City of Vancouver Archives

[500 block of Carrall Street, looking north toward Pender Street]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-580
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows carts, pedestrians, and buildings along the street, including the Chinese Empire Reform Association of Canada.

[A float in a parade in Chinatown]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-457
Item
[ca. 1936]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[A float of acrobats in a parade in Chinatown]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-458
Item
[ca. 1936]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[A float of acrobats in a parade in Chinatown]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-455
Item
[ca. 1936]

Part of James Crookall fonds

A group of men reading notices posted on a wall in Chinatown

AM1663-: CVA 300-140
Item
[between 1936 and 1938]

Part of Karl Haspel fonds

[A parade celebrating VJ Day on Pender Street]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1412
Item
1945

Part of James Crookall fonds

[A parade celebrating VJ Day on Pender Street]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1413
Item
1945

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows a woman holding a copy of the Vancouver Sun with the headline "Official Peace"

Alaskan Scenery and the Chinese Exhibit at Vancouver's Golden Jubilee

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is a moving image/film documenting a Chinese performance at Vancouver's Golden Jubilee celebration that includes a theatrical stage show, a trapeze artist, and moving images of the Chinese Arch erected at Pender Street near Carrall Street. There are also images of an unknown beach. This section is preceded by the title frame: Chinese Exhibit Golden Jubilee at Vancouver, B.C.. Film also includes footage taken from a passanger ship moving up the Alaskan coast. The stops are separated by the title frames: Ketchikan, Alaska; Castle Rock; and Peril Straits.

[Band procession on East Pender Street for Yip Sang funeral]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-141
Item
1927

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows Ming Wo Hardware at 23 East Pender Street. The Sun building appears in the background.

[Businesses and produce carts on 400 block of Carrall Street]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-522
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows several horse-drawn carts in front of a commercial block. Businesses in the buildings include: Kwong Fat Yuen Co., Sam Kee and Co., Sun Sun Fine Tailoring.

[Canton Alley]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-56
Item
[ca. 1910?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Car in alley in Chinatown]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-295
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[Cars prepared for Yip Sang funeral procession]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-139
Item
1927

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows buildings on the west side of the 500 block of Homer Street in the background.

[Children marching in a Victory parade in Chinatown]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-3045
Item
[Aug. 1945]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

Chinatown Parade 1960

AM1563-: MI-337
Item
[1960]

Part of Joe Quan fonds

Item is an amateur film of the Chinatown Parade, likely taken in 1960. The film includes views of Pender Street and spectators lined up along the parade route, and cars and groups participating in the parade, possibly including Miss Chinatown and pageant runner-ups.

[Chinese children waving flags during VJ Day celebrations in Chinatown]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1457
Item
Aug. 14, 1945

Part of James Crookall fonds

[Chinese children waving flags during VJ Day celebrations in Chinatown]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1458
Item
Aug. 14, 1945

Part of James Crookall fonds

[Chinese Empire Reform Association ]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-53
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Group studio portrait. Individuals identified are Won Alexander Cumyow (far left), Yip Yin, nephew of Yip Sang (standing) and Yip Sang (far right).

[Chinese] funeral, Dupont Street (later East Pender Street)

AM358-S1-: CVA 152-80
Item
[ca.1889], copied 1996

Part of H.A. Price collection

Photograph shows the casket being transported in a horse drawn wagon past Fou Chong Ladies and Gents Tailor.

[Chinese] funeral, [in the unit block] Dupont Street (later East Pender Street)

AM358-S1-: CVA 152-79
Item
[ca.1889], copied 1996

Part of H.A. Price collection

Photograph also shows Yip Sang, second man lower left and buildings in the unit block of Dupont (East Pender Street) including the top portion of the Wing Sang building (51 East Pender).

[Chinese lion in Victory celebration parade in Chinatown]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-3052
Item
[Aug 1945]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Chinese musicians playing during VJ day celebrations in Chinatown]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-3050
Item
[Aug 1945]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Chinese musicians playing during VJ day celebrations in Chinatown]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-3053
Item
[Aug 1945]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Chinese Students' Athletic Association soccer team]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-68
Item
[1925 or 1926]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Item is a group studio portrait of team members, which include several sons and a grandson of Yip Sang. Individuals indentified are: top row, left to right: Yip Kew Lap, Yip Kew Dang, Lee Yun Ming, Wong Ging Lim, Yip Kew Yin, Yip Kew Gin;
middle row, left to right: Lee Ning Jiu, Yip Kew Art, Yip Wing Fu, Wong Siu Boon, Ma Kwan Jiu, Fung Chiu Kwai, Yip Kew Gooey; and seated on the floor, left to right: Yip Kew Dock, Tsang Jo Da.

[Chinese Students' Athletic Association soccer team member standing in a field]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-105
Item
1925

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Chinese women and children bright costumes marching in the VJ day celebration parade in Chinatown]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-3047
Item
[Aug 1945]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

City of Vancouver

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a copy of sections of a November 1889 fire insurance map that have been pieced together. Includes the area between Seymour and Dunlevy Streets, from the south shore of the Burrard Inlet to Keefer Street. Map shows Chinatown, part of False Creek, and buildings and their uses (commercial, residential, industrial). The name of the business, business owner, or type of business is noted for most commercial and industrial buildings.

[Congratulatory message in Chinese to Yip Sang on his 70th birthday]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-62
Item
[1915]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Item is a photograph of a document with a message written in Chinese congratulating Yip Sang on his 70th birthday. The document was presented to him in 1915 by a group of Chinese residents in Vancouver, who originally came from Yip Sang's home village.