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History of Metro Vancouver: Mark Twain, 1895

City of Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives, Port P329. Photo George T. Wadds. 1895 Mark Twain Mark Twain visited Vancouver’s Opera House in 1895 as part of a speaking tour arranged to pay off his sizable debts.

 City of Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives, Port P329. Photo George T. Wadds.City of Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives, Port P329. Photo George T. Wadds.

1895

Mark Twain

Mark Twain visited Vancouver’s Opera House in 1895 as part of a speaking tour arranged to pay off his sizable debts. This famous photograph shows Twain laid up with a bad cold at the Hotel Vancouver, chatting with local reporters.

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