History

I'm pretty sure this 1987 ad for O'Keefe's Extra Old Stock is the best beer commercial ever filmed in Vancouver. "Premium quality, fully matured" might be a claim contested by some local craft breweries but this commercial is awesome nonetheless.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://youtu.be/le6PYieMz4A Vancouver at Night, 1963 Silent film footage originally shot for the CBUT (CBC Vancouver) program 7 O’Clock Show in 1963.

Welcome to This Day in Vancouver where we filter through old newspapers, sharing tidbits that we feel might be interesting to you today. HERE is the archive.

Remember when we posted THIS old TV commercial for The Province newspaper a couple of weeks back? We wrote that it was from 1985 but soon after it went up there was a bit of an eruption on Twitter from reporters who were old enough to remember the pa

If you've read the bestselling Vancouver WAS Awesome (our history book authored by Lani Russwurm) and our regular FEATURE by the same name, or if you follow Jason Vanderhill's POSTS , you'll know we've got a couple of great local historians amongst u

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A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .

If you were following the Vancouver Archives on Twitter you'd have seen this pop up this morning. Get on that! They're @VanArchives . Huge log near the corner of Georgia and Seymour ca. 1886. http://t.

This coming Sunday marks the launch of the latest chapter in the story of Vancouver's written history, in fact a few of them! Vancouver Confidential is a fantastic new book published by Anvil Press filled with stories from our city's history.

Earlier today I saw The Province's Editor-in-Chief and a reporter from CTV EXCHANGING BARBS on Twitter and it reminded me that I wanted to share this sweet TV commercial from 1985 with you. http://www.youtube.