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A notice containing a simple programme for Chinese New Year Evening, involving cocktails, dinner, and a lion dance with Orient Express music.

Black and white photo of the street entrance to the Marco Polo Theatre and Restaurant, with large sign advertising buffet. This image looks to the southwest corner of E Pender St and Columbia St, in Vancouver's Chinatown.

This table photo features two young men and two young women, who are presumably couples. They are sitting around a table at the Palomar Supper Club while smiling at the camera. In the background, additional people are visible sitting at their own…

The back of the table card showing space for the autographs and a title; also includes advertisment for the music groups that performed (Earle Hill, Cor. Donald, and Ellice from Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Colour photo of 10 Marco Polo guests seated around a round table. Other guests socialize in the background, and a musician plays drums around celebratory balloons.

Waterfront view of Alert Bay with Christ Church Anglican church in the background and two boats in the foreground.

A pen and pencil blueprint showing where certain set pieces should be placed in the Malkin Bowl outdoor theatre in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Produced for a 1953 production of Robert Wright's operetta Song of Norway by Theatre Under the Stars.…

Twenty one children in Winter clothes by a building. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken at Elkhorn (Washakada) Residential School. The Elkhorn Residential School started as the Washakada Home for Girls…

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

Back of the table card with four staples and a yellow post-it note reading 40s

Black and white photo of four "China Dolls," regular dancers at the Marco Polo Restaurant, posing with various hand gestures.

This menu contains a list of the food for sale at the Palomar Supper Club. It contains a selection of supper specials, a la carte items, and non-alcoholic drinks, which are labeled as "minerals - pints." The menu also contains decorative…

This table photo includes four people sitting around a table at the Palomar Supper Club. There are two men and two women who are presumably couples. They are smiling at the camera, and many other people are visible in the background, indicating a…

The inside of a building with two totems. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken in Alert Bay.

This table photo contains a group of seven people, composed of three women and four men. They are sitting around a table at the Palomar Supper Club and smiling at the camera. Handwritten labels identify the subjects of the photo as "Gerry,…

McCance creates a setpiece in watercolor featuring a lean-to shanty, wood stove, weathervane, and tree, set against a dark background. Covering this watercolor is a thin film that acts as either a protector or as an additional component to the scene…

McCance creates two setpieces in ornate watercolors depicting scenes for an unknown production. The first is an outdoor scene featuring the street, several beautiful homes and a bench under a tree. The second is regal looking room with beautiful…

A black-and-white photograph of a smiling woman touching the side of a wooden horse and staring off into the distance. A tent appears to be erected around her, and light filters through to reveal her ornate dress. Taken of an unknown production by…

This table photo contains six people smiling and sitting around a table at the Palomar Supper Club. There are three men and three women who are presumably couples. Several bottles of Canada Dry Ginger Ale are visible on the table in front of them.

A cover for the table card that shows a wide-range view of the inside of the Cave Supper Club with the logo in the top left and the title in the bottom right; they are also advertising the music of Henry Scammell

A black-and-white photograph of a crowded stage, with a number of opera characters crowded into a large town courtyard. The buildings in the background have a strange and irregular geometry, and the dress of the characters is decidedly 19th century…

Linen closet. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken at Elkhorn Residential School. The Elkhorn Residential School started as the Washakada Home for Girls and the Kasota Home for Boys were established in the…