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History of Metro Vancouver: Woodward’s Building, 1903

Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 6701. Philip Timms photo. 1903 Woodward's Building Woodward’s branches out.

 Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 6701. Philip Timms photo. Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 6701. Philip Timms photo.

1903

Woodward's Building

Woodward’s branches out. On November 1903, Charles Woodward opened a four-storey emporium on the corner of Hastings and Abbott, expanding his business from the original, modest department store on Westminster Avenue, what is now known as Main Street.

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