North and Central America

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1000001 Map of North and Central America

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North and Central America

  • UF North America
  • UF Central America

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North and Central America

8875 Archival description results for North and Central America

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Montreal, Le 2000 Peel

Artist's conception of the office complex at the corner of Peel Street and Maisonneuve Boulevard. The building was designed to be the world headquarters of the International Air Transportation Association.

Vancouver, John Grinnell residence

Folder contains 3 b&w photographs of the John Grinnell Residence of Vancouver, B.C. The residence was the 1964 Massey award.The architecture firm responsible for the project was Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, Architects, Engineers, Planners.

Pullan, Selwyn

Surrey, Ladner Mall

Folder contains an architectural rendering of the Ladner Mall in Ladner, B.C. The architecture firm responsible for the project was Thompson, Berwick & Pratt.

Canadian Architect

Scanned architectural drawings of the Toronto Normal School

Scans of architectural drawings taken from the Archives of Ontario in 1984 for Ryerson's Bicentennial display project. Images show various external and internal views of the Normal School building. This file includes printout from Archives of Ontario explaining their collection.

Vancouver, Courthouse

The provincial law courts are housed in a building designed by well known architect Arthur Erickson who created a building with an incredibly massive glass roof. From the aerial view you can also see the equally large reflecting pond that stretches out above Smythe St. Many of the lawyers and judges have lunch at the restaurant that looks out over this water feature and is open to the general public.
Folder also includes a photographic print of the Habitat Pavilion from June 1980 issue of Canadian Architect magazine. The project received an honour award and was built by Arthur Erikson Architects. The owner of the building is the Government of Canada.

Scott, Simon

Montreal, Expo 67, Habitat 67

Before and after construction views of Habitat. Interior views show examples of dwellings. Views at land and aerial level. Example of living and dining areas of one of ther unit by Francisco Furniture Ltd. Photographs of architect drawings and a shot of a model for Habitat.

Jowett, Henry Roger

Bowen Island, residence

This folder consists of photographs of the Bowen Island residence. Situated on two acres of a rocky island near Vancouver, the house consists of four connecting pavilions, design to give privacy to the owners while accommodating servants, guests and grandchildren. The design is Massey Medal winner of 1965. The review article was published in Canadian Architect in February 1965, p. 55. There are some B&W photos and a drawing plan of the residence.

Pullan, Selwyn

Vancouver, Beaton residence

Folder consists of 4 black and white photographs of the Beaton Residence located in West Vancouver, B.C in
September 1971. The architect on the project was Arthur Mudry.

Pullan, Selwyn

Montreal, La Cour Notre Dame

Photographs of the exterior of the building showing the historic facade and renovated courtyard, as well as interior shots of typical rooms in the apartments. Part of a renovation project begun in 1985.

Studio K-3

Montreal, Expo 67, Man Pavilions

Construction views and one view of a finished interior, showing the 1967 theme pavilions Man the Explorer and Man the Producer. The various other Man-themed pavilions (not represented in the collection) included: Man in the Community, Man the Provider, Man and his Health, and Man the Creator.

Plywood Manufacturers of B.C.

Laval, Papineau house

Photograph of the interior of the house. Owned by Andre Benjamin Papineau. Federal heritage building; art gallery. House was build for Montreal architect Andre Benjamin Papineau is located on a river edge. Materials of the house; fieldstone, red cider. Furniture designed be Papineau, except chairs.

Samulewitz, Hans

Avoca Apartments

Building located at 10 Avoca Ave in Summerhill neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada. File contains 3 photographs and 1 typed note describing the apartment development: 2 exterior views of the two residential towers and 1 interior view. Stamped by the photographer: Panda photography, and one of the prints is also stamped with the Canadian Housing Design Council logo.

Panda/Croydon Associates

44-46 Castle Frank road, Toronto

Photograph of a series of semi-detached houses. A piece of paper taped on the back of the photograph gives the location, designer, owner and the award decision from the Canadian Housing Design Council in Ottawa: National Design Award 1969. The photographer's stamp gives the studio as: N. & H. Studio.

N. & H. Studio

Montreal, Place Bonaventure

Photographs of building under construction, different views of exterior, terrace, swimming pool. Photographs of architectural model, illustrations of the building. Eight photographs of Concordia Hall including under construction and development views. Aerial view.

Jowett, H.R.

"Cascade" at Hart House

File contains photographs depicting an installation within the interior of Hart House. The art piece is composed of folded metal sheets bolted together, and hangs from the ceiling.

Burley, Robert

Westmount Square

Exterior view of office buildings within Westmount Square, Montréal. The four buildings, two of which are residential, were designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The complex opened on December 13, 1967. (www.wikipedia)

Jowett, H.R.

Various flattened film packages

Flattened box for Hawk-eye 124 film, 6 exposures. Designed for No. 3 Bull's Eye Kodak and No. 3 Brownie cameras. ca. 1908-1913. The second box contained Allied Photo-Pan Black and White Panchromatic 126 film, 12 exposures. The package is stamped with a process-before date of Dec 1969. The third package contained Kodak Autographic 116 film, 12 exposures for the No. 1A Autographic camera. The package is printed in English, Spanish and German. The date handwritten in pen is given as 1916.

Eastman Kodak Company

St. Lawrence neighbourhood, Toronto - MISSING

Aerial views of the St. Lawrence neighbourhood, a group of townhouses clustered around interior loop roads buffered from adjacent traffic arteries by higher density apartments containing street level retail arcades and with a linear promenade park strip along its entire length. The images were reproduced in an article on the St. Lawrence neighbourhood in the June 1981 issue of Canadian Architect magazine.

Vancouver, Canada Place

Canada Place, [Expo '86] is title of the article published in Canadian Architect in 1986 July, v.31, no.7, p.20-32. Article included aerial photo., site plans, photos., maps. Canada Place, situated on the downtown waterfront of Vancouver, British Columbia, opened in 1986 as the Canada Pavilion at Expo 86. It was later converted into the Vancouver Trade & Convention Centre. The theme of Canada Place is nautical. The building adorns the downtown waterfront with a superstructure resembling a large ocean vessel, a powerful prow thrusting into the harbour and a roof line of five white sails.

Lenscape Incorporated

Sunbeam Minx (car sub-series)

Glossy gsp with white border. Car in studio with woman is depicted. Recto caption, bottom right: "Herb Nott and Co Ltd" Recto inscription in black ink, bottom left: "2." Verso Purple ink stamp, centre: "Herb Nott & Co. Ltd. 263 Davenport Rd. Toronto 5, Canada WA. 5-3177, Re-order No. 64-2303-1" Verso pencil inscriptions- top right: "55/mm-Feb"; centre: "2701/2 picas"; bottom left: "Rootes Motors Sunbeam Deluxe Sedan"; bototm right: "$10," "440," "49." Verso also has cropping lines in pencil.

Vancouver, Bayshore apartments

Folder consists of 4 photographic prints of the outside of the Bayshore Apartment complex. The building is attributed to Henriquez and Partners Architects, 322 Water Street, Vancouver, B.C.

Otte, Gary

Winnipeg, Green Blankstein Russell office

Picture shows a tree being transported to the front yard of the offices at 222 Osborne Street in North Winnipeg. A second picture shows the interior of the office space, with desk, tyepwriter, telephone and plant in foreground.

Phillips-Gutkin and Associates Ltd.

Rogers Centre (SkyDome)

Photographs of the architect's model and illustrations for the SkyDome, a covered convertible dome over a baseball field and entertainment stadium. Artist's illustrations of proposed designs from The Webb Zerafa Menkes Housdon Partnership and The Robbie/Adjeleian/Norr Consortium. Later photographs show the construction of the dome, and an aerial view of hte site. The building was renamed the Rogers Centre in 2005.

Lenscape Incorporated

Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre

Interior and exterior views during construction and after completion. Construction view printed in Nov 1983 issue of Canadian Architect magazine, while full article was published in Nov 1984. An interior view of mezzanine was used as the cover image for that 1984 issue as well.

Burndy Canada Ltd. office & plant : Scarborough

The industrial building and offices has a steel frame, bolted in the factory area, and bolted and welded in the office area. The curtain wall of windows in the office area is accented by exposed exterior columns. This architectural detail (the columns) was originally developed by the architects for a school building, to aid in the addition of a second storey. The building has concrete floors throughout and a steel roof deck.

Canadian Architect

British American Oil Company Ltd., Ontario Division

Exterior views of the main Ontario Division Building office located at 800 Bay Street in Toronto. A Toronto Dominion branch bank is located on the main floor of the building, with a sign visible in one of the photographs. Interior view with workers seated at rows of desks.

B-A Oil Photo

Edison Mazda Photoflash bulb

G.E. Edison Mazda Photoflash Lamp with foil interior in original packaging. Package is stamped along a side edge "FEB 1937-A".

Canadian General Electric Company

[liquid oxygen truck]

glass covered slide, silver mat, red taped edges. Depicts tanker truck in front of building. Back of truck reads "Liquid Oxygen produced by Canadian Liquid Air Company" Building sign reads "Canadian Liquid Air Co Ltd."

Judith Gillis fonds

  • F 504
  • Fonds
  • 1991

Fonds consists of a report and training manual authored by Gillis.

Gillis, Judith

Barry Lord fonds

  • F 260
  • Fonds
  • 1974

Fonds consists of a book authored by Lord.

Lord, Barry

Teaching Learning Network (TLN) Productions - DVDs

This file contains 7 DVDs containing digital transfers of the footage contained on the tapes in F 2010.005.01 The DVDs feature scenics and stock footage of various Canadian tourist destinations:

Trois Rivieres Quebec
Banff Springs
Gananoque Boat Lines
Minolta Tower
Quebec
Canadian RR Alberta
Chateat [sic] Lake Louise (Chateau Lake Louise), CP RR

Teaching Learning Network (TLN) Productions - videotapes

This file contains 25 betacam and betacam SP videocassettes. The tapes feature scenics and stock footage of various Canadian tourist destinations:

Discover America: Minolta Tower CTR Niagara Falls Tape #1
Discover America: Minolta Tower CTR Niagara Falls Tape #2
Discover America: Minolta Tower CTR Niagara Falls Tape #3
Discover America: Gananoque Boat Lines tape #1
Discover America: Gananoque Boat Lines tape #2
Discover America: Gananoque Boat Lines tape #3
Discover America: Gananoque Boat Lines tape #4
Canadian Pacific Hotels Lake Louise tape #1
Canadian Pacific Hotels Lake Louise tape #2
Canadian Pacific Resorts Chateau Lake Louise & Aerials Show #2
Banff Springs Hotel Canadian Pacific Hotels tape #1
Banff Springs Hotel Canadian Pacific Hotels tape #2
Banff Springs Hotel Canadian Pacific Hotels tape #3
Discover America Michelin Tour Guides Quebec tape #1
Discover America Michelin Tour Guides Quebec tape #2
Discover America Michelin Tour Guides Quebec tape #3
Discover America Michelin Tour Guides Quebec tape #4
Discover America Michelin Tour Guides Quebec tape #5
Trois Rivieres tape #1
Trois Rivieres Quebec tape #2
Trois Rivieres Quebec tape #3
Trois Rivieres Quebec tape #4
Lachine Rapids Quebec
Teaching Learning Network Discover America '92 Show #915 Grand Canadian Railroad, Rocky Mountaineer Railtours
Teaching Learning Network Discover America '92 Show #907 Alberta Tourism

The Volunteer's Vision

albumen print of painting, mounted on card. Depicts soldier surrounded by family in clouds. Group of men watch from a distance. Recto caption: "The volunteer's vision. The pledged we the wine cup and fondly swore / from my home and my weeping friends never to part / my little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er / my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart. Lith. and Pub. by J.H. Bufford, 313 Wash. St. Boston. Bufford's print, Soule photo. Entered according to act of congress, in the year 1862, by J.H. Bufford in the clerk's office, of the district court for the district of Massachusetts. Bufford's publishing house, 313 Washington St. Boston Mass."

Indigo [part 1]

Item is a tape on part one of a sales courtesy program by Indigo.

Insight Productions

Kodak Advantix Switchable Flash Camera

Item consists of a one-time use camera loaded with a 25 exposure roll of 400 ISO APS film for colour prints. Features option to choose between panoramic or regular sized prints while taking pictures. Develop before date is February 2001.

Kodak Canada Inc.

Tru-Vue viewer box set (Tru-Vue company)

Item is a brown plastic 3D viewer built with a push-down lever between the lenses. The lever is designed to rotate a reel containing three-dimensional black and white 35 mm acetate film manufactured by Tru-Vue Company. Images are inserted through the slot on the left side of the lenses. Item comes with square plastic windows to illuminate backs of transparencies on view. Once the film is circulated, it rewinds itself on the right hand side of the viewer. Item comes in original box with 6 original films depicting the Golden Gate Exposition and San Francisco’s major landmarks. Item also comes with original pink catalogue explaining how to use the Tru-Vue and how to order new film, as well as a business card for True-Vue Inc, that is also an order form. Written on object : Tru-View Rock Island, Ill. U S PAT. 90564 Made in U.S.A. Written on box : Tru-Vue Ins. Pictures With Depth Rock Island Illinois Printed And Made In U.S.A.

Lantern Slides, Ships

Two slides feature two ships: in one slide the boat sails peacefully along the water in Newfoundland, and in the other slide a boat is caught in a storm. In the third slide, a crew is working on either loading or unloading a boat and crew members are busy working.

Expo 67 Mini Album

Item is a photo album with a blue binding and a mostly blue and red cover. Item contains images of a number of different pavilions at Expo '67 for various countries and organizations, artworks, ceremonies and activities, and provides a short write up in French and English on each.

GAF View-Master

Item is a handheld plastic view master containing a reel of 7 diametrical, 16 mm colour transparencies of Old Covered Bridges, New England. It was manufactured by GAF, Corporation in Portland, Oregon, USA. The lever on the side of the viewer will rotate the reel one frame at a time once pressed. Item is made of plastic and metal. Reels are interchangeable and come with a variety of themes.

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