Stone industry and trade

A mason cutting stone

AM1376-: CVA 342-1
Item
[192-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Another view of [granite] quarries

AM427-S4-F1-: CVA 289-001.100
Item
1913

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

[B.C.E.R. cars being loaded at Little Mountain Quarry]

AM54-S4-: Dist P129
Item
[ca. 1907]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Mr. Till, R. Piper, W. Prest and George Mare

Capilano Crushing Co., plant #1, 606 Marine Dr., West Vancouver [B.C.]

AM1399-S3-: CVA 1399-405
Item
[1959]

Part of Townley, Matheson and Partners fonds

Aerial photograph of the mouth of the Capilano river showing gravel quarry site. Some features have been marked on the photograph, with corresponding annotations on the back

Completing Masonry Pier No. 3

AM54-S4-1---: M-2-45
Item
Oct. 12, 1903

Part of Major Matthews collection

Construction progress photograph showing the tugboat "Dorothy"

Completing Substructure

AM54-S4-1---: M-2-46
Item
Oct. 24, 1903

Part of Major Matthews collection

Construction progress photograph showing the last block of masonry being put into place under the watchful eye of some well-dressed ladies, W.H. Armstrong, Robert Balfour and others

Exterior view of W.N. Bertram Marble Works, 4904 Fraser Street, showing tombstones and monuments

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N212-B-1
Item
July 1916

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows three men and a street car.

Granite Island Quarry

AM1376-: CVA 123-1
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a photograph of the Granite Island quarry, near Nelson Island on the Sunshine Coast, where the Vancouver firm of Kelly & Murray owned the quarry. Annotation on verso: "The home of some of your granite buildings. Dad is there pushing a big stone."

Incline railway, Sechelt granite quarries

AM427-S4-F1-: CVA 289-001.102
Item
1912

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Masonry, Pier No.4

AM54-S4-1---: M-2-36
Item
Aug. 7, 1903

Part of Major Matthews collection

Construction progress photograph showing a carved block of stone being hoisted into place

[Paterson and Chandler] Stone works. Corner 16th Avenue and Main Street

AM54-S4-: SGN 1025
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Rock quarry near Vedder Mountain Station in the Fraser Valley]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1207
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Stone quarry at Hardy Island from which granite came for Georgia Street Court House Lions

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-37
Item
[ca. 1911]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows three workers standing among blocks of stone.

Stone Sculpture Symposium

AM959-S13-: 2013-020.23
Item
1976

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is a film showing special event coverage of the International Stone Sculpture Symposium held in Vancouver. Film contains footage of sculptors working with a voice explaining parts of the process. The symposium featured world-renowned artists at work. Participating sculptors included Hiromi Akiyama, Joan D. Gambioli, Olga Jancic, Wolfgang Kubach, Anna-Maria Kubach-Wilsem, David Marshall, Piqtoukin (David Ruben), Michael Prentice, Adolf Ryska, Jiro Sugawara, and Kiyoshi Takahashi. Individuals involved in the production of the film include: Gabrielle Minot (editing), Don Cumming (editing), Martin Fossum (music), Susan Leslie (script).