- AM640-S1-: CVA 260-454
- Item
- [ca. 1936]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Part of James Crookall 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.
Item is a postcard printed with an image of East Pender Street between Carrall and Main Street at night, looking west. Many Chinese restaurants and import shops are pictured.
Part of James Crookall fonds
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Photograph also shows Marshall Wells Limited (549-573 Carrall Street)
Photograph shows a small wooden house with a covered porch and a small fenced yard.
Item is a postcard printed with an image of East Pender Street between Carrall and Main Street at night, looking west. Many Chinese restaurants and import shops are pictured.
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.
Part of James Crookall fonds
[A float of acrobats in a parade in Chinatown]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Houses, Chinatown, exterior detail
Part of Art Grice fonds
Item is a photograph of the details (window, chimney, and gable decoration) of a house viewed through the space between two houses in Chinatown.
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.
East Pender Street - Chinatown
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Photograph shows East Pender Street with the Bank Montreal to the foreground. The Canadian Bank of Commerce Building is to the right rear.
Item is a postcard printed with an image of a street in Chinatown. The image shows men talking and walking on the sidewalk outside small shops.
[A float in a parade in Chinatown]
Part of James Crookall fonds
East Pender Street - Chinatown
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Photographs shows East Pender Street with the Kam Gok Yeun Restaurant in the right foreground.
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Photograph shows storefronts of Yucho Chow Photograph Supply House, Canadian Scharlin Bros. Ltd. and Kwong Wing Barber Shop.
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 James Crookall fonds
[A float of acrobats in a parade in Chinatown]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Exploring Vancouver’s Chinatown
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.
[Side of a building in Chinatown]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Vancouver's Chinatown at Night
Item is a postcard printed with an image of East Pender Street between Carrall and Main Streets in Chinatown on a rainy evening. The exteriors of the restaurants Ming's, Hong Kong Cafe, and Bamboo Terrace are pictured.
Vancouver's Chinatown at night
Item is a postcard printed with an image of East Pender Street between Carrall and Main Street at night, looking west. Many Chinese restaurants and import shops are pictured.
East Pender Street - Chinatown
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Photograph shows East Pender Street and Columbia. The Sun Tower is in the background and the Chinese Benevolent Association Building is to the right.
[Victory celebration parade in Chinatown]
[VJ Day celebrations in Chinatown]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Onlookers in Chinatown for funeral procession]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Onlookers in Chinatown for funeral procession]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Men reading posted newspapers in Chinatown]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Men reading posted newspapers in Chinatown]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[People in Chinatown celebration VJ Day]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Photograph shows a woman holding a copy of the Vancouver Sun with the headline "Official Peace"
[Men reading posted newspapers in Chinatown]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Men reading posted newspapers in Chinatown]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Children marching in a Victory parade in Chinatown]
[View of crowd at VJ Day celebrations in Chinatown]
[Crowds in street in Chinatown during VJ Day celebrations]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Crowd on a street in Chinatown celebrating VJ Day]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Chinese lion in Victory celebration parade in Chinatown]
Old Bldg. in Chinatown [Pender St. and Shanghai Alley]
Part of Walter E. Frost fonds
Photograph shows the building being demolished
[Men watching VJ celebrations from balcony in Chinatown]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Crowd on a street in Chinatown celebrating VJ Day]
Part of James Crookall fonds
A group of men reading notices posted on a wall in Chinatown
Part of Karl Haspel fonds
[People waving flags out of windows in Chinatown during VJ Day celebrations]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Chinese musicians playing during VJ day celebrations in Chinatown]
[Chinese musicians playing during VJ day celebrations in Chinatown]
[Two Chinese boys standing in a crowd watching VJ Day celebrations in Chinatown]
[Men reading posted newspapers in Chinatown next to Hotel West]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[Sailors and young woman during VJ Day celebrations in Chinatown]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[View of Dupont Street, later Pender Street, Chinatown area]
Photograph shows carts, people, and a dog in the middle of the street. Various commercial buildings are also shown.