History

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A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . According to City Archivist Major Matthews, the top image is the first known portrayal of what's now Vancouver. It's a copy of a watercolour painted by Lieut.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . The Moon Glow was already closed for a few years when this photo was taken, but in the late 1950s and early 60s, it was an R&B club.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Built with money from the Guinness beer family, the Lions Gate Bridge opened to motor traffic 74 years ago today.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Loggers built makeshift trails like this for skidding logs to sawmills down on the waterfront.

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A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Rocky was a well known dog-about-town in 1920s Vancouver.

I dropped in to the main branch of the Vancouver Public Library yesterday in order to find a quiet corner in which to work on the TALK I'm giving this Wednesday at the Georgia Strait Alliance fundraiser and was quickly sidetracked as I walked through

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Native men worked as longshoremen on Burrard Inlet since before Vancouver was incorporated.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Back in 1918-1919, Canadian and other allied forces were getting a head start on the Cold War by battling the Reds in Siberia .