-010.1608)
Run for Light, May 30 (2011-010.1609 to 2011-010.1610)
Okanagan Express Relay Race, June 6-8 (2011-010.1611 to 2011-010.1614)
Centennial Mixed Pairs Lawn Bowling Championship, June 10-August 26 (2011-010.1615 to 2011-010.1616)
Harry Jerome Track Classic, June 10 (2011-010.1617 to 2011-010.1618); Vancouver Centennial Women's Golf Tournament, June 12 (2011-010.1619 to 2011-010.1620)
Southlands Summer Show '86, June 20-22 (2011-010.1621 to 2011-010.1624)
Super Socco Youth Basketball Tournament, June 24 to 28 (2011-010.1625 to 2011-010.1627)
Vancouver Clay Court Tennis Championships, July 14-19 (2011-010.1628 to 2011-010.1630)
Centennial 'Best Ever' Field Hockey Tournament, July 19-20 (2011-010.1631 to 2011-010.1633)
BC Lions Centennial Salute, July 19 (2011-010.1634 to 2011-010.1636)
Canadians Centennial Night, July 22 (2011-010.1637 to 2011-010.1639)
West Indian Reunion, July 21-26 (2011-010.1640 to 2011-010.1642)
Sports Action program, July 23 to September 2 (2011-010.1643 to 2011-010.1645)
Vancouver Centennial Triathlon, July 26 (2011-010.1646 to 2011-010.1648)
Goldie Oldie Netball Festival, July 27-August 2 (2011-010.1649 to 2011-010.1651)
Canadian Slowpitch Championship for the Deaf, July 31- August 31 (2011-010.1652 to 2011-010.1654)
Bison Baseball Provincial Championship, August 1-4 (2011-010.1655)
International Practical Shooting Championships, August 2-9 (2011-010.1656)
National Horseshoe Pitching Championships, August 8-10 (2011-010.1657)
IYRU World Women's Sailing Championships, August 16-22 (2011-010.1658 to 2011-010.1659)
Canadian Lawnbowling Championships, August 17-22 (2011-010.1660)
National Women's Softball Championships, August 19-25 (2011-010.1661 to 2011-010.1663)
Centennial Slowpitch (DEL) Tournament, September 12-14 (2011-010.1664 to 2011-010.1666)
World Veterans Road Running Championships, October 4-5 (2011-010.1667 to 2011-010.1668)
Arts 20 Relay Race, October 23 (2011-010.1669 to 2011-010.1672)
Ephemeral items have been assigned item numbers 2011-010.1830 to 2011-010.1833.
File consists of one black and white contact sheet with thirty-five images of the Vancouver A.M. sign unveiling ceremony (2011-010.2302), and forty colour prints of the Wake Up Awards Ceremony held at Hotel Georgia. Photographs include Mayor Michael Harcourt, Commission mascot Tillicum and his sister, and Expo mascot Expo Ernie. Glen E. Erikson is the photographer for the contact sheet images; the photographer of the prints of the awards ceremony is unknown.
File consists of 327 photographs and some ephemeral material, such as pamphlets, invitations, and programs, relating to Centennial events that were arranged into a photograph album. Includes photographs and ephemera relating to the following events:
Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd. 'Make Vancouver Sparkle,' February 26, 1986 (2011-010. 1255 to 2011-010.1276)
Vancouver AM Welcome to Vancouver sign unveiling, April 4, 1986, Oak and 71st Street and Chevron Stage On the Move (2011-010.1277 to 2011-010.1291)
Castle Vancouver Opening, Pacific Centre Plaza, April 4, 1986 and Vancouver Coeverden Society, KLM Airlines (2011-010.1292 to 2011-010.1310)
Arrival of the Governor General at the C.N. Rail Station, April 5, 1986 (2011-010.1311 to 2011-010.1320); Woodward s putting the birthday cake together, Stanley Park, April 5, 1986 (2011-010.1321 to 2011-010.1326)
Distinguished Pioneer Award ceremony, Hotel Vancouver, April 5, 1986 (2011-010.1327 to 2011-010.1339)
Happy Birthday Vancouver! April 6, 1986 (2011-010.1340 to 2011.010.1378)
'Remembering Vancouver', April 6, 1986 - opening - 'Remembering Vancouver' display at Vancouver Museum (2011-010.1379 to 2011-010. 1384)
[An Historic Reconstruction for Voices of Vancouver's First City Council] (2011-010.1385 to 2011-010.1397; Reenactment program 2011-010.1827);
Vancouver Day, June 13th, 1986, celebrated at the Expo Site and in Gastown (2011-010.1398 to 2011-010.1405)
[Boat cruise] (2011-010.1406 to 2011-010.1423)
Canada Day Festival, Brockton Point, Stanley Park, July 1, 1986 (2011-010.1424 to 2011-010.1462)
[BC Lions Centennial Salute, July 19, 1986] (2011-010.1463 to 2011-010.1465)
[Event at the Arts, Sciences and Technology Centre] (2011-010.1466 to 2011-010.1487)
[Yokohama Day, August 23] (2011-010.1488 to 2011-010.1499)
Denman Mall, Feb. 1, 1986, The Mint Edition (2011-010.1500 to 2011-010.1504)
Chinese New Year, February 9, 1986 (2011-010.1505 to 2011-010.1514)
Tillicum s Birthday Party March 28, 1986, Visibly Shakin (2011-010.1515 to 2011-010.1526)
Sun Run, May 10, 1986 (2011-010.1527 to 2011-010.1528); Okanagan Express Relay Dinner, June 6, 1986 (2011-010.1529 to 2011-010.1530)
[Miscellaneous events] (2011-010.1531 to 2011-010.1581). Miscellaneous events photographs includes two photographs of the Centennial Handicap event (2011-010.1539 and 2011-010.1544) and one photograph of Tillicum's birthday party (2011-010.1581)
Ephemeral material was assigned item numbers 2011-010.1822 to 2011-010.1829.
File contains slides of photographs taken by Proctor and used to accompany a presentation about the Vancouver's Old Streams booklets given to the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums in 1989. The slides show images of the booklets and maps accompanying them, images of the sites of former stream locations in 1989, and images of photographs and documentary art held by the City of Vancouver Archives created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, showing sites mentioned in the booklets. Slides CVA 798-9.1 to CVA 798-9.39 were used in Proctor's presentation; slides CVA 798-9.40 to CVA 798-9.58 were extra images not incorporated into the presentation.
File consists of two contact sheets with a total of sixty-three images showing Centennial mascot Tillicum with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Vancouver Centennial Commission Chairman Michael Francis and other unidentified individuals.
File consists of nine strips of duplicate colour transparencies with a total of forty-three images showing Centennial mascot Tillicum posing with a large cake.
Inscription on the front of the orginal envelop read "Mr. Painter: winner of the 'Name the sea otter contest' accepting prize from Mayor Michael Harcourt; pictures from newsletter winter 1984, volume 1, no. 5."
File consists of records relating to the manufacture of various parts for pre-fabricated buildings to be manufactured by Precision Housing Co. The bulk of the file is shop drawings providing specifications for parts for the following building models: cutting, packing and checking sheets for parts for duplex houses models A, D, E, G and M. Some of the drawings are identified by building model and some by part number, the latter possibly for generic pieces used for multiple models. Note that none of the sets appear to be complete for any particular model of structure.
The file also includes tally sheets (packing lists?) for various pieces for Type A and Type D duplexes and packing lists for Type A.
A photocopy of a newspaper article included in this file indicates that the procession pictured in many of the negatives in the file may have been held as part of the funeral of Jung Jun Sow, publisher of the Chinese Times, grand master of the Chinese Freemasons, educator, chairman of the Jung Wing Sung Society, and a past chairman of the Chinese Benevolent Society.
File consists of twenty-six prints and ten negative strips with a total of thirty-eight images pertaining to the Vancouver Centennial Commission's participation in the 1985 Sea Festival parade. Twenty-four of the prints were printed from the negatives. Includes images of Tillicum, as well as groups representing Expo '86, the Greater Vancouver Convention & Visitors Bureau, White Spot and the RCMP. VCC Chairman Michael Francis appears in a few of the photographs.
File consists of seventeen photographs showing an event held for the families of babies born on April 6, 1986. Individuals identified include Mayor Michael Harcourt, Vancouver City Councillors, including Harry Rankin and Gordon Campbell, and Centennial mascot Tillicum.
File includes two contact sheets with a total of sixty-two images of the Re-enactment of the First City Council Meeting on May 10, 1986 (2011-010.2274 and 2011-010.2275). Individuals identified are Mayor Michael Harcourt, Vancouver Centennial Commission Chairman Michael Francis, Gordon Campbell, Harry Rankin, George Puil, Bruce Eriksen, Bill Yee and Marguerite Ford, May Brown and Libby Davies. File also contains two contact sheets with a total of forty-four images of a plaque unveiling in Gastown in May 1985, including images of Centennial mascot Tillicum, Councillor May Brown and Mayor Michael Harcourt (2011-010.2276 to 2011-010.2277).
File consists of one contact sheet with 36 images and five prints. Prints show cropped and blown up images of the Grey Cup Centennial parade float from contact sheet.
File consists of three strips of 35 mm negatives containing sixteen images, two single image negatives, seven duplicate colour transparencies containing nine images, and six prints. Includes photographs of the Fraser Wilson mural event, the police band performing in Gastown, Tillicum and Centennial Commissioners in front of City Hall, celebratory fireworks, Mayor Michael Harcourt posing with Centennial gifts sent to Vancouver from around the world, the birthday party at Stanley Park, Princess Diana and Prince Charles at City Hall, and Governor General Jeanne Sauve.
File consists of six photographs of the Centennial P.N.E. float featuring Miss P.N.E., Centennial mascot Tillicum and an actor dressed as Captain Vancouver.
File consists of slides of images of Vancouver through the years, presumably collected and arranged (possibly by the Vancouver Public Library) for a Vancouver Centennial Commission presentation. The slides suggest that the presentation was given by Robert D'altroy. Slides were originally arranged in two carousels. Included with the slides is a notebook listing captions, subject matter and date of the image for each slide. A few of the slides date from the 1950s and 1960s; however, it appears that the majority of the slides were created at the time of the presentation, and many are likely copies of images held by the City of Vancouver Archives and/or the Vancouver Public Library. Slides 50, 56 and 78 from Carousel 1 are missing.
File consists of a contact sheet with twenty-seven images and a print of one of these images, showing Centennial mascot Tillicum visiting Lisa and Ricky Sum with baby Karen and her brother Victor.
File consists of a photograph of Tillicum in front of Canada Place (2011-010.2719), as well as four photographs of Tillicum guiding a ferry across from Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen and one photograph of Tillicum with a small child.
