City of Vancouver Archives

Import and export of general merchandise - [Wing Hong On Co.] - correspondence with Chinatown

AM1108-S1-1--
File
1910

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Canada Pacific Airline flyer (newspaper clipping) and Chinatown phone directory

AM1108-S5--
File
1937-1951

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Vancouver Chinese High School University Students' Association and Vancouver Chinatown Golden Jubilee, 1886-1936

AM1108-S5--
File
1931-1936

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Canton Alley]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-56
Item
[ca. 1910?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Yip Sang with children and family members in front of Wing Sang Company building at 51 East Pender]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-51
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Item is a photograph of a photograph showing the Wing Sang Building prior to its expansion in 1901. Individuals identified are: Yip Sang (far left), his number seven son Yip Kew Hong (holding Yip Sang's hand) and his number six son Yip Kew Gin (second from the right).

[Yip Sang with children and unidentified men in front of Wing Sang Company building at 51 East Pender]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-52
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows the Wing Sang Building prior to its expansion in 1901. Yip Sang is on the far left.

[Mel Yip standing in front of window of the Wing Sang Company Building at 51 East Pender Street]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-164
Item
[ca. 1945]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Mel Yip is a grandson of Yip Sang.

[Merchant Yip Sang and family members in front of the Wing Sang Company building, 51 East Pender Street]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-54
Item
[ca. 1902]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Yip Sang is the fifth person from the left.

[Group photograph of boys and young men on Pender Street]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-65
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows a large group of boys and young men (some in scout uniforms) standing on Pender Street. The Peking Chop Suey House in the Chinese Freemason's Building at 1 West Pender Street appears in the background. Approximately half of the photograph is missing.

Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

AM1108
Fonds
1895-1989

The fonds consists of the records of the Yip family, including those of Yip Sang, and of Yip Sang Ltd. and its predecessor, the Wing Sang Company. The fonds includes financial records (mainly account books, remittance stubs, receipts and invoices), correspondence, published material kept by the family, and Yip family photographs, including views of the business, Chinese organizations and schools.

Yip family

[Kuo Min Tang Chinese Nationalist League of Canada, Fourth Convention 1929, Jan. 20th to Jan. 31st]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-156
Item
Jan. 20, 1929

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Item is a group portrait of men and a few children taken in front of the Manton Co. Ltd. store building at 296 East Pender Street.

Photographs

AM1108-S4
Series
[189-?]-[196-?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Series consists of photographs of the Yip Sang family and friends and their activities, as well as some photographs collected by the family. Includes photographs of the Wing Sang Building, Canton Alley, the Chinese Student's Athletic Association soccer team, the Chinese Empire Reform Association, the Kuo Min Tang [Kuomintang] Chinese Nationalist League of Canada, and the opening of the Toishan (Toi Shan) District High School in Kwon Tung (Guangdong) Province, China. Photographs also relate to family events, such as weddings, Yip Sang's birthday celebrations, and Yip Sang's funeral.

Letter of appreciation to Chinese Benevolent Association from China University, Beijing

AM1108-S3--
File
1933

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Listing of Yip Chuntien's properties in China and Canada

AM1108-S3--
File
1915

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

File also includes a will of Yip Sang.

[Head and shoulders studio portrait of a woman in formal Japanese dress]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-39
Item
[189-?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Studio portrait of a man and two women in traditional Japanese dress with rickshaw]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-45
Item
[189-?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows a man and a woman on the ground after a rickshaw has fallen backwards. A second woman assists the first woman.

[Studio portrait of a woman in formal Japanese dress kneeling on the floor with drums]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-36
Item
[189-?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Studio portrait of six women in traditional Japanese dress with musical instruments and fans]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-43
Item
[189-?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows five women kneeling on the floor with musical instruments, including a wind instrument, drums and stringed instruments, and a woman standing above them holding fans.

[Studio portrait of three women in formal Japanese dress]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-29
Item
[189-?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Studio portrait of three women in formal Japanese dress]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-34
Item
[189-?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows one woman standing holding a broom, another woman standing holding a stick and a third woman kneeling on the floor holding a basket above her head.

[View of a large building, possibly a school]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-8
Item
[189-?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[View of a people sitting along a road in front of a building]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-14
Item
[189-?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[View of large field]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-3
Item
[189-?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[View of temple surrounded by statues]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-4
Item
[189-?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Graveside service for Yip Sang]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-147
Item
1927

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows Pastor Kwan performing ceremony and mourners, including members of the Yip Sang family.

[Graveside service for Yip Sang]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-153
Item
1927

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows Pastor Kwan performing ceremony and mourners, including members of the Yip Sang family.

[Inside of church showing Yip Sang's casket]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-131
Item
1927

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Pallbearers carrying Yip Sang's casket from church]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-136
Item
1927

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Yip Sang funeral procession on East Pender Street]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-143
Item
1927

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Yip Sang's casket and mourners]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-146
Item
1927

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Yip Sang's casket in the church]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-132
Item
1927

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Chinese Students' Athletic Association [photograph album]

AM1108-S4--
File
1925-1926

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

File consists of photographs of the Chinese Students' Athletic Association's junior and senior soccer teams attached, originally bound together in an album. Includes group and individual photographs of team members, matches against the Malkins, B.C. Telephone, Scouts, Edith Cavell School, South Vancouver, Kerrisdale and Sapperton, and a match for the 1925 Tim Mahoney Cup.

[Yip Kew Lap sitting on wood railing]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-113
Item
Sep. 1925

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

"To C.S.A.A. [Chinese Students' Athletic Association] Sept. 1925, Best Wishes -- Lap Yip"

CS [Chinese Students' Athletic Association] Junior [soccer team] vs. Edith Cavell - [CS team member]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-89
Item
1925

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows a member of the Chinese Students' Athletic Association soccer team sitting in a field.

CS [Chinese Students' Athletic Association] Junior [soccer team] vs. Edith Cavell - [CS team member]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-91
Item
1925

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows a member of the Chinese Students' Athletic Association soccer team standing in a field.

CS [Chinese Students' Athletic Association] Junior [soccer team] vs. Edith Cavell - [CS team member]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-93
Item
1925

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows a member of the Chinese Students' Athletic Association soccer team standing in a field.

CS [Chinese Students' Athletic Association] Junior [soccer team] vs. Kerrisdale [CS team member]

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-103
Item
1926

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows a member of the Chinese Students' Athletic Association soccer team standing in a field.

CS [Chinese Students' Athletic Association] Junior [soccer team] vs. Scout

AM1108-S4---: CVA 689-84
Item
1925

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows members of the Chinese Students' Athletic Association soccer team sitting in a field with men and young boys standing behind them.

[Chinese Empire Reform Association ]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-53
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Group studio portrait. Individuals identified are Won Alexander Cumyow (far left), Yip Yin, nephew of Yip Sang (standing) and Yip Sang (far right).

[Group photograph of Chinese Students' Athletic Association soccer team]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-66
Item
[ca. 1925]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Item is a group phototgraph of members of the Chinese Students' Athletic Association soccer team, including members of the Yip Sang family, taken outdoors at the Cambie Street Grounds. The Sun Building and Beatty Street Armoury appear in the background. Individuals identified are: Yip Kew Lap (standing, far left), Lee Nig Jiu (standing, second from left), and Yip Wing Fu (front row, far left).

[Head and shoulders studio portrait of Yip Sang]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-63
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Opening of Taishan (Hoi Sun) District High School, Kwon Thung (Guang Dong) Province, China - view of school from a distance]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-121
Item
Apr. 1926

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Photograph shows people standing in front of the school.

[Wedding portrait of Yip Kew Him and Lee Lan Fan]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-59
Item
1914

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Full-length studio portrait of Yip Sang's number five son Yip Kew Him and his wife.

[Wedding portrait of Yip Kew Him and Lee Lan Fan]

AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-60
Item
1914

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

Full-length studio portrait of Yip Sang's number five son Yip Kew Him and his wife.

[Chinese textbooks]

AM1108-S5--
File
[1900-1920?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

[Postbills of Cantonese opera]

AM1108-S5--
File
[1900-1920?]

Part of Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds

File consists of postbills (commonly called as xiqiao 戲橋 in Chinese) of Cantonese opera published by Danzhutang, which was one of the major printers in the province of Gungdong, China. Rather than present a performance like a playbill, these postbills were printed to summarize a particular play with a plot synopsis. More than 90 Canatonese opera plays are represented in these postbills.

King George High School annual