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Transportation - Horse-Drawn Vehicles

#171

Date: [N.D.] c. 1902?
Source:
Photographer: S. J. Thompson Ltd.

Information: Columbia Street at 8th before the extension of the B.C.E.R. depot (barely visible brick building, at left) which spread to cover the entire corner in 1911. S.J. Thompson was a photographer in New Westminster till c. 1905, when he moved to Vancouver. Patrick Arthur Devoy and Samuel Thompson are listed in the 1902 directory as owners of Central Livery, Columbia and 8th. Devoy may have died about this time as a Mrs. Devoy widow is listed thereafter. Standing in the doorway is Samuel Havelock Thompson, proprietor, according to his grandnephew John Thompson of White Rock.

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Transportation - Horse-Drawn Vehicles

#1003

Date: [N.D.] c. 1903?
Source: Columbian Newspaper
Photographer:

Information: "Begbia and Front": Hotel Fraser in rear. Actually Begbie street, east side, between Columbia and Front. In buggy: At left - Pat Devoy who owned Central Livery with Samuel Havelock Thompson. Above information given by Samuel Havelock Thompson's grandnephew - John Thompson of White Rock.

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Transportation - Streetcars

#884

Date: [N.D.] c.1902?
Source: NWM?
Photographer:

Information: Streetcar on Front Street near Begbie. Swanson Building in rear.

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Aviation

#2360

Date: 1909
Source: Geoff Meugens, donor
Photographer:

Information: This airship made twice daily flights during the 1909 fair. According to an article in the "Daily Columbian", October 11, 190, p.1, this was a dirigible 16 ft. in diameter and 56 ft. long. The balloon was made of Japanese silk and carried 6000 cubic feet of gas when inflated. The article describes it as follows: "Below the balloon is situated a 15 h.p. engine placed on rods on which the aeronaut, Harry Ginter, stands. Moving back and forth on the rods he balances the ship." There had been other balloon flights made at previous fairs, according to T.W. Patterson's "British Columbia: the pioneer years." Canada's first aviation fatality was the death of balloonist Charles Marble during a stunt at the New Westminster Fair, October 10, 1894. A balloon ascent was scheduled, but never made, at the 1906 Fair. However, in 1907, F. Brooks, the daring aeronaut, made his sensational balloon ascension and parachute jump. The advertisement on the 1909 dirigible is more legible in photo #2359. In the other photo it can be partly read as, "Motor Boats built by Hinton Electric Co. Ltd. At Victoria"

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