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restaurant sign Ho Ho Restaurant 100 East Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia Sign installed in 1954 by Wallace Neon Old Neon Signs, Vintage Neon Signs, Old Signs, Restaurant Signs, Neon Nights, Sign Lighting, Googie, Advertising Signs, Light Up
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Rickshaw Chinese Food neon sign in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Love Neon Sign, Neon Light Signs, Vintage Neon Signs, Old Signs, Business Signs, Googie, Advertising Signs, Sign I, Neon Lighting
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Rickshaw Chinese Food, Vancouver BC

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Unit block East Hastings, 1932 Source: City of Vancouver Archives Vancouver Chinatown, Vancouver City, Vancouver Island, Local History, History Facts, New West, Slums, Most Beautiful Cities, Historical Pictures
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Unit block East Hastings, 1932 Source: City of Vancouver Archives #20-51 (cropped)

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25 vintage photos of Vancouver in the 1970s | Curated

Vancouver sure has changed over the past 40 years. Take a step back in time and see what life was like in the 1970s.

Vancouver heritage survey 1978 - photographs - City of Vancouver Archives Vancouver Chinatown, Art Images, Windsor, 1980s, Beautiful Homes, Canada, Ocean, Mountains, Park
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Vancouver heritage survey 1978 - photographs - City of Vancouver Archives

File contains 2,543 35mm b&w negatives, on 110 rolls of film; contact sheets of these rolls of film; and lists identifying what appears in each...

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images that may or may not be historical, related to vancouver, or my wordpress blog, past tense. You can also follow me on twitter. Most of these images were found online. If any belong to you, you can contact me at laniwurm [at] gmail [dot] com

Sam Kee building, November The skinniest building in the world at Carrall and West Pender streets. Source: City of Vancouver Archives Iconic Photos, Old Photos, Vancouver Chinatown, Past Tense, Vintage Images, British Columbia, Beautiful Homes, Tourism, November
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Sam Kee building, November 1972. The skinniest building in the world at Carrall and West Pender streets. Source: City of Vancouver Archives #780-446

Main and Hastings, ca. 1961 Source: Photo by Roger Cameron Greig, City of Vancouver Archives Vancouver Chinatown, Richmond Vancouver, Vancouver Bc Canada, Vancouver City, Past Tense, Western Canada, Urban Life, Pacific Northwest, Historical Photos
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Main and Hastings, ca. 1961 Source: Photo by Roger Cameron Greig, City of Vancouver Archives #2011-068.10

The Pier float Provided Temporary Moorage for Local Boaters Vancouver Chinatown, Vancouver Island, Footprints, History Facts, Westminster, British Columbia, The Rock, Boats, Coastal
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The completion of the Great Northern's coastal line marked the beginnings of the resort community of White Rock. The wide expanse of beach encouraged growing numbers of New Westminster and Vancouver residents to acquire summer cottages in the communities.

North side of East Pender Street's 100 Block, including the Chinese School building and Lee Building, (Photo via Vancouver Archives) Vancouver Chinatown, School Building, Beautiful Homes, The 100, Buildings, Photograph, Chinese, Canada, Ocean
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[Buildings on the north side of the 100 Block of East Pender Street] - City of Vancouver Archives

Photograph shows part of the Chinese School building and the Lee Building

East Pender Street, Visible are the Hong Chong Fresh Fish Market East Pender Street) and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Main Street). (Photo via Vancouver Archives) Vancouver Chinatown, Main Street, Street View, Canada, Street Photo, Old Pictures, Old School, Fish, History
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[View of East Pender Street] - City of Vancouver Archives

Photograph also shows buildings and businesses including Hong Chong Fresh Fish Market (209 East Pender Street) and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Co...

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[View of East Pender Street] - City of Vancouver Archives

Photograph also shows buildings and businesses including Hong Chong Fresh Fish Market (209 East Pender Street) and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Co...

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Fred Herzog - Artists

New York art gallery specializing in the promotion and sale of vintage and contemporary fine art photography and photo-based art.

The world has lost another photography great this week. Fred Herzog, an early pioneer of color and street photography, died in Vancouver on Monday at. Stephen Shore, William Eggleston, Saul Leiter, Fine Art Photography, Street Photography, Landscape Photography, Photography Ideas, Portrait Photography, Nature Photography
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Shoppers, Voyeurs and Loiterers: Vancouver in Color - 1953-1969 - Flashbak

Fred Herzog chose Kodachrome "to show the world the way it is". His photos of Vancouver are sublime.

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East Pender Street at night, City of Vancouver, late 1960's http://www.fooshoho.com/history/history.html Here's what the building on the right looks like now (2014): https://www.flickr.com/photos/vancouverbyte/13922163789/

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"Terminal City": Extraordinary Photos Of Vancouver From 1972 to 1982 Greg Girard photographed Vancouver Canada his home town. Before Expo 86 when the money moved in Vancouver was a working-class port city of cheap hotels greasy diners and neon. Hong Kong Cafe, Canada, East Village, Pictures Of People, Cheap Hotels, Lomography, Skateboarding, Street Photography, Film Photography
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'They are pictures of a different time': Exhibit showcases pre-Expo Vancouver | CBC News

Photographs can take you back in time and that's certainly what Greg Girard's photography show does: bringing viewers back to Vancouver before it was launched on the world stage with Expo 86.

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