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2013.111.002

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FOUNDATIONS OF THE 72nd REGIMENT, 1910-1914

Fondation du 72e régiment, 1910-1914

First Annual Inspection of the 72nd Seaforths, 12 August, 1911

First Annual Inspection of the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders on the Cambie Street Grounds in front of the Beatty Street Armoury on 12 August, 1911. They were inspected by Colonel Wadmore. The 72nd Regiment is marching by and there is a photographer and another civilian holding a Union Jack flag on the parade square. In the background is the World Building at 100 West Pender under construction. Also in the background are the Hall & Wallace Carriage Works and the Robertson and Godson Company. In corner is photographers number 6436 and named Bullen and Lamb. Larwill Park, also known as the Cambie Street Grounds, was a park and sporting field in downtown Vancouver. Currently a parking lot, the site was also the location of the bus depot of Pacific Coach Stage Lines and Greyhound Bus Lines from World War II to the mid-1990s, when it was demolished. The park was bounded by Cambie, Dunsmuir, Beatty and Georgia Streets, the former park occupied a whole city block and was laid out at the time of the CPR Townsite survey in the early 1880s. It was Vancouver's second sporting grounds, the first being on Brockton Point in Stanley Park, and was used for all kinds of sports. A house on the corner of the lot was occupied by an Alfred Larwill ("Al" or "Fred") who good-naturedly stored all kinds of game equipment in his toolshed and allowed team members to use his dining room for a dressing room.
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