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Vancouver Was Awesome: Lions Gate Bridge, 1938

Vancouver Was Awesome: Lions Gate Bridge, 1938

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Built with money from theĀ Guinness beer family, the Lions Gate Bridge openedĀ to motor traffic 74 years ago today.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Logging English Bay, 1890

Vancouver Was Awesome: Logging English Bay, 1890

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.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Sky Scout, 1937

Vancouver Was Awesome: Sky Scout, 1937

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
Vancouver Was Awesome: The Bum, 1923

Vancouver Was Awesome: The Bum, 1923

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Rocky was a well known dog-about-town in 1920s Vancouver.
Arthur Erickson Architects is hiring! (circa August 1976 at the @VPL)

Arthur Erickson Architects is hiring! (circa August 1976 at the @VPL)

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
Vancouver Was Awesome: Bows and Arrows

Vancouver Was Awesome: Bows and Arrows

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