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Luchak - Mary wtih family 1935

Luchak - Mary wtih family 1935

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1935, Vancouver. Photo of a Ukrainian immigrant family: Mary Luchak (seated on the left); with her children. Back (left to right) Nick and John; and her two daughters, Helen (standing) and Doris (seated).”

Dragan and Pernerowska families 1917

Dragan and Pernerowska families 1917

Collector/curator's description reads: “C. 1917, Vancouver. Photo of brothers Walter (far left) and Michael Dragan (second from left) with their Uncle (Alex Pernerowska) and their cousin Pearl Pernerowska. This same day another photo was taken but just of the two Dragan brothers.”

Dragan - Oleni and Alex - 1918

Dragan - Oleni and Alex - 1918

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1917, Vancouver. Oleni and Alex Dragan. They were Ukrainian but in the 1911 Canada, they would claim the family was from Galacia (then part of the Austria - Hungarian Empire) and that their ethnic group was Ruthenian and Greek Orthodox religion. Galacia covered an area of Poland, Romania, and Ukraine. They would have three children: Michael, Walter and James. Although the photo records suggests that James died in childhood.”

[Christmas]

[Christmas]

Item is an amateur film documenting a Spencer family Christmas gathering. Film documents Gertrude Spencer and a baby, likely Andrea Ellen Spencer. Film also documents Peggy Spencer and others in party hats, and people with tennis raquets.

Teaparty at McCleery for Cridland [the local furniture maker]

Teaparty at McCleery for Cridland [the local furniture maker]

Item filed under People and customs. Charles Cridland, left living at the time nearby on Marine Drive, had just delivered a new maple burl table to Fitgerald and Mary McCleery, seated on the right. Quite a lot of the house was furnished by this man. Others in the photo are Emma Wood, with guitar, a neice of Mary's who was given a camera used to record several events appearing in this book, Theodora McCleery, who inherited Sam's eastern farm at Angus Land and later married Harry Logan; John B. McCleery, widower of brother of Sam and Fitzgerald and grandfather of Betty McQueen; Tina Wood, niece-in-law of Mary's known for getting out of doing chores whenever possible; seated is Greta, daughter of Fitzgerald and who later managed the farm; Jennie McCleery, youngest daughter of John who proved to be a godsend; Aunt Lizzie, eldest daughter of John; and seated in the middle, Mary and Fitzgerald McCleery with Ross, son on Tina. Courtesy Betty McQueen.