Openings

[A crowd near Boundary Road attending the ceremony to open Kingsway]

AM54-S4-: Str P290.2
Item
Oct. 1, 1913 ; reproduced 1955

AM1533-S2-4-: 2009-005.290
Item
1980

Item filed under Retail and commercial development. In the spring, 1980, Stong's Market celebrated the completion of its new, larger store located at 4560 Dunbar. Three generations of the Stong family were on hand to cut the ribbon. In the doorway are Cori (Rossum) Bonia, Karen (Stong) Rossum, Evelyn Stong and Ralph Stong. Bill Rossum is standing to the right. Photograph courtesy of the Stong family.

A grand opening at Stong's

AM1533-S2-4-: 2009-005.290.1
Item
1980

Part of Dunbar History Project fonds

Item filed under Retail and commercial development. In the spring, 1980, Stong's Market celebrated the completion of its new, larger store located at 4560 Dunbar. Three generations of the Stong family were on hand to cut the ribbon. In the doorway are Cori (Rossum) Bonia, Karen (Stong) Rossum, Evelyn Stong and Ralph Stong. Bill Rossum is standing to the right. Photograph courtesy of the Stong family.

[A railway car decorated and lined with tables set for the luncheon of the official opening of the bridge]

AM54-S4-1---: M-2-73
Item
July 23, 1904

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Alderman J.W. Cornett speaks at the opening of the Granville Bridge]

AM54-S4-: Br P51
Item
Feb. 4, 1954

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men identified (left to right): Birt Showler, C.E. Thompson, Charles Geisser, Rev. James W. Melvin, J.R. Grant, J.C. Oliver and W.G. MacKenzie.

American All Star Baseball Team visits Spaldings New Store - Official Opening

AM1535-: CVA 99-3505
Item
Oct. 19, 1922

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Group portrait

[An unidentified group at an unidentified] Official Opening

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-986
Item
[ca. 1925]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing Mr. McBeath, J.W. Weart, J.J. Miller, Mr. Owen, W.B. Russell, W. Marshall, S.V. Mengell, a boy dressed like an Indian and others

Anglican Theological College of B.C. opening

AM1535-: CVA 99-1777
Item
9 Nov. 1927

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Anglican Theological College of B.C. opening ceremonies

AM1535-: CVA 99-1778
Item
9 Nov. 1927

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Anglican Theological College of B.C. opening ceremonies

AM1535-: CVA 99-1779
Item
9 Nov. 1927

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

A.R.P. Nanaimo control centre [opening]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-2165
Item
Aug. 4, 1942

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Group portrait

A.R.P. Nanaimo control centre [opening]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-2166
Item
Aug. 4, 1942

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Group portrait

A.R.P. Nanaimo control centre [opening]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-2168
Item
Aug. 4, 1942

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

A.R.P. Nanaimo control centre [opening]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-2169
Item
Aug. 4, 1942

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

A.R.P. Nanaimo control centre [opening]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-2167
Item
Aug. 4, 1942

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows the controls for an air raid siren

[Audience at opening ceremony for the Salvation Army Temple - 301 East Hastings Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P372.2
Item
Feb. 18, 1950

Part of Major Matthews collection

Barclay Manor official opening invitation, June 24

AM1519-: PAM 1990-36
Item
1990

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

B.C. Electric Club. Formal opening November 1st, 1912

AM54-S4-: LGN 941
Item
1 Nov. 1912

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men seated in rows in large hall located at rear of head office building.

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-407
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-415
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Group portrait unidentified

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-419
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Photograph shows a woman in a telephone costume in front of the See and Save Optical Boutique at 2263 West 41st Avenue

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-421
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Photograph shows a woman in a telephone costume in front of the See and Save Optical Boutique at 2263 West 41st Avenue

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-424
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Photograph shows a woman in a telephone costume on the north side of the 2200 Block of West 41st Avenue including signs for Domenico Barber Shop, Elio of Italy Coiffures and Mode Fabrics

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-425
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-427
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-408
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-412
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-413
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Group portrait unidentified

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-420
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Photograph shows a woman in a telephone costume in front of the See and Save Optical Boutique at 2263 West 41st Avenue

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-429
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-409
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-410
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-411
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-422
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-423
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Photograph shows a woman in a telephone costume on the north side of the 2200 Block of West 41st Avenue including signs for Domenico Barber Shop, Elio of Italy Coiffures and Mode Fabrics

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-426
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-428
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Photograph shows a woman in a telephone costume

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-430
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-414
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Group portrait unidentified

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-416
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-417
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

B.C. Telephone Company new store opening [at 2307 West 41st Avenue]

AM980-S1-: CVA 804-418
Item
May 24, 1980

Part of Kerrisdale Historical Society fonds

Group portrait unidentified

Big Saw - Opening [Preparations]

AM959-S13-: MI-213
Item
[July 5, 1975]

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting the 1975 Vancouver International Stone Symposium at VanDusen Gardens. The film contains footage of opening day set up, stones being worked on with hand and electric tools and a diamond saw, the Rubin Landers' Jazz Group playing on an earthen mound, and crowds viewing the artists at work. Artists believed to be featured include Wolfgang Kubach, Maria Kubach-Wilmsen, Michael Prentice.