Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1938, Vancouver. Photo of the Antonia Barazzuol Family and her children. Antonia Barazzuol (seated, centre) came to Canada from Italy in 1910 with her husband Antonio. He died in 1929 while working at the Clayburn Brick Factory in Abbotsford. The family lived at 526 Union St. until moving to Abbotsford in 1919. In 1929, the family moved to 633 Atlantic St and she lived there until her passing in 1967. Standing (left to right): Emily, Peter, Emilio and Joe. Seated (left to right): Clarice, Antonia, Mary.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1943, Vancouver. Photo of Emilio and Alice Barazzuol (nee Busch) and their 14-month-old son John. The family lived at 633 Atlantic Street.”

Item is an amateur film documenting various family events, including the wedding of Barbara Spencer to Laurence Norman Bruce in Kelowna, B.C. 28 April 1961. Other events include waterskiing, a helicopter ride over the Lion's Gate Bridge, fishing, and another wedding.

Item is a film containing home movie sequences including children playing with toys in front of a Christmas tree, family shots near a house, knitting, playing cards, backyard wading pool, and family in a park area.

Item is a film showing various home movie scenes with the McCuaig family members and dog (Jocko) at home and at the cabin with friends, new Valiant convertible, Vincent Kendan McCuaig flying a plane, over the cabin and later over Seattle, Ucluelet and Tofino, moving to new home at 5078 Marguerite Street, Patricia McCuaig's debut at the Military Ball in 1966, water skiing and fishing.

Item is a film showing a toddler [Becky] playing in a yard, Christmas scenes with children opening presents and dinner, playing in the snow, view of a pond and Siwash Rock in Stanley Park, a birdcage and relay races and games in a school yard.

Item is a film showing family leisure activities in the backyard of a house including kicking a ball around, dogs, people sitting in lawn chairs and family with a baby.

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa mid to late 1940s, Vancouver. Frank and Helen Bodlak (nee Lis) were married in Pleszew, Poland. Frank came to Canada in 1927 and at first worked on farms on the prairies. Upon coming to BC he worked in a coal mine in Squamish and later at Eburne Sawmill for many years until his retirement. Helen joined Frank in Canada in 1929. Their first child, my father Stanley, was born in Vancouver in 1930, and their daughter Jean in 1934. Helen was primarily a homemaker, but was also employed for a time in the kitchen at the White Spot restaurant in Vancouver's Marpole area at 67th and Granville, where Stan worked as a carhop. The family never lived in or particularly near Vancouver's Strathcona area. One of their residences was located at 6 East 14th Avenue in Vancouver in approx. 1943, when Stan was in Grade 8. They also lived for a time in a house in the 2800-block of West 37th Avenue. For a relatively short time they lived at 428 Bridgeport Road in Richmond (where Aunty Jean tells me they had chickens and a cow named Molly). From Richmond they moved back to Vancouver, to the Marpole area, where Jean attended David Lloyd George Elementary School. The last house that Frank and Helen lived in for many years until Frank's death in 1991 (Helen predeceased him in 1988) was at 181 West 46th Avenue, Vancouver.
For the early years of their schooling, both Stan and Jean attended a Catholic elementary school in Vancouver (I believe it was St Patrick's). As teenagers, they attended Point Grey and Magee Secondary Schools in Vancouver. Jean married Frank Brach (pronounced ‘Brock’), who came to Canada from Poland following World War II, in approximately 1948. They were married in 1952, and shortly thereafter moved to Powell River, BC, where Frank worked as a welder at the local pulp mill. There they raised three sons, Ken, Gerry and Steven. Frank is now deceased, but Jean and two of her sons (Gerry and Steven) still reside in Powell River with their own families. Ken lives in Victoria, BC. Jean Brach now has 9 great-grandchildren. Stan married Joan Shirley Rees in Vancouver where they raised two daughters (Karen b. 1957) and Corinne (b. 1962). Both girls attended and graduated from Point Grey Secondary School, in 1975 and 1980 respectively. Stan had a long career in social work in Vancouver, with the Children's Aid Society and later with the BC Provincial Ministry responsible for child welfare, where he became a district supervisor. Early in his social work career, Stan was employed for a time in the Kamloops area (where his daughter Corinne was born), before moving back to Vancouver in 1964.
Jean does not have a clear recollection of exactly what year the family was photographed by Yucho Chow, or whether the portrait was taken in honour of a special event or occasion (although it could quite possibly have been to commemorate Stan's high school graduation). This would have been a significant achievement to Frank and Helen, as neither of them had much schooling in Poland beyond the first few elementary grades. They were very proud that Stan continued his education and eventually earned a Master’s degree in Social Work at UBC.”

Item is a film containing footage of the Chin family collecting driftwood at the beach, views from aboard the ferry and of the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, a gathering of the Gee How Oak Tin association in the Chin Wing Chun building, exterior shots of storefronts on the 500 block of Main street, vacation footage in Yoho Park, Lake Louise and Roger's Pass and scenes in the Alpine Aqua canning factory.

Photograph shows the women and girls of the Davidson family on the front steps

Item is an amateur film documenting the Second Narrows Bridge, showing the vertical lift span, a group travelling by boat, and men (including Col. Victor Spencer and possibly Bryan Guinness) looking at cars and boarding a train. Film also documents Isabell Louise and Gertrude Spencer with Elizabeth Ann, approximately one year of age.

Collector/curator's description reads: “1938, Vancouver. Photograph of the Burns family. Left to right: Natara Singh Burns (born 1907) and holding baby Davinder ‘Mindry’; Bhaghleant ‘Bonto’; Ajeet ‘Doc’; and mother Chanana Kour Burns. Natara came to Canada around 1921. He worked as a sawmill labourer and owner, but also as a priest in Abbotsford. The couple spent their later years in Lake Cowichan and there is a little street named after Natara called Natara Place.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa mid 1940s, Vancouver. Photo of the Busch family. Front row (left to right): Alice Barazzuol; John Busch; Caroline Busch; Agnes Busch. Back row (left to right); Jake Busch; Ed Busch; Albert Busch; Johnny Busch; and Clarence Busch.”

Item is a sponsored production produced by Yaletown Productions for the Canadian Coast Guard and Transport Canada.

The adults in the photograph are, from left to right: Mrs. Florence K.L.G. Caple, Norman Caple, and Percy Caple. The infant in the woman's lap is Montague G. Caple, and the child in the straw hat is Leonard Caple. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Group portrait of the family surrounded by twelve different scenic views

Group portrait

Group portrait showing Annie (nee Frost) and Minnie and Mabel

Collector/curator's description reads: “1945, Vancouver. Photo of the Car family. (L-R) Mirko Car, Joey Car, Milka Car and Mary Car (on lap).”

Studio portrait.

Studio portrait.

Individuals identified in the photograph are:
Front row (L-R): Muriel Mary Chambers, George Rhodes Chambers, Bessie Henrietta Chambers and Pearl Elva Chambers
Back row (L-R): Claude Rhodes Chambers, Rupert Rhodes Chambers and Bernard Rhodes Chambers

Individuals identified in the photograph are:
Front row (L-R): George Rhodes Chambers, Rupert Rhodes Chambers and Bessie Henrietta Chambers
Back row (L-R): Pearl Elva Chambers, Claude Rhodes Chambers, Bernard Rhodes Chambers and Muriel Mary Chambers

Collector/curator's description reads: “1915, Vancouver. Photo of Chan Quay and his wife, Lam Shee, along with their children. Front row (left to right): Git Sen (Lillian) Chan; Lam Shee; Chan Quay; and Nai Wing Chan. Back row (left to right): Nai Quong Chan and Keng Sen (Mary) Chan. Chan Quay Family. Chan Quay, shown here with his family in 1915, decided not to stay in Canada. He paid the head tax and arrived in Victoria in 1896. For years he successfully operated [Wo] Sang Merchant Tailor shops first in Victoria and then in Vancouver. Quay also was very active in his clan society and led the efforts to construct the Chin Wing Chun Tong society building on Pender Street. However, something drew him back to China. In 1928, he sold the tailor shop and left for China with his wife and two youngest children. He died in China in 1940. Lillian Chan Mah Collection (99).”

Group portrait in a park

Group portrait on a beach.

Group portrait on a beach.

Group portrait in a park

Group portrait in a park

Group portrait in a park

Group portrait

Group portrait