Vancouver's largest pub

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Vancouver's largest pub

Date6/2/1976

Names

Lennon, Frank (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Vancouver's largest pub: About 1; 000 tankards of ale a day are being consumed at what Habitat Forum Organizers claim is the longest bar in Canada 204 feet. Here; bartenders Maida Lyth (left; background); Justin de Goutiere and Victor Mallia serve some of thousands of patrons who show up daily in former hangar of disused air base at Jericho Beach. It's not only source of cheap booze for delegates. A small liquor store sells at third of normal cost.

Subject

Conferences and Conventions

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0004991F

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