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A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://youtu.

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.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Alexander Pantages expanded his theatre empire into Vancouver in January 1908 as he was building one of the biggest vaudeville circuits in the west.

The Royal BC Museum just launched an online gallery called 100 Objects of Interest from their collection that you should definitely have a look at ( HERE ). We've put together our top 5 Vancouver-related pieces from it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM-Ua2hJ0Hs This video is one of many gems that V.I.A. reader Rob Richardson has dug up from his collection.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Vancouver’s Kitsilano Beach was originally called Greer’s Beach after Sam Greer, a homesteader who set up a seven-acre farm at English Bay in June 1884.

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