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Collector/curator and donating family’s description reads: “1936, Vancouver. From left to right: Sylvia (b. 1926) with headband; Grandma Sam Chun May b. 1920 with baby Peggy (b. 1936 ) in her arms; Loy (b. 1922) with V-neck sweater vest; Peter (b. 1928) in white shirt buttoned up; my dad Harry (b. 1920) with East Richmond lacrosse jersey; Grandfather Jae Tong Yuen (arrived 1911 on Empress of Japan. This is his second marriage - his first wife died giving birth. He worked [at] Hastings Sawmill, land clearing Shaughnnessy); Dennis (b. 1933) with shorts between grandpa's legs; and Ken in the sweater vest with horizontal lines (b. 1931); Uncle John (son #2 and born in 1922) has already passed away in 1928 at age 6 or 7 from pneumo-meningitis (re: Mitchell School disease outbreak which killed 3 of the 4 children that cont[r]acted it.)
When this photo was taken at the Yucho Chow Studio, the family lived on Jacombs Road Richmond, (at the time Jacombs was a private road and Cambie was known as 20th).
Grandma Sam Chun Moy (not her real name). Brought over alone as a 5 year from Yin Ping County of Guangdong Province on Blue Funnel Line - S.S. Teucer (Her mother let her go due to health issues). Grandma Sam Chun Moy was raised by the Sam family in Powell River, Union Steamship Company days (pre- BC Ferries). She never wanted to talk about this chapter in her life.”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “Mid-1940s, Vancouver. Photo of Jim and Mary Yuen and their children. Jim was a businessman who was involved in a number of enterprises. Before the Second World War, he bought the London Hotel with family money. Then he purchased a grocery store at 761 East Pender in Vancouver. He followed that up opening the Kubla Khan nightclub which, in 1966 was remodelled and renamed to Shanghai Junk. According to a February 1966 Vancouver Sun newspaper article, Jim spent $40,000 on the renovation. Back: Fred Yuen, Jeanne Yuen, Doug Yuen. Middle: Gordon Yuen, Mary Yuen, Beatrice Yuen, Jim Yuen, Robert Yuen. Front: Grace Yuen, Gilbert Yuen.”

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).”

Collector/curator’s description reads: “Late 1920s, Vancouver. Photo of Yucho Chow’s wife and some of his Canadian-born children. Back row, left to right: Jack Chow; Peter Chow; Rose Chow; Jessie Chow. Front row: Philip Chow; Mrs. Yucho Chow (formerly Yip Kwan) and Samuel Chow. (Samuel Chow who was born March 1, 1923 and died July 1949 of TB [tuberculosis], shortly before his father, Yucho Chow passed away in November 1949.)”

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: “Circa 1936, Vancouver. Soo Lum Woo family. Left to right: William Woo; Soo Lum Woo; and Mary Woo.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1931, Vancouver. Woo Lee Shee and children. Standing (left to right): Effie; Ruby and William. Seated (left to right): Edith; Margaret; Helen (infant); Woo Lee Shee.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1940s, Vancouver. Photo of Wong and Mah family members. Back row, left to right: Robert Mah; Adelaine (Mah) Wong, and Edward Wong. Children: Ivan Wong (on lap), Lee Lin Choy (seated); Ernie Wong; Sam Gong (seated) and Alfie Wong (on lap). Robert was a student and went on to become a draftsman. Edward owned and operated Park General Store on 269 Powell Street. He also worked as a real estate agent.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1914, Vancouver. Wong Wing family standing on Keefer Street. Left to right: John Wong, Chan Dai Yuen, Wong Wing Fong, Ben Wong.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Late 1940s, Vancouver. Photo of Wally and Della Wong with their children and an unidentified older man. It is rumoured that Wally came to Canada as a 'paper son' of businessman Quong Wong. Back row (left to right): Della and Wally Wong. Front row: Gerry, Gladys, unidentified older Asian man, Gilby and Gordon Wong.”.

Collector/curator's description reads: “Early 1940s, Vancouver. Photo of Chou Heung Leong Wong family. Back row (left to right): Leah (Wong) Gong, Bing Chew Wong. Front: Tommy Wong; Frank Wong; Frances (Wong) Lim; Chou Heung Leong Wong (mother); Tommy (Bing Tong) Wong; and May (Wong) Eng.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Early 1920s, Vancouver. Photo of Toy Wong with his two wives and children.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “March 1925, Vancouver. Portrait of Wong family. Left to right: Seto S. Wong; son Quon Hipp Wong; nephew William Wong; and father Shih Park Wong. Shih Park operated the Hong Yee On general store on Canton Alley. His son, Quon H Wong because a notary and also ran a travel agency on Pender. William Wong was a nephew whose father had passed away. He later operated the famous Ovaltine Cafe on Hastings Street. His son, Randall Wong, went on to become the first Chinese Canadian federally-appointed judge in British Columbia.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1919, Vancouver. Quong John Wong with his wife Hum Shee Wong and their children. Left to right: Mrs. Wong holding son Ted; Leonard (#1 son); Quong John Wong; and daughter Kathleen. Quong was a Vancouver businessman who ran a grocery store and invested in restaurants. It is believed that, for some period, he was a partner/owner in the W.K. Gardens Chop Suey restaurant, a popular banquet-style restaurant that operated in Vancouver's Chinatown from about 1917-1985.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1919, Vancouver. Photo of businessman Quong Wong and his wife and children and other relatives. Back row standing (Left to right): Quong Wong and Nellie Wong. Middle row: Mary (standing); Hum Shee (spouse of Quong Wong) holding infant son Ted Wong; Grandfather Sam Leong; Grandmother Foong Heng holding Yuet Yuen; and Yet Yee. Front row: Dorothy; Kay/Kathleen and Leonard (children of Quong Wong and Hum Shee); Wing Gee; Gin Goong.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1933, Vancouver. Photo of shirt tailor Wong Mow (seated) and his son's by second wife: Wah Wong (left) and Git Wong. Wong Mow owned and operated the Modern Silk Shirt Company on Main Street in Vancouver's Chinatown.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1940, Vancouver. Photo of Wong Mow (a tailor and owner of the Modern Silk Shirt Company) with his four children. (Left to right): Jennie, Wah, Larry (seated on father's lap) and Git. Their mother had died a few months before this photo was taken.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa 1924, Vancouver. Wong Mark Shee with her daughter Helena Wong. Mark Shee was the second wife of Wong Chew Lip who owned Ming Wo Hardware (later known as Ming Wo Cookware) which opened on East Pender Street in Vancouver around 1922. Helena would take over running the store later.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “C. 1930, Vancouver. Photo of two sisters: Lena Wong (left) and Kay Wong. They were the daughters of Quong John Wong, a businessman who ran a produce store and invested in several Vancouver Chinatown restaurants, including the famous W.K. Gardens Chop Suey restaurant on East Pender Street.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1946, Vancouver (518 Main Street). Photo of Wong Kung Lai family, owner of Modernize Tailors. Back row, L to R: Helen; Jack; Bill; Allan and Anna. Front row, L to R: Milton; Uncle (name unknown); Mother Man Ming (nee Chu); Irene (superimposed); Maurice; Father Kung Lai Wong and May.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1932, Vancouver (23 W Pender). Photo of the Modernize Tailor family. L to R: Mother Man Ming (nee Chu); Anna (on lap); Jack; Father Kung Lai Wong; Helen; Bill; Unknown relative; Allan. Kung Lai Wong arrived in Vancouver from southern China in 1911 at the age of 20, and had to pay a $500 head tax. He worked for a time as a houseboy then apprenticed himself to an English tailor to learn a trade and open his own shop. For his staff, Kung Lai imported "paper relatives" from China, bachelor tailors who would never have a chance to marry. His two eldest boys, Bill and Jack, born a year apart, did everything together. As toddlers, they were allowed to play with scraps of wool and spools of thread at the tailor shop. Later, they would go help out in the shop after attending English school, followed by Chinese school. The 1950s, when the brothers took over Modernize, were prosperous years, with some 20 tailor shops operating in Chinatown. The so-called zoot suit was introduced by jazz musicians in the U.S. in the 1940s and became wildly popular with young men in Vancouver a few years later. This louche style called for wide-legged, high-waisted trousers pegged at the ankles and long jackets with wide lapels and exaggerated shoulders. Modernize produced scores of such suits. They also made costumes for Vancouver's Theatre Under the Stars musical productions and for performances at the historic town of Barkerville in the B.C. interior. The popularity of the suit began to wane in the 1960s, under the influence of such blue-jean wearing film stars as Marlon Brando. A trend toward informality in office wear followed with the introduction of "casual Fridays." Mass manufacturing of clothing in Asia meant a flood of cheap off-the-rack clothing that had not previously existed.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa: 1936, Vancouver. Photo of Wong Kim Sing and family. Left to right: Moy; Ping; Dorothy (seated); May; Wong Lee Shee (wife #3) holding infant Edmund; Joe (son of wife #2); Kang (son of wife #2); Ken; George; Raymond (seated). Wong Kim Sing did a variety of jobs including selling vegetables wholesale and operating a copperstill to brew alcoholic medicines.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Mid-1940s. Vancouver. Back row (left to right): Robert Mah; Adelaine (Mah) Wong; Edward Wong. Adults seated: Lee Lin Choy (mother to Robert and Adelaine); and Sam Goong (3rd uncle). Children (left to right): Ivan Wong; Ernie Wong; and Alfie Wong. Robert Mah was a student at the time this photo was taken. He would go on to become a draftsman. Edward Wong owned and operated Park General Store at 269 Powell Street in Vancouver. He also moonlighted as a real estate agent.”

Photograph may be of the Robert Gordon family.

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Item is a photograph showing Irena Ing and [her parents?].

Item is a photograph showing Irena Ing and Winnifred Eng.

Item is photograph showing family sitting in front of large tree.

Collector/curator's description reads: “1949 or 1950, Vancouver. Photo of the extended Weinstein family who were Romanian Jews. Front row, left to right: Esther Weinstein, Izadore Weinstein, Phillip Weinstein on lap (first grandchild and son of George and Mildred), Miriam Weinstein and Lily Weinstein. Back row, left to right: Harold Rome, Reta (Weinstein) Rome, Pauline (Weinstein) Smith, Harry Weinstein, Mildred (Weinstein) Simons, George Weinstein.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “Circa mid-1940s, Vancouver. Photo of the Izadore and Miriam Weinstein Family who were Romanian Jews. Front row, left to right: Esther, Izadore, Miriam and Reta. Back row, left to right: George, Lily, and Harry.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1934, Vancouver. Postcard photo of Mrs. Miriam Weinstein and her two Canadian-born daughters: Lily (left) aged 3 and Esther, aged 4. The family were Romanian-Jewish immigrants that lived for a time in the Chinatown/Strathcona neighbourhood. Although Jewish, the two young girls attended a Christian kindergarten in a nearby church. There they learned a number of favourite Christian children songs like "Jesus Loves Me" which they would sing at home much to the consternation of their mother.”

Group portrait showing Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Burns and others

Item consists of a Christmas card to Aldyen Hamber from Shirley and Walter Owen.

Group portrait

Group portrait