- AM1535-: CVA 99-1637
- Item
- Oct. 1928
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
Bird's Eye View - Vancouver Harbour B.C. Proposed Kitsilano Terminal and Free Port
Item is a mounted photographic copy of an aerial oblique perspective drawing of a proposed terminal and port facility located, but never built, at Kitsilano Point, Vancouver, B.C.
Canadian Rugby Union tour to Japan - "Empress of Russia"
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
[Cargo of tea on dock from the "W.B. Flint"] 1st Tea Ship
Part of Major Matthews collection
Men identified left to right: F.F. Nelson, Mr. Forrest, H. Abbott, C.T. Conover, J.B. Tiffin
City of Vancouver : Canadian Pacific town site
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.
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a documentary film documenting the issue between the development of cityports and residential areas near the Vancouver shoreline. Film contains historical images of cityports and scenes of ports at Halifax and London, England for comparison to the situation in Vancouver.
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
C.P.R. [crew] unloading freight
[Crew] loading freight [on a] C.P.R. [ship]
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
Loading flour [at] Terminal Dock
Loading flour [at] Terminal Dock
[Loading of horses onto a steamship]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Loading paper into the hold of S.S. "Prince George"
Inscription on verso of print "Loading paper - SS Prince George / Ocean Falls, B.C."
Loading paper [onto ship in Ocean Falls]
Loading paper [onto] S.S. "Prince George"
Loading paper onto S.S. "Prince George"
[Longshoremen loading ship at] Pacific Terminal
[Longshoremen loading ship at] Pacific Terminal
Map no. 1 shewing Union Steamship Company route and ports of call : lower run
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
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.
[Men unloading ship at Stimson's wharf]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Third man on right identified as W.G. Calder
[Men using cranes to load boxes onto Canadian-Australasian Royal Mail Line ship "Niagara"]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Official party watching ship load at Alberta Wheat Pool]
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
[Opening ceremony for C.P.R. Piers B and C]
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.
[Opening ceremony for C.P.R. Piers B and C]
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.
[Plaque commemorating opening and dedication of C.P.R. Piers B and C on July 4, 1927]
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
[Plaque commemorating opening and dedication of C.P.R. Piers B and C on July 4, 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."
Points of call of M.V. Caribou I
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.
[Ship loading grain at Alberta Wheat Pool]
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
St. Regis Paper Company [loading "Renown" Brand flour for export to China]
St. Regis Paper Company [loading "Renown" Brand flour for export to China]
Union Steamships Limited : ports of call : cargo and passenger routes
Item is a map showing ports of call along the British Columbia coast.
Vancouver - Pacific Celebration
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.
Vancouver - Pacific Celebration [French narration]
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.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a documentary film documenting Stanley Park, downtown Vancouver, the Vancouver Planetarium, and Vanier Park. The film documents a number of attractions within Stanley Park including the Stanley Park Miniature Railway, Stanley Park Junction, various sections of the seawall, the Brockton Point Lighthouse, Coal Harbour Marina, Elek Imredy's sculpture Girl in a Wetsuit, the replica figurehead of the RMS Empress of Japan, tennis courts, Prospect Point lookout, Lost Lagoon, the Stanley Park Golf Course, totem poles, and the Lions Gate (First Narrows) Bridge (1938-). The film also includes footage of birds including Canada geese, seagulls, swans, mallard and wood ducks, and peacocks. The film documents Vancouver Harbour and its facilities, and includes footage of shipping containers, cranes, cargo ships, seabus, and a floatplane.
The film also documents downtown Vancouver and includes footage of numerous prominent buildings including the Marine Building, Vancouver Harbour Centre, Bayshore Inn, the Westcoast Energy Building, Hotel Vancouver, the Provincial Court House, Robson Square under construction, the Georgia Medical Dental Building, the Bank of Nova Scotia Tower, TD Tower, the Vancouver Block, Commodore Ballroom, Sun Tower, Dominion Building, Andrew Wesley Church, and the Hudson's Bay Company building. The film also contains night footage of the Vancouver skyline, Granville Street with illuminated signs, a fountain lit by coloured lights, and neon signs in Chinatown, including those for the Marco Polo Chinese Smorgasbord, Loon Foon Kwok restaurant, Ming's, South Seas Dining Lounge, Ho Inn Chop Suey, and Bing C. Wong & Associates Accounting and Taxation Service.
Film also includes footage of the exterior of the Bloedel Conservatory, a tugboat in False Creek, the downtown Vancouver skyline as viewed from Kitsilano, an old house (number 1160, street unknown), sailboats in English Bay, the Vancouver Planetarium, Vanier Park, and Beach Avenue as seen across False Creek from Vanier Park.
[View of C.P.R. Piers B and C]
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."
Yaletown Productions Inc. Highland Valley Copper - "A Temporary Use of the Land"
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.