Search In Collection

Separate multiple keywords with AND.

Use * for variant word endings: child* for child, children, etc.

Search results

Search Results

Displaying (1 - 20 of 489)

Pages

Title: 1930s Occupations and Protests - Interview with Willis Shaparla (Part 1 of 3)
Contributor(s): Shaparla, Willis (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1984
Language: English
Description: Willis recalls the occupations and protests of the 1930s in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:34:36, 00:34:36
Subject(s): On to Ottawa trek, Bloody Sunday (1938), Depressions - 1929, Protests, Occupations, Labour unions, Police
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: 1930s Occupations and Protests - Interview with Willis Shaparla (Part 2 of 3)
Contributor(s): Shaparla, Willis (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1984
Language: English
Description: Willis recalls the occupations and protests of the 1930s in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:29:34, 00:29:34
Subject(s): On to Ottawa trek, Bloody Sunday (1938), Depressions - 1929, Protests, Occupations, Labour unions, Police
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: 1930s Occupations and Protests - Interview with Willis Shaparla (Part 3 of 3)
Contributor(s): Shaparla, Willis (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1984
Language: English
Description: Willis recalls the occupations and protests of the 1930s in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:03:09, 00:03:09
Subject(s): On to Ottawa trek, Bloody Sunday (1938), Depressions - 1929, Protests, Occupations, Labour unions, Police
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: 1960s Teen Hot Spots - Interview with Ron Pollock:
Contributor(s): Pollock, Ron (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-20
Language: English
Description: Ron talks about visiting folk clubs in Downtown Vancouver as a teenager in the 1960s - his introduction to the "cool scene."
Extent: 00:01:01
Subject(s): Folk music, Nightclubs, Teenagers, Inquisition Coffee House, Creative community
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1960s, 1970s
Collection: Story City

Title: 1st Vancouver Hotel, CPR. Park looking across to Georgia and Granville:
Contributor(s): Unknown (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1892
Description: Ground view of Vancouver Hotel No.1 - C.P.R. Park - Whetham College - Hudson's Bay Co. - looking S. across C.P.R. Park to Georgia and Granville.
Subject(s): Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Parks, Buildings, Hotels
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1890s
Collection: Canadian Pacific Railway Collection

Title: 300 block West Hastings:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1904
Description: View from Homer to Hamilton. Streetcars, street sweeper, and the Royal Insurance Company on the corner
Subject(s): Street-railroads, Buildings, Street lighting, Royal Insurance Company, British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: 300 block West Hastings
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1908
Description: View of Hastings from Homer. Mahon Block on the corner with a bookshop at street level and Buscombe's housewares store, right. Pedestrians, and a streetcar in the snow. The office for the Province newspaper is visible in the background, right. Also exists as a lantern slide (66972).
Subject(s): Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - Hastings Street, Pedestrians, Stores, Retail, Street-railroads, Buildings, Winter, British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Frederick Buscombe & Co., Limited, Province Newspaper
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: 300 block West Hastings
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: North side looking west from Hamilton to Homer. Various businesses, including Buscombe's housewares store, (sign, left). Pedestrians. Also exists as a lantern slide (66966)
Subject(s): Buildings, Pedestrians, Stores, Retail, Frederick Buscombe & Co., Limited, Buscombe's Housewares
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: 400 block West Hastings
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1907
Description: West view from Homer. A.F. McMillan jewellery shop. Pedestrians in the rain.
Subject(s): Jewellers, Dental offices, Pedestrians, Stores, Retail, Buildings, Boston Dentists, Limited, McMillan, Allan Francis (1865-1942)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: 400 block West Hastings:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1906
Description: Looking west from the south west corner of Hastings and Homer. Royal Bank, left, with Montelius piano store next to it. Other businesses including the Bank of British North America (centre-right) and pedestrians, streetcars, and wagons. Flags and banners decorating the street may be in celebration of the city's twentieth anniversary.
Subject(s): Banks and banking, Horse-drawn vehicles, Pedestrians, Stores, Retail, Buildings, Architecture, Bank of British North America, Montelius Piano House, Ltd., Royal Bank of Canada
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: 500 block Carrall Street west side:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1906
Description: Looking north with the Chinese Empire Reform Association of Canada, centre. Chinese businesses and men. Wagons.
Subject(s): Horse-drawn vehicles, Chinese Canadians, Buildings, Stores, Retail, Chinese Empire Reform Association of Canada
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: 600 block Granville:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1906
Description: Looking north from south side of Georgia Street. The Hudson's Bay department store is partially visible, right. The New York Block (658 Granville) is centre right, the Bank of Montreal is partially visible, centre. The CPR station is at the foot of the street. Streetcars, wagons and carriages, liquor store (Turner's), bookstore, camera shop, tailor, and Turkish bathhouse.
Subject(s): Horse-drawn vehicles, Stores, Retail, Architecture, Department stores, Buildings, Liquor stores, Turner, Joseph P., Hudson's Bay Company, Bank of Montreal, British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: 600 block West Hastings
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1904
Description: Looking east from Granville. Streetcars and wagons. George Trorey's jewellery store is at the north east corner (left) with other businesses beyond.
Subject(s): Jewellers, Street-railroads, Children, British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Stores, Retail
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: 600 block West Hastings:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Looking east from Granville. Streetcar, carriage, and pedestrians. Birks jewellery store is at the corner (left) with the 'Birks' clock out front (George Trorey's jewellery store until 1906). A boy with a bicycle, centre, and a woman pushing a pram, foreground.
Subject(s): Stores, Retail, Bicycles, Street-railroads, Pedestrians, Buildings, British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Henry Birks and Sons Limited
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Activity on Granville Street near Georgia looking north
Contributor(s): Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1935
Description: Activity on Granville Street near Georgia looking north.
Subject(s): Music-halls (Variety-theatres, cabarets, etc.), Hotels, Stores, Retail, Women, Automobiles, Pedestrians, Hudson's Bay Company, Hudson's Bay Company Building (Vancouver, B.C.), Colonial Theatre, Buildings
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Leonard Frank Collection

Title: Actor John Travolta:
Contributor(s): Schmidt, Marianne (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1986
Description: John Travolta touring the Expo 86 site.
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Travolta, John, Actors
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Adapting to Canada - Interview with Ms. Joe:
Contributor(s): Joe, Ms. (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Ms. Joe talks about being discouraged from carrying her children on her back in Canada, and her willingness to adapt to her new environment. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:00:33
Subject(s): Cultural differences, Chinese Canadians, Parenting
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Admiring Diversity - Interview with Gayle Ball-Parker and Erroll Parker:
Contributor(s): Ball-Parker, Gayle (Interviewee), Parker, Erroll (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-23
Language: English
Description: Visitors Gayle Ball-Parker and Erroll Parker talk about how their visit changed their perception of diversity in Western Canada.
Extent: 00:01:57
Subject(s): Indigenous peoples, Multiculturalism
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Aerial Photograph of Expo 86 Fairgrounds:
Contributor(s): Ens, April (Contributor)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1986
Description: Aerial photograph of the eastern section of the Expo 86 Fairgrounds with many of the iconic Expo landmarks visible (Expo Centre - now known as Science World, Canada Place, B.C. Place Stadium, B.C. Pavilion, etc).
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Aerial photographs
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Aerial View of Expo 86:
Contributor(s): Galanopolous, Anita (Contributor)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1986
Description: Aerial view of Expo 86. On the right is the Great Hall of Ramses II. On the left is the floating McDonald's restaurant known as 'McBarge'. False Creek is in the backdrop.
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Expo 86 - Great Hall of Ramses II, Aerial photographs
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro