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Group portrait. Men identified (left to right): Standing: A.C. Cowan, W. Deptford, W. Loat, J.J. McRae, A.G. Harvey, J. H. Shinnick, L.D. McDonald, W.W. Smith. Sitting: H.J. DeGraves, R.N. Fraser, Louis D. Taylor, Mayor, J.W. Twiss, G.C. Miller.

Group portrait. Men identified (left to right): Standing: A.C. Cowan, W. Deptford, W. Loat, J.J. McRae, A.G. Harvey, J. H. Shinnick, L.D. McDonald, W.W. Smith. Sitting: H.J. DeGraves, R.N. Fraser, Louis D. Taylor, Mayor, J.W. Twiss, G.C. Miller.

Item is a photograph showing the group of officials standing at Cambie and Hastings.

Item is a photograph showing driver J. Graham Oates with Mayor Taylor at ceremony commemorating his trip from Halifax to Vancouver.

Item is a photograph showing driver J. Graham Oates with Mayor Taylor at ceremony commemorating his trip from Halifax to Vancouver.

Item is a photograph showing driver J. Graham Oates with Mayor Taylor at ceremony commemorating his trip from Halifax to Vancouver.

Item is a photograph showing driver J. Graham Oates with Mayor Taylor at city hall marking his trip from Halifax to Vancouver.

Item is a photograph showing driver J. Graham Oates with Mayor Taylor at city hall marking his trip from Halifax to Vancouver.

Item is an amateur film documenting the construction of the Sunset Memorial Centre in 1949 and the visit of Alderman J.D. Cornett, Mayor Charles Jones, and Park Commissioner I. J. Irwin to the construction site.

Group portrait showing Major A.E. Wood, Commander J.R. Poland, W.T. Boston, Alderman Frederick Whittingham, Frederick Rowland, Sir Vansittart Bowater, His Worship G.G. McGeer, Colonel J.D. Laurie, Colonel William J. Waldron and others

Group portrait showing Major A.E. Wood, Commander J.R. Poland, W.T. Boston, Alderman Frederick Whittingham, Frederick Rowland, Sir Vansittart Bowater, His Worship G.G. McGeer, Colonel J.D. Laurie, Colonel William J. Waldron and others

Group portrait showing Major A.E. Wood, Commander J.R. Poland, W.T. Boston, Alderman Frederick Whittingham, Frederick Rowland, Sir Vansittart Bowater, His Worship G.G. McGeer, Colonel J.D. Laurie, Colonel William J. Waldron and others

Photograph shows Jack Benny and his troupe (including Dennis Day) and Mayor Cornett at City Hall

Item is a photograph shower Mayor Harcourt standing with Sharen Smith, Tillicum Coordinator, and the two mascots.

Group portrait at the Hollow Tree showing Earl and Lady Grey and their daughters and His Worship Fred Buscombe and William Stark driving

Item is a film showing the North Vancouver School Band welcomed back to Vancouver after having won the Canadian National Exhibition band championship. Band members are greeted at the CPR station by family members. North Vancouver Mayor William Angus, and school board Chairman Robert S. Thorpe speak. The band travels in a procession of cars across Lion's Gate Bridge and through North Vancouver to a school auditorium. Various shots of cameramen filming the event throughout. Individuals involved include: Doug McKay (camera operator), Lew Weekes (camera operator), Ronald Wood (Director). Produced by Astra Productions.

Item is an amateur film beginning with footage of a man playing with dogs; wild horses running; Margaret Magoffin driving a car; Sam Magoffin, Margaret and various people and dogs standing on the front stairs of a house; and Sam and three men exiting the S.S. Magoffin & Co. Railway Contractors Tie Department building (possibly in Prince George).

The film also includes footage of Prince Rupert, B.C., including the Prince Rupert Hotel and Sam and Margaret Magoffin on Sixth Avenue with several of the downtown buildings in the background. Also included is footage taken along the waterfront and from aboard the S.S. Prince Rupert, as well as views of the city taken from a high vantage point. Buildings shown in this footage include the fire hall and elevator.

Also contained in the film is footage of a parade in Vancouver taken from a bird’s eye viewpoint. The parade includes footage of mounties on horses, sailors, a pipe band, clowns, animals, and many floats, including floats for Point Grey, the City of Vancouver, the Loyal Order of Moose, Burns Shamrock Brand Products, Vancouver Ice Cream, and a stampede. The film also includes several minutes of footage of a rodeo at Hastings Park, including bronco and bull riding and chuckwagon racing activities. The film also shows Sam and Margaret with other people in front of the Court House and having a picnic on Grouse Mountain. Also included is footage of a military parade by Victory Square, a military review, and a medals ceremony; Mayor L.D. Taylor is shown in attendance at this event.

Item is an amateur film documenting Mrs. E. W. Hamber with 8 guests horseback riding over obstacle course in the forest of the Hamber Minnekhada ranch in Coquitlam. Some of the guests posing full front on camera alongside Mrs. Hamber are Garleigh and Marjorie Greenwood, and Mayor L. B. Taylor. The film also shows footage of various farm animals, such as foals in a corral, sheep and fowl.

Photograph shows the Mayor standing with a woman beside a sign advertising for the Grand Canadian International Celebration event.

Photograph shows the following delegates from left to right: Front row: Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Wilson ; Centre row: Vice Mayor Keiza Shimizu; Mr. Koji Narita, Vice Chairman of Yokohama City Council; Mr. Kenichi Yokoyama, Chairman of Vancouver-Yokohama Sister

Photograph shows Mrs. Gravely, Dr. McLaren, Mrs. E.J. Enthoven and Mayor James Findlay officiating.