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Expo 86 Designer’s Records Now Available!
The Archives is pleased to announce that the records of noted Vancouver architect Bruno Freschi are now available to researchers! @VanArchives
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The Archives will be closed today, Wednesday, September 30, 2026, for Truth and Reconciliation Day.
Regular hours will resume on Thursday, October 1 at 10am.
New blog post, enjoy!
"Record Roundup VI" by Reference Archivist Kira Baker
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#BlogPost #AuthentiCity
We are closed today and Monday. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday Apr. 7.
📷: Sliding door, Canadian Western Lumber - 1946
CVA 586-4592
#StatutoryHoliday
ALT black and white photograph from 1946 of a boy walking through a door into a reading room looking at his mother seated in a comfy chair.
Part 2 of this months blog post is ready for your enjoyment.
Sink your teeth into these recipes.
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#BCHeritageWeek #HeritageWeek @bcheritageweek
We will be closed for Family Day on Monday Feb. 16, 2026. We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday.
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📷 1942 -- AM1184-S3-: CVA 1184-414
The Archives will be closed for a winter break.
Closing Dec. 24 at noon and reopening on Jan. 2, 10am.
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See you in the new year!
📷 : from the Vancouver Courier fonds - 1978 [Stanley Park]
Ref. code 2008-127.07696
#StanleyPark #WinterHours
ALT Black and white photo of a person on a bicycle riding over ice in Stanley Park, Vancouver.
The Archives will be closed for the holidays.
We will be closed at noon on Dec. 24th, 2025 and reopen at 10am on Jan. 2, 2026.
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Image : Snow scene in Stanley Park
Ref. code: AM1535-: CVA 99-129
Date: [ca. 1917]
Photographer: Stuart Thomson (1881-1960)
The Archives will be closed from noon on Dec. 24th, 2025 until 10am on Jan. 2, 2026
Enjoy the Holiday season!
📷: AM1528-S1-F230-: 2008-127.06614
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#CanadaPlace #FiveSails #PanPacific #Lights
New Authenticity blog post: Happy Holidays Everyone!
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Ref. code: AM1519-: PAM1958-235
Title: Happy new year 1958 for a bright future with health and happiness and prosperity.
The Archives will be closing early on Tuesday December 2nd, 2025.
We will be closing at 3:00pm on Dec. 2, and we will resume regular hours on Dec. 3, 2025.
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We will be closing at 3:00pm on Dec. 2, 2025. Our regular hours will resume on Wednesday Dec. 3, 2025.
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We will be closed Tuesday, November 11, for Remembrance Day.
📷 CVA 99-128.1
ALT We will be closed Tuesday, November 11, for Remembrance Day.
Tickets still available for Strathcona's Community-Led Housing Development Talk with Jennifer Chutter
Nov. 4th | 7:00 pm | Zoom
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Learn how a group of homeowners developed the Strathcona Area Housing Society.
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There still are tickets available for the upcoming Friends of the Vancouver City Archives’ fall fundraiser. Proceeds of the event support the Archives’ digitization efforts and make more photographs and other archival material available online.
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We are closed today, Monday Oct. 13, 2025. Regular business hours will resume tomorrow.
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image: bit.ly/42VkwbF - AM54-S4-: Trans P67.3
The Archives will be closed on Monday Oct. 13, 2025.
Regular hours resume Tuesday Oct. 14, 2025.
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Please enjoy our latest blogpost : Authenticity : Unbuilt Vancouver, Part 1: Mawson Plan for Stanley Park by Bronwyn Smyth
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📷 : AM1376-: CVA 380-1
