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Title: 1946 Earthquake - Interview with Wayne Gatley:
Contributor(s): Gatley, Wayne (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-27
Language: English
Description: Wayne recalls the 1946 earthquake, one of his earliest memories.
Extent: 00:01:13
Subject(s): Earthquakes, Family, Childhood
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: 1951 Kaiser automobile on display at auto show
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1950
Description: 1951 Kaiser automobile on display at auto show.
Subject(s): Automobiles, Automobile industry and trade
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

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: 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: Artray staff at Art's home
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1948
Description: Artray staff at Art’s home. Mr. & Mrs. Jones, Cleave, Tom and Ray.
Subject(s): Jones, Art, Munro, Ray
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: A.W.A. strike, picketers with signs
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1948
Description: A.W.A. strike, picketers with signs.
Subject(s): Strikes and lockouts, Crowds, Employees
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: B. Smith at Artray:
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer), Jones, Art (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: (Beaux photolec?)
Subject(s): Portrait, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Artray Photographers Ltd.
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: B.C. Seattle Transport truck loading Rupert Brand fish at B.C. Packers:
Contributor(s): Jones, Art (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1948
Description: B.C. Seattle Transport truck loading Rupert Brand fish at B.C. Packers.
Subject(s): Trucks, Fish trade, B.C. Packers Ltd., Rupert Brand
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Beach Afternoons - Interview with Herb Nolan
Contributor(s): Nolan, Herb (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Enjoying the beaches around Stanley Park can yield more than just a good time swimming. We would swim from English Bay right around to Third Beach by the bridge and back again, and it used to take about three hours of swimming, but easy swimming you know: breast stroke, side stroke, crawl.
Extent: 00:04:10
Subject(s): English Bay (Vancouver, B.C.), Swimming, Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Beaches, Second Beach (Vancouver, B.C.), Third Beach (Vancouver, B.C.), Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Best Four Years of My Life: Memories of King George High School - Interview with Stan Brook
Contributor(s): Brook, Stan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Fond recollections of time spent in a special stone building.
Extent: 00:00:55
Subject(s): King George High School [1913-1963], High schools, Schools, Teachers, Sports
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: A Big Shake Up - Interview with Lorne Findlay:
Contributor(s): Findlay, Lorne (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: Lorne Findlay moved from a tiny town in the Okanagan to "the big city." Soon after arriving, he found himself welcomed into a home in South Hill, where there were several notable events, including the 1947 earthquake. Part of the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House program Inside Stories.
Extent: 00:04:00
Subject(s): Migrants - Experience, Foster parents, Earthquakes
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Blending History with Issues of Today - Interview with Judy Hanazawa
Contributor(s): Hanazawa, Judy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Judy recounts her experiences as a third generation Japanese Canadian and also of her community work with the Squamish Nation.
Extent: 00:04:48
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Reparations for historical injustices, Racism, Squamish people, Social work, Human rights, Social justice, Indigenous peoples
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Car accident in front of A.B.C. Grocery, 1701 Robson:
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Car accident in front of A.B.C. Grocery, 1701 Robson.
Subject(s): Traffic accidents, A.B.C. Grocery
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Car accident in front of Fraser Box Co., 4905 Ontario:
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Car accident in front of Fraser Box Co., 4905 Ontario.
Subject(s): Traffic accidents, Fraser Box Co.
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Car climbs guy wire:
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1943-08
Description: Traffic accident. Auto climbs guy wire. Photographer's envelope says 6th and Granville, photographer's card says 6th and Main.
Subject(s): Traffic accidents, Automobiles
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray 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: Caring Teachers: King George High School - Interview with Gary Pennington
Contributor(s): Pennington, Gary (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Gary recalls baseball, basketball, and many more memories of his time at King George High School [1913-1963]
Extent: 00:02:15
Subject(s): King George High School [1913-1963], Teachers, Sports, Dance, Teenagers, Active life enthusiasts, High schools, Schools
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

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: Chief Joe Mathias with totem poles bought by Maurice Agley of Houston Texas
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Chief Joe Mathias with totem poles bought by Maurice Agley of Houston Texas, Indians, costume, small child in headdress.
Subject(s): Children, Mathias, Joseph (Joe) William, 1944?-2000, Agley, Maurice, Totem poles, Indigenous art
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

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