Black History Month: The Remarkable Scurry Family - Hiram Scurry moved to Vancouver in 1886 to open a barbershop. Find out how the Scurry Family contributed to Vancouver's history this Black History Month.

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Gastown barber shop closing for good after 2 decades - BC | Globalnews.ca "2020 the lockdowns happened and things have just gotten worse since then, so we are closing our doors today," Judah Down told Global News.

Also the location of one of Van's 1st barbershops. Hiram Scurry set up shop here after the Great Fire of 1886.

Bumper sticker that says "Less honkin' more tonkin'"

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Aqua whisky bottle cleaned up and embossed with "imperial pint"

My best Stanley Park mudlarking find of 2025: a pristine Mitchell's Old Irish Whisky bottle from Belfast from the 1890s or early 1900s.

1910 photo postcard of the Hotel Dunsmuir.

1908 Province ad announcing the opening of Hotel Dunsmuir.

Recent photo of the decaying lobby of the Hotel Dunsmuir.

Photo showing buckling walls and roofing of Hotel Dunsmuir.

RIP Hotel Dunsmuir, demolition by neglect courtesy of the evil Holborn Group. www.instagram.com/p/DDugowuvaQ...

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Photo showing a 2-story red brick building with bay windows at 111 East Pender Street.

Laura Scott's brothel from 1903 to 1906. The last remaining purpose-built disorderly house in Chinatown.

1908 news article about 4 sex trade workers being fined $25 each for wearing suggestive and improper costumes on the street.

Improper costumes, Vancouver News-Advertiser, July 19, 1908.

FDR Demands More Arms --Harrisburg Telegraph, 5 Jan 1942

TWO IS ENOUGH FRANKLIN

A little bit. I do in the spot in this photo at low tide, and @fraserriverfinds.bsky.social does the Fraser River regularly. Some antique bottle hunters mudlark on occasion, but focus mainly on digging old dumps and construction sites.

@belshaw.bsky.social is here too

Here's my cat, Bellatrix. She's extremely shy and rarely allows photos, so my first post here is kind of a big deal.