Tag Archives: City of Vancouver Archives

City of Vancouver Archives gears up for its 90th anniversary with a social media campaign

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Gail Dever

To celebrate its 90th anniversary, the City of Vancouver Archives (CVA) is highlighting different record groups from the archives’ holdings in a social media campaign. CVA is sharing 90 days of posts, from March 15 to June 12, using the hashtag, … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 4, 2023

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsBut wait, there’s more! More Heritage Inventory photographs now available by Sammy Van Herk on AuthentiCity. Finding Online Records by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News. Researching Chicago Address Changes and Free Chicago Genealogy … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 18, 2022

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some if the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsTrue crime, the Wing Sang Co., and police records: A trip to the City of Vancouver Archives by Linda Yip on Past Presence. New Items in BC Historical Books Collection by Kin … Continue reading →

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More than 5,000 digitized Don Coltman photos added to Vancouver Archives’ online collection

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Gail Dever

Thanks to funding from the British Columbia History Digitization Program (BCHDP) and the Friends of the Vancouver City Archives, an additional 5,122 photographs by commercial photographer Don Coltman are now digitized and freely available on the City of Vancouver Archives’ website. With this … Continue reading →

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Vancouver Archives digitizes thousands of photos of homes, churches and monuments

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Gail Dever

The City of Vancouver Archives has digitized almost 7,000 black-and-white 35mm negatives, taken in 1978 and 1986 as part of two separate heritage surveys. Writing about the new online collection, the Vancouver Courier reported, “It’s a treasure trove of images, … Continue reading →

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