City of Vancouver Archives

The Keyham Extension Works, Devonport.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1452
Item
[ca. 1907]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Sent to Mr. B. Harrison of Montreal, Canada.

Souvenir from Bristol.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1485
Item
1908

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a postcard printed with multiple images of attractions in Bristol and the King and Queen. This postcard includes personal correspondence. Sent to Mr. Arthur E. Baggs of Worcester, England.

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales replying to the City of Vancouver's address of welcome Sept. 22nd 1919

AM1052-: AM1052 P-425
Item
Sept. 22, 1919

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

[Portrait of Crown Prince Olaf of Norway at the Hotel Vancouver]

AM1184-S3-: CVA 1184-176
Item
24 Apr 1942

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Crown Princess Martha of Norway with Mrs. F.J. Ralston at a luncheon at the Hotel Vancouver]

AM1184-S3-: CVA 1184-179
Item
24 Apr 1942

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Crown Prince and Princess of Norway, Olaf and Martha, leaving the Hotel Vancouver]

AM1184-S3-: CVA 1184-180
Item
24 Apr 1942

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Indian boy presenting Princess Alice with a totem pole at Kerrisdale School]

AM1184-S3-: CVA 1184-667
Item
May 1944

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Princess Alice speaking at Point Grey Junior High School]

AM1184-S3-: CVA 1184-798
Item
1944

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Princess Juliana with a Dutch family on Lulu Island]

AM1184-S3-: CVA 1184-801
Item
1944

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

The royal visit of their majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Vancouver, British Columbia, May 29, 1939

AM1275-S1-: MI-13
Item
1939

Part of Jersey Farms Limited fonds

Item is a documentary film documenting the arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Vancouver. Film documents a ceremony at Pier B.C., and a drive through the city including stops at City Hall, Hastings Park, Spanish Banks, Lion's Gate Bridge. Film also shows Prime Minister of Canada Mackenzie King on the royal train.

[The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York leaving the C.P.R. Station at the foot of Granville Street]

AM1376-: CVA 137-94
Item
Sept. 30, 1901

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

[People gathered in the street and buildings decorated for the Duke of Connaught]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-12
Item
[1912?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a photograph showing crowds along Hastings and Cambie.

[Prince of Wales in civilian clothes]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-123
Item
[22 or 23] Sept. 1919

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows Prince of Wales, a member of the military and civilians during his visit to Vancouver .

[Prince of Wales in uniform]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-124
Item
[22 or 23] Sept. 1919

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows Prince of Wales in military dress at an event during his visit to Vancouver .

[View of the Irwinton Apartments from the east side of Burrard Street]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-145
Item
[1939]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows a section of the 700 block Burrard Street with the Irwinton Apartments at 777 Burrard at the time of the Royal Visit to Vancouver.

[View of an escort ship in Vancouver harbour]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-146
Item
[1939]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows people viewing an escort ship during the Royal Visit to Vancouver.

[View of buildings and businesses in the 400 block of Granville Street looking north from the 500 block of Granville Street decorated for the Royal Visit to Vancouver]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-147
Item
[1939]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows the Bank of Montreal (500 Granville Street), Rogers Building, O.B. Allan Jewellers (480 Granville Street) and the Canadian Bank of Commerce building.

[H.M.C.S. St. Laurent]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-148
Item
[1939]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows the river class destroyer St. Laurent H 83 at Vancouver dock during the Royal Visit.

[H.M.C.S. Restigouche]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-149
Item
[1939]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows the river class destroyer Restigouche H 00 at Vancouver dock during the Royal Visit.

["Princess Marguerite"]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-150
Item
[1939]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows the vessel in Vancouver harbour for the Royal Visit to Vancouver.

[Locomotive of the Royal train]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-151
Item
[1939]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows the locomotive of a Canadian Pacific train used for the Royal Visit of British Columbia guarded by a R.C.M.P. officer.

[Last car of the Royal train]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-152
Item
[1939]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows the last car of a Canadian Pacific train used for the Royal Visit of British Columbia guarded by a R.C.M.P. officer.

[View of Georgia Street looking east from the intersection of Burrard and Georgia Street]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-153
Item
[1939]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows a view of Georgia Street with the old and new Hotel Vancouver on the south side and Christ Church Cathedral and the Medical Dental Building on the north side during the Royal Visit.

[View of the old Hotel Vancouver from Georgia Street looking south east]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-154
Item
[1939]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows the old Hotel Vancouver on the south side of Georgia Street at Howe during the Royal Visit.

[View of Burrard Street looking south from West Pender Street]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-155
Item
[1939]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows Burrard Street and the face of the new Hotel Vancouver during the Royal Visit.

[View of David Spencer department store on Hastings Street]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-156
Item
[1939]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows Hastings Street and David Spencer department store decorated for the Royal Visit.

[Princess Margaret at a function during her visit to Vancouver]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-45
Item
July 1958

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

William Whitehead is the man shaking hand with Princess Margaret.

Crowds outside the Hotel Vancouver entrance for the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

AM1376-: CVA 1376-65
Item
May 29, 1939

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Crowds in Stanley Park during the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

AM1376-: CVA 1376-66
Item
May 29, 1939

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

C.P.R. "Princess Marguerite" with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth sailing from Pier "B/C" to Victoria

AM1376-: CVA 1376-67
Item
May 29,1939

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Spectators watching the C.P.R. "Princess Marguerite" with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth aboard sailing under the Lions' Gate Bridge

AM1376-: CVA 1376-68
Item
May 29, 1939

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, travelling in a convertible in Kitsilano

AM1376-: CVA 1376-69
Item
Oct. 20, 1951

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows spectators lining the street

[King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in car]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-711
Item
1939

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

The King and Queen at City Hall

AM1376-: CVA 1376-714
Item
1939

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

[Japanese arch near Hastings Street and Main Street erected for visit of Duke and Duchess of Connaught]

AM1376-: CVA 458-1
Item
1912

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows signs for the Hotel Barmoral and the Pantages Theatre

[Great Norther Railway arch on Hastings Street between Hamilton Street and Homer Street erected for visit of Duke and Duchess of Connaught]

AM1376-: CVA 458-2
Item
1912

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows part of the Italian Colony arch in the background

[Chinese arch at Pender Street and Carrall Street erected for visit of Duke and Duchess of Connaught]

AM1376-: CVA 458-3
Item
1912

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

[The Italian Colony arch on Hastings Street between Hamilton Street and Homer Street erected for visit of Duke and Duchess of Connaught]

AM1376-: CVA 458-4
Item
1912

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows the post office clock tower in the background

[A parade of horse-drawn carriages on the north side of the Unit Block of West Hastings Street for visit of Duke and Duchess of Connaught]

AM1376-: CVA 458-5
Item
1912

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Queen [Royal visits to British Columbia 1939 and 1951]

AM1471-: MI-173
Item
1939, 1951

Part of George K. McWilliam fonds

Item is a reel of amateur films documenting the royal visits to British Columbia in 1939 and 1951. The first part of the film reel contains approximately five minutes of footage of the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Vancouver in May 1939. It includes views of and from Queen Elizabeth Park, and a band procession leading the royal motorcade from the park. Also included are views of crowds lined up along Georgia Street near Howe and in Stanley Park watching the band procession and royal motorcade, followed by views of the Lions Gate Bridge, steamships on Burrard Inlet and Siwash Rock. The film also includes footage of the royal motorcade on Columbia Street in New Westminster, followed by footage of Stanley Park, Prospect Point, Coal Harbour, Lions Gate Bridge, and Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver, all taken from a boat in Burrard Inlet. The second part of the reel film contains approximately nine minutes of footage of H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and H.R.H. Prince Philip's October 1951 visit to Victoria, British Columbia. The footage shows the couple's arrival on the H.M.C.S. Crusader and members of the Canadian Scottish Regiment and the Royal Canadian Artillery performing and greeting the couple prior to their meeting with Premier Byron Johnson in front of the Legislative Buildings. The film also includes scenes of a motorcade to the Empress Hotel and the royal couple exiting the hotel with the Premier, footage of the Princess stopping to tour at an unidentified building, additional motorcade and band footage, and scenes of the royal couple departing on the H.M.C.S. Crusader.