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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: 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: 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: Carnegie Library
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1932
Description: The Carnegie Library and City Hall at Main and Hastings. There are several pedestrians on the sidewalks, and a streetcar and the Vancouver City Public Market in the background at left. Also exists as a lantern slide (66953).
Subject(s): Public libraries, Buildings, Street-railroads, Streets, City Hall (Vancouver, B.C.), Pedestrians, Vancouver Public Library - Carnegie Branch
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Exploring Vancouver by Streetcar - Interview with Shelagh Smith:
Contributor(s): Smith, Shelagh (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: Shelagh discusses the importance of streetcar travel.
Extent: 00:01:43
Subject(s): Street-railroads, Urban transportation
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Fairview street car showing accident damage:
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Fairview street car showing accident damage, sign on car advertising CCF campaign meeting with Premier Douglas of Saskatchewan, Oct. 22.
Subject(s): Street-railroads, Traffic accidents
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Fun in Collingwood - Interview with Shirley Mexter and Bev Graham:
Contributor(s): Mexter, Shirley (Interviewee), Graham, Bev (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Sisters Shirley and Bev talk about the notable places and fun activities they enjoyed while growing up in Collingwood in the 1940s.
Extent: 00:02:55
Subject(s): Parks, Childhood, Sports, Restaurants, Street-railroads, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: 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: 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 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: Growing Up in Hastings-Sunrise - Interview with Margery
Contributor(s): Margery (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Margery talks about MacDonald School and her dog, Rover.
Extent: 00:01:42
Subject(s): Dogs, Sir William Macdonald Elementary School, Street-railroads, Teachers, Children, Elementary schools, Schools
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1920s
Collection: Story City

Title: Living with the Monkeys in Stanley Park - Interview with Stan Brook
Contributor(s): Brook, Stan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Everything you ever wanted to know about growing up in Stanley Park in the 30s and 40s. Across the road from the yacht club they had buffaloes; and when we were kids, we used to bullfight the buffaloes, until they got within about 100 yards and then we'd be over the fence again!
Extent: 00:06:21
Subject(s): Family, Housing, Animals, Boats and boating, King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874-1950, Nine O'Clock Gun - Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Marion Malkin Memorial Bowl - Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Vegetable truck, Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, Swimming, Street-railroads, Indigenous peoples, Active life enthusiasts, Playing
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Looking southwest on Hastings Street
Contributor(s): Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1934-11
Description: Addresses are in the same order as corporation names. The Royal Fish and Chips and the Sylvian Rooms have the same address.
Subject(s): Street-railroads - Cars, Buildings, Hotels, Restaurants, Sylvian Rooms, Regent Hotel (Vancouver, B.C.), Royal Theatre, Golden Gate Cafe, Vancouver Billiards and Pool Hall, White Lunch (Restaurant : Vancouver, B.C.), Hotel Howard, Street-railroads, Royal Fish and Chips (Restaurant : Vancouver, B.C.), Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - Hastings Street
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Leonard Frank Collection

Title: Neighbourhood Fun - Interview with Peggy Upton:
Contributor(s): Upton, Peggy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Peggy describes cycling, skating, rides on the streetcars, and other fun activities from her pre-war childhood.
Extent: 00:01:55
Subject(s): Skating, Cycling, Active life enthusiasts, Street-railroads
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Story City

Title: Street car overturns at Powell and Commercial:
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Accidents – Street car overturns at Powell & Commercial, faded sign for Phillips Grocery on side of building, advertisement for Vancouver Sun on car.
Subject(s): Street-railroads, Street-railroads - Cars, Traffic accidents
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Streetcars in the snow:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1909
Description: (Top left) Granville, looking south from Dunsmuir. D.A. Smith furniture store (601 Granville), right. Car, streetcar, pedestrians, and dogs. (Top right) Granville, looking north from near W. Pender. Post office is left, followed by Fairfield Building and Wilson Building. New post office is Looking south east along 500 block Granville. Buildings, businesses, and pedestrians also visible. Also available as a lantern slide (66969).
Subject(s): Buildings, Street-railroads, Streets, Pedestrians, Stores, Retail, Winter, British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Visiting Vancouver - Interview with Josh Shin:
Contributor(s): Shin, Josh (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-11-23
Language: English
Description: Josh shares early memories of visiting Vancouver and the types of things his family did back then.
Extent: 00:01:31
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Street-railroads, Urban transportation, Canadians - Social life and customs, Weddings, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: West Hastings from Granville
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1908
Description: Looking east in the snow. Streetcars and pedestrians. Birks jewellery store is partially visible, left, and the Canadian Bank of Commerce is across the street with the Strand Hotel next door. Also exists as a lantern slide (66971).
Subject(s): Buildings, British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Henry Birks and Sons Limited, Winter, Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - West Hastings Street, Pedestrians, Hotels, Banks and banking, Stores, Retail, Street-railroads
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection