History

The Vancouver Archives just made a BLOG POST featuring some of their holdings that went into the public domain today, which means that their copyright ran out and they're able to share them more widely.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Ralph Greenleaf, ca. 1924 Beginning at age nineteen, Ralph Greenleaf won the world’s championship in pocket billiards nineteen times between 1919 and 1937.

With help from a shelf full of collectibles that I keep here in our office (and a commute where I walk through the Olympic Village), I'm reminded every single day of Vancouver 2010 and the magical times we had in our city around the Games.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Pansy Stuttard kept her money at home because she didn’t trust banks. When two men stole $15,000 from her White Rock home, the 84 year-old fired her shotgun at them as they fled, but missed.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Granville Street, 1959. The speakeasies were a couple of blocks past theatre row.

Every few months on my personal Instagram, as the seasons change, I share a photo of the vines attached to Creekside Community Centre in my neighbourhood of Southeast False Creek, the Olympic Village for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . George Paris Nova Scotia born George Paris was a black man raised in Montreal who came to the West Coast just before the turn of the last century.

Every week I highjack a GIF from Vancouver Rising on Tumblr which takes archival videos and turns them into sweet animations. VISIT THEM and follow! The Vancouver Soap Box Derby! (1954)

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://youtu.be/-lxXRgSTnTk The first television broadcast seen in Vancouver was in 1948 , but we didn't have our own TV station or local programming until the CBC opened CBUT in 1953.

Every week I bootleg a GIF from the Vancouver Rising Tumblr which takes archival videos and turns them into sweet animations. VISIT THEM and be sure to follow! Granville at Robson (1973)