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This is William Macdonald who built my house. He was an interesting man who was involved with the early history of street cars in Vancouver eventually becoming the foreman of the powerhouse for the BC Electric Railway. The photo is from Marilyn Logan Tusher in California, who has been researching the family.
http://www.falsecreekwatershed.org/events.html#salmon. Something to check out. It looks like a great set of walks.
Mountain View Cemetery’s latest video features the dedication of the new funerary burners unveiled in the Chinese Section. Water jet cut aluminum with a cloud pattern.
I was given this copy of the article about Hycroft by my friend Ken Campbell. To think that the average price of a Shaughnessy home in 1910 was $15000, this was extraordinary.
Interesting how people can try and justify their actions. From the proceedings of the Asiatic Exclusion League 1908 September 7, 1907, Vancouver, B. C. —This date marked the enactment of one of the most bitter race riots that ever took place upon the North American continent. A mob of more than 1000 (some said 10,000)… Continue reading It’s not my fault… honest
I’ve been reading the 1908 Proceedings of the Asiatic Exclusion League in San Francisco and came across this opening line under the above heading in their February report: “One of the chief reasons for the change of name of this League from “Japanese and Korean” to that of “Asiatic” was the knowledge that we have… Continue reading Hindoos, a deferred report
Mountain View Cemetery gets a good mention in the Globe and Mail and on the Death Reference Desk. Here’s the post. Backyards Arent Just for Dead Pets Anymore.
History on your phone. Gastown is leading the way with this new venture. Look for these discreet stickers in shop windows and with your code reader for your phone you snap a picture and you’re immediately taken to a history page for the building. As far as I know Gastown is the first to do… Continue reading History in Code (not Dan Brown but cooler)
As always, Chuck has fun with history. His own website is vancouverhistory.ca 124 Years Of Oddities.
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