This book reveals one of the greatest eras in Vancouver's history, an era before automobiles when people, regardless of race, religion, or social status, rode together in the same shared vehicles. From the 1890s to 1915, state-of-the-art electric street cars and interurbans carried citizens from downtown to the farthest reaches of the Lower Mainland. Vancouver's early "people's vehicles" with affordable fares carved an exciting new future for the city of 10,000 residents who otherwise had only their feet, a bicycle, or a ...
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This book reveals one of the greatest eras in Vancouver's history, an era before automobiles when people, regardless of race, religion, or social status, rode together in the same shared vehicles. From the 1890s to 1915, state-of-the-art electric street cars and interurbans carried citizens from downtown to the farthest reaches of the Lower Mainland. Vancouver's early "people's vehicles" with affordable fares carved an exciting new future for the city of 10,000 residents who otherwise had only their feet, a bicycle, or a costly horse and carriage ride for transportation through the muddy urban streets. The way the city developed was dependent on public transit, and even modern transit is very much indebted to the earliest plans. As well as a history of transit, this book explores the dramatic ways Vancouver was changing at the turn of the 20th century. It reveals the individuals and the groups who were involved in carving the city from the wilderness, and creating a glamorous metropolis. Over 150 archival images of classic streetcars and conductors, city streets and buildings reveal Vancouver as it was then.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 11x8x0; Clean Inside And Out With No Gift Inscription Or Remarks Inside. 224 Pages With Index. Hardcover. based on your address. -We can ship from USA and Canada. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
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Fine in Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" Inscribed By Authors (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS, dated 10 /11 /03 and also INSCRIBED BY then Vancouver Mayor Larry Campbel who wrote the forward, no other markigns, Fine in Good only dust jacket with some moisture insrtrusion to the top edges of front and back panel mostl noticeable at the front top edge which is wavy. The dust jacket is in mylar sleeve. Illus cover boards, 224pp, index, archival B&W photos. From the 1890s to 1915, state-of-the-art electric street cars and interurbans carried citizens from downtown to the farthest reaches of the Lower Mainland. Vancouver`s early " people`s vehicles" with affordable fares carved an exciting new future for the city of 10, 000 residents who otherwise had only their feet, a bicycle, or a costly horse and carriage ride for transportation through the muddy urban streets. The way the city developed was dependent on public transit, and even modern transit is very much indebted to the earliest plans. As well as a history of transit, this book explores the dramatic ways Vancouver was changing at the turn of the 20th century. A heavy book. (2.3 JM HOJ 301/1.