View of Ocean Falls, B.C. with views of a golf course, paper and pulp mill, and dwellings. Photograph is numbered 4766.
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Vancouver: The Golden City of the West - Jubilee Year 1936
A book about Vancouver, designed as a souvenir and an “example of the art of printing”. This volume is labelled book 321 out of a presumably limited number. There is a short introduction, and then there are the large photographs from throughout Greater Vancouver with captions.
Publisher - Vancouver : Lumberman Printing Company Limited and Leonard Frank
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View of Harbour taken from financial section
View of the Birks building and other buildings in downtown Vancouver. Caption from the book reads, "Canada's Pacific metropolis lies in a matchless environment of sea and mountains."
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Granville Street, looking towards mountains
Caption from the book reads, "Vancouver is noted for the number and variety of its busy retail stores."
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Hastings Street, Standard Bank to Marine Building
Caption from the book reads, "Vancouver's newer business blocks are among the finest in the Dominion."
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C.P.R. Piers B, C, D. Grain Elevators in distance
Caption from the book reads, "Vancouver is Canada's all-year-round seaport for the trading vessels of the Eastern and Western hemispheres."
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Five-million bushel Grain Elevator of Canadian Wheat Pool
Caption from the book reads, "Vancouver is the Pacific seaboard and Panama Canal outlet for millions of bushels of Canada's annual wheat crop."
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View of Vancouver Harbour at night
Caption from the book reads, "Sailing into Vancouver harbour under a moonlit sky with myriads of twinkling harbour lights ahead is a fascinating experience."
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Burrard Bridge, taken from Beach Avenue
Caption from the book reads, "Burrard Bridge stretches a full mile in length across False Creek linking together city and suburb."
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One of Vancouver's Beautiful Residences
View of the Shannon Mews estate on the corner of 57th Avenue and Granville St. Caption from the book reads, "Vancouver is distinguished by many lovely homesites set in surroundings of great natural beauty."
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Marine Drive is another choice residential section
Caption from the book reads, "Vistas of mountain and sea and almost every type of flower and shrub make for ideal home environment."
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Shaughnessy Heights is a select neighborhood of fine homes
Caption from the book reads, "Green lawns the year through and the glowing loveliness of season flowers form a setting of perpetual charm."
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Beautiful Setting of Vancouver mansion
Caption from the book reads, "Vancouver is famous for the grandeur of its rock gardens filled with native alpine ferns and plants."
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Caption from the book reads, "Suburbs with sea and mountain views are built up with attractive homes of interesting architecture."
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Caption from the book reads, "Splendid modern hotels vie with each other in giving faultless service to the tourist."
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Caption from the book reads, "Vancouver's hotels are centrally located in the best and newest areas."
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Caption from the book reads, "Provision for the sick through adequate hospital accommodation is a responsibility seriously undertaken."
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Caption from the book reads, "A monument to the city's thoughtfulness for the sick."
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Caption from the book reads, "The religious life of the city is well served by the different denominational bodies."
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St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church and First Baptist Church
Caption from the book reads, "A broadly sympathetic ministerial body ministers to the citizen's spiritual needs."
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University of British Columbia Library Building
Caption from the book reads, "The University in its proud natural eminence is also one of Canada's greatest seats of learning and culture.
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Alexandra Park and English Bay
Caption from the book reads, "Vancouver, beyond all other Canadian cities, is richly favoured with naturally beautiful parks."
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Entrance to Stanley Park from Georgia Street
Caption from the book reads, "Canadian's finest park stands in a veritable Robin Hood forest setting and provides unrivalled scenic splendours and recreational activities.
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Caption from the book reads, "Here one may sit and browse, walk the nine-mile stretch of winding woodland road, golf, swim, or play tennis.
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Indian Totem Poles in Stanley Park
Caption from the book reads, "Many historic sights add to the entrancing interest of this wonderland park." Image of Haida totem poles, which were purchased by the City of Vancouver from Alert Bay, British Columbia.
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Lumbermen's Arch in Stanley Park
Caption from the book reads, "The mansion-site of a ten-million dollar residential property development by British investors is shown in the distance."
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President Harding Memorial, Stanley Park
Caption from the book reads, "A tribute to Canada's friendship and regard for her great southern neighbour."
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Caption from the book reads, "Crystal sea, the setting sun, towering shadows of fir and cedar and the Coast mountain range."
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Caption from the book reads, "One of the world's scenic delights; viewing the Gulf of Georgia and the incoming ships from the Panama and the Orient."
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Kitsilano Beach and Swimming Pool
Caption from the book reads, "This city-owned bathing pool provides a safe and glorious sea-water 'swimming hole."
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A Glorious Day at English Beach
Caption from the book reads, "Vancouver's English Bay is famous for its surf bathing and a source of endless pleasure to thousands who through the beach."
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Caption from the book reads, "Vancouver and British Columbia are the fisherman's paradise for salmon, cod, bass and trout."
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Caption from the book reads, "When 'they're biting' there is no finer place on earth than the Capilano River." The Capilano Suspension Bridge can be seen in the upper background of the photograph.
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Caption from the book reads, "Vancouver's many golf courses enjoy settings of unrivalled beauty, which adds to the pleasure of the game of games."
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Caption from the book reads, "One of the sights of the harbour is to watch the yacht races, and, of course, the privately-owned yachts are many and magnificent."
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Shaughnessy Heights Golf Course
Caption from the book reads, "Not the least of the city's advantages is year-round golf; Vancouver is a golfer's paradise."
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Caption from the book reads, "Ski-ing at an eminence of nearly 4000 feet-- an hour's journey from the centre of the city."
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Red Cedar, Hemlock, White Pine, Hemlock and Fir--all growing together
Caption from the book reads, "A unique forest scene--the source of much of the world's finest timber supply is British Columbia."
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The "Seven Sisters" in Stanley Park
Caption from the book reads, "Typical giants of the forest with which Stanley Park abounds."
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Loading Grain and Lumber at Lapointe Pier
Caption from the book reads, "Vancouver is the busiest lumber export centre and the fastest-growing grain port in Canada."
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Caption from the book reads, "Located in Vancouver and vicinity are some of the world's largest sawmills."
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View of Chicken Ranch, near Vancouver
Caption from the book reads, "B.C. is world famous for the quality of its poultry flocks and the high egg-production records."
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Caption from the book reads, "B.C. potatoes provide the earliest and finest crop in Canada."
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Threshing Scene, near Vancouver
Caption from the book reads, "Intensive farming provides a properly balanced agricultural income with crop failures a rarity."
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A Typical British Columbia Farm Scene
Caption from the book reads, "Sleek herds of Jersey and Holstein cows graze in the luscious meadows of the Fraser Valley.
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Caption from the book reads, "Scene of one unit of a great industry, where B.C. fish is canned and shipped to all parts of the world."
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A Good Catch of B.C. Sockeye Salmon
Caption from the book reads, "The harvest of the sea--a crop of speckled beauties weighing upwards of twenty tons."
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Bralorne Mines, near Vancouver
Caption from the book reads, "Actually and potentially British Columbia is one of the world's richest gold and copper areas, with Vancouver the outlet to the world."
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