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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Shark Attack, 1925

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Shark Attack, 1925

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . On Wednesday 7 January 1925, Jack Bruce, a diver working for the City of Vancouver, encountered a 6' 2" long shark while diving at the Second Narrows in Burrard Inlet.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Don't Be a Sucker, 1947

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Don't Be a Sucker, 1947

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . In April 1947 the price of a chocolate bar in Canada skyrocketed from a nickel to eight cents, apparently caused by a sharp increase in the price of cocoa beans.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Jimi Hendrix

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Jimi Hendrix

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . The Jimi Hendrix Experience played at the Pacific Coliseum in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­on Saturday 7 September 1968, just prior to the release of Electric Ladyland .
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Terminal City Cycling Club

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Terminal City Cycling Club

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Yousuf Karsh in Vancouver, 1952

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Yousuf Karsh in Vancouver, 1952

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh is most well known for his many iconic portraits of world leaders and celebrities .
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Yaletown Productions

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Yaletown Productions

On Sunday, the City of Vancouver's head archivist, Leslie Mobbs, was sporting a healthy 'stache (in the spirit of Movember ?), as he described the legacy of Mike Collier and Vancouver's Yaletown Productions to an audience at the Vancity Theatre.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Original Creole Orchestra

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Original Creole Orchestra

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Ninety-seven years ago this week, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­got its first taste of jazz music.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Velvet Underground

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Velvet Underground

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . The Retinal Circus was a divey rock club at 1024 Davie Street that opened in the summer of 1967.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Houdini

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Houdini

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: The Cambie Bridge and 'Swingspan'

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: The Cambie Bridge and 'Swingspan'

This year, the DOXA documentary film festival really connected with the archival community in B.C. and Vancouver, and to the filmmakers that recorded rare moments in time.