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Taken '/38 by Webber boat scenes (Vencedor) 12 Riders at ranch

AM1036-S10-: MI-149
Item
1938

Item is an amateur film documenting the crew of the Hamber yacht Vencedor spending free time on deck of the vessel and diving in the ocean. The film also shows footage of Mrs. E. W. Hamber with guests on board the yacht; Vencedor docking at the Britannia Beach piers on Howe sound; and 12 riders posing on horseback.

Governor General his excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Bessborough, PC, GCMG, and her excellency the Countess of Bessborough visit Britannia Mines on Commodore E. W. Hamber's steam yacht "Vencedor" of the R. V. Y. C. Thursday Sept. 8th 1932

AM1036-S10-: MI-153
Item
1932

Part of Hamber family fonds

Item is a newsreel documenting the visit of Governor-General his excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Bessborough, PC, GCMG, and her excellency the Countess of Bessborough with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hamber to the Britannia Mines. The film shows footage of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hamber arriving at Ballantyne Pier; meeting with the members of the Vancouver Harbour Commission (President S. McClay, Commissioner J. B. Thomas, and Commissioner R. D. Williams); greeting his excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Bessborough and her excellency the Countess of Bessborough; and boarding their yacht Vencedor; the Britannia Mines band and Mr. C. P. Browning, manager of the Britannia Mines, officially receiving the visiting party at the Britannia Mines piers; and the visiting party inspecting the concentration and machine shop at the Britannia Mines. The film also includes images of the Vancouver skyline and the BC coastline taken during the seavoyage to and from the Britannia Mines, an aerial views of Britannia Beach and Howe Sound, as well an official shot of the crew of the Vencedor yacht.

[The crew of the "Prince George" on the ship's deck]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-3202
Item
[between 1940 and 1948]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Capt. D.C. Wallace, Clarence Wallace and another man on board the C.N.R. boat the "Canadian Constructor"]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-3359
Item
8 Feb 1947

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Union Steamship officer checking equipment on a ship's bridge]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-3486
Item
[between 1940 and 1948]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

Captain Shepherd

AM1376-: CVA 1376-570
Item
1925

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Captain Dickson

AM1376-: CVA 1376-571
Item
1925

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Carl and Captain on barge [Transfer No. 2 - Victoria, B.C.]

AM1376-: CVA 330-23
Item
1909

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Group on barge [(Transfer No. 2)including Carl and the Captain]

AM1376-: CVA 330-24
Item
1909

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Group portrait

Group on barge [(Transfer No. 2) including Carl and the Captain]

AM1376-: CVA 330-25
Item
1909

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Group portrait

[Unidentified woman assists ship's captain with controls at City Hall employee picnic]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-744
Item
1925

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Individual identified is Mayor L.D. Taylor at the far right of the photograph.

Civic picnic - [Mayor L.D. Taylor and City Hall employees with ship's captain aboard a ship]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-745
Item
1925

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Individual identified is Mayor L.D. Taylor, third from the left.

[Mayor L.D. Taylor and City Hall employees at picnic]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-747
Item
1925

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Individual identified is Mayor L.D. Taylor in the center of photograph, holding an umbrella.

[L.D. Taylor and man in swim suit pose with officers aboard a ship]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-791
Item
[1929?]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

[L.D. Taylor and ship's officer aboard ship]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-792
Item
[1929?]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

[Mayor L.D. Taylor shakes the hand of the Captain of the R.M.S. Aorangi]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-794
Item
[1931]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Individuals identified are, from left to right: wife of the Managing Director of the Canadian Australasian Line, Captain of the Aorangi, and Mayor L.D. Taylor. Inscription by Taylor on the verso of the photograph reads: "Arrival of greatest power boat in the world."

[Group portrait on the deck of the R.M.S. Aorangi]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-795
Item
[1931]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Individuals identified are: Managing Director [of the Canadian Australasian Line] holding ring with the ship's name on it and his wife holding flowers, Mayor L.D. Taylor standing to the right of the Director, and the Mayor's secretary on far right. Inscription by Taylor on the verso of the photograph reads: "Arrival of greatest power boat in the world."