Archive Photos of the Day: Horses

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I dreamt up today’s photo feature from the Vancouver Public Library and City of Vancouver Archives as I do many others: I type in a subject that I think might be featured in bunch of archive photos and see what comes up. Today, that word was horses and I am in luck. The first gasoline-powered car arrived in Vancouver in 1904 but it took a while to catch on. Horses played quite an important role in the history of the city, even throughout the decades as fixtures of parades and celebrations:

1890: A trio of horses in Hollow Tree and one of the men riding is Sam Brighouse. Archives# St Pk N1.

(Left) 1900s: These horses are clearing land for the courthouse building (today it’s the Vancouver Art Gallery). Photographer: Philip Timms. VPL# 7197. (Right) 1917: Officers on horseback at the Cambie Street Grounds. Archives# Mil P87.6.

(Left) 1904: Girl on a horse at the Gabriola mansion in the West End. VPL# 7276. (Right) 1908: Man and woman on horseback outside Christ Church Cathedral at Georgia and Burrard. VPL# 8689. Photographer: Philip Timms.

1915-1918: View of road with horse-drawn buggy and motor vehicles at Stanley Park Pavilion. Archives# CVA 1376-110.

1942: Move over Budweiser! These cart horses are pulling for Vancouver Breweries. Photographer: Jack Lindsay. Archives# CVA 1184-1532.

(Left) 1942: Vancouver Breweries horses and cart. Archives# CVA 1184-1531. (Right) 1900: Horse-drawn Vancouver Transfer Company baggage wagon. Archives# Trans P156.

1912: Firemen and horse-drawn engine on Granville at Broadway. Archives# FD P13.

1932: Crowd (including horses) at the opening of the Burrard Bridge. (Left) Archives# CVA 447-118. Photographer: Walter E. Frost (Right) VPL# 25216. Dominion Photo Co.