Vancouver sure has changed over the past 40 years. After sitting in storage for several decades, photographer POP SNAP uncovered the slides they had put away and started basic lo-res scanning of these Kodachrome pictures. Kodachrome is quite challenging to scan, as they told us, but as you can see, it was all worth it.
POP SNAP’s interest was largely in buildings and structures, which form the basis for most of the photos. Almost all pictures from the set were shot on sunny days.
We’ve chosen just some of the photos from POP SNAP’s Vancouver 1970s sets. To see more, visit their Flickr page.
A view of the city (1978)
Cheap gas in 1978 ($0.85/imperial gallon = $0.20/litre)
Middlegate Shopping Centre (1978)
15th & Arbutus (1978)
Manitoba & West 13th Avenue (1978)
West on Hastings (1978)
The Shoreland Apartments, 2190 Bellevue Avenue (1978)
The Vancouver Special (1977)
West 5th & Arbutus (1978)
High-Low (1978)
A modern phone booth (1978)
Main Street looking north (1978)
4th & Vine (1978)
Eldorado Motor Hotel (1978)
Winter on West 11th Avenue (1977)
Main & 13th Avenue (1978)
Robson & Thurlow (1978)
Colonial Motel, Kingsway & Sidney Street (1977)
The Asteroid (1977)
Shell Car Wash (1978)
West Coast Transmission Building (1979)
Texaco, 15th & Cambie (1978)
Blue Horizon Hotel (1978)
A row of Vancouver Specials (1978)
Do you have any cool vintage photos of Vancouver? Email them to tips [at] vancitybuzz.com!
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