City of Vancouver Archives

[Longshoremen loading ship]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4007
Item
Sept. 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[Longshoremen loading ship]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4008
Item
Sept. 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Spitzer and Mills exports

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-4357
Item
June 1946

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[Men using cranes to load boxes onto Canadian-Australasian Royal Mail Line ship "Niagara"]

AM54-S4-: Bo N69.2
Item
[11 Aug. 1936]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Loading of horses onto a steamship]

AM54-S4-: Bo P38
Item
[ca. 1899]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men unloading ship at Stimson's wharf]

AM54-S4-: Bo P157
Item
1908

Part of Major Matthews collection

Third man on right identified as W.G. Calder

[Cargo of tea on dock from the "W.B. Flint"] 1st Tea Ship

AM54-S4-: Bo P185
Item
Aug. 1, 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men identified left to right: F.F. Nelson, Mr. Forrest, H. Abbott, C.T. Conover, J.B. Tiffin

[Group portrait of L.D. Taylor, Sir Henry Thornton, [Frank D.?] Russell, Port Superintendent K.[J.] Burns standing on dock]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-140
Item
[between 1924 and 1928?]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

[Opening ceremony for C.P.R. Piers B and C]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-34
Item
July 4, 1927

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows Mayor L.D. Taylor and C.P.R. President and Chairman E.W. Beatty holding a scroll tied with ribbon. C.A. Cotterell, General Superintendent for the B.C. District of the C.P.R., stands to the left.

[Opening ceremony for C.P.R. Piers B and C]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-35
Item
July 4, 1927

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph shows the passing of a scroll tied with ribbon between Mayor L.D. Taylor and C.A. Cotterell, General Superintendent for the B.C. District of the C.P.R. E.W. Beatty, C.P.R. President and Chairman watches.

[Plaque commemorating opening and dedication of C.P.R. Piers B and C on July 4, 1927]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-36
Item
1927

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Incription on verso print reads: "This bronze plaque will remain as long as the Pier exists. Cost of plaque $1400.00."

[Plaque commemorating opening and dedication of C.P.R. Piers B and C on July 4, 1927]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-37
Item
1927

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

From the wheelhouse : tugboaters tell their own stories

VK 139 .A75 2003
2003

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

Business in great waters : a brief history of pilotage in British Columbia waters

VK 1527 .H54 1987
1987

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

Personality ships of British Columbia.

VM 27 .B7 G74 1969
1969

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

Western shores : narratives of the Pacific Coast

F 5808.1 .H2
1933

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

Lewis & Dryden's marine history of the Pacific Northwest; an illustrated review of the growth and development of the maritime industry, from the advent of the earliest navigators to the present time, with sketches and portraits of a number of well known m

F 5808.1 .W8
1895

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

Port directory of principal Canadian ports and harbours at which more than fifty thousand tons of shipping entered during the fiscal year of 1908-09, also description of new types of aids to navigation introduced in all Canadian waterways.

HE 553 .C3 1908-09
1909

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

Those beautiful coastal liners : the Canadian Pacific's Princesses.

HE 769 .T87 2001
2001

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

The Pacific Princesses : an illustrated history of Canadian Pacific Railway's Princess fleet on the northwest coast.

HE 770 .T87 1977
1977

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

Pacific Coast Shipping handbook : a guide and reference designed to be of service to all those interested in maritime shipping and travel to and from the Pacific coast.

HE 568 .G4 1938
1938

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

The Princess story : a century and a half of West Coast shipping.

HE 770 .H3239 1974
1976

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

Canadian Pacific : the story of the famous shipping line.

HE 945 .C3 M87
1981

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

Silk trains : the romance of Canadian silk trains, or "the silks."

HE 2321 .T4 W42
1993

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

Frank Waterhouse & Company's Pacific Ports

HF 5001 .P3
1918

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

Port watch : a retrospective look at 100 years of ships and shipping in Vancouver harbour.

HE 554.V3 .P69 1986
1986

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

Street map of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, British Columbia

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a promotional brochure for Bekins Moving and Storage Co. with a street map of Greater Vancouver on one side and information on the services and facilities of Bekins Moving and Storage on the other.

City of Vancouver : Canadian Pacific town site

AM1594-: MAP 215-: LEG1321.1
Part
1889

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Part contains four maps. The main map shows district lots and block numbers in Vancouver from Vine Street in the west to Boundary Avenue (Glen Drive) in the east and Stanley Park in the north to 9th Avenue (Broadway) in the south. Three smaller maps include an index plan to district lots in Vancouver, South Vancouver, New Westminster, and Burnaby; a world map showing Canadian Pacific mail steamship lines; and an index plan of Vancouver city limits.

Union Steamships Limited : ports of call : cargo and passenger routes

AM75-F26-: LEG1374.01
Item
[195-?]

Part of Union Steamship Company of British Columbia fonds

Item is a map showing ports of call along the British Columbia coast.

Map no. 1 shewing Union Steamship Company route and ports of call : lower run

AM75-F26-: LEG1374.04
Item
[193-?]

Part of Union Steamship Company of British Columbia fonds

Item is a map showing ports of call along Vancouver Island and the southern coast of British Columbia from Smith Sound to Vancouver.

Map no. 2 shewing Union Steamship Company route and ports of call : northern run

AM75-F26-: LEG1374.05
Item
[193-?]

Part of Union Steamship Company of British Columbia fonds

Item is a map showing ports of call along Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) and the northern coast of British Columbia from Stewart to Smith Sound.

Points of call of M.V. Caribou I

AM372-S2-: LEG1363.02
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Gault Brothers fonds

Item is map of the British Columbia coast from Stewart to Victoria showing ports of call previously visited and ports of call not previously visited by the Caribou Shipping Company.

Vancouver, B.C., Pacific terminus of the C.P.R.

AM1594-: MAP 605
Item
[between 1889 and 1891]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a brochure published by a real estate development company, promoting the city and its properties. The front side of the unfolded brochure contains information about the city, about Ross and Ceperley, and has information about prominent buildings, many with photographs or illustrations.

Vancouver - Pacific Celebration

AM1553-2-S6-: MI-264
Item
1976

Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds

Film is a promotional film for the city of Vancouver. The film won several awards at film festivals including: Chris Plaque - Best Travel Film, at Columbus International Film Festival; a Special Jury Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival; the Canuck Award - 2nd Place Best Canadian Travel Film, Canadian Travel Association; a Bronze Award at the Film and Television Festival of New York; and a Certificate of Merit - Recreation at the Chicago International Film Festival.
Producer and director of photography: Robert S. Rodvik; Director and supervising editor: Michael J. Collier; Original music composed and arranged by Ralph Dyck; Narrator: Art Hives; Narration script: Keith Cutler; Laboratory: Alpha Cine Service Ltd.; Electronic Instruments Courtesy of Roland Corp.; Sponsored by Greater Vancouver Convention and Visitors Bureau; New Horizon Film Productions MCMLXXVI.
The16mm release print that the digital child was made from, was struck from the internegative/original negatives, and the optical sound track; it is closest thing to an original in the donation for this production. It is the only record of this movie on film with a soundtrack.

Allen, M.J.K

AM54-S17-M194
File
1937-1951

Part of Major Matthews collection

Anglo Canadian Shipping Co. Ltd.

AM54-S17-M265
File
1950 (date from original file)

Part of Major Matthews collection

Dodwell & Co. Ltd.

AM54-S17-M2507
File
1946-1968

Part of Major Matthews collection

File consists of newspaper clippings related to Dodwell & Co. Ltd, International shipping and trading group, branch in Vancouver since 1898.

Vancouver - Pacific Celebration [French narration]

AM1553-2-S6-: MI-340
Item
1982

Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds

Film is a promotional film for the city of Vancouver. The film won several awards at film festivals including: Chris Plaque - Best Travel Film, at Columbus International Film Festival; a Special Jury Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival; the Canuck Award - 2nd Place Best Canadian Travel Film, Canadian Travel Association; a Bronze Award at the Film and Television Festival of New York; and a Certificate of Merit - Recreation at the Chicago International Film Festival.
Producer and director of photography: Robert S. Rodvik; Director and supervising editor: Michael J. Collier; Original music composed and arranged by Ralph Dyck; Narrator: Art Hives; Narration script: Keith Cutler; Laboratory: Alpha Cine Service Ltd.; Electronic Instruments Courtesy of Roland Corp.; Sponsored by Greater Vancouver Convention and Visitors Bureau; New Horizon Film Productions MCMLXXVI.
The English narration is on channel 1 and the French narration is on channel 2.

Yaletown Productions Inc. Highland Valley Copper - "A Temporary Use of the Land"

AM1553-8-S12-: MI-363
Item
1990

Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds

Itemis a promotional short, titled "A Temporary Use of the Land," produced by Yaletown Productions for Highland Valley Copper (Cominco), Logan Lake, B.C.

Alberta Wheat Pool elevator "Cracpool", first vessel to load and first of season to leave Vancouver harbour

AM1535-: CVA 99-1637
Item
Oct. 1928

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

[Official party watching ship load at Alberta Wheat Pool]

AM1535-: CVA 99-1638
Item
Oct. 1928

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

[Ship loading grain at Alberta Wheat Pool]

AM1535-: CVA 99-1639
Item
Oct. 1928

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

[Composite showing transfer of large flagpole from Ballantyne Pier to U.B.C. by Anglo-Canadian Warehouse Co. Ltd.]

AM1535-: CVA 99-2101
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Canadian Rugby Union tour to Japan - "Empress of Russia"

AM1535-: CVA 99-2699
Item
1932

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

[View of C.P.R. Piers B and C]

AM1477-1-S2---: CVA 1477-38
Item
June 29, 1927

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Inscripton on verso of print reads:"Second largest pier in the world. Opened and dedicated by Louis D. Taylor, Mayor of Vancouver, July 4, 1927, Diamond Jubilee of Confederation."

Port of Vancouver : the story and guide to western Canada's gateway to the world