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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