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Suspension bridge

Photograph depicts the Capilano Suspension Bridge over the Capilano River in North Vancouver, taken from the river bank below facing south. People cross the bridge above; below, the river flows swiftly between treed banks. On the right, people stand and sit on the west bank of the river.

Banff Spring Hotel, Banff, Alberta

Photograph depicts the Banff Springs Hotel in Fairmont, Alberta, showing a summer view of the hotel and surrounding Rocky Mountains.

The hotel was commissioned by Cornelius Van Horne, the general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Designed in the Late Victorian chateau style by New York architect Bruce Price, the hotel opened on June 1, 1988 and was rebuilt in 1928 after a fire destroyed much of the original structure.

Office of H.A. Roberts Ltd. Real Estate, Insurance, Burrard St. view

Photograph depicts Burrard Street in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Streetscape is taken from Pender Street, south to West Georgia Street. On the east side, signs for H.A. Roberts Ltd. Real Estate Insurance, Wolverton Co. Ltd. Stocks Bonds, Riley's Blueprints, and a coffee shop hang above the side walk; men and women walk along the sidewalk; cars line the curb next to parking meters; cars, a bus and a truck drive in the traffic lanes. On the west side, the Bowel McLean Buick Cadillac showroom, sign and pumps of a B/A (British American Oil Company) gas station, and a Standard Station are seen; south of West Georgia, a skyscraper stands in front of an adjacent six-story apartment building or hotel.

Graphic Arts Building addition upon completion, 1200 West Hastings, Vancouver, British Columbia, no. 9

Photograph depicts the Graphic Arts Building addition and parking garage at 1200 West Hastings Street, designed by John H. Harvey, architect, and built by Commonwealth Construction Co. Ltd., general contractors.

Shot taken of a the Graphic Arts Building from a corner angle, showing the south facade and parking garage at left and the eastern facade at right.

Title card in bottom right corner reads "GRAPHIC ARTS BLDG. ADDITION & PARKING GARAGE", "VANCOUVER, B.C.", "JOHN H. HARVEY, ARCHITECT COMMONWEALTH CONSTR. CO. LTD. GENERAL CONTRACTORS", "DATE", "FACING".

Graphic Arts Building addition, complete, 1200 West Hastings, Vancouver, British Columbia, no. 8

Photograph depicts the Graphic Arts Building addition and parking garage at 1200 West Hastings Street, designed by John H. Harvey, architect, and built by Commonwealth Construction Co. Ltd., general contractors.

Shot taken of a the Graphic Arts Building from a corner angle, showing the south facade and parking garage at right and the eastern facade at left.

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.

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.

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