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Vancouver Was Awesome: Red Shadow Confidential

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
Huge log near the corner of Georgia and Seymour circa 1886

Huge log near the corner of Georgia and Seymour circa 1886

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.
Party with some of Vancouver's "hottest historians"

Party with some of Vancouver's "hottest historians"

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.

1985 TV commercial for @theprovince newspaper (cc @editorinblog @ctv_jon)

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.

Vancouver Was Awesome: 6 vaudeville acts you could have seen if you were alive in 1908

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 first BC marriage license, a Spiny-eared Assfish specimen and other artifacts now online

The first BC marriage license, a Spiny-eared Assfish specimen and other artifacts now online

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...

In 1977 The Crazy Horse Cabaret operated out of where Celebrities is now. Here's their TV commercial!

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.

Vancouver Was Awesome: The Fight for Greer's Beach

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.

Vancouver Was Awesome: Private Mickey O'Rourke, VC (1874-1957)

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
Vancouver Was Awesome: Assassination in Chinatown, 1924

Vancouver Was Awesome: Assassination in Chinatown, 1924

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . The murder scene. Chinese Freemasons Building, 5 West Pender Street Historical walking tour season is upon us, folks. There are several excellent ones to choose from these days.