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Addition to the Sun Press Building, course of construction, Vancouver, British Columbia

Photograph depicts the addition to the Sun Press Building, built by Commonwealth Construction Co. Ltd., general contractors.

High angle shot of construction on top of two story concrete building; crane parked at rear of building; three delivery trucks parked in open garage at side of building in front of image; three smaller trucks parked in parking lot; The Sun Tower visible in background.

White title box in bottom right corner reads "ADDITION AT SUN PRESS BUILDING", "COMMONWEALTH CONSTRUCTION Co. Ltd. GENERAL CONTRACTORS", "No. 2", "Date 5-15-54"

Addition to the Sun Press Building, course of construction, Vancouver, British Columbia

Photograph depicts the addition to the Sun Press Building, built by Commonwealth Construction Co. Ltd., general contractors.

High angle shot of initial stages of construction on top two story concrete building; four men standing in front of crane parked at rear of building; two delivery trucks and one smaller truck parked in open garage at side of building in front of image; six smaller trucks parked in parking lot; The Sun Tower visible in background.

White title box in bottom right corner reads "ADDITION AT SUN PRESS BUILDING", "COMMONWEALTH CONSTRUCTION Co. Ltd. GENERAL CONTRACTORS", "No.1", "Date April 14, 1954"

Aerial view of piers, "Oriana" docked

Photograph depicts an aerial view of piers and the CP services building.

Rail cars and brick building in foreground of image; overpass leading to large building stationed on dock in right of image; white ocean liner named "ORIANA" in centre of image; North Shore mountains and what appears to be the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge in background.

Arrival of 1st Can. Pacific Train, May 1887

Photograph depicts the arrival of the first Canadian Pacific Train in Vancouver.

Crowd gathered on wood platform on stilts over water; train decorated with wreaths of flowers to right of train; rail causeway over water in centre of image; mill and forested area in background.

Arrival of 1st Can. Pacific Train, May 1887, with captioning written by Major Matthews, Vancouver City Archives

Photograph depicts the first Canadian Pacific Train in Vancouver.

Crowd gathered on wood platform on stilts over water; train decorated with wreaths of flowers to right of train; rail causeway over water in centre of image; mill and forested area in background.

Large caption written across top of image.

Note: Date of 1887 originally noted must be a mistake as Leonard Frank did not arrive on the west coast of North America, and more specifically in Vancouver or Victoria, until 1894. See "An Enterprising Life: Leonard Frank Photographs 1895 - 1944" by Cyril E. Leonoff.

Automobiles in front of Ford plant

Photograph depicts automobiles in front of the Ford plant.

Three business men standing in front of row of black automobiles lined up in front of brick, art deco style building; flame shaped light posts on grass area in front of building.

This photograph is associated with McCarter & Nairn - supervising architects.

B.C. Electric Plant, Ruskin, B.C.

Photograph depicts construction on Ruskin Dam.

Blurred locomotive passing through middle of image on raised railway tracks; two storey steel frame structure in middle of image, connected to bridge; outbuildings on top of hill in background.

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