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Archive Photos of the Day: Back to School

September 6th, 2012 @ 10:36am (PT) by Rebecca Bollwitt

Pencils are sharp, notebooks are stiff, and iPad applications are downloaded (for educational purposes of course). We’re going back to school with school-themed photos from the Vancouver Archives this week.


1907 – Vancouver High School. Archives# Sch P20.3. & 1920 – David Lloyd George. Archives# CVA 99-1441.

1911 – Opening of the first brick school in South Vancouver. Archives# CVA 371-797.

1920 – Britannia. Archives# CVA 99-1001 1918 – King Edward School. Archives# CVA 99-1296.


1948 – Archives# CVA 1184-2773 & CVA 1184-2774


1933 – Yo Yo contest demo outside of a school. Archives# CVA 371-1922.


1947 – School patrol crossing guards. Archives #Sch P61.1 & 1954 – Old high school, Cambie & Dunsmuir. Archives# CVA 447-257.

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