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The history of the Vancouver Sun is the history of Vancouver. Full stop.

By now you've likely seen all of the stuff coming from our friends at the Vancouver Sun celebrating their 100th anniversary as Vancouver's daily paper (bookmark THIS LINK and follow @VanSun100 on Twitter if you want to get kneedeep in it).
Vancouver Was Awesome: A Trip to London, 1906

Vancouver Was Awesome: A Trip to London, 1906

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
Vancouver Was Awesome: Jack Black in Vancouver, 1894

Vancouver Was Awesome: Jack Black in Vancouver, 1894

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Jack Black came to Vancouver in 1894 after he and his Chinese cellmate busted out of a Revelstoke jail using a hacksaw.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Jack Johnson, 1909

Vancouver Was Awesome: Jack Johnson, 1909

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Jack Johnson became the first black heavyweight boxing champion of the world after clobbering Canadian Tommy Burns in Australia on Boxing Day in 1908.

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.
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