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Zenith Ace Circulator
Just the thing for those chilly January Vancouver nights, from the 1930 Marshall-Wells catalogue. Vancouver’s population was 245,000 and the region’s populatio was only 310,000 compared with the 2.5 million of today. The global populatio was two billion, a quarter of today’s. The $183 cost of the deluxe cabinet model was perhaps one-fifthf the annual wage of a skilled tradesman. All these comparisons lead me to recall the thick fogs of Vancouver winters 60 years ago, when many people still burned coal, lignite, coke or briquetes” in stoves such as this. And oil, delivered by truck. And the suggestion today to be rid of comparatiely clean natural gas-burning furnaces and replace them with electric heat pumps, on this year when BC Hydro will be a net importer of electricity due to the prolonged drought in northern BC.

Letters from The Front

By Denise Jacques

My favourite television program is Finding Your Roots. I am moved by how often the male and female guests are reduced to tears on discovering some aspect of family history. VHS had a parallel experience when we were contacted by a local family with a cache of Great War letters. We were asked for advice on preserving the letters and making them accessible….

I have been in this trench.” Handwriten words by Peter Dueck on a magazine clipping that reads: “The gallant Canadians, sturdy sons of ‘Our Lady of the Snows,’ have won for themselves and their country an imperishable fame by their victories on the Western Front. A party of them may be seen passing up a communication tench in the neighbourhood of Lens.”
I have been in this trench.” Handwriten words by Peter Dueck on a magazine clipping that reads: “The gallant Canadians, sturdy sons of ‘Our Lady of the Snows,’ have won for themselves and their country an imperishable fame by their victories on the Western Front. A party of them may be seen passing up a communication tench in the neighbourhood of Lens.”

NEXT EVENT

MAR
28
2024

Othoa Scott, the little girl in the cockpit, arriving at English Bay on a flying boat from Hornby Island in 1920.

The Gleam O'Hope Princess and the Founding of Vancouver's Crippled Children's Hospital

Speakers: Megan Davis & Tamara Myers

Othoa Scott got a rough start in life. An accidental fall and spinal tuberculosis left her bed-ridden and isolated at the age of eight years…

Incorporation Day Luncheon

Sunday, April 7 @ 12:00 pm
Join us for a wonderful luncheon celebrating Vancouver Incorporation Day! Hosted by the Vancouver Historical Society and the Vancouver Club.

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