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The best 30 minutes of screen time you'll spend today, c/o CBC in 1963

The Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives just made a BLOG POST featuring some of their holdings that went into the public domain today, which means that their copyright ran out and they're able to share them more widely.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Ralph Greenleaf, 1924

A Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Ralph Greenleaf, ca. 1924 Beginning at age nineteen, Ralph Greenleaf won the world’s championship in pocket billiards nineteen times between 1919 and 1937.
We want to share your #Vancouver2010 collectibles

We want to share your #Vancouver2010 collectibles

With help from a shelf full of collectibles that I keep here in our office (and a commute where I walk through the Olympic Village), I'm reminded every single day of Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­2010 and the magical times we had in our city around the Games.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Pansy May Stuttard, 1958

A Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Pansy Stuttard kept her money at home because she didn’t trust banks. When two men stole $15,000 from her White Rock home, the 84 year-old fired her shotgun at them as they fled, but missed.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­After Hours, 1959

A Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Granville Street, 1959. The speakeasies were a couple of blocks past theatre row.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­is sending our openly gay councillor to #Sochi2014 in place of our mayor. BOOM.

Every few months on my personal Instagram, as the seasons change, I share a photo of the vines attached to Creekside Community Centre in my neighbourhood of Southeast False Creek, the Olympic Village for the 2010 Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Winter Games.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Paris in Vancouver

A Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . George Paris Nova Scotia born George Paris was a black man raised in Montreal who came to the West Coast just before the turn of the last century.

GIF: The Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Soap Box Derby! (1954)

Every week I highjack a GIF from Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Rising on Tumblr which takes archival videos and turns them into sweet animations. VISIT THEM and follow! The Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Soap Box Derby! (1954)

Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: City Song, 1961

A Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://youtu.be/-lxXRgSTnTk The first television broadcast seen in Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­was in 1948 , but we didn't have our own TV station or local programming until the CBC opened CBUT in 1953.

GIF: Granville at Robson (1973)

Every week I bootleg a GIF from the Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Rising Tumblr which takes archival videos and turns them into sweet animations. VISIT THEM and be sure to follow! Granville at Robson (1973)
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