Chinese Community of Victoria BC

Anyone know who this might be?

#MakerMonday: In August 1967, Maclean's magazine wrote that, in Canada’s most scenery-steeped city, fashion is designed to be casual but look elegant, indoor...s and out, and the article championed the exciting styles of local designer #MaryChang. Throughout the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, Chang received many honours and awards for her coveted designs. In 1965, Chang’s clothing was included in a touring show that highlighted Canadian-designed fashion and appeared in Nassau (Bahamas), New York and Canada. She went on to participate in 3 exhibitions at the Burnaby Art Gallery in the 1960s and early 1970s. Born in 1927, Chang was part of a multigenerational Nanaimo family, and her father, Charles York, was a tailor who ran a menswear shop in the city for many years. A mother of 5 children, Chang believed that less is more, a philosophy she put into practice with her thoughtful capsule wardrobes, featuring fabric appropriate for wear from early spring to late fall. The colours of Chang’s designs were similarly flexible: they could travel and look stylish from morning to evening and represented a contemporary yet timeless mood. An extraordinary collaborator, she worked with specialty textiles from local producers, such as Penny Gouldstone, who was also an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, and international ones, such as Marimekko and Vuokko of Finland. However, perhaps her most famous collaboration was with Mrs. Charles of the Musqueam Nation. Together they developed a West Coast ski tunic made of familiar Cowichan grey-and-white wool in a slightly lighter weight. Chang blocked the pattern, and Charles knitted the garment with wool sourced from Vancouver Island. Every object has a story. Get a glimpse of the evolution of fashion and design in post-war Vancouver and take in this stunning black and white dress by Mary Chang at the Gallery in "Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia," only on view until January 3! Book tickets at https://bit.ly/3mipx62.

Worth sharing again.

How many of us had special memories of meals eaten there!

R.I.P. Mr. Chow. Thank you for your service giving us our freedom!

https://www.cbc.ca//chinatown-businesses-covid-relief-1.57

Anyone know the others? Taken at Sirocco.

My mom, Verna Joe, Mrs Paul Chan and Bessie Tang.

Victoria Times for Oct 18, 1973. Picture shows Kevin, Marilyn and Valerie Sing and Colin Joe.

Times Colonist October 15, 1974. Wanda Lee, Ann Eng and under the lion costume is Bessie Tang!

Photo from my parents album from 1944. My parents Verna Wong and Jon Joe are sitting in the front. To the far left next to my mom is Nellie Chung and next to my dad the lady standing next to the man in the hat is my Aunt Daisy Chow and next to her is Benny Louie. We just dont know who the man on the far top left is.

SNEAK PEEK: Visitors to the Royal BC Museum have long enjoyed visiting Chinatown in the Becoming BC gallery. Coming soon, you'll be able to visit the Royal BC Museum in Victoria's Chinatown too! A new pop-up exhibition opens this month in Fan Tan Alley. Stay tuned for details!

These photos were taken at the hot house greenhouses that were on Blair Avenue owned by my great-grandparents. Anyone remember the vegetable stand there?

From the photo album of Bessie Tang. Does anyone recognize who is in the picture. Bessie is fourth from the left with here hands crossed.

From the photo album of Bessie Tang. Anyone know who this is?

Does anyone know who this is?

Worth watching again.

The Chow/Joe Family Back Row: My Aunt Rose, Dad John, Aunt Virginia, Aunt Daisy, Uncle Bill Front Row: Uncle Ed, Grandmother Annie, Aunt Pearl, Grandfather Chow Shoon, and Uncle Tom.

Bessie Tang and her mother. From the photos of Bessie Tang.

So from left to right what we know is.....can anyone fill in the blanks? 1. 2. 3. 4. King Chow... 5. 6. 7. Herbie Quan 8. Eric Joe 9. Rev Chow Ling 10. Wah Quan 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Lee Gan 18. 19. Chow Soon (my grandfather) 20. Dick Chu (my uncle) See more

1633 Government Street. S.E. corner at Fisgard Street before the construction of Centennial Square. 1959. City of Victoria Archives CoV-CR-0170-M01303

1701 Government Street. Mandarin Chop Suey Restaurant. N.E. corner of Government and Fisgard Streets. August 1959. City of Victoria Archives CoV-CR-0170-M01367

My mom Verna Joe (Wong) with my sister Vanessa Becky! 1948.

Chinese Benevolent Association float commemorating 50 Years a City. Photo by Bonita Mar.

Victoria Chinatown. Roger Lee.

Government Street with Pinky Quan, Eric Joe, Bill Lowe and ?

Thank you to Linda Yip for this post and pictures!

Enjoyed many family dinners there! JJ Morgans will be missed.

Lim Bang family 1940.

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn//2007/20/content_5441241.htm

Another photo. John Yuen to the right? Anyone know? Taken 1950s.

From the photos of Naida Joe. Taken 1950. Does anyone know who and where this is?

Happy Year of the Rat!

Does anyone remember this?

Thank you to the Lum Family and Friends!

Great story! I wonder if she ever performed in Victoria?

Ed Lum Greenhouses.

Loved those Christmas dinners when all the cousins had to sit at the kids table with a few adults supervising. Here are some Chows/Joes/Engs and Lims!

1960s Daily Colonist. Members of the Victoria Lions Drum and Bell Corp. Linda Chan, Lorne Chan, Chris Sihoe and Larry Joe.