First Canadian Open Indoor 1 & 3 Metre Springboard Diving Championships
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Item is a program which includes information on local and international competitors including those from the Vancouver Amateur Swimming Club.
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First Canadian Open Indoor 1 & 3 Metre Springboard Diving Championships
Item is a program which includes information on local and international competitors including those from the Vancouver Amateur Swimming Club.
Our Friend "Joe", English Bay, Vancouver, B.C.
Item is a postcard printed with an image of lifeguard Joe Fortes diving head-first into the water of English Bay from the diving platfrom. Young swimmers are pictured on the platform watching Fortes. A bathhouse and other buildings are shown in the background.
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.
Item is a documentary film documenting Vancouver's parks in 1940. This film names Vancouver the "Playground City of the North West" and contains footage of Stanley Park, Connaught Park, Douglas Park, Devonshire Park, Shaughnessy Park, Memorial West Park, Memorial South Park, Almond Park, Hastings Community Park, Grandview Park, Trout Lake, Queen Elizabeth Park, Tatlow Park, Thornton Park, Hadden Park, Burrard View Park, Maple Grove Park, Sunset Nursery, Victory Square Park, Beaver Lake Park as well as Vancouver's beaches including English Bay, Kitsilano Beach, Second Beach, Spanish Banks and Locarno Beach. The film also features Stanley Park including footage of typical scenes at the entrance and causeway, the Administration Offices of the parks system, primeval forest scenes, blossom time in the rockeries and gardens, Lost Lagoon, Prospect Point, Lions Gate Bridge, the totem poles and a view of Stanley park from afar. As well, the film documents the locations of the free swimming classes provided by Vancouver Sun newspaper at Lumberman's Arch Pool, Kitsilano Pool, New Brighton Pool and Maple Grove Pool. Vancouver's playgrounds are also documented with footage of children playing in the playgrounds at Memorial South Playground, Norquay Playground, Robson Playground and McLean Playground. In addition, this film documents a variety of recreational activities that take place in Vancouver's parks including swimming, sunbathing, boating, diving, folk dancing, tennis, golfing (at Fraser Golf Course), walking, lawn bowling, horse-shoe pitching, model yacht racing, cricket, playing games, enjoying the park's fauna and flora (in both summer and autumn), picnicking and having BBQs. Special events such as symphonies, Dress-up Day, the Annual Sandbox Contest, and the annual Soap-box Derby are also documented.
Item is an amateur film documenting a group of people, including Peggy Spencer, vacationing in the United States. Film documents people boarding an airplane, women on a beach, children swimming, golf, and a boat named "Valerian II". Film also documents a football game and footage of an animal performance at Marineland of the Pacific.
Part of William Orson Banfield fonds
Item is a photograph showing children swimming in the Red Deer River.
English Bay Swim Club/VASM pub night
Part of BC Gay and Lesbian Archives
Cultus Lake : misc., swimming, etc.
Cultus Lake : misc., swimming, etc.
Cultus Lake : misc., swimming, etc.
Cultus Lake : misc., swimming, etc.
Cultus Lake : misc., swimming, etc.
Cultus Lake : misc., swimming, etc.
Item is a postcard showing swimmers at English Bay. The back of the postcard includes personal correspondence addressed to Mrs. E. Crossland.
[English Bay Beach looking towards Stanley Park]
Part of Major Matthews collection
David and Sydney Hamber with their cousins at the lake
Part of Hamber family fonds
Part of Hamber family fonds
Girl Guide Camp Tsoona : Long House and Centennial Pool
Part of Hamber family fonds
Eric W. and Aldyen Hamber in bathing robes
Part of Hamber family fonds
Part of Hamber family fonds
David Hamber Jr. and his cousin Jeffrey Palmer
Part of Hamber family fonds
Part of Hamber family fonds
Louise Mary woman in bathing suit
Part of Hamber family fonds
Part of Hamber family fonds
Part of Hamber family fonds
Norah E. Johnson sitting on rocks along Clear Lake
Part of Hamber family fonds
Eric C. with the Johnson family
Part of Hamber family fonds
Harold Hamber smoking a pipe on a beach
Part of Hamber family fonds
Part of Hamber family fonds
Eric C. Hamber sitting on lifeguard
Part of Hamber family fonds
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a film showing the wedding of Ada and Kenny McCuaig, a trip to Hawaii with footage of beaches, buildings and surfers, walking around a Vancouver apartment complex and swimming in the pool.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a film showing an aircraft carrier in English Bay, the sun rise from Fontainebleau (Apt. 5455 Balsam Street, fishing in Campbell River, Nanaimo Bath Tub Race, and children running through sprinkler, swimming in an outdoor pool [at Fontainebleau].
Part of Samuel S. Magoffin fonds
Item is an amateur film showing Margaret Magoffin and another lady coming down some stairs to the edge of the swimming pool and standing by the ocean at the Magoffin’s residence Rockhaven at 3612 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. A man is shown casting a line into the ocean several times, followed by Sam Magoffin and another man swimming in the pool. The film then cuts to footage of a desert-like area, people at a pool, possibly in California or Mexico, and horse races, likely at the same location. This is followed by footage likely taken at Rockhaven showing a golden retriever in the yard and swimming in the ocean, a campfire, and views of the house, garden and the Magoffin’s dogs.
Pattullo family at Stanley Park
People at English Bay beach with pier in the background
People at English Bay beach with bath houses in the distance
File consists of a photograph album showing members and activities of the Boeing Ski Club at Georgia Lodge on Grouse Mountain and other parties as well as two photographs of planes. The album also includes a member card for the Boeing Social and Athletic Club and a few clippings from the Boeing Beam related to employee social events.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a film containing part 3 of We Drivers. The film opens with the Inter-title: "Having said goodbye to the cowboys, we go to the Arrow Lakes." Film contains footage showing the sternwheeler S.S. "Minto", Nakusp, scenes of lakes and towns, a steamboat, Arrow Park, Carrolls Landing, Burton, Penticton, beach scenes and the return to Vancouver. Produced for Trimble Service Garage.
Garden, Rockhaven construction, Speedwell Pluto, swimming
Part of Samuel S. Magoffin fonds
Item is an amateur film which captures shots of Margaret Magoffin among unidentified others walking through a large garden, including shots of flowers, water features, arches, peacocks, and pigeons. This is followed by footage of a group of men and women (including Sam and Margaret Magoffin) swimming and lounging in an outdoor swimming pool.
Also contained in the film is what appears to be footage of the development of the Magoffin's "Rockhaven" home at 3612 Marine Drive in West Vancouver (likely around 1929); along with shots of the property's vantage point of the Burrard Inlet, footage of laborers digging earth and forming stone retaining walls is captured. This is followed by shots of unfinished foundations of one of Rockhaven's structures and a steam shovel excavator.
Also contained in the film are shots of Rockhaven after completion: footage of flowers growing around the grounds are captured, along with the newly completed retaining wall above the large outdoor pool. This is followed by more shots of flowers interspersed with several shots of a Golden Retriever believed to be the famed Speedwell Pluto; shots of the waves against the property's shore; two Golden Retrievers in the grass yard by the water; glimpses of the Rockhaven house's exterior; and Margaret's mother, Mrs. Boalt, standing by the house.
The film closes with shots of a group posing for the camera, including Sam Magoffin, Margaret Magoffin, Mr. and Mrs. Boalt, a golden retriever, and the group swimming in Rockhaven's outdoor swimming pool.
Magoffin, Samuel S.
Part of Samuel S. Magoffin fonds
Item is an amateur film containing footage of Sam and Margaret Magoffin in Havana, Cuba and includes scenes at the beach, swimming pool, hotel and Gran Casino Nacional.
House, ugly kid, pool, parade U.S.
Part of Samuel S. Magoffin fonds
Item is an amateur film beginning with scenic footage of a fountain taken during the Magoffin’s trip to Cuba, followed by footage of Sam and Margaret Magoffin walking on the grounds of and taking tea on the terrace of a large house, possibly in West Vancouver. Interspersed in this footage are images showing lions in a caged pen and men shooting rifles. The film also includes footage of people swimming in and lounging around a large swimming pool and the Magoffins and others relaxing in front of a hotel and visiting with a baby. Also included is footage of the 1930 Portland Rose Festival parade, including floats for the Portland Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club, Richfield Oil (Charles Lindbergh theme), First National Bank, Multnomah County, Japan, Claude Neon Products, Jantzen, and Wonder Bread.
Swimming pool construction and railway construction camp
Part of Samuel S. Magoffin fonds
Item is an amateur film containing footage of the construction of a swimming pool at the Magoffin’s residence, Rockhaven, at 3612 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, and Sam and Margaret Magoffin swimming in the pool with friends. The film also shows Margaret standing in front of Rockhaven. The film then cuts to footage of a sign reading “Multnomah” and then to a street scene in an unidentified city showing cars and people and a group of young boys looking up at the camera. Also included is footage of three men standing near some bunkhouses in a desert-like environment, perhaps near Magoffin’s Lyon Creek project, as well as some track and the outside of a tunnel and equipment. The film finishes with a view of a railway trestle and track and one man sitting in a car and one man standing next to the car, in what appears to be the same location.
D. Scott's travel footage from Bermuda, Brazil, and Argentina
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.
Hong Kong - Margaret, swimming, boats, construction
Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds
Item is an amateur film from Douglas Scott's time living in Hong Kong, which captures ships on the water; the Scott family swimming, with Margaret and the family dogs on a raft; Margaret playing with a large dollhouse; Margaret pulling a toy dog on a tricycle outside the Scott's house; the Scott family in a rowboat; a crowded pier, and steam boats full of people; Margaret in a costume; and a construction site.
Hong Kong - group shot, Margaret and friend
Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds
Item is an amateur film from Douglas Scott's time living in Hong Kong which captures a dark group shot of some men; an unidentified family relaxing at the Scott's home; and Margaret with unidentified friend playing with a young puppy. The film also includes a slow motion shot of a child jumping into the water.
Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds
Item is an amateur film from Douglas Scott's time living in Hong Kong which captures a woman swimming in the open hole of a pontoon-like boat, as well as shots of the Hong Kong shore from the boat.
Hong Kong : waterskiing, swimming
Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds
Item is an amateur film from Douglas Scott's time living in Hong Kong which captures shots of youths waterskiing (possibly at Tweed Bay) and the family playing in the water; drying off; and an unidentified man juggling a paper ball with his feet.
Bapco promotional film, Hong Kong footage
Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds
Item is an amateur film which begins with what appears to be scenes from an advertisement for the British America Paint Company (BAPCO): a BAPCO building is pictured, followed by the intertitle "For Three Generations Bapco has served the West with quality products," followed by a shot of a portrait of W.J. Pendray and men in suits walking around a garden. A shot of a ship then precedes the intertitle "At Bapco exists constructive cooperation between Western Canadian capital and Canadian technicians and craftsmen in producing quality products carefully formulated to meet the exacting requirements of the West." Following shots include an office with people typing, reading papers, and working at their desks; chemists working in a lab, including shots of titration into a beaker and an oil centrifuge; and cans of Satin-Glo paint. The latter half of the film is footage from Douglas Scott's time in Hong Kong, which includes shots of junks, rafts, and sampans on the water; a Buddhist temple; a steam ship; the Scott's Hong Kong house; Margaret and her mother by the shore; grape picking; waves rolling against the shore; and the Scott family swimming, including slow motion shots of diving in the water.
Item is a photograph showing swimmers, beach goers, the pier, as well as the Hotel Sylvia, residences, and Stanley Park and the mountains in the background.