History

Province Newspaper photo, Vancouver Public Library/ VPL 40212. 1936 City Hall The new Vancouver City Hall at Cambie and 12th was completed on December 1, 1936.

City of Vancouver Archives, Re N2.2 1932 Victory Square A large group of men gather in Victory Square to protest rising unemployment rates during the Great Depression.

City of Vancouver Archives, Br P81.2 1937 Lions Gate Bridge Under construction in 1937, the Lions Gate Bridge was a private venture built to give better access to the British Properties in West Vancouver.

City of Vancouver Archives, LGN 455. Photo J.A. Brock and Harry T. Devin 1886 The Great Fire A lone tent sits on a burned-out wasteland following the Great Fire of 1886.

Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 257 1914 CPR Station The third CPR station was built in a neoclassical style in 1914. If it looks familiar, that’s because the building still exists. It’s now the transit hub Waterfront Station.

City of Vancouver Archives, Can P6 1887 Canadian Pacific 374 Decked out for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, the first CPR cross-country passenger train arrived in Vancouver in 1887.

Dominion Photo Co. photo, Vancouver Public Library VPL 23254 1930 Empress of Japan The Empress of Japan was considered to be the finest trans-Pacific ocean liner produced by the Canadian Pacific Steamships Ocean Services Company.

Vancouver Archives CVA 1184-3432 - Goodyear blimp marked as NC-7A Volunteer on the ground by Jack Lindsay Look up in the sky! That's no bird, nor is it the Millennium Falcon! Why, it's the Goodyear Blimp! That signature advertising billboard in the s

City of Vancouver Archives, Out P288. Photo George W. Edwards 1894 Great Flood This man was able to row alongside the rail line following the worst flood to ever strike BC.

City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 1376-81 1934 Dominion Day Arriving on Dominion Day (what we now know as Canada Day), the first United Airlines flight landed at the Vancouver Airport.