A totem in Stanley Park, near Otter Pond; Vancouver
- A-03288
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- [ca. 1910]
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A totem in Stanley Park, near Otter Pond; Vancouver
Across Canada in fifteen minutes
Part of Don Rogers film collection
Travelogue. Travel film of sights from a train trip across Canada, including footage of Nova Scotia, St. John, St Andrew's, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Georgian Bay, a Great Lakes steamboat, Fort William, Kenora, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Bassano Dam, Calgary, Edmonton, Banff, and Lake Louise. B.C. footage includes: the Spiral Tunnels at Field (with train passing through); Field; open-topped railway observation car with sightseeing passengers; Glacier; Mt. Sir Donald; Albert Canyon; train en route in Fraser Canyon; Vancouver (street scenes, Hotel Vancouver, Stanley Park, English Bay bathers); CPR steamers en route to and at Victoria; Legislative Buildings; Empress Hotel.
Adventure along the Trans-Canada Highway
The item is a composite film print of a travelogue produced by Guided Tour Productions, ca. 1960. It depicts a trip from Ottawa to the Pacific coast by Greyhound Bus. BC footage includes: Rogers Pass, the Thompson/Okanagan Region, Vancouver (Stanley Park, Lion's Gate Bridge), Victoria (Empress Hotel etc.) and the Butchart Gardens.
[Allison Logging Company -- Cumshewa Inlet, 1938-1942, reel 3]
Part of Allison Logging Company fonds
Footage. Amateur footage depicting logging operation at Cumshewa Inlet.
Travelogue. A video souvenir of Vancouver, including sequences on Expo '86, Chinatown, Stanley Park, the Sea Festival, the Japanese Festival, etc. Includes day trips to Victoria, the Cloverdale Rodeo, and other locales in the Lower Mainland.
Beaver Lake, Stanley Park, 1904-5
Part of Ray Goodwin fonds
Bow view of the S.S. Beaver wreck, Prospect Point, Stanley Park
[British Columbia and miscellaneous European and United States views]
Part of Chambers family fonds
Amateur film. "First Narrows Bridge, Vancouver, under construction. Vancouver shots. Mounted RCMP in front of Courthouse. Granville Street with Orpheum Theatre. Miniature Golf in Stanley Park. Shawnigan Lake. A.C. DesBrisay, Chief Justice of B.C. Shovelling snow on Balfour Avenue. Qualicum Beach Hotel. Jack Constantine & friend. T.G.S. Chambers. Vancouver at night. House and garden. Ernest Gourlay fishing. River. Power dam at Bonnington Falls. Wharf for ferry at Kootenay Lake. Trail. Osoyoos Lake taken from the old highway. Looking down onto Christina Lake. Beach scene. St. Malo, France and Carnac. Going into Belle Isle. Brittany. Welwyn Garden City (England?). Weston. Southampton with [the liner] "Empress of Britain". [Automobile trip over Continental Divide in USA. Salt Lake City -- Mormon Temple and Tabernacle.] Snoqualmie Pass." (Colin Browne)
Conscientious objectors' work camps : Green Timbers, etc.
The item is a video copy of amateur film footage taken by Andy Stickly of Wellesley, Ontario. It shows activities of conscientious objectors doing alternative service in B.C. during World War II under the auspices of the Forest Service, mostly at Green Timbers forest camp and Mount Seymour Park. Includes: scenery on train trip west (from Ontario?); bus trip; views of forest camp, construction, land clearing, camp life, boating, fire fighting, felling trees, chopping winter fire wood, tree planting; Theatre Under the Stars performance in Stanley Park; Banff Springs Hotel; Nanaimo; Capilano Suspension Bridge.
[Costume play actors in Stanley Park to mark Vancouver's 50th anniversary]
Part of Jack Bowdery fonds
Amateur film. "There are no scenes of the costume pageant in this short piece of film but several of the cast are shown posing in frock coats and wigs and other costumes of Captain George Vancouver's day." (Colin Browne)
Crowded Second Beach In Stanley Park, Vancouver
Crowded Second Beach In Stanley Park, Vancouver
"Driveway, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC."
Early Vancouver : reminiscences
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
SUMMARY: "Early Vancouver Reminiscences" includes recollections of the following: the origins of the Salishan people, the coming of the "white people", the smallpox epidemic, and Indigenous villages in Stanley Park and the Vancouver area (described by Chief August Jack Khahtsahlano and Mrs.George); descriptions of Vancouver after the 1886 fire, the arrival of the first trains, road building, eviction of native people from Stanley Park, and the dedication of the park (by Sam Walker, Captain Canessa, Chief Khahtsahlano, and Carl Timms); dredging and construction work on False Creek, Granville Island, and various bridges over False Creek (by Captain Canessa and Reuben Hamilton); 1912 politics, IWW competing with Salvation Army for streetcorner audience, Mayor Findlay, labour meetings, descriptions of bars and ;saloons (by [Reuben Hamilton? and Captain Canessa); local characters "Lazy George","Pacific Slope", and Tommy Roberts (by Sam Walker); the Kitsilano district and the Greer land dispute (by Chief Khahtsahlano); the "Komagata Maru" incident, World War One, conscription, post-war strikes, and construction of the old Second Narrows Bridge (by Captain Canessa and Carl Timms); Gerry McGeer as a youth and as a politician, and his opponent Lyle Telford (by Reuben Hamilton).
Entrance to Stanley Park, Vancouver.
"Entrance to Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C."
Family in car at hollow stump, Stanley Park
Part of Bilow family fonds
The item is a b&w photograph of a family, probably the Bilow family, in a car at the hollow stump at Stanley Park.
Flautist in Stanley Park Vancouver
Part of Munday family fonds
Amateur film. A propaganda film, made in the early days of the Second World War. Opening with footage of a giant Empire Youth Rally at Brockton Point Oval, the film illustrates Canadian democratic values, institutions and ideals which are now threatened by fascism and war -- farming, industry, the home and family, education, racial tolerance, elections, and religious freedom. Also includes footage of First World War memorials in Vancouver and Victoria, cemeteries, Remembrance Day ceremonies and parades, and veterans. Canada's contribution to the war effort is shown through shots of recruiting stations, marching recruits, military parades, warships, etc. One lengthy sequence uses model airplanes, dramatizations, stock shots, photographs, and footage of local civil defence drills to simulate the impact of aerial attacks on British cities during the Blitz (including civilian casualties and damaged or burning buildings).
"Giant trees, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC".
Gigantic cedar tree in Stanley Park, Vancouver.
[Girl Guides and 1939 Royal Visit, etc.]
Part of British Columbia Council of the Girl Guides of Canada fonds
Amateur film. Girl Guide and Boy Scout activities, including an outing to see King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during their 1939 visit to Vancouver.
Group portrait of men and boys in front of a tree in Stanley Park, 1918
Item consists of a mount of one photograph of a group portrait of unidentified boys and men in front of a tree at Stanley Park. Four have bicycles. "Arthur from Mr Loc[king] for Christmas 1918, Stanley Park" is written in pencil on the verso. A man's head has also been sketched in pencil on the verso.
CALL NUMBER: T2351:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Early Vancouver from 1901 ; Nursing in the 1930s PERIOD COVERED: 1901-1935 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Parents came from Nova Scotia to Vancouver in 1901; hard times during the early years in Vancouver; farm at Granville and Broadway; childhood memories; Kitsilano Beach; chores; schooling; and graduation from John Oliver; studying nursing at St. Paul's; economic and health conditions in the Depression; drug problems; West End; medical procedures.
CALL NUMBER: T2351:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Vancouver in the 1920s and 1930s PERIOD COVERED: 1901-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2?: Treatment of tuberculosis in the 1920s; sounds of early Vancouver; junk dealers; wild life; Stanley Park and the endowment lands; early fashions; newspapers; radio; automobiles; politics; changes after the Second World War.
Heritage theatre : The seawall
Part of Don Mowatt fonds
SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "The ;Seawall" by Cherie Thiessen, features the story behind the construction of the Stanley Park Seawall. James Cunningham, a master stone mason, spent thirty years constructing the wall.;
H.I.H. Prince Fushimi at the Big Tree, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.
Part of Ronald Greene collection
The item is a postcard commemorating the visit of H.I.H. Prince Fushimi to Vancouver. It shows the Prince and others standing along with their carriage next to the Hollow Tree in Stanley Park. The Prince is wearing a medal struck for the occasion.
Part of Irving family fonds
Amateur film. Stanley Park zoo. Deer on one of the Gulf Islands. Boating and leisure activities around the island. Seattle skyline from the water. Disembarking from ferry. Downtown Seattle.
Part of Thomas Whitefoot fonds
Footage. Ice skaters crowd the frozen surface of Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park, Vancouver.
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
CALL NUMBER: T1345:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Isabel Sweeny (nee Bell-Irving) talks about her family's life in Vancouver after arriving in 1885, including: her father, who was an engineer for the CPR; his sketches of CPR construction; her parents' initial stay at Black's Hotel; life in Vancouver; their first house on Alexander Street, and their house on Seaton Street, later Hastings Street. She continues with descriptions of the family holly tree and tennis court; the West End; English Bay; Jericho Beach in the 1890s; the North Vancouver Indians; False Creek; Point Grey; Marpole House; Granville Street; and the family home at Harwood and Bute Streets. TRACK 2: Mrs. Sweeny continues with her recollections about early Vancouver, including moving the last Indian village in the Kitsilano area to Squamish; real estate development; Vancouver in the 1890s and 1900s; parties; social life; the Royal Navy; more family history; Victoria; early schools in Vancouver; childhood; family pets; development of the city; a fund-raising carnival for the hospital; Indians in Stanley Park; and local characters "Crazy George" and "Pacific Slope".
CALL NUMBER: T1345:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Sweeny talks about trips along the BC coast on the family boat, the "Beatrice"; Indian fishing on the northern rivers; the Johnson family; Princess Louisa Inlet and Thetis Island. She discusses the Gulf Islands; personalities; families; Campbell River; fishing stories; Cape Mudge and Alert Bay. [TRACK 2: blank.]
SUMMARY: SIDE 1 & 2: Movement III of the Stanley Park Suite, composed by __ Moorhouse.;