Vancouver grew continuously in the 19th Century and into the 20th Century. The last spike of the North Bank Railroad (the first rail line east through the Columbia River Gorge in Washington) was driven on March 11, 1908, and the line reached Vancouver. Vancouver was finally connected to the region’s transportation system by completing the railroad bridge over the Columbia River on June 25, 1908. It led to the building of a Carnegie library, new churches, and, in 1916, the new Post Office Building on Daniels Street.
Here are some fascinating historical photos that show Vancouver, WA, at the turn of the 20th Century. Also check, Vancouver in the late 19th Century.
#1 Vancouver Streetcars, 1908
#2 Archaeological Dig Site, 1900s
#3 Arnada School, 1900s
#4 Carleton Foster Bond Collection, 1900s
#5 13th Street, Vancouver, 1900s
#6 21st Street Vancouver, 1900s
#7 School for Defective Youth, 1909
#8 Vancouver-Portland Ferry across Columbia River, 1906
#9 Charley Ross & two others, Dodger’s Cover, Barclay Sound, Vancouver, 1902
#10 Young Doctor and his canoe [for Captain Tozier] [Barclay Sound, Vancouver, 1903
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#11 A group of men during the construction of the Vancouver Railroad Bridge, 1907
#12 Augustas High Home, 1900s
#13 The exterior of a Washougal blacksmith shop, 1903
#14 The A.M. Blaker home located at 408 W. 9th Street in Vancouver, 1904
#15 Boats and a Section of the Vancouver Bridge, 1907
#16 Bolton’s Meat Market Located at 706 Washington Street in Vancouver, 1909
#17 Brewery Saloon located at 1907 Washington Street in early Vancouver with the St. James Church at left in the background, 1907
#18 Construction site for the building of the Vancouver Railroad Bridge, 1907
#19 A wedding at a Brush Prairie Baptist church, 1900s
#20 Grandma Burgy with Viola Burgy Sharp and her mother at Henry Burgy’s house on 12th and Washington St. across from the Catholic church, 1900s
#21 Burrows Grocery located east of the Vancouver Barracks on 10th near X Street, 1908
#22 Captain Baldwin’s Dirigible, 1905
#23 School children in class at Central School in Vancouver, Washington, 1908
#24 A centrifugal pump at work at the Vancouver Railroad Bridge construction site, 1907
#25 A train at a depot in Vancouver, 1901
#26 Clark General Hospital with cars parked out front, 1900s
#27 Parade float for Daniel F. Doherty Plumbing, Heating & Tinning Company located at 117 East 5th Street in Vancouver, 1900s
#28 A derrick and a mule at the Vancouver Railroad Bridge construction site, 1907
#29 East 22nd Street Vancouver, 1900s
#30 The Edwin A. McNeal Home located on Mill Plain near Garrison and East 10th Street in Vancouver, 1900s
#31 Fairview School, 1905
#32 First Catholic Church, 1900s
#33 First Presbyterian Church in Vancouver, 1909
#34 Franklin High School, 1904
#35 The Lindley family stands outside the G.W. Lindley home in Vancouver, Washington, 1900s
#36 General View of the Vancouver Railroad Bridge, 1907
#37 Genery Blacksmith Shop, 1909
#38 A view of the exterior of the Grant House in Vancouver, 1900s
#39 The Grant House as the Officer’s Club on Officer’s Row at the Vancouver Barracks, 1900s
#40 Hannah Jewett Home, 1900s
#41 The exterior of the Harmony Methodist Episcopal Church, Vancouver, 1900s
#42 A class photo taken outside of Harney School in Vancouver, 1909
#43 Hop Gold Brewery Float, 1901
#44 Horse and Carriage at Bagley Downs Race Track, 1909
#45 Horse stables possibly at the Vancouver Barracks, 1909
#46 The exterior of the Hotel Columbia in Vancouver, Washington, 1900s
#47 House with Wooden Sidewalks in Vancouver, 1900s
#48 The exterior of L.A.’s Boarding House located at 511 West 9th Street in Vancouver, 1900s
#49 John Crass (in white shirt) walking out horses with a helper at a livery stable located at 214 West 4th Street in Vancouver, 1900s
#50 The exterior of the Log Cabin Tavern located at 502 Main Street in Vancouver, 1900s
#51 M Company of the 14th Infantry and band assembled at the Vancouver Barracks, 1900s
#52 Men stand before a blacksmiths shop with pipes and conduits off to the side, 1904
#53 Metcalf Home located on 23rd Street Markle Avenue, 1907
#54 Two wagons pulled by mule teams being driven down a muddy road in front of a store building, 1909
#55 Railroad workers sitting on the North Abutment during the construction of the Vancouver Railroad Bridge, 1907
#56 A view of Officer’s Row at the Vancouver Barracks looking west with the houses on the right, 1909
#57 Orchards-Sifton Street Car, 1908
#58 Overview of Main Street Vancouver Washington, 1909
#59 The Palace of Sweets cigar store located at 809 Main Street in Vancouver, 1902
#60 Palace Theater located at 605 Main Street in Vancouver, 1909
#61 Street paving on the corner of 11th Street and Franklin Street, 1909
#62 Pittock & Leadbetter Lumber Company, 1909
#63 Pittock & Leadbetter Lumber Company, 1909
#64 Pittock & Leadbetter Lumber Company Saw Mill, 1909
#65 Vancouver Island, 1902
#66 Military marching band parading down a street in Vancouver, Washington in 1906.
#67 Barclay Sound, Vancouver Island, 1902
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this photo above is about Vancouver Island, Canada – wrong place. And the one below.
