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Our Schools Vancouver 1903

Our Schools Vancouver 1903

Photograph shows the exterior of the following schools (and the number of rooms in each one): Mount Pleasant, Strathcona, Vancouver High School, Fairview, Dawson, Seymour, Roberts and Central

[Miss Florence Fyfe-Smith unveils a copy of a painting of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and Captain...

[Miss Florence Fyfe-Smith unveils a copy of a painting of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and Captain Charles Ulm]

Item is a photograph showing shows Major J.S. Matthews, Mrs. Jean G. Gibbs and Principal Muir. Notes written on the back include: "Sir Charles Kingsford Smith School, Vancouver. 8901 Elliott St. On June 24th 1959, at 2 30 p.m., there was unveiled at this school, and, in the presence of Miss Florence Fyfe-Smith, Principal Muir, of the school, Major J.S. Matthews, City Archivist, and Mrs Jean G. Gibbs, Assistant Archivist, a photogravure of an oil painting of the celebrated aviators, Charles Kingsford Smith, and Captain Ulm, who together were the first to fly from America to Australia. The painting was painted for the Atlantic Union Oil Co., of Australia, by William Dargie. Major Matthews arranged with Mr McDermot, Canadian High Commissioner, Canberra, for colored copies. Mr McDermot sent about six. One is in the City Archives. There were about 600 pupils at the ceremony."

[Panoramic view looking north from the Hotel Vancouver]

[Panoramic view looking north from the Hotel Vancouver]

Photographs show the west side of the 600 Block of Howe Street, Manor House, Deadman's Island, the 600 Block of Granville Street, the Van Horne Block, the Hudson Bay Company store, the Homer Street Methodist Church, the tower of Holy Rosary Cathedral and other buildings and houses

Two maps of Burrard Inlet

Two maps of Burrard Inlet

Item consists of a tracing of two maps on one sheet, of a map most likely originally drawn in 1859 or 1860. Based on the copied annotations, this tracing appears to be at least a second (or possibly third) generation tracing from the original map created as a result of the H.M.S. Plumper surveys of the area at that time.

One map shows Burrard Inlet, Point Grey, Spanish Bank [sic], Point Atkinson, English Bay, Downtown Peninsula, Coal Peninsula, Brockton Point, First Narrows and False Creek, and proposed government land reserves in these areas. The second map shows Burrard Inlet and Port Moody and proposed government land reserves in this area.

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