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Tourism B.C. Marketplace Progam [Program] - Expo 86

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.

Yucho Chow children - 1935

Collector/curator’s description reads: “C. 1935, Vancouver. Photo of Yucho Chow’s children. Left to right: Peter, Jack, Jessie, Rose, Sammy and adopted child named Henry.”

Jessie Chow - postcard

Collector/curator’s description reads: “1932, Vancouver. Postcard portrait of Jessie Chow, Yucho Chow’s daughter. Jessie became the main hand colourist at the studio - using oils to hand paint black and white photos.”

Howard Ng - early 1930s

Collector/curator’s description reads: “C. early 1930s, Vancouver. Photograph of Howard Ng (born August 16, 1928), grandson of Yucho Chow. Howard’s mother was Mabel Chow (Yucho’s daughter b. 1901) who had also served as the photographer’s first assistant.”

De Marchi - Giovanni w grandfather - 1932

Collector/curator's description reads: “1932, Vancouver. The photo, taken at Yucho Chow Studio, shows a young Italian Canadian boy, Giovanni De Marchi, standing next to his grandfather who resided in Italy. The grandfather never came to Canada and has been superimposed into the photo of Giovanni. This was a common way to unite families who were living so far apart. (Note: the original cardboard holder around the photo was cut in order to fit it into a picture frame.)”

Unidentified acrobat - girl 4

Collector/curator's description reads: “1920s, Location: likely Vancouver. Photo of a young Chinese girl holding a bouquet of flowers. Appears to be part of a series of other photos taken of a young girl doing acrobatics in the Yucho Chow studios.”

Young - Marjorie - 1945

Collector/curator's description reads: “1945, Vancouver. Photo of Marjorie Yok-Lan Young (born March 9, 1944) was the daughter of Norman and Elsie Young (nee Lim). Marjorie was a Vancouver artist who worked in mixed media. She produced original water media work on paper and canvas along with handcrafted origami-iris fold, embossed, pop-up and printed art cards.”

Yuen Harry Ivan - passport - 1929

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1929, Vancouver. Harry Ivan Yuen at age 10. Passport photo taken by Yucho Chow. The purpose was to help Harry ‘permanently’ relocate to Yin Ping. The year was 1930, the Depression Era. The family travelled to China on The Blue Funnel S.S. Teucer but returned later the same year on CPR Empress of Japan. Seems like most of the children got sick in China so the family returned to Canada. It was the 2nd time for the patriarch, Jae Tong Yuen, sailing on the Empress of Japan. The first time was when he first arrived in 1910 and paid the Headtax. He was also incarcerated for 2 weeks at immigration detention centre (aka the Pig house) which was located where the present-day Fairmont Waterfront Hotel is now situated.)”

Weinstein - sisters - 1935

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1935, Vancouver. Postcard photo of the Weinstein girls: Left to right: Lily (aged 4); Esther (5) and Reta (approx 10). Both Lily and Esther were born in Canada. Photo is embossed with the Yucho Chow painters pallette logo in the bottom left.”

Weinstein - Esther - 1935

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1935, Vancouver. Postcard portrait of a standing Esther Weinstein (age 5). Esther was born into a Romanian-Jewish family that lived in the Strathcona neighbourhood. Photo is embossed with the Yucho Chow painters pallette logo in the bottom right.”

Weinstein - Lily - 1935

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1935, Vancouver. Postcard photo of a standing Lily Weinstein, aged 4. Lily was born into a Romanian Jewish family of immigrants who lived in the Strathcona neighbourhood. Photo is embossed with the Yucho Chow painters pallette logo in the bottom right.”

Weinstein - Esther and Lily - 1934

Collector/curator's description reads: “1934, Vancouver. Photo of sisters Esther Weinstein (left) about age 4 and Lily Weinstein, aged 3. Image has an embossed Yucho Chow painters pallette logo at the bottom right.”

Trca - five children - 1945

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1945, Vancouver. Photo of the Trca children (l to r: David, Gordon, Roy, John and Joan). Their father, Arthur Trca, had immigrated from Bohemia, an area in the present-day Czech Republic, and lived for a time at the New World Hotel. He married a Scottish woman named Mary Shorrock. Although all smiles in this photo, family life was anything but easy. Their parents had a tempestuous relationship and, one day, their mother left. Their father, who was a longshoreman, struggled to raise the children and eventually placed them in orphanages. Years later, three of the boys would go on to become longshoreman too.”

Trca - four children - 1944

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1944, Vancouver. Photo of the Trca children. Left to right: Dave; Gordon; Roy; and John (seated). Their parents (Arthur Trca and Mary Shorrock) had a very tumultuous marriage. Eventually Mary would leave the marriage. Unable to care for five children, Arthur places the children in an orphanage for a time.”

Sulina - Olga Malkoc - 1945

Collector/curator's description reads: “1945, Vancouver. Photo of child Olga Sulina (later to be known as Olga Malkoc.) The photo has been hand coloured. Olga does not remember having this photo taken. But for years, she wondered why her Croatian parents dressed her in a frilly cotton summer frock with heavy wool socks. Olga remembered a happy childhood growing up on Hawks Avenue near East Pender in Vancouver. She especially remembered the day the circus arrived and made its way from the central train station to the fairgrounds further east. Lions and elephants marched right past her front door.”

Trca - three children - 1942

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1942, Vancouver. Photo of the Trca children whose father, Arthur Trca, was Bohemian Czech and whose mother, Mary (nee Shorrock), was Scottish. Left to right: Dave; Roy and Gordon. Their parents had a very tumultuous marriage. Eventually Mary would leave the marriage. Unable to care for what would eventually be five children, Arthur places the children in an orphanage for a time.”

Stancic - Antonette

Collector/curator's description reads: “1939, Vancouver. Photo of Antonette Stancic (later known as Antonette Danielsen) at age 5. She was the only child of Anton and Klementina Stancic who had immigrated to Canada in the late 1920s. Her father worked as a fisherman. She grew up in the east end of Vancouver on the 2900 block of Turner Street where many other Croatian and Italian families were living.”

Shori - Tab and Sylvia - c. 1944

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa: mid 1940s, Vancouver. Photo of siblings Tab Shori (1936-2011) and his sister Sylvia (later known as Sylvia Mahal). Tab became a well-known musician who was inducted into the Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2016. The judges described him this way: ‘..played violin and guitar at an early age as ‘Bobby Soxers' at local events. In his early 20's, encouraged by watching the Ed Sullivan Talent Show, he became the lead guitarist for the ‘Hi-Fives’ a well-known multi-racial band, recording and performing many hits regularly at the New Delhi Cabaret. Popularity rising, they opened for major entertainers and organized many benefit performances for charities. Exploring his passion for Flamenco and Guitar, Tab travelled internationally, jamming with well- known bands such as the Beatles He was a pioneer in teaching and advising students with his approach to music, opening Vancouver's first R & B studio. In the late 1960's he moved to the Interior, opening his own Night Club, where top entertainers from Canada and the US, performed. He continued to develop a legacy, inspiring students, musicians and friends with his involvement in many charities and his vivid personality.’”

Mah - Henry, Lincoln and Eva

Collector/curator's description reads: “Late 1920s or early 1930s, Vancouver. Studio Photo of three children: Harry, Lincoln and Eva Mah. Found in an album owned by the Oriental Home and School Fonds. There is no additional information on these children or why their photo appears in this album.”

Shori - Tab - c.1937

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1937, Vancouver. Photo of Tab Shori as a child (1936-2011). An accomplished musician, who played guitar and saxophone, he was a member of Harry Walker and the Hi-Fives, a multi-racial band, something rare at the time. The Hi-Fives were best known as the house band at the New Delhi Cabaret, which was owned by Tab's father (Jogi Ram Shori). They also released a single in 1961 ‘Mean Old Woman’ which climbed onto the Canadian and U.S. music charts, reaching No. 1 in in Los Angeles and No. 7 in Canada. Tab Shori opened for Ike and Tina Turner. But he gave up an opportunity to tour with Chubby Checker in order to open Vancouver's first R&B studio. He was inducted posthumously into the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2016.”

Quan - Gwendolyn Jane - 1927

Collector/curator's description reads: “November 1927, Vancouver. Photo of infant Gwendolyn Jane Quan, aged 8 months. Was born March 5, 1927 and raised in New Westminster. Her father was a tailor and ran a shop, along with her mother, in New Westminster. Graduated from Grade 12 and worked for several years as a teller in the CIBC branch at Pender and Main St[reet] in Chinatown. She married WWII veteran Frank Wong and together they had three daughters.”

Lew - Yue Wing - 1922

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1922, Vancouver. Photo of child Yue Wing Lew (also known as Wing Lew). Born March 30, 1921, he was the eldest child of Mr. Ging Lew (aka Lew Hoy Sue). He owned a drycleaning company called Lew's cleaners.”

Lovrich - Nick and Barrie - 1936

Collector/curator's description reads: “1936, Vancouver. Photo of Nick Lovrich and his older sister Barrie. In this photo, Nick was likely scolded and order to stand perfectly still for the camera shutter. Yucho Chow was very impressed with the young Barrie. He had offered to take a photos of her, every year, for free. The Lovrich family did not take him up on his offer, but they did return to Yucho Chow Studio from time to time.”

Lee - Kempert children

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1927, Vancouver. L to R: Children of Vancouver Chinatown businessman Kempert Lee. Left to right: Ruth, Harden, Phyllis and Lillian.”

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