Saturday, May 7, 2016

31 Vancouver Vintage Black-and-White Streetscapes 1880-1960

Welcoming the first CPR transcontinental at what is now the end of Howe St. 
To date on The Left Chapter we have looked at some vintage streetscapes of Toronto and area (multiple times!) and of Soviet Moscow in the 1950's.

Today we are going to feature some amazing vintage black and white streetscape photographs of Vancouver for our friends in British Columbia.

These are all taken from 1961's Vancouver from Milltown to Metropolis by Alan Morley. The book is a solid, old-school style local history that suffers somewhat from its civic boosterism and lack of a critical lens (typical of books of the type in the era).

It is full of interesting facts, anecdotes and stories though, as well as many terrific black-and-white photos. As usual, we are interested in the streetscape shots and they are terrific, ranging from the 1880's to 1960.

Watch for an upcoming post of a vintage postcard folder of Stanley Park in the 1940's.

(Click on images to enlarge)


The Beach at Granville, looking across to North Vancouver 1885


The town from Sunnyside Float - What Granville looked like in the area at the foot of what is now Carrall, Abbott and Cambie Streets, 1884


Looking south on Carrall St. at its intersection with Water St., 1886


Water St. Gastown, c. 1880


Hastings Mill, 1896


Vancouver's second church, St. James Anglican on Burrard Inlet, 1886


The causeway to Stanley Park, 1889


Building the first Hotel Vancouver, 1886


Water St. and Cordova, 1901


Cordova St., 1898


Hastings St & Seymour, 1888


Granville St., then known as the North Arm Road, at what is now 37th Ave., 1895



Open air streetcar at the corner of Granville & Dunsmuir, 1896


The Hollow Tree of Stanley Park c. 1895


Stanley Park and Burrard Inlet, 1960


The city as viewed from the west with the University of Vancouver in the foreground, 1960


From Fraser St. to the Inlet, 1960


Burnaby and Central Park, 1960


City Hall, 1960


Brockton Point, Stanley Park, 1960


Looking west over the harbor, 1960


At the Second Narrows of Burrard Inlet, 1960


Heart of the downtown district, 1960


The Causeway and Coal Harbor, 1960



Vancouver at night, 1960


1960


International Airport Sea Island, 1960


Vancouver General Hospital, 1960


Entrance to the Pacific National Exhibition, 1960


The Queen Elizabeth, 1960


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