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[Dr. Alfred C. Lane]

Item is a photograph of Alfred Church Lane, Past President of the Geological Society of America and part of the group visiting from the Princeton University Summer School of Geology and Natural Resources.

[Group of men and women assembled at Barnet Beach]

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]

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.

Mountain Springtime [answer print]

Film was a wildlife/educational piece presented by B.C. Hydro and narrated by Tommy Tompkins. Produced and edited by Michael Collier. Film features footage of swelling rivers, many different flora as well as wild animals, and their young, in their natural habitats. Wildlife featured include: moose, deer, beaver, squirrels, muskrats, geese, groundhogs, loons, osprey, fish, black bears, owls, raccoons, gyrfalcons, eagles, mountain goats, foxes, lynx, a lynx kitten, cougar kittens, marmots, and grizzly bears. This copy is in better shape than MI-275, and has unique introductory narration and footage as well as other editing differences throughout slightly changing the footage used as well as the narration.

Expo 86 - CP Pavilion - Archival Footage

Item includes copies of black and white footage gathered for the purpose of producing promotional videos for Expo 86. Video includes a copy of footage from 1902 of the train route in the Fraser Valley. "Fraser Canon - American Mutoscope and Biograph 1902," and "Empress of Japan and Construction of the Lion's Gate Bridge" [1937-1938] which includes footage of the bridge at various stages of completion. Some shots show workers while others are of men in suits playing around and admiring the view. Archival footage collected in 1985/86 for use in show created for the CP Pavillion, EXPO 86 by Yaletown Productions. Titled CP Queue Line Videotape. Original film was transferred to one inch video tape from various archives. In 1993 the one inch was transferred to Betacam SP.

Vancouver Cricket Eleven

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

Wu - Kenneth

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.

Sulina - Bartol

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.”

Soo - Wing Chor

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

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.”

Mijacika - John

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.”

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