Vancouver has long been home to many vibrant and interesting shops, eateries, and businesses. Its rich history has also come along with many changing storefronts.
In this archive, you will find photographs of storefronts in Vancouver from 1910 – 1930. It includes images of cafes, grocery stores, hardware stores, and theatres, among others. Check out our archive of images of storefronts from the years 1885 – 1910.
Please visit the Vancouver Archives to find more amazing old photographs from the city’s past.
1911 – Duke’s Grocery staff posing in front of store at the comer of Gore Avenue and Hastings Street1912 – Exterior of the Hudson’s Bay Store on the northeast corner of Granville Street and Georgia Street1912 – Exterior of the Naffzinger Block at 566 Ninth Avenue (Broadway)1918 – N. Tullis Motor Accessories Store, Pender and Howe Streets1918 – The Avenue Theatre1918 – Two men in storefront of Demetry’s Café1920 – Burns Drug Store [732 Granville Street]1920 – Crowd outside W. S. Charlton Co. Going Out of Business sale1920 – McTaggart and Son store window, Robson and Howe [Sunkist grapefruit display]1920 – Storefront of B. Shewbrooks The Man on the Spot Real Estate, Insurance, Architect1920? – Photograph of the Williams Building, Hastings and Granville St., Vancouver B.C.1922 – The east side of the 700 Block of Granville Street
1923 – The Original Old Country Fish and Chips store [6 East Hastings Street]1923 – Farquar & Gill Paints, Meakins & Sons Ltd. [Paint Store 829 Powell Street]
1923 – Hastings St. looking west from Abbott St.1924 – Ming Wo Store – exterior1924 – Woodward’s Store at Hastings Street and Abbott Street1925 – Photograph of Saba Bros storefront1925 – The Sincere Grocery store at 995 Robson Street1927 – 623 West Hastings Street, Famous Cloak and Suit Company, Ltd.1928 – View of the corner of Denman Street and Nelson Street
1929 – The Hub Clothing Store [at 45 East Hastings Street] copy1929 – The Hub Clothing Store [at 45 East Hastings Street]
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