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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 black-and-white photograph of a gloomy opera set, depicting the interior of a lavish room with high Corinthian columns interspaced by tall, vaulted windows. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers dominates center stage, while a darkly dressed…

A pen and pencil blueprint showing where to install new permanent maskings along five different planes within the Malkin Bowl outdoor theatre in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Includes a scale, and is dated to March 18th, 1963.

A black-and-white photograph of a darkened opera set, depicting a small town square. Faint light filters in through a dirty skylight, while a man in dark clothing sits at a table at stage-left. Second of a set of three. Taken of a 1962 production of…

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

McCance draws a rough sketch of the set for Gypsy featuring the two hotel rooms Act 1, Scene 6. Created for the 1963 Theatre Under the Stars' production of Gypsy.

Promotional leaflet on yellow paper advertising a concert for Jim Pati and the Sparklers at the Marco Polo.

Group of children in a classroom. Twenty six children are visible, ten of them standing, the rest sitting down. The blackboard has what it seems to be linguistic and mathematical lessons written on it. Based on the original order of the collection,…

Facsimile map of Oregon and Washington. Facsimilie produced by Shorey Bookstore in Seattle, WA in 1966 of an original map produced by A. J. Johnson in 1865. Map shows state and county borders. Also indicates location of various indigenous tribes.

Landscape with the Choutla Residential School, Carcross, Yukon. Item is a duplicate of item no. 875, fonds 008 Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (MSCC) fonds, from the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives. In 1903…

Four children by the entrance of 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 and the…

McCance draws a set design in pencil featuring various styles of canopy beds. Created for an unknown production, possibly the Vancouver Opera Association's 1962 production of Amneris in Aida.

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

A pen and pencil blueprint showing where certain set pieces should be placed in the Malkin Bowl outdoor theatre in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Created for an unknown production in 1953 by Theatre Under the Stars. Initialed by Gail McCance.

McCance draws a rough sketch of the set for Gypsy featuring signage for Jocko's Kiddies Show. Created for the 1963 Theatre Under the Stars' production of Gypsy.

McCance sketches a vertical view of the New Moon on the verso of a Watercolor depicting the horizontal view of the New Moon. Created for the 21st act of Theatre Under The Stars' 1954 production "New Moon."

McCance creates a set piece in watercolors depicting a wonderful scene featuring the throneroom where the wedding will take place. It also provides intricate details for the staircase banister. Set Design produced for unknown production for unknown…

Group of children in a classroom. Twenty nine children are visible, four of them standing, the rest sitting down. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken at Elkhorn (Washakada) Residential School. The Elkhorn…

McCance creates a sketch featuring stage end pieces that will be incorporated into the watercolor forest scene depicted on the verso. Created for an unknown production

Christmas tree with presents in the corner of a room with decorations. There are two sitting children visible in the corner of the photograph.

Black and white photo shows diners lined up at a table with a buffet spread, one type of food service seen at the Marco Polo.

McCance creates a set design in watercolors depicting the front of a barn. This is a revised creation created for Theatre Under the Star's 1959 production of Oklahoma!

McCance draws a set design in pencil featuring two buildings with high external walls and somewhat ornate entrances. Created for an unknown production, possibly the Vancouver Opera Association's 1962 production of Amneris in Aida.

McCance creates a set design in watercolors depicting the rather drab kitchen pantry of the "Cotton Blossom." Created for Act 1-Scene II of the 1958 Theatre Under the Stars' production of Showboat.