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History of Metro Vancouver: Victory Square, 1932

City of Vancouver Archives, Re N2.2 1932 Victory Square A large group of men gather in Victory Square to protest rising unemployment rates during the Great Depression.

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1932

Victory Square

A large group of men gather in Victory Square to protest rising unemployment rates during the Great Depression. Fortunately for its citizens, Vancouver actually had the lowest cost of living among Canadian cities at the time. This photo was taken 84 years ago in July 1932.

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