Aerial Photos of BC from 1940's and 1950's
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 08:35 AM
Victoria Harbour from 1947 is here: http://vintageairpho...com/bo-47-1454/
I'm working on another Victoria one at the moment, it should be up in the next day or so. I've been trying to post a new photo every few days. Be sure to actually click on the images, you'll be able to zoom way in and see a lot more detail. Some of the downtown buildings are fascinating.
Mark
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 09:43 AM
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 09:47 AM
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 09:50 AM
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#5
Posted 20 April 2012 - 09:59 AM
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 10:07 AM
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 10:39 AM
#8
Posted 20 April 2012 - 10:47 AM
There are just the two of Victoria at the moment. I've only got 14 images online so far. I just started. It takes about 2 hours to scan and restore a single image. Most of that is painting out dust and scratches. And with a full time job and a 13 month old....I'm lucky if I can add one new pic every couple of days. :-)
Gotcha, thanks for the update, Mark
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#9
Posted 20 April 2012 - 08:46 PM
http://vintageairpho...com/bo-47-1524/
Mark
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 09:11 PM
#11
Posted 20 April 2012 - 09:20 PM
Are those fire trucks just to the right of the "Victoria Public Market"? Could that be the old fire hall?
I wonder what Google would do to get their hands on historical images like this to build into Google Earth.
What a wonderful look back, thanks again for your efforts!
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 09:22 PM
#13
Posted 20 April 2012 - 09:24 PM
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#14
Posted 20 April 2012 - 10:40 PM
In the photo of downtown you can see the original Hudson Bay store before it was enlarged to the East. It was also the transition from streetcars to busses. Both can be seen near the BC Electric depot at the corner of Pandora and Douglas. The tracks seem to be removed from the depot and a new bus is turning out on to Pandora.
You can see the Silver Springs sign on the roof of the old brewery at Government and Discovery.
That might be motorcycle building that people were looking for at Kings and Douglas awhile ago.
City Hall, before the middle of the building was filled in.
In the 700 block of Cormorant those could be old horse drawn milk carts lined up, behind the McGavins Bread billboard.
In the 700 block of Caledonia the building under construction was later occupied by Edwards Welding, before being demolished a couple of years ago.
A Safeway at Douglas and Herald?
The York theatre, now the MacPherson.
A motorcycle with sidecar, just east of the Fisgard Police Station, and a maybe a paddy wagon on the street.
http://vintageairpho...com/bo-47-1524/
#15
Posted 20 April 2012 - 11:07 PM
Are there just the two photos of Victoria, one of the harbour and one of a navy vessel? Or am I missing something?
There is a photo of USS Iowa, one of the largest of the US battleships to visit Victoria.
http://vintageairpho...om/bo-47-1612b/
It had 16 inch guns that could lob a shell 20 miles. In it's early career it could launch planes from a catapult on the rear deck.
The ship has an interesting history and is now a museum.
http://en.wikipedia....USS_Iowa_(BB-61)
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 11:10 PM
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:43 AM
#18
Posted 22 April 2012 - 08:22 AM
I never knew just how many buildings we lost when Centennial Square was put in. What a loss!
Buildings are blight, don't you know that? The ideal city shouldn't contain any buildings.
#19
Posted 22 April 2012 - 08:35 AM
The archives have lots of photos of the main drags--Government, Douglas etc. but hardly anything from the forgotten side streets, which these pictures cover in great detail.
In order to see the maximum detail using Google Chrome, I enlarge the page by clicking the wrench in the upper right of the browser. Then the pop-up window will be full screen. The detail is still crisp at this enlargement.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#20
Posted 22 April 2012 - 03:47 PM
These are astounding. I know BC Archives has some vintage aerial photos but I doubt they have this level of detail and they sure aren't online and zoomable like these are. This is a major find and I hope there are more to come.
I agree. I spent a few hours zooming around.
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