Stores and Restaurants - Interview with Ms. Joe

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Title

Stores and Restaurants - Interview with Ms. Joe

Contributor(s)

Joe, Ms. (Interviewee)

Project Title

Chinatown Stories

Type of Resource

moving image

Genre

oral histories (literary works)

Date Created

2015

Publisher

Vancouver Public Library

Place

Vancouver

Language

Cantonese

Description

Ms. Joe talks about how there were no restaurants when she first arrived in Chinatown. She talks about home cooking in the 1960s, when there were only two big stores. Chinese stores opened much later. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.

Form

videorecording

Extent

00:00:40

Digital Origin

Born digital

Subject(s)

Grocery shopping
Dining out
Home cooking
Woodward's Stores Limited
Chinese Canadians
Chinese restaurants

Location(s)

British Columbia - Vancouver - Downtown
British Columbia - Vancouver - Downtown - Chinatown

Time Period

1960s

Use and Reproduction

In copyright. For information about how you can use this item, see https://vpl.arcabc.ca/thisvancouver/use-reproduction

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