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Vancouver History: Before and After Photos Part Four

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This is now the fourth week of my Vancouver then and now photo series thanks to the resources available at the City of Vancouver Archives. To celebrate what’s left of summer in the city alongside the launch of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, the theme this week is beaches.

English Bay
1912-1925


Photo credit: Private Collection

2009


Photo credit: Tyler Ingram on Flickr

1930s


Photo credit: Royal Canadian Air Force

2006


Photo credit: ecstaticist on Flickr

Second Beach
Unknown


Photo credit: Major Matthews Collection

2008


Photo credit: worldofjan on Flickr

Kits Beach
1920


Photographer: Stuart Thomson

2009


Photo credit: thelastminute on Flickr

Should you have any theme suggestions for next week, please drop me a note in the comments of this post.

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  1. Angela Hubbard Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 — 11:27pm PDT

    these are really fantastic and neat to look at. thanks for sharing them 🙂

  2. Duncan Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 — 11:41am PDT

    Thanks for using one of my photos again 🙂

  3. Vancouver Lofts by Paul Albrighton Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 — 12:28pm PDT

    Wow Miss 604! These photos are amazing… thanks for sharing. I can’t believe how Vancouver used to look. Sweet.

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