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Title: Boys with Canada goose they have shot:
Contributor(s): Gunterman, Ida Madeline Warner (Mattie) (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1912
Description: Henry Gunterman and friend with Canada geese they have shot near Beaton - from 'Flapjacks and Photographs' by Henri Robideau 1995 p. 162.
Subject(s): Hunting, Birds, Geese, Portraits, Group, Gunterman, Henry
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Mattie Gunterman Collection

Title: Children and adults picnicking on a pier in Port Alberni:
Contributor(s): Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Children and adults picnicking on a pier in Port Alberni.
Subject(s): Portraits, Group, Clothing and dress, Children and adults, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Picnics, Piers
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Leonard Frank Collection

Title: Dominion Day celebrations:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1917
Description: Dominion Day celebrations in Langley, BC.
Subject(s): Crowds, Men, Women, Holidays
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Esson's Family Bakery - Interview with Sharon Esson
Contributor(s): Esson, Sharon (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-19
Language: English
Description: Sharon tells about the Esson's Family Bakery in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:01:56
Subject(s): Bakers and bakeries, Bakeries, Small business, Family-owned business enterprises
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1910s, 1960s, 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: Generations in South Hill - Interview with Lorne Findlay and Susan Faehndrich-Findlay:
Contributor(s): Findlay, Lorne (Interviewee), Faehndrich-Findlay, Susan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: Lorne Findlay moved to the South Hill area in 1947. Decades later, his daughter Susan Faehndrich-Findlay followed in her father's footsteps, but didn't realize quite how closely. Part of the South Hill Neighbourhood House program Inside Stories.
Extent: 00:02:34
Subject(s): Dwellings - Remodelling, House construction, Building trades
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1910s, 1940s, 1990s
Collection: Story City

Title: Granville Street covered in snow
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1916
Description: View (ground) looking South on Granville (in the 800 block) near Smithe. There are men shovelling snow from the street. Also pictured are the Maple Leaf Theatre, the Gresham Hotel and a street car.
Subject(s): Theatres, Hotels, Street-railroads, Gresham Hotel, Maple Leaf Theatre, Winter
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Growing Up in Early 20th Century Vancouver - Interview with Robert Bruce (Part 1 of 3)
Contributor(s): Bruce, Robert (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1982
Language: English
Description: Robert Bruce grew up in early 20th century Vancouver and describes the how the city looked and what he did as a youth. He also mentions the First Nations people who lived on reserves in and around the city, watching the prisoners used to clear land, the construction of Carnegie, and his work building boats.
Extent: 00:30:34, 00:30:34
Subject(s): First Nations - Reservations, Hunting, Animals, Business enterprises, Circus, Boatbuilding
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Growing Up in Early 20th Century Vancouver - Interview with Robert Bruce (Part 2 of 3)
Contributor(s): Bruce, Robert (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1982
Language: English
Description: Robert Bruce grew up in early 20th century Vancouver and describes the how the city looked and what he did as a youth. He also mentions the First Nations people who lived on reserves in and around the city, watching the prisoners used to clear land, the construction of Carnegie, and his work building boats.
Extent: 00:27:05, 00:27:05
Subject(s): First Nations - Reservations, Hunting, Animals, Business enterprises, Circus, Boatbuilding
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Growing Up in Early 20th Century Vancouver - Interview with Robert Bruce (Part 3 of 3)
Contributor(s): Bruce, Robert (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1982
Language: English
Extent: 00:20:16, 00:20:16
Subject(s): First Nations - Reservations, Hunting, Animals, Business enterprises, Circus, Boatbuilding
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Japanese Canadian Neighbours and the Celtic Cannery - Interview with Terry Slack:
Contributor(s): Slack, Terry (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: Japanese immigrants made up an large part of the Southlands community from the late 19th to the mid 20th Century, attracted by the opportunity to work at the Celtic Cannery. Terry Slack, long time Dunbar-Southlands resident, relates a story he heard from members of the McCleery family (original white settlers in the Dunbar Southlands area) that sheds light on why the Celtic Cannery (pronounced with a soft "C") may have changed its name from Keltic Cannery. Note: the story of the Cannery is unverified.
Extent: 00:02:41
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Japanese Canadians, Celtic Cannery
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 1890s, 1910s, 1920s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Long-time Resident of Chinatown - Interview with S.G. Wing (Part 1 of 2)
Contributor(s): Wing, S.G. (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Language: English
Description: Speakers in English talk to and translate for S.G. Wing who recounts (sometimes in English) his experiences as a Chinese immigrant in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:32:41, 00:32:41
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Emigration and immigration
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Long-time Resident of Chinatown - Interview with S.G. Wing (Part 2 of 2)
Contributor(s): Wing, S.G. (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Language: English
Description: Speakers in English talk to and translate for S.G. Wing who recounts (sometimes in English) his experiences as a Chinese immigrant in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:24:00, 00:24:00
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Emigration and immigration
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Man on a ship
Contributor(s): Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1910
Description: Man on a ship in the Alberni Canal.
Subject(s): Ships, Sailing
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Leonard Frank Collection

Title: Man shovelling snow on Robson Street:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1916
Description: View (ground) looking East in the 1000 block of Robson Street. There is one man shovelling snow off the sidewalk.
Subject(s): Winter, Dwellings
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Mattie with four fish
Contributor(s): Gunterman, Ida Madeline Warner (Mattie) (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1915
Description: 'Mattie Gunterman about age 50 taken in yard of old log house, Beaton.' photo in 'Flapjacks and Photographs' by Henri Robideau 1995 p. 166.
Subject(s): Photographers, Fishing, Gunterman, Mattie, 1872-1945, Portraits
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Mattie Gunterman Collection

Title: Memories of Strathcona School - Interview with Eva Scherger
Contributor(s): Scherger, Eva (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: Eva Scherger was born in the 1920s and grew up in Strathcona. Here, she recalls her days at Strathcona School and some of the school's history. Note: Ms. Scherger's recollection that Strathcona School was briefly used for a hospital for Japanese families during the flu epidemic during WWI is accurate; King Edward Secondary was used as a temporary hospital for the rest of the populace during this time.
Extent: 00:01:54
Subject(s): Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Influenza, Elementary schools, Schools
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1910s, 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Modern Silk Company - Interview with Larry Wong
Contributor(s): Wong, Larry (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015-07-28
Language: English
Description: Larry Wong speaks about his father's business, Modern Silk Company, including its success and significance in Vancouver's Chinatown.
Extent: 00:01:29
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Modern Silk Company, Buildings, Small business, Family-owned business enterprises
Location(s): Chinatown
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Orpheum Theatre, 700 block Granville St. with the 2nd Hotel Vancouver behind
Contributor(s): Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Orpheum Theatre, 700 block Granville St. with the 2nd Hotel Vancouver behind.
Subject(s): Arbor Cafe (Vancouver, B.C.), Hotels, Hotel Vancouver (1916-39), Hotel Vancouver (Vancouver, B.C.), Orpheum Theatre (Vancouver, B.C.), Vancouver Drug Company, Theatres, Theatres - History
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Leonard Frank Collection

Title: Philip Timms' boat
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Two men, two women and a young girl standing on a dock beside Philip Timms' boat.
Subject(s): Photographers, Timms, Philip Thomas, 1874-1973, Boats and boating
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Port Alberni Sports Club Water Polo team:
Contributor(s): Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Port Alberni Sports Club Water Polo team. Series 9204B shows another team.
Subject(s): Athletes, Portraits, Group, Water polo, Sports teams, Bathing suits, Sports uniforms, Port Alberni Sports Club
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Leonard Frank Collection