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@TheProvince sure knows how to #throwbackthursday

@TheProvince sure knows how to #throwbackthursday

Remember when we posted THIS old TV commercial for The Province newspaper a couple of weeks back? We wrote that it was from 1985 but soon after it went up there was a bit of an eruption on Twitter from reporters who were old enough to remember the pa
This Day in Vancouver... 94 years ago!

This Day in Vancouver... 94 years ago!

If you've read the bestselling Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­WAS Awesome (our history book authored by Lani Russwurm) and our regular FEATURE by the same name, or if you follow Jason Vanderhill's POSTS , you'll know we've got a couple of great local historians amongst u

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: The Waterfront, 1984

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://youtu.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Red Shadow Confidential

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
Huge log near the corner of Georgia and Seymour circa 1886

Huge log near the corner of Georgia and Seymour circa 1886

If you were following the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives on Twitter you'd have seen this pop up this morning. Get on that! They're @VanArchives . Huge log near the corner of Georgia and Seymour ca. 1886. http://t.
Party with some of Vancouver's "hottest historians"

Party with some of Vancouver's "hottest historians"

This coming Sunday marks the launch of the latest chapter in the story of Vancouver's written history, in fact a few of them! Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Confidential is a fantastic new book published by Anvil Press filled with stories from our city's history.

1985 TV commercial for @theprovince newspaper (cc @editorinblog @ctv_jon)

Earlier today I saw The Province's Editor-in-Chief and a reporter from CTV EXCHANGING BARBS on Twitter and it reminded me that I wanted to share this sweet TV commercial from 1985 with you. http://www.youtube.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: 6 vaudeville acts you could have seen if you were alive in 1908

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Alexander Pantages expanded his theatre empire into Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­in January 1908 as he was building one of the biggest vaudeville circuits in the west.
The first BC marriage license, a Spiny-eared Assfish specimen and other artifacts now online

The first BC marriage license, a Spiny-eared Assfish specimen and other artifacts now online

The Royal BC Museum just launched an online gallery called 100 Objects of Interest from their collection that you should definitely have a look at ( HERE ). We've put together our top 5 Vancouver-related pieces from it...

In 1977 The Crazy Horse Cabaret operated out of where Celebrities is now. Here's their TV commercial!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM-Ua2hJ0Hs This video is one of many gems that V.I.A. reader Rob Richardson has dug up from his collection.