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50 great historical Vancouver photographs, 1887-1986

I don't know about you but I'm always looking for new and interesting Vancouver Instagram accounts.

I don't know about you but I'm always looking for new and interesting Vancouver Instagram accounts. As you'll see in our Daily Insta series there's no shortage to people shooting great photos in and of our city, but once you go beyond those there aren't a great deal of people using it to share Insta-specific projects. Enter @Historical_Vancouver, a curation of archival photographs!

We pulled 50 great photos from their stream and created the slideshow below to give you a sampling of the awesomeness. Have a click through them and then follow instagram.com/Historical_Vancouver!

50 historical Vancouver photos, 1887-1986

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Some of the best images shared by [@Historical_Vancouver](http://instagram.com/Historical_Vancouver) on Instagram

  • Street Cleaning Crew

    By Vancouver Is Awesome

    1914. City of Vancouver street cleaning crew on horse drawn water tanks.

  • Elvis in Vancouver

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    1957. 22 year old Elvis Presley being interviewed at Empire Stadium.

  • Vancouver Ski Jump

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    1958. Man-made ski jump.

  • Vancouver Ladies' Hockey

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    1914. Vancouver Ladies' hockey team.

  • Climbing Grouse Mountain

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    1894. The second ascent of Grouse Mountain. Sidney Williams, Mr. Knox, R. Parkinson and Ernest Cleveland on the summit.

  • The Capilanos

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    1939. The Vancouver Capilanos baseball on defence.

  • Hollow Tree

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    1900. Dominic and Pat Burns in a horse-drawn carriage in front of the Hollow Tree in Stanley Park.

  • Flighty Mayor

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    1931. Mayor L.D. Taylor of Vancouver and Reeve R.M. Grauer with airplane on day of aerial race around Sea Island.

  • Ice Hockey

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    1920s. Vancouver College ice hockey team.

  • Mclean Grocery

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    1970s. Mclean Grocery.

  • Fill 'er Up

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    1935. Standard Oil Company Gas Station at 5th Avenue and Cambie Street.

  • Christmas Day Swim

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    1928. Christmas Day Swim in English Bay.

  • Vancouver Auto and Cycle Co

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    1904. Interior of Vancouver Auto and Cycle Co, 108 E. Hastings.

  • Warehouse Fire

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    1930. Fire at A.P. Slade's warehouse, 157 Water Street.

  • Robson and Granville

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    1969. Robson and Granville.

  • Georgia and Burrard

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    1922. Georgia Street looking West from Burrard.

  • Free the Booze

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    1917. Some liquor stills confiscated during prohibition.

  • Kits Beach Makeover

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    1913. The area surrounding Kits Beach prior to clearing.

  • Restaurant Delivery

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    1931. Thorpe's truck delivering to La Fonda Restaurant at 2731 West 4th Avenue.

  • VanDusen Covered in Snow

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    1980. VanDusen Botanical Gardens in the snow.

  • Old School Snow Plow

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    1930s. Dunbar sweeper car brushing away snow.

  • Firehall 5

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    1975. Firehall no 5 at 1500 Nelson Street.

  • PNE Prize Home

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    1965. PNE prize home.

  • The Beatles in Vancouver

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    1964. The Beatles at YVR.

  • Chinatown in the 70s

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    1974. 100 block of East Pender.

  • Yaletown Church

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    1889.  The first St. Paul's Church and vicarage - 1222 to 1226 Hornby Street in Yaletown.

  • Bike Club

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    1896. Terminal City Bicycle Club.

  • Rager at the Burrard Club

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    1932. Burrard Club New Year's Eve Party.

  • Pre-Commodore Room

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    1967. The 800 block of Granville Street.

  • English Bay Pier

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    1910. English Bay Pier and diving board.

  • Knitted Horse Shawls

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    1887. Fire Department engine (and horses) decorated for Dominion Day parade.

  • City Hall

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    1928. City Hall, old Market Hall, Main Street.

  • Mount Pleasant and Downtown

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    1969. Northwest facing cityscape view of Mount Pleasant and Downtown.

  • Firehall 6

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    1908. Vancouver firehall no 6.

  • EXPO 86 Gondola

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    1986. EXPO 86 gondola.

  • Dispersing a Crowd

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    1935. RCMP dispersing a crowd during the Powell Street riot.

  • Powell Street Riot

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    1935. RCMP on Dunlevy Avenue during the Powell Street Riot.

  • Auto Camp

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    1926. South Vancouver Auto Camp on Marine Drive about 1 mile east of Fraser Street

  • "Everybody Fight!"

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    1944. Bekins truck advertising war savings stamps.

  • Royal Steamship

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    1939. SS Marguerite under Lions Gate Bridge after visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

  • Viaduct

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    1970. Georgia Street Viaduct.

  • Getting ready for Expo 86

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    1984. Science World under construction on False Creek.

  • Future Canucks

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    1915. Vancouver Millionaires.

  • On the Fringe of Gastown

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    1913. Sun Tower Dominion Building.

  • Aerial Photo

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    1931. Vancouver.

  • Old Granville Bridge

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    1934. Granville Street.

  • Condos?

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    1930. Coal Harbour.

  • Log Bridge

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    1919. Log bridge over the Seymour River in North Vancouver.

  • Off to War

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    1916. Canadian battalion entraining for overseas WWI duty at the Hastings Park railway siding.

  • Traffic Police

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    1920s. Constable Duncan Mctavish at Abbott and Hastings with portable traffic signals.