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- Title
- The Family Businesses - Interview with Pia Tofini-Johnson and James Johnson:
- Contributor(s)
- Tofini-Johnson, Pia (Interviewee), Johnson, James ()
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-03-20
- Language
- English
- Description
- Pia Tofini-Johnson recalls the early days of both the family's businesses - an Italian newspaper and a travel agency.
- Extent
- 00:04:00
- Subject(s)
- Italian Canadians, Small business, Family-owned business enterprises, Newspapers, Travel agencies
- Location(s)
- Grandview-Woodland
- Time Period
- 1960s, 1970s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- I Wanted That House! - Interview with Pia Tofini-Johnson and James Johnson:
- Contributor(s)
- Tofini-Johnson, Pia (Interviewee), Johnson, James (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-03-20
- Language
- English
- Description
- Pia Tofini-Johnson's story of buying her first house in Vancouver's Little Italy shows how different Vancouver was in the 1960s.
- Extent
- 00:03:35
- Subject(s)
- Italian Canadians, Housing, Money, Loans
- Location(s)
- Grandview-Woodland
- Time Period
- 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Italian Day on The Drive - Interview with Pia Tofini-Johnson and James Johnson
- Contributor(s)
- Tofini-Johnson, Pia (Interviewee), Johnson, James (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-03-20
- Language
- English
- Description
- Pia Tofini-Johnson and her son James share memories of the Italian Day festival.
- Extent
- 00:05:00
- Subject(s)
- Italian Canadians, Festivals, Italian Day (Festival)
- Location(s)
- Grandview-Woodland
- Time Period
- 1980s, 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- A "Little" April Fools Prank - Interview with Pia Tofini-Johnson and James Johnson
- Contributor(s)
- Tofini-Johnson, Pia (Interviewee), Johnson, James (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-03-20
- Language
- English
- Description
- A small prank became a big deal.
- Extent
- 00:02:25
- Subject(s)
- Practical jokes, Italian Canadians
- Location(s)
- Grandview-Woodland
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Story City