City of Vancouver Archives

A dragon in the sky [Empress of Japan figurehead in Stanley Park]

AM54-S4-: LP 58
Item
1940

AM54-S4-: Sp P65
Item
[ca. 1903]

Photograph shows a part of the Vancouver Rowing Club at the foot of Thurlow Street and Deadmans Island in the background

A section of Vancouver's waterfront

AM54-S4-1-M-11-: M-11-46
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph is a sectional panorama photograph comprised of 2 photographs joined together to form a panorama. The left section shows the CPR station and Kelly Douglas & Co. Warehouse. The right section shows boats loading.

Aerial view of Ballantyne Pier [looking south]

AM54-S4-: Air P29.4
Item
[1940?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Oblique view

"Aorangi," at C.P.R. Wharf

AM54-S4-: Bo P389
Item
[ca. 1898]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Arrival of their Royal Highness Duke and Duchess of Connaught, Vancouver May 22nd, 1890

AM54-S4-: Bo P343
Item
May 22, 1890

Part of Major Matthews collection

Ships identified (left to right) S.S. "Islander" and C.P.R. Royal Mail S.S. "Abyssinia"

Arrival of their Royal Highness Duke and Duchess of Connaught, Vancouver May 22nd, 1890

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-452
Item
May 22, 1890

Part of Major Matthews collection

Ships identified (left to right) S.S. "Islander" and C.P.R. Royal Mail S.S. "Abyssinia"

Ballantyne Pier

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N13
Item
Apr. 15, 1925

Part of Major Matthews collection

Panoramic view showing the ship "Kermit" at the pier.

[Barque in Burrard Inlet]

AM54-S4-: SGN 325
Item
[1904?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[B.C. Marine Railways Company near the foot of Victoria Drive]

AM54-S4-: Wat P110
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the mast of the tallship "Robert R. Hind"

["Beaconsfield" lumber ship loading at Hastings Sawmill]

AM54-S4-: Bo P5.2
Item
[1886 or 1887]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Boat moored at Terminal Dock Company docks]

AM54-S4-: Wat N47.2
Item
[20 Apr. 1925]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Boats and ships in Burrard Inlet]

AM54-S4-: Bo P252.2
Item
[ca. 1899]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Ship on far left identified as the H.M.S. "Warspite"

[Boats and ships in Vancouver Harbour]

AM54-S4-: Bo P261
Item
July 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

The "Princess Louise" is second from the left and the barque "Robert Kerr" is front center.

[Boats at dock beside the C.P.R. Kitsilano trestle bridge]

AM54-S4-: Dist P135.10
Item
Nov. 1949

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the "Hope Point II". Photograph was exhibit 16 in the Ducharme murder case

[Boats at the City Wharf Company's dock]

AM54-S4-: Bo P528
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Boats identified (left to right): "Naiad," "Canadian," "Hopkins," "Daisy," "Tepic," "Squid," "Native," "Stetson," "B.C. Maid," "Imp," "Dauntless," "Wireless," "Esdud," "Mastadon"

[Boats in Burrard Inlet, near Brockton Point]

AM54-S4-: SGN 108
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Boats in English Bay observing a swimming race]

AM54-S4-: Be P12.01
Item
1905

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Joe Fortes' cottage.

[Boats on English Bay]

AM54-S4-: Be P12.02
Item
1905

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the tower of the Denman Arena and a boat identified as the "Summer".

[Boats under the Lion's Gate bridge construction]

AM54-S4-: Br P81.15
Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Construction progress photograph.

[Bow of "Robert R. Hinds"]

AM54-S4-: Bo P436.2
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Boxes being lifted by crane onto Canadian-Australasian Royal Mail Line ship "Niagara"]

AM54-S4-: Bo N69.4
Item
[11 Aug. 1936]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Boxes of salmon being lifted with a crane onto Canadian-Australasian Royal Mail Line ship "Niagara"]

AM54-S4-: Bo N69.3
Item
[11 Aug. 1936]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[British torpedo boat in Vancouver Harbour]

AM54-S4-: Bo P328
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

British warships

AM54-S4-: LP 103.4.2
Item
July 1, 1900

Part of Major Matthews collection

Ships identified in the photograph are H.M.S. Warspite, H.M.S. Arethusa, Icarus and Pheasant

[Burrard grain elevator]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N39
Item
[ca. 1925]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph also shows the ship "Tresellian" at dock beside the elevator.

[Businesses and docks on the shore of Coal Harbour across from the Vancouver Rowing Club]

AM54-S4-: St Pk P278
Item
1925

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Canadian Australian Royal Mail ship S.S. "Miowera" in Burrard Inlet]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1089
Item
[1898?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Canadian Pacific Navigation Co. S.S. "Princess Louise"]

AM54-S4-1-M-3-: M-3-3.2
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Docked at Evans, Coleman and Evans shipping and commission agents, located at the foot of Columbia ave.

[Canadian Pacific Railway docks at the foot of Granville Street]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N43
Item
May 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Pier C, Pier D, Canadian Pacific Railway yards.

[Canadian Pacific Railway Piers B, C and D and "R.M.S. Aorangi"]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N49
Item
1927

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph also shows the Immigration Building.

[Canadian Pacific Railway yard, Pier D, ships and waterfront]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N48
Item
6 July 1916

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph also shows a vehicle ferry crossing the inlet.

[Canadian-Australasian Royal Mail Line ship "Niagara" at C.P.R. pier]

AM54-S4-: Bo N81
Item
[193-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Canadian-Australasian Royal Mail Line ship "Niagara" at dock]

AM54-S4-: Bo N69.1
Item
[11 Aug. 1936]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows three men on stairs leading up to ship, and other men moving boxes on dock. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Canadian-Australasian Royal Mail Line ship "Niagara" at dock]

AM54-S4-: Bo N162
Item
[1921?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Canadian-Australasian Steamship Line ship R.M.S. "Aorangi"]

AM54-S4-: Bo N160.3
Item
[1925?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Canadian-Australasian Steamship Line ship R.M.S. "Aorangi"]

AM54-S4-: Bo N160.1
Item
[1925?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Canadian-Australasian Steamship Line ship R.M.S. "Aorangi"]

AM54-S4-: Bo N160.2
Item
[1925?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Chilean training ship "General Baquedano"]

AM54-S4-: Bo P140
Item
Sept. 1929

Part of Major Matthews collection

Citizens' Night Patrol - Marine Service

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-784
Item
[between 1939 and 1945]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Composite view of ships and Stanley Park sites]

AM54-S4-: SGN 61
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph consists of a composite of four photographs showing: large tree in Stanley Park, bridge in Stanley Park, the S.S. "Beaver" on shore (Bo P124), and the "Empress of India" at Vancouver dock (Bo P 6.4).