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Club Meeting – Sunday 15th AprilBy Philip Francis on April 11th M. Diane Rogers, club member and Past President of the British Columbia Genealogical Society, will be our guest speaker on Sunday 15th. Diane will make a presentation on War Memorials […] |
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Lost postcards of Stanley ParkBy Philip Francis on March 24th Hello, I am writing on behalf of my Grandfather who is visiting me in Vancouver from New Zealand. He brought with him a package of about 6 original postcards of […] |
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Club Meeting – Sunday, 18th MarchBy Philip Francis on March 6th The Sun. 18th meeting will kick-off with Peter Jensen bringing a collection of Bowen Island cards, to stimulate discussion, history, etc. Other members are invited to bring their own Bowen […] |
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VICTOPICAL Show – 17/18th March – VictoriaBy Philip Francis on March 6th Details of the 2012 VICTOPICAL show are as follows (with apologies, incorrect information appeared in our February newsletter): VICTOPICAL Stamp and Postcard Show Comfort Hotel, Topaz Room, Victoria, BC map […] |
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Postview – February 2012By Philip Francis on January 31st For almost ten years, the Vancouver Postcard Club has been led by Don Steele, President and long-time member of the Club. The AGM held on December 18th therefore had an […] |
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Next Meeting – Sunday 19th, FebruaryBy Philip Francis on January 20th Title: Early Photographers of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Tom Beasley, a VPC member, will present a selection of his postcards of Thunder Bay, Ontario (formerly Port Arthur and Fort William). The […] |
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New listing – B.C. Postcard PhotographersBy Philip Francis on January 20th Ron Souch, VPC member, has just completed a draft of a summary of historical B.C. postcard photographers that we plan to make available through the club’s website. The info was taken from Ron […] |
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Old Postcard/Photo of Beatty Street?By Philip Francis on January 9th Doug Jones is hoping to find an image/postcard that shows his great grandfather’s (George Jones) blacksmith shop at 571 Beatty Street. The shop was there for a few decades starting in the […] |
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Next Club Meeting – January 15thBy Philip Francis on January 6th Club member Ron Souch will present a selection of postcards on the Cariboo Highway. Says Ron – “The Cariboo Wagon Road went from Yale to Barkerville. Its construction was an […] |
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Hotel Canada – Postcard images wanted!By Philip Francis on December 12th Bruce Macdonald, author of Vancouver: A Visual History, is researching old hotels in Vancouver and is looking for images of the old Hotel Canada, now the Marble Arch Hotel, that was […] |
