Quon - PC Quon portrait - 1941
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- 1941 (Reproduced 2018)
Collector/curator’s description reads: “1941, Vancouver. Portrait of PC Quon. He went on to open the Ho Ho Chop Suey Restaurant.”
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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: “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.”
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.”
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.
Unidentified Ukrainian man - late 1930s
Collector/curator’s description reads: “Circa 1940, Vancouver. Unidentified Caucasian man dressed in a suit. Photo has been handpainted. Was found in the family collection of John Shapka, who was a Ukrainian immigrant.”
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.”
[An unidentified pioneer at the Heatley Avenue Station for the arrival of C.P.R. locomotive No. 374]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[A group of pioneers at the Heatley Avenue Station for the arrival of C.P.R. locomotive No. 374]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a medicine man crouching in the forest
Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the Village of Quatsino and residents in costume for a Potlatch
Part of Major Matthews collection
Ar-Tat-Se and her Grandma O-Que-La-Yen
Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
The Tyee and the Ku-La Feast Dish
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a man demonstrating a harpoon
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the inside of a longhouse
Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a medicine man
A Ceremonial Group at a Potlatch
Part of Major Matthews collection
A Ceremonial Group at a Potlatch
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group portrait
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the Chief wearing a naval uniform
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the remains (a double stone fireplace and chimney) of the Fort Rupert Hudson Bay Company's Post
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
Kla-Quo-Tla, or "Old Harry" an Old Indian Sealer
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a man with an elongated head
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows an elderly man standing on the beach near Quatsino
[Group portrait of 2 men and a woman seated on a porch]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Two men wearing gunny sacks over their clothes]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Two men preparing a meal in a logging camp]
Part of Major Matthews collection
["Old Curly" former C.P.R. construction locomotive in use for logging]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[J.G. Woods in a horse-drawn buggy in front of stable at Leamy and Kyle Sawmill]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[A man resting on a dock at a logging camp]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[H.C. Akroyd and others in a logging camp]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group portrait
[H.C. Akroyd and others in a tent in a logging camp]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Head and shoulders portrait of] The Rev[erend] Lord Chas. Harvey
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Studio portrait of Mr.] Fitzgerald
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Head and shoulders portrait of] Chas. Boot
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Head and shoulders portrait of] F. Richards
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Head and shoulders portrait of Mr.] Brewer
Part of Major Matthews collection
China Bar Bluff - 28 miles above Yale on the Frazer [Fraser] River
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the cribbing supports for the "Waggon" [wagon] Road
Admiral Hastings and Hans [Hastings] [a pony named] Pussy
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Eng and Chang Bunker] Siamese Twins
Part of Major Matthews collection
Gigantic Trees in Mariposa Grove - California
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Head and shoulders portrait of] Mr. Perry
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Head and shoulders portrait of] Commander Liddell
Part of Major Matthews collection