Showing 8104 results

Archival description
Greater Vancouver (B.C.)
Print preview View:

6198 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects

Bryan E. Mahon interview

CALL NUMBER: T4259:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Bryan E. Mahon RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-07 SUMMARY: Bryan E. Mahon was born in Vancouver in 1913. Flew gliders in the 1930s. Was a partner in Columbia Aviation Ltd., 1933-36. Went to work for Boeing Aircraft of Canada, 1936-44. Transferred to Boeing Ai;rcraft Company in Seattle in 1945 and remained with them until he retired at age 70. TRACK 1: Talks about his early involvement with aviation through gliding and Columbia Aviation Ltd. TRACK 2: Furth;er discussion of the Boeing primary glider. Discussion of the rise and fall of Columbia Aviation Ltd. Discussion of flying activities at Vancouver Airport during the 1930s.;

CALL NUMBER: T4259:0008 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Bryan E. Mahon RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discussion of working for Boeing Aircraft of Canada, the Blackburn Shark and the PB2B Canso. Discussion of his later career with Boeing Aircraft Company. TRACK 2: Some small snippetts during; post interview discussions.;

Agriculture today : reel 14, part 1

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
"The Glades, March '71": The Glades is a five-acre woodland garden in Surrey, created by Murray and Lydia Stephen. "Potatoes, Aug. '67": Sowing and picking potatoes by hand. Harvesting potatoes by machine. Peaches: handling, treatment, sorting, and testing of peaches at the Oliver Co-Op and Monashee Co-Op.

Results 91 to 120 of 8104