John Lawson
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- John Lawson, pioneer of West Vancouver. He, Mrs. Lawson and children were the first family to settle in West Vancouver. They occupied "Navvy Jack's" old cottage and land, now 17th Street, which had been pre-empted about 1872, by John Thomas, whose nickname was "Navvy Jack". The mother of this pony won 46 first prizes, 32 in Ontario, 14 in B.C.
- Date of Original
- circa. 1909
- Subject(s)
- Corporate Name(s)
- Vancouver City Archives
- Local identifier
- 0018.VCA
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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British Columbia, Canada
Latitude: 49.33296 Longitude: -123.15265 -
British Columbia, Canada
Latitude: 49.33296 Longitude: -123.15265 -
17th Street
Latitude: 49.3296397 Longitude: -123.1555491
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain.
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- Vancouver City Archives
- Location of Original
- Vancouver City Archives
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned July 2011 using Epson Perfection V700 Photo at 300dpi and 100% of original image size. Alternate Versions: Lossless TIF from original scan at 300dpi and 100% of original print. W22 x H17 cm black & white print on photo paper.VCA number: PORT.P232 N497
- Contact
- West Vancouver Memorial LibraryEmail:turquhart@westvanlibrary.ca
Website:
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West Vancouver, BC V7V 1J8
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