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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Hotel Georgia in downtown Vancouver, as viewed from the intersection of Granville Street and West Georgia Street. Granville Street stretches across the bottom edge on an upward angle from left to right. West Georgia Street stretches back through the image on an upward angle from right to left. On the left side of West Georgia Street, a building stands in partial view along the left edge. Storefronts line the far right side of West Georgia Street. The readable signs outside the stores read, from left to right: "Norman G. Cull," "GEORGIA PHARMACY," and "Henri's." Atop the building second-from-right, 2 billboards stand. Hotel Georgia stands in the distance at center, partially obscured by the buildings lining the street at right. It stands 12-stories tall. A sign on the building juts outward from its near corner and reads, "HOTEL GEORGIA." West Georgia Street extends into the distance past Hotel Georgia. Text from negative sleeve: 2311. Banff trip 1947. Vancouver July 1, 1947. Hudson Bay Company store. Ambassador hotel where we slept. Georgia Hotel where we stopt [sic] going north June 24, Man picking up ice from street in front of Can Pac R R depot. View in Stanley Park. Mertie West feeding ducks in lake Stanley Park. Mertie West in lawn at the park. 7 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2311_003 ark:/21198/zz002j3cwt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Cities & towns--Canada Hotel Georgia (Vancouver, B.C.)
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