In the Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, we have historic photographs depicting street scenery in Vancouver in the early 1900s. This post will explore some of our favourite photographs, showing the major streets in Vancouver. We hope you can identify where the pictures were taken and how the streets have changed since then!
Granville street
Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. [between 1904 and 1907?]
Granville Street, Vancouver, B.C. [between 1920 and 1930?].
Granville St., Vancouver. [between 1924 and 1949?]
Hastings Street
Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C., [not after 1910]
Barrowclough, George Alfred. Hasting St., Vancouver, B.C., [between 1910 and 1920?]
Hastings Street Looking East, Vancouver, B.C., [between 1940 and 1960?]
Georgia Street
Georgia Street, Vancouver, [between 1914 and 1939].
United Fishers and Allied Workers May Day parade on Georgia Street, Vancouver, 1947.
Georgia St. W., Vancouver, B.C., [between 1924 and 1949?].
Robson Street
Barrowclough, George Alfred. Manhattan Apartments, Robson St., Vancouver, B.C., 1907.
Davie Street
[View of a trolley car on Davie Street, Vancouver], [between 1900 and 1910?].
Burrard Street
Aero Surveys Photo. Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C., [between 1940 and 1950?]
Cambie Street
B.C. Photo Card Co. Cambie St, Vancouver, 1915.
In the Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, we also have photographs and postcards of streets from other cities (e.g., New Westminster, Fernie, and Chilliwack). The following is useful subject headings to search:
- Subject: Streets (in Uno Langmann Family Collection)
- Subject: Cities & Towns (in Uno Langmann Family Collection)
We hope you enjoyed this post. To view more historic photographs, please visit our Open Collections.
[July 29th update: We removed one photo which was not from Downtown Vancouver.]
It appears that the Main Street photo is from Port Alice, not Vancouver.
Thank you for your comments, Christine. We corrected and updated the information.