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Title: 1930s Occupations and Protests - Interview with Willis Shaparla (Part 1 of 3)
Contributor(s): Shaparla, Willis (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1984
Language: English
Description: Willis recalls the occupations and protests of the 1930s in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:34:36, 00:34:36
Subject(s): On to Ottawa trek, Bloody Sunday (1938), Depressions - 1929, Protests, Occupations, Labour unions, Police
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: 1930s Occupations and Protests - Interview with Willis Shaparla (Part 2 of 3)
Contributor(s): Shaparla, Willis (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1984
Language: English
Description: Willis recalls the occupations and protests of the 1930s in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:29:34, 00:29:34
Subject(s): On to Ottawa trek, Bloody Sunday (1938), Depressions - 1929, Protests, Occupations, Labour unions, Police
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: 1930s Occupations and Protests - Interview with Willis Shaparla (Part 3 of 3)
Contributor(s): Shaparla, Willis (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1984
Language: English
Description: Willis recalls the occupations and protests of the 1930s in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:03:09, 00:03:09
Subject(s): On to Ottawa trek, Bloody Sunday (1938), Depressions - 1929, Protests, Occupations, Labour unions, Police
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: 28 People in a Rooming House - Interview with Jackie Hooper
Contributor(s): Hooper, Jackie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Jackie recounts the living conditions and the various rooming houses from her childhood in the West End.
Extent: 00:01:32
Subject(s): Apartments, Housing, Living conditions, Family
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: 70 Mile House Hotel:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1931
Description: View of 70 Mile House Hotel. There is a gas station with one pump (Home Oil) at left of photo. Also exists as a lantern slide (67109).
Subject(s): Hotels, Service stations, Log cabins
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Activity on Granville Street near Georgia looking north
Contributor(s): Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1935
Description: Activity on Granville Street near Georgia looking north.
Subject(s): Music-halls (Variety-theatres, cabarets, etc.), Hotels, Stores, Retail, Women, Automobiles, Pedestrians, Hudson's Bay Company, Hudson's Bay Company Building (Vancouver, B.C.), Colonial Theatre, Buildings
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Leonard Frank Collection

Title: An Agricultural Neighbourhood - Interview with Rita MacKay:
Contributor(s): MacKay, Rita (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-09-19
Language: English
Description: Rita MacKay grew up in the South Cambie area, and lives there still. The rural nature of the area from her 1930s childhood would not be recognized today.
Extent: 00:04:20
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes
Location(s): South Cambie
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: The Ashcroft Journal:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1931
Description: The exterior of The Ashcroft Journal building in Ashcroft. Also exists as a lantern slide (67040).
Subject(s): Canadian newspapers, Buildings
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: At the White Spot - Interview with Tevie Smith
Contributor(s): Smith, Tevie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-14
Language: English
Description: Tevie Smith worked at the first White Spot, and still has praise for the Vancouver institution.
Extent: 00:00:57
Subject(s): White Spot (Restaurant), Restaurants, Employment
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Story City

Title: Automobile in Cathedral Grove:
Contributor(s): Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1939
Description: Automobile in Cathedral Grove.
Subject(s): Trees, Forests and forestry, Automobiles
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Leonard Frank Collection

Title: Automobile on the Cariboo Road:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1931
Description: Automobile on the Cariboo Road. Also exists as a lantern slide (67101).
Subject(s): Roads, Automobiles
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: The Best Baby - Interview with Herb Torrance:
Contributor(s): Torrance, Herb (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-09-13
Language: English
Description: Far in the past there was a Best Baby contest at the Kitsilano Showboat.
Extent: 00:00:45
Subject(s): Contests, Kitsilano Showboat (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Story City

Title: Bus Depot at south-east Dunsmuir and Seymour:
Contributor(s): Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1938-08-23
Description: Bus Depot at south-east Dunsmuir and Seymour.
Subject(s): Buses, Automobiles, Buildings, Bus terminals, Pacific Stage Lines
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Leonard Frank Collection

Title: Canadian Bank of Commerce, Spencer's Department Store, Empire and Marine Buildings:
Contributor(s): Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1935
Description: Looking west on Hastings Street from Richards Street - Canadian Bank of Commerce - Spencer's Department store - Empire Building - Marine Building - automobiles - street cars. Old Photo Number not available.
Subject(s): Architecture, Automobiles, Urban transportation, Buildings, Street-railroads - Cars, Street-railroads, Department stores, Stores, Retail
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Leonard Frank Collection

Title: Canadian Fishing Co.'s Halibut Freezing Plant:
Contributor(s): Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1936-01-24
Description: Canadian Fishing Co.'s Halibut Freezing Plant.
Subject(s): Canneries, Canadian Fishing Company
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Leonard Frank Collection

Title: Car Tales - Interview with Lorne Findlay:
Contributor(s): Findlay, Lorne (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: As a mechanic during the Second World War and for years after, Lorne Findlay developed a love for classic cars. Here he recalls a tale involving his very first classic car, the Hollow Tree in Stanley Park, and a historic photo shoot. From the South Hill Neighbourhood House program Inside Stories.
Extent: 00:02:45
Subject(s): Automobiles - Collectors and collecting
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 2010s, 1940s, 1930s
Collection: Story City

Title: Carnegie Library
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1932
Description: The Carnegie Library and City Hall at Main and Hastings. There are several pedestrians on the sidewalks, and a streetcar and the Vancouver City Public Market in the background at left. Also exists as a lantern slide (66953).
Subject(s): Public libraries, Buildings, Street-railroads, Streets, City Hall (Vancouver, B.C.), Pedestrians, Vancouver Public Library - Carnegie Branch
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Changing Times, Changing Professions - Interview with Ralph Radford
Contributor(s): Radford, Ralph (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1983-08-27
Language: English
Description: Ralph talks about his time working in a 1920s dance hall, then in business, journalism, and mining during the Depression. He also speaks about his wife, his retirement, and post-retirement work.
Extent: 00:30:24
Subject(s): Music, Mining, Depressions - 1929, Retirement, Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
Time Period: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Childhood Freedom - Interview with Akira Horii:
Contributor(s): Horii, Akira (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Akira talks about the freedom children had in Vancouver back in the 1940s to explore unsupervised, places like Stanley Park and Hastings Park (Pacific National Exhibition grounds).
Extent: 00:00:24
Subject(s): Childhood, Japanese Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Safety, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.), Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Couldn't Find a Better Place - Interview with Vince Chessa:
Contributor(s): Chessa, Vince (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: For Vince, you couldn't find a better place to live than the West End.
Extent: 00:00:18
Subject(s): Fish and chips
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: West End Stories