City of Vancouver Archives

Chinese Public School, 499 East Pender

AM1135-: cva 1135-22
Item
June 1977

Part of William Eadington Graham fonds

[Parade in Chinatown on Fisgard Street, Victoria B.C.]

AM54-S4-: Str P351.3
Item
[ca. 1898]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Chinese Settlement House on the far right.

[Woman in traditional clothes on horse]

AM54-S4-: Str P351.2
Item
[ca. 1898]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Chinese ancestral worship ceremony on Fisgard Street, Victoria B.C.]

AM54-S4-: Str P351.1
Item
[ca. 1898]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows part of the Methodist Chinese Mission building at 16 Fisgard Street.

[A man outside the Balmoral Hotel on the southwest corner of Cordova Street and Carrall Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P349.4
Item
1890

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Pedestrians near the southwest corner of Cordova Street and Carrall Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P349.2
Item
1890

Part of Major Matthews collection

Chinese Funeral [of Lo Ming] Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-: Str P232
Item
[between 1893 and 1895]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the northeast corner of Westminster Avenue (Main Street) and Princess Avenue (Pender Street) and the C.F. Foreman Wholesale and Retail Grocer building

King George High School Matric

AM54-S4-: Sch P152
Item
1922

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows left to right: (top row): Marguerite Sampson, Annie Henderson, Carol Helme, Hilda Binns, Marguerite Stinson, Virginia Eaton, Alice Bennett, Adeline Claman, Mildred Nellist, Margaret Andrews, Nancy Monks, Beth Tingley, Barbara Mandell, Agnes King; (second row): Lorna Brown, Dorothy Hillhouse, Elsie Davidson, Lillian McKenzie, Mr. T.H. Roberts, Edna Garner, Eleanor Nicholson, Sybil Bolt, Grace McNeillFlorence Williamson, Mr. A.B. Morrison, Freda MacArthur, Florence Henderson, Muriel Sinton, Gertrude Johnston; (third row): Gladys Brealey, Helen Selbie, Muriel Allen, Alix Binns, Helen Chambers, Mr. H.M. Robertson, Mr. J.R. Sandersdon, Mr. G.W. Clark, Mr. S.M. Moodie, Kathleen Clark, Minnie Lazarus, Evelyn Blain, Mollie Adam, Agnes Cressman; (fourth row): Elizabeth Dobbins, Dorothy Eyre, Winnie Green, Mary Cain, Mrs. E.B. Bell, Mr. D.B. Johnston, Mr. B.J. Wood, Mr. C.H.Cornum, Mary Higginbotham, Ruel Wonder, Maxine McSwayn, Ida Brealey; (fifth row): Fred Stone, Edwin Elliott, W. Murphy, Walter Patrick, John Williams, C. Pugsley, Maurice Freeman, King George High School, Ted Welsman, Jack Piters, James Case, G. Parker, Walter S. Owen, Wilfred Owen, Albert James; (sixth row): R.C. Robson, Allen Jones, James Sheasgreen, J.A. McMillan, F.H. Newitt, B. Williams, William Cornyn, L.W. Campbell, Dalton Allan, G.W. Ashworth, Willard O'Hara, C.B. Owen, John MacDonald, T. Tokunaga, (botton row): Chin Fat, Wong Poon, Harry Elliott, G. McPherson, Herbert D.King, Grant Wiswell, B. Wales, Bruse Macdonald, Jack Sills, H.B. Bonsall, J. Barton, Murray Rowan, M. Golley, Desmond Lawrence and A.H. Rutherford

[Dignitaries waiting at C.P.R. dock for arival of Imperial statesman Li Hung Chang]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1082
Item
[14 Sept. 1896]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Stark family and cook assembled on porch of summer cottage at English Bay]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1074.4
Item
[1898?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Individuals in the photograph include: Mr. and Mrs. James Stark, Jessie Stark (later Mrs. F.R. Begg), Walter Stark, William Stark, and an Asian servant. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Stark family and cook assembled on porch of summer cottage at English Bay]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1074.3
Item
[1898?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Individuals in photograph include: Mr. and Mrs. James Stark, Jessie Stark (later Mrs. F.R. Begg), Walter Stark, William Stark, and an Asian servant. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Miss Koo-Yu-Ching dances to a Chinese orchestra]

AM54-S4-: Port P824
Item
May 11, 1938

Part of Major Matthews collection

[A girl in costume]

AM54-S4-: Port P561
Item
[between 1940 and 1948]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Full-length portrait

Crew of the Annie Fraser

AM54-S4-: Port P238
Item
1878

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing (left to right) standing: Angus Fraser, Cum Yee, Alex Johnston; sitting: James Fraser and John Murray

[Young women dressed in brocade gowns]

AM54-S4-: Port P1157.3
Item
1936

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Young women dressed in brocade gowns]

AM54-S4-: Port P1157.2
Item
1936

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Young women practice calligraphy]

AM54-S4-: Port P1157.1
Item
1936

Part of Major Matthews collection

Chinamen Washing for Gold near North Bend

AM54-S4-: Out P803
Item
1891

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Exterior of Casper Phair's residence "Longford House"]

AM54-S4-: Out P739
Item
1896

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing Mr. and Mrs. Phair, their sons A.W.A. "Arty" and Herbert, and, standing toward the back of the house is Chew, their Chinese servant.

[Exterior of George Gibson's store]

AM54-S4-: Out P708
Item
[between 1900 and 1910]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing: Mr. White, Mrs. Albert McColl (nee Hattie Gibson), Mrs. Patterson (nee Nellie Gibson), Don Patterson, Tom Wells, Vera McColl, Mrs. Gibson and Mr. George Gibson

Chinese Winter Quarters near North Bend, B.C.

AM54-S4-: Out P41
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Chinese Labour Battalion at William Head Quarantine Station en route to France]

AM54-S4-: Mil P194
Item
Mar. 28, 1918

Part of Major Matthews collection

Dragon Parade 1958

AM1563-: MI-339
Item
18 May 1958

Part of Joe Quan fonds

Item is an amateur film of the 1958 Chinatown Dragon Parade. The film includes views of spectators lined up along the parade route, buildings and signs for businesses along Pender Street, and cars and groups participating in the parade. Footage includes many shots of men in a large dragon costume, the Vancouver Fire Department Band, and the Chinese Freemasons and Chinese Community School floats.

Miss Chinatown 1960

AM1563-: MI-338
Item
29 Jan. 1960

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.

Alaskan Scenery and the Chinese Exhibit at Vancouver's Golden Jubilee

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is a moving image/film documenting a Chinese performance at Vancouver's Golden Jubilee celebration that includes a theatrical stage show, a trapeze artist, and moving images of the Chinese Arch erected at Pender Street near Carrall Street. There are also images of an unknown beach. This section is preceded by the title frame: Chinese Exhibit Golden Jubilee at Vancouver, B.C.. Film also includes footage taken from a passanger ship moving up the Alaskan coast. The stops are separated by the title frames: Ketchikan, Alaska; Castle Rock; and Peril Straits.