The CPR’s SS Princess Marguerite passing under the Lions Gate Bridge, another postcard by Edward Goodall. Here’s a handsome colour image of the ship taken June 30, 1973. You can hear the sounds of her final voyage in this video clip as she pulls into Seattle on September 17, 1989: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzHtRgtupss

More from Historylink.org:

The SS Princess Marguerite, built in 1925, and the SS Princess Marguerite II, built in 1948, were the most famous of these small luxury liners. Tragically, in 1942, the Princess Marguerite, serving as a troop ship during World War II, was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by a German U-boat. Her successor, the Princess Marguerite II, was in service for 60 years under four different owners. At the end of her career, efforts to save the historic steamship for posterity proved unsuccessful and in 1996 she was sold for scrap metal. In March 1997, a former B.C. ferry, the M/V Queen of Burnaby, was renamed the Princess Marguerite III and put on the run between Seattle and Victoria, but the service was discontinued after three seasons. Ships carrying the name Princess Marguerite plied the waters between Seattle and Victoria for 74 years, becoming a part of Seattle’s waterfront scene. Her name has a permanent place in Pacific Northwest maritime history, evoking fond memories of favorite summertime cruises and vacations.

The ad where she was sold for scrap can be seen here.

Last week while browsing MacLeod’s Books, I saw this 1936 Golden Jubilee poster amongst the Vancouver ephemera pamphlets. The poster was printed by Bulman Bros. (BC Ltd.) Vancouver, Canada. There’s no artist credit for the poster, but I wonder if it might have been one of the three musketeers: Paul Goranson, Orville Fisher, or E.J. Hughes? It is extraordinarily theatrical, and quite imposing! I don’t have the wallspace for this, but surely someone here does! The poster was $40, although there was a second tattered copy for a bit less. 

This ceremonial commemorative style proclamation was repeated again in 1958 with this poster (photograph by Bob Kronbauer), which came with a book that was published for BC’s colonial centennial celebrations. Did anyone see anything similar for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee? Any one of our followers get a Diamond Jubilee medal?

Oh, and one more thing; I saw Claudia Cornwall speak at the West Van Library this week, and I highly recommend her new book on Kurt Lang. I’m mentioning a book on photography here because Claudia points out it was Kurt Lang who started the bookstore that would become MacLeod’s books! Check out the exhibit at SFU, and take note there’s a symposium on Curt Lang’s photography scheduled for Wednesday May 9, 2012 at 7pm. Room 1600, SFU Vancouver, 515 W. Hastings Street.

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Militant Moms of Raymur, Wednesday 6 January 1971

Concerned for the safety of their children, mothers from the Raymur Housing project in Strathcona lobbied to have a pedestrian overpass built so their children wouldn’t have to cross busy train tracks to get to Seymour Elementary School. After getting nowhere with the City and rail companies, the moms set up an encampment on the tracks and blocked rail traffic to the waterfront. To resolve the issue, the City was forced to build the Keefer Street overpass. For more on this story, check out Viaduct.

As far as I know, this image originally appeared in Open Road, an anarchist newspaper published in Vancouver from the late 1970s to the mid-80s.

Source: Only (A) Beginning: An Anarchist Anthology, via GraveWisdom

Images of Vancouver, an Ian McLeod poster, one of a series of vintage Vancouver posters offered on ebay, three of which I have already featured here at Illustrated Vancouver.

Vancouver Views Canada, a poster spotted for sale recently at the Treasure Cottage thrift store in Kerrisdale, 2319 41st Avenue. I can almost make out the artist’s name in the left hand corner, but there’s just not quite enough resolution. If anyone walks by, can they confirm who created the poster? If it actually does say M. Bender, 1996, I’m presuming that’s an alias? I do believe this framed poster is selling for $15, so check it out while you can!

Thanks for the tip, Richard!

A 1969 Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board poster, signed by McLachlan, published by Agency Press Ltd, Vancouver.

Tintin Expo 86 poster, from the Belgian pavilion. I am offering this poster for sale to any of my followers. Thanks to all those who expressed interest; a new home has been found for the poster!

Saltwater City by Carolina Becerra, Talent Pun, Nadia Chiu, Kat Cortes, one of seven posters from the exhibition By Any Other Name. Be sure to check out all the posters. Huge Props go to Working Format Design & Typography and the Emily Carr Alumni Association for putting this show on. I’ve been an advocate for ‘more poster power in transit’ for a long time!

The physical posters are on display in the Canada Lines’ Waterfront Station starting from October 2011. It has been conceived and curated by Working Format Design & Typography together with the Emily Carr Alumni Association [source]

Thanks for sending this over, Richard!

UPDATE: Excellent interview about this work over at VancouverIsAwesome.com

Poster for the Design*Sponge Vancouver Book Tour, illustrated by Julia Rothman. The event itself has quickly filled its RSVP quota, but I’m sure you could always wander by on the date of the event and soak up some of the new book ambiance!

Sea Otter by Hugh Alvin Ricks, one of a series of 4 paintings created for Vancouver’s 100th birthday in 1986. This is the only painting of the 4 which to my knowledge did not end up in Vancouver’s City Hall. Hugh Ricks was an American painter based in New Orleans, a favourite artist of the publishing company which commissioned the posters. The other posters in the series include Heritage by Michael Kluckner, City of the Century by Toni Onley, and Waterfront City by Jack Shadbolt. Paintings from this series have been tagged “centennial”. I’m very proud to have recently spotted a pristine copy of this poster for sale at the New Westminster Salvation Army!

In addition to this 100th anniversary poster series, another series of art posters was produced for Expo86. This included The Ovaltine Cafe, by Colette French, Girl in Motion by Robert Genn, a Daniel Izzard sunset, and one other painting (possibly an image of a totem pole? MK now recalls it was a view from Little Mountain of the city! Keep your eyes peeled, peeps!) If anyone spots that fourth Expo86 poster, I’d love to hear from you!

Hand screened, hand drawn Show Poster for Wolf Parade in Seattle by John Vogl at theBungaloo.com. The illustration is of Science World, from Expo 86, which is also the name of Wolf Parade’s new album. Seen via etsy.

Ovaltine Cafe, by Colette French, 1984. From the Discovery 86 poster series, affiliated with the British Columbia Pavilion at Expo 86 (Michael Kluckner recalls four posters produced specifically for Expo 86, two of which include this Robert Genn picture of a girl on a bicycle, and a Daniel Izzard sunset.) This poster was seen framed in the original Ovaltine Cafe at 249 East Hastings Street.

Vancouver, Canada’s Pacific Gateway; tourist brochure cover art by Cobb, which I’ve subsequently transformed into poster format here, from the VPL Special Collections SPE-NW-REF 971.133 V22V2252v1.

Illustrated Vancouver Map, 24” x 30”, digital print of an illustration by Marisa Midori aka Marisa Seguin, originally from Vancouver, now in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of her Here & There series as seen on etsy.

Girl in Motion, (a play on the theme of Expo 86 “Man in Motion”) a 24 x 30 acrylic on canvas by Robert Genn (the young girl depicting his daughter). Sold on the Expo 86 grounds among other places, it was made into two posters and a limited edition print, apparently one of the largest selling reproductions of its day. This poster followed a series of centennial posters printed for Vancouver’s 100th birthday. Happy birthday, Expo 86!