City of Vancouver Archives

Forest fire near Giscome, B.C.

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-798
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18 May 1925

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows smoke billowing above forest near a waterfront area.

Eagle Lake Sawmills, Giscome, B.C. [truck with logs on plank road]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-799
Item
[193-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Interior of] Holy Trinity church [2380 Pine Street]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-8
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Horse-drawn buggy and carts]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-80
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

The photograph shows two men in a horse-drawn buggy in the foreground, and a line of horse-drawn carts in the background. The background also includes a wall covered with advertisement billboards.

Eagle Lake Sawmills, Giscome, B.C. A forest fire that came very close to the mill

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-800
Item
1938

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows the mill, with smoke billowing over the forest in the background.

Eagle Lake Sawmills, Giscome, B.C. Dumping the loads at mill

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-801
Item
[193-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows men standing by logs rolling down a ramp and into the water.

B. C. Spruce Mills, Lumberton, B. C. Tractor hauling two big loads.

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-802
Item
[192-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

B. C. Spruce Mills, Lumberton, B. C. Four fourups hauling supplies to camps

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-803
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[193-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows four sleighs being pulled through the snow by teams of four horses.

B. C. Spruce Mills, Lumberton, B. C. [ man operating hill brake]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-804
Item
[193-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Head and shoulders studio portrait of] Major A. B. Rogers

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-805
Item
[187-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

An accompanying label reads: "Late Major Rogers, discoverer of Rogers Pass and prominent engineer in the early days of C. P. R. construction. Presented by J. W. McFarland."

[Portrait of Louis D. Taylor]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-806
Item
[193-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows an oil painting of Louis D. Taylor by D. H. Ramsay.

[L. D. Taylor campaign poster]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-807
Item
[193-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows a poster reading "Vote for L. D. Taylor for Mayor - a full dinner pail - fair play."

[Denys Nelson]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-808
Item
[193-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Mr. Moscrop, winner of Bisley Cup in Ottawa

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-809
Item
1902

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows a man in military uniform posing next to a trophy.

B.C. Electric Railway Company Observation Car, 1929, "Teddy" Lyons, conductor

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-81
Item
1929

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

The photograph shows passengers and conductors in an open air car at Hastings and Columbia Streets.

[Head and shoulders studio portrait of] Charles Elting Merritt

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-810
Item
[between 1940 and 1948]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Seated studio portrait of the Kily family, at the Kept Hotel in Barkerville]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-811
Item
[187-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows a man and woman, and a young boy and girl. Title taken from inscription in pencil on verso, photograph may actually show Elizabeth and Andrew Kelly and their children, John and Mary Kelly, taken at the Kelly Hotel in Barkerville.

[Head and shoulders studio portrait of] Mr. James

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-812
Item
[189-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Three boys at fence, including] Wm. Hood and Eddie Goddard

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-813
Item
1891

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Head and shoulders studio portrait of] Reverend Father Fay

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-814
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Isabell Bell-Irving [holding flowers in a garden]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-815
Item
[ca. 1913]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Head and shoulders studio portrait of] H. A. Bell, a pioneer of South Vancouver

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-816
Item
[189-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Mrs. Samuel B. Ball and] Sister Frances Redmond, who received Vancouver's Good Citizenship Medal for 1928

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-817
Item
[1928?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows Ball and Redmond standing outside holding bouquets.

John M. Mark [head and shoulders portrait]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-818
Item
[188-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Aerial view of] Horseshoe Bay, B.C.

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-819
Item
1937

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows the dock, shoreline, and surrounding trees at Horseshoe Bay.

Council room at City Hall [423 Westminster Avenue (later Main Street)]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-82
Item
[ca. 1910]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

The photograph shows the interior of the room, with papers scattered on the desks and floor, and with one blind torn from the window.

Cedar Mills, Cedar Cove, Vancouver, B.C. South side of Burrard Inlet, New Westminster District

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-820
Item
1885

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows buildings, cleared area, and surrounding wooded area.

Park Avenue [later Boundary Road], Burnaby [showing streetcar, overpass, road, and sidewalk]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-821
Item
[191-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Archie Noble [on horse]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-822
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows Noble on a horse in front of a plank sidewalk, picket fence, and apple tree.

[Seated studio portrait of] Chester and Hannah Chadsley

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-823
Item
[186-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Cedar cottage district residents]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-824
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph is accompanied by a note indicating that the individuals in the photograph were among the founders of the Robson Memorial Church. The note also identifies most of the individuals in the photograph: Frank L. Vosper, Dr. Ebenezer Robson, Mrs. Mary Vosper Prior, Mr. Prior, Miss Ellen Vosper, Miss Lucy Vosper, Miss Nell Vosper, Mrs. W. H. McPhie, Mrs. Shoemaker, Mrs. W. H. Tait.

[Full length studio portrait of] Reverend Thomas Crosbie

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-825
Item
[187-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

[Head and shoulders studio portrait of] Miss Chapman

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-826
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Epworth League of Robson Memorial Methodist Church [at picnic in Stanley Park]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-827
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

The back of the photograph mounting contains notes identifying some individuals in the photograph: Albert Porter, Chris Baxter, Laura Wharton, Esther Vosper, Mary Vosper, Ida Wharton, Hazel Wood, Lucy Vosper, Frank Wharton, Laura Rhodes, Mrs. Shoemaker.

Jos. Niles, H. Geo. Bartley, and H. Cowan [standing outside office of] the Independent, 312 Homer Street

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-828
Item
1900

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Old C.P.R. Station building

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-829
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows C.P.R. station at the foot of Granville street, other buildings in the area, and Burrard Inlet, Stanley Park, and the North Shore mountains in the background.

[B.C. Electric Railway] open car operating on Denman Street running to English Bay

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-83
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

The photograph shows the track, car, and houses in the background.

[Foot of Lonsdale Avenue from ferry terminal]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-830
Item
[ca 1906]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows Lonsdale Street, looking north, as well as pedestrians, carriages, and some buildings.

[Road, sidewalk, and building construction in North Vancouver]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-831
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows men working on an unfinished building and road. Photograph also shows two completed buildings, housing Walden Brothers Hardware, and M. A. Russell Groceries.

Demolition of trestle bridge spanning Hastings Creek on Lynn Valley Road

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-832
Item
May 1952

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows a partially demolished bridge, and a road extending north.

Looking at east side of Capilano Upper Canyon - site of Cleveland Dam

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-833
Item
Apr. 1952

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows buildings and cables at the edge of the canyon.

Ice age glacial deposits on east side of upper canyon of Capilano River

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-834
Item
Apr. 1952

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows a cross section of an excavated area, showing layers of rock. Photograph also shows two men at the entrance to a shaft.

Looking east. Upper canyon on Capilano River. Buildings are contractors for Cleveland Dam

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-835
Item
Apr. 1952

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows buildings and cables at the edge of the canyon.

Looking at west side of Upper Capilano River

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-836
Item
Apr. 1952

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows excavated site, with machinery and cables.

View of Capilano Valley north of Upper Canyon which is to form Cleveland Dam

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-837
Item
Apr. 1952

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Notes on the back of the photograph read: "Burning trees, etc. in clearing the lake to the basin. The Lions mountains in the distance. Capilano River on left of road."