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Back of table card which advertises the Cave Photographer, known simply as Gwynne, and details that photos can be taken of portraits, groups, parties, weddings, and even your own home; it is dated Nov 29 1952 and was photo 4 of the night; has…

Postcard showing people disembarking from the government wharf that was completed 1902.

Clipper's Restaurant breakfast menu. Graphic flower motif on front.

Fold out brochure for hotel guests, with a map of the local Seattle area and the location of the city along the road from Vancouver, BC, to Portland. A highly stylized view of the hotel's exterior on the front and rear pages, along with the…

A letter from Racey to Harrison, written on November 30, 1949, verso

[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.

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.

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

Sepia-toned photo of a house with three people on the porch. The house is believed to have been on Cleveland Ave, built around 1905 and demolished in the 1960s. A description is handwritten in pencil on the back.

Two men, likely seasonal Indigenous labourers at the Squamish Valley hop ranch, seated near a wooden structure, possibly the hop kiln.

Sepia-toned photo of a house with three people on the porch. The house is believed to have been on Cleveland Ave, built around 1905 and demolished in the 1960s. A handwritten description is on the back.

The Sointula Scuttlebutt Collection contains selected issues of The Sointula Scuttlebutt, a newsletter that was produced by Malcolm Island Superior High School students in Sointula, British Columbia in 1953-1960. The collection was created in…

The collection holds three different versions of a map of Indigenous languages of the Pacific Northwest; originally produced in 1973 by Wayne Suttles and Cameron Suttles. The map is oriented according to up-river (top of map) and down-river (bottom…

Tells the story of a mystery writer who convinces his wife's lover to stage of robbery of her jewelery. The play is designed to leave the reader questioning where the distinction between the writer's imagination and reality lies.

Syd Freedman's credit card for the Cave Supper Club.

An illustrated postcard showing the Giant Dipper rollercoaster in Hastings Park, Vancouver, B.C.

[Front] An illustrated postcard showing the Giant Dipper rollercoaster in Hastings Park, Vancouver, B.C. [Back] A postcard written on vertically with blue ink, not postmarked.

Item is an image of the starboard bow of the passenger/freighter vessel Alameda. Written on the front of the image is "Alameda around at Petersburg Alaska Aug 15-1914."

McCance draws a set design in pencil featuring large palace's internal columns and external balcony. Created for an unknown production.

McCance draws three features and the floor plan of a set design featuring rotatable entrances to a building. Created for an unknown production, but Vancouver Ballet Society's 1965 production of ""Coppelia"" or Theatre Under…

Poster advertising the performance of BODYGlass, with a dancer's face photo-shopped onto a piece of glass artwork. The poster also details the names of the people involved in the production, the dates of the performance, the location, and…