1455 West Broadway

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1455 West Broadway is Thomas Block, with four suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists six people here: Mrs Molly Dickey; Edith Donkersley, a seamstress for A Errico; and four others. It lists three more people here under other surnames too.

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9: people the 1940 directory lists here, three of them named in the book
Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

Thomas Blockapartmentsp. 17
Mrs M Dickeysuite 1p. 17
Miss E Donkersleysuite 2p. 17
E C Trumpersuite 3p. 17
E J Trumpersuite 4p. 17

The household

Mrs Molly Dickeyhouseholder · suite 1p. 159
Edith Donkersleya seamstress for A Errico · householder · suite 2p. 165
Edgar C Trumpera compositor at the Sun · householder · suite 3p. 619
Edgar J Trumpera compositor at the Sun · householder · suite 4p. 619

Also under the Dickey name

Ross Dickeya salesman at Safeway · lives here · suite 1p. 159
June Trumperlives here · suite 4p. 619

Also at this address

Three more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

West Broadway is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST BROADWAY

Names

The lines for 1455 West Broadway in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address.

The building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1455 West Broadway, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 1421, seven doors along on the same side, one of two left on the block.

The 1400 block in 1940

West Broadway between Hemlock and Granville Streets, Fairview: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.

West Broadway, the 1400 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)

North side, odd numbers

South side, even numbers

The 1400 block of West Broadway

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1455 West Broadway, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1455-west-broadway, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.