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1956::Prospect Point in Stanley Park, British Columbia

Writer's picture: Papertown StationPapertown Station

Updated: Dec 26, 2024

An artist's view of Vancouver's North Shore from Stanley Park.


1956::Watercolour Artwork for Brooke Bond Tea Advertisement Featuring Vancouver's Prospect Point

"1956::Watercolour Artwork for Brooke Bond Tea Advertisement Featuring Vancouver's Prospect Point"

Artist: Sidney Arnold Barron (1917-2006)

Ad Clip: The Illustrated London News (1956)

London, England


The towering span of the Lion's Gate Bridge reaches out to Vancouver's developing North Shore in this advertisement for Brooke Bond Tea (P.G. Tips), once the world's largest tea company whose little red mobile tea vans appeared in parks around the globe.


1956::Brooke Bond Tea Advertisement

"1956::Brooke Bond Tea Advertisement"

Ad Clip: The Illustrated London News (1956)

London, England


Sidney A. Barron was a well-known Canadian artist and editorial cartoonist from Vancouver Island whose popular work entertained readers in newspapers and magazines nationwide for many decades.



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