City of Vancouver Archives

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Film shows children playing with a cat on the front porch of a two-story house, an Econ-o-Wash laundromat business at 3071, children playing in puddles and outdoors. The short film ends with a woman taking a photograph aimed at the movie camera.

Gabriel, Margaret (nee Kruger)

[A fawn and a cat being fed inside Forbidden Plateau Lodge]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-666
Item
1941

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Inscription on verso of print "Forbidden Plateau Lodge / Deer and Guest.."

[A fawn and a cat inside Forbidden Plateau Lodge]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-667
Item
1941

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Alix Louise Gordon holding a cat and Jane Banfield

AM427-S4-F5-: CVA 289-005.286
Item
1940

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

[Alix Louise Gordon, John Banfield and Jane Banfield] just waiting on the stairs

AM427-S4-F5-: CVA 289-005.164
Item
Dec. 1935

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

[Alix Louise Gordon, John Banfield and Jane Banfield] waiting for Santa

AM427-S4-F5-: CVA 289-005.160
Item
Dec. 1935

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Alix Louise Gordon, W.O. Banfield, John Banfield, Beatrice Timmins, Jane Banfield, Boots

AM427-S4-F5-: CVA 289-005.643
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Bea[trice Timmins] and Boots

AM427-S4-F5-: CVA 289-005.539
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Black cat

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-0481-: CVA 180-0481.2
Part
1933

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

Boy holding cat, likely entry in 1955 P.N.E. cat show

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-2900
Item
1955

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

Cat

AM1535-: CVA 99-1185.12
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Cat

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-0481-: CVA 180-0481.4
Part
1933

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

[Cat asleep on a desk]

AM1184-S3-: CVA 1184-1084
Item
[between 1940 and 1948]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

Cat "Boots"

AM1535-: CVA 99-7171
Item
July 24, 1938

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Cat "Boots"

AM1535-: CVA 99-7172
Item
July 24, 1938

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Cat in basket with ribbons

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-0481-: CVA 180-0481.3
Part
1933

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

Cat laying on a table

AM1535-: CVA 99-6680
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

[Cat lounging on the steps of a residential building]

AM1675-S7-F16-: 2018-020.10459
Item
[1960?]

Part of BC Gay and Lesbian Archives

Cat on a cushion with awards in the background

AM1535-: CVA 99-6679
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Cat on a sidewalk

AM1535-: CVA 99-6677
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Cat on balcony at 766 W. 7th Avenue

AM1576-S6-6-F29-: 2011-010.16
Item
May 1986

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Item is a photograph showing the balcony at 766 W. 7th Avenue decorated with flowers, centennial colours and centennial flags. Item was submitted to the Make Vancouver Sparkle contest.

Cat on balcony at 766 W. 7th Avenue

AM1576-S6-6-F29-: 2011-010.15
Item
May 13, 1986

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Item is a photograph showing the balcony at 766 W. 7th Avenue decorated with flowers, centennial colours and centennial flags. Item was submitted to the Make Vancouver Sparkle contest.

Cat on pillow

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-0481-: CVA 180-0481.1
Part
1933

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

[Cat playing with string in yard]

AM1477-2-S5---: CVA 1477-529
Item
[1910]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Cat posing in the garden

AM1535-: CVA 99-6678
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Cat posing on a cushion

AM1535-: CVA 99-6676
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Cat wearing a ribbon

AM1535-: CVA 99-6675
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Cat, piano, labour site and crew

AM1487-F03-: 2012-033.05
Item
1934-1935

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is a film containing footage of a woman playing with a cat, two women playing the piano, ocean waves, men working at an excavation site (most likely a mine), a worker using dynamite, a locomotive carrying bulldozed earth, and a truck emptying a boulder into water.

Cats

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-0481
Item
1933

Part of Pacific National Exhibition fonds

Children and animals [at Aberthau] in garden

AM1470-: MI-43
Item
[1930?]

Part of Colonel Victor Spencer family fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting Diana, Victor Vance, and John Fife Spencer with pets, including a dog, cats, and a rabbit, in the gardens of their home at 1750 Trimble Street in Vancouver.

[Children learning to tell the time at kindergarten]

AM54-S4-: LP 276
Item
1958

Part of Major Matthews collection

Christmas 1975, Christmas 1976

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is a film showing a family celebrating Christmas. Film contains scenes with children unwrapping presents, playing Twister and board games, women preparing food, kittens playing, a dachshund puppy playing, a child getting a haircut in the bathroom, and Christmas decorations. The film ends with footage of school children participating in running races, potato sack races, relay races, and three-legged races on school grounds.

Clubs: B.C. Cat Club

AM54-S17-MS12376
File
1938-1952

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Emily Matthews and cat Jack or Jill in 1158 Arbutus Street garden]

AM54-S11-3---: CVA 371-3078
Item
[1935?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Snapshot of Emily Matthews and cat Jack or Jill in the 1158 Arbutus Street garden.

Family movies from 1928 - early roll - Ruby, Chris, Kay - wedding, Valleen etc.

AM1590-: 2011-016.3
Item
[1926-1961]

Part of George Thompson fonds

Item is a film consisting of several amateur films that have been spliced together. Footage documents the life of the George and Ruby (nee Wood) Thompson family from approximately 1928-1961. The film includes footage of significant family events such as the couple’s courtship, engagement and 1930 wedding, bringing home their baby daughter Valleen, and Christmas celebrations and holiday meals. Film also includes footage of numerous family scenes and subjects such as playing at the beach, picnicking, swimming, the family’s houses and pets, daughters Valleen and Hellene, and George and Ruby tending to and riding horses.

Film also includes footage of Vancouver attractions, including the Thompsons skiing and playing in the snow at Grouse Mountain circa 1928, and visiting the Stanley Park ornamental gardens and zoo in the 1930s.

The order of the stock date years of the films is as follows: 1929, 1926, 1928, 1939, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1945, 1959, 1955, 1946, 1961, 1948 and 1947.