[View of East Pender Street at night]
- COV-S511---: CVA 780-475
- Item
- [between 1960-1980]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Photograph also shows the neon Ho-Ho Chop Suey Restaurant sign (102 East Pender Street)
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[View of East Pender Street at night]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Photograph also shows the neon Ho-Ho Chop Suey Restaurant sign (102 East Pender Street)
Tourism B.C. Marketplace Progam [Program] - Expo 86
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is "Marketplace Program" produced for EXPO 86 and Tourism BC. Major exhibition in BC Pavilion for EXPO 86. Multi-screen laser disc interactive display. Laser discs were very new at this time and cost over $2500 each to manufacture. This laser disc was produced to be used with specially designed players that would allow for touch-screen interaction from visitors to the B.C. Pavilion. These machines no longer exist; to get an idea of what options were made available pause the playback to view what the touch-screen displays looked like.
Item includes visual vignettes featuring footage to represent various geographical areas of the province of British Columbia. Theme music plays in the background of the scenes; no dialogue. Brief written descriptions of each area of the province precede each section of footage. At 00:10:23 - 00:10:24 screen shots of all of the various touch screen menu screens appear - to see these please slow down the playback and pause for each. Starting at 00:10:26 the footage plays out that would have been associated and parsed out for the various selected menu choices. At 00:12:08-00:12:11 more screen shots of selections flash by, again slow or pause to view these fully. Starting at 00:12:12 more groupings of clips of British Columbia can be viewed. From 00:13:55-00:13:58 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:13:59 there are more groupings of clips of British Columbia. From 00:15:38-00:15:40 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:15:42 there are more groupings of clips of British Columbia. From 00:17:24-00:17:26 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:17:27 there are more groupings of clips showing British Columbia. From 00:19:03-00:19:05 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:19:06 there are more groupings of clips showing British Columbia. From 00:20:53-00:20:57 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:20:59 there are more groupings of clips showing British Columbia. From 00:19:03-00:19:05 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:19:06 there are more groupings of clips showing British Columbia. From 00:22:33-00:22:35 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:22:36 there are more groupings of clips showing British Columbia. From 00:24:23-00:24:26 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:24:28 there are more groupings of clips showing British Columbia. At 00:26:14 there is the final section of menu screen shots and following that brief shots of hotels and lodgings in British Columbia. Final credits at 00:26:38.
Part of Joe Quan fonds
Item is an amateur film of the 1958 Chinatown Dragon Parade. The film includes views of spectators lined up along the parade route, buildings and signs for businesses along Pender Street, and cars and groups participating in the parade. Footage includes many shots of men in a large dragon costume, the Vancouver Fire Department Band, and the Chinese Freemasons and Chinese Community School floats.
Part of Joe Quan fonds
Item is an amateur film of the 1960 Miss Chinatown competition. Film includes footage of the evening gown, Chinese dress, public speaking and talent competitions, the selection of pageant finalists, and the crowning of the winner.
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.
Fashion parades, February 1960 and undated slides
Part of Joe Quan fonds
File consists of twelve photographs of a February 1960 fashion parade in Chinatown attended by Mayor A.T. Alsbury and Miss Vancouver Chinatown 1960 Donna Yee, as well as two photographs of a parade in Chinatown, likely taken in 1960.
Chow Mein Tea, Pender YMCA slides
Part of Joe Quan fonds
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Item is a map of Chinatown showing streets, buildings and the number of stories in each building. Includes the area bounded by Taylor Street, Hastings Street, Gore Avenue and Keefer Street. The Provincial Historic Site Boundary, designated February 2, 1971, is drawn on the map.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Item is an annotated photocopy of a map of Chinatown showing streets, buildings and the number of stories in each building. Includes the area bounded by Taylor Street, Hastings Street, Gore Avenue and Keefer Street. The Provincial Historic Site Boundary, designated February 2, 1971, is drawn and indicated on the map. Notations pertaining to the boundary and the indication of the number of stories in each building appear on the map.
The fonds consists of Paul Yee’s personal correspondence and records of academic achievement, writing and research files, subject files, photographs, and sound recordings, as well as publications and ephemera that he collected. These records relate to Yee's activities as a writer, historian, activist, and archivist in Vancouver and Toronto.
In addition, the fonds includes photographs, correspondence, and other records of some of Yee’s immediate family members, including his Aunt Lillian and Uncle Foon Wong, and their close friends. The fonds also contains textual records, publications, ephemera, and photographs relating to the activities of the Chinese Cultural Centre in Vancouver and the Pender Guy Radio Co-operative, as well records relating to the functions of fraternal associations such as the Wong Kong Har Tong and Hoy Yin Association in Vancouver, and the Duncan, B.C., Branch of the Chinese Nationalist League (Kuo Min Tang).
Yee, Paul
A network of public places : Chinatown community plan : public realm, Sept[ember] 14, 2005
Item is a map showing the locations of the Carrall Street Greenway, Silk Road, and various buildings and outdoor spaces in the area bordered by Taylor Street, Hastings Street, Gore Street and Union Street. Includes colour photographic images of the following: Milennium Gate, Chinese Cultural Centre and the Old China Gate, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Courtyard, Alley behind the CBA Building, Memorial Square, Shanghai Alley and Suzhou Alley, and the Carrall Street Greenway and Pedestrian Pathway.
Carrall Street Greenway development activities, updated March 20, 2006
Item is a map showing the Carrall Street development project activities between Keefer Street and Water Street. Map shows those parts of the project that have been completed and those under development. Included are photographic images of various buildings included in the project, including the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden expansion project.
Carrall Greenway : Keefer to Pender : transition block : preliminary concept design
Item is a plan for the Carrall Street Greenway, from Keefer Street to Pender Street. Plan shows the location of trees, walkways, recreational lanes, traffic buffers and driving lanes. Plan also shows the location of retaining walls, concrete columns, underground glass, ramps and parking areas. Also shown are the location of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden, Chinese Cultural Centre, SUCCESS Housing, Suzhou Alley, Nggai Lum Association, and the Sam Kee Building.
Carrall Greenway : Keefer to Pender
Item is a plan for the Carrall Street Greenway, from Keefer Street to Pender Street. Plan shows aerial photographic views of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden, Chinese Cultural Centre, SUCCESS Housing, Suzhou Alley, Nggai Lum Association and the Sam Kee Building. Plan also shows the 1889 high water mark, and the location of trees and pedestrian walkways.
Item is a sheet with two site plans for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen completion project, which included the Penjing Garden reception hall, public and support spaces. Plans indicate buildings included in the project. Project number 94-03, sheet 2 of 2.
Item is a sheet with site plans for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen completion project, which included the Penjing Garden reception hall, public and support spaces. Plans indicate buildings included in the project. Preliminary plan. Project number 94-03, sheet 2 of 2.
Item is a sheet with two site plans for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen completion project, which included the Penjing Garden reception hall, public and support spaces. Plans indicate buildings included in the project. Project number 94-03, sheet 2 of 2.
Item is a sheet with three architectural drawings relating to the perspective circulation diagram for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen completion project, which included the Penjing Garden reception hall, public and support spaces. Drawings include a bird's eye view of the garden and floor plans of the open garden and separate functions. Project number 94-03, sheet 1 of 2.
Item is a preliminary floor plan for a proposed Penjing Garden and office space at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Project number 88 05, sheet 1 of 1.
Item is a preliminary floor plan for a proposed Penjing Garden and office space at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Project number 88 05.
Penjing Garden : Dr. Sun Yat-Sen classical garden, Vancouver, B.C. : plan, preliminary only #1
Item is a preliminary floor plan for a proposed Penjing Garden and office space at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Project number 88 05.
Item is a preliminary site plan drawing for the expansion of the park with an area called the Penjing Garden (identified in yellow). The locations of several trees within the garden is indicated. Plan also includes an outline of various phases of the Chinese Cultural Centre construction. Project number 88 05, sheet number 1 of 1
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : [planting plan] as built
Item is an architectural drawing listing the various plants and their location in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park. Project number MA 354.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : A Classical Chinese Garden : planting plan
Item is an architectural drawing showing the planting plan for the garden. Drawing indicates the location of various plants and trees, and lists the botanical and common names, size and remarks, and quantity for each plant and tree. The plan also indicates which plants may be supplied by the Park Board and reserved surplus trees. Sheet number 1 of 1.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : planting plan
Item is an architectural drawing showing the planting plan for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park. Drawing indicates the location of various plants and trees, and lists the botanical and common names, size and remarks, and quantity for each plant and tree. The plan also indicates which plants may be supplied by the Park Board and reserved surplus trees. Corrections and additions have been made in pencil. Sheet number 1 of 1.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : planting plan
Item is an architectural drawing showing the planting plan for the garden. Drawing indicates the location of various plants and trees, and lists the botanical and common names, size and remarks, and quantity for each plant and tree. The plan also indicates which plants may be supplied by the Park Board and reserved surplus trees. Sheet number 1 of 1.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : planting plan, main area
Item is an architectural drawing showing the planting plan for the main area of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park. Drawing indicates the location of various plants and trees, and lists the botanical and common names, size and remarks, and quantity for each plant and tree. Project number CH O34, sheet number L9 of 9.2.
Project number CH O34, sheet number L3 of 9.2.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : sections
Item is a sheet with four sectional drawings of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park. Drawings show the locations of gates, bridges, pond, islands and other landscaping features. Project number CH O34, sheet number L2 of 9.2.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical chinese garden : electrical layout [plan]
Project number JP8158, sheet number E1 of 1.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : plans, sections, elevations : phase II contract
Item is one sheet containing eleven architectural drawings, including a floor plan, sectional plans and south elevations of the Main Hall and Scholar's Study. Sheet number A4.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical chinese garden : elevations, site sections
Item consists of one sheet with architectural drawings showing the north elevation, east elevation, section A and section B. A note under the title reads "These elevations are for reference only. Phase I does not include above-ground work." The statement "In cooperation with LAC [Landscape Architecture Company], Jiangsu, Suzhou Municipality" appears on the sheet. Sheet number A3.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : irrigation plan
Project number CH O34, sheet number L8 of 9.2
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : grading and dimension plan (main area)
Project number CH O34, sheet number L4 of 9.2
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : site plan
Item is an overall site plan of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park, showing the locations of the entrance court, commercial and community areas as well as the garden. Plan notes the location of paving stones, decks, bridges, lawn and other landscaping features, including types of trees to be planted. Project number CH O34, sheet number L1 of 9.2. Plan includes an index listing related drawings.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : site plan
Item is an overall site plan of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park, showing the locations of commercial, community, multipurpose hall, museum, restaurant, main garden and inner garden areas. Project number 80.104, sheet 1.
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Photograph shows storefronts of Yucho Chow Photograph Supply House, Canadian Scharlin Bros. Ltd. and Kwong Wing Barber Shop.
BC [British Columbia] postcard - The Rockies to the Pacific
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Film is a promotional video for the province of British Columbia. Focusing on different sections of the province in turn the video highlights the features and tourist attractions of each. According to the donor this is most likely the original of the final production with sound and image. Director Mike [Michael] Collier; cinematography Norm Keziere, Dave Geddes, Bob Asgeirsson, Bill Rounds, Tommy Tompkins, and John Anderson; editor Rober Brandreth-Gibbs; research Sharon McGowan; narration script Don White and Sharon McGowan, narrator Art Hives; video services Post Haste Video; film lab Alpha Cine Services; sound mix Pinewood Studios; special thanks to Tourism British Columbia. Produced by Yaletown Productions. b&w 00:10:57-00:11:04 and 00:18:47-00:19:22.
V.J. Day Chinese Dragon Parade
Photograph shows the Chinese School and Lee Buildings and the Sun Tower in the background.
Label on verso of print reads "Chinese Victory Day Celebration / The Dragon Parade / Vancouver, B.C. / August 17, 1945"
V.J. Day Chinese Dragon Parade
Yip Sang is the fifth person from the left.
Part of Joe Quan fonds
Item is an album containing photographs of the Parade of Oriental Fashions event at the 18th convention of the Canadian Food Processors Association as well as a program for the convention. The parade took place on January 22, 1965 in the Mai Tai Room of the Bayshore Inn. Photographs show female models wearing Asian dress, a fashion show and attendees.
The album also includes photographs of the Year of the Serpent Chinese New Year Festival Banquet held at the W.K. Gardens on February 26, 1965. The banquet was held in conjunction with the Spring Carnival Committee, and was sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Vancouver Visitors Bureau and the Chinese community. Included are photographs of various Vancouver pageant queens, Miss San Francisco Chinatown, Miss Chinatown USA first princess, and the crowning of a young woman with a serpent headdress and crown.
Notes at the back of the album list orders received for copies and provide some identification of those individuals appearing in the photographs.
[Kuo Min Tang Chinese Nationalist League of Canada, Fourth Convention 1929, Jan. 20th to Jan. 31st]
Item is a group portrait of men and a few children taken in front of the Manton Co. Ltd. store building at 296 East Pender Street.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden : maintenance area : Penjing : possible site
Item is a photocopy of a hand-drawn site plan showing a possible site for a Penjing Garden maintenance area. A note on the plan reads "Approximately 2500 s.f. Any more would involve more significant revisions: a) wall existing, b) "mountain" existing."
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden : garden volunteer's expansion project : tea room
Item is one sheet with two architectural drawings, a floor plan and a site plan, showing a proposed expansion of the garden's tea room. Glued to the plan is a computer print out of three colour photographs of the tea room. Drawing number L1.01.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden expansion project, Vancouver, B.C. : main floor plan
Project number 98-09, sheet number A2.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden expansion project, Vancouver, B.C. : elevations
Item is a sheet with north and south elevation drawings of a proposed garden expansion. Project number 98-09, sheet number A6.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden expansion project, Vancouver, B.C. : upper floor plan, roof plan
Project number 98-09, sheet number A3.