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The Vancouver Historical Society Preserving and promoting the history of Vancouver since 1936. Visit us on Facebook: https://xitter.cf/t.co/VkQ4qRQyDG

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VHS May 2023 newsletter now available for download: bit.ly/vhsnews202305
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Flashback to 1979/1980: a couple rare recordings of the #CBCRadio #Vancouver show Conquest - a quiz show hosted by Chuck Davis youtu.be/5mTDgnHx9iY now posted to @YouTube cc @Van_History
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Part restaurant, part museum - the Tomahawk in North Vancouver, a crowd favourite for the last 97 years. evelazarus.com/the-tomahawk-… #heritagebuildings #northvancouver Eve Lazarus photo, 2020
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Vancouver. 1980 vs now. A very amazing urban development. Succesful in every way except one. Its no longer affordable. Adding density did not lead to affordability. The reverse happened. NA's most expensive housing.
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May 2nd - On This Day in BC Sport History: 1974 Frank Griffiths' Western Broadcasting Company purchases controlling interest in the Vancouver @Canucks from the legally beleaguered Minneapolis based Medicor for $8.5 million. The Griffiths family remains the majority owner.../2
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On Sunday, May 7 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, join us at MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver (115 West Esplanade) for Sensory Friendly Sundays, a quieter, relaxed opening time for neurodivergent visitors of all ages. Included with admission. Learn more at monova.ca/sensory-friendly/
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#VanArchives90th - This microfilm was acquired by the City Archives in 1989 from the City Engineering Department which, in turn, were given copies by the BC Expo Corp. Collection consists of microfilmed copies of Expo 86 site plans. ow.ly/AXs150N2CqJ #expo86 #1986
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Olga Hawryluk, 23 was beaten to death and left at #EnglishBay on May 2, 1945. A soldier she met at the Goods Eats Cafe, was charged with her murder. The building is still at 906 Granville. From Blood, Sweat & Fear: The Story of Inspector Vance evelazarus.com/book/blood-sw… #truecrime
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A gorgeous spring weekend calls for a casual ride in your goat wagon 🐐 📸: @BCArchives Item H-04885 - Children in a goat wagon
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April 30th-On This Day in BC Sport History: 1994 Pavel Bure scores on a breakaway in overtime to give the Vancouver @Canucks victory over the Calgary Flames in Game 7 of their 1st round playoff match-up completing an unlikely series comeback after being down 3-1 in games,.../2
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Brenda Byman, 12 went for a hike with friends to Lake Enid, BC one Sunday in 1961 and never returned. Brenda's disappearance ripped apart the town, but she & her family weren't the only victims from that day. evelazarus.com/the-search-fo… #ColdCaseCanada #truecrimepodcast #coldcasebc
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Vancouver area environmentalists formed the Don't Make a Wave Committee in '69, which became the Greenpeace Foundation in '72. Records in this fonds incl corr, photos & flag flown on the 1st ship chartered by @Greenpeace to Amchitka. ow.ly/wRTv50NRQlz #VanArchives90th
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Last call at the Devonshire Hotel on West Georgia Street was April 30, 1981. The hotel was replaced by the Bank of BC Office tower. Story from Vancouver Exposed: evelazarus.com/book/vancouve… #Vancouverexposed #missingheritage #everyplacehasastory @vanarchives photo, 1976
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Always great to catch up with Eve, this time in front of a live audience! Great audience participation, great venue. Thanks for the opportunity, @NSWritersFest and @WestVanLibrary! #CityNewsBookshelf @CityNewsVAN
TONIGHT: The North Shore Writers Festival presents "Cold Case BC and the Popularity of True Crime: Eve Lazarus with John Ackermann" at the West Vancouver Memorial Library. #CityNewsBookshelf @CityNewsVAN eventbrite.com/e/cold-case-b…
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This Week in History, 1968: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in comes to Vancouver vancouversun.com/news/this-w… via @VancouverSun
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#VanArchives90th - AM1553 - Yaletown Productions incorporated Sept. 10, 1982. Its mandate was to produce quality industrial films. Yaletown won several major contracts associated w/ Expo86, BC Ministry of Tourism, the BC Pavilion, etc. ow.ly/2I3V50MTIAw
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On April 28, 1947 Trans-Canada Airlines flight 3 took off from Lethbridge on a routine flight to Vancouver. And, then the Lockheed Lodestar and its 15 passengers and crew disappeared for the next 47 years #northvancouver #lethbridge #everyplacehasastory evelazarus.com/remembering-t…
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Tom Carter shared wonderful stories this evening about his adventures collecting and painting Vancouver's past. A nearly packed house at the MOV! tomcartergallery.com
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