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Shaughnessy Golf Course
2013.6.36.1.005.42 · Stuk · [1964?]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Shaughnessy Golf Course after its closure but before its destruction. The view is looking east from the clubhouse at the first tee and fairway.

2013.6.36.1.005.58 · Stuk · [June 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts former tram tracks in Vancouver, BCPhotograph taken from the intersection of Fir St. and a piece (in the left hand of photo) leading to First Ave., with the B.C. Electric Railway behind.

Sun Tower in Vancouver, B.C.
2013.6.36.1.002.085 · Stuk · Feb. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Sun Building at the intersection of Beatty and West Pender St. in Vancouver, B.C. The photo was taken after the Pacific Press Ltd. Vacated the building on December 26, 1965, and the "Sun" neon sign on the tower was removed. The view is looking west from West Pender St.

2013.6.36.1.010.64 · Stuk · [June 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #25 at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was first used in building the C.N.R. in B.C. and/or western Alberta. The gauge is 3' and it is believed it was built to this gauge. The drive is Elmer Blackstaff, the chief mechanic at the museum.

2013.6.36.1.010.66 · Stuk · Apr. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 diesel shunter locomotive #21, owned and on the premises of Vancouver Wharves Ltd. in North Vancouver. It is having a new transmission installed and receives an annual paint job in sky blue. It has a Gardiner (Manchester) engine. Comes the plate "Samuel Williams & Sons Ltd." (of Dagenham, Essex, U.K.), which is the parent company of the V.W. Ltd.

2013.6.36.1.010.75 · Stuk · [May 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Pacific Coast Bulk Terminals on the North Shore, 1 mile east of Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver. Previously owned by Hillcrest Lumber #11 and Merrill & Ring #5. In the foreground is 90-ton Shay locomotive #115 from the Railway Appliance Research Ltd. It was built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1929 and is builders #3350. It was last owned by Canadian Forest Products on Nimpkish Valley Railway on North Vancouver Island, up until at least the mid-1960s.

CPR "Princess Elaine"
2013.6.36.1.012.08 · Stuk · [between 1964 and 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CPR ship named "Princess Elaine" at the pier opposite the CPR station in Vancouver. The ship was being stripped of its engines and was subsequently towed to Blaine, WA.