I don't know about you but I'm always looking for new and interesting Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Instagram accounts. As you'll see in our series there's no shortage to people shooting great photos in and of our city, but once you go beyond those there aren't a great deal of people using it to share Insta-specific projects. Enter , a curation of archival photographs!
We pulled 50 great photos from their stream and created the slideshow below to give you a sampling of the awesomeness. Have a click through them and then follow !
50 historical Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»photos, 1887-1986
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Some of the best images shared by [@Historical_Vancouver](http://instagram.com/Historical_Vancouver) on Instagram
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Street Cleaning Crew
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1914. City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»street cleaning crew on horse drawn water tanks.
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Elvis in Vancouver
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1957. 22 year old Elvis Presley being interviewed at Empire Stadium.
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Ski Jump
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1958. Man-made ski jump.
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Ladies' Hockey
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1914. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Ladies' hockey team.
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Climbing Grouse Mountain
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1894. The second ascent of Grouse Mountain. Sidney Williams, Mr. Knox, R. Parkinson and Ernest Cleveland on the summit.
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The Capilanos
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1939. The Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Capilanos baseball on defence.
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Hollow Tree
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1900. Dominic and Pat Burns in a horse-drawn carriage in front of the Hollow Tree in Stanley Park.
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Flighty Mayor
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1931. Mayor L.D. Taylor of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»and Reeve R.M. Grauer with airplane on day of aerial race around Sea Island.
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Ice Hockey
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1920s. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»College ice hockey team.
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Mclean Grocery
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1970s. Mclean Grocery.
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Fill 'er Up
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1935. Standard Oil Company Gas Station at 5th Avenue and Cambie Street.
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Christmas Day Swim
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1928. Christmas Day Swim in English Bay.
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Auto and Cycle Co
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1904. Interior of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Auto and Cycle Co, 108 E. Hastings.
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Warehouse Fire
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1930. Fire at A.P. Slade's warehouse, 157 Water Street.
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Robson and Granville
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1969. Robson and Granville.
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Georgia and Burrard
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1922. Georgia Street looking West from Burrard.
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Free the Booze
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1917. Some liquor stills confiscated during prohibition.
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Kits Beach Makeover
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1913. The area surrounding Kits Beach prior to clearing.
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Restaurant Delivery
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1931. Thorpe's truck delivering to La Fonda Restaurant at 2731 West 4th Avenue.
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VanDusen Covered in Snow
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1980. VanDusen Botanical Gardens in the snow.
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Old School Snow Plow
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1930s. Dunbar sweeper car brushing away snow.
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Firehall 5
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1975. Firehall no 5 at 1500 Nelson Street.
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PNE Prize Home
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1965. PNE prize home.
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The Beatles in Vancouver
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1964. The Beatles at YVR.
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Chinatown in the 70s
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1974. 100 block of East Pender.
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Yaletown Church
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1889. The first St. Paul's Church and vicarage - 1222 to 1226 Hornby Street in Yaletown.
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Bike Club
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1896. Terminal City Bicycle Club.
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Rager at the Burrard Club
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1932. Burrard Club New Year's Eve Party.
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Pre-Commodore Room
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1967. The 800 block of Granville Street.
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English Bay Pier
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1910. English Bay Pier and diving board.
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Knitted Horse Shawls
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1887. Fire Department engine (and horses) decorated for Dominion Day parade.
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City Hall
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1928. City Hall, old Market Hall, Main Street.
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Mount Pleasant and Downtown
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1969. Northwest facing cityscape view of Mount Pleasant and Downtown.
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Firehall 6
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1908. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»firehall no 6.
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EXPO 86 Gondola
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1986. EXPO 86 gondola.
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Dispersing a Crowd
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1935. RCMP dispersing a crowd during the Powell Street riot.
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Powell Street Riot
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1935. RCMP on Dunlevy Avenue during the Powell Street Riot.
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Auto Camp
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1926. South Vancouver Auto Camp on Marine Drive about 1 mile east of Fraser Street
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"Everybody Fight!"
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1944. Bekins truck advertising war savings stamps.
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Royal Steamship
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1939. SS Marguerite under Lions Gate Bridge after visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
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Viaduct
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1970. Georgia Street Viaduct.
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Getting ready for Expo 86
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1984. Science World under construction on False Creek.
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Future Canucks
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1915. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Millionaires.
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On the Fringe of Gastown
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1913. Sun Tower Dominion Building.
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Aerial Photo
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1931. Vancouver.
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Old Granville Bridge
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1934. Granville Street.
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Condos?
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1930. Coal Harbour.
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Log Bridge
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1919. Log bridge over the Seymour River in North Vancouver.
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Off to War
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1916. Canadian battalion entraining for overseas WWI duty at the Hastings Park railway siding.
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Traffic Police
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1920s. Constable Duncan Mctavish at Abbott and Hastings with portable traffic signals.
