nevver:

Foot of Main, 1968

nevver:

Hey, that’s my bike

Time to take Loretta for a tune up so I can ride her all summer long.

pasttensevancouver:

Granville Street, 1970s

Source: Photo by Al Ingram, City of Vancouver Archives #800-481

pasttensevancouver:

Hunters, 1890s

Source: City of Vancouver Archives #SGN 1734

pasttensevancouver:

Capitol Theatre, Granville Street, 1943

Source: Photo by Jack Lindsay, City of Vancouver Archives #1184-707

80 years later, this exterior has become my day to day.

pasttensevancouver:

World Tower under construction, ca. 1911

CPR right of way is in the foreground and Hastings is on the right.

Source: City of Vancouver Archives #Bu N385 

I fondly think of the World Tower as The Giant Green Nipple.

mizrach-mcclelland:

Wallis in her Schiaparelli x Dali lobster dress.

The Duchess.

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pasttensevancouver:

We Are Ready, 1943

Air Raid Precautions campaign during WWII.

Source: Photo by Steffens-Colmer Studio, City of Vancouver Archives #586-1244

Babes and gas masks.

drool*

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mintageclothingco:

vintagemarlene:

1900s fashion (www.vintag.es)

So beautiful! 

Sooo lush!

nevver:

Life during Wartime

There’s something about gas masks and casual wear that just gets me.

pasttensevancouver:

Casa Loma Cafe, 1940s

Source: Photo by Jack Lindsay (cropped), City of Vancouver Archives #1184-3261

That’s what I wanna be when I grow up.

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pasttensevancouver:

Movieland Arcade, 908 Granville Street, Thursday 6 March 1969

Source: City of Vancouver Archives #780-23

Let’s go play some House of the Dead!

A class of models at the Lucy Clayton charm school in London, learning about what style and fashionable glasses are out there and how to wear them, C.1950’s

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