Background / Vancouver is a portrait of Vancouver, British Columbia captured on a autumn day in 1972 by four artist/friends Taki Bluesinger, Michael de Courcy, Gerry Gilbert and Glenn Lewis.
Below are just a few photos from this iniative. The full project can be viewed here. All photos are credited to The Background / Vancouver Project, 1972.
Anchor Hotel
Hotel Europe
Burrard Street Bridge
Naam Cafe
North from Victory Square
Pacific Train Station
Lougheed Drive-Inn
Looking south on Granville at Robson St.
Under the Granville Street Bridge
The West End
The West End
The West End
4:23 pm
I absolutely LOVE seeing photos like these!
4:25 pm
Yeah we do too. Love seeing examples of Vancouver’s hippy roots.
6:18 pm
Which one is Harold Head?
5:40 pm
Oh..my gawd…what great pictures! Especially love the one of the Canadian Pacific Railway building…took it across Canada for Expo 1967 (age 16) yeah…do the math…your right Janice…seems not so long ago! I would be dissing the old folks for their pictures of bygone days…ah…passages
9:49 am
Great photos! This made my morning.
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