History

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . In April 1947 the price of a chocolate bar in Canada skyrocketed from a nickel to eight cents, apparently caused by a sharp increase in the price of cocoa beans.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . The Jimi Hendrix Experience played at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver on Saturday 7 September 1968, just prior to the release of Electric Ladyland .

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh is most well known for his many iconic portraits of world leaders and celebrities .

On Sunday, the City of Vancouver's head archivist, Leslie Mobbs, was sporting a healthy 'stache (in the spirit of Movember ?), as he described the legacy of Mike Collier and Vancouver's Yaletown Productions to an audience at the Vancity Theatre.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Ninety-seven years ago this week, Vancouver got its first taste of jazz music.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . The Retinal Circus was a divey rock club at 1024 Davie Street that opened in the summer of 1967.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .

This year, the DOXA documentary film festival really connected with the archival community in B.C. and Vancouver, and to the filmmakers that recorded rare moments in time.

( Animated GIF above from a great resource on Expo '86 memories: Bobbea.com ) Tonight there's a quarter century lookback party for Expo '86 , which opened on May 2, 1986, and ran to October 13. For B.C.