Street cars and taxi cars on Hastings street

Street cars and taxi cars on Hastings street

Transportation
British Columbia
Streets

A photograph of Hastings Street in Vancouver. It shows the transport of the time consisting of: trams, horse drawn carts and automobiles. Along the pavements of the roads are scores of people, with those moving quickly being slightly burred in the picture. It can also be inferred that it is raining in the picture, due to the shine of the road, as well as a lady with an open umbrella.
This is linked to the growth new forms of transport in the area, moving away from the horse and cart, to more modern forms of transport. It also links the improvement of transportation. It also linked to the expansion of Vancouver into a metropolis due to flourishing trade.

Major James Skitt Matthews, Hastings Street, Vancouver

City of Vancouver Archives

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circa 1910s

Melvin Kwan

City of Vancouver Archives
Copyright status: Public Domain

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Visual - photograph

20th century British Columbia