City of Vancouver Archives

AM1519-: PAM 1972-34
Item
1972

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Item is an announcement of a new shopping centre opening in May 1972.

COV-S644-: CVA 1095-08658
Item
[196-?]

Item is a photograph that depicts an intersection in Chinatown. Visible are signs for Fields, a Standard Gas station, and the West Hotel.

Chinatown news

AM1519-: PAM 1969-173
Item
Feb. 3, 1969

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Item announces the beginning of the Year of the Rooster.

Poster in Chinatown

AM1523-S6-F68-: 2008-010.0424
Item
Sep. 1978

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Poster in Chinatown

AM1523-S6-F68-: 2008-010.0425
Item
Sep. 1978

Part of Paul Yee fonds

China in Chinatown : sounds Chinese

AM1519-: PAM 1981-42
Item
1981

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Chinatown : exotic paradise!

AM1519-: PAM 1986-88
Item
1986

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Item contains promotional information on 60 Chinatown businesses.

Automobiles on street in Chinatown, Vancouver

AM1523-S6-F62-: 2008-010.0301
Item
Aug. 1975

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Item is a photograph showing the south side of the 200 block of East Pender.

Funeral procession through Chinatown

AM1523-S6-F53-: 2008-010.2220
Item
Mar. 19, 1939

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Item is a photograph showing the public funeral for Mr. Fong Ting Lim (Lin Huan Ting), president of the Chinese Benevolent Association.

Funeral procession through Chinatown

AM1523-S6-F53-: 2008-010.2224
Item
Mar. 19, 1939

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Item is a photograph showing the public funeral for Mr. Fong Ting Lim (Lin Huan Ting), president of the Chinese Benevolent Association.

Funeral procession through Chinatown

AM1523-S6-F53-: 2008-010.2229
Item
Mar. 19, 1939

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Item is a photograph showing the public funeral for Mr. Fong Ting Lim (Lin Huan Ting), president of the Chinese Benevolent Association.

Funeral procession through Chinatown

AM1523-S6-F53-: 2008-010.2234
Item
Mar. 19, 1939

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Item is a photograph showing the public funeral for Mr. Fong Ting Lim (Lin Huan Ting), president of the Chinese Benevolent Association.

Chinatown, Vancouver, B.C.

AM1519-: PAM 1968-166
Item
1968

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Item contains a sketch of the 100 block of West Pender Street, looking west.

Site in Chinatown undergoing redevelopment

AM1523-S6-F33-: 2008-010.1674
Item
1986

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Vancouver Chinatown Memorial Gate

AM1523-S2-F219-: 2008-010.4314
Item
2003-2004

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Vancouver Chinatown Memorial Gate

AM1523-S2-F219-: 2008-010.4317
Item
2003-2004

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Funeral procession through Chinatown

AM1523-S6-F53-: 2008-010.2221
Item
Mar. 19, 1939

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Item is a photograph showing the public funeral for Mr. Fong Ting Lim (Lin Huan Ting), president of the Chinese Benevolent Association.

Funeral procession through Chinatown

AM1523-S6-F53-: 2008-010.2225
Item
Mar. 19, 1939

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Item is a photograph showing the public funeral for Mr. Fong Ting Lim (Lin Huan Ting), president of the Chinese Benevolent Association.

Funeral procession through Chinatown

AM1523-S6-F53-: 2008-010.2228
Item
Mar. 19, 1939

Part of Paul Yee fonds

Item is a photograph showing the public funeral for Mr. Fong Ting Lim (Lin Huan Ting), president of the Chinese Benevolent Association.

China in Chinatown : traditions then and now

AM1519-: PAM 1981-44
Item
1981

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Exploring Vancouver’s Chinatown

AM1068-S16-F01-: LEG550.17
Item
1990

Part of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden Society fonds

Item is an educational video produced by the Vancouver School Board for use with a textbook entitled ‘Exploring Vancouver’s Chinatown: A Resource Guide’. The film has no narration, but a background score with Chinese instruments, and scene noise in some places. It opens with footage of the sun rising over Chinatown from a rooftop vantage point. It lingers on vendors and storefronts preparing to open, a Tai Chi class in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden’s main pavilion, Tai Chi in a local park, scenes of residential streets, houses, schools, and playgrounds. The film includes footage of a variety of local businesses, such as a barbershop, an apothecary, a school, calligraphy, tailor, fire department, auto repair, and a newspaper printer. It concludes with footage of the musicians playing the background music and street scenes of the sun setting over Chinatown.