Old telephone books possibly the worlds largest online collection of phone. British columbia residential phone book, white pages canda. Our large fleet and vancouvers first accessible taxi company features modern up to date comfortable vehicles that accommodate most mobility devices. At this very moment i have this book on my coffee table after taking it out. Seattle 195152, 1955, 1960, 1964, 1969 directory of manufacturers, seattleking county area, washington t12 d56 seattle area industrial council of the seattle chamber of commerce seattle 1952 seattle japanese telephone directory, 1952. Vancouver white pages phone books in washington wa. Internet links to email and street addresses, telephone directories, zip codes, state abbreviations, package delivery information. Winston churchill, 1960, in british phone books, 18801984, rudolf sieber. By neil whaley, guest blogger i collect vintage vancouver items and i like to be able to pin down the date they were created as accurately as possible. City directories show residents of the city, occupation and street address. Saskatchewan telephone directory 2b, saskatchewan, 1928. The wooden houses have been replaced by concrete, and the wide streets have narrowed and filled. City, telephone and miscellaneous directory catalogue british.
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Vancouver public library special collections external website, opens in new tab. Aug 15, 2016 internet links to email and street addresses, telephone directories, zip codes, state abbreviations, package delivery information. Many of the street names in vancouver have changed or have fallen into disuse over the years. City directories and selected telephone books on microfilm. The city of vancouver is located in the state of wa. Vancouver residential phone book, white pages canada. Rent one for the day on denman street and from there, you can see everything. Consists of microfilm of various british columbia directories. British columbia directories on the internet dave obee family.
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She is a contributor to vancouver confidential and is a homegrown vancouverite. Nov 29, 2007 the phone book to cover the whole country was published in 1896 and had 81,000 numbers. Jan 17, 2017 the vancouver of the 1950s and 1960s has vanished. Find a vancouver phone number vancouver has very good online phone directories and internet yellow pages sites where you can find residential and business telephone numbers. First victoria directory 1860 from vancouver public library first victoria. Street names of vancouver by elizabeth walker fc 3847. British columbia online historical directories online. British columbia directory genealogy sources cangenealogy. A treasure trove of photos from vancouver in the 1950s and. Find a person in vancouver by name, address, postal code or by reverse phone number lookup.
Find a person in british columbia by name, address, postal code or by reverse phone number lookup. Street names of vancouver by elizabeth walker, vancouver, b. Telephone directories contain addresses and phone numbers and can be quite. Although a few city directories comprise only the city of victoria, most also cover vancouver island and all of british columbia. We have compiled the ultimate database of phone numbers from around the state and country to help you locate any lost friends, relatives or family members. Phoneaddress directories international directories area code locators state abbreviations zip codes package delivery services u. The rise of the roadside shrine in british columbia and vancouver noir. This book meticulously documents these changes and is a great complement to the vancouver city directories. To see what cities are included in each phone book, check out the cross directory. Hendersons directories can also be used to trace the infrastructure development of the city, including the development of streets and sidewalks, the value of the buildings erected in the past year of the directory including schools and other educational facilities, churches and parks, information on the money appropriated to build public. City comes of age in fascinating textcity outgrew its steamage industrial economy, but the changes didnt come easily or overnightthis is a book about workingclass vancouver in the three decades between, say, the opening of the marine building in 1930 and the death, in 1959, of errol flynn, in the arms of his teenage.
The history of metropolitan vancouver 1960 chronology. The first vancouver city directory was compiled for r. Vancouver taxi taxi, cab to and from vancouver airport service. Bond measure passes to replace the library on main street with a larger library on mill plain blvd. Part of city of vancouver archives library collection. Vancouver public librarys collection of digitized british columbia city directories dates from 1860 up to and including 1955. City directories on microfilm or microfiche and selected telephone books and county directories on microfilm are filed in cabinets in the 7th floor microforms area. Phone address directories international directories area code locators state abbreviations zip codes package delivery services u. The phone book to cover the whole country was published in 1896 and had 81,000 numbers. Pacific coast business directory, langley, 1867 free vancouver. Nysl holdings are listed below in alphabetical order by. City directories, telephone books and county directories do not circulate, but are available for use onsite.
Looking for the occupant of 2116 maple street in the address section of. By the 1960s those phrases disappeared, however, and with it an indication of. Mar 26, 2019 by neil whaley, guest blogger i collect vintage vancouver items and i like to be able to pin down the date they were created as accurately as possible. You can also find a business or professional service provider in vancouver. She is, with john belshaw, the coauthor of both private grief, public mourning. City, telephone and miscellaneous directory catalogue. The phone company in most cities publishes a directory of everyone in that area. You can use the british columbia a to z name directory to find a resident of british columbia by last name. People search in vancouver, vancouver residential phone book, white pages canada.
Vancouver island and adjacent islands directory, provincial publishing company, 1909 free dons list alaskayukon business directory, polk, 191516 free usgenweb includes businesses and workers from atlin and discover. Unless otherwise indicated, these sites have scanned images of the directory pages. Vancouver public library has the largest collection of british columbia directories online. Our washington telephone directories range from 1930s to 1970s. Washington directories at include city directories, phone books and white pages for major cities and surrounding areas. April 1 thanks to the popularity of its radiodispatched cabs, tom hawthorn wrote in the greater vancouver book, black top had grown to a 62car fleet by april 1, 1960, when it merged with 48car blue cab to become the largest taxi operation in western canada. City directories are available from 1860 to the present with some gaps. Vancouver bob saunders and victoria george farmer cross broomsticks at the 1964 builders exchange annual bonspiel. We realize that a vancouver technical sec school year book may be hard to find so registering to complete your schools virtual yearbook may be the next best thing to finding vancouver technical sec school yearbooks.
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Telephone directories contain addresses and phone numbers and can be quite helpful in locating living relatives or possible relatives with the same surname or a similar surname. Selectphone cdrom, to search white pages listings for all of canada by name. Vancouver public library and clark county library merge on july 1. The era truly ended with the release of the march, 1966, phone book, which excluded exchange names for the first time. Born in germany in 1930, ulrich herzog arrived in vancouver at the age of twentythree. Use these books to find local history publications, biographical data, information about familyrelated activities, and more. Vancouver library association, a subscription library, formed. You can use the vancouver a to z name directory to find a resident of vancouver by last name. But before vancouver changed, it was photographed in color by fred herzog. Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data. Vancouver public library british columbia city directories.