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TWO GIFS: Kits Beach in the 40's and Kits Beach in the 80's

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.

Vancouver Was Awesome: Helen Keller, 1921

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

GIF of the construction of the NEW Granville Street Bridge!

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.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Cycling Early Vancouver

Vancouver Was Awesome: Cycling Early Vancouver

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 .

The Marine Building GIF

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.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Looking for Pirate Treasure, 1932

Vancouver Was Awesome: Looking for Pirate Treasure, 1932

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.

Vancouver 1986 GIF

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

Vancouver in 1948 with Bing Crosby

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.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Looking for Sputnik, 1957

Vancouver Was Awesome: Looking for Sputnik, 1957

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .

Vancouver Rising in 1986 and 1970

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