Category Archives: Charles S. Bailey

Freeze, Varmint! (Or ‘Vacant Lot as Window to the Past’)

Posted on December 29, 2016 by mdm

This very early Vancouver image by pioneer photographic professional, Charles Bailey, makes me chuckle. Not only is it a clear and sharp photograph of a time in Vancouver which would be nearly inconceivable today, without such images, but it shows … Continue reading →

Posted in Charles S. Bailey, P. T. Timms | Tagged 300 West Hastings, Arlington Block, bc, Bond's Bookshop, Buscombe & Co., Clubb & Stewart, history, Mathison's printer's, R. A. Cambell & Sons, Spartacus Books, The King Studio, vancouver, Vinyl | 4 Comments

Victory on 500 Block of West Hastings

Posted on January 31, 2016 by mdm

This is a very nice image made by Jack Lindsay, probably on VE or VJ Day.* The photographer was on ground level for this shot, standing in a vacant parking spot in front of the Bank of Toronto building (later, the … Continue reading →

Posted in automobiles, Charles S. Bailey, Jack Lindsay, street scenes, war | Tagged bc, Canadian National Telegraphs, dick oulton, hastings street, history, innes-thompson building, Mitchell-Foley Stationers and Printers, Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, premier coffee shop, vancouver | 1 Comment

Ellesmere Rooms

Posted on July 9, 2015 by mdm

Posted in Charles S. Bailey, W J Moore, yesterday & today | Tagged Balfour Hotel, bc, central city lodge, Connaught Hotel, douglas house, ellesmere rooms, history, Mighty Niagara Hotel, parking garage, ramada vancouver downtown hotel, spencer's department store, vancouver | 1 Comment

Category Archives: Charles S. Bailey

Freeze, Varmint! (Or ‘Vacant Lot as Window to the Past’)

Victory on 500 Block of West Hastings

Ellesmere Rooms

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