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21 Club reunion July 12, 1986

File consists of eighteen photographs of a ceremony for those Vancouverites that turned twenty-one in 1936 and had been honoured as part of the Golden Jubilee festivities. The first part of the ceremony took place at St. Andrew's Wesley Church followed by a tea and Dance at Hotel Vancouver. Individuals identified are Mayor Michael Harcourt, Dal Richards and Mart Kenney.

Kiwanis Club of Vancouver

File consists of a material relating to the Kiwanis Club's Centennial project, which culminated in a Centennial luncheon in honour of 21 companies established in Vancouver before 1900. Includes a copy of the luncheon programme and pamphlet titled "21 Pioneer Enterprises, Vancouver, 1886 to 1986," as well as three contact sheets with a total of 33 images taken at the luncheon.

Centennial Labour History Project

File consists of printed materials related to the Centennial Labour History project including a brochure, a calendar order form, Labour History Highlights and a postcard series. The materials were originally displayed on poster paper.

Centennial event posters

File contains posters for:

  • New Star Books "Working Lives"
  • Arts '20 VGH to UBC relay
  • Blush is Beautiful Ski to Sea relay
  • "Presenza Italiana A Vancouver" display at the Italian Cultural Centre
  • Lorita Leung Dance Association presentation of "Gold Mountain" at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  • Vancouver Centennial Fiction Festival at Isadora's on Granville Island
  • Scandinavian Festival at Vanier Park
  • CMC (Canadian Music Competitions inc.) National Finals and Gala Concert
  • Latin American Cultural Festival at John Hendry Park
  • Marathon Canoe Racing National Championships/Vancouver Voyageur Challenge
  • Limited Edition Official Commemorative Medallions
  • The Vancouver Reading, Vancouver Poetry at Amiga Studio Theatre
  • Neighbourhood Images: a very special city wide Centennial photo contest
  • Artwalk: a view through windows
  • In Transition: postwar photography in Vancouver at Presentation House
  • Presentation House Gallery: gala openings
  • Gala Underground presents Ken Bayfield, Happy Trails Theatre Co, Shannon McManus
  • Vancouver Centennial Triathalon
  • Vancouver Centennial Hickory Golf Classic
  • Nanaimo Bathtub Race

Vancouver on the move

Item is a videocassette containing a documentary about the city of Vancouver.

The main focus of the documentary as a whole is the social and cultural life in the city and the relationship between the people and their surroundings in 1986, the centenary year. The visual elements are a combination of historical photographs, hand drawn illustrations, historical moving image footage, and moving image footage shot by the filmmakers between 1985 and 1986. Music with a narrator speaking in the foreground accompanies the visuals.

The early history of Vancouver is told through stories about George Vancouver naming point Grey and Burrard channel and meeting First Nations people, John Deighton (“Gassy Jack”) opening his saloon, the first city council meeting, and the arrival of the first CPR train from Montreal and ship from Yokohama.

The discussion of modern life in Vancouver that makes up the bulk of the documentary is roughly divided into sections. The first section discusses modern commerce, including shipping, transportation, forestry, fishing, and tourism. The second section discusses cultural life, including the natural beauty of Stanley Park, street scenes in Chinatown, the expo grounds and the SkyTrain, street musicians, children playing at a water park, and a football game at BC Place.

The third section focuses on the immigrant experience and how a diversity of cultures enriches life in the city. This point is illustrated with scenes of new Canadians at a citizenship ceremony, Tai Chi in Queen Elizabeth Park and Chinese dragons in Chinatown, the Nitobe Memorial Garden and the Powell Street Festival, a Sikh wedding and street scenes of Main Street in South Vancouver. It also explores the dark side of the immigrant experience, discussing the 1907 anti-Asian riots, the forced removal and internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II, and the Komagata Maru incident. The section also addresses Indigenous resistance and cultural resilience.

The fourth section deals with Vancouverites' love of being outside, with footage of outdoor aerobics and other fitness activities, relaxing on the beach and ‘being seen’, outdoor cocktail parties and dining, a family picnic in the park, outdoor theatre, and sailing.

Okexnon Films Inc.

Vancouver : city of century

Item is a videocassette containing a documentary about the city of Vancouver and Vancouver life, developed for the centennial celebrations. It includes a short introduction to the history of the city up to the 1920s using historical photographs, some film footage of First Nations peoples, and voiceover narrative.

The next section focuses on transportation, featuring scenes of airplanes, the BC ferry, the Seabus, the SkyTrain, ships in the harbour, steamboats, and cruise ships. The focus shifts towards nature and leisure activities as Stanley Park is explored with a historical photograph montage followed by film footage of park and aquarium scenes, including polar bears, penguins, river otters and killer whales. Grouse Mountain is illustrated through shots of the gondola, ski lift, and scenes of skiing. Other sport scenes include sailing ships, ocean and river kayaking, car races, bicycle races, horse races, hockey, football, boxing, golf, soccer and tennis. Life on the water is emphasised with a section on the bathtub race and associated celebrations, beach scenes, and a paddle boat tour around various Vancouver landmarks.

The next section contains a presentation of the centennial theme song ‘The Vancouver Song’ or ‘Vancouver (you'll always look like home to me)’ over a montage of scenes of the Expo Centre, the harbour, downtown, and Stanley Park.

The documentary concludes with scenes of the city at night, including Granville Island, Robson Square, neon signs downtown and at Chinese restaurants, the Expo Centre illuminated with Expo 86 lighting and shots of the sunset over the bay.

R.R. Productions

Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

  • AM1576
  • Fonds
  • 1950-1987, predominant 1979-1987

Fonds consists of subject files, project applications and other records documenting the activities of the Vancouver Centennial Commission and the various events and programs that took place during the Centennial year. Document types include correspondence, financial records, proposals, minutes, reports, agreements, publications, application forms, certificates, graphic material, photographs, sound recordings, audiovisual material and ephemera.
The fonds is arranged into the following three original series: Housekeeping subject files (1980-1987), Program subject files (1956-1987, predominent 1979-1987), and Centennial project applications (1982-1987 [microfilmed 1999], and three additional series established by the Archivist for material acquired by the Archives from various sources: Executive Director records (1981-1987), Commissioner Ann Yandle records (1983-1987), and Centennial program records collected by the Archives (1983-1987).

Vancouver Centennial Commission

Program subject files

Series consists of subject files containing correspondence, minutes, research material, photographs, agreements, press releases, publications, promotional material and other records pertaining to Centennial programs and events, promotional activities and communications, licensing, fundraising activities, funding of community projects, and various program committees coordinated by the Vancouver Centennial Commission. Series also includes scrapbooks, original artwork and other graphic material, sound recordings and audiovisual material.
Series is arranged into the following subseries: Research and program develpment files (1980-1987 [microfilmed 1999]), Communications and media relations files (1963, 1981-1987), Photographs (1956-1986, predominant 1983-1986), Printed matter (1982-1986), Licensing program files (1979-1987 [microfilmed 1999]), Program committees files (1980-1987), Special events files (1980-1987), Community program files (1978-1987), Arts program files (1981-1986), Community outreach files (1982-1985), Sports program files (1981-1987), Civic decorations files (1971, 1982-1986), Sister city program files (1983-1987), Celebrations research files (1980-1987), Recognition program files (1981-1987), Distribution of funds files (1984-1987 [microfilmed 1999]), Vancouver Centennial Commission minutes (1979-1986), Vancouver Centennial Executive Committee minutes (1982-1987), Scrapbooks (1981-1987), Portfolio material (1980-1986), Audiovisual material (1984-1986) and Sound recordings (1986).

Photographs

Subseries consists of photographs, arranged loosely and in files and albums, slides, transparencies and related textual material pertaining to events and activities taking place during the Centennial year and the years previous to 1986. Includes photographs of events organized by the Vancouver Centennial Commission, community events and activities, sporting events, as well as promotional photographs, including photographs of Centennial mascot Tillicum.

Old Vancouver Slides - 1 & 2

File consists of slides of images of Vancouver through the years, presumably collected and arranged (possibly by the Vancouver Public Library) for a Vancouver Centennial Commission presentation. The slides suggest that the presentation was given by Robert D'altroy. Slides were originally arranged in two carousels. Included with the slides is a notebook listing captions, subject matter and date of the image for each slide. A few of the slides date from the 1950s and 1960s; however, it appears that the majority of the slides were created at the time of the presentation, and many are likely copies of images held by the City of Vancouver Archives and/or the Vancouver Public Library. Slides 50, 56 and 78 from Carousel 1 are missing.

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