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Books


David Mattison Eyes of a City: Early Vancouver Photographers 1868 -1900 Published 1986 Appraises the history of photography in Vancouver primarily from the perspective of commercial landscape photographers. Their motives and achievements are examined in the context of their portrayal of the city as an entity worthy of photographic adoration and preservation. Price: $10.35 plus tax	Robert K. Burkinshaw False Creek Published 1986 Provides an overview of the history of False Creek, 1792-1983. Focusses on what were considered to be major developments in and around the waterway and on the changing ideas of Vancouver's citizens and officials concerning the role of False Creek in the city's life. Price: $8.49 plus tax

James Burrows Port Watch Historical Ships in Vancouver Harbour Published 1986 Gives an historical look at the vessels operating in the harbour during Vancouver's first hundred years. Price: $4.70 plus tax	Daphne Sleigh The Man Who Saved Vancouver: Major James Skitt Matthews Published 2008 Major James Skitt Matthews was Vancouver’s first City Archivist and the founder of the City of Vancouver Archives. Daphne Sleigh paints a vivid portrait of this controversial, colourful character whose dedication, dogged persistence and guerrilla tactics were instrumental in preserving Vancouver’s history. Price: $19.95 plus tax

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Notecards (blank)


The T.S.S. "Britannia" 1905 Inside: blank Price: $1.25 plus tax	Dominion Day at Hastings Mill. ca. 1880 Inside: blank Price: $1.25 plus tax	Steam and Sails, from Deadman's Island ca. 1920. Inside: blank Price: $1.25 plus tax

Squatter's Cove, Stanley Park 1906 Inside: blank Price: $1.25 plus tax	Georgia and Granville streets ca. 1932 Inside: blank Price: 4 / $1.75 plus tax

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Postcards

All 22 cents plus tax

Bicycle race at Brockton Oval, 1902.
With the invention of the safety bicycle with pneumatic tires, the earlier high-wheel "pennyfarthing" became obsolete. Displays such as this were held to create amusement.
Photograph: City of Vancouver Archives, SP.P.14

Big Hollow Tree, Stanley Park, 1891
The big hollow tree in Stanley Park was a popular place to visit in early Vancouver. As a joke these citizens, including pioneer Sam Brighouse, second from left, had their picture taken in 1891.
Photograph: City of Vancouver Archives, St. Pk. 34

Empress of Japan, 1892
View of Vancouver Harbour with the famous Empress of Japan departing for the Orient in 1892. From 1891 to 1926 this steam ship was well known in local waters. A replica of her dragon figurehead now rests in Stanley Park.
Photograph: City of Vancouver Archives BO.P.12

Vancouver High School girls' grass hockey team.

Photograph: City of Vancouver Archives SP.P.68

Men's Clothing Store, 1898
During the Klondike Gold Rush many prospectors stopped in Vancouver for supplies. In 1898, Johnson, Kerfoot and Co., on Cordova Street, hoped to attract these customers.
Photograph: City of Vancouver Archives BU.P.311

Vancouver City Hall, 1898-1928
This building was originally constructed in 1890 on Main Street as a public market.
Photograph: City of Vancouver Archives BU.P.289.

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Seasonal Cards


Granville Street looking south. April 1, 1936 Inside: Season's Greetings	Skaters on Trout Lake. Inside: Season's Greetings

A horse-drawn sleigh in front of the hollow tree, Stanley Park 190? Inside: Season's Greetings	Streetcar on Hastings Street April 1, 1936 Inside: Season's Greetings


First snow scenes on Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, British Columbia Nov. 17, 1929 Inside: Season's Greetings	A stand of tall Douglas firs known as "The Seven Sisters", Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia ca. 1936 Inside: Season's Greetings	Snow scene in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia 1919 Inside: Season's Greetings

Individual cards . . . . $ 1.00 plus tax
Set of 10 cards . . . . .$ 9.00 plus tax
Set of 25 cards . . . . $ 23.00 plus tax

Sets may be in any combination of cards.

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Pamphlets - FREE

Ascent of the Lions.
Linking the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean to Ocean (The first Trans-Canada Train, Montreal to Vancouver), May 1887.
The Cenotaph. Victory Square.
Diary of Fitzgerald McCleery, Earliest Settler (north arm of the Fraser River). Vancouver 1862-1866.
Early History of the Vancouver Exhibition Association.
The Good Citizen Medal, Vancouver, Canada, (Native Sons of B.C. Tillicum, Roll of Recipients) 1922 - 1957.
Isla De Apodaca 1791 (Bowen Island). (first European vessel to sail the waters of Vancouver harbour).
"O Canada", The Story of the Buchan Version.
Naming, Opening and Dedication of Stanley Park 1888-1889.
Stanley Park, The Re-dedication, 29th May 1964.
Vancouver Historical Journals Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6.

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Bird's-Eye View of the City of Vancouver, B.C., 1898

Reproduced from a map originally published by the Vancouver World Printing and Publishing Company, Limited (City of Vancouver Archives Map 547). Republished in 1998 as part of the Canadian Cities Bird's Eye Views by the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives, Ottawa, Ontario.

Description:
Size: 56 cm x 71 cm (map is 47.5 cm x 67 cm)
Colour: full colour (matte finish)
Price: $23.00 plus tax & shipping.

Credit card orders will be taken by telephone; cheques or money orders are also accepted. Debit payment is available for in-person orders.

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Salmon Can Labels

8x10 photographic reproductions of salmon can labels from early local canneries.
$10.00 plus tax

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DVDs

City Reflections, presented by the Vancouver Historical Society

The 53-minute main feature is based on the earliest known surviving film footage of Vancouver, shot in 1907 by William Harbeck from the front platform of a streetcar as it made its way through the streets of downtown and the West End. Besides the main feature and 1907 film, it also includes a full-screen version of the same route in 2007. Many additional features round out the DVD including news items from 1907, interviews with film and streetcar historians, and more on the intriguing life of filmmaker William Harbeck who died in the Titanic disaster of 1912.

There is also a special film bonus showing Victoria in 1907. Harbeck shot the film just days before his Vancouver footage. This equally fascinating Victoria footage shows the Francis Rattenbury-designed B.C. Parliament building, the Empress Hotel under construction, downtown streets and views along the Gorge waterway.

$19.95 plus tax