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[City Scavenging Staff on street with cart]

[City Scavenging Staff on street with cart]

COV-S632-: CVA 789-73
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Group of workers walking, carrying metal lunchboxes

Group of workers walking, carrying metal lunchboxes

COV-S397-: LEG1593.1-: CVA 163-2
Part
1942

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Streetcar line construction on Westminster Avenue (Main Street)]

[Streetcar line construction on Westminster Avenue (Main Street)]

AM54-S4-: Trans P77
Item
1889

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view looking north from near Prior Street

[Workmen in front of the first Hotel Vancouver under construction on southwest corner of Granvill...

[Workmen in front of the first Hotel Vancouver under construction on southwest corner of Granville and Georgia Streets]

AM54-S4-: Hot P4
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Building stone wall. C.P.R.near Keefer's Station

Building stone wall. C.P.R.near Keefer's Station

AM54-S4-: LGN 637
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows workers with machinery on an elevated railway track running alongside a river.

Capilano Waterworks System [laying pipes]

Capilano Waterworks System [laying pipes]

AM54-S4-: Ci Dept P13
Item
[ca. 1908]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Various scenes regarding the activities of the B.C. Electric Railway Company]

[Various scenes regarding the activities of the B.C. Electric Railway Company]

AM54-S4-: LGN 977
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of three photograph prints, showing: men standing next to railway tracks in partially excavated tunnel; man standing next to monitor releasing water into cleared area; and men standing with tools in partially excavated tunnel. Negative was created to produce lantern slides of the four images.

[Various scenes regarding the construction of the Coquitlam Dam]

[Various scenes regarding the construction of the Coquitlam Dam]

AM54-S4-: LGN 980
Item
[1911?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of five photograph prints, showing: water cresting over the top of the Coquitlam Dam; the clearing of the Coquitlam Dam site with a donkey engine; the roots of a large tree cleared off the Coquitlam Dam site; bridge over Coquitlam Dam; and two men sawing tree stump at Coquitlam Dam site. Negative was created to produce lantern slides of the five images.

[Rebuilding of upper end of penstocks 1 to 4 for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

[Rebuilding of upper end of penstocks 1 to 4 for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: LGN 816
Item
27 July 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men working on section of pipe.

[Row of workers standing on scaffolding at Hastings Sawmill]

[Row of workers standing on scaffolding at Hastings Sawmill]

AM54-S4-: SGN 40
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

58th C.F.A. [men in field digging]

58th C.F.A. [men in field digging]

AM1535-: CVA 99-1112.3
Item
[ca. 1916]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Cat, piano, labour site and crew

Cat, piano, labour site and crew

AM1487-F03-: 2012-033.05
Item
1934-1935

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is a film containing footage of a woman playing with a cat, two women playing the piano, ocean waves, men working at an excavation site (most likely a mine), a worker using dynamite, a locomotive carrying bulldozed earth, and a truck emptying a boulder into water.

[Man welding streetcar tracks, for reconstruction of Hastings, Main, and Harris (Georgia) Street ...

[Man welding streetcar tracks, for reconstruction of Hastings, Main, and Harris (Georgia) Street lines]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1068.10
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Man working during demolition of St. Andrew's Church at Richards Street and Georgia Street]

[Man working during demolition of St. Andrew's Church at Richards Street and Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Ch P79
Item
July 1937

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men attaching chains to logs in snow covered forest]

[Men attaching chains to logs in snow covered forest]

AM54-S4-: LGN 507
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men constructing steel frame of Horne Payne substation]

[Men constructing steel frame of Horne Payne substation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1176
Item
31 July 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men excavating area underneath scaffolding and pulleys for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

[Men excavating area underneath scaffolding and pulleys for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1676
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men excavating street at Granville and Nelson Streets, for reconstruction of Granville Street line]

[Men excavating street at Granville and Nelson Streets, for reconstruction of Granville Street line]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1069.08
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men excavating street with Thew Automatic Shovel, for reconstruction of streetcar lines at Hasti...

[Men excavating street with Thew Automatic Shovel, for reconstruction of streetcar lines at Hastings, Main and Harris (Georgia) Streets]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1068.20
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men installing Babcock and Wilcox boiler drums at Brentwood Bay Steam Plant]

[Men installing Babcock and Wilcox boiler drums at Brentwood Bay Steam Plant]

AM54-S4-: LGN 895
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men laying power cables under Smithe Street]

[Men laying power cables under Smithe Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 988
Item
6 May 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men laying two 11,000 volt cables from large spool. Photograph shows Smithe Street looking west towards Granville Street.

[Men laying streetcar tracks at Granville and Helmcken Streets, for reconstruction of Granville S...

[Men laying streetcar tracks at Granville and Helmcken Streets, for reconstruction of Granville Street line]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1069.04
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men laying streetcar tracks at Granville and Robson Streets, for reconstruction of Granville Str...

[Men laying streetcar tracks at Granville and Robson Streets, for reconstruction of Granville Street line]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1069.12
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men laying streetcar tracks at Hastings and Abbott Streets, for reconstruction of Hastings, Main...

[Men laying streetcar tracks at Hastings and Abbott Streets, for reconstruction of Hastings, Main, and Harris (Georgia) Street lines

AM54-S4-: SGN 1068.09
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men laying streetcar tracks at Hastings and Abbott Streets, for reconstruction of Hastings, Main...

[Men laying streetcar tracks at Hastings and Abbott Streets, for reconstruction of Hastings, Main, and Harris (Georgia) Street lines]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1068.07
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men laying streetcar tracks at Hastings and Carrall Streets, for the reconstruction of the Hasti...

[Men laying streetcar tracks at Hastings and Carrall Streets, for the reconstruction of the Hastings, Main and Harris (Georgia) Street lines]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1068.19
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men laying streetcar tracks at Hastings and Main Streets for reconstruction of Hastings, Main, a...

[Men laying streetcar tracks at Hastings and Main Streets for reconstruction of Hastings, Main, and Harris (Georgia) Street lines]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1068.03
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men sluicing materials in borrow pit of Coquitlam Dam]

[Men sluicing materials in borrow pit of Coquitlam Dam]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1151
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men spreading gravel around streetcar tracks at Granville and Drake Streets, for reconstruction ...

[Men spreading gravel around streetcar tracks at Granville and Drake Streets, for reconstruction of Granville Street line]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1070.02
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men standing among rocks in partially excavated area for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

[Men standing among rocks in partially excavated area for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1799
Item
12 Sept. [190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men standing in front of C.P.R. locomotive at Beaver Creek, B.C.]

[Men standing in front of C.P.R. locomotive at Beaver Creek, B.C.]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1134
Item
[1903?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men standing in partially excavated area of Coquitlam Dam construction site]

[Men standing in partially excavated area of Coquitlam Dam construction site]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1138.5
Item
[1911?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men standing outside surge tank of hydraulic tunnel from Buntzen Lake]

[Men standing outside surge tank of hydraulic tunnel from Buntzen Lake]

AM54-S4-: LGN 830
Item
22 July 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men using crane and pulleys to erect Lumberman's Arch on Pender Street near Hamilton Street, for ...

Men using crane and pulleys to erect Lumberman's Arch on Pender Street near Hamilton Street, for visit of Duke of Connaught

AM54-S4-: Arch N38.2
Item
[Sept. 1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men using crane and pulleys to erect Lumberman's Arch on Pender Street near Hamilton Street, for ...

Men using crane and pulleys to erect Lumberman's Arch on Pender Street near Hamilton Street, for visit of Duke of Connaught

AM54-S4-: Arch N38.5
Item
[Sept. 1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men working on foundation of power house extension for Jordan River Power Plant]

[Men working on foundation of power house extension for Jordan River Power Plant]

AM54-S4-: LGN 904
Item
28 July 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men working on partially constructed dam]

[Men working on partially constructed dam]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1793
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Hotel Site C.P.Ry

Hotel Site C.P.Ry

AM54-S4-: Hot P14
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the excavation for the first Hotel Vancouver at Granville and Georgia Streets and John Tonkin

Workmen improving bluff at "Cariboo Joe's" tunnel, C.P. Ry.

Workmen improving bluff at "Cariboo Joe's" tunnel, C.P. Ry.

AM54-S4-: LGN 734
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men with loads of rock on tracks next to cliff.

[Laying trunk sewer from Kerrisdale to the Fraser River]

[Laying trunk sewer from Kerrisdale to the Fraser River]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1036
Item
[1911 or 1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Pipe-fitters and motormen near west portal [of the] Lake Buntzen tunnel enlargement

Pipe-fitters and motormen near west portal [of the] Lake Buntzen tunnel enlargement

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-17
Item
[ca. 1910]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Buntzen Lake Dam tunnel under construction]

[Buntzen Lake Dam tunnel under construction]

AM54-S4-1-S-4-: S-4-4
Item
[ca. 1902]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Buntzen Lake Dam under construction]

[Buntzen Lake Dam under construction]

AM54-S4-1-S-4-: S-4-53
Item
[ca. 1902]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Angus Avenue (Drive) near 30th Avenue being graded with a plow]

[Angus Avenue (Drive) near 30th Avenue being graded with a plow]

AM54-S4-: Dist P22.1
Item
1912

Part of Major Matthews collection

Lake Buntzen tunnel enlargement

Lake Buntzen tunnel enlargement

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-15
Item
1910

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Mr. G.S. Binkley's method of timbering with extra posts in the center to support the platform while blasting

[Construction workers tightening cables atop Westcoast Building - 1333 West Georgia Street]

[Construction workers tightening cables atop Westcoast Building - 1333 West Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P725.7
Item
[1969]

Part of Major Matthews collection

New building for ice rink - Hastings Park

New building for ice rink - Hastings Park

AM1535-: CVA 99-3863
Item
Apr. 21, 1931

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

The dump crew without dust masks

The dump crew without dust masks

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.469
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Workmen polishing [ship's] name "Prince George"

Workmen polishing [ship's] name "Prince George"

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-49
Item
[Aug. or Sept. 1949]

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[Preparing double track for streetcar line on 4th Avenue near Waterloo Street]

[Preparing double track for streetcar line on 4th Avenue near Waterloo Street]

AM1584-: CVA 7-78
Item
1909

Part of James Luke Quiney fonds

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