What Vancouver, WA looked like in the 1900s Through Fascinating Historical Photos

#1 Vancouver Streetcars, 1908

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#2 Arnada School, 1900s

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#3 Bolton’s Meat Market Located at 706 Washington Street in Vancouver, 1909

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#4 Carleton Foster Bond Collection, 1900s

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#5 13th Street, Vancouver, 1900s

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#6 21st Street Vancouver, 1900s

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#7 A class photo taken outside of Harney School in Vancouver, 1909

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#8 Archaeological Dig Site, 1900s

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#9 A group of men during the construction of the Vancouver Railroad Bridge, 1907

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#10 Augustas High Home, 1900s

Ida V. High stands with a bicycle and a cat in front of the Augustas High home located in the area of Fruit Valley. The house was built in 1892.

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#11 The A.M. Blaker home located at 408 W. 9th Street in Vancouver, 1904

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#12 Boats and a Section of the Vancouver Bridge, 1907

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#13 Construction site for the building of the Vancouver Railroad Bridge, 1907

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#14 Burrows Grocery located east of the Vancouver Barracks on 10th near X Street, 1908

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#15 Captain Baldwin’s Dirigible, 1905

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#16 School children in class at Central School in Vancouver, Washington, 1908

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#17 A centrifugal pump at work at the Vancouver Railroad Bridge construction site, 1907

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#18 A train at a depot in Vancouver, 1901

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#19 Clark General Hospital with cars parked out front, 1900s

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#20 Parade float for Daniel F. Doherty Plumbing, Heating & Tinning Company located at 117 East 5th Street in Vancouver, 1900s

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#21 A derrick and a mule at the Vancouver Railroad Bridge construction site, 1907

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#22 East 22nd Street Vancouver, 1900s

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#23 The Edwin A. McNeal Home located on Mill Plain near Garrison and East 10th Street in Vancouver, 1900s

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#24 Fairview School, 1905

Teacher and students of the Fairview School pose for a photo outside the school building.

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#25 General View of the Vancouver Railroad Bridge, 1907

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#26 Genery Blacksmith Shop, 1909

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#27 A view of the exterior of the Grant House in Vancouver, 1900s

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#28 Hannah Jewett Home, 1900s

Hannah Jewett and Elsie Jewett stand in front of the Jewett residence located at 102 East 16th Street. The home was torn down in 1968.

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#29 The exterior of the Harmony Methodist Episcopal Church, Vancouver, 1900s

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#30 Railroad workers sitting on the North Abutment during the construction of the Vancouver Railroad Bridge, 1907

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#31 A view of Officer’s Row at the Vancouver Barracks looking west with the houses on the right, 1909

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#32 Orchards-Sifton Street Car, 1908

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#33 School for Defective Youth, 1909

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#34 Vancouver-Portland Ferry across Columbia River, 1906

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#35 Charley Ross & two others, Dodger’s Cover, Barclay Sound, Vancouver, 1902

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#36 The exterior of a Washougal blacksmith shop, 1903

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#37 Brewery Saloon located at 1907 Washington Street in early Vancouver with the St. James Church at left in the background, 1907

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#38 A wedding at a Brush Prairie Baptist church, 1900s

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#39 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

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#40 First Catholic Church, 1900s

The exterior of the First Catholic Church in Vancouver, Washington. The church was built in 1845 by the Hudson's Bay Company, and was primarily made of logs.

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#41 First Presbyterian Church in Vancouver, 1909

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#42 Franklin High School, 1904

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#43 The Lindley family stands outside the G.W. Lindley home in Vancouver, Washington, 1900s

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#44 The Grant House as the Officer’s Club on Officer’s Row at the Vancouver Barracks, 1900s

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#45 Hop Gold Brewery Float, 1901

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#46 Horse and Carriage at Bagley Downs Race Track, 1909

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#47 Horse stables possibly at the Vancouver Barracks, 1909

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#48 The exterior of the Hotel Columbia in Vancouver, Washington, 1900s

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#49 House with Wooden Sidewalks in Vancouver, 1900s

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#50 The exterior of L.A.’s Boarding House located at 511 West 9th Street in Vancouver, 1900s

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#51 John Crass (in white shirt) walking out horses with a helper at a livery stable located at 214 West 4th Street in Vancouver, 1900s

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#52 The exterior of the Log Cabin Tavern located at 502 Main Street in Vancouver, 1900s

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#53 M Company of the 14th Infantry and band assembled at the Vancouver Barracks, 1900s

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#54 Men stand before a blacksmiths shop with pipes and conduits off to the side, 1904

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#55 Metcalf Home located on 23rd Street Markle Avenue, 1907

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#56 Two wagons pulled by mule teams being driven down a muddy road in front of a store building, 1909

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#57 Overview of Main Street Vancouver Washington, 1909

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#58 The Palace of Sweets cigar store located at 809 Main Street in Vancouver, 1902

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#59 Palace Theater located at 605 Main Street in Vancouver, 1909

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#60 Street paving on the corner of 11th Street and Franklin Street, 1909

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#61 Pittock & Leadbetter Lumber Company, 1909

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#62 Pittock & Leadbetter Lumber Company Saw Mill, 1909

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#63 Vancouver Island, 1902

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#64 Young Doctor and his canoe [for Captain Tozier] [Barclay Sound, Vancouver, 1903

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#65 Military marching band parading down a street in Vancouver, Washington in 1906.

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#66 Pittock & Leadbetter Lumber Company, 1909

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#67 Barclay Sound, Vancouver Island, 1902

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