Vancouver cover page, by S P (Spencer Perceval/Percival) Judge, dated 1906, and published by the Vancouver Tourist Association, from the VPL Special Collections. Produced a couple years after this image, seen this past week.
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Vancouver, the Sunset Doorway of the Dominion, by S P (Spencer Perceval/Percival) Judge, dated 1904, and published by the Vancouver Tourist Association, from the VPL Special Collections. According to Gary Sim’s “Art & Artists in Exhibition: Vancouver 1890 - 1950”, Spencer Perceval Judge emigrated to Canada around 1900 and was a major influence on the growth of art in Vancouver; Judge exhibited in a group exhibition with T.W. Fripp and James Blomfield in 1903, and he painted a series of watercolours of the early Union Steamship fleet in 1905.
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Bathhouse on English Bay in Vancouver Canada circa 1931, by Brian Croft.
As late as 1911, much of the beachfront was privately owned. Maps dating back to 1887 clearly show subdivided lots extending onto the beach and these, of course, had become prime sites for private cottages, bathing and boathouses. Such was the popularity of English Bay that in 1898 the BCER, introduced the Davie Streetcar service, connecting downtown with the beachfront. Fortuitously, in1905, the beach had come under Parks Board’s influence… [more] - by Brian Croft
City of Vancouver : British Columbia : Civic Centre - Proposed Development of the Burrard Street Site, created for the City of Vancouver Town Planning Commission in 1928 by John F. D. Tanqueray; Harland Bartholomew and Associates, consultants, St. Louis, Missouri. Further description from flickr: “Shows a concept for a civic centre near Beach Avenue and Burrard Street, and for a bridge across False Creek at Burrard Street.” From the Vancouver City Archives, Item Number: 79-10. Posted in honour of the Bartholomew plan documents, recently posted to archive.org, digitized with funding by Bing Thom Architects as a gift to the City of Vancouver for its 125th birthday.
City of the Century, Vancouver, B.C. from Spanish Banks, October 4, 1984, by Toni Onley.
This painting was part of a series of 4 paintings created for Vancouver’s 100th birthday in 1986. The paintings were commissioned by a publication company that reprinted the paintings as a series of commemorative poster prints. Three of the four paintings were purchased from the publication company, and this painting is now displayed in Vancouver’s City Hall. The other 3 paintings from the series will be posted in days/weeks to come, and will be tagged “centennial”.
The three other works in the series are Heritage by Michael Kluckner (as seen on p.217 of Vancouver Remembered) Waterfront City by Jack Shadbolt, and Sea Otter by American artist Hugh Ricks (I am missing a picture of Ricks’ Sea Otter painting; if anyone has the poster, or an image, please send it over! Thank you!)
![Bathhouse on English Bay in Vancouver Canada circa 1931, by Brian Croft.
As late as 1911, much of the beachfront was privately owned. Maps dating back to 1887 clearly show subdivided lots extending onto the beach and these, of course, had become prime sites for private cottages, bathing and boathouses. Such was the popularity of English Bay that in 1898 the BCER, introduced the Davie Streetcar service, connecting downtown with the beachfront. Fortuitously, in1905, the beach had come under Parks Board’s influence… [more] - by Brian Croft](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9obepiWZ51qc7pjjo1_1280.jpg)
