It was a simpler time: streetcars promised a modern new way of getting around Lonsdale, trees the size of giants peppered the land, and many in North Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»were for some reason.
Although those times are long gone, for those looking to spruce up their Zoom meetings in what’s been dubbed “these uncertain times," North Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Museum and Archives is paving a way forward by digging through the past.
The museum is now offering a number of backgrounds to use with Zoom – a video teleconferencing platform that has surged in popularity in recent weeks due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic – which showcase North Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»history and heritage.
The images were selected by museum and archives staff in order to provide a pop of history (not necessarily a pop of colour – the backgrounds are largely black and white prints) to complement your next Zoom meeting, according to a page on the organization’s website.
The backgrounds they’ve selected range from historical postcards and photographs – such as an early image of Lonsdale Avenue and North Van’s former Streetcar No. 153 – as well as contemporary images of the Community History Centre in North Vancouver.
You can check out and download the Zoom backgrounds by .
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