[Interior of Building C (Administration Office) used during Japanese Canadian internment]
- AM281-S8-: CVA 180-3527
- Item
- 1942
Item is a photograph showing staff working at desks inside the General Offices building.
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[Interior of Building C (Administration Office) used during Japanese Canadian internment]
Item is a photograph showing staff working at desks inside the General Offices building.
[Interior of administration office in the Marine Building used during Japanese Canadian internment]
Item is a photograph showing staff at filing cabinets and desks.
[Interior of administration office in the Marine Building used during Japanese Canadian internment]
Item is a photograph showing staff at desks inside the General Offices building.
[Interior of administration office in the Marine Building used during Japanese Canadian internment]
Item is a photograph showing staff at office desks.
Fraser Ave. bridge - Looking towards Lulu Island [Mitchell Island]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a photograph showing a group at the bridge with a diver in a boat preparing to dive to the submerged automobile.
Fraser Ave. bridge over North Arm - Fraser River
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a photograph showing the gates of the draw bridge and bridge tender Thomas Dodson is standing far right.
Group of men on steps at entrance to building
Part of Elizabeth Abbott fonds
Item is a photograph showing a group portrait of men in front of the first Hotel Vancouver.
[The aftermath of a boiler explosion on Vancouver Island]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the remains of a boiler on a beach
[The aftermath of a boiler explosion on Vancouver Island]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the remains of a boiler on a beach
Images borrowed from Thomas Moore Whaun [35 of 51]
Part of Paul Yee fonds
Item is a photograph showing a group portrait. Inscription states "Picnic in [North] Vancouver."
[Group of men and women assembled at Barnet Beach]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Individuals in the photograph include, from left to right - back row: Charles Bailey, Miss Mary Campbell, Miss Beatrice Evans, Andy Forbes, Dan Grant, and Art Lewis; middle row: J.V. Armstrong, Bessie Currie, Miss Armstrong, Miss Johnson, Gus, Millie Mathison (Mrs. Lewis), Mrs. Grace Lewis, and Matt Peard; front row: unidentified man, Ed Burchell, Miss Eva Olmstead (Mrs. Addison), Ralph Wilson, Miss Maud McGregor, Thomas Bradshaw, and Mrs. Dr. Brighouse (nee Middlemas). J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Group of men and women assembled at Barnet Beach]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Individuals in the photograph include, from left to right - back row: Miss Mary Campbell, Miss Beatrice Evans, Charles Bailey, Andy Forbes, Dan Grant, and Art Lewis; middle row: J.V. Armstrong, Bessie Currie, Miss Armstrong, Miss Johnson, Gus, Millie Mathison (Mrs. Lewis), Mrs. Grace Lewis, and Matt Peard; front row: unidentified man, Ed Burchell, Miss Eve Olmstead (Mrs. Addison), Ralph Wilson, Miss Maud McGregor, Thomas Bradshaw, and Mrs. Dr. Brighouse (nee Middlemas). J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
J. Coughlan & Sons. Ship yards. Vancouver, B.C. May.9.1918.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph also shows a group of workers in the ship yard at False Creek.
[Portrait of Alfred T. Layne, actor in role of Roman with laurel wreath and toga]
Part of Vaudeville photograph collection
[Ted Taylor examining sheet of paper with unidentified man]
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
Photograph likely taken at Metro Picture Studios.
[Chinese ancestral worship ceremony on Fisgard Street, Victoria B.C.]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows part of the Methodist Chinese Mission building at 16 Fisgard Street.
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
Part of Hamber family fonds
Marlow, Reuben H.
St. George's School dinner party
Part of St. George's School fonds
Mr. M.H. Goodwin [group portrait]
[Exterior of Glasgow Hotel - 501 Westminster Avenue (Main Street)]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.A. Clarke, 325 Howe St. c/o Nelson Fisheries : group of three in regalia
Brown Bros. Florist, 665 Granville St. : 4 men : [Warehouse Assn.]
Brown Bros. Florist, 665 Granville St. : 4 men : [Warehouse Assn.]
[A man speaking into a microphone during a performance for Diamond Jubilee Celebrations]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a photograph possibly showing John Charles Thomas on stage.
Boxes of apples at wholesale market
Part of McGuigan family fonds
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group studio portrait showing left to right: (back row): C. Nelson, H. Laurenson, H.H. McKay, J.T. Williams, A. Mc C. Creery; (middle row): W. Miles, R. Mackay Fripp, J. Boultbee, F. Chaldecott, E. Griffiths; (front row): H.J. Walton and W.E. Green
Daily Province - Photo of Mr. E. Murray
Part of Stuart Thomson fonds
Community Chest : Mrs. Phillips : Children's Aid etc.
Dept. of Education Pro-Rec : mens class [at] Normal Gym
Dept. of Education Pro-Rec : mens class [at] Normal Gym
Dept. of Education Pro-Rec : mens class [at] Normal Gym
Collector/curator’s description reads: “Circa late 1920s, Vancouver. Photo of Kenneth Wu (Kien Yeh Wu), editor of the ‘The Chinese Voice’ newspaper. Born in 1906 in Anhwid, China, he spoke Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Portuguese. Besides being a newspaper editor he also worked for a time in South America as a diplomat on behalf of the Chinese Government. He married Mee Lai (Lila) Yip, who was one of the daughters of Yip Sang.”
Jeu Gong Yick - Chow Moon Archive 1920
Collector/curator’s description reads: “November 13, 1920, Vancouver. Portrait of Jeu Gong Yick dressed in a suit and tie. The back of the photo is stamped: Yucho Chow Studio. 23 Pender St. W. Vancouver, B.C. November 13, 1920.
Collector/curator’s description reads: “1920s, Vancouver. Full portrait of Bartol (Bert) Sulina, who was born in Vrbnik, Otok Krk, Croatia in 1904. He was 23 years old when he arrived in Canada in 1927. His mother and sister had died earlier of the Spanish Flu pandemic that swept through Europe in 1917. Bartol earned his living working in logging camps and then as a cook on fishing boats. While in Vancouver, he boarded with a Croatian family who lived on Union Street. They came from the same island and mentioned they had a younger sister named Jovana who was still living in Europe. Bartol decided to send for Jovana and in 1937 the coupled married. Bartol passed away at age 53 in 1958. His death certificate indicated he was a fisherman.”
Collector/curator’s description reads: “Circa 1928, Vancouver. Photo of Soo Wing Chor who came to Canada in 1923 and paid the $500 head tax. About three months after he arrived, the Federal Government introduced the Chinese Exclusion Act, which essentially barred further immigration by Chinese. He was 17 at the time. He went on to operate the Golden Goose Restaurant in Campbell River from the 1950s until he sold it and passed away in 1976.”
Quan Chung Fune - w unknown man - circa early 1930s
Collector/curator’s description reads: “Early 1930s, Vancouver. Hand painted photo of two Chinese men. The man standing if Quan Chung Fune who owned a restaurant in Kamloops. The other man is unidentified.”
Quon - PC Quon portrait - 1941
Collector/curator’s description reads: “1941, Vancouver. Portrait of PC Quon. He went on to open the Ho Ho Chop Suey Restaurant.”
Collector/curator’s description reads: “1942, Vancouver. Hand colourized full photo of Quan Chung Fune sitting on a chair. He was a close friend of Yucho Chow and his personal album contains several photos of Yucho with Fune's family. Fune owned with his three brothers a restaurant in Kamloops called The Rose Garden. This photo must have been taken when he was visiting in Vancouver. The family believes that the photo and colourization was done for free as a gift from Yucho.”
Collector/curator’s description reads: “Early 1930s, Vancouver. Full length studio portrait of John Mijacika, an immigrant from Croatian. He arrived in Canada in June 1929, just before the stock market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression. He lived on his own for eight years while saving to bring his wife and son over. This same photo was used to create a family photo: Yucho Chow superimposed John's wife, Danica, and their son Anton who were still living in Croatia. The family was finally reunited around 1936. John was a commercial fisherman who owned his own boat a number years after arriving in Canada. He died in fish boat accident September 3, 1959.”
Mah - Neil Fong - standing - c.1939
Collector/curator’s description reads: “C. 1939, Vancouver. Head and shoulders portrait of Neil Fong Mah. Neil was born in 1915 on farm in Richmond, British Columbia. The farm was later expropriated to make way for the Vancouver International Airport. He would one day marry Ella Lee. On the day this portrait was taken, another full-length photo was shot with Neil standing. It is unknown what occasion Neil was celebrating when he had these photos taken.”
Collector/curator’s description reads: “C. 1939, Vancouver. Head and shoulders portrait of Neil Fong Mah. Neil was born in 1915 on farm in Richmond, British Columbia. The farm was later expropriated to make way for the Vancouver International Airport. He would one day marry Ella Lee. On the day this portrait was taken, another full-length photo was taken with Neil standing. It is unknown what occasion led to these photos.”
Collector/curator’s description reads: “1949, Vancouver. Head and shoulders portrait of Fred Lowe (aka Chun). He was a businessman who owned Vancouver Packaging, and then in the 1950s owned Krispee Potato Chips. In the mid-1950s he married Rosemary Louie. The family changed their name from Chun to Lowe.”
Collector/curator’s description reads: “Vancouver. Circa late 1920s. Ming (Tommy) Lum can to Canada in June 1922. He was a paper son: He posed as the son of his real-life brother. Consequently, Ming had to say he was younger than he really was. He was 18 when he arrived in Canada, but his head tax certificate recorded him as being only 13. He arrived in Canada in 1922 and on his Head Tax Certificate his name was recorded as Lim Joe Ming. Ming at first worked with his brother selling groceries from a horse and cart in Chinatown. In 1927 he opened Canada Produce. Ming died in 1987.”
Collector/curator’s description reads: “Circa 1920s, Vancouver. Head and shoulders Portrait of Lim Butt Sun (October 1889 - October 16, 1950). He was a herbalist and doctor from China. He opened a store, Kwong Chai Tong, at 92 East Pender St.”
Collector/curator’s description reads: “1936, Vancouver. Studio portrait of a standing Albert WK Lee (18 years old).”
Collector/curator’s description reads: “Mid-1940s, Vancouver. Full length studio portrait of Lai Tin Yew. Tin Yew originally worked in sawmills. But in the 1970s opened and ran the successful Yip Hong Yuen Bakery in the heart of Chinatown until his retirement in 1987.”
Collector/curator’s description reads: “Circa mid-1940s, Vancouver. Photo of Wendel Hoffert. He grew up in Saskatchewan the son of Russian-born German. In Vancouver, Wendell worked as an auto mechanic and ran a service station. He disliked having his photo taken as he did not consider himself photogenic. This was the only photo of Wendel he ever really liked and thereafter he claimed only Yucho Chow could go a good photo of him.”