27 Apr Vancouver Signs from the City’s Early Days
It's been awhile since we've posted old Vancouver signs, so here's another tour down sign memory lane. It's funny that, depending on your perspective, certain things stand out in old photos. Though we also notice the dirt roads, old brick and stone buildings, horses and horse-drawn buggies, being a Vancouver sign company we can't help but admire the signage. Vancouver was, after all, a coastal frontier. The first permanent non-aboriginal settlement was a trading post on the Fraser River that was established in 1832 by the Hudson's Bay Company. The first incarnation of what would eventually become Vancouver sprung from the community created around Gassy Jack Deighton's saloon, where his potables quenched the thirst of the ever-dry mouths of mostly loggers and other labourers. In 1870, this community became the first incorporated settlement in Vancouver — known then as Granville. It's always remarkable to see what Vancouver was — and as it...