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Couples cavorting on Trout Lake, 1929
Stuart Thomson photograph
City of Vancouver Archives, item #CVA 99-1901 |
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Kids of all ages enjoying the freeze-up at Lost Lagoon, Stanley Park, 1929
Stuart Thomson photograph
City of Vancouver Archives, item #CVA 99-1975 |
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Soldiers of the Military 68 th Canadian Forces Army take time out from serious business to pelt each other with snow balls. Outside the Exhibition Building, ca. 1917
Stuart Thomson photograph
City of Vancouver Archives, item #CVA 99-591 |
Over a million photos and not a single snowman to be found . . . .
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Two men, (possibly street car conductors) rolling a giant snowball, Kitsilano, ca. 1912
Maybe the start of a giant snowman?
Stuart Thomson photograph
City of Vancouver Archives, item #
CVA 99-591 |
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Hearty souls from the Royal Life Saving Society preparing to brave the chilly waters of English Bay on a breezy Christmas Day, 1928
Stuart Thomson photograph
City of Vancouver Archives, item #CVA 99-1729 |
"Skiing has arrived! A few years ago considered a sport only for the reckless and foolhardy, skiing has suddenly grown to be one of the most popular sports on this continent."
Excerpt from tourism promotional brochure, 1936.
City of Vancouver Archives Pamphlet 1936-186.
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Group of Skiers on Mount Seymour, 1940
Don Coltman, Steffens-Colmer Ltd. photograph
City of Vancouver Archives, item #CVA 586-122 |
Exemplifying the quintessential Canadian stereotype. . . .
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Dog Sledding on Grouse Mountain, January 27, 1929
Stuart Thomson photograph
City of Vancouver Archives, item #CVA 99-2001 |
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One-horse-open-sleigh riders pause for a photo-op in front of the giant hollow tree, Stanley Park, ca. 1910
City of Vancouver Archives, item #St Pk P46 |
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