VE Day Celebrated in Vancouver: This day marked the end of the conflict with Hitler’s Germany, with surrender on May 7, 1945, and May 8, 1945, being declared officially as V-E Day.

Photos of Vancouver in 1886 from the City of Vancouver Archives. On April 6, 1886 Vancouver was incorporated.

Vancouver’s Centennial Mascot was Tillicum the Sea Otter: I found a whole collection of photos in the Vancouver Archives featuring this (would be) Insta-famous character.

Canadian American Border at Peace Arch Park: History of the Peace Arch with photos from the City of Vancouver Archives.

Outbreaks in Vancouver History: Typhoid, Smallpox, the Spanish Flu, Scarlet Fever, Polio, and Tuberculosis, a dark history