Fire Department Band performing by pool in front of bleachers
- COV-S280-: CVA 354-349
- Item
- 1953
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Fire Department Band performing by pool in front of bleachers
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[View of Canadian Pacific Railway Pier D on fire]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[Firefighters using portable inhalator and spectators at Second Narrows Bridge wreckage]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a photograph showing first aid given to an unidentified victim of the bridge collapse; includes Ray Acheson (middle, operating inhalator) and Harry Griffiths (standing, left) with Cst. Dan Brown, Vancouver Police Department.
[Firefighters at construction site accident]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[Firefighters at construction site accident attending to an injured man on a stretcher]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a photograph showing people watching a firefighter demonstrating the use of a fire extinguisher.
[View of car and truck collision at Oak Street and 49th Avenue]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item is a photograph showing a firefighter operating a hose on the vehicles.
[Spectators gathered at fire at concession stand at Lumberman's Arch, Stanley Park]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[Spectators watching fire at Cottrell Warehouse on Water Street]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[Vancouver and miscellaneous industrial activities]
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a documentary film documenting Vancouver street scenes and cityscapes as well as a variety of industrial activities. This films contains colour footage of a sea plane, mills and mining, shipbuilding, steel making, as well as Vancouver street scenes with people around Dunsmuir St. and the Georgia Hotel. The black and white portions of this film contain footage of Vancouver beach scenes.
PNE Parade - Start of the RCMP Musical Ride
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is an amateur film documenting the 1958 Vancouver Pacific National Exhibition Parade and British Columbia scenery. The film begins with footage of floats in the P.N.E parade. Identified floats and performers include the train from Montreal to Port Moody 1886, New Westminster, Comox Valley, Sannich, Vancouver Fire Department, Fraser Expedition, Canadian Order of Foresters, The Moonlighters, Horseshoe Bay, and the P.N.E Minstrel Band. Businesses and buildings shown include Standard Stations, British American Oil Company, Canadian Pacific Railroad, Radio CKWX 1130, Hotel Vancouver, Georgia Hotel, the Provincial Courthouse, and Pacific Western Airlines. Footage also shows downtown street banners. The second half of the film includes footage of the RCMP riding onto Hastings Park racetrack in formation in front of an RCMP band being conducted and a crowd. Houses in the Hastings-Sunrise area to the east of Hastings Park are also shown.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a documentary film documenting the Bloedel Conservatory and the gardens at Queen Elizabeth Park. The film includes footage of flowers and people walking through gardens, standing on a footbridge, taking photographs, and waiting in line outside the Bloedel Conservatory.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is an amateur film documenting the 1958 Vancouver RCMP Musical Ride. It contains footage of police on horses perfoming in formation at Hastings Park racetrack in front of an RCMP conducted band and a crowd. Houses in the Hastings-Sunrise area to the east of Hastings Park are also shown.
Vancouver Aquarium and Stanley Park
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a documentary film documenting the seals at the Stanley Park Zoo and other tourist attractions in Stanley Park. Film documents seals swimming and being watched by crowds at Zoo, as well as people visiting the Stanley Park Gardens and posing with the totem poles on Brockton Point.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a film showing footage of a person wearing an Easter bunny costume, performers on a stage, parked cars and various shots of people and crowds at the event.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a film containing home movie footage showing views of the shore from a boat, people gathered on a pier, houses along an unidentified shoreline, men drinking on a boat, views of Burrard Inlet from above and a parade downtown in 1936.
Opening of Granville Street Bridge by Earl Grey
Leaving the depot N[ew] Westminster for England
["Take Back Our City" anti-Olympics rally outside the Vancouver Art Gallery]
["Take Back Our City" anti-Olympics rally outside the Vancouver Art Gallery]
["Take Back Our City" anti-Olympics rally outside the Vancouver Art Gallery]
[A horse-drawn sulky in the 600 Block of Granville Street during a Victoria Day parade]
Photograph shows the main office of the Singer Sewing Machine Company and Anderson and Warnock hardware
[An unidentified float in the 600 Block of Granville Street during a Victoria Day parade]
Photograph shows a relica of a British warship and the main office of the Singer Sewing Machine Company and Anderson and Warnock hardware
[B.C. Electric float in the 600 Block of Granville Street during a Victoria Day parade]
Photograph shows the main office of the Singer Sewing Machine Company
[Fancy dress carnival in the Vancouver Arena (1805 West Georgia Street)]
Photograph shows the interior of the arena (also known as the Denman Arena).
Hastings [Street] and Cambie Street [on] Labor Day
Photograph shows a view looking west along Hastings Street including a V.F.D. No. 4 horse-drawn fire wagon, The Arcade building and other buildings and businesses on the north side of the street
Hastings Street West of Seymour [Street] Dominion Day
Photograph shows people lining the street to watch a parade including a horse-drawn fire wagon and the Bank of B.N.A., Standard Furniture, David Spencer and Molson Bank
Photograph shows crowds of spectators, the memorial decorated with flags, and the Stanley Park Pavilion.
Unveiling of the Burns Memorial in Stanley Park
Unveiling of the Burns Memorial in Stanley Park
[The 600 Block of Granville Street during a Victoria Day parade]
Photograph shows a First Nations person in traditional garb, an unidentified group of clowns and performers and the main office of the Singer Sewing Machine Company and Anderson and Warnock hardware
[The Britannia Wire Rope and Arctic Ice Cream floats in the Dominion Day Parade]
Photograph was taken from the apartment of Mrs. Wilson on the north side of the 100 Block of East Hastings Street and shows Baxter and Sons Furniture, the entrance to the Howard Hotel, The Modern Company and other businesses on the south side
[The Jantzen and Vancouver Swimming Pool-Pleasure Pier float in the Dominion Day Parade]
Photograph was taken from the apartment of Mrs. Wilson on the north side of the 100 Block of East Hastings Street and shows part of the White Lunch, Baxter and Sons Furniture, the entrance to the Howard Hotel, The Modern Company and other businesses on the south side
[The Oriental Limited float in the Dominion Day Parade]
Photograph was taken from the apartment of Mrs. Wilson on the north side of the 100 Block of East Hastings Street and shows part of the White Lunch, Baxter and Sons Furniture, the entrance to the Howard Hotel, The Modern Company and other businesses on the south side
Photograph shows a playhouse (the prize to be awarded to the child who guesses the correct weight) and the main office of the Singer Sewing Machine Company and Anderson and Warnock hardware
[The Spencer Limited float in the Dominion Day Parade]
Photograph was taken from the apartment of Mrs. Wilson on the north side of the 100 Block of East Hastings Street and shows part of the White Lunch, Baxter and Sons Furniture, the entrance to the Howard Hotel, The Modern Company and other businesses on the south side
[The Vancouver float in the Dominion Day Parade]
Photograph was taken from the apartment of Mrs. Wilson on the north side of the 100 Block of East Hastings Street and shows part of the White Lunch, Baxter and Sons Furniture, the entrance to the Howard Hotel, The Modern Company and other businesses on the south side
[Unidentified float in the 600 Block of Granville Street during a Victoria Day parade]
Photograph shows the main office of the Singer Sewing machine Company and Anderson and Warnock Hardware
Cordova Street in its Prime July 1st 1904 Naval Parade
Photograph shows a view looking west from Carrall Street including the Dunn-Miller Block
Crowds in Stanley Park during the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Watching a Circus Parade, Hastings Street
Photograph shows the main office of the Singer Sewing machine Company
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.
[Cornerstone ceremony for the Science Building at the University of British Columbia]
Part of Major Matthews collection