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Army landing barge being tested to ascertain if suitable as firefighting barge, Vancouver, B.C.

Army landing barge being tested to ascertain if suitable as firefighting barge, Vancouver, B.C.

I-77982
Item
Aug 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

ARP equipment in Hotel Vancouver, typical of protective measures taken by large commercial buildi...

ARP equipment in Hotel Vancouver, typical of protective measures taken by large commercial building and industrial operators, Vancouver, B.C.

I-77993
Item
Jul 1942

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Baby respirators being tested at the Infants Dept., Vancouver General Hospital; W.C. Mainwaring (...

Baby respirators being tested at the Infants Dept., Vancouver General Hospital; W.C. Mainwaring (centre) and T.F. Daggs of P.C.P.C. staff watch demonstration

I-77991
Item
Jul 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Brig.-Gen. A. Ross, Director of Civil Defence for Canada, addresses gathering of 15,000 civilians...

Brig.-Gen. A. Ross, Director of Civil Defence for Canada, addresses gathering of 15,000 civilians, Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver...

I-77989
Item
Aug 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Control room, City of Vancouver Civil Defence Headquarters, City Hall

Control room, City of Vancouver Civil Defence Headquarters, City Hall

I-77984
Item
Sep 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Elizabeth Ann Stonehouse is typical of thousands of kiddies who were instructed in the use of Mic...

Elizabeth Ann Stonehouse is typical of thousands of kiddies who were instructed in the use of Mickey Mouse respirators for small children, Vancouver

I-78033
Item
1 May 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Exterior view of Oxford Motors building, 650 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C., prior to converting in...

Exterior view of Oxford Motors building, 650 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C., prior to converting into Civil Defence provincial headquarters

I-77997
Item
Mar 1942

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Fire Chief J.H. DeGraves, Vancouver (left), conducts Brig-Gen. A. Ross (centre) and Hon. Ian Mack...

Fire Chief J.H. DeGraves, Vancouver (left), conducts Brig-Gen. A. Ross (centre) and Hon. Ian Mackenzie, Minister of Pensions...

I-77988
Item
Aug 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

From left to right, Mr. P. McKergow, Director of Civil Defence, City of Vancouver; Fire Chief J.H...

From left to right, Mr. P. McKergow, Director of Civil Defence, City of Vancouver; Fire Chief J.H. Degraves; Hon. Ian Mackenzie, Minister of...

I-78008
Item
Oct 1942

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Geo. P. Challenger working on relief map of vulnerable coastal areas in Provincial Civil Defence ...

Geo. P. Challenger working on relief map of vulnerable coastal areas in Provincial Civil Defence headquarters, 650 Burrard St., Vancouver

I-77999
Item
May 1942

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Honourable Eric W. Hamber (centre) accepts mobile canteen from W.C. Mainwaring to be operated by ...

Honourable Eric W. Hamber (centre) accepts mobile canteen from W.C. Mainwaring to be operated by B.C. division, Canadian Red Cross Society

I-78006
Item
Mar 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Incident practice, Shaughnessy Military Hospital

Incident practice, Shaughnessy Military Hospital

I-77992
Item
May 1942

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Incident practice, Shaughnessy Military Hospital; Geo. C. Derby, Administrator, Dept. of Pensions...

Incident practice, Shaughnessy Military Hospital; Geo. C. Derby, Administrator, Dept. of Pensions and National Health, on right Dr. Wallace Wilson in long white gown

I-77996
Item
May 1942

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Interior of mobile canteen supplied to Civil Defence by Wings for Britain Fund and operated by th...

Interior of mobile canteen supplied to Civil Defence by Wings for Britain Fund and operated by the B.C. division, Canadian Red Cross Society

I-78004
Item
Mar 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Left to right, F.W. Tuffrey, B.C. Commissioner, Canadian Red Cross Society; George C. Derby, Admi...

Left to right, F.W. Tuffrey, B.C. Commissioner, Canadian Red Cross Society; George C. Derby, Administrator, Dept. of Pensions and...

I-78007
Item
Mar 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Major General G. R. Pearkes, V.C., C.B., D.S.O., M.C. G.O.C.-in-G., Pacific Command, inspects Civ...

Major General G. R. Pearkes, V.C., C.B., D.S.O., M.C. G.O.C.-in-G., Pacific Command, inspects Civil Defence control room...

I-77990
Item
Jul 1944

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Members of Controllers and Chief Wardens Association of British Columbia, hold annual meeting, Ho...

Members of Controllers and Chief Wardens Association of British Columbia, hold annual meeting, Hotel Vancouver

I-77978
Item
Nov 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Men in the Armed Forces are served coffee by Red Cross workers from A.R.P. mobile canteen, Vancouver

Men in the Armed Forces are served coffee by Red Cross workers from A.R.P. mobile canteen, Vancouver

I-78005
Item
Mar 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Mr. G.C. Derby, District Administrator, Department of Pensions and National Health in British Col...

Mr. G.C. Derby, District Administrator, Department of Pensions and National Health in British Columbia, explains a complete map...

I-78001
Item
Nov 1942

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Mr. J. Fyfe Smith, Provincial Commissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade, inspects St. John Ambulan...

Mr. J. Fyfe Smith, Provincial Commissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade, inspects St. John Ambulance Brigade corps on occasion...

I-77977
Item
Dec 1942

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Mr. P. McKergow, Director of Civil Defence, City of Vancouver, studies large map of Vancouver in ...

Mr. P. McKergow, Director of Civil Defence, City of Vancouver, studies large map of Vancouver in main control room of Vancouver City Hall

I-78010
Item
Sep 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Mr. Percy McKergow (left), Director of Civil Defence, City of Vancouver; R.J. Manion (center), Fe...

Mr. Percy McKergow (left), Director of Civil Defence, City of Vancouver; R.J. Manion (center), Federal Director of Civil Defence...

I-78031
Item
Oct 1942

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Over 10,000 gallons of water per minute pumped during display by Civil Defence Auxiliary Fire Dep...

Over 10,000 gallons of water per minute pumped during display by Civil Defence Auxiliary Fire Departments at Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver, B.C.

I-77983
Item
Aug 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Oxford Motors building, 650 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C. showing concrete bomb-proof wall twelve ...

Oxford Motors building, 650 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C. showing concrete bomb-proof wall twelve inches thick built to British Government...

I-77998
Item
Mar 1942

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Poster board indicating support given by industrial concerns to civil defence; this poster is ask...

Poster board indicating support given by industrial concerns to civil defence; this poster is asking volunteers to join the Auxiliary Fire Service at Vancouver, B.C.

I-78002
Item
May 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Large framed billboard attached to fencing. "CIVILIAN DEFENSE NEEDS YOU / YOU CHANCE TO SERVE ON THE HOME FRONT / JOIN THE A.F.S. APPLY No 2 HALL 754 SEYMOUR STREET"

School children receive class instruction on application and use of respirators

School children receive class instruction on application and use of respirators

I-78009
Item
Sep 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

Training course of civil defence workers from various parts of British Columbia during training s...

Training course of civil defence workers from various parts of British Columbia during training school conducted by Advisory Council...

I-78000
Item
Jul 1942

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

W. C. Mainwaring, Chairman, Advisory Council, Provincial Civilian Protection Committee, stands in...

W. C. Mainwaring, Chairman, Advisory Council, Provincial Civilian Protection Committee, stands in front of large relief map...

I-77987
Item
Oct 1942

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

W.C. Mainwaring, Chairman Advisory Council, Provincial Civilian Protection Committee addresses ci...

W.C. Mainwaring, Chairman Advisory Council, Provincial Civilian Protection Committee addresses civil defence gathering on occasion of...

I-78027
Item
Jul 1943

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs

W.C. Mainwaring, Chairman of the Advisory Council, Provincial Civilian Protection Committee, in p...

W.C. Mainwaring, Chairman of the Advisory Council, Provincial Civilian Protection Committee, in provincial headquarters, 650 Burrard St.

I-77995
Item
Mar 1942

Part of B.C. Civil Defence photographs