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I won't sleep until everyone in Vancouver is following Vancouver Rising (a Tumblr blog that takes archival videos and turns them into quick and beautifully awesome GIFs).

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Horse racing began at Hastings Park a few months before this photo was taken from atop the original Hotel Vancouver in 1889. Previously, the local track was what's now downtown Vancouver.

Until the day that everyone in Vancouver is following Vancouver Rising (a Tumblr blog that takes archival videos and turns them into quick and beautifully awesome GIFs) I'll be bootlegging one here per week. "Kits Beach in the 40's.

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Until the day that everyone in Vancouver is following Vancouver Rising , a new Tumblr that takes archival videos and turns them into quick and beautifully awesome GIFs, I'll be bootlegging one here at least once per week.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Cycling was a popular sport and one of the main modes of transportation in early Vancouver .

I won't rest until everyone in Vancouver follows Vancouver Rising , a new Tumblr that takes archival videos and turns them into quick and beautifully awesome GIFs.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Colonel Jack Leckie was an engineer and soldier of fortune who fought Boers, Bolsheviks, Huns, and Nazis during his career . He settled in Vancouver in 1910.

Everyone in Vancouver should be following Vancouver Rising , a new Tumblr that takes archival videos and turns them into quick and beautifully awesome GIFs.

I won't sleep until every Tumblr user in Vancouver is following Vancouver Rising , a new blog that turns archival videos into quick and super awesome GIFs.