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Group studio portrait

Group studio portrait showing left to right: (standing): William Davidson and John Davidson; (seated): Annie Davidson, Jean Davidson and Mrs. W. Davidson

Group portrait

Group portrait

Collector/curator's description reads: “1943, Vancouver. Portrait of the Jurincic family, a Croatian Canadian family. Left to right: Nikola (Nick); Nikola the father; Helen (later to be known as Helen Van Pykstra); Katarina the mother (nee Domijan); and Mary (later to be known as Mary Crema). The mother and two daughters are all clutching purses.”

Inscription on verso of photograph lists, from left to right: "Arthur [Baker?], Paul [Yull], Katherine [Baker Yull], Mamma, Papa, Myself - Edith [Baker]"

Collector/curator's description reads: “C. 1944, Vancouver. Keen Family photo. Front row from left to right: Kay Keen, Mon Ho (Lui) Keen, Donna Wong (the baby), Chew Keen and Beatrice (Keen) Wong. Back row from left to right: Harry Keen, Charlie Keen and Billy Keen.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1944, Vancouver. Photo of John Kirincich and his mother Anica.”.

Item is a photograph of families using the outdoor swimming pool at Kitsilano Beach. The photograph is taken from the pathway above the pool to the south, looking north down into the pool area. The showboat stage and diving platform are visible, and beyond the pool English Bay and Stanley Park can be seen.

Item is a photograph of families using the outdoor swimming pool at Kitsilano Beach. The photograph is taken from near the southwest end of the pool, looking northeast. A diving tower and pier into the pool can be seen, and beyond the pool, across English Bay, Kitsilano Beach and the bathhouse is visible, with Hotel Vancouver and the Vancouver Block clock tower visible in the far background.

Item is a photograph of families using the outdoor swimming pool at Kitsilano Beach. The photograph is taken from near the southwest end of the pool, looking east. The showboat stage and a pier into the pool can be seen, and beyond the pool Kitsilano Beach and the bathhouse is visible, with Hotel Vancouver, the Vancouver Block clock tower, and the Burrard Street Bridge visible in the far background.

Item is a photograph of families using the outdoor swimming pool at Kitsilano Beach. The photograph is taken from near the southwest end of the pool, looking east. The showboat stage, diving platform, and a pier into the pool can be seen, and beyond the pool Kitsilano Beach and the bathhouse is visible.

Item is a photograph of the showboat stage at the outdoor swimming pool at Kitsilano Beach. The photograph is taken from a position above the pool to the south, looking north down into the pool area. The diving platform and people using the pool are also visible, and beyond the pool English Bay and Stanley Park can be seen.

Collector/curator's description reads: “1936, Vancouver. Standing photo of Klimec family along with friends and relatives. Left to right: friend Nina (surname unknown), mother Juliana Klimec, Helen Klimec, father Alexsander Klimec, Nellie Klimec, and Walter Rudyka (cousin to Juliana). Alexsander had immigrated to Canada in 1929 and saved for several years to bring over his family from Poland. This photo was taken shortly after the family was reunited. About two years later, Alexsander would die in a work-related accident in March 1938. This was one of about three photos taken that day at Yucho Chow Studio to celebrate the reunion.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1937/38, Vancouver. Black and white studio photo that was last family photo taken before Alexsander Klimec's accidental death at a sawmill in March 1938. L to R - Alexsander Klimec (34); Nellie Klimec (11); Helen Klimec (14); and Juliana Klimec (34). Alexsander had immigrated to Canada in 1929. He worked and saved for several years to bring over his wife and two daughters. The family was finally reunited in 1936.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1937, Vancouver. Photo of Polish Canadians. L to R - Nellie Klimec (11): Juliana Klimec (34); Alexsander Klimec (34); Mr. Klodun (friend of Alexsander's); Walter Rudyka (cousin of Juliana); and Helen Klimec (14). This was the last photo of the Klimec family before Alexsander Klimec's accidental death at a sawmill in March 1938. Alexsander had immigrated to Canada in 1929. He worked and saved for several years to bring over his wife and two daughters. The family was finally reunited in 1936.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1936, Vancouver. The Klimec family. Left to right: Helen Klimec, Mother Juliana Klimec, Father Alexsander and Nellie Klimec. Alexander had immigrated to Canada in 1929 and saved for several years to bring over his family from Poland. This photo was taken shortly after the family was reunited. About two years later, Alexsander would die in a work-related accident in March 1938. This was one of about three photos taken that day at Yucho Chow Studio to celebrate the reunion.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1940, Vancouver. Full standing portrait photo of sisters Helen Klimec (17) and Nellie Klimec (14). Helen would later be known as Helen Zesko.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1940, Vancouver. Colourized photo of the Juliana Klimec family with relatives and friends. (Back Row L to R) - Helen Klimec (17); Nick Jaskow (family friend); and Nellie Klimec (14); (Front Row L to R) - Walter Rudyka (Juliana's cousin); Juliana Klimec (37) holding Nettie Klimec (2); and Eva Klimec (Juliana's cousin). Photo was taken about two years after the death of Juliana's husband, Alexsander Klimec. He has immigrated from Poland around 1929 and died in a sawmill accident in March 1938 at the age of 35.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1939, Vancouver. Photo of the Klimec family. Left to right: Helen; Mother Juliana; Nettie (seated on lap) and Nellie. Their father, Alexsander Klemic, had arrived from Poland in 1929. He saved for several years to bring his wife and two daughters over to the Canada. The family was finally reunited in 1936 and the occasion was celebrated with several photos taken at Yucho Chow Studio. A year later, Alexsander was killed in a work-related accident at a sawmill. Juliana was pregnant at the time with her youngest, Nettie.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1946, Vancouver. Photo of the Klimec family with others. (Back Row L to R) - Nellie Klimec, David Zesko, Helen (nee Klimec) Zesko. (Front Row L to R) - Steve Martinovich (family friend), Nettie Klimec, Juliana Klimec.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1950, Vancouver. Photo of three generations of the Ko Family of Victoria. Back row, left to right: Back row from left to right: Andrew Ko, John Ko, Matthew Ko and Peter Ko. Front row area their wives sitting in front of their husbands: Elizabeth, Ida, the old gentleman is Simon Ko Bong (the patriarch), Bessie, and Hazel. The children belong to son Matthew and Bessie. From left to right. From left to right Valerie (#2); Velma (#3); Russell (#4); and Virginia (#1, the oldest).”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1946, Vancouver. Photo of the Petar and Dragica Kosovic family. (L-R) Robert Kosovic, Petar Kosovic, Mary Kosovic (standing), Tilly Kosovic (sitting), Dragica Kosovic, Rose Kosovic. Mary (centre) had just started a job at the meat packing plant and bought a custom-made brown pin-striped suit from Modernize Tailors.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1948, Vancouver. Photo of the Kosovic family. (Left to right): Rose, Petar, Tully, Robert, Dragica and Mary Car.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1940s, Vancouver. Studio photo of a father and son: Lai Wing (left) and Lai Tin Yew. Wing worked on the railroad and later opened a barber shop in Chinatown. His son, Tin Yew, worked in sawmills and then ran Yip Hong Yuen bakery in Chinatown until his retirement.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1928, Vancouver. The Lai Family. The names of the individuals are no longer remembered. However, the older woman in the photo was once a child house servant to Vancouver Chinatown businessman Goon Ling Dang. When she came of age, the Goon family arranged for her to be married. She married the oldest gentleman in this photo, whose surname is Lai, and they moved to Barkville [Barkerville?]. This photo would have been taken during a visit to Vancouver and likely given as a gift to the Goon Ling Dang family as it was found in their family archives.”

Group portrait

L.D. Taylor is on the left.

Individuals identified are, from left to right: Edith Cooley Baker, Fannie Cooley Chandler, Eva Cooley McAlvay, Kate Taylor Cooley, Edgar Louis Cooley, Adaline Cooley Kessler, Eugene Frank Cooley, Frank Eugene Cooley, Louis Denison [L.D.] Taylor and Elizabeth Cooley McKibbin.

Photograph shows (from left to right): Ted Taylor, L.D. Taylor. Ken Taylor, and George Fowler.

Photograph shows Mary Louise Taylor with her arms around L.D. Taylor (left) and Ted Taylor.

Photograph shows Mary Louise Taylor with her arms around L.D. Taylor (left) and Ted Taylor.

Collector/curator's description reads: “C. 1940, Vancouver. Photo of Linda (Eng) Lee (b. 1905) on the right, and her daughter Ella Lee (b. 1924). People often mistook the mother and daughter for sisters. The photo was taken on Ella's 16th birthday. Ella later married Randy Mah and became known as Ella Mah. The photo has been handpainted.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1922, Vancouver. Photo of Lew Hoy Moy Sue (also known as Mrs. Ging Lew) and her eldest son, Yue Wing Lew who was born March 30, 1921.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Late 1930s, Vancouver. Family photo of Lew Hoy Moy (also known as Mrs. Ging Lew) with her children. Left to right: Violet Lew (later known as Violet Wong); oldest son Yue Wing Lew (also known as Wing Lew); and Yue Gong (George) Lew. Violet would operate Nicola drycleaners in Vancouver's westend and then leave for a life in the interior of British Columbia. Wing would also own and operate a laundry and drycleaning business called Lew's Cleaners.”

Group portrait

Item is a photograph showing [Winnifred Eng and her family].

Item is a photograph showing Lillian, Nellie, Winnie Jr. and Winnifred Eng.