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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: 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: 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: Bowlers Always Have Time to Spare:
Contributor(s): Gentile, Gina (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Here is a photo of my friend, Miranda Ross, and I with Robert Buckley AKA Clayton from 'One Tree Hill'. We were downtown on Granville bowling and noticed him and two of his friends bowling beside us. Being a casual environment we didn't want to be the crazy fan girls so we calmly approached him. He was very nice and gladly took a selfie with us!
Subject(s): Actors, Selfies, Bowling, Buckley, Robert, Commodore Lanes & Billiards, Television - Production and direction
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Hollywood North

Title: Cabs at the Canadian Pacific Railway Depot:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: A line of carriages sit west of the terminus for CPR trains and ships at the foot of Granville. A train is behind them and beyond are some downtown buildings, including Spencer's (right) and Kelly Douglas with Gault's next door (centre).
Subject(s): Railroad stations, Horse-drawn vehicles, Railroads - Trains, Buildings, Department stores, Architecture, Horses, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Gault Brothers Limited, Spencer's Department Store, Kelly Douglas and Company Limited
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Canadian Pacific Railway Collection

Title: Canadian Pacific Railway Depot
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Terminus for trains and ships at the foot of Granville in 1904 or 1906. Harbour, ship, and mountains are partially visible in background. Wagons in foreground. Also available as a lantern slide (66658).
Subject(s): Railroad stations, Horse-drawn vehicles, Buildings, Architecture, Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Canadian Pacific Railway Collection

Title: Crowd at the Canadian Pacific Railway Depot:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1909
Description: Terminus for trains and ships at the foot of Granville. People are possibly waiting to buy lots (in Shaughnessy?). Several people have bicycles.
Subject(s): Railroad stations, Crowds, Architecture, Bicycles, Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Canadian Pacific Railway Collection

Title: Dueck Chevrolet neon sign at night, Daily Province Newspaper billboard:
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1949
Description: Dueck Chevrolet neon sign at night on building Granville & West Broadway, Daily Province Newspaper billboard.
Subject(s): Billboards, Neon signs, Night, Dueck Chevrolet, Province
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Georgia Street in the snow:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Looking west from the east side of Granville Street (in front of the Hudson's Bay Co.) with the first Hotel Vancouver left, Georgia Pharmacy right (at the Johnston-Howe Building), and Wesley Methodist Church partially visible in the distance (centre-right). Wagons, a streetcar, and horse-drawn sleigh. See also 66973.
Subject(s): Winter, Department stores, Street-railroads, Hotels, Drugstores, Horse-drawn vehicles, Church buildings, Hudson's Bay Company, Hudson's Bay Company Building (Vancouver, B.C.), Hotel Vancouver (1887-1914), Georgia Pharmacy, Johnston-Howe Block (Vancouver, B.C.), Wesley Methodist Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Granville at West Hastings
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1908
Description: Looking south: streetcars. Sikh men crossing the street, right foreground; carriage, centre left. Large block on corner is the Williams Building (with McDowell's drugstore), next is the Fairfield Building, then the post office. The Williams Building was called the MacKinnon Block till 1906; it housed the Masonic temple.
Subject(s): H. McDowell & Co., Street-railroads, Post office buildings, Drugstores, East Indian Canadians, Sikhs, Sikh Canadians, Pedestrians, Architecture, Buildings, Horse-drawn vehicles, British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Streets, Freemasons
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Granville at West Hastings in the snow
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1909
Description: Canadian Bank of Commerce is to the left with McDowell Burns drugstore right and the Pacific Coast Steamship office beyond. Other buildings and businesses are visible along with streetcars and pedestrians.
Subject(s): Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - Granville Street, Pedestrians, Drugstores, Banks and banking, Buildings, Streets, McDowell Burns Drug Co., Limited, Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Winter
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Granville Street covered in snow
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1916
Description: View (ground) looking South on Granville (in the 800 block) near Smithe. There are men shovelling snow from the street. Also pictured are the Maple Leaf Theatre, the Gresham Hotel and a street car.
Subject(s): Theatres, Hotels, Street-railroads, Gresham Hotel, Maple Leaf Theatre, Winter
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Granville Street to waterfront:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1906
Description: Looking north from near Dunsmuir to CPR depot at the foot of Granville. Building on the left with the large flag on the roof is the post office; striped building on the next corner is the Fairfield Building. Banners and flags may be in celebration of the city's twentieth anniversary. Carriage, people.
Subject(s): Post office buildings, Horse-drawn vehicles, Buildings, Pedestrians, Shoe stores, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Fairfield Building
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Last trip for B.C. Electric Railway observation car:
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1950-09-17
Description: Last trip for B.C. Electric Railway observation car. Photo series 81424 - C
Subject(s): Crowds, Parades, Street-railroads - Cars, British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: A Magical Place - Interview with Jack Ford
Contributor(s): Ford, Jack (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Jack talks about the lively, joyful atmosphere of the West End and Downtown.
Extent: 00:03:05
Subject(s): Music, Picnics, Swimming, Active life enthusiasts, Creative community
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Neon signs on South Granville, multiple exposure:
Contributor(s): Jones, Art (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1948-03-27
Description: Neon signs on South Granville, multiple exposure: 'Jack Kirk', 'Dine in Your Car', 'Jordans', 'Dee's'
Subject(s): Neon signs, Signs and signboards, Night
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Orpheum Theatre, 700 block Granville St. with the 2nd Hotel Vancouver behind
Contributor(s): Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Orpheum Theatre, 700 block Granville St. with the 2nd Hotel Vancouver behind.
Subject(s): Arbor Cafe (Vancouver, B.C.), Hotels, Hotel Vancouver (1916-39), Hotel Vancouver (Vancouver, B.C.), Orpheum Theatre (Vancouver, B.C.), Vancouver Drug Company, Theatres, Theatres - History
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Leonard Frank Collection

Title: The Pizza Story - Interview with Anna Terrana:
Contributor(s): Terrana, Anna (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-09
Language: English
Description: Anna Terrana speaks about trying to go out for dinner in Vancouver for the first time.
Extent: 0:01:53
Subject(s): Italian Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, Dinners and dining, Restaurants
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Pubs and Clubbing - Interview with Maria Fiskilis, George Ghiouzelis, and Speros Ganatsios:
Contributor(s): Fiskilis, Maria (Interviewee), Ghiouzelis, George (Interviewee), Ganatsios, Speros Peter (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: English
Description: Maria Fiskilis, George Ghiouzelis, and Speros Ganatsios explain that their Greek Canadian friends still tend to move in cliques when they go out. The group talks about their thoughts on which nightclubs they prefer. They include a few pub recommendations in Kitsilano.
Extent: 00:01:37
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Bars (Drinking establishments), Nightclubs
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Snow covering Georgia and Granville
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1916
Description: View (ground) at the South West corner of Georgia and Granville. Hotel Vancouver #2, Henry Birks and Sons, Ltd. clock are pictured, with snow covering the streets.
Subject(s): Hotels, Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - Georgia Street, Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - Granville Street, Henry Birks and Sons Limited, Pedestrians, Winter, Jewellers
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection