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Gallery Exhibits

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Current: Panoramas of W.J. Moore

Prints made from very large nitrate negatives, depicting local scenes.

Past

Edifice – Exploring Art, Archives and Architecture

Chinatown Past, Present and Future: Archives Project

Spotlight Exhibits

Occasional short pieces that feature our holdings.

Online Exhibits

 

Video Wall Exhibits

medals 2010 Winter Games One-year Anniversary
A sample of the digital video content in the VANOC records.
  Vancouver Vignettes
Thumbnail reference guide to our first video wall exhibit on general history.
You Have to be Brave to go by Car!
Travel by automobile has always been hazardous.
  boxing Games in the City
Reference guide to our video wall exhibit featuring sports and games.
flyer Coming in on a wing and a prayer: Early Aviation in Vancouver
The Flying Seven, biplanes, a crash and more.
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Edifice: Exploring Art, Archives and Architecture
This exhibit was created to accompany the exhibit of paintings in our Gallery, summer 2010.

Cats in the Archives? You Bet!
Images of cats from the Archives' holdings, including Governor Seymour in the 1860s.
     
Hogan's Alley Before the Demolition
Buildings and streetscapes of the area known as Hogan's Alley, taken before its demolition in the late 1960s.
     
Perhaps once in a while it has snowed in Vancouver
Snowy scenes from past winters.
     
Captain George Vancouver
Featuring the personal documents of George Vancouver that are owned by the City of Vancouver Archives, on the occasion of his 250th birthday.
     
Happy 121st Birthday
Images of Vancouver in the year of incorporation.
     
Happy New Year
Celebrations of New Years' Past
     
Visions of Christmas Past
Images of Christmas in Vancouver.
     
The Two Fronts of War
World War I at home and abroad.
     
Wintertime Frolicking
Enjoying the winter weather.
     
Remembering
Remembering World Wars I and II.
     
Ghosts of Vancouver
Several well-known buildings in Vancouver are said to be haunted.
     
Camping at the Seaside
From about 1894 to 1908, summer camping on the beach was considered a fashionable holiday tradition, enjoyed by many of Vancouver's early well-to-do families.
     
   

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