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BO-47-1530 : Downtown Victoria
Taken from almost directly above the Empress Hotel and facing North, this photo shows downtown Victoria from 1947.
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Taken from almost directly above the Empress Hotel and facing North, this photo shows downtown Victoria from 1947.
I wasn’t born yet in ’47 but I can see the old house we lived in for a while at 619 Queens Ave between Douglas and Government Streets back in ’55 – ’57. My kindergarten class was at North Ward School on Douglas and I can make out the old Memorial Arena under construction on Blanshard. Way cool!