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鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Electric Light, 1887

鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Electric Light, 1887

A 鶹ýӳtime travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Marpole Interurban Station, 1949

鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Marpole Interurban Station, 1949

A 鶹ýӳtime travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Interurban trains operated in the Lower Mainland from 1891 until BC Electric Railway Co. (BCER) dismantled its rail system in the 1950s.
City Hall flies Canadian flag in support of our athletes at London 2012

City Hall flies Canadian flag in support of our athletes at London 2012

If you went past Cambie and 12th today you may have noticed this giant flag there! Photo: City of 鶹ýӳIt's the same flag that partially wrapped the City Hall tower during the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games and it's been reinstalled th
鶹ýӳWas Awesome: The Fastest Man in the World, 1928-1932

鶹ýӳWas Awesome: The Fastest Man in the World, 1928-1932

A 鶹ýӳtime travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Twenty year-old Percy Williams came out of nowhere to win gold medals for Canada in both the 100m and 200m sprints in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.
鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Goat on the Lam, 1967

鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Goat on the Lam, 1967

A 鶹ýӳtime travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Russell the mountain goat busted out of the zoo and lived wild in Stanley Park for about two years, spending most of his time hanging out on the cliffs out of reach of zoo employees.
鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Marie Moreau by Jack Lindsay, 1942

鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Marie Moreau by Jack Lindsay, 1942

A 鶹ýӳtime travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . This is a photo by Jack Lindsay , one of the top photojournalists during Vancouver's " noir " era, of Sun fashion editor Marie Moreau atop Hudson's Bay Department Store.
鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Champion of the World (1933-1935)

鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Champion of the World (1933-1935)

A 鶹ýӳtime travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Jimmy McLarnin was born in Ireland, but raised at 662 Union Street in Vancouver's East End. “Our street was Union Street, not far from the docks,” he told Maclean’s Magazine in 1950.
鶹ýӳWas Awesome: 鶹ýӳAerial, 1951

鶹ýӳWas Awesome: 鶹ýӳAerial, 1951

A 鶹ýӳtime travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . In my routine scouring of the internet in search of old 鶹ýӳphotos, I came across a website filled with some amazing, high quality mid-century aerial shots of BC.
鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Vancouver's Scariest Resident, 1909 - 1911

鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Vancouver's Scariest Resident, 1909 - 1911

A 鶹ýӳtime travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . A young Englishman and aspiring thespian named William Henry Pratt came to 鶹ýӳin 1909 looking for work.
鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Repatriating Petroglyph Rock

鶹ýӳWas Awesome: Repatriating Petroglyph Rock

A 鶹ýӳtime travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Stanley Park has much not-so-awesome history for local First Nations.