Vintage Vancouver: Here's how summer used to look in the city (PHOTOS)
Before every trip to the beach included a set of Instagram-filtered selfies, there were decades of black and white photos attesting to the popularity of soaking up the summertime sun in Vancouver.
As we head into the first weekend of summer 2022, we have curated some vintage shots of the season around Vancouver.
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July 1890 (Vancouver Archives)
Second Beach, early 1900s (Philip Timms/Vancouver Public Library)
Swimming race at English Bay, early 1900s (Philip Timms/Vancouver Public Library)
Diving at English Bay, early 1900s (Philip Timms/Vancouver Public Library)
Diving at English Bay, early 1900s (Philip Timms/Vancouver Public Library)
Kitsilano Beach. 1920s. (Philip Timms/Vancouver Public Library
Swimmers and watchers at English Bay, 1923 (Hubert William Lovell/Vancouver Archives)
Pleasure Pier and diving float at English Bay, 1923 (Hubert William Lovell/ Vancouver Archives)
Joe Fortes on the beach, 1925 (Stuart Thomson/Vancouver Archives)
Dominion Day parade, July 1, 1925 (Stuart Thomson/Vancouver Archives)
View from the water of the beach at English Bay, 1928 (James Crookall/Vancouver Archives)
Kitsilano Beach, July 1928 (Leonard Frank Photos/Vancouver Archives)
Burrard Inlet Swim start, July 25, 1928 (Stuart Thomson/Vancouver Archives)
Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, 1938 (Leonard Frank/Vancouver Public Library)
Children playing at the Second Beach playground pool, 1943 (Jack Lindsay/Vancouver Archives)