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Vancouver Was Awesome: Don't Be a Sucker, 1947

Vancouver Was Awesome: Don't Be a Sucker, 1947

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.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Jimi Hendrix

Vancouver Was Awesome: Jimi Hendrix

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 .
Vancouver Was Awesome: Terminal City Cycling Club

Vancouver Was Awesome: Terminal City Cycling Club

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
Vancouver Was Awesome: Yousuf Karsh in Vancouver, 1952

Vancouver Was Awesome: Yousuf Karsh in Vancouver, 1952

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 .
Vancouver Was Awesome: Yaletown Productions

Vancouver Was Awesome: Yaletown Productions

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.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Original Creole Orchestra

Vancouver Was Awesome: Original Creole Orchestra

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

Vancouver Was Awesome: Velvet Underground

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.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Houdini

Vancouver Was Awesome: Houdini

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
Vancouver Was Awesome: The Cambie Bridge and 'Swingspan'

Vancouver Was Awesome: The Cambie Bridge and 'Swingspan'

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.
Vancouver Was Awesome: Expo '86 and False Creek

Vancouver Was Awesome: Expo '86 and False Creek

( 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.
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