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Vancouver Was Awesome: Hans and Ursula go to Vancouver, 1966

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

Vancouver Was Awesome: Live! From the GrooveYard, 1966

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpimauRoO68 Vancouver had a happening R&B music scene in the pre-psychedelic 1960s.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Escape from the Gallows, 1923

Vancouver Was Awesome: Escape from the Gallows, 1923

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
Vancouver Was Awesome: 539 Main Street

Vancouver Was Awesome: 539 Main Street

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . According to a recently posted development application sign, the 119 year old building on the northwest corner of Main and Keefer isn’t long for this world.
Vancouver Was Awesome: High School Student Walkout, 1935

Vancouver Was Awesome: High School Student Walkout, 1935

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
Vancouver Was Awesome: Hastings and Cambie, 1896

Vancouver Was Awesome: Hastings and Cambie, 1896

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Major Matthews notations on the photo: Hastings & Cambie Sts, summer 1896. The centre of Vancouver. On the left, out of sight, the Court House, before which, in Sept.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Woman on a Bicycle, 1968

Vancouver Was Awesome: Woman on a Bicycle, 1968

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . This is a photo by John Denniston , retired photojournalist and photo editor of the Province . Check out his blog for lots of great Vancouver pics, past and present. Source: JohnDenniston.ca
Vancouver Was Awesome: UFO Over City Hall, 1937

Vancouver Was Awesome: UFO Over City Hall, 1937

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Twenty one-year old Leonard Lamoureux and his brother Wilfred went to City Hall one night in 1937 to photograph the Christmas lights when they spotted a UFO.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Comic Book Burning, 1954

Vancouver Was Awesome: Comic Book Burning, 1954

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . The 1950s was a decade of moral panics. In this case it was over children being exposed to horror comic books.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Free Speech Fight, 1912

Vancouver Was Awesome: Free Speech Fight, 1912

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . A century ago this week, Vancouver was in the midst of a Free Speech Fight after city council passed a bylaw banning the outdoor meetings of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
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