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- 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
- 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 Bank of Commerce, Spencer's Department Store, Empire and Marine Buildings:
- Contributor(s)
- Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Date Created
- 1935
- Description
- Looking west on Hastings Street from Richards Street - Canadian Bank of Commerce - Spencer's Department store - Empire Building - Marine Building - automobiles - street cars. Old Photo Number not available.
- Subject(s)
- Architecture, Automobiles, Urban transportation, Buildings, Street-railroads - Cars, Street-railroads, Department stores, Stores, Retail
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1930s
- Collection
- Leonard Frank Collection
- Title
- Childhood Memories - Interview with Wail Wong
- Contributor(s)
- Wong, Wail (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- moving image
- Date Created
- 2015
- Language
- English
- Description
- Wail Wong talks about seeing buildings go up and the places he frequented at as a child. Wong discusses the long standing businesses and buildings; describes the businesses he grew up around and other fond memories.
- Extent
- 00:00:57
- Subject(s)
- New Town Bakery & Restaurant, Modernize Tailors, Ming Wo, Woodward's Stores Limited, Chinese Cultural Centre, Army And Navy Department Store Ltd., Stores, Retail, Department stores, Sun Yat-Sen Gardens
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1980s
- Collection
- Chinatown Stories, Story City
- 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
- Shopping on West 4th - Interview with Dora Coutts
- Contributor(s)
- Coutts, Dora (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-06-03
- Language
- English
- Description
- Dora recalls the shopping on 4th avenue in the Kitsilano neighbourhood.
- Extent
- 00:02:45
- Subject(s)
- Small business, Department stores, Spencer's Department Store, Grocery stores, Piggly Wiggly B.C. Limited, Streetcars
- Location(s)
- Kitsilano
- Time Period
- 1940s
- Collection
- Story City