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Photograph depicts the CPR line adjacent to the Immigration Building at the foot of Thurlow Street. Former spur that led to Pier A is visible in the foreground. New track that led to a recently constructed rail barge slip was about to be laid across the road at the corner of the Immigration Building.

Photograph taken at the intersection of Cardero and Barclay Streets, looking northeast. Captured at 925 Cardero, the Buckingham Apartments.

Photograph depicts a house fire in West End of Vancouver.

Photograph depicts a CPR tail ferry ramp just east of Pier A3 in Vancouver Harbour. Displays the connection with the ramp (in the foreground) and the barge (in the middle distance).

Photograph depicts a CPR rail ferry slip, east of Pier A3 in Vancouver Harbour. Visible are loaded cars of pulp that came from Harmac. They were being unloaded off of an 18 car barge owned and operated by D. Yorke and Sans Ltd. This slip was the oldest extant in Vancouver. It was to be replaced or relegated by a new CPR rail slip being that already being built.

Photograph depicts a new CPR rail terminal ramp that was being built on the site of the former Pier A, Vancouver Harbour.

Photograph depicts a CPR rail ferry slip, east of of Pier A3 in Vancouver Harbour. Visible is the last car that just came off the barge.

Photograph depicts a P & O liner, the "Orcades," at CPR Pier B. It was about to sail to Hawaii and New Zealand.

Photograph depicts CPR Budd Car #9055 at the False Creek yards. It is unknown where this car operates as there are no local CPR services that use Budd cars.

Photograph depicts BCER freight switching on the Island's trackage with B.C. locomotive #901 and tank car, property of Union Tank Car Company, built in 1926. Image captured directly underneath Granville Bridge.

Photograph depicts a new CPR rail terminal ramp that was being built on the site of the former Pier A, Vancouver Harbour.

Photograph depicts a small vessel called "Dinamac." It had a red hull, suggesting that it may have been a Department of Transport tender.

Photograph depicts a house being gutted, prior to demolition.

Photograph depicts one of four houses that were being gutted and demolished to make way for a concrete high rise apartment block. Built circa 1905.

Photograph depicts a frame house in Vancouver. A high rise apartment on Barclay Street was being built and was just appearing in the background.

Photograph depicts the rear view of Ridgewood Studio, Ltd., furnishers and furniture renovators. The wood shed was used for repair and repolishing of furniture.

Photograph taken at the main main fire station on the site of the former RCAF station near the Vancouver Airport. Visible is foam pumper #2, operated by the Federal Department of Tranpsort, as well as a Sicard truck.

Photograph depicts a view of Vancouver's West End.

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern bridge over the Capilano River in northwest Vancouver. Also visible is a switching locomotive.

Photograph depicts a CPR rail ferry ramp, east of Pier A3 in Vancouver Harbour. Image displays details of the attachment of a barge to a ramp.

Photograph depicts a CPR rail ferry ramp in Vancouver Harbour. The ramp acted as a dock for the "Princess of Vancouver."

Photograph depicts the CPR waterfront yards in Vancouver Harbour. Roil was on the displayed flat car in order to build a new spur the led to a recently constructed rail-ferry slip.

Photograph depicts the site of a new CPR spur that was to be laid on a recently built rail ferry slip between Pier A3 and the old CPR Pier A.

Photograph depicts a P & O liner, the "Orcades," at Pier B of the CPR, about to depart for direct passage from Hawaii to Sydney.

Photograph depicts a former light ship called "Thomas E. Bayard." Image captured the view of the foredeck and base of the mast holding a light.

Photograph depicts a former light ship called "Thomas E. Bayard." Visible is a schooner before the ship.

Photograph depicts containers being hoisted onto "Japan Line" by means of a steam derrick (owned by Mckenzie Barge and Derrick Co. Ltd.) tied alongside scow holding containers. Davies notes that this was an unusual sight.

Photograph depicts a small tug being completely renovated on a floating scow.

Photograph depicts a former RCAF that is not airworthy. It had lost its tail unit.

Photograph depicts a former RCAF that is not airworthy. Its interior was in shambles.

Photograph depicts a view of Vancouver's West End.

Photograph depicts a view of Vancouver's West End.

Photograph depicts the former "A" Pier of the CPR near the entrance to Coal Harbour. Undergoing dismantling or major renovation of the pier. The steam crane on a scow belonged to Vancouver Pile Driving and Contracting Co. Ltd. Left of the crane's jib was a new CPR rail slip in construction.

Photograph depicts a steam tug called "R.F.M". It was believed to not be in steaming condition.

Photograph depicts work in progress on a new CNR lifting span bridge. Immediately in front of it was a coffer dam for a pier. Tidal conditions were a problem.

Photograph depicts a house that provided an example of the few surviving homes left on Beach Ave.

Photograph depicts one of the surviving houses on Beach Ave, Vancouver, between Gilford and Chilco.

Photograph depicts a house that had a "sold" notice on it and was partly demolished. Up to the date the photograph was captured, this block on Beach Ave. was the sole remaining one to have only houses on it, as opposed to a mixture of houses and apartment blocks, or blocks only.

Photograph depicts a fire truck being used to deal with a bedroom fire in Vancouver.

Photograph depicts the "Haida Chieftain" tug of the Kingcome Navagation Ltd. at their wharf in Vancouver.

Photograph depicts a cannery at the seaward entrance to the south arm of the combined north arm of the Fraser river. Visible are a few rusted anchors. One was marked "Locomotive B.C. 100 Ibs. 1943 U.S. Navy."

Photograph depicts "Fireboat" that was built for the Nanaimo-Vancouver Bath-Tub Race. The race had terminated at Fisherman's cove on the same day.

Photograph depicts one of the entries in the Nanaimo-Vancouver Bath Tub Race. Thre were 2112 entires and there was 32 mile crossing. Only 46 reached the finish line, of which this was one.

Photograph depicts three crossing at Second Narrows in Vancouver Harbour. On the left was a new CNR bridge being built. In the middle was exsiting CN track. To the right a high level road bridge is visible.

Photograph depicts a large house that was actually the Sunset Beach Lodge. The western end of the block was being demolished. Image captured the last complete block of houses on Beach Ave.

Photograph taken looking northwest at a corner house and another home to its left. They were 2 of 9 houses in this Beach Block, the last block of houses on Beach Ave.

Photograph depicts the demolished site of Nelson Laundries Ltd. The boiler in the foregorund was having tubes removed by a wrecker. The site was to be occupied by a Ford motor dealer.

Photograph depicts buildings of the former Vancouver-Lansdale ferry. They appeared to now be used by Kingcome Navigation Co. as well as other businesses.

Photograph depicts a road roader at work doing black top patching and that belonged to the Pavements Department of the City of Vancouver. Built by Aveling Barford Ltd., Grantham, Lincs, England.

Photograph taken at the intersection of Nelson and Denman Streets. Three quarters of the blook had just been cleared for a new high rise and shopping complex.