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"$18? It's me, Oxley … I've come to get the tow truck … I work for you…" [Fusters Gets Reprieve]
"$18? It's me, Oxley … I've come to get the tow truck … I work for you…" [Fusters Gets Reprieve]
"3-2-1 … a blinding flash! … we have a lift-off!... It's fantastic! … he's on his way to the polls to vote!" [Civic Election Day]
"3-2-1 … a blinding flash! … we have a lift-off!... It's fantastic! … he's on his way to the polls to vote!" [Civic Election Day]
"50 more cops! I feel sorry for those poor motorists…"
"50 more cops! I feel sorry for those poor motorists…"
6th Bank Holdup This Month
6th Bank Holdup This Month
9 O'clock Gun : Civil Defence Unit 7 Vancouver, Sirs … I am instructed to reply that our new president has no territorial designs on Canada …
9 O'clock Gun : Civil Defence Unit 7 Vancouver, Sirs … I am instructed to reply that our new president has no territorial designs on Canada …
A Reliable Guide Designed To Avoid Further Confusion By Our Mayor In The Interpretation Of Aldermanic Winks
A Reliable Guide Designed To Avoid Further Confusion By Our Mayor In The Interpretation Of Aldermanic Winks
"A whole mile! … Running!... On their feet!..." [Centennial Games]
"A whole mile! … Running!... On their feet!..." [Centennial Games]
"Actually it's a little experimental scheme to try making our mayor feel at home…"
"Actually it's a little experimental scheme to try making our mayor feel at home…"
"Albert, for one, doesn't see any problem putting even a six-lane causeway through the park to Lions Gate Bridge."
"Albert, for one, doesn't see any problem putting even a six-lane causeway through the park to Lions Gate Bridge."
"All clear! The merger scare is confined to Burnaby, Vancouver and the North Vancouvers…"
"All clear! The merger scare is confined to Burnaby, Vancouver and the North Vancouvers…"
"All in f.f.favour of h.h.havin' the n.n.next Grey C.C.Cup f. final in m.m.mild V.Vancouver say h.h.hup…"
"All in f.f.favour of h.h.havin' the n.n.next Grey C.C.Cup f. final in m.m.mild V.Vancouver say h.h.hup…"
"And another thing … there's no way to get a dollar into that thing, no matter how you fold it." [$1.00 Parking Meter Charge]
"And another thing … there's no way to get a dollar into that thing, no matter how you fold it." [$1.00 Parking Meter Charge]
"And on your right … one of our city parks featuring the tallest lawn in Canada." [Snafouver Tours]
"And on your right … one of our city parks featuring the tallest lawn in Canada." [Snafouver Tours]
"And to avoid all controversy on the subject I shall confine myself to bathing in the stuff …" [Fluoridation of Water]
"And to avoid all controversy on the subject I shall confine myself to bathing in the stuff …" [Fluoridation of Water]
"Anyone game for a car ride through town?"
"Anyone game for a car ride through town?"
"Anyone who can stand around in a fog, looking that happy must be an alderman or something …?" [Election]
"Anyone who can stand around in a fog, looking that happy must be an alderman or something …?" [Election]
"Aren't they lovely, large, all new amounts? And won't your all new tax increases look small beside them?"
"Aren't they lovely, large, all new amounts? And won't your all new tax increases look small beside them?"
"As an old Vancouverite, George won't get excited about the civic election 'til about Thursday …" [Civic Election Wednesday]
"As an old Vancouverite, George won't get excited about the civic election 'til about Thursday …" [Civic Election Wednesday]
"At least stop moping over the state of the country's affairs…after the mayor's gone to the trouble of officially declaring this gay week." [Mayor Declares Aug. 1-7 Gay Unity Week]
"At least stop moping over the state of the country's affairs…after the mayor's gone to the trouble of officially declaring this gay week." [Mayor Declares Aug. 1-7 Gay Unity Week]
"Attention please! … would a non-striking union electrician, at time and a half, please come to the stadium office…" [Searchlight Tattoo]
"Attention please! … would a non-striking union electrician, at time and a half, please come to the stadium office…" [Searchlight Tattoo]
Because the press is having difficult in getting direct information from our various governments we are pleased to supply this handy pocket guide to news sources
Because the press is having difficult in getting direct information from our various governments we are pleased to supply this handy pocket guide to news sources
"Before I waste a good cigar … you a voter or just a taxpayer …?"
"Before I waste a good cigar … you a voter or just a taxpayer …?"
"Before we get arrested under the new hooker bylaw, make up your mind, Wilbur … your place or mine … McDonald's or Panorama Roof?"
"Before we get arrested under the new hooker bylaw, make up your mind, Wilbur … your place or mine … McDonald's or Panorama Roof?"
"Best solution to motorists I've seen yet … tear all the blinkin' streets up."
"Best solution to motorists I've seen yet … tear all the blinkin' streets up."
[Beware of Irate Taxpayer] (no caption)
[Beware of Irate Taxpayer] (no caption)
"But, sir … a time comes in everyone's life when a difficult challenge must be faced and a decision made…" [Polling Station #6]
"But, sir … a time comes in everyone's life when a difficult challenge must be faced and a decision made…" [Polling Station #6]
"By the way … your answer that we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of Captain Cook crossing the continent aboard the Royal Hudson was marked wrong."
"By the way … your answer that we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of Captain Cook crossing the continent aboard the Royal Hudson was marked wrong."
"Can't you see we're giving it an awful lot of thought?" [Civic Five Year Improvement Plan]
"Can't you see we're giving it an awful lot of thought?" [Civic Five Year Improvement Plan]
"Carry on Charles … the sight of red tape being cut usually effects civic officials this way …" [Granville Bridge Opening]
"Carry on Charles … the sight of red tape being cut usually effects civic officials this way …" [Granville Bridge Opening]
Cartoon on the preservation of St. Roch, 1955
Cartoon on the preservation of St. Roch, 1955
"Chalking parked car tires with this bloomin' pole is bad enough … but being called Fuster's Lancers …" [Parking Charge Proposed in Stanley Park]
"Chalking parked car tires with this bloomin' pole is bad enough … but being called Fuster's Lancers …" [Parking Charge Proposed in Stanley Park]
"Cheer up … if he gets to be mayor, everybody will be issued one to lean on." [Vander Zalm Runs for Mayor]
"Cheer up … if he gets to be mayor, everybody will be issued one to lean on." [Vander Zalm Runs for Mayor]
Chief Promises Crackdown On Lotteries … tickets marked X get first crack at the available overcoats …
Chief Promises Crackdown On Lotteries … tickets marked X get first crack at the available overcoats …
"...Chief, I said, Finnegan of the Force and half the boys at the Hall are holidaying today … how about loading us old number 7 for a picnic…?"
"...Chief, I said, Finnegan of the Force and half the boys at the Hall are holidaying today … how about loading us old number 7 for a picnic…?"
"City Desk? … trivial holdup boss … only fourth time this month … complainant somewhat indisposed … place a bit untidy … they only took stuff that happened to be on premises…" [Chief Says Press Exaggerates Vancouver Crime]
"City Desk? … trivial holdup boss … only fourth time this month … complainant somewhat indisposed … place a bit untidy … they only took stuff that happened to be on premises…" [Chief Says Press Exaggerates Vancouver Crime]
Civic Polling Station Langara Referendum (no caption)
Civic Polling Station Langara Referendum (no caption)
"Congratulations! You have been selected as the most typical Canadian family … medium income, married, two children, one pet and unable to find a place to live."
"Congratulations! You have been selected as the most typical Canadian family … medium income, married, two children, one pet and unable to find a place to live."
"Could I have a fresh ballot … I find I've voted to sell the mayor and elect the airport …" [Polling Station]
"Could I have a fresh ballot … I find I've voted to sell the mayor and elect the airport …" [Polling Station]
"Cross me 'eart … we ain't 'ad a drop…" [Police New Year's Eve Sniffin Station]
"Cross me 'eart … we ain't 'ad a drop…" [Police New Year's Eve Sniffin Station]
"Dashed odd seven million dollar idea when you think we'd have to go down there to go up in it…" [Space Needle Tower Planned For Vancouver]
"Dashed odd seven million dollar idea when you think we'd have to go down there to go up in it…" [Space Needle Tower Planned For Vancouver]
Dear Diary; I insisted we go to church at the cathedral on Sunday. However, not one of them said "Hi John" to John.
Dear Diary; I insisted we go to church at the cathedral on Sunday. However, not one of them said "Hi John" to John.
"Dear me … are they reading Oliver Twist in the schools these days?" [Vancouver Family Court]
"Dear me … are they reading Oliver Twist in the schools these days?" [Vancouver Family Court]
"Dear Sir … Your suggestion that we get back to the good old days when sports were played on the vacant lot was considered owing to the prohibitive cost of vacant lots…" [Sports Stadium Debate Drags On]
"Dear Sir … Your suggestion that we get back to the good old days when sports were played on the vacant lot was considered owing to the prohibitive cost of vacant lots…" [Sports Stadium Debate Drags On]
"Dint you hear? We got the afternoon off to welcome our idol Nancy Greene. But there was no snow downtown."
"Dint you hear? We got the afternoon off to welcome our idol Nancy Greene. But there was no snow downtown."
"Don't tell me the provincial government has dumped the transit system on the city already…"
"Don't tell me the provincial government has dumped the transit system on the city already…"
"Don't tell me … you've joined the Fire Dept? … The City Water Works? … The Fraser Dyking Authority?"
"Don't tell me … you've joined the Fire Dept? … The City Water Works? … The Fraser Dyking Authority?"
"Ethel … you remember that can of air freshner we used here last night…" [Vancouver Police To Be Equipped With Riot Control Gas, Mace]
"Ethel … you remember that can of air freshner we used here last night…" [Vancouver Police To Be Equipped With Riot Control Gas, Mace]
"Feel like participating in a strange unknown futility rite?" [Community Resource Board Election]
"Feel like participating in a strange unknown futility rite?" [Community Resource Board Election]
"Filbert! How many times must I tell you about swimming right after eating…?" [Aquarium]
"Filbert! How many times must I tell you about swimming right after eating…?" [Aquarium]
"Filbert! That's enough souvenirs of the Sea Festival … play at something else."
"Filbert! That's enough souvenirs of the Sea Festival … play at something else."
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