City of Vancouver Archives

[View of the S.S. Greenhill Park on fire]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-123
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Item is a photograph showing the freighter beached at Stanley Park and the J.H. Carlisle fireboat in action to put out the fire.

[The Hyak anvil battery is detonated for H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth and H.R.H. The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh]

AM54-S4-: Q E P17.08
Item
July 15, 1959

Part of Major Matthews collection

Ripple Rock explosion, cloud grows

AM361-S9-: CVA 78-250
Item
Apr. 5, 1958

Part of Sherwood and Evelyn Lett family fonds

Item is a photograph of the blasting of Ripple Rock, the navigational hazard in the Seymour Narrows, from a bunker position on an area hilltop. The explosion has broken the surface of the water and clouds have grown.

Ripple Rock explosion, pre explosion

AM361-S9-: CVA 78-253
Item
Apr. 5, 1958

Part of Sherwood and Evelyn Lett family fonds

Item is a photograph of the blasting of Ripple Rock, the navigational hazard in the Seymour Narrows, from a bunker position on an area hilltop. The explosion has broken the surface of the water and clouds have mostly obscured the landscape.

Ripple Rock explosion, explosion breaks surface

AM361-S9-: CVA 78-255
Item
Apr. 5, 1958

Part of Sherwood and Evelyn Lett family fonds

Item is a photograph of the blasting of Ripple Rock, the navigational hazard in the Seymour Narrows, from a bunker position on an area hilltop. The eddies and disturbances in the water around Ripple Rock are visible, before the detonation.

[Property damage caused by the S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3590
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows an C.P.R. baggage handler

[Property damage caused by the S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3593
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[Property damage caused by the S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3598
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows the Marine Building in the background

[S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3566
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[S.S.] Greenhill Park interior [after explosion]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3638
Item
Mar. 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[A.R.P. mobile canteen near the] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3595
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[Los Angeles Times Building after explosion]

AM1477-3-S1---: CVA 1477-922
Item
[Oct. 1, 1910]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

P5 - Atomic Blasts [Nevada] - early 1970 - Mike Collier

AM1553-1-S2-: MI-578
Item
1970

Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds

Item is a home movie showing nuclear explosions at the Nevada test site. Filmed during the day and at night.

[Smoke and debris from explosion behind tree stump]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1765
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[The aftermath of a boiler explosion on Vancouver Island]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2639
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the remains of a boiler on a beach

Yaletown Entertainment; show reel television commercials ; trt 5:20 ; Yaletown Entertainment

AM1553-8-S3-: MI-512
Item
[1999]

Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds

Item is a series of short commercials for various companies including: Construction.com, IKEA, Cablecom, Panasonic, Chevron, Pepsi, and The Emmy awards on FOX. Directed by Reto Salimbeni.

Yaletown Entertainment Corp.

The Coquihalla

AM1553-8-S10-: MI-361
Item
1985

Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds

Item is a sponsored production produced by Yaletown Productions Inc for the Government of British Columbia, the Ministry of Transportation and Highways. Video justifies and celebrates the Coquihalla highway 5. Includes footage of construction, fish and river conservation work, planning meetings, avalanches, and traffic. Sound re-recordings Barry Jones; graphics Barrie Helmer; titles West Coast Film Opticals; sound recording Martin Fossum, Eric Batut, and Larry Sutton; sound editor Stuart Copley; photographed by Bab Asgeirsson, Dave Geddes, Curt Peterson, John Seale, and Tim Sale; original music by Alex Downie Audio Productions; marrated by James Hault; edited by Jane Morrison; written by Richard Tomkies; produced by David P. Brown; directed by Ken Jubenvill; a JEM film production.

[Property damage caused by the S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3587
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[Property damage caused by the S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3589
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[Property damage caused by the S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3591
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[Property damage caused by the S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3592
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[Property damage caused by the S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3594
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows a member of the A.R.P.

[Property damage caused by the S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3604
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3564
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3568
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3580
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3582
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3584
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows men on a Cates Shipyard tugboat assisting with firefighting at C.P.R. Pier B-C

[S.S.] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3585
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[S.S.] Greenhill Park interior [after explosion]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3633
Item
Mar. 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[S.S.] Greenhill Park interior [after explosion]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3635
Item
Mar. 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[S.S.] Greenhill Park interior [after explosion]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3639
Item
Mar. 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[S.S.] Greenhill Park, interior [being loaded onto a barge after explosion]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3614
Item
Mar. 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

[Bystanders after the] Greenhill Park explosion

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-3600
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Blasting [forest clearing - stumps]

AM1535-: CVA 99-83
Item
[ca. 1911]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

[View of the S.S. Greenhill Park on fire]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-122
Item
Mar. 6, 1945

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing the freighter beached at Stanley Park and the J.H. Carlisle fireboat in action to put out the fire.

Bombed car [on Dunsmuir Street and Hornby Street]

AM1535-: CVA 99-4114
Item
Jan. 22, 1932

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Ripple Rock explosion, cloud forms

AM361-S9-: CVA 78-249
Item
Apr. 5, 1958

Part of Sherwood and Evelyn Lett family fonds

Item is a photograph of the blasting of Ripple Rock, the navigational hazard in the Seymour Narrows, from a bunker position on an area hilltop. The explosion has broken the surface of the water and clouds have begun to form.

Ripple Rock explosion, cloud obscures landscape

AM361-S9-: CVA 78-251
Item
Apr. 5, 1958

Part of Sherwood and Evelyn Lett family fonds

Item is a photograph of the blasting of Ripple Rock, the navigational hazard in the Seymour Narrows, from a bunker position on an area hilltop. The explosion has broken the surface of the water and clouds have mostly obscured the landscape.

Ripple Rock explosion, personnel at bunker overlooking scene

AM361-S9-: CVA 78-252
Item
Apr. 5, 1958

Part of Sherwood and Evelyn Lett family fonds

Item is a photograph of personnel in a bunker position on an area hilltop before the blasting of Ripple Rock, the navigational hazard in the Seymour Narrows.