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| Seymour @ Smithe - 1936 |
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| Granville @ Georgia - 1921 |
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| 400 Block West Hastings - 1910 |
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| Cambie @ Georgia - 1929 |
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| Victory Square - Cambie @ Hastings - 1925 |
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| Carrall Street - 1930 |
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| Granville @ Cordova - Date Unknown |
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| Granville @ Nelson - 1948 |
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| Granville @ Robson - 1927 |
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| Hastings @ Granville - 1905 |
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| Hornby @ Dunsmuir - 1920 |
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| 100 Block Water Street - 1909 |
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| 500 Block Granville Street - 1934 |
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| 600 Block Seymour Street - 1891 |
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| BCER Terminal @ Carall Street - 1936 |
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| BCER Terminal @ Hastings Street - 1937 |
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| Beach Ave from Kitsilano - 1928 |
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| Kits Beach - 1937 |
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| Stanley Park Drive - 1940 |
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| Stanley Park - 1936 |
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| English Bay - 1916 |
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| Prospect Point @ Stanley Park - 1891 |
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| Beatty Street Union Oil - 1945 |
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| Burrard @ Pender - 1924 |
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| 872 Granville Street - 1936 |
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| Auto Show - 1932 |
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| Howe @ Davie - 1942 |
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| Cambie @ Pender - 1914 |
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| CPR Depot & Harbour Entrance - 1890 |
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| 100 Block West Hastings - 1909 |
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| Burrard Inlet from Hotel Vancouver - 1889 |
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| CN Steamship Terminal - 1948 |
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| CPR Pier D - 1922 |
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| CPR Station & Dock - 1890 |
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| Empress of India @ Vancouver - 1899 |
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| Boeing 247 Vancouver Airport - 1934 |
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| Cordova @ Cambie - 1888 |
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| Cordova Street looking West - 1890 |
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| Dunsmuir @ Granville - 1955 |
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| False Creek - 1928 |
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| Georgia Viaduct - 1929 |
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| Broadway @ Commercial - 1940 |
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| Buffalo Grocery Shop, 14th @ Commercial - 1908 |
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| 20th @ Commercial Drive - 1913 |
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| Granville @ Cordova - 1929 |
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| Granville @ Dunsmuir - 1912 |
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| Granville @ Hastings - 1911 |
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| Granville @ Smithe - 1946 |
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| Granville Street - 1935 |
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| Hastings @ Carrall - 1910 |
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| Hastings @ Carrall - 1925 |
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| Marine Building @ The Harbour - 1945 |
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| North Vancouver Ferry Terminal - 1909 |
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| Vancouver Jitneys Dealership - 1918 |
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| Seymour @ Nelson - 1920 |
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| Seymour @ Robson - 1928 |
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| Steamroller, West Pender Street - 1912 |
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| SW Corner of Cambie @ Cordova - 1888 |
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| The Railway Club - 1927 |
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| Bowen Island - 1946 |
Totally amazing photos ! love love seeing these , thanks for the share !
ReplyDeleteI felt the same way & had to share! thanks for visting
DeleteMe too. My father who is soon to turn 100 would absolutely love these photos, unfortunately he no longer can see well enough view them. He was born in Victoria in 1917 and moved to Vancouver at age 3. His parents both died within 24 hrs. of each other in the flu pandemic and left 3 little boys alone. They were 'shared' between family members and my Dad grew up near Burnaby Mountain. Awesome photos!!
DeleteAh! Nostalgia. Some I see remember, lots had changed around them but a few of the buildings were still around in the 60's. I am not sure any are there now. I would be neat to see photos of the exact spots in photos today, side by side. I love the old look. Vancouver is not all green glass and no character. All the old is lost now.
DeleteAh, those Star Weekly signs!
ReplyDeleteso interesting, thanks for the page visit!
DeleteThank you so much, so appreciated! So nice of you to post these, wonderful perusing through the history. Kudos to you.
ReplyDeleteglad i was able to find them, thanks for the page visit!
DeleteGreat Pics!!!
ReplyDeletethank-you, thanks for looking!
DeleteAmazing pics....really struck by the # of pics with snow in them.
ReplyDeleteDave L
thanks! ya I always wonder who took the photos & with what camera? thanks for the page visit
DeleteThis is a magnificent panoply of one of the world's great vitie, the one in which I was born in Grace Hospital now sadly no more on December 31, 1931. It's remained green, clean, friendlt and cosmopolitan - we must all pledge to keep it this way!
ReplyDeletethanks for the page visit, glad these pics spawned some memories!
DeleteAwesome photos of my adopted home (formerly a "stubble-jumper"). I love seeing how it looked back in the beginning of its growth.
ReplyDeletethanks for the page visit, glad you could take something from the photos
DeleteI just love these old pics of a time gone by. Thank you so much for sharing
ReplyDeletei feel the same way, they're great too see how our town used to look. thanks for visiting
DeleteI was born in Vancouver in 1933 and these photos bring back a lot of memories. Thanks for sharing them
ReplyDeletethank-you for the page visit, glad to hear they brought some memories back. cheers!
DeleteThat 1945 shot of the Marine Building is great, even with the airplane wing. Who would have even thought the Marine Building would one day be four blocks back with no view of the water!
ReplyDeleteyes it's bizarre to see what's in place now of what used to be, especially granville street. thanks for visiting
DeleteThanks for a magnificant trip! A treasure to keep.
ReplyDeleteL.
thanks for the page visit!
DeleteVery interesting to take a virtual trip back to the beginning of the 20th century. One needs to realize, that hardships were plentiful and life was tough.
ReplyDeleteYet, the human spirit prevailed and created many wonderful things along the way.
THANKS for the memories!
agreed, glad u were able to take something from it. thanks for the page visit
DeleteWhat a treasure!!!!
ReplyDeletethanks for visiting!
DeleteI love looking at photos like this from the past. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletethx for visiting, much appreciated
DeleteTo be able to visit the past and see how the years have progressed and some of the old buildings still standing today, is delightful. A trip into history. Thanks for sharing these and being able to see the past is so rewarding.
ReplyDeleteagreed, strolling thru downtown now i have a new appreciation for the buildings that have survived. thx for the page visit
DeleteGreat to see these pictures. I grew up in Point Grey and went to Lord Byng High School. Our family moved to Vancouver in the early forties from Saskatchewan.
ReplyDeleteBruce Hygh
Ottawa, Ontario
thx for the page visit, much appreciated
DeleteI especially enjoyed the Marine Building picture and the ones showing all the movie theatres on Granville Street. We used to walk up one side and down the other, checking out which movie we wanted to watch and then run back to catch our favourite one on time! Thanks for the memories. (born in St. Paul's Hospital, 1940)
ReplyDeletethx for sharing, i wish granville st still embodied even an inkling of that time. thx for the page visit
DeleteHi, I arrived here in the late 70's and love to see the changes that have taken place before my arrival and the astounding differences between 'Now" and the delightful 'Then' that you have shared with us.
ReplyDeleteThey are a wonderful trip down a long lost Memory Lane, thanks to you (And some others) not forgotten. Thank you. Sir John Taylor
( How did that 'ONE' photo of Vancouver in the rain get in there?)
Glad to hear it, thanks for the page visit!
DeleteThank you so much for posting the photos. I especially appreciated the pre-WW1 photos. My grandfather emigrated from Austria-Hungary in 1905, and it was wonderful to see how Canada would have looked to him in those days. Best wishes, Eva
ReplyDeletewow, 1905! amazing -the things he must've seen. thx for sharing & thx for the page visit
DeleteSobering to see the change that has taken place in such a relatively short time...and the rate of change is increasing exponentially! Can't imagine what the 'seniors' of the early 1900's would say if they could see the effects of progress.
ReplyDeletethx for the page visit!
DeleteThese are some of the most incredible photos of the beginning of old Vancouver. my parents and I settled here in 1956 from Two Hills Alberta and I remember visiting Woodwards Dept.store in about 1962 and seeing all the streetcars. Coming from a very small town and seeing downtown Vancouver at that time I was amazed at the size of all the tall buildings and the number of people in the city. It was totally amazing to me at the time I would have been around 13 years old. it is now a totally different looking city. I think I prefer the old look it just felt different.
ReplyDeletegreat to hear, thx for sharing. thx for the page visit
DeleteHey ar there any photos of Sweeny Cooperage or old brinery photos where you could buy pickles?
ReplyDeletethe photos posted are the only one's i was able to find. thx for the page visit
DeleteAmazing photo's...Love them! Thank you very much for posting.
ReplyDeletethx for the page visit!
DeleteAmazing photo's..!!
ReplyDeletethanks for visting!
DeleteTiming is everything. I was visiting Bowen Island today and HERE I came across someone's old snap shot.Interesting to see how Snug Cove has changed, not to mention the ferry. I'm a home-grown gal, and absolutely loved comparing the old photos with today's changes. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear it, that old shot of Bowen is great. thx for the page visit
DeleteSo many things I recognize and too much to make comments. Except the Carrall and Hastings tram and rail centre. The latest building in one of the pictures eventually became the Bank of Montreal with the engineering firm H.A. Simons above. Can't recall how many floors but the building is still there. I was a bank trainee posted there from June 1972 to June 1973 - it was a large and busy branch. Born in Vancouver in Nov 1946. The Marine building is still a magnificent example of deco art and had a Bank of Montreal branch on the ground floor at that time.
ReplyDeletegreat to hear, thanks for the page visit.
ReplyDeleteWonderful walk bak into the past. There is great peace in these images; a sense we have lost over the years, but which still remains in my generation. I hope younger generations can still see and feel it.
ReplyDeletecouldn't agree more, thx for the page visit
DeleteI have always loved old photo's. When visiting older friends (I am there myself) I always ask if they have photo's they would love to share with me.Thank you for sharing so wonderful to see and think of which one or several of these streets I have been down when my husband & I moved to Vancouver in the mid 80's from Vernon, B.C. Post more please if you come across more precious photo's. ~ Rita
ReplyDeletethx for the page visit
DeleteSuch memories, wonderful to see how it all began. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletethx for visiting!
DeleteWhat a treasure trove. I've lingered over these photos and pushed my mind to envision the spot today. I especially loved the photo where you can see the two 'lions'. They never change.
ReplyDeleteglad to hear it, i felt the same. thx for visiting!
DeleteI can still remember arriving at the Tram Station at Carroll and Hastings with my little sister and Mom. Then going to the Army & Navy Dept.store then the White Lunch restaurant. We came all the way from New west Minster. Thanks for the memories!
ReplyDeletethanks for the page visit!
DeleteThese are absolutely fabulous photo's and are especially meaningful to those of us who were born and raised in Vancouver in 1931-32. Granville street was 'Theatre Row' and at night, the marquee's lit up the night. Generations of people 'met under the clock' at Birk's. It was a gentler, simpler, kinder way of life then.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing, wish i could've seen it. thanks for the page visit!
DeletePahntastic..
ReplyDeletedoes anyone have any newer ones?
would be great !
thank you, great effort
Beautiful set of photo's, old photo's really stir something in me.
ReplyDeleteHHB asked if anyone has newer ones, try looking on Google Earth on "street view" for a fantastic comparison with today's buildings.
I was born in 1941 and I remember going to Granville street and getting into a movie for 15 cents and then going to the White Lunch after. The fare home was a nickel. Somebody already said this, but wouldn't it be great to have a time machine. My thanks for this visit to the past.
ReplyDeleteCame to Vancouver age 10 summer of 1943.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember the B.C. Hydro open streetcar that ended on Robson Stree> Have a picture of it with my myself, sister and mother dated Augsit 06th 1943.
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Yes I remember the White Lunch with the rotating neon sign.
Did anyone ever go to the Beacon Theatre nearby, had Vaudeville every Satafternoon. Saw the MGN lion, Gypsey Rose Lee and Victor Mature.
Boy, am really dating myself, but fun to remember my happy youth days...
I have seen a few photo's of the Van. area over time, the pictures were sometimes blurry, but these are just great! Are they all from the same person? or a variety? And where did you happen to come across these ones? Thank you so much for sharing them with with us!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the absolutely fabulous collection of historic Vancouver photos! Just one small correction... What you have as 20th and Commercial Drive should be 20th and Commercial Street. There was a Commercial Street in Cedar Cottage before Park Drive was renamed Commercial Drive.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember the B.C. Electric open air site seeing street car.
ReplyDeleteWhen we arrived in Vancouver from the Prairies August 1943, we took the tour believe it started way up Granville followed the tracks through to Robson Street where we had our picture taken. Still have this picture, one of my fond memories...
In one of the pictures was BCER 1311, Fraser Valley interurban. One of only two valley cars saved but the new owner moved it to Squamish. It survived for awhile but vandals got into it and thrashed to the point that it was scrapped. Sad! The other car BCER 1236 was on the Burnaby Lake Line. Along with many others it was scrapped at the end of service.
ReplyDeleteVancouver was always a great place to walk, lots of interesting buildings. From houses to commercial buildings, everything had a "personality". One thing that has improved is the access to the water, it was very industrial until the 1970's, and access was very limited in the city area. Definitely one of the best-looking cities of the world!
ReplyDeleteGreat Pics. The autos brought back memories of my first car (29 Chev -not new- $75.00) My second was a '33 chev. coupe. When I got it it was as old as I was (180 for a cost of $300.00), very interesting pics.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great trip down memory lane for a guy who moved to Vancouver at age 5 in 1950. Lived on Main and 15th for a year then 1804 Semlin Drive and 2 other homes until I was married in 1965. A proud "East End Rat" who never lived west of Main and left Burnaby in 1996 moving to Portland Oregon. Where I still reside but never forgetting from whence I cometh!!
ReplyDeleteAs Edith and Archie would sing together" Those were the days" Paul 80 Lacny West Bank now BC
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely wonderful. The photos speak of so many memories. Please accept our thanks for preserving our past.
ReplyDeleteHow great to see these snap shots in this day and wonder what happened as they were the good old days.Much slower pace .
ReplyDeleteIt was fun picking out landmarks from the past. So many people at Kits beach! No social distancing! ; )
ReplyDeleteI love photos like this. It reminds me of better days - even though the days were maybe not really better.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the memories - I was born in Vancouver : My grandchildren are 4th
ReplyDeletegeneration born in Vancouver . These photos are priceless
Thanks for collecting these together.Live in Vancouver over 52 years and remember big changes!
ReplyDeleteWow what a beautiful sight looking back in history I Came to Vancouver in 1965 Things sure have changed
ReplyDeleteGREAT PICTURE, AMAZING HISTORICAL RECORD, THANK YOU FOR SHARING
ReplyDeleteMy grandparents built a home at 2nd and Trimble. He put a rowboat in at Locarno Beach, rowed to English Bay and 'walked through the forest' to his tailor shop at Burrard and Robson . Thanks for showing the city as it was then.
ReplyDeleteLoved all the pix, hard to imagine how far we have come.. Thank you for posting this site.
ReplyDeleteThank you for a lot of happy memories... My family and I moved to Vancouver in 1948...
ReplyDeleteRaised in Vancouver from 1943 onward. This photos show a lot of the City's character that is now, sadly, gone forever. One photo had a caption unable to set a date. I would say, check the hemlines. I say they indicate the early 1940's. That length is indicated on other shots that contain a date in the '40's. Thanks for putting this together.
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