@thelani.bsky.social
pedestrian, mudlark, historian, proletarian, downtown eastsider, old bottle collector, writer, union member (cupe 5536), vancouverite, friend, addict, cyclist, cat owner, researcher, flaneur, and probably a few other things.
Also the location of one of Van's 1st barbershops. Hiram Scurry set up shop here after the Great Fire of 1886.
01.04.2025 13:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Bumper sticker that says "Less honkin' more tonkin'"
07.03.2025 23:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π’ Support the Drug Users Liberation Front (DULF)βοΈ
"This is a fight for science, compassion, and justice over stigma, cruelty, and negligence. With your help, we can ensure that life-saving strategies like safer supply are not just defended but expanded."
dulf.ca/dulf-aid-2/
Aqua whisky bottle cleaned up and embossed with "imperial pint"
16.01.2025 01:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My best Stanley Park mudlarking find of 2025: a pristine Mitchell's Old Irish Whisky bottle from Belfast from the 1890s or early 1900s.
16.01.2025 01:47 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 01910 photo postcard of the Hotel Dunsmuir.
1908 Province ad announcing the opening of Hotel Dunsmuir.
Recent photo of the decaying lobby of the Hotel Dunsmuir.
Photo showing buckling walls and roofing of Hotel Dunsmuir.
RIP Hotel Dunsmuir, demolition by neglect courtesy of the evil Holborn Group. www.instagram.com/p/DDugowuvaQ...
18.12.2024 16:55 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0harm reduction for christmas
10.12.2024 04:48 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Photo showing a 2-story red brick building with bay windows at 111 East Pender Street.
Laura Scott's brothel from 1903 to 1906. The last remaining purpose-built disorderly house in Chinatown.
05.12.2024 04:29 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 01908 news article about 4 sex trade workers being fined $25 each for wearing suggestive and improper costumes on the street.
Improper costumes, Vancouver News-Advertiser, July 19, 1908.
05.12.2024 04:27 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0FDR Demands More Arms --Harrisburg Telegraph, 5 Jan 1942
TWO IS ENOUGH FRANKLIN
03.12.2024 22:02 β π 107 π 10 π¬ 7 π 0A little bit. I do in the spot in this photo at low tide, and @fraserriverfinds.bsky.social does the Fraser River regularly. Some antique bottle hunters mudlark on occasion, but focus mainly on digging old dumps and construction sites.
25.11.2024 02:30 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@belshaw.bsky.social is here too
16.11.2024 05:44 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Here's my cat, Bellatrix. She's extremely shy and rarely allows photos, so my first post here is kind of a big deal.
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