As someone who loves browsing archival imagery of Canada’s past, searching through the Vancouver Archives is a real treat. The website has so many amazing images dating back to the mid 19th century until now, it is easy to get lost, and drop a few hours of your day on there.
1900?-Car in hollow tree at Stanley Park
On my latest visit to the website, I was browsing images of cars. I found that there were so many amazing images that I wanted to share, that I decided to break up the images and make a series spanning 20 years at a time.
So, for this first gallery of old photographs of cars in Vancouver, I thought I would start at the turn of the 20th century and showcase images from the years 1900-1920. Enjoy!
1900?-Man and woman sitting in car in front of house1920-Woman and a man with baby standing beside car – left hand drive1920-Salvation Army official getting out of a car1920-Reo Six [Automobile] leaving Vancouver for New Brunswick1919-Motor car race at Hastings Park racetrack1919-Man seated in car parked in clearing near houses1919-Dominion Tires [truck with crowd and effigy]1918-Mayor Gale and other dignitaries assembled around car decorated for the campaign to build the Trans Canada Highway1918-Harry Gale [(Vancouver Alderman and Mayor) and car labelled Vancouver]1918-An open sight-seeing car on the North Vancouver Ferry dock1917-Open car – Stuart Thomson in driver’s seat1915-Opening of the Georgia-Harris Street Viaduct. Dominion Day 1915. Vancouver, B.C.1915-Car on Georgia Viaduct, Sun Tower in background1913-Vancouver Fire Department members and vehicles assembled for a Labour Day Parade at the C.P.R. freight yard on Pender Street1913-People and dog in car in front of Lumberman’s Arch (also known as the Bowie Arch) at Stanley Park1913-Man seated in electrically operated coupe style car1913-Display of B.C. Electric Railway Company’s electric vehicles, including an electric car and an electric bus used by the Lotus Hotel to meet incoming trains and boats1913-A car rally on Kingsway1912-Thomas W. Wilby emptying a bottle of Atlantic Ocean water into Pacific Ocean at the end of his trip across Canada by car1912-The meeting of the waters – Thos. W. Wilby finishing his great journey across Canada by motor car1912-Car and passengers at 1820 Waterloo Street1912-A car on Park Road1911-Terminal City Cab Company’s Napier car at the corner of Georgia Street and Howe Street1910-A woman driving a car1905-A group in a car in front of the Hollow Tree at Stanley Park
To check out the Vancouver Archives and their incredible gallery of old photographs and documents, visit their website HERE.
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