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Photo: Check out what Vancouver's power lines used to look like

Photo: Check out what Vancouver's power lines used to look like

Electricity was still a new technology at the time.
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5 things you (probably) didn't know about Metro Vancouver transit

5 things you (probably) didn't know about Metro Vancouver transit

At one point trolley bus drivers didn't have driver's license? It's true!
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Vancouver Now & Then: The El Cid Hotel

Vancouver Now & Then: The El Cid Hotel

This building has a long and storied past.
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After over a decade, Vancouver's museum show of 'ugly' neon signs is turning off the lights

After over a decade, Vancouver's museum show of 'ugly' neon signs is turning off the lights

But the display isn't going permanently dark...
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Check out this 130-year-old photo of Vancouver's waterfront

Check out this 130-year-old photo of Vancouver's waterfront

Vancouver has long been a port city
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Girls in skimpy costumes set off Burnaby school scandal – 94 years ago

Girls in skimpy costumes set off Burnaby school scandal – 94 years ago

'Ratepayers do not pay to have their girls taught to throw their legs about,' said one trustee about a 1928 Burnaby South High School concert that featured two girls dancing in 'Hawaiian' outfits they'd made.
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Early Deep Cove settler recalls life 'in the bush'

Early Deep Cove settler recalls life 'in the bush'

Life was a lot harder in Deep Cove in 1926. 98-year-old Mary Babcock can tell you that
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Time Traveller: Interactive tool lets you map the slopes of Mount Seymour

Time Traveller: Interactive tool lets you map the slopes of Mount Seymour

The Mount Seymour History Project tells a unique story of winter recreation on the North Shore.
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Photo: An aerial shot of Richmond...from 1931

Photo: An aerial shot of Richmond...from 1931

Back in the day when there were no high rises and no major structures, for that matter
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Vancouver Now & Then: Mount Pleasant's Ashnola Apartments

Vancouver Now & Then: Mount Pleasant's Ashnola Apartments

Time travel to see what this familiar building looked like in the 1940s.
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