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Recruitment Station, 1941

Recruitment Station, 1941

City of Vancouver Archives, Mil P265. 1941 Recruitment Station A sign that two years into the war Canada still needed troops, this 1941 recruitment centre in Victory Square (downtown Vancouver between W. Hastings and W.
Empress of Japan, 1927

Empress of Japan, 1927

City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 447-284. Photo Walter E. Frost.
St. Roch, 1928

St. Roch, 1928

City of Vancouver Archives, Bo N243. Photo Charles H. Smith. 1928 St. Roch Mounties’ ship. The St. Roch , pictured quiet in its berth, was launched in 1928 and built to withstand the Arctic ice as an RCMP Arctic supply and patrol vessel.
Casa Mia, 1920

Casa Mia, 1920

Photo by Kim Stallknecht/Vancouver Sun. 1920 Casa Mia One of Vancouver’s most famous heritage houses, Casa Mia, on Southwest Marine Drive, was built in 1920 by George Reifel.
MV Quillayute, 1951

MV Quillayute, 1951

Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 57946. 1951 MV Quillayute Pioneer ferry. Chugging along the coast is the MV Quillayute .
Secret Submarines, 1915

Secret Submarines, 1915

Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, VA. 1915 Secret Submarines Working in broad daylight, but otherwise top secret, these men in either Vancouver or Burnaby in 1915 work on submarines destined for Russia.
Hoffar-Beeching Shipyard, 1915

Hoffar-Beeching Shipyard, 1915

City of Vancouver Archives, Air P73.
Cariboo Digest, 1945

Cariboo Digest, 1945

Courtesy BC Outdoors magazine. 1945 Cariboo Digest Cariboo Digest, the precursor to BC Outdoors magazine, began circulation in 1945. View the entire Metro Vancouver History 365 Series HERE .
White Spot Food Truck, 1924

White Spot Food Truck, 1924

Photo by George Mittlestead, Courtesy White Spot and Triple-O: The White Spot Story, by Constance Brissenden. 1924 White Spot Lunch to go.
Happyland Giant Dipper, 1947

Happyland Giant Dipper, 1947

John Mackie collection PNG.
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