Fourth and Pike, 1958 & 2011
A collection of old photographs, historic newspaper clippings and assorted excerpts highlighting the parallels of past and present. Featuring weird, funny and baffling headlines, articles and advertisements! Visit www.yesterdays-print.comĀ
Fourth and Pike, 1958 & 2011
Lady Blanche Somerset (Countess of St Germans), the Marquess of Worcester, and Lady Diana Somerset in 1905 and 1920
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, June 26, 1910
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Bank of Montreal, Douglas & Yates, Victoria BC, 1947
And 2015:

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Douglas and Yates, Victoria BC, 1947
and 2015:

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Wharf and Bastion streets, Victoria BC, 1949
Bastion street is now actually Bastion square, it’s been filled in and is used for public markets and things like that.
There are stories about the square being haunted because public hangings used to take place there. It was also the original site of Fort Victoria, when the island was first colonized by the Hudson’s Bay company.
Today:


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1510 Dallas Road, Victoria BC, 1946 and today
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The Original Oyster House Café, Pittsburgh, September 13, 1936
It’s still there!
So it is!!

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Patricia Lodge, 83 West Pender Street, Vancouver, ca. 1914
And today:

In 2009 it was looking very cheerful:

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Post office building, West Hastings, Vancouver, July 2, 1936
And today:

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18 West Hastings, Vancouver, 1927
And today:

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Carnegie public library, Hastings & Main, Vancouver, 1903
And today:

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Main and Pender, Vancouver, 1895
And today:

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Shoe Rebuilder, 151 East 8th Ave, Vancouver, November 1958
And today:

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Templeton Block, East Hastings, Vancouver, September 1940
And today:

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