Road Trip - Summer of '54: Amazing Trip Diary Through Vintage Photos of A Freelance Photographer
On July 31, 1954, freelance photographer Rosemary Gilliat and her girlfriends, Anna Brown, Audrey James and Helen Salkeld, packed up Helen's Plymouth station wagon and began their 12,391-kilometre road trip across Canada.
During the next 38 days, they crossed five provinces and four states, travelling through Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Washington, Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota, and returning to Ottawa on September 6.
Here is their amazing trip diary through 98 vintage photos.
Woman kneeling with bow and arrow in her hands. Archery in Stanley Park, August 20, 1954
View of the Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, August 20, 1954
Downtown Vancouver near the intersection of Granville and West Georgia Streets, British Columbia, August 20, 1954
Pipe band playing on ferry near Bowen Island, Howe Sound, British Columbia, August 21, 1954
Ferry at Bowen Island, Howe Sound, British Columbia, August 21, 1954
Woodfibre pulp mill, Howe Sound, British Columbia, August 21, 1954
Follow the link for the rest of the pictures, which includes ones that would be off-topic/outside Vancouver. In 1954, railways had passengers and the highways were made of mud