Vancouver by the decade

Try a short phrase like “people waiting for a streetcar”, "crowd around a large tree", or "kids playing at the beach" — the results will match the meaning, not just the exact words.

[Spectators admiring the front end of locomotive No. 374]

[Spectators admiring the front end of locomotive No. 374]

Aug. 22, 1945

[The Duke of Kent leaving Shaughnessy Military Hospital]

[The Duke of Kent leaving Shaughnessy Military Hospital]

Aug. 11, 1941

[The Duke of Kent speaking with ship builders]

[The Duke of Kent speaking with ship builders]

Aug. 1941

[Mrs. J.S. Matthews greets His Excellency Bishop E.Q. Jennings]

[Mrs. J.S. Matthews greets His Excellency Bishop E.Q. Jennings]

June 20, 1941

Item : CVA 586-110.01 - Rosedale Ferry

Item : CVA 586-110.01 - Rosedale Ferry

1949

Item : CVA 586-2910 - [Lieutenant Governor W.C. Woodward visits a patient in  Queen Victoria hospital during the] Golden Spike celebration

Item : CVA 586-2910 - [Lieutenant Governor W.C. Woodward visits a patient in Queen Victoria hospital during the] Golden Spike celebration

July 1, 1944

Vancouver Engineering [made] chipper at B.C. Plywood

Vancouver Engineering [made] chipper at B.C. Plywood

Nov. 6, 1946

Begg Motors and staff

Begg Motors and staff

May 1946

[Miss. Anna Neagle sitting under judges umbrella at Hastings Park racetrack]

[Miss. Anna Neagle sitting under judges umbrella at Hastings Park racetrack]

June 1942

[Man driving horse and buggy near entrance to Stanley Park]

[Man driving horse and buggy near entrance to Stanley Park]

July 1942

[Head and shoulders portrait of Group Captain W.J. "Packy" McFarlane]

[Head and shoulders portrait of Group Captain W.J. "Packy" McFarlane]

[between 1940 and 1948]

[Portrait of three women reading a document]

[Portrait of three women reading a document]

1942

[Unidentified couple on a train]

[Unidentified couple on a train]

Dec 1942

[Men filming an A.R.P. demonstration]

[Men filming an A.R.P. demonstration]

Jan 1943

Item : CVA 586-37.03 - ["Chilcotin" at Union Steamship Co. Wharf] Ketchikan, Alaska

Item : CVA 586-37.03 - ["Chilcotin" at Union Steamship Co. Wharf] Ketchikan, Alaska

Sept 1949

Item : CVA 586-37.05 - [View of totem poles in front of Billingsley Jeweler, Ketchikan, Alaska]

Item : CVA 586-37.05 - [View of totem poles in front of Billingsley Jeweler, Ketchikan, Alaska]

Sept 1949

Item : CVA 586-89.05 - Portrait - Alan Gilchrist

Item : CVA 586-89.05 - Portrait - Alan Gilchrist

Aug 1949

Item : CVA 586-746 - Lipsett Museum [display] at the Vancouver Exhibition

Item : CVA 586-746 - Lipsett Museum [display] at the Vancouver Exhibition

[ca. 1941]

Item : CVA 586-852 - Chief Officer E.W. Gray [at the helm on the] S.S. "Prince Rupert"

Item : CVA 586-852 - Chief Officer E.W. Gray [at the helm on the] S.S. "Prince Rupert"

[1942?]

Item : CVA 586-1141 - Colonel J.S. McGlashan [firing a cannon]

Item : CVA 586-1141 - Colonel J.S. McGlashan [firing a cannon]

1943

Item : CVA 586-1180 - Columbia Pictures [filming] soldiers training on Vancouver Island

Item : CVA 586-1180 - Columbia Pictures [filming] soldiers training on Vancouver Island

1943

Item : CVA 586-1483 - Petty Officer George Whittaker

Item : CVA 586-1483 - Petty Officer George Whittaker

1943

Item : CVA 586-1572 - Hudson Bay Company party [and revue]

Item : CVA 586-1572 - Hudson Bay Company party [and revue]

1943

Item : CVA 586-1588 - 201st Battery Smoker [social]

Item : CVA 586-1588 - 201st Battery Smoker [social]

1943

Item : CVA 586-1836 - Nicholson-Dunsmuir Wedding reception

Item : CVA 586-1836 - Nicholson-Dunsmuir Wedding reception

1944

Item : CVA 586-2009 - [Skaters at the] Rotary Club Vancouver Ice Carnival

Item : CVA 586-2009 - [Skaters at the] Rotary Club Vancouver Ice Carnival

1944

Item : CVA 586-2382 - A.R.P. view royal

Item : CVA 586-2382 - A.R.P. view royal

Apr. 1944

Item : CVA 586-2383 - Red Cross mobile canteen [interior]

Item : CVA 586-2383 - Red Cross mobile canteen [interior]

Apr. 1944

Item : CVA 586-2415 - Shaughnessy Hospital [food storage room]

Item : CVA 586-2415 - Shaughnessy Hospital [food storage room]

Apr. 1944

Item : CVA 586-2591 - Whittaker-Moore wedding

Item : CVA 586-2591 - Whittaker-Moore wedding

1944

Item : CVA 586-2648 - [Man working at McKenzie, White and Dunsmuir Limited]

Item : CVA 586-2648 - [Man working at McKenzie, White and Dunsmuir Limited]

May 1944

Item : CVA 586-2657 - Jantzen plant salesmen and bond flag [on the front steps]

Item : CVA 586-2657 - Jantzen plant salesmen and bond flag [on the front steps]

May 1944

Item : CVA 586-2747 - Captain S.J.M. Taylor of Chilliwack Military Hospital]

Item : CVA 586-2747 - Captain S.J.M. Taylor of Chilliwack Military Hospital]

May 1944

Item : CVA 586-2913 - Golden Spike celebration

Item : CVA 586-2913 - Golden Spike celebration

July 1, 1944

Item : CVA 586-2990 - Junior Forest Warden [using binoculars]

Item : CVA 586-2990 - Junior Forest Warden [using binoculars]

Aug. 1944

Item : CVA 586-3146 - Beverly Carr

Item : CVA 586-3146 - Beverly Carr

Oct. 1944

Item : CVA 586-3170 - A.R.P. first aid competition [at] Seaforth Armouries

Item : CVA 586-3170 - A.R.P. first aid competition [at] Seaforth Armouries

Oct. 1944

Item : CVA 586-3182 - A.R.P. first aid competition [at] Seaforth Armouries

Item : CVA 586-3182 - A.R.P. first aid competition [at] Seaforth Armouries

Oct. 1944

Item : CVA 586-3461 - Gail Patrick at Woodwards [during] 7th Victory Loan [campaign]

Item : CVA 586-3461 - Gail Patrick at Woodwards [during] 7th Victory Loan [campaign]

Nov. 1944

Item : CVA 586-3506 - [Women boxing tissues for] Pacific Mills

Item : CVA 586-3506 - [Women boxing tissues for] Pacific Mills

Nov. 1944

Item : CVA 586-3545 - Reid's holiday togs in factory

Item : CVA 586-3545 - Reid's holiday togs in factory

Feb. 1945

St. John's Ambulance Association [first aid drill]

St. John's Ambulance Association [first aid drill]

June 23, 1945

Excavation for new B.C. Telephone Building at 768 Seymour Street

Excavation for new B.C. Telephone Building at 768 Seymour Street

July 17, 1946

[Cars parked in front of building at 129 Cordova Street]

[Cars parked in front of building at 129 Cordova Street]

[31 Jan. 1940]

[The shrine in the Sikh Temple at 1866 West 2nd Avenue]

[The shrine in the Sikh Temple at 1866 West 2nd Avenue]

[ca. 1946]

[Fishing boats on the Gaspe Coast]

[Fishing boats on the Gaspe Coast]

[ca. 1944]

[Commemoration ceremony at Captain George Vancouver's grave]

[Commemoration ceremony at Captain George Vancouver's grave]

May 18, 1948

Zoning [and sectional plan of Vancouver] : [St. George Street to Fifty-eighth Avenue to Ash Street to Kent Street]

Zoning [and sectional plan of Vancouver] : [St. George Street to Fifty-eighth Avenue to Ash Street to Kent Street]

1945-June 21, 1962

Zoning [and sectional plan of Vancouver] : [Elm Street to Thirty-eighth Avenue to Holland Street to Forty-ninth Avenue]

Zoning [and sectional plan of Vancouver] : [Elm Street to Thirty-eighth Avenue to Holland Street to Forty-ninth Avenue]

Nov. 30, 1943-[ca. 1964]

Zoning [and sectional plan of Vancouver] : [Trafalgar Street to Sixteenth Avenue to Wallace Street to Twenty-seventh Avenue]

Zoning [and sectional plan of Vancouver] : [Trafalgar Street to Sixteenth Avenue to Wallace Street to Twenty-seventh Avenue]

Nov. 25, 1943-Nov. 7, 1963