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Vancouver Was Awesome: Trotsky, 1919-1939

Vancouver Was Awesome: Trotsky, 1919-1939

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 .
Vancouver Was Awesome: Barbara Howard, 1938

Vancouver Was Awesome: Barbara Howard, 1938

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Barbara Howard was once among the fastest women in the world and the first black woman to represent Canada on the international sports stage.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Tree Stump House, pre-1910

Vancouver Was Awesome: Tree Stump House, pre-1910

This Mount Pleasant tree stump contained a three-room home. Photographed before 1910, it was situated on what's now Prince Edward Street in Vancouver's Riley Park neighbourhood.
Vancouver Was Awesome: The Battle of Jericho, 1872

Vancouver Was Awesome: The Battle of Jericho, 1872

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . The earliest known use of the name Jericho in this area was in reference to an 1872 incident dubbed "The Battle of Jericho.
Vancouver Was Awesome: No Suicide, 1959

Vancouver Was Awesome: No Suicide, 1959

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Source: Vancouver Sun , 28 November 1959
Vancouver Was Awesome: Vancouver's Sherlock Holmes, 1934

Vancouver Was Awesome: Vancouver's Sherlock Holmes, 1934

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . John F.C.B. Vance was a scientist hired by the City of Vancouver in 1905 as an analyst. His early work for the City was pretty mundane, things like testing milk and water quality.

Vancouver Was Awesome: Anna Pavlova, 1910

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMEBFhVMZpU A century ago, Russian dancer Anna Pavlova was the most famous ballerina in the world.

Vancouver Was Awesome: The Beatles, 1964

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIUZ-CETKAQ The Beatles first and last Vancouver show was 48 years ago today at Empire Stadium.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Mark Twain, 1895

Vancouver Was Awesome: Mark Twain, 1895

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
BC athletes returning from London with 50% of the medals won by Team Canada!

BC athletes returning from London with 50% of the medals won by Team Canada!

Almost three months ago to the day we BROUGHT YOU Canadian Olympic athlete, Ryan Cochrane (from BC), in his Tom's shoes delivering a talk at Creekside Community Centre In The Village and bid him good luck as he headed to London 2012.