Openings

Exhibition opening by D. C. Coleman, CPR Vice President

AM1535-: CVA 99-1765.1
Item
Aug. 1927

AM427-S4-: CVA 211-4
Item
Dec. 1, 1972

Item is a photograph showing Mr. and Mrs. Orson Banfield standing beside a plaque at the opening of the Banfield Pavilion at Vancouver General Hospital.

The opening of the Banfield Pavilion

AM427-S4-: CVA 211-3
Item
Dec. 1, 1972

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Item is a photograph showing Orson Banfield and M.W. Walker (V.G.H. Building Coordinator) standing beside a plaque at the opening of the Banfield Pavilion at Vancouver General Hospital.

The opening of the Banfield Pavilion

AM427-S4-: CVA 211-2
Item
Dec. 1, 1972

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Item is a photograph showing (L-R) the Honorable Dennis C. Cocke, Orson Banfield and Mrs. Orson Banfield standing beside a plaque at the opening of the Banfield Pavilion at Vancouver General Hospital.

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.

[Symposium] Opening and Kubach-Wilmsen Splitting (Chisels)

AM959-S13-: MI-211
Item
[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 Mayor Arthur Phillips, the crowds, and artists at the opening ceremonies, and Wolfgang Kubach and Maria Kubach-Wilmsen using circular saws and chisels to cut stone.

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 586-2168
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

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 586-2165
Item
Aug. 4, 1942

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Group portrait

Town Pump, Canada's first non-smoking restaurant and bar. Grand opening, June 10-June 16, 1991

AM1519-: PAM 1991-36
Item
1991

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Vancouver city council invites you to attend the official opening of the Cambie Bridge, December 8, 1985 at 11:45 a.m.

AM1519-: PAM 1985-72
Item
1985

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Riverview outpatient department official opening program, April 10, 1972 at 2:30 p.m.

AM1519-: PAM 1972-154
Item
1972

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Program of the civic re-opening of the Orpheum : Saturday, April 2, 1977

AM1519-: PAM 1977-66
Item
1977

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Item includes a replica of the program of the inaugural performance at the New Orpheum Theatre, November 8, 1927.

Grand opening : the Performing Arts Centre : May 29, 1975 : St. George's School

AM1519-: PAM 1975-54
Item
1975

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Souvenir menu : official opening : April 4, 1973 : Queen Elizabeth Park

AM1519-: PAM 1973-156
Item
1973

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Pacific Cine Centre : a reality at last! : official opening March 21 with National Film Week '86

AM1519-: PAM 1986-8
Item
1986

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Item includes history of the development of the Centre, list of donors, film week events schedule, and seminar schedule.

The opening of the Museum of Anthropology, the University of British Columbia : May 30, 1976

AM1519-: PAM 1976-13
Item
1976

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Opening of the Norman MacKenzie Fine Arts Centre, the University of British Columbia : September 30, 1965

AM1519-: PAM 1965-151
Item
1965

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Opening of the Henry Angus Building : The University of British Columbia : September 30, 1965

AM1519-: PAM 1965-7
Item
1965

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Opening of the Hector MacLeod Building, Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of British Columbia : February 3, 1964

AM1519-: PAM 1964-48
Item
1964

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Naming, opening and dedication of Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada, 1888-1889

AM1519-: PAM 1964-25
Item
1964

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Opening of the Hebb Building, Department of Physics, The University of British Columbia : October 25, 1963

AM1519-: PAM 1963-65
Item
1963

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Invitation to opening of the Frederic Lasserre building for architecture, the fine arts, and planning, The University of British Columbia : May 29, 1962

AM1519-: PAM 1962-7
Item
1962

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Kensington Community Centre : official opening : June 21, 1980 : 2 p.m.

AM1519-: PAM 1980-45
Item
June 21, 1980

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Item includes a history of the centre and list of board members.

[View of Crowd on Burrard Inlet awaiting the opening of the Burrard Bridge]

AM1506-S1-: CVA 447-118
Item
1932

Part of Walter E. Frost fonds

Photograph shows houses on the west side of the 1300 block of Burrard St.

Official Opening Grandview Lawn Bowling Club

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-999
Item
May 24, 1933

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait in Victoria Park, showing, left to right: W.S. Rawlings, Parks Superintendent; Unknown; Alderman John Bennett; Mr. Fyfe Smith, Park Commissioner; Mrs. C.R. Townley, Park Commissioner; Mr. Graves, Alderman (in back); unknown; and Mr. Cowan, Alderman.