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Collector/curator’s description reads: “1920s, Vancouver. Photo of an unidentified Croatian wedding couple.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “1920s, Vancouver. Wedding photo of a Croatian couple and their family.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “1920s, Vancouver. Photo of an unidentified wedding couple and their best man and maid of honour.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “Late 1940s, Vancouver. Photo of a large unidentified Croatian wedding party.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “Early 1930s, Vancouver. Wedding photo of an unidentified Croatian Canada couple and 32 of their family and friends. Photo was found in the archive of Jakov and Marija Tomljenovich. Jakov is seen in the back row, far left, holding little girl.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “1929, Vancouver (23 West Pender). Wedding photo of Jack (Jakov) and Mary (Marija) Tomljenovich and their family and friends. The couple would have five children. Jakov arrived in Canada around 1926. Mary came later and the two married in Canada in 1929. Yucho Chow took their wedding photo. Over the course of his life, Jack worked in every resource sector: mining, sawmill, fishing, logging. Their greatest aspiration is that their children would get an education. And, indeed, three of their children went on to university.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “1920, Vancouver. Hand painted photo of Jakov & Marija (Prpich) Tomljenovich on their wedding day. Jakov arrived in Canada around 1926. Mary came later and the two married in Canada on May 16, 1929. Yucho Chow took their wedding photo. Over the course of his life, Jack worked in every resource sector: mining, sawmill, fishing, logging. Their greatest aspiration is that their children would get an education. And, indeed, three of their children went on to university.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “1937, Vancouver. Photo of a Croatian Canadian bride and groom with their wedding party and many guests. The groom is Bartol Sulina and his new bride is Jovana Sulina (nee Malatestinie). There are so many people squeezed into this wide photo that part of a studio light and boxes can be seen on the left side of the photograph.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “April 27, 1957. Vancouver. Wedding of John Separovich (1930 - ) and Mary Miharija (1934-2015). The flower girl is Linda (Tomljenovich) Stephens who was 8 years old at the time.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “Circa 1940s, Vancouver. Photo of Rose (Prpich) Polonia and her second husband (first name unknown). Photo likely taken on their wedding day.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “1937, Vancouver. Photo of Joe & Milka Mayer on their wedding day. Back row (L-R): Ante Majercovic, Katy Kalanj, Joe Mayer (Groom), Nada Dosen, Mile Dosen, Mile Majerovic and unknown. Front row (L-R): Polly Kalanj, Milka Mayer (Bride), Mary Kosovic.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “1947, Vancouver. Photo of George Matekovic and Irene Matkovic (nee Canic) on their wedding day and with their large bridal party. Back row (left to right): unidentified man, unidentified, unidentified, Joe Nakara, George Matkovic (groom), Irene Matkovic (bride), Anne Nakara (nee Pavich), and three unidentified men. Front Row (left to right): Mary Kosovic, Mary Hecimovic, unidentified, unidentified, Rosemary Canic (flower girl), Mary Car, Mary Canic, Ann Canic (sisters of the bride); and an unidentified woman.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “1934, Vancouver. Wedding of a Croatian Canadian couple: Nikola Jurincic and Katarina Domijan and their relatives. This photo is unusual for two reasons. The photographer's lights are clearly visible on the left side of the image and on the right stands one of Yucho Chow's sons. Also the man in the front row, second from right, holds an unlit cigarette.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “1933, Vancouver. Wedding photo Anton Janovich with Marica (nee Malatestinic). The two flower girls are: Left, Dorothy Crncich (Marica's niece) and Mary Lubotina (right). Maid of Honour is Katica (Domijan) Jurincich, and the best man is Spiro Janovich.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “1920s, Vancouver. Full portrait of Bartol (Bert) Sulina, who was born in Vrbnik, Otok Krk, Croatia in 1904. He was 23 years old when he arrived in Canada in 1927. His mother and sister had died earlier of the Spanish Flu pandemic that swept through Europe in 1917. Bartol earned his living working in logging camps and then as a cook on fishing boats. While in Vancouver, he boarded with a Croatian family who lived on Union Street. They came from the same island and mentioned they had a younger sister named Jovana who was still living in Europe. Bartol decided to send for Jovana and in 1937 the coupled married. Bartol passed away at age 53 in 1958. His death certificate indicated he was a fisherman.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “Early 1930s, Vancouver. Full length studio portrait of John Mijacika, an immigrant from Croatian. He arrived in Canada in June 1929, just before the stock market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression. He lived on his own for eight years while saving to bring his wife and son over. This same photo was used to create a family photo: Yucho Chow superimposed John's wife, Danica, and their son Anton who were still living in Croatia. The family was finally reunited around 1936. John was a commercial fisherman who owned his own boat a number years after arriving in Canada. He died in fish boat accident September 3, 1959.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Late 1930s, Vancouver. Photo of an unidentified Croatian-Canadian couple with a young girl who looks to be in her early teens, and likely their daughter. Found in the archives of the Kosovic family.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1920s, Vancouver. Photo of two unidentified Caucasian men, two women and an infant. Appears the photo may have been taken to commemorate a baptism. This photo was found in the collection of the John Grskovic family.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1942, Vancouver. Photo of several Croatian Canadian couples and their children, likely all the families are related. The only people who can be identified are those members of the Jakov (Jack) Tomljenovich family. Back row, standing: Jakov Tomljenovich (third from left); and Anne Tomljenovich (far right). And in the front row, John Tomljenovich (far left); Lucy Tomljenovich (fourth from left); and Marija (Mary) Tomljenovich (fifth from left); and Matthew Tomljenovich (fourth from right).”

Collector/curator's description reads: “C. 1940, Vancouver. Photo of the Jack (Jakov) and Mary (Marija) Tomljenovich (nee Prpich) with their four children along with two unknown adults (standing). Left to right: Lucy; Jack, Matthew; Mary, John; and Anne. The family would go on to have one more child, a daughter named Linda. Jakov arrived in Canada around 1926. Mary came later and the two married in Canada in 1929. Yucho Chow took their wedding photo. Over the course of his life, Jack worked in every resource sector: mining, sawmill, fishing, logging. There greatest aspiration is that their children would get an education. And, indeed, three of their children went on to university.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “C. 1942, Vancouver. Photo of Jakov & Marija (Prpich) Tomljenovich and their children. Left to right: Anne, Jakov, John (front standing), Matthew, Marja and Lucy. They would have one other child after this photo was taken: a daughter whom they named Linda. Jakov arrived in Canada around 1926. Mary came later and the two married in Canada in 1929. Yucho Chow took their wedding photo. Over the course of his life, Jack worked in every resource sector: mining, sawmill, fishing, logging. There greatest aspiration is that their children would get an education. And, indeed, three of their children went on to university.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “C. 1940, Vancouver. Family portrait of Bartol Sulina and Jovanna (Malatestinich) Sulina with their son Jerry Anthony Sulina (born 1938). Bartol was a fisherman. In 1958 he died while working at sea of a heart attack. He was only 53. Jovanna married again later in life, when her children were adults. She became the wife of a Croatian immigrant named Tony Baldigara. Jovanna lived to the ripe age of 105 years and 4 months. Jerry eventually worked with the City [of] Maple Ridge but died of lung cancer in 1995 at the age of 57.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1933, Vancouver. A photo of the Stark family who immigrated from Croatia. Left to right: Joe Stark, John (Johan) Stark, Luisa Stark, Marika Stark holding infant John Stark. The family lived in the Strathcona neighbourhood as did many other newly arrived Croatian immigrants. All three children were born in Vancouver. Later in life, the daughter Luisa (b: 1931) visited her family's ancestral homeland with a youth group that helped rebuild the railroads after the Second World War. There she met a well respect[ed] engineer/business man and had a daughter, Ines. Luisa ended up fleeing back to Vancouver with her 4.5 year old daughter. Luisa could easily leave the communist country as she was born in Canada. Unfortunately, her husband could not escape and he would not see his daughter Ines again until she was 32 years old.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1929, Vancouver. Rose Separovich with two unidentified men: likely her first husband (first name and surname unknown) and likely their son (name unkown). Photo was taken the same day this trio attended the wedding of Marija Prpich to Jakov Tomljenovich.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “C. 1947, Vancouver. Photo of the Saban and Car families. Back row (left to right): Mirko Car, Ante Saban and Silvo Car. Front row (left to right): Caroline Saban; Milka Car; Milka Saban; Mrs.Car (first name unknown); and Nicholas Saban.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1946, Vancouver. Photo of the Saban family. (L-R) Eleanor Saban, Ante Saban, Nicholas Saban, Milka Saban, Caroline Saban, Mary Saban. Ante Saban was a fisherman on the boat the Daisy Bee that was lost at sea in 1952 and never found.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Early 1930s, Vancouver. A composite photo of John Mijacika, an immigrant from Croatia, taken at Yucho Chow Studio, along with his wife, Danica, and their son Anton who were still living in Croatia and had their photos taken there. John arrived in Canada in June 1929, just before the stock market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression. He lived on his own for eight years while saving to bring his wife and son over. John was a commercial fisherman who owned his own boat a number years after arriving in Canada. He died in fish boat accident September 3, 1959.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1948, Vancouver. Photo of the Mijacika family along with godparents to their youngest son, Jerry Mijacika (dressed in the sailor suit). Jerry is flanked by his two godparents sitting on either side of him. The godmother was Amelia Aleksich, a family friend. And the godfather was his Uncle Nick Mijacika from San Pedro, California. Standing is Jerry's own family: Zorka Mijacika (sister to Jerry), John Mijacika (father), Danica Mijacika (mother) and Anton Mijacika (brother to Jerry).”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1945, Vancouver. Photo of the John and Danica Mijacika family. Left to right: John, daughter Zorka (surname later changed to Zorka Reid), Danica and Anton. John had arrived in Canada in 1929, and saved for almost eight years before he could bring his wife and son over from Croatia. John was a commercial fisherman who owned his own boat. He died in fish boat accident September 3, 1959.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1942, Vancouver. Photo of the christening of Nika Miloglav (baby). Front row, left to right: Anna (Nika's mother); Zorka Mijacika; Danica Mijacika holding Nike. Danica was made godmother. Back row, left to right: Peter Miloglav (father of Nika) and his brother Mike.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1933, Vancouver. Photo of the Lovrich family, who were Croatian immigrants. The children in the photo are Barrie and her younger brother Nick (sitting on mother's lap). Their father was Nikola Mate Lovrich (second from right). He was born in Crikvenica, Croatia and worked as a commercial fisherman in B.C. He also worked the highboat for B.C. Packers. For reasons unknown, the industrialist H.R. McMillan bought Nikola a tailor-made, three-piece suit with two pairs of trousers. The suit cost over $200, which was a lot of money at the time. No one remembers the reason why. Nikola died February 11, 1990 at age 88. The names of other members of the family are unknown.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1948, Vancouver. Photo of the Kosovic family. (Left to right): Rose, Petar, Tully, Robert, Dragica and Mary Car.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1946, Vancouver. Photo of the Petar and Dragica Kosovic family. (L-R) Robert Kosovic, Petar Kosovic, Mary Kosovic (standing), Tilly Kosovic (sitting), Dragica Kosovic, Rose Kosovic. Mary (centre) had just started a job at the meat packing plant and bought a custom-made brown pin-striped suit from Modernize Tailors.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1944, Vancouver. Photo of John Kirincich and his mother Anica.”.

Collector/curator's description reads: “1943, Vancouver. Portrait of the Jurincic family, a Croatian Canadian family. Left to right: Nikola (Nick); Nikola the father; Helen (later to be known as Helen Van Pykstra); Katarina the mother (nee Domijan); and Mary (later to be known as Mary Crema). The mother and two daughters are all clutching purses.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1945, Vancouver. Photo of the Car family. (L-R) Mirko Car, Joey Car, Milka Car and Mary Car (on lap).”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1942, Vancouver. Photo of Tony and Dorothy Crncich with baby Olga Sulina. Tony and Dorothy were godparents to Olga. Olga would later marry and be known as Olga Malkoc.”

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.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1943, Vancouver. Photo of child Jerry Sulina with his godfather, Pete Valkovic.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1942, Vancouver. Photo of Jerry Sulina and his baby sister Olga.”

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.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “C. 1941, Vancouver. Photo of Nick Lovrich (left) on the day of his confirmation. His family were Catholics from Croatia. Standing next to Nick is his godfather, Martin Car.”

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.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1933, Vancouver. Infant Nick Lovrich with his big sister Barrie. The children lived on Union Street. Yucho Chow was so impressed with Barrie that he offered to take a free photo of her every year. The family did not take him up on that offer, but they did return to Yucho Chow Studio from time to time.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1938, Vancouver. Photo of siblings: Nikola Jurincic and Mary Jurincic (later to be Mary Crema).”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa late 1930s, Vancouver. Anica (Fanuko) Grskovic (left) and Nancy Lubotina. Appears that the photo was taken to commemorate Anica's first communion.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1949, Vancouver. Photo of William (Bill) George Corobotiuc. Born in Vancouver July 20, 1943 and died November 28, 2006. Came from a Croatian family. He worked at Workers Compensation Board and was known for his love of quotes, using them every opportunity he could. ‘Stop and smell the roses.’ ‘You get what you pay for.’ ‘You snooze, you lose.’ He was also a devoted vinyl record collector and amassed thousands of record albums over the years, mostly rock n' roll.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1945, Vancouver. Photo of siblings Mary and Joey Car.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “C. early 1930s, Vancouver. Studio photo of two Croatian men: Tony Baldigara (left) and John Grskovic, who were friends. John Grskovic was an immigrant from Otok Krk, Croatia. He worked as a salmon fisherman with Francis Millard & Company. He had 2 gilnette fishing boats: the EliseF and the Marianna III. He built the Marianna III in a garage in North Burnaby with a friend. Tony Baldigara (left) was also a Croatian immigrant, and it is believed he was also a fisherman. His second wife, Jovanna (Sulina) Baldigara, was the godmother to one of John's daughters, Maryann Grskovic (later known as Maryann Bendo). The couple lived in Burnaby.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Late 1930s, Vancouver. Studio photo of two Croatian men (left to right): John Lenic and John Grskovic. John Grskovic was an immigrant from Otok Krk, Croatia. He worked as a salmon fisherman with Francis Millard & Company. He had 2 gilnette fishing boats: the EliseF and the Marianna III. He built the Marianna III in a garage in North Burnaby with a friend. John Lenic was also a fisherman, and the families were very close. The commercial fisherman would plan their seasons so they could be together at sea and watch out for one another as they had separate boats. They would share food and tie up together for safety. The Croatian fishermen would travel together to Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet etc.”