Saving History Archives | Eve Lazarus Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:26:10 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 West Vancouver’s Navvy Jack House https://evelazarus.com/west-vancouvers-navvy-jack-house/ https://evelazarus.com/west-vancouvers-navvy-jack-house/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:20:53 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=18043 I walked by the Navvy Jack House in West Vancouver just before Christmas and was delighted to see the amount of progress made since summer.

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]]> https://evelazarus.com/urban-repurpose-and-the-st-alice-hotel/feed/ 1 The Story of a Missing Film and a Broken Ring https://evelazarus.com/the-story-of-a-missing-film-and-a-broken-ring/ https://evelazarus.com/the-story-of-a-missing-film-and-a-broken-ring/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2025 14:18:30 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=17010 By Sébastien Hudon In the summer of 2020, my colleague Louis Pelletier, an historian of early cinema, and I learned that some very old film reels were to be auctioned off in England and bids would be accepted online. The one that caught our attention related to the Empress of Ireland. Louis and I grew… Continue reading The Story of a Missing Film and a Broken Ring

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]]> https://evelazarus.com/the-story-of-a-missing-film-and-a-broken-ring/feed/ 2 The Brill Trolley Buses of Sandon, BC https://evelazarus.com/sandons-brill-trolley-buses/ https://evelazarus.com/sandons-brill-trolley-buses/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2022 13:30:56 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12823 Thought I’d take a break from my summer break to write up this post about Sandon, a super interesting town in the Kootenays. We dropped by there last week on our way to Nelson because I’d heard it was a ghost town and a graveyard for Vancouver’s Brill Trolley buses. We arrived there via a… Continue reading The Brill Trolley Buses of Sandon, BC

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]]> https://evelazarus.com/sandons-brill-trolley-buses/feed/ 29 Fraser Wilson and the (mostly) Working Man’s Mural https://evelazarus.com/fraser-wilson-and-the-mostly-working-mans-mural/ https://evelazarus.com/fraser-wilson-and-the-mostly-working-mans-mural/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:16:41 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=11568 Looking at the outside of the plain two-storey building at Victoria Drive and Truimph Street, you’d never guess that Fraser Wilson’s  mural runs the full length of a 25-metre wall. The building is the home of the Maritime Labour Centre, and Fraser Wilson painted the mural in 1947. Story from Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the… Continue reading Fraser Wilson and the (mostly) Working Man’s Mural

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]]> https://evelazarus.com/fraser-wilson-and-the-mostly-working-mans-mural/feed/ 10 An Interview with Vancouver Exposed Book Designer Jazmin Welch https://evelazarus.com/an-interview-with-jazmin-welch/ https://evelazarus.com/an-interview-with-jazmin-welch/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2020 01:11:24 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=10609 An Interview with Jazmin Welch, book designer about working on Vancouver Exposed I’m excited to tell you that Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City’s Hidden History is now in bookstores. And, while the saying goes “don’t judge a book by its cover,” I have to disagree. A great cover not only helps to sell the… Continue reading An Interview with Vancouver Exposed Book Designer Jazmin Welch

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]]> https://evelazarus.com/an-interview-with-jazmin-welch/feed/ 2 The Woodward’s Christmas Windows https://evelazarus.com/woodwards-christmas-windows/ https://evelazarus.com/woodwards-christmas-windows/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2019 14:52:00 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=9748 When David Rowland heard that Woodward’s was closing in 1993, he phoned up the manager and put in an offer for the department store’s historic Christmas windows. They agreed on a price, and David became the proud owner of six semi-trailer loads of animated teddy bears, elves, geese, children, a horse and cart and various… Continue reading The Woodward’s Christmas Windows

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]]> https://evelazarus.com/iacis-casa-capri/feed/ 25 Nanaimo Mysteries https://evelazarus.com/nanaimo-mysteries/ https://evelazarus.com/nanaimo-mysteries/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2019 01:28:39 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=9075 Aimee Greenaway was reading Blood, Sweat, and Fear when she came across George Hannay, a safe cracker from Nanaimo. She’d heard a story about the former BC Provincial police officer turned criminal, but this was the first time she’d seen evidence of his crimes. Aimee thought Hannay’s story would make a great inclusion in the… Continue reading Nanaimo Mysteries

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]]> https://evelazarus.com/nanaimo-mysteries/feed/ 8 The life’s work of Inspector Vance, Vancouver’s first forensic investigator https://evelazarus.com/saving-history-the-lifes-work-of-j-f-c-b-vance-vancouvers-first-forensic-investigator/ https://evelazarus.com/saving-history-the-lifes-work-of-j-f-c-b-vance-vancouvers-first-forensic-investigator/#comments Sat, 10 Feb 2018 19:34:12 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=8071 In July 2016, several large cardboard boxes filled with photographs, clippings, forensic samples, and case notes pre-dating 1950, and thought to be thrown out decades ago, were discovered in a garage on Gabriola Island. They form the basis of Blood, Sweat, and Fear: the story of Inspector Vance, Vancouver’s first forensic investigator.  Crime Scene: I… Continue reading The life’s work of Inspector Vance, Vancouver’s first forensic investigator

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]]> https://evelazarus.com/saving-history-the-lifes-work-of-j-f-c-b-vance-vancouvers-first-forensic-investigator/feed/ 4 Saving History: the autographed lights from the Orpheum Theatre https://evelazarus.com/saving-history-the-autographed-lights-from-the-orpheum-theatre/ https://evelazarus.com/saving-history-the-autographed-lights-from-the-orpheum-theatre/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2018 21:00:56 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=8001 A couple of weeks ago Bill Allman, Tom Carter and I were sipping martinis and discussing bits of history that have been saved from the dumpster. The subject of the rescued lights from the Orpheum Theatre came up, and next thing he knew, Bill had agreed to write this blog. By Bill Allman Deep in… Continue reading Saving History: the autographed lights from the Orpheum Theatre

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]]> https://evelazarus.com/saving-history-the-autographed-lights-from-the-orpheum-theatre/feed/ 3 Saving History: The Rec Room and the Player Piano https://evelazarus.com/saving-history-the-rec-room-and-the-player-piano/ https://evelazarus.com/saving-history-the-rec-room-and-the-player-piano/#comments Sat, 06 Jan 2018 15:23:36 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=7710 By Michael Kluckner Michael Kluckner is a writer and artist with a list of books that includes Vanishing Vancouver and Toshiko. We inherited a player piano when we bought our house in 2010. It’s a long story, but in the back of my mind I thought I might want to play it. As it turned out I… Continue reading Saving History: The Rec Room and the Player Piano

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]]> https://evelazarus.com/saving-history-the-rec-room-and-the-player-piano/feed/ 7 Saving History: Crime Maps, Surveillance Albums and Mugshot Books https://evelazarus.com/saving-history-crime-maps-surveillance-albums-and-mugshot-books/ https://evelazarus.com/saving-history-crime-maps-surveillance-albums-and-mugshot-books/#respond Sat, 25 Nov 2017 16:07:07 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=7667 If you enjoy a good murder story, love heritage buildings, or just want to see what a morgue looks like, then you need to make your way down to the Vancouver Police Museum. For those of us who write about crime, the museum is ground zero when it comes to information, because apart from the static… Continue reading Saving History: Crime Maps, Surveillance Albums and Mugshot Books

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