Vancouver Historical Society

The Vancouver Historical Society
Preserving and promoting the history of Vancouver since 1936.
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VHS May 2023 newsletter now available for download:
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[Jason M Vanderhill @jmv]

Flashback to 1979/1980: a couple rare recordings of the #CBCRadio #Vancouver show Conquest - a quiz show hosted by Chuck Davis https://t.co/0uLg7lT6RQ now posted to @YouTube cc @Van_History

[Eve Lazarus @evelazarus]

Part restaurant, part museum - the Tomahawk in North Vancouver, a crowd favourite for the last 97 years. https://t.co/eLWO7L6ZbM #heritagebuildings #northvancouver Eve Lazarus photo, 2020

[Patrick Condon @pmcondon2]

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.

[Jason D Beck @JasonBeck82]

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

[MONOVA: Museum & Archives of North Vancouver @visitMONOVA]

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 https://t.co/3XtskUUr23

[Vancouver Archives @VanArchives]

#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.

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#expo86 #1986

[Eve Lazarus @evelazarus]

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 https://t.co/kLlJ1igWXZ #truecrime

[Friends of the BC Archives @FBCArchives]

A gorgeous spring weekend calls for a casual ride in your goat wagon 🐐

📸: @BCArchives Item H-04885 - Children in a goat wagon

[Jason D Beck @JasonBeck82]

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

[Eve Lazarus @evelazarus]

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. https://t.co/2fWy03z6FV
#ColdCaseCanada #truecrimepodcast #coldcasebc

[Vancouver Archives @VanArchives]

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.
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#VanArchives90th

[Eve Lazarus @evelazarus]

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: https://t.co/UkNMWDTM7f #Vancouverexposed #missingheritage #everyplacehasastory @vanarchives photo, 1976

[John Ackermann 📻 @jackermann]

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

[John Mackie @jmackie_mackie]

This Week in History, 1968: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in comes to Vancouver https://t.co/DcH6t2KtbX via @VancouverSun

[Vancouver Archives @VanArchives]

#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.

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[Eve Lazarus @evelazarus]

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 https://t.co/6R4gy5RCL4

[Vancouver Historical Society @Van_History]

Tom Carter shared wonderful stories this evening about his adventures collecting and painting Vancouver's past. A nearly packed house at the MOV! https://t.co/QljGhsFZj5