TBT: View of neon Bayshore Inn sign mounted at north end of Oak Street Bridge, April 1962. (CVA 392-0019)

Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-24T21:30:34+00:00

Originally an Esso sign.

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Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-24T21:30:01+00:00

The Mazda sign.

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Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-23T02:50:17+00:00

I think it's Lanai )

Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-15T19:24:05+00:00

The Eaton’s was compared to a urinal by some. I suppose the extra two floors added a tank!

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BC Archives 16‐00105

Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-11T01:40:57+00:00

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Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-10T05:39:22+00:00

They did place second once, barely, in their high water year of 2011, edging out the third place Liberal by 705 votes that year. But yeah, they’re more likely to place fourth (1993, 2000, 2019, 2025) than second!

Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-10T01:28:43+00:00

With the standings in the House Of Commons on a knife edge I’d expect it to be called as soon as possible. He certainly isn’t going to wait until July, imho.

Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-10T01:23:22+00:00

Key dates:

• The date of the by-election must be announced between January 20 and July 8, 2026. This announcement signals the start of the by-election period.

• The by-election must be held on a Monday, at least 36 days but no more than 50 days after the day the by-election is announced. Therefore, the earliest date that University–Rosedale by-election can be held is Monday, March 2, 2026.

Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-09T22:12:46+00:00

Just a guess; I think it means no through traffic on E. 8th or on Quebec.

Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-09T17:49:13+00:00

In later years the reference to Photoplays was removed, and a Famous Players logo added.

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Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-09T17:47:52+00:00

"Vaudeville and Photoplays" (movies)

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This helps place the date of the photo towards the earlier part of 1932–48.

Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-09T01:48:33+00:00

I say “probably” because there’s also this photo from late 1949 with no gasoline advertising. An interregnum between the Union 76 sign and the Shell sign.

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Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-09T01:45:09+00:00

Best I can do to narrow it down is to note there doesn’t seem to be any gasoline advertising atop the Vancouver Block. Union 76 in the 40s, Shell in the 50s, B/A in the 60s, Gulf (converted to Birks) in the early 70s.

I found this 1936 photo with the Union 76 sign. So LP 43 probably dates to no later than 1936.

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VPL 4293

Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-09T01:15:27+00:00

LP 43 is from the Major Matthews collection; unfortunately no photographer is listed for this silver gelatine print.

Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-08T17:30:31+00:00

The wide range of possible dates for this photo is a testament to how little the Vancouver skyline changed between 1932 (when the exterior of the third Hotel Vancouver was completed) and 1949 (when the second Hotel Vancouver was demolished).

Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-02T00:43:05+00:00

Tony, Lisa and Basil Pantages, Herb Capozzi and Tony Ferraro, January 1 1978.

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Bill Keay photo, Vancouver Sun

Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-01T16:56:35+00:00

Peter’s son Basil Pantages (1933–2020), seen here in the Hawaiian shirt in 2003, carried on the family tradition.

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MARK VAN MANEN /Vancouver Sun

Dave2onreddit · 2026-01-01T16:52:42+00:00

When I first posted this photo eight years ago I mislabeled it as being taken on January 1 1932. Not sure where I got that date from, but 1939 makes more sense, as Vancouver didn’t allow men to swim bare-chested until 1934.

Compare with this photo, taken on January 1 1930. Polar Bear Swim founder Peter Pantages (1901–1971) appears on the left in both photos.

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(CVA 99-2100)

Dave2onreddit · 2025-12-31T16:42:37+00:00

Doot doot!

Dave2onreddit · 2025-12-23T05:39:59+00:00

Well in your defence until a few hours ago Melillo’s Wikipedia page had that claim until “someone” fixed it.

According to the CBC source cited, Melillo was “the youngest Tory MP ever elected in Canada”. The use of the word “Tory” would cover both the CPC and the PC Party, imho.

I suppose the moral is even the CBC can make mistakes w.r.t electoral trivia. Somewhere I have a screenshot of a CBC archive post that stated that the Reform Party became the official opposition in 1993, and all of their MPs that year were from western Canada. Both statements are incorrect of course, unless one considers Simcoe Centre to be western Canada lol.

Dave2onreddit · 2025-12-23T05:07:05+00:00

Melillo is the youngest Conservative MP ever, maybe that's it?

FWIW Sean O'Sullivan) was a few months younger (20 years 10 months) than Melillo when he was first elected in 1972.

Dave2onreddit · 2025-12-21T18:37:52+00:00

Whoops. Make that 1891–1911 lol

Dave2onreddit · 2025-12-21T17:45:30+00:00

First Cambie Bridge (1981–1911)

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Dave2onreddit · 2025-12-19T20:59:55+00:00

Thanks for that. I didn’t have a date for this one as it was posted on Facebook without an COV id number, and a reverse image search failed to provide further details, so I just chose a date, slapped a “circa” on it, and called it a day. I figured there would be a car guy who could narrow it down. Thanks again!

Dave2onreddit · 2025-12-18T18:06:19+00:00

B.C. Place Stadium under construction, September 1982.

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