ben bradley
@benbradleyca.bsky.social
cultural & environmental historian. #bchist and #cdnhist and #envhist. landscape, mobilities, public pasts, fordism, tourism, parks, infrastructure, rowdies, fruit stands, seasonality, 1970+, etc.
"nobody expects canadian confederation!"
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"nobody expects canadian confederation!"
this looks like a job for...
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
this looks like a job for...
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
david michelson is now discussing the long-running challenges of modern communications in the canadian arctic. need to understand what has and (too often) hasnt worked in the past, to have a good picture of situation today and plan for future
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
david michelson is now discussing the long-running challenges of modern communications in the canadian arctic. need to understand what has and (too often) hasnt worked in the past, to have a good picture of situation today and plan for future
david foord comparing the # and % data on canadian telegraph and telephone use, against advertising for the latter industry, to trace the transition and normalization of these technologies.
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
david foord comparing the # and % data on canadian telegraph and telephone use, against advertising for the latter industry, to trace the transition and normalization of these technologies.
very interesting talk on the materiality of north american telephony by @mfeagan.bsky.social! 🌲📞
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
very interesting talk on the materiality of north american telephony by @mfeagan.bsky.social! 🌲📞
hey my uncle was a faller for bell pole!
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
hey my uncle was a faller for bell pole!
minivans were about getting rad in the early 80s...
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
minivans were about getting rad in the early 80s...
looking for bird courses?
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
looking for bird courses?
very pleased to learn from the latest "friends of the bc archives" newsletter that my ba thesis supervisor jack little was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university of new brunswick (@discoverunb.bsky.social) a couple weeks ago!
#cdnhist
#cdnhist
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
very pleased to learn from the latest "friends of the bc archives" newsletter that my ba thesis supervisor jack little was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university of new brunswick (@discoverunb.bsky.social) a couple weeks ago!
#cdnhist
#cdnhist
i had no idea that bc's history of goat-themed roadside attractions extends back to the interwar years and the "el bar ranch" on the pacific highway in surrey.
oppositethecity.wordpress.com/2014/08/13/a...
searcharchives.vancouver.ca/el-bar-ranch...
#bchist #cdnhist @jmcelroy.bsky.social 🚙🐐📷
oppositethecity.wordpress.com/2014/08/13/a...
searcharchives.vancouver.ca/el-bar-ranch...
#bchist #cdnhist @jmcelroy.bsky.social 🚙🐐📷
November 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
i had no idea that bc's history of goat-themed roadside attractions extends back to the interwar years and the "el bar ranch" on the pacific highway in surrey.
oppositethecity.wordpress.com/2014/08/13/a...
searcharchives.vancouver.ca/el-bar-ranch...
#bchist #cdnhist @jmcelroy.bsky.social 🚙🐐📷
oppositethecity.wordpress.com/2014/08/13/a...
searcharchives.vancouver.ca/el-bar-ranch...
#bchist #cdnhist @jmcelroy.bsky.social 🚙🐐📷
there were also halloween riots in toronto, kingston, and prince george in this period, but the one in north van generated a lot of commentary and analysis from an array of experts and interested parties. plus lots of letters to the editor in following days and weeks...
#bchist #cdnhist
#bchist #cdnhist
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
halloween was a riot in north vancouver bc in 1967.
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
halloween was a riot in north vancouver bc in 1967.
hello from scholars of commemoration (and bears) in canada
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
hello from scholars of commemoration (and bears) in canada
i was oh so excited to have (seemingly) landed a long-sought-after bella coola bc pennant yesterday evening... only to have it snatched away today! alas, woe, etc. i suppose at least i know they exist now.
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
i was oh so excited to have (seemingly) landed a long-sought-after bella coola bc pennant yesterday evening... only to have it snatched away today! alas, woe, etc. i suppose at least i know they exist now.
never been to philly, but recognized (parts of) the building instantly!
October 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
never been to philly, but recognized (parts of) the building instantly!