Passage of Changes Shanghai Alley & Canton Alley 1885-1954
- RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-309-58
- Item
- 2014
A postcard highlighting the Canadian Heritage foundation sponsored Passage of Changes exhibition in Chinatown.
Canadian Heritage Foundation
Passage of Changes Shanghai Alley & Canton Alley 1885-1954
A postcard highlighting the Canadian Heritage foundation sponsored Passage of Changes exhibition in Chinatown.
Canadian Heritage Foundation
Wedding invitation and thank you cards
Set of wedding invitation, and attendance thank you cards.
[various]
Assortment of birthday and wedding invitations
A series of birthday and wedding invitations from the Chinese-Canadian community.
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Shanghai Paramount Restaurant Receipt
Food order receipt, which includes both phone number and address of the restaurant.
Shanghai Paramount Restaurant
Happy Chinese New Year Card / Fong Leun Tong Society: Sit, Seto Clans Association
Item is a Chinese New Year greeting card. The item has two emblems/insignias printed on it. The cover has a picture of a an emblem in its top right corner, and the back of the card has a floral patterened insignia. The content of the card also includes a list of the association staff and their positions for 2013-2014.
Fong Leun Tong Society
Photo Album of Jeffrey Eng and Three Generations of his Family and Friends
Album consisting of different material documenting the life of Jeffrey Dansill Eng. The album is kept in loose chronological order for the most part as it begins with photos of Jeffrey when he was a child, and then follows him through work and early family life, all the way until the birth of his grandchildren. Placed artistically through the photo album are greeting and birthday cards, as well as sundry documents relating to him and his personal life. The tail end of the album includes artistically arranged photos of different friends and family. These friends and family photos occassionaly have Jeffrey included, but more often than not, he is not in the picture. Obtained from an unidentified collector in Vancouver Chinatown.
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Ginger and Chili Szechuan Restaurant
Takeout menu. Provides contact information, location, menu items and menu item pricing.
Ginger and Chili Szechuan Restaurant
[Mr. Herbert Lim in military dress holding a teacup] / Jing Feng
Feng, Jing
Feng, Jing
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[Photograph of Chinese-Canadians in military dress] / Jing Feng
Included in the picture are Edmund Wu, Leonard Wong, Monty Lee, George Chow, Paul Lee, Faye Leung, Neil Chan, Edward Lee, Quan Lim, Herbert Lim, Tommy Wong, Tim Chu, and Jun Wu.
Feng, Jing
Contains biographies and stories related to Chinese-Canadian soldiers and the battles they particpated in. Also contains information on the association activities, and a menu for the fund raising dinner.
Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society
[Copies of records from Herbert Lim's personal archive]
Copies of documents and photographs from the personal archive of Herbert Lim, a Chinese-Canadian with the Special Operations Executive in World War II, China Theatre. Lim signed, stamped and annotated many of the photographs and documents which relate to his training, time spent in Burma, personal history and controversies of a historical nature.
Lim, Herbert
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[Strathcona community centre fall programs =土達孔拿社區中心]
Titles and descriptions of programs offered at the Strathcona community centre in the fall of 2011.
Strathcona Community Centre
The Centennial Commemoration of Chinese Freemasons of Canada in China
Commemorative Booklet highlighting Chinese Freemasons of Canada members and events related to the Xinhai revolution in China.
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[Elderly Chinese-Canadian man at a desk]
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[Elderly Chinese-Canadian man making alterations on clothing]
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[Mr. Herbert Lim looks over some documents]
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[Mr. Herbert Lim posing with two other gentlemen]
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Contains historical articles about the revolution, historical biographies, and letters of support local community leaders and politicians.
Canadian Alliance of Chinese Associations
世界龍岡會訊 = Newsletter of Lung Kong World Federation
Lung Kong World Federation
溫哥華華埠商會三十週年紀念特刊 = Vancouver Chinatown Merchants Association 30th anniversary commemorative issue
Vancouver Chinatown Merchants Association
[Mr. Herbert Lim looking through a photo album]
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[Mr. Herbert Lim with his hand on a certification]
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[Mr. Herbert Lim shows off pictures of his younger self]
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Floata Seafood Restaurant Invitation
Item is an invitation by the members of the Ing Suey Sun Tong Association to a Lunar New Year's Celebration party. Contains establishment contact information and location.
Floata Seafood Restaurant
[Chinese-Canadian Association cards]
Fifty six different invitations, greeting and business cards from different association and businesses across Chinatown.
[various]
Chinatown Newsletter / published by Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
Contains news and editorial pieces related to life of Chinese in Victoria and Victoria Chinatown.
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
[伍胥山公所織員表 = Ing Suey Sun Tong Association staff list]
Ing Suey Sun Tong Association
禺山總公所七十週年紀念特刊 = Yue Shan Society 70th Anniversary Special Edition
Yue Shan Society
CBC documentary, Yip Sang bldg... Secrets of the city tour
Yip, Randall
List of second cabin passengers
List of second cabin passengers on the S.S. Hesperian of the Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers on its 15 May 1909 voyage from Glasgow to Quebec and Montreal.
Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers
Breakfast menu from the Empress of Britain from 8 May 1909
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
A giclee print of a painting depicting the Empress of Asia with the mountains in the background
Alavoine, David
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Promotional item issued by On Lok Restaurant & Wonton House.
On Lok Restaurant & Wonton House
Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection
The collection consists of documents, archival records, photographs, ephemera and artifacts related to three broad themes: British Columbia history, immigration and settlement and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Included are the archival fonds of the Yip family and Yip Sang Company, the Dart Coon Club and Chinese Freemasons of Victoria, Hugh G. Robinson (regarding the S.S. Greenhill Park Explosion), Rev. MacDonnell (regarding the Clandonald colony of Scottish immigrants in Alberta) and the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service. Includes documents, ephemera and artifacts of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, including records of travelers on CPR rail and steamships.
Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung
A booklet celebrating the silver jubilee, 25th anniversary, of the beginning of the organization.
Chinese Penjing Society of Canada
[Membership card for Kuo Min Tang]
Leung Shui Yee's 1944 Kuo Min Tang membership card with stamps for dues paid.
Chinese Nationalist League of Canada
Anniversary Celebration invitation
An invitation the 50th wedding anniversary of Sam and Rose Wong [Huang]. The invitation cover is all gold with an engraved 囍 [happiness] on the front.
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