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- 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
- 2010 Winter Olympics - Interview with Maria Fiskilis, George Ghiouzelis, and Speros Ganatsios
- Contributor(s)
- Fiskilis, Maria (Interviewee), Ghiouzelis, George (Interviewee), Ganatsios, Speros (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-02-01
- Language
- English
- Description
- Maria Fiskilis, George Ghiouzelis, and Speros Ganatsios discuss their favourite experiences of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
- Extent
- 00:02:10
- Subject(s)
- Olympic Winter Games (21st : 2010 : Vancouver, B.C.), Hockey, Greek Canadians
- Location(s)
- Fairview
- Time Period
- 2000s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Title
- Air Plaza:
- Contributor(s)
- Gluckman, Dr. John (Photographer)
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Date Created
- 1986
- Description
- Air Plaza at Expo 86.
- Subject(s)
- Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Expo 86 - Air Plaza
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1980s
- Collection
- Expo Retro
- Title
- All I Need ... is Frisco Jones
- Contributor(s)
- Hoy, Brenda (Contributor)
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Date Created
- 2015-11-01
- Description
- Soap opera heartthrob, Jack Wagner, from 'General Hospital' (Frisco Jones), 'Bold and the Beautiful' (Dominick Payne), and 'Melrose Place' (Dr. Peter Burns). He also had a hit song in 1985 - 'All I Need'. He was in town November 2015 filming a TV series called 'When Calls the Heart'. I saw him walking in downtown Vancouver on his day off. While he looked familiar, our conversation got off to an awkward start, as someone told me that he was somebody else. After the initial mistaken identity, I was thrilled when I realized who he was, as I was a big fan of 'General Hospital' and 'Melrose Place' during the years he was on those shows.
- Subject(s)
- Actors, Wagner, Jack, Television - Production and direction
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Hollywood North
- Title
- Arrival of First CPR Passenger Train in Vancouver:
- Contributor(s)
- Devine, H.T. (Photographer)
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Date Created
- 1887-05-23
- Description
- Locomotive No. 374 - crowds - station.
- Subject(s)
- Locomotives, Crowds, Trestles, Piers, Railroads - Passenger traffic, Railroad passenger cars, Railroads - Rolling-stock, Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1880s
- Collection
- Canadian Pacific Railway Collection
- Title
- At Home in the Downtown Eastside - Interview with Himy Syed:
- Contributor(s)
- Syed, Himy (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-07-22
- Language
- English
- Description
- After a year's residence on the Downtown Eastside, Himy Sied is still getting to know his neigbourhood and his neighbors, and likes them both more and more each day.
- Extent
- 00:05:55
- Subject(s)
- Social entrepreneurship, Small business, Vancouver Public Library - nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch
- Location(s)
- Strathcona
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- B.C. Express Wagons and Trucks outside CPR Station
- Contributor(s)
- Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Date Created
- 1921-1922
- Description
- B.C. Express Wagons and Trucks outside CPR Station
- Subject(s)
- Horse-drawn vehicles, Trucks, Buildings, B.C. Express Company, Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1920s
- Collection
- Canadian Pacific Railway Collection, Leonard Frank Collection
- Title
- B.C. Royal Cafe - Interview with Wail Wong
- Contributor(s)
- Wong, Wail (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- moving image
- Date Created
- 2015
- Language
- English
- Description
- Wail Wong reminisces about restaurants that he frequented as a child.
- Extent
- 00:00:26
- Subject(s)
- B.C. Royal Cafe, Childhood, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Chinese Canadians
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1980s
- Collection
- Chinatown Stories, Story City
- Title
- Beautiful and Diverse - Interview with Carol Devitt:
- Contributor(s)
- Devitt, Carol (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-07-27
- Language
- English
- Description
- Carol Devitt came to Vancouver on a whim, as a temporary worker. She loves the landscape and the diversity, and might just stay long term.
- Extent
- 00:03:00
- Subject(s)
- Multiculturalism, Festivals
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Beyond the Barricade:
- Contributor(s)
- Galanopolous, Anita (Contributor)
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Date Created
- 1986
- Description
- Mother and two small children pose for photograph at the Highway 86 Installation at Expo 86.
- Subject(s)
- Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Bicycles, Expo 86 - Highway 86 Installation, Children
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1980s
- Collection
- Expo Retro