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.)”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Collector/curator's description reads: “1934, Vancouver. Photo of sisters Lily (age 3) and Esther Weinstein (4). They were from a Romanian Jewish immigrant family that lived in the Strathcona neighbourhood.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Item is "Vancouver - Spectacular By Nature;" the last in the series of video post cards; released in 1994. The film features footage of Vancouver and the surrounding area highlighting the activities and attractions available to visitors. The final five minutes of the film features a couple of minutes of archival footage of Vancouver as a way to celebrate and acknowledge its 100 year history. Directed and edited by Mike [Michael] Collier; photography Dave Geddes, Ron Orieux, Bob Rodvik, Tim Sale, John Seale, and Bob Asgeirsson; narrator Art Hives; music Ralph Dyck; technical services Alpha Cine Service and Post Haste Video. Produced by Yaletown Productions Inc. b&w from 00:21:43-00:22:40.
Collector/curator's description reads: “September 1934, Vancouver. Photo of five unidentified Chinese children. Photo was purchased on EBay from a seller who obtained it at a flea market in Vancouver.”
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.”
Collector/curator's description reads: “Early 1930s, Vancouver. Two unidentified young Chinese girls pose in silk Cheongsam gowns. The photo was found in the archives of the Harry Con family of Vancouver.”
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.”