[Miss Marian E. Meilicke, reportedly the first woman taxi driver in Vancouver]
- AM54-S4-: Port P835
- Item
- Aug. 1938
Part of Major Matthews collection
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[Miss Marian E. Meilicke, reportedly the first woman taxi driver in Vancouver]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Malkin family with servants on steps of house at 1406 Davie Street]
Photograph shows men, women, and children assembled along the steps of a house. Three servants are included in the photograph.
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
["The Fan Drill" presented at Hart's Opera House in aid of Alexandra Hospital]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group portrait showing (left to right) standing: Nellie Boultbee (Mrs. J.O. Benwell), Miss Martin (Mrs. J.M. Buxton), Sydney Boultbee (Mrs. A.E. Phillips), Rose Townley (Mrs. Grange Holt), Elizabeth Alexander (Mrs. J.G.L. Abbott) and Jennie Johns; seated: Mrs. Storey; kneeling: Mrs. John G. Woods, Elizabeth McDougall (Mrs. Beetham), Miss McWhinney and Anne Bodwell
Urban Safari Films Inc. - PAL D1 - International Image
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is part one of two, Digital PAL Master, includes textless BG; theatrical feature film released May 1996 at Cannes Film Festival. Yaletown Entertainment Group, Full Circle and G.L.A.S.S. Films present David Naughton, Linda Kash, in a Reto Salimbeni film, "Urban Safari." Starring Jay Brazeau, Donnelly Rhodes, Andrea Nemeth, with Teryl Rothery, David Palffy, Rebecca Toolan, Adriana Tripa, Barry Pepper, Charles Seigel. Executive producers Michael Collier and Reto Salimbeni, Line producer R. Earl Peturson, Casting Akiko Morison (Canada) and Kathy Henderson (USA), Art director Peter Hinton, Costume designer David Lisle, Music composed and conducted by Brahm Wenger, Editor Jana Fritsch, Director of photography Vic Sarin, Story by Reto Salimbeni, Screenplay by James J. Desmarais,and Alison Rosenfeld Desmarais and P.J. Reece, Producer Michael Collier, Director Reto Salimbeni. The story follows a couple living in New York trying to impress their neighbours and boss by telling everyone that they were going on an African vacation that the Johnson's could not actually afford. Hilarity ensues as they hide out in their own home and various neighbours who have keys to their apartment take advantage of the 'empty' home for the two week vacation period. The small family grows closer in crisis and decide to make some life changing choices.
Urban safari - [master copy of the] trailer
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is the theatrical trailer for "Urban Safari."
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is original camera tape footage taken for the "Everest - Climb for hope" documentary. Contains footage of Katmandu street scenes, Everest - Climb for Hope team members, markets, street sellers, pedestrians, traffic, dogs and people sleeping, a brief scene at a restaurant. Everest - Climb for Hope team members walking along a road beside a river, past a small settlement, through mud, past an avalanche of rocks, includes shots of more rocks falling off the cliff onto the pathway, team members and Sherpas/porters following the first group through the danger area of falling rocks, team members pass another village and interact with local children, scenes of a river or stream being forged, packs being loaded onto a van, an immigration office on the road, Sherpas carry a large and heavy box up a steep path, Alan, an ex-American world-class gymnast carries the 250 lb box a few meters. Team members and their gear are assembled in a building, locals gather around at the Zhang Mu Hotel, negotiations are made with a translator to hire Sherpas to carry gear, some Chinese [?] officials can be seen, the line-up of those waiting for work hold on to each other to eliminate the ability for anyone to cut in line [?] or jump the queue, shots of the Sherpas with heavy packs walking away from the Zhang Mu Hotel and more negotiations with the translator near the truck where the supplies are being loaded. See MI-459 for a better quality version of the majority of this footage.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is original camera tape footage taken for the "Everest - Climb for hope" documentary. Ambient noise. Video contains footage of a fire built to burn garbage and the team's trip to [out of] base camp. On the way the truck gets stuck and is dug out; the truck also stops and the team interacts with some local farmers.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is original camera tape footage taken for the "Everest - Climb for hope" documentary. Video contains interviews with team members at a time near the end of the expedition. And one interview with an expedition Sherpa. Video contains camp ambiance, packing up and clean-up. Sherpas sort through food left-over and supplies after the expedition. The video ends with a party and a food fight.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is original camera tape footage taken for the "Everest - Climb for hope" documentary. Includes footage of Everest - Climb for Hope team members talking to other [French-speaking] climbing teams about Everest and the route up to further camps, a night scene of team members dancing to "Sweet Dreams" by the Eurythmics, hiking and crossing a river, hiking beside yaks carrying packs, team members interacting with Sherpas, mountain views, team members relaxing and listening to music, other scenes at base camp, Sherpas playing a game with dice, rocks, and sticks, team members sharing a meal in the communal tent, a group planning and informational meeting, and an interview with Peter about climbing and the expedition itself, and an interview with the camp cook Hilda [?] about the trip, climbing, cooking at 21,000 ft, and the expedition itself.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is original camera tape footage taken for the "Everest - Climb for hope" documentary. Contains footage of Everest - Climb for Hope team members riding in a vehicle enjoying the views, playing hacky-sack in a lobby, a meeting about the plan to get the Everest - Climb for Hope team members and their supplies to base camp, a lightning storm, team members enjoying some snacks in a dining area, Dennis toasts the chefs, everyone enjoys a meal together, scenic view of mountains, a moonrise, a friendly dog, team members riding in the back of a truck up to base camp, shots of an monastery located on the way to base camp, arrival at base camp, scenes of setting up, a group photograph, Ernie [Erwin Sniedzins] gives his farewell to the team and drives away. Yaks move into camp area.
Everest - original Betacam tape 7
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is raw footage for the documentary "Everest - Climb for Hope." Includes footage of an interview with John, an "Everest - Climb for Hope" team member. Continues with footage of women sewing specialized clothing and gear for the Everest - Climb for Hope expedition team members also shows a specialized machine cutting out material for outdoor clothing. There is also footage of a man trying on one of the Compass North winter gear outfits for two Compass North employees, a man fitting a film camera into a special case made for the Everest - Climb for Hope expedition.
Everest - original Betacam tape 6
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is raw footage for the documentary "Everest - Climb for Hope." Includes footage of people packing food for the "Everest - Climb for Hope" team expedition, the actual packed boxes of food and their labels. Some footage of mountain views, an interview with Pete[?], a journalist, who is an "Everest - Climb for Hope" team member.
Everest - original Betacam tape 5
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is raw footage for the documentary "Everest - Climb for Hope." Includes footage of a small town, people packing food for the "Everest - Climb for Hope" team and an interview with the woman who organized all of the food for the expedition and will be the cook at base camp.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is original camera tape footage taken for the "Everest - Climb for hope" documentary. Includes shots (hand-held, no tripod) taken at advanced base camp of Dennis returning from the North Col., some discussion of a cracked rib [Hilda's?], Dennis packing a pack and leaving advanced base camp with Hilda for base camp, a shot of climbing ropes and supplies, the communal tent with team members and Sherpas, Jamie unpacking and starting up the generator, Jamie repairing and trying to fix the generator, Alan interviews Mario, who is from Quebec, about how it was that he joined the team and about the expedition specifically and in general, there is also an interview with a Sherpa about his career, this expedition, and previous expeditions, there is also a second interview with a Sherpa who talks about the wind and previous expeditions he has been on.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is original camera tape footage taken for the "Everest - Climb for hope" documentary. Includes a dawn view of the mountains, a panning daytime view of the same peak, a view of climbers heading up to the North Col. from advanced base camp, Everest - Climb for Hope team members interacting with people from other expedition teams, camp scenes, a shot of a label on a storage bucket of another Canadian expedition: "1991 Canadian Changtse Expedition - Everest North Peak," radioing from the communal advanced base camp tent to other team members, interacting with Sherpas, Dennis (at camp four) and Ross (at advanced base camp) making plans over the radio to set up camp five, Dennis talks over the satellite radio to school students in Canada from his position in camp four - Alan reacting to the conversation, camp scenes, Tim sitting around with his bandaged knee, a close-up of the Everest - Climb for Hope logo on a jacket, shots of a solar panel and other equipment, a brief conversation with Tim about his trip out of camp on a yak after six years of planning for the Everest expedition, shots of Hilda returning solo over the snow to advanced base camp from the North Col. (and camp four), a short chat with Hilda once she reaches advanced base camp, and interviews with members of the Everest - Climb for Hope team including one of the expedition physicians, Tim on a yak leaving advanced base camp, Ross and Peter [Dennis?] discussing the option of a small team with Dennis, Mick, and Mario making a push for the summit or at least establishing a camp six, shots of a camera, rope, and other equipment, Hilda baking bread and other advanced base camp scenes.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is original camera tape footage taken for the "Everest - Climb for hope" documentary. Includes advanced base camp footage of a cake created to resemble the North Col. and Everest - Climb for Hope team members gathered in the communal tent eating, interacting, and relaxing, Hilda serving the cake, everyone enjoying eating it, team members up before dawn (very dark, mostly flashlights moving and the audio) messing around in the communal tent [packing?], Pat Morrow heading out, Alan and Ross at advanced base camp talking to Tim on the radio about the progress they have been making toward setting up camp five from camp four, and Alan at advanced base camp talking to base camp, Ross, Peter and others looking through binoculars at camp five, keeping in radio contact and estimating the progress of team members who are attempting to bring further supplies to camp five, various camp scenes including prayer flags, Hilda drinking tea in the sun, some Sherpas relaxing, Sherpa tea, a short interview with Tiemo, a Canadian of Finish descent, team members walking through the snow carrying heavy packs (much of this section of footage is quiet poor), Dennis [or Peter?] stopping from exhaustion and illness, and Dennis and Peter talking to Tim and the team members who were with Tim after his knee injury higher up the mountain, team members talking to climbers from another expedition as they move through the Everest - Climb for Hope advanced base camp, and footage of the team making plans and a make-shift sled for rescuing Tim.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is raw "Everest - Climb for Hope" footage transferred from original 16mm camera film footage. Includes scenes of team members interacting with locals, the locals and some buddist art.
"Everest" - tape #14 - film transfer
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is "Everest - Climb for Hope" footage transferred from original 16mm camera film footage. Includes footage of yaks carrying packs and supplies for the "Everest Climb for Hope" team. Team members hike beside the yaks. Scenes of base camp, sherpas, a satellite dish, laundry hanging to dry, tents and tents covered in snow. Includes a scene of Peter cooking and enjoying smoking a pipe, prayer flags, men relaxing and doing thing around the camp including looking through a telescope, sorting equipment, packing, bread being prepared in the communal tent at base camp, snow being melted using a small stove hanging in someone's tent, a man attaching crampons to his boots, men hiking out of base camp through the snow with packs, anchoring spikes into the ice and snow and attaching ropes and carabiners, performing a rescue, or perhaps practicing a rescue [?], early morning hiking, mountain views, snow blowing off the mountain, interviews with Everest - Climb for Hope team members (silent), and a truck of supplies driving and getting unstuck on a very rough road near a river.
Everest - Hi8mm transfer [part 2]
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is Yaletown Productions Everest September 12, 1991 Hi-8 mm transfer tape two. Contains footage of Everest - Climb for Hope team members riding in a vehicle enjoying the views, playing hacky-sack in a lobby, a meeting about the plan to get the Everest - Climb for Hope team members and their supplies to base camp, a lightning storm, team members enjoying some snacks in a dining area, Dennis toasts the chefs, everyone enjoys a meal together, scenic view of mountains, a moonrise, a friendly dog, team members riding in the back of a truck up to base camp, shots of an monastery located on the way to base camp, arrival at base camp, scenes of setting up, a group photograph, Ernie [Erwin Sniedzins] gives his farewell to the team and drives away. Yaks move into camp area.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is Yaletown Productions Everest September 12, 1991 Hi-8 mm transfer tape one. Contains footage of Kathmandu street scenes, Everest - Climb for Hope team members, markets, street sellers, pedestrians, traffic, dogs and people sleeping, a brief scene at a restaurant. Everest - Climb for Hope team members walking along a road beside a river, past a small settlement, through mud, past an avalanche of rocks, includes shots of more rocks falling off the cliff onto the pathway, team members and Sherpas/porters following the first group through the danger area of falling rocks, team members pass another village and interact with local children, scenes of a river or stream being forged, packs being loaded onto a van, an immigration office on the road, Sherpas carry a large and heavy box up a steep path, Alan, an ex-American world-class gymnast carries the 250 lb box a few meters. Team members and their gear are assembled in a building, locals gather around at the Zhang Mu Hotel, negotiations are made with a translator to hire Sherpas to carry gear, some Chinese [?] officials can be seen, the line-up of those waiting for work hold on to each other to eliminate the ability for anyone to cut in line [?] or jump the queue, shots of the Sherpas with heavy pack walking away from the Zhang Mu Hotel and more negotiations with the translator near the truck where the supplies are being loaded.
Amanda [Charnley] interv[iew] -1 roll col[our] neg[ative]
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Film contains early raw footage for the film "Curse of the lost gold mine." Film contains an interview with elderly Coast Salish First Nations woman Amanda Charnley, daughter of Peter Pierre. Pierre was a relative of Slumach, a confidant, and a witness to Slumach's execution.
U.C.T. Convention Group on Courthouse Steps
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
Group portrait
[Rev. Charles Montgomery Tate and others]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group portrait of fire chiefs in civilian dress with reporter Simma Holt
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a photograph showing (L-R): seated - E.L. Erratt, J.H. De Graves, Simma Holt, C.W. Thompson, A.McDiarmid, A.R. Murray ; standing - Malcolm MacDonald, William Plumsteel, Angus Lougheed, Walter Fox, Harvey Bowering.
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with negative states, "End of Pipe Line Road. First Narrows. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris have lived here almost fifty years.; Picnic is on the edge of beach. Her Lord Stanley dedicated. Oppenheimer opened.; Stanley Park water works house. Pipe Line Road. Prospect point.; Old Indian [indigenous] clearing. Occupied Chief Haatsalanogh (Kitsilano) 1863.; See R.E. [Royal Engineers] survey this is Chaythoos. Here Hay-tulk was buried."
The album consists of twenty-five photographs of Chinese landscapes and architecture and twenty five portraits of men and women in traditional Japanese dress.
[Two female police officers with group of young people]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a composite photograph showing portraits of senior officials and names of individuals are included on the print.
Item is an amateur film documenting the construction of the Sunset Memorial Centre in 1949 and the visit of Alderman J.D. Cornett, Mayor Charles Jones, and Park Commissioner I. J. Irwin to the construction site.
[View of road with horse-drawn buggy and motor vehicles at Stanley Park Pavilion]
Photograph shows a roadway at the side of Stanley Park Pavilion with a horse-drawn buggy, motor vehicles and people walking.
[Couple sitting on steps at Stanley Park Pavilion]
Photograph shows ground level view of a man and woman sitting on steps between potted plants at the Stanley Park Pavilion.
Item is a photograph showing a group portrait of the West Point Grey Lawn Bowling Club. The print has been marked with ink identifying five people: 1) Nest/Barron, 2) George McKee, 3) J. Pollock, 4) Ald. Lembke and 5) C. N. Haney. Another man is marked with a question mark and the notation "Like[ly] ? Easton of Safeway."
Miss [McLean] - daughter of first mayor of Vancouver
[Home of Joseph Ogden - 448 East 6th Avenue]
Item is a photograph showing a group on the front porch of the house and a man sitting on the second storey porch. Also inscribed on the verso is the name Mrs. A. W. Maxwell.
[People waiting in line outside for sale at Jermaine's]
Item is a photograph of women standing at 800 block of Seymour Street on the corner with a Morray's Coffee Shop and other stores in view.
[People waiting in line outside of Jermaine's for sale]
Item is a photograph showing a crowd along Granville Street.
[People waiting in line outside of Jermaine's for sale]
Item is a photograph showing a crowd along Granville and Smithe.
[People waiting in line outside of Jermaine's for sale]
[People waiting in line outside of Jermaine's for sale]
[Blind worker in tool and parts - Boeing Aircraft Plant # 1]
[Workers on truck parade float for Boeing Aircraft of Canada Ltd.]
[Blood donation from Boeing Aircraft plants]
Item is a photograph showing plant workers in a staff lounge.
[Boeing workers sitting and drinking in a lounge]
[Boeing workers on top of parade float truck]
Item is a photograph showing men and women on truck flatbed with a portion of an aircraft and a signs for the float read "Will They Fly Again? It Depends On You" and "Above All Buy Victory Bonds Now".
[Boeing workers on top of parade float truck]
Item is a photograph showing men and women on truck flatbed with a portion of an aircraft and a signs for the float read "Will They Fly Again? It Depends On You" and "Above All Buy Victory Bonds Now".
[Boeing aircraft plant # 1 - ID check]
Item is a photograph showing a group of workers at the manufacturing plant on West Georgia.
[Boeing aircraft plant # 1 - ID check]
Item is a photograph showing a group of workers at the manufacturing plant on West Georgia.
[View of roadway in Stanley Park]