CITY REFLECTIONS: VANCOUVER 1907 | 2007

Harbeck did a filming trip to European cities after this film was made but unfortunately booked his return voyage on the Titanic. Survivors recall seeing a man filming around the ship before it sank that took Harbeck's life and his films he shot up to 1912.

Love this history. My family were tailors back in British India/Pakistan at the time. The tradition was alive for 3 centuries til it was finished around the 1940s or so. I discovered all this in 2013 and revived it. I am now a full-time tailor and my company is 6 years this month. Proud to have revived an old family legacy across the globe in Canada. Wish we could all cherish our history and dig deep into it more often.

That was the most enjoyable hour I had in a long long time.

I remember riding a streetcar with my mother about 71 years ago. Very interesting!

The Seattle filmmaker William Harbeck was also the official filmmaker of the British ocean liner Titanic. He was on board on April 15, 1912.

I moved to Vancouver in 2009, this was so interesting to learn what certain buildings were then-buildings I see on a daily basis....and now watching this in 2019, so many more changes since this video in 2007! Crazy! LOVE Vancouver!

Thanks so much for that historical look back of our great city, thank god that 1907 footage was never lost. I learned a lot today, and I never knew that footage actually existed until now? I walk them same streets today in 2019 a 112 years later. My late father introduced me to the now DTES when I was younger, as well as the companies mentioned here in our city reflections he'd worked for, "Vancouver Sun" Pacific Press - owned by Southams. I used to shop at the old Woodwards, Hudson's Bay, Eaton's, & Simpson Sears tower building back in the 70s and early 80s while growing up here. I used to spend my weekly allowance down on Granville Street mall to go see a movies with friends or go to the arcades, bowling alleys there many a weekends I spent there. Thank you so much I'm so proud to be a Vancouverite indeed, and of, Native First Nations and Black African Canadian background descent. My late father moved to Vancouver in the early 1940s before WW2. Once he first arrived here way back when, he knew this was his home forever. In fact he showed me where he met my late mother. You got to love Vancouver for all it's historical value, or you wouldn't be here. I usually hang out around Cambie & Hastings sipping on a beer at the old Victory Square remembering the past and what the future going to bring? Thank you glorious Vancouver BC Canada. Here's to another great 100 years and counting. ANYONE ON YOUTUBE GOT A TIME MACHINE?

Wow~ Wow~ even 1907 Vancouver was clean, self organized and beautiful even to this date, thank you for the valued history shared~

A wonderful compilation of the City of Vancouver. Thank You.

That was so amazing to see the past and what everything looked like the one for me growing up was the Woodwards building I remember that as if it was yesterday my parents would take me there to go shopping and i always remember going there to buy our dogs dogfood from there I can even still see the cans of dogfood we bought it used to have a big huge saint Bernard on them and they came in the colors blue and red and possibly a green one not too sure !!!!??? But boy what a memory to remember THANKYOU again that's just so so amazing walking around back into time!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!🍁🇨🇦🍁💔👍🌹✝️🛐🙏🕊️🌹💯🏆💞💕

It would be a miracle if this was ever colourized, 4K with time correct motion. It would cost about $100,000 and would take 2 years. There so many fine details to colourize. Also going North up Granville Street in the 1907 footage, the mountains aren't seen.

The city's transit seems to have barely changed in the past 100 years. Horse-drawn carriages have become cars, abundant streetcars have become buses, and bikes weave through the streets in the space in between.

Turns on Hastings and Davies If you haven't got time for the whole narration: So basically the ride is along Granville, Hastings one route - Carrall, Cordova, Cambie, back to Hastings the other . . . Vancouver was about 70,000 people in 1907, booming but 3 months away from race riots Starting down Granville 1. It starts at the Hotel Vancouver 2. It passes Georgia street – at about .36 you can see the Hudson’s Bay is on the corner of Granville and Georgia on the right where it still is today) 3. I can see the store Brooke (no idea what kind of goods or service sold here) It passes Dunsmuir There’s a Bank of Montreal on the right 4. It’s not easy to see but at about 1:10 is The Japanese Store on right called Sun Ban 5. The now-vanished second CPR depot at the foot of Granville, 6. The Old Post office at 1:28 is to the left of the CPR at the corner of Granville and Hastings It then swings right onto Hastings which is Vancouver’s banking district for a long ride 7. Pass the famous clock on the corner called the Birks clock recently restored and outside of Montreal-based jeweler, Henry Birks & Sons, (in 1907 it was bought out by Trorey’s Jewelry but they kept the clock ) 8. It passes Seymour and you can’t see it well but on the left is Molson’s Bank To the left is Fit-rite - that was a suits & hats company opened in 1907 9. On the right is the Dominion Assay Office building. The Dominion Building is not yet constructed yet and it is on the opposite side 10. The Westinghouse office building is on the right and the Flack block is on the left 11. The original Vancouver Daily Province newspaper building 140-142 W. Hastings St. I think it may have been just a printing company back then. 12. You get the Woodward’s on the corner of Hastings and Abott at 2:52 You get the BC Electric company at about 3:16 on the left at Hastings & Carall. There seems to be construction just before it 13. Wo Sang’s Merchant Tailor – see page 38 of a study here on Chinese Merchant Tailors 14. Knowlton Drugs and seeds is at the end and pretty easy to see 15. At about 3:34 look down the street and you can see Carnegie Library (1903) & Community Centre, Now the filming starts in a different direction. We don’t know why but it starts at Carall and Cordova heading the opposite direction 1. Start at Carall Street Woods hotel is on left Ranier Café & Hotel is on right (3.43) (both still stands today going south we then turn on Cordova going west 2.P. Burns (meat packer) can be seen easily on the left 3. New Fountain Hotel at 4.08 on the right 4 “Cascade: A Beer Without Peer.” Is at the end in a big sign 5 It now turns left on Cambie to link to Hasting 6 We see Herman House Co. Real Estate just at the corner linking to Hastings

Amazing quality of this footage, great piece of history!

The very first dash cam!

This was a great opportunity to see how the city transformed completely based on the advent of technology as well as economic growth, mergers, acquisitions, new businesses, and the growth in population. The side by side provided additional perspective and context. How about making a comparison every 25 years, hence, filming it 2032. The next twelve years should have some more changes. There were many changes in Vancouver prior to Expo 86 and subsequently. Thank you

I absolutely LOVE your film. So much work went in to producing what you have and I think it is excellent. WELL DONE!

Trolley cameras were all the rage then. There are similar movies from many cities.

Bikes, bikes everywhere, for over 100 years 🚲 😂

An enjoyable program, thank you. I had the pleasure of spending time and living in Vancouver from 1980 to 2016. A Very remarkable place in many ways for sure. I'd love to film in 2107 for ya but i'll be long dead by then as i'm sure I won't live to be 136 years old.