History

Every week or so I highjack a GIF from Vancouver Rising on Tumblr which takes archival videos and turns them into sweet animations. VISIT THEM and follow! Securing the railings on the Granville Street Bridge (c. 1950-1954)

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Granville Street, showing the Maple Leaf Theatre on the left. The arrival of sound films, or “talkies,” is usually associated with the 1927 film, The Jazz Singer .

I won't rest until we've bought every single EXPO 86 collectible released to the public and have them displayed prominently here at our downtown office, so it is with great pleasure that I'm sharing with you this tea towel that we procured from Ebay

I had a wonderful meeting at our downtown office yesterday with Dave Peterson and Devon Knight, pictured below holding an incredible gift they brought us.

Every week or so I highjack a GIF from Vancouver Rising on Tumblr which takes archival videos and turns them into sweet animations. VISIT THEM and follow! Vancouver skyline reveal (1984)

Every week or so I highjack a GIF from Vancouver Rising on Tumblr which takes archival videos and turns them into sweet animations. VISIT THEM and follow! Robson Square (c. 1983)

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Shuichi Kusaka Shuichi Kusaka was five years old when his family moved to Vancouver’s East End from Osaka, Japan in 1920.

Collector and historian Jason Vanderhill has been contributing to our blog for some time, as well as to our real-life pile of Vancouver historical artifacts.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Hogan’s Alley, Wednesday 31 March 1937 2014 will see three Vancouver history stamps from Canada Post .