VANCOUVER – POLICE. [Historically Significant Large Original Gelatin Silver Group Photo Portrait of the Officers, Associates and Commissioners of the Vancouver Police Department in 1914-1915, Featuring the Headquarters Building, Patrol Vehicles, Horses and Patrol Boat; All Names Identified in Captions].
Historically significant rare early large original group portrait of the officers and commanders of Vancouver Police Department in 1914-1915. A copy of this photo from the collections of the City of Vancouver archives is described as “a composite photograph showing various departmental employees including the police court stenographer, prosecutor, magistrate, commissioners, detectives, constables, sergeants, inspectors, probation officer, patrol boat officers, and mounted officers on horseback. Photograph also shows the police department headquarters building, patrol vehicle, and patrol boat. Individual names included on print” (https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/vancouver-police-department-1914-1915). The photo features the newly built VPD Headquarters on 236 Cordova Street, which was designed by architect W.A. Doctor, and demolished in 1956.
The “Grandview Studio” operated on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive under several owners in ca. 1915-1930. In 1916, it was operated by a nephew of a noted Vancouver photographer, P.T. Timms, George Edward Timms, who “enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 10 May 1916 and was killed in action in France in 1918” (Camera Workers…; cameraworkers.davidmattison.com).. Item #12
![Item #12 VANCOUVER – POLICE. [Historically Significant Large Original Gelatin Silver Group Photo Portrait of the Officers, Associates and Commissioners of the Vancouver Police Department in 1914-1915, Featuring the Headquarters Building, Patrol Vehicles, Horses and Patrol Boat; All Names Identified in Captions]. GRANDVIEW STUDIO, ca. 1910s-1930s.](https://imaginationonpaper.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/12.png?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1787118595)