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[Front] An illustrated postcard depicting hotels and businesses in a section of Vancouver, B.C. [Back] A blank postcard with pencil numbers in the upper left corner.

Harry Aoki performs "What if so?" on his harmonica at the Aoki Legacy Fund Dinner and Concert at St. John's College, UBC in Vancouver.

The Marco Polo Scrapbooks are invaluable historical artifacts of Vancouver’s Chinatown nightlife in the 1960s and 1970s. The two books - containing photographs, menus, posters, letters, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera - catalogue the…

Item is an image of the stern and port side of the sailing vessel Ajax underway. Written on the back of the image is "Ajax ex. St. Andrew. Wooden bark... built 1872. Lovitt, St. John N.B." and the dimensions of the vessel.

Item is an image of the starboard side of the vessel Aladdin docked in harbour. Written on the back of the image is "Aladdin. Saint John." Image is faded.

Volume 1, Copy 8 of the Scuttlebutt Newsletter. The issue is 8 pages long. Contents include columns such as Editorial, Student's Essay, School Activities, Personal column, and Lovelorn among others. Hand drawn ads and an announcement regarding…

Medium-sized least weasel, dorsal view, shown with three handwritten specimen labels.

Landscape. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Dead Horse Gulch on the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway, Alaska, along the "Trail of '98"

Scuttlebutt newsletter from April 23, 1953. This issue is 8 pages long and consists of typewritten articles and hand-drawn advertisements. In addition to regular columns and updates, this issue features an article on village incorporation and an…

Cover of commemorative photograph showing the inside of the cave.

White back of photo which has "No. __/Copyright Photo by/Alfred Knight/2586 Cornwall St./Vancouver, Canada/SEY.5077 BAY0888L" stamped on it in blue ink; 368-2- has been written in pencil in the number section

Item is a blank exercise book used by students to practice their Chinese writing. Cover text: 姓名 Name / 級別 Class / 科目 Subject. Back cover text: nine-times table song in Chinese 九因歌, English alphabet, numbers. Pages are formatted as a grid.

The Vancouver Times was a short-lived (1964-1965) daily newspaper in Vancouver, founded by William “Val” Warren. The Pictorial Times is a special issue or insert of the Vancouver Times. The original copy is not complete (pages 9 to 12 are missing),…

Cover for the table card which includes scenes of people dancing, playing musical instruments, and talking; there is also a singer on the stage

Building from afar. According to annotation, building was Elkhorn (Washakada) Residential School. The Elkhorn Residential School started as the Washakada Home for Girls and the Kasota Home for Boys were established in the village of Elkhorn, MB in…

This image is of the Arctic Club, showing a set of stairs leading to the round tables and chairs on the floor, as well as the bar, along the back of which are stacked glasses and an image of a polar bear on the mirror. There is a man in a white…

This is the first written document conceiving of an international choral festival organized by the Powell River Academy of Music and hosted in Powell River. It proposes understanding, goodwill and collaboration. It also contains a planning schedule…

Poster publicizing "PARADIS/Paradise" dance performance at the Vancouver International Dance Festival in 2008. Alvin Erasga Tolentino shows on the top half of the poster, dancing and looking upwards. The poster is predominantly orange.

The Johanneans and residents enjoy Nobuyuki Tsujii's piano performance.

Verso of the photograph of three dancers performing the piece She Said, on the lower right corner is written "photo: Chris Randle"

An illustrated postcard depicting the trees of Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

[Front] An illustrated postcard depicting the trees of Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C. [Back] A postcard written on with blue ink, with a green Canada Postage two cent stamp and two black postmarks; one from Vancouver, dated 1926-06-03, and the…

1 color photograph of three dancers performing the piece She Said. One dancer is sitting on the floor with their legs bent and the two other dancers are standing behind them. The faces of two of the dancers are not visible