Durning found these extraordinary colourized photos by Mark Truelove here.

Arch at Stanley Park entrance around 1890
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Vancouver firefighters in 1915
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Morrow’s Coal and Ice Company on Main Street, Vancouver in 1931
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A streetcar accident in Vancouver in the 1940s
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VJ Day celebrations in Vancouver’s Chinatown in 1945
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Cafe Casa Loma in Vancouver in the 1940s













These are fabulous pictures. The Star Weekly sign is still up at 1921 Commercial Drive.
Totally awesome!
“Call to Morrow for your coal today”