Metro Vancouver History Pool
Photographs depicting the history of a Vancouver, British Columbia, including Metro Vancouver (formerly the "Greater Vancouver Regional District"). However, the limits aren't so fussy that pictures from the Fraser Valley and up the Sunshine Coast aren't welcome. There is also little restriction on the historical eras to be included, although clearly "current events" type photos or pictures without an apparent historical aspect (subjective criteria, yes, but flexible) will be removed. Moreover, just because something is old does not make it historical. If it's not obvious in the photo, please make sure your photos have a description stating the relevance.
(Map of Metro Vancouver)
03103 Hastings Street, Vancouver 1973
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Rainy day in January, Hastings Street, Vancouver. Scanned from the original Fujichrome slide (ISO 100), 1973. I didn't shoot much Fujichrome; it was the new kid on the block among slide films in the 1970s and vastly inferior to Kodak's main menu of Kodachrome and Ektachrome. The colours were muted, almost pastel, and shadow areas could be murky. The great Velvia films were still almost 20 years in the future.
23611 Downtown east side, Vancouver 1985
wild prairie man has added a photo to the pool:
Taken from the Georgia Viaduct on a wintery day, December 1985. Scanned from the original Kodachrome 64 slide.
ancient building in vancouver
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Dominion Building
The Pass, UBC night football 1980
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This is cropped from a digital scan of a horizontal 35mm frame shot during a 1980 game between the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds and the University of Calgary Dinosaurs played in Vancouver, BC. Camera: Pentax Spotmatic. Lens: 200mm f/4. Film: Kodak Tri-X (ISO 400) pushed to ISO 1200 and developed in Acufine.
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Demolition worker - 1978
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A street shot made in 1978 on good old Tri-X (ISO 400). I was walking down the street, past the site of a fire where demolition workers were cleaning up the rubble, when I heard one of them let out a shout. He had just found an old license plate in the debris. I asked him to show it to me, he flashed a smile, and I squeezed off a couple of shots.
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Bentall Buildings, Vancouver 1978
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Bentall Buildings, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1978. Scanned from the original Tri-X (ISO 400) negative.
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Olympic Party
Maxwell_Smart has added a photo to the pool:
Canada just won against the Slovaks in the semi-finals for men's hockey, guaranteeing a medal and a rematch against the Americans in a game for Olympic gold, so there was much to celebrate in the streets of Vancouver.
Olympic Party
Maxwell_Smart has added a photo to the pool:
Canada just won against the Slovaks in the semi-finals for men's hockey, guaranteeing a medal and a rematch against the Americans in a game for Olympic gold, so there was much to celebrate in the streets of Vancouver.
Centennial Fountain
Maxwell_Smart has added a photo to the pool:
Installed in 1966 in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery, this fountain commemorates not the centennial of Canada (which occurred a year later, in 1967), but the centennial of the union of the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. The united colonies took on the name "British Columbia".
12231 Vancouver 1981
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Vanier Park, Kitsilano neighbourhood, Vancouver, British Columbia. The steel sculpture is "Gate to the Northwest Passage" by Alan Chung Hung; behind it are English Bay and the North Shore Mountains and the more distant mountains of the Sunshine Coast. Scanned from the original Kodachrome 64 slide, December 1981.
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10460 Sylvia Hotel, Vancouver 1980
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The Sylvia is a Vancouver landmark and heritage building close to Stanley Park. I don't know what the mannequin leg was all about; I didn't put it there:-) Scanned from the original Kodachrome 64 slide, February 1981.
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10010 Vancouver 1980
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Granville Bridge looking toward downtown Vancouver, British Columbia; snow-covered North Shore Mountains in the background. Scanned from the original Kodachrome 64 slide, December 1980.
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Concordia aground in Steveston Harbour
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The tall ship the Concordia ran aground in Steveston Harbor in 2004. Recently she sank of the coast of Brazil.
Richmond B.C.
Sidney Crosby with the flag-0398
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Feb 28,2010
43767 Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver
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Lions Gate Bridge in winter, from Stanley Park looking toward the North Shore Mountains. Scanned from the original Kodachrome 64 slide, February 1988.
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07240 Chinatown, Vancouver 1978
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Corner of East Pender and Columbia in Vancouver's Chinatown, September 1978. Scanned from the original Kodachrome.
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09828 West Broadway, Vancouver 1980
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The view east along West Broadway at Burrard, evening, September 1980. Scanned from the original Kodachrome slide.
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09108 The Aristocratic, Vancouver 1980
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The Aristocratic at dawn, corner of Granville and West Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 1980. Scanned from the original Kodachrome slide.
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06450 West 4th, Vancouver 1976
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A passing moment on West 4th Avenue at Cypress, Vancouver, British Columbia, in December 1976. Scanned from the original Kodachrome.
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Dripping Sweat
Christina T has added a photo to the pool:
It always looks like he's sweating when it rains. He's got a name, I just didn't read the plaque. He's Canadian I'm sure.