733 Powell Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 733 Powell Street is Western Weighing Co, with twelve suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists ten people here: George M Ejima, a driver; Sosuke Hatakeyama, a laborer at Powell Lumber; and eight others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: Mrs S Unenyo. Its name section lists one more person here under another surname too.

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

In 1940

The street section

13 linesWestern Weighing Co and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

George M Ejimaa driver · householder · suite 7p. 180
Sosuke Hatakeyamaa laborer at Powell Lumber · householder · suite 10p. 260
Kajiro Hikidaa chauffeur at Yama Taxi · householder · suite 11p. 272
Masaru Kumamotoa millworker · householder · suite 8p. 331
Niichi Matobahouseholder · suite 6p. 420
Kangiro Nagataa millworker · householder · suite 2p. 452
Katsushi Oikawaa laborer at Powell Lumber · householder · suite 4p. 469
Takejiro Tsuchiyaan edgerman · householder · suite 3p. 620
Kogiro Yamashitaa fisherman · householder · suite 5p. 678
Takao Yasudaa laborer · householder · suite 9p. 678

Only in the street section

Mrs S Unenyosuite 1p. 135

Also at this address

One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

Powell Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

The lines for 733 Powell Street 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 733 Powell Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 708, on the other side of the street, the only one on the block.

The 700 block in 1940

Powell Street between Heatley and Hawks Avenues, Strathcona: 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.

Powell Street, the 700 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 700 block of Powell Street

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733 Powell Street, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/733-powell, 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.