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Red card stock with white text which reads "You're A Stranger Just Once at Amato's Supper Club" and has the two addresses for the supper club (Vancouver & Portland below); has a Christmas style

McCance creates a set design in watercolors depicting the upper deck of the "Cotton Blossom" overlooking the water and the far shore. The scene portrays the dreariness of a rainy day. Created for the 1958 Theatre Under the Stars production…

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

McCance creates a fully black cover to obscure parts of an unknown set design. The Cover also features internal borders featuring flowers and consists of a large empty space for part of a set design to show through.

Ten signatures on the card; with some of them being on the same line but most have their own line

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 Charles Rudolf Friml's operetta Rose-Marie by Theatre Under the Stars…

red shutters

McCance sketches an odd object with unique squares on the verso of watercolor depicting a team's locker room. Created for the Production of Damn Yankees, 1958.

Clipping of an ad for a 10 course Chinese smorgasbord at the Marco Polo, in celebration of the year of the dragon.

Red card stock with white text which details when the opening days are, advertises Continental Style Dinners, times of food service, times for dancing, and times for floor shows

A blank postcard with pencil numbers in the upper left corner.

[Front] An illustrated postcard showing a superintendent's residence at Stanley Park in Vancouver B.C. [Back] A blank postcard with pencil numbers in the upper left corner.

Simple menu on paper with notable wear and fading of original purple ink.

Eight children and three adults in front of a church. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken in Alert Bay and the church might be Christ Church, Anglican church.

Facsimile map of Alaska (originally printed in 1875) showing distribution of indigenous tribes in Alaska. Includes inset map of Aleutian Islands.

An illustrated postcard depicting tree trunks and the surrounding landscape in Vancouver, B.C.

This table photo includes a young man and woman who are presumably a couple. The man's arm is wrapped around the woman's shoulders, and both are smiling and looking at the camera. The man is wearing a military uniform and is identified as…

This table photo includes a young man and woman who are presumably a couple. The man's arm is wrapped around the woman's shoulders, and both are smiling and looking at the camera. The man is wearing a military uniform and is identified as…

A cherub or angel is rendered in gray pastels on a black background of construction paper. Created for an unknown production.

An illustrated postcard depicting a motor road in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C, ca. 1916.

[Front] An illustrated postcard depicting a motor road in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C, ca. 1916. [Back] A blank postcard.

Indigenous man dressed in ceremonial clothing.

McCance creates a set design in watercolors depicting the gloomy, yet beautiful, conditions of castle life that plagued Prince Karl Franz. Created for a Theatre Under the Star's production of "the Student Prince.," likely in 1957.

Waterfront village. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken near Alert Bay.