Around Vancouverthese notes were written by my father on the photographs these are my comments click photo to enlarge | |
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| 544 Burrard. Very dull when I took it |
My "Harly" outside 544 |
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| Taken from the front gate of 544 |
"Empress of Asia" in dock at the foot of Burrard St |
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| Vancouver Courts of Justice & my motor cycle |
A corner of the Hudson Bay Store in Vancouver.
The greater part of it is not in the picture |
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| The ferry running between Vancouver and North Vancouver.
I was on the other ferry and snapped this in passing.
Reminds me of the Woolwich ferry. This is in the harbor &
the narrow passage you see is the entrance to the harbor from the sea |
C.P.R. depot & docks Vancouver |
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| a house Joe built before the war & sold. He has just bought it back |
The same house & Joe. Note the plank side walk. There are miles of it in Vancouver |
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| [no annotation, possibly the rear view of the house above] | [no annotation, possibly the rear view of the house above] |
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| A house Joe is building now. It was inclined to rain & I didnt expect it would be any good.
Joe took it & held the camera out of level [the image has been straightened] |
Mr Wilsons Garage a week ago. I wish you could see the view he will get from there |
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| Joe & his Ford |
[My father and his Harley. Detail on the house behind shows that it is next door to Wiggins house in East 35th Avenue] | Hallams car . Please excuse my tie. Its the same one with the white stripes |
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| This is taken outside Hallams place. The gate at the back is the entrance to his yard.
The girl on the back is his daughter & the other one is a young ladystaying there.
They perched themselves up & asked me to snap them as I had got my camera |
A familiar sight in the country.
People that live back in the woodshave mailboxes fixed at the side of the road with their name on.
The postman can deliver or collect on horseback |
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| I took this myself with the aid of a piece of string but I must have moved my head.
They are sweet peas on the table [probably at 544 Burrard] |
This is the second attempt to photograph my dressing table [photographs of his deceased wife on the dresser] |
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