Swimming

Capilano Park pool opening, Mrs. Hogarth and Mrs. Paterson

AM427-S4-: CVA 289-119
Item
Aug. 29, 1962

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Child riding on an inflatable duck on the water

AM1535-: CVA 99-5842
Item
[ca. 1927]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

[Children at Earlscourt]

AM1470-: MI-83
Item
[1950?]

Part of Colonel Victor Spencer family fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting children swimming in the pool at the family ranch in Lytton, B.C., and Margaret Airth (Peggy) in a small pool with a young child.

[Children playing in Lake Okanagan]

AM505-S1-: CVA 660-284
Item
[between 1915 and 1920]

Part of John Davidson fonds

[Children playing in Lake Okanagan]

AM505-S1-: CVA 660-285
Item
[between 1915 and 1920]

Part of John Davidson fonds

Children playing on lawn in bathing suits

AM427-S4-F5-: CVA 289-005.242
Item
1937

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Children standing on the dock at Orlomah Beach

AM427-S4-F1-: CVA 289-001.041
Item
1912

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Children swimming

AM427-S4-F5-: CVA 289-005.269
Item
1938

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Children swimming at beach

AM427-S4-F5-: CVA 289-005.232
Item
1937

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

[Children swimming in a park pool]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-2663
Item
[between 1940 and 1948]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Christmas and] Coronado 1956 [and] spring and summer at home

AM1470-: MI-92
Item
1956

Part of Colonel Victor Spencer family fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting a trip to Coronado, California. Film documents people on a beach, a zoo (likely the San Diego Zoo), golfing, swimming, boating, and the Hotel del Coronado. Film also documents Victoria, B.C. harbour and the British Columbia Parliament Building.

Christmas Day swim, English Bay

AM1535-: CVA 99-1729
Item
1928

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Alice May McCreery is second from left and Leonard Leslie Bradbury is third from left.

City of playgrounds

VPK-S652-: MI-120
Item
[1950]

Part of Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation fonds

Item is a documentary film documenting people participating in recreational activities in Montreal?s parks. Some of the recreational activities documented in the film include children?s playground activities, a parade, races, baseball, tug-of-war, swimming, gymnastics, ice-skating, hockey and a toboggan run.

City, Capilano Park, opening swim at new pool

AM427-S4-: CVA 289-106
Item
Aug. 29, 1962

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Clubs: Polar Bear Club; Nanaimo Swim Club

AM54-S17-MS12513
File
1937-1972

Part of Major Matthews collection

Clubs: Vancouver Amateur Swimming Club

AM54-S17-MS12551
File
1931-1967

Part of Major Matthews collection

Crowd watching swimmers in water during Polar Bear Swim

AM1576-S6-12-F67-: 2011-010.951
Item
Jan. 1, 1986

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

[Crowds at English Bay beach]

AM54-S4-: Be N40
Item
[1920?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows bathers in water and on pier, as well as buildings along the beach.

[Crowds at Kitsilano Beach]

AM54-S4-: Be N90
Item
[1914?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Crowds at Kitsilano Beach]

AM54-S4-: Be N3
Item
[1914?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows bathers, swimming float, and bathhouse. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Crowds at Kitsilano Beach]

AM54-S4-: Be N88
Item
[1914?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Crowds at Kitsilano swimming pool]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-435
Item
[ca. 1936]

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows the diving platform and the bathhouse, Burrard Bridge and Seaforth Armouries in the background

[Cultus Lake]

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-657
Item
1941

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Inscription on verso of print "#2663 - Cultus Lake Resort near Chilliwack, B.C. / Don Coltman Photo"

Cultus Lake : misc., swimming, etc.

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-15197
Item
1952

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Cultus Lake : misc., swimming, etc.

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-15198
Item
1952

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Cultus Lake : misc., swimming, etc.

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-15199
Item
1952

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Cultus Lake : misc., swimming, etc.

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-15195
Item
1952

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Cultus Lake : misc., swimming, etc.

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-15196
Item
1952

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Cultus Lake : misc., swimming, etc.

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-15201
Item
1952

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

D. Scott's travel footage from Bermuda, Brazil, and Argentina

AM1591-: 2011-089.66
Item
[1925?]

Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds

Items is an amateur film which appears to capture some of the places D.S. Scott travelled to in the 1920s. Footage captures streets, men fishing, and children playing in Hamilton (Bermuda); buildings and people playing ping pong in what a sign suggests is Santos (Brazil); and people on a beach and the busy downtown in Buenos Aires (Argentina). The film also contains footage of what are presumably voyages between these destinations.

David and Sydney Hamber with their cousins at the lake

AM1036-S7-: CVA 703-7.10.2
Item
[ca. 1952]

Part of Hamber family fonds

David Hamber Jr. and his cousin Jeffrey Palmer

AM1036-S2---: CVA 703-2.91.8
Item
1973

Part of Hamber family fonds

David Hamber's three children

AM1036-S2---: CVA 703-2.91.6
Item
[ca. 1980]

Part of Hamber family fonds

[Diving off platform at Kitsilano swimming pool]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-434
Item
[ca. 1936]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[Diving platform at Kitsilano Pool]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1421
Item
[ca. 1933]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[Diving tower and swim float at Bowen Island Inn]

AM75-S1-: CVA 374-402
Item
[ca. 1950]

Part of Union Steamship Company of British Columbia fonds

Douglas

AM1036-S7-: CVA 703-7.9.31
Item
[ca. 1970]

Part of Hamber family fonds

[Earlscourt 1935 with guests]

AM1470-: MI-70
Item
[1935?]

Part of Colonel Victor Spencer family fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting members of the Spencer family at the Earlscourt ranch in Lytton, B.C. Film documents Elizabeth Ann playing on the lawn, people playing tennis, John Fife and Elizabeth Ann Spencer swimming, Gertrude Spencer at the swimming pool, and R.V. Winch reading inside the house.

Easter at Ozama

AM1368-S3---: 2015-056.2
Item
1953-1954

Part of Rogers family fonds

Item is a family film shot between 1953 and 1954. Footage was mostly shot at Ozama in the Dominican Republic and includes many shots of Alix Cherniavsky as a baby with her parents Peter and Ann Cherniavsky. Also shown are Ozama locals singing and playing, people swimming and a Christmas party.