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    View of John Lawson and horses.

    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 ...

    View looking North up John Lawson pier at the foot of Lawson Avenue, now 17th Street.

    Original home of John Lawson with a vehicle parked in front of the house.

    View of "The Pirates' Den" with four boys dressed as pirates posing in front. Clubhouse was located on the beach at the foot of 20th Street.

    View looking north east from the corner of Marine Drive, (old Keith Road) and Seventeenth Street (old Lawson Ave).

    View of John and Christina Lawson feeding two deer.

    Portrait of Reeve John Lawson (second from left) and four other men standing on top of large log on building site of Municipal Hall, 17th Street and Esquimalt Avenue area.

    Portrait of children seated around table at outdoor picnic. Original cataloging notes states that the photo possibly taken at John Lawson's House with Duncan Lawson on extreme right and Bessie, John, and Gertie (Gertrude) on left.

    The John Lawson Family, 1912. The bottom of 17th Street meets present-day John Lawson Park, while John Lawson Creek (possibly seen in this photograph) follows present-day 18th Street.

    John Lawson driving his team of horses.

    John Lawson and a group of municipal employees outside the first Municipal Hall in West Vancouver, taken around 1913. Reeve John Lawson is in the centre, with the Municipal Engineer, Mr. Carter, on his right and the Municipal Clerk, Mr. Peake on his left.

    View of John Lawson's pet deer behind a wire fence. Presumably taken in John Lawson's backyard.

    Photo of John Lawson's deer, taken between 1914 and 1920 in Hollyburn.

    Group portrait of Sunday School group standing on stairs.

    View of large crowd gathered to celebrate opening of Pacific Great Eastern Railway, January 1, 1914. The man addressing the crowd is likely John Lawson.

    View of crowd gathered to celebrate opening of Pacific Great Eastern Railway on January 1, 1914. A man (possibly John Lawson as seen in 0030.VCA) is addressing the crowd.

    Pacific Great Railway, North Vancouver to Dundarave. New Year's Day 1914. "Please Go Easy" railway. Stops located at Capilano, 14th Street. John Lawson of West Vancouver is the end man on the extreme right of photo.

    Portrait of child standing on wooden Capilano Bridge at Keith Road. Left hand side of print is overexposed.

    Portrait of children.Top row left to right: George Creech, Percy Creech, Allan Cameron, Mary Cameron, ?, ?, ?.3rd row left to right: Ken Sulley, Charles Anderson, ?, ?, ?, Dick Davidson2nd row left to right: Ernie Bodwell, ?, Pat Sulley, Bill Anderson (lifting arm), ?.Front row left to right: ?, ...