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Southern View (Pender at Seymour), 1892

Posted on 06/09/2017 by mdm

This view of Vancouver as it appeared to early Vancouver photographer, Charles S. Bailey just six years after incorporation as a city has appealed to me since I first clapped eyes on it a couple of years ago. Vancouver may … Continue reading →

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