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Music based on Puccini's Madame Butterfly. Tragic romance set in the time of the Vietnam war, telling the story of an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover.

A letter from Racey to Harrison, written on October 25, 1949, recto

Sol Woolf (Steve Wilson), his sister Rosa McColl (née Woolf), and another man (perhaps John McColl, Rosa’s husband) pose arm in arm for a photo outside a house.

This item is an autograph booklet from the Cave Supper Club. On the cover are four performers, likely the Golden Gate Quartette. Inside are six autographs, from Je Miller, Rene Miller, Ed Miller, Dave Miller, Larry Frank [?], and Henry Owens. The…

An illustrated postcard depicting Butchart's Garden's sundial in Victoria, B.C.

Photograph on front shows a small portion of a roller coaster, seen from below, with a train of cars bending around a loop; inscriptions on back include attached USA flag/blue white house stamp and a postal service black ink stamp

Diazo print (blue-line) mock-up of map Washington in 1840 of unknown provenance. Map shows distribution of indigenous groups throughout the state.

A letter from Harrison to Racey, written on December 6, 1949

A blank postcard with a pencil number in the lower right corner.

[Front] An illustrated postcard showing a suspension bridge overtop the Grand Canyon in Capilano B.C. [Back] A blank postcard with a pencil number in the lower right corner.

An illustrated postcard depicting several liquor bottles.

McCance creates a setpiece in vivid watercolor depicting a royal bed chamber. This production is unknown, but it is for Act II and III.

An illustrated postcard depicting Dominion Hotel and Yates Street, Victoria, B.C

Two couples seated at a table with one man wearing military uniform

View of a redesigned room after updating the hotel under new ownership

Black cover for the table card with white text on it; advertises the performances of Phil Ford & Mimi Hines, Tony Martin, Frankie Laine, Pearl Baily, The Mills Bros., Lena Horne, and Louis Armstrong

This pamphlet is an advertisement for the Tours Program organized by the Choral Kathaumixw Festival. It contains photographs of performances and lists countries that participants visit from. It is to entice communities in British Columbia and…

"Floor Plan - ACT - Granville Island; Granville Island Stage"

[description] Vol. 1. No. 37 "Thorne, I" written in pencil at top left of front page. The Squamish Advance was a weekly newspaper, published 1950-1956, for the Howe Sound area including Squamish, Brackendale, Woodfibre, Britannia,…

A title page of Vol.1. Copy No.6 of the Scuttlebutt Newsletter. The title page has been detached from the rest of the issue. The title page features typewritten editorial articles and some other regular columns.

Three attendees at SJC's dedication ceremony take a photo together in front of the building entrance.

An illustrated postcard showing the sunset from the Lost Lagoon vantage point at Stanley Park in Vancouver B.C.

[Front] An illustrated postcard showing the sunset from the Lost Lagoon vantage point at Standley Park in Vancouver B.C. Back] A postcard written in pencil with a red three cent stamp along with blue and black ink smudges and one black postmark.

The table card folded so that it shows the flaps that enclose the picture