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Gastown - Vancouver BC - VanDusen Gardens

Item is a documentary film documenting Gastown and the VanDusen Botanical Display Garden. Film includes footage taken in Gastown of the Captain John "Gassy Jack" Deighton statue, Hotel Europe, Water Street, the Old Spaghetti Factory, Vancouver Harbour Centre, SS Beaver replica at its moorings, Frisby's Restaurant, Seven Seas Imports, The Coggery, Gaslight Square (131 Water Street), the Gastown Steam Clock. The film also includes footage of a number of signs of Gastown businesses and places including Bootlegger, The Dublin House Irish Fashions, Tiffany Coiffures, Brother John's Restaurant, Cottage Deli Soup 'n' Sandwich, and Blood Alley Square. The film also includes footage taken at VanDusen Botanical Display Garden including shots of the entrance sign, parking lot, administration building, garden entrance, flowers, several ponds, a fountain, MacMillan Bloedel Place, children feeding geese, pavilions, ducks, swans, a bee, and a blue heron.

Around Vancouver

Item is a film containing home movie footage filmed by Allan Crocker. The film shows Stanley Park including the Stanley Park zoo, birds and the Dining Pavilion; Coal Harbour; the Lion's Gate Bridge; Queen Elizabeth Park; a trip to [Caribou?]; an airport; and Christmas celebrations at the Crocker residence, 7347 West Boulevard.

Opening of 2099 Beach [Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation building]

Item is a documentary film documenting the opening of the Board of Parks and Public Recreation building at 2099 Beach Avenue as well as recreational activities and special events in Stanley Park. The film contains footage of the ribbon cutting ceremony with crowds in attendance as well as winter snow scenes with people, ducks and swans in the park. Other recreational activities documented include log rolling in a pool, diving, and poolside sunbathing. The film also documents the unveiling of the statue of Lord Stanley in Stanley Park and concludes with footage of a baby polar bear.

[Chicago and Minneapolis parks and playgrounds]

Item is a documentary film documenting parks and playgrounds in Chicago and Minneapolis in the United States of America. The film is shot in the winter and contains footage of parks and mostly vacant recreation playgrounds and playground equipment such as a miniature train and horse and carriage. The film also documents people engaged in recreational activities at an ice rink, animals and children in a playground as well as several identifiable locations including the Alder Planetarium (Chicago), the Keith R. Olsen Memorial Recreation Centre, the Stuart Field Minneapolis Park Board building, and Barnum Park. This film may have been used by the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation for reference purposes.

Burnaby B C

Item is a postcard printed with an image of the Central Park Agricultural Hall. On the verso of this postcard is an annotation reading, "On triangular area formed by Kingsway and Interurban railway."

Stanley Park Vancouver B.C.

Item is a photograph which is part of a set of twelve miniature photographic prints (AM1052 P1063.02 to AM1051 P-1063.13) depicting various scenes and sites around Vancouver. All 12 prints were contained in the envelope AM1052 P1063.01.

Stanley Park, 2nd Beach, B.C.

Item is a photograph which is part of a set of twelve miniature photographic prints (AM1052 P1063.02 to AM1051 P-1063.13) depicting various scenes and sites around Vancouver. All 12 prints were contained in the envelope AM1052 P1063.01.

Lost Lagoon in the fall, Vancouver, B.C.

Item is a postcard showing Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park. Caption on the back of postcard: "This beautiful fresh water lagoon is surrounded by tall rushes at the edge against a backdrop of weeping willows and cedars. This lagoon is just as beautiful in the summer as it is in the fall, as seen in this scene."

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