It appears that the draft artwork that Cosette did for us last spring has finally been posted online. Here are the three ads that mocked up for us and you can visit this site to see what some of the commentary has been on this potential campaign.Generally positive reaction, which is nice to see, with [...]
The Vancouver Police Department’s Annual Reports had, until the 1960s, short descriptions, usually only a paragraph long, of many of the big crimes, murders and suicides that had occurred during the year. These descriptions were thumbnail sketches of the passions and pains that drive humans to commit such acts. Extreme poverty, drug addiction, drunkenness and [...]
Tags: history · suicide · Vancouver · vpd Annual Report
Movie stars! High society! Theft! San Quentin penitentiary! Europe! The USA! The Orient! Oh, and Vancouver… This case had it all. And the Vancouver Police Department helped to crack it. The 1940 Vancouver City Police Department Annual Report outlined a case with all the drama and sexiness of a Hollywood movie pitch. First, the set-up: [...]
Tags: historical crime · research · robbery
