[53 Powell Street - John Williamson Photographer]
- COV-S644-: CVA 1095-06724
- Item
- [ca. 1969]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[53 Powell Street - John Williamson Photographer]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[53 Powell Street - John Williamson Photographer]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Photographing Fire Prevention instruction cards for our colour slide presentations
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
[Concert at] VISS [Vancouver International Stone Symposium] Stone Symp.
Item is an amateur film documenting a performance by the Silver Spring Blue Grass Band at the 1975 Vancouver International Stone Symposium in VanDusen Gardens. The film contains footage a crowd of people watching a concert being given on an earthen mound at the symposium site, people talking, and a phototographer taking pictures of the people and musicians.
Part of James Crookall fonds
Head and shoulders portrait
[Photographers on the deck of a boat]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Part of James Crookall fonds
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Man adjusting a twin-lens reflex camera]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Photographers lounging in a field]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Photographers setting up equipment in a field]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Part of James Crookall fonds
[James Crookall with camera standing on hood of car]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[A cameraman on Grouse Mountain]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Four photographers in a field]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[James Crookall and other photographers at the Barnet Station]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Group portrait
[Four photographers, including James Crookall, posed on a ladder made from rough logs]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Group portrait
[Photographers on Georgia Street during a parade]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Photograph shows part of the old and new Hudson Bay Stores decorated with bunting
[Photographers on Georgia Street during a parade]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Photograph shows part of the old and new Hudson Bay Stores decorated with bunting
One of the Big Trees in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows Norman Caple
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
[W.A.C. Bennett speaking at a Dominion election rally]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and His Royal Highness Prince Philip at the airport]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows W.A.C. Bennett, Mrs. Rathie, Lieutenant Governor Pearkes and others
[Harry T. Devine and his sister Mrs. Annie Black]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Studio portrait
[G.G. MacKay's cottage at Capilano Canyon]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a group of people being prepared to be photographed
Indians in procession at St. Mary's, Mission
Part of Major Matthews collection
[C.S. Bailey in front of his studio at 227 Hastings Street]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the former post office and raised plank sidewalks.
[Passenger liner "Orsova" at dock]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Sternwheeler S.S. "Charlotte"]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
[A crowd on English Bay Beach]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the bathhouses and the pier in the background
[A woman hides her face from photographers at the police probe]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Head and shoulders portrait
[Head and shoulders studio portrait of Philip T. Timms, sixty years old]
[Timms workshop, 501 West Georgia Street, with Timms standing in doorway]
Photograph shows a man standing outside the front door of Timms Workshop. A woman can also be seen in the window of the shop.
[Woman taking a photograph of children at a picnic table]
Photograph shows a man setting up a camera in a field.
Our city is their monument [dedication page]
Item is a page containing text dedicating the book to the pioneers of Vancouver and acknowledging the work of early Vancouver photographers.
Yucho Chow Studio exterior - 1942
Collector/curator’s description reads: “C. 1943, Vancouver. Photo of front of the Yucho Chow photo studio at 518 Main Street. Chow operated the studio from this location (his fourth location) from 1930 until his death in 1949.”
Yucho Chow portrait - late 1940s
Collector/curator’s description reads: “Late 1940s, Vancouver. Black and white photograph of photographer Yucho Chow standing next to a large-format camera. In his hand, Yucho is holding the air shutter release.”
Yucho Chow family portrait - late 1930s
Collector/curator’s description reads: “Late 1930s, Vancouver. Yucho Chow and his family. Back row standing L to R: Henry; Samuel, Philip, Jack, Ying (Jack's wife), Helena (Peter's wife), Rose and Jessie. Front row: Peter, Yucho, Mrs. Yucho Chow (Yip Shee Quon), Anna Chow (on lap), Chong Wong (Helena's father), Duncan Wong (Helena's brother).”
Peter Chow - portrait - 1930s - colourized
Collector/curator’s description reads: “C. 1930s, Vancouver. Hand coloured portrait photo of Peter Chow, the oldest son of commercial photographer Yucho Chow. Peter took over the running of the studio when he father died in November 1949. He operated the business with his brother Philip Chow, until they both retired in 1986. Peter was married to Helena (Wong) Chow and together they have 8 children. Peter was born in 1915 and died in 1996.”
Chinatown Business men - Larry Wong
Collector/curator’s description reads: “1920s, Vancouver. Photo of several men who were part of a Chinese business association. Wong Mow (owner Modern Silk Company; later called Modern Shirt Company) is second from left. Yucho Chow (studio photographer) is fifth from left.”