Collector/curator's description reads: “July 22, 1945, Vancouver. Photo of a group of men and women dressed in cultural outfits with some of the women holding tambourines.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Vancouver, 1940s. Photo of seven women who were affiliated with the Federation for Russian Canadians.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1940s, Vancouver. Photo of unidentified women wearing sashes that read ‘Star of the FRC Picnic.’ FRC stood for Federation of Russian Canadians.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “May 25, 1944, Vancouver. Choir of Federation of Russian Canadian. The choir director was Demyan "Daniel" Wickristzuk (Vykristov) who is seated front row, centre. He also directed the Russian Youth Orchestra.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “August 1942, Vancouver. Photo was taken in front of the Federation of Russian Canadians' ‘First Russian Hall’ a rented hall at 533 East Georgia Street. The image shows boxes and supplies destined for Russia. The Canadian Aid to Russia Fund was started in 1941 to help Russia (then known as the Soviet Union or USSR) cope with the deprivations caused by Adolf Hitler's surprise invasion. This fund was affiliated with the Canadian Red Cross Society (CRCS) and worked closely with immigrant groups like Russians and Ukrainians. This photo appeared in the Vancouver Daily Province newspaper on 1942 August 18th (p.22). The photo caption read, ‘TO HELP RUSSIA.’ It states a shipment of 32 tons of supplies (clothes, shoes, food, medicines, medical supplies, soap and leather) was collected primarily through the efforts of the FRC Vancouver.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1942, Vancouver. Photo taken inside the Russian Hall showing a group of people involved in preparing relief supplies to send to the USSR during the Second World War.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Spring 1939, Vancouver. Russian Youth Orchestra. The orchestra was directed by Demyan "Daniel" Wickristzuk (Vykristov) who sits in the front row, centre. He immigrated to Canada from Odessa in 1914. Most of the youth in this photo would have immigrated with their parents to Canada in the 1920s. These families came from agricultural villages in regions which are now known as western Belarus or northwestern Ukraine. Russian was the common mother-tongue amongst these immigrants. Some Vancouver families had extended family members who had immigrated to the USA/Seattle. This photo was found in an envelope with a hand-written comment "Sunday, May 28, 1939. To be sent to Seattle where we expect to go on July 1st."

Collector/curator's description reads: “1950s, Vancouver. Photo of the Sivucha Family, a family of Russian descent. Back row, left to right: John Sivucha and Okcienia. Front row, left to right: Walter, Mary (16 years) and Lorraine. John arrived in Canada from Russia in the 1920s. His wife came in the 1930s. John worked in the shipyards and at Burrard Dry Dock. They lived at 847 Georgia Street. Their eldest daugther, Mary, worked as a secretary. Lorrian became a school teacher and their son Walter became a physician and practiced for 50 years in Coquitlam, B.C.”