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2013.6.36.1.003.087 · Item · Jan. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a swimming pool at Second Beach in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C. The snow in the foreground is 16 inches deep and there is a gathering snowstorm in the background coming in from the west.

Surviving building, Gerard
2013.6.36.1.072.02 · Item · 10 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the only surviving building in the ghost town of Gerard. Its survival was due to the ownership and periodic use of the B.C. Government Fisheries Department.

Sun Tower in Vancouver, B.C.
2013.6.36.1.002.085 · Item · 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.

Stave Falls School
2013.6.36.1.076.13 · Item · [June 1968]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Stave Falls School, a type of rural school that was falling into disuse. This one was still in use and cared for.

St. Ann's Academy, Victoria
2013.6.36.1.073.05 · Item · Oct. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts St. Ann's Academy, a girls boarding school that was close to the centre of Victoria. In the corner of the property, nuns had established the first school in B.C. in 1853.

2013.6.36.1.020.04 · Item · 15 Oct. 1972
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the interior of a snow shed at about mile 29.0 using CPR mileages commencing at Brookmere, which is 4 miles east of Brookmere. It is on the ex CPR Coquihalla Line from Hope to Brodie Junction.

2013.6.36.1.002.054 · Item · Sept. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the site of a former C.P.R. connection between the mainline into Vancouver and False Creek yards at West Pender St. In Vancouver. The rails are not used but still appear in the street and on the parking lot on the far side. Another parallel set of tracks 30 yards to the east are in daily use.

2013.6.36.1.007.047 · Item · Oct. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Sirdar station belonging to the C.P.R. It is at the south end of Kootenay Lake and 11 miles north of Creston. There is a little used turntable behind the depot. The view is looking south.

2013.6.36.1.002.098 · Item · Apr. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a settler's log cabin, about 1 mile from the main road of Sechelt Peninsula and on the side road leading to Gordon Bay, at a point where a small stream cease to be tidal. Vertical cracks in logs stuffed with rags and horizontal cracks filled with cement.

2013.6.36.1.026.10 · Item · [22 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a section shanty at the CPR McCulloch depot located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision. The rail here is Canada Algoma, 85 lbs. and dated to 1940. The view is looking southeast, with Hydraulic Lake in the background.

Section bunk house
2013.6.36.1.152.01 · Item · Sept. 2000
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CPR section bunk house in Midway. On the left was a living room with two windows, stove, and sink. Bedroom with one window and two beds located on the right.