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GIF: Downtown Vancouver, 1969

I won't sleep until everyone in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­is following Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Rising (a Tumblr blog that takes archival videos and turns them into quick and beautifully awesome GIFs).

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Siwash Rock trees

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . On 9 August 1965, an unusual obituary appeared in the Province newspaper. "The famous tree atop Siwash Rock is dead," it said. Foul play was suspected by the park superintendent.

GIF: Stanley Park's Annual Kids Fishing Derby (1954)

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: The first horse racecourse, 1887-1889

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: The first horse racecourse, 1887-1889

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Horse racing began at Hastings Park a few months before this photo was taken from atop the original Hotel Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­in 1889. Previously, the local track was what's now downtown Vancouver.

TWO GIFS: Kits Beach in the 40's and Kits Beach in the 80's

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Helen Keller, 1921

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

GIF of the construction of the NEW Granville Street Bridge!

Until the day that everyone in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­is following Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Rising , a new Tumblr that takes archival videos and turns them into quick and beautifully awesome GIFs, I'll be bootlegging one here at least once per week.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Cycling Early Vancouver

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Cycling Early Vancouver

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Cycling was a popular sport and one of the main modes of transportation in early Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.

The Marine Building GIF

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Looking for Pirate Treasure, 1932

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Looking for Pirate Treasure, 1932

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Colonel Jack Leckie was an engineer and soldier of fortune who fought Boers, Bolsheviks, Huns, and Nazis during his career . He settled in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­in 1910.