Photographs depict the construction progress of the Preventive Medical Building (the Wesbrook Building) at the University of British Columbia. Second image does not have label in bottom right corner.
Large, square, steel, three level platform; wooden and concrete foundation built around platform;, crane tower behind structure; six construction workers visible in foreground; existing buildings visible in background.
Black and white label in bottom right corner of image reads "U.B.C. PREVENTIVE MEDICAL BLDG. SHARP THOMPSON BERWICK PRATT ARCHITECTS - VANCOUVER B.C. COMMONWEALTH CONSTRUCTION CO. BUILDERS - ENGINEERS NR DATE "
Photograph depicts the construction progress of the Faculty Club Building at the University of British Columbia.
Multi-level wood, rebar and concrete construction; gently sloping, compact dirt mound in bottom right of image; wood debris and supplies on mound; concrete mixing truck on middle left of image; crane tower behind truck; trees in background.
Photograph depicts Fritz Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962). Viennese by birth, Kreisler was a premier American violinist.
Half body shot of a middle aged man with a mustache; wearing a heavy wool overcoat and fedora, looking off into the distance; appears to be standing in front of some sort of baroque sculpted pillar.
Photograph depicts Russian pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff (1 April 1873 – 28 March 1943), at the Great Northern Railway Station in Vancouver, B.C.
Man in overcoat and fedora standing to right of Great Northern caboose; sign on railing of caboose reads "GREAT NORTHERN" with a mountain goat in the middle.
Photograph depicts Russian ballerina Mme. Anna Pavlova (12 February 1881 –23 January 1931) aboard the Empress of Canada. She is famous for being the first ballerina to travel around the world to perform ballet for people who had never been exposed to it.
Half body shot of woman wearing knit cap and striped blazer, hands in pockets; standing against white backdrop; black rail partially visible in left of image.
Photograph depicts Texada Mines Ltd. Texada Mines Ltd. was located on Texada Island, the largest of the Northern Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia. In 1876, a whaler discovered iron ore on the island and mining began. Texada Mines was open from 1952 to 1977.
Interior shot of a mechanical room; various chute, pipe, and tank systems; three workers in hard hats; warehouse pendant lights hanging from ceiling; windows on either side of structure.
Photograph depicts Texada Mines Ltd. Texada Mines Ltd. was located on Texada Island, the largest of the Northern Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia. In 1876, a whaler discovered iron ore on the island and mining began. Texada Mines was open from 1952 to 1977.
Interior shot of a mechanical room; end of mechanical room is entirely window; series of valves, chutes, and pipes; warehouse pendant lamps hanging from the ceiling; one worker in left of image.
Photograph depicts Texada Mines Ltd. Texada Mines Ltd. was located on Texada Island, the largest of the Northern Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia. In 1876, a whaler discovered iron ore on the island and mining began. Texada Mines was open from 1952 to 1977.
Shot taken from exterior of interior of mechanical room at Texada Mines Ltd.; triangular roof and upper level or machinery visible; loading conveyor with walkway connected to building; two men stand on access walkway adjacent to conveyor; third man stands on the ground holding cables; corrugated metal roof of different structure partially visible in bottom of image; and rock piles in background.