Vancouver by the decade

Try a short phrase like “people waiting for a streetcar”, "crowd around a large tree", or "kids playing at the beach" — the results will match the meaning, not just the exact words.

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[Rear of residence - 754 Thurlow Street]

Oct. 1956

[Exterior of building (cabins) - 1593 West 3rd Avenue]

Sept. 1958

[Exterior of residence - 141 East 7th Avenue]

Nov. 1958

[Exterior of residences - 521, 523 and 525 Thurlow Street]

Dec. 1956

[Exterior of St. John's Anglican Church at Whonnock]

Jan. 1957

[Demolition of the Shoot The Chutes ride in Happy Land at Hastings Park]

Nov. 1, 1957

[Replica of Vancouver's First General Post Office on display at the Pacific National Exhibition]

1958

[William Manson and Major J.S. Mathews on board C.P.R. "The Canadian"]

Apr. 24, 1955

[Ralph C. Pybus, Major J.S. Matthews and Mayor Harrison (Victoria) on board C.P.R. "The Canadian"]

Apr. 24, 1955

[The entrance to Kerrisdale Baptist Church - 5800 block E. Boulevard]

Jan. 1953

[The Lord Arch bishop of Canterbury conduction service at Christ Church Cathedral]

Sept. 14, 1954

[Comeaken Indian Reserve Church being restored]

Apr. 6, 1958

[Northern view of East and West Boulevards from 41st Avenue]

July 18, 1952

[Head and shoulders portrait of George S. Pearson]

[1950]

[Portrait of H.R.H. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh]

[1958?]

[Aerial view of portion of Bowen Island and Keats Island]

Oct. 14, 1952

The Golden Key to Vancouver Presented to William A. McAdam, Esq.

[1956?]

[Miss Isobel O. Hamilton and Major J.S. Matthews at pioneer banquet before unveiling plaque for L.A. Hamilton]

Apr. 20, 1953

[The grave of Major General Richard Clement Moody at St. Peter's Parish Church]

May 1955

[Bronze bust of Sir John A. MacDonald by Sydney March]

[1956?]

[Gilded plaster bust of Sir John A. MacDonald presented to the Archives]

[1956?]

[Statuette of Captain George Vancouver presented to King's Lynn by the citizens of Vancouver, B.C.]

1957

Marine Drive, Gibsons, B.C.

1952

[Cartons of salmon from Vancouver for the flood victims at Kings Lynn]

Feb. 17, 1953

[Cartons of salmon from Vancouver for the flood victims at Kings Lynn]

Feb. 17, 1953

[Spences Bridge]

[ca. 1955]

[Horseshoe Bay]

1955

[Clearing the debris of the washed-out road at 25th Street and Mathers Avenue]

Nov. 1955

Spring Time in the Walks (Town Park)

1958

[Exterior of St. John the Divine Church after renovation]

1957

[Sports equipment storage room]

[ca. 1950-1983]

[Statuette of Captain George Vancouver by Vernon March]

[1951?]

[Maritime Museum dedication tablet]

[1959]

[R.C.M.P. "St. Roch" being repaired at Haddon Park]

[ca. 1958]

Northern Approach [of Second Narrows bridge construction] Jun. 6, 1957

June 6, 1957

[Oak Street bridge construction]

Sept. 13, 1956

[Oak Street bridge construction]

Aug. 29, 1956

[Exterior of residence - 83 Chesterfield Avenue]

May 1953

[The new Post Office building under construction from the corner of Dunsmuir and Hamilton Streets]

Apr. 5, 1955

[Two portraits of Major J.S. Matthews at the City Archives]

[195-?]

Capilano Valley and the Lions from the air

[ca. 1951]

[M.S. "Burrard"]

1957

Second Narrows Bridge [construction] Vancouver B.C.

Dec. 9, 1957

[Residences in the 1400 block of West Georgia Street]

Nov. 1956

[Exterior of residence - 1185 Harwood Street]

July 1956

[View of Hogan's Alley]

Apr. 1958

[Damage to the Evans, Colman and Evans Wharf by the "Pardo"]

Apr. 13, 1957

[Christmas lights at Vivian E. Bennett residence - 1735 East 49th Avenue]

[1956]

[The old brick power house of the Vancouver Electric Illuminating Company]

1957

Zoning [and sectional plan of Vancouver] : supplementary information for sheet 7

Aug. 6, 1957-June 7, 1962