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1940::Wartime Headlines on Granville Street in Vancouver, British Columbia

1940::Wartime Headlines on Granville Street in Vancouver, British Columbia

1940::Wartime Headlines on Granville Street in Vancouver, British Columbia

Wartime photos received within a day kept West Coast citizens informed.

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Mar 10, 20242 min read

1951::Little Toy Canoe Ends 12-Year Journey Across the Strait of Georgia

1951::Little Toy Canoe Ends 12-Year Journey Across the Strait of Georgia

1951::Little Toy Canoe Ends 12-Year Journey Across the Strait of Georgia

A West Coast toy story.

Papertown Station

Mar 28, 20232 min read

1915::Four Gas Masks of World War One

1915::Four Gas Masks of World War One

1915::Four Gas Masks of World War One

Chemical warfare and the development of protective masks.

Papertown Station

Jul 12, 20221 min read

1915-1951::Craiglands and the Miller Ranch of Metchosin, British Columbia

1915-1951::Craiglands and the Miller Ranch of Metchosin, British Columbia

1915-1951::Craiglands and the Miller Ranch of Metchosin, British Columbia

The story of the grand get-away estate of a New York attorney and Presidential Advisor.

Papertown Station

Jun 27, 20225 min read

1919::The Calgary Stampede's Unexpected Attraction

1919::The Calgary Stampede's Unexpected Attraction

1919::The Calgary Stampede's Unexpected Attraction

The plane that fell from the sky.

Papertown Station

Jun 18, 20223 min read

1942::The QE: The Largest Ship in the World Sails to Victoria, BC During WW2

1942::The QE: The Largest Ship in the World Sails to Victoria, BC During WW2

1942::The QE: The Largest Ship in the World Sails to Victoria, BC During WW2

🌺WW2::The world's largest Ocean Liner, found her way to Esquimalt's drydock in Esquimalt, British Columbia.

Papertown Station

Dec 18, 20215 min read

1940::Sunday Morning, A Victoria, British Columbia Moment

1940::Sunday Morning, A Victoria, British Columbia Moment

1940::Sunday Morning, A Victoria, British Columbia Moment

Back to a time when the same intersection looked very different.

Papertown Station

Apr 17, 20211 min read

1933-2007::The City of Alanville

1933-2007::The City of Alanville

1933-2007::The City of Alanville

From building a miniature city in the basement to beautifying provincial and national capitals.

Papertown Station

Mar 10, 20217 min read

1943::Soldiers Enjoying a Christmas Dinner on the Front Line in Ortona, Italy

1943::Soldiers Enjoying a Christmas Dinner on the Front Line in Ortona, Italy

1943::A Christmas Dinner On the Front Line

Amid World War II's heavy battle for Ortona, a Christmas dinner.

Papertown Station

Dec 21, 20205 min read

1946::A Smallpox Outbreak on the Pacific Coast

1946::A Smallpox Outbreak on the Pacific Coast

1946::A Smallpox Outbreak on the Pacific Coast

Carried home from war—and contained in fifteen weeks.

Papertown Station

Oct 29, 20203 min read

1941–2025::The Mars Flying Boats and Vancouver Island’s Pioneer Water Bomber Pilots

1941–2025::The Mars Flying Boats and Vancouver Island’s Pioneer Water Bomber Pilots

1941–2025::The Mars Flying Boats and Vancouver Island’s Pioneer Water Bomber Pilots

The aircraft and pilots who forever changed the way British Columbia’s forest fires were fought.

Papertown Station

Aug 16, 202011 min read

1920–1923::Farson and the Cowichan Lake Float Houses

1920–1923::Farson and the Cowichan Lake Float Houses

1920–1923::Farson and the Cowichan Lake Float Houses

An early 20th-century journalist and adventurer who made a float house on Vancouver Island his home.

Papertown Station

Aug 9, 20206 min read

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