In 1940, 3446 Dunbar Street is Sunrise Cleaners; its name section adds two people here under other surnames.
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- 2
- people the 1940 directory lists here, all named in the book
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- Sunrise Cleanersp. 44
Also at this address
- Two more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Dunbar Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 3446 Dunbar Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); next door, 3444 still has its building from before 1946, one of two on the block.
The 3400 block in 1940
Dunbar Street between West 18th and West 19th Avenues, Dunbar-Southlands: 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.
Dunbar Street, the 3400 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)
West side, odd numbers
East side, even numbers
- 3408Three Smart Girls Beauty Salon +1rebuilt
- 3432Vance Fstands
- 3434Boothman A Jgone
- 3444Pt Grey Bkystands
- 3446Sunrise Clnrsgone
- 3456Odd Bkystands
- 3458Sterling Food Mktsgone
- 3468B&K Economygone
- 3470Jersey Dairy +1gone
- 3480Rose Beauty Shoppe +1gone
- 3482Paramount Shoe Reprgone
- 3494Ridgewell Lending Lib +1gone
- 3496Young Brosgone
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3446 Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/3446-dunbar, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 3446 Dunbar Street
Every directory, as one book
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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.