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Chan family videos : Acting out play titled Fun with Toy
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Description
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Project and donor contributed description follows: "George Chan gets Kate and her siblings to act out a play he’s labelled 'Fun with Toy' The toy is the mechanical alligator that came directly from China right before Christmas along with customized clothes. They play doctor and nurse with their new presents, the Ben Casey kits. Stan, plays a mischievous boy who startles the doctor played by Kate. Linda plays the nurse, and Joyce plays the mother of a sick child (the doll). Kate calls it a 'play toy within a play of toys'."
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Type
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video files
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Fonds
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Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
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Accession / Box
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2019-035 / 001 (12)
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Date
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[196-?]
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Identifier
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2019-035 / 001 (12)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1152078
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Title
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Chan family videos : Christmas turkey dinner
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Description
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Item consists of footage of carving and eating a turkey dinner. Project and donor contributed description follows: "It’s Christmas dinner in 1953, the Chan family sits around the table, Stan, Joyce, Linda and Kate. They are joined by Dad’s first son, Karl Chan, sitting to the right of Kate’s mother, Clara. Karl came to help out in the Virden Café as Virden was in the midst of an oil bloom. Kate’s dad George always remained behind the camera. "
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Type
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video files
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Fonds
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Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
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Accession / Box
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2019-035 / 001 (11)
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Date
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25 Dec. 1953
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Identifier
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2019-035 / 001 (11)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1152077
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Title
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Chan family videos : Chinese new year preparations
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Description
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Project and donor contributed description follows: "On January 24th, 1963, Kate’s mother, Clara Chan, prepares for Chinese New Year the night before, setting the table and filling red envelopes with money her kids. Cut to the next day where Stan, Joyce, Linda and Kate, are coming downstairs to receive their red envelopes. Everyone sings around the piano as Joyce plays. Upon further observation Kate’s friend notices that they are singing 'Away in a Manger'. Clara is a Russian refugee who came to Canada after the war in 1950. Fortunately for Clara the Manitoba law that prohibited white woman from working in Chinese restaurants was repealed in 1948. Her parents met in the Virden Café in 1950."
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Type
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video files
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Accession / Box
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2018-039 / 001 (04)
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Date
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24 Jan. 1963
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Identifier
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2018-039 / 001 (04)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1152065
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Title
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Chan family videos : bathroom mirror selfie
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Description
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Project and donor contributed description follows: "Ahead of his time Kate’s dad, George, takes one of the original selfies and films himself in his bathroom mirror on Super8 Kodachrome film in 1963. Kate’s brother, Stan, recalls seeing his dad set up lights to make this possible. George was a real film buff, a fan of Charlie Chaplin, and actively sought out arts and culture. Life and Time magazines came through the mail every week, and Kate says if it weren’t for him taking up these interests she wouldn’t have a worldview outside of small town Prairie Manitoba."
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Type
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video files
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Fonds
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Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
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Accession / Box
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2018-039 / 001 (01)
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Date
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1963
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Identifier
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2018-039 / 001 (01)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1152062
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Title
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Chan family videos : RCMP weddings : part 2 of 4
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Description
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Project and donor contributed description follows: "In the 1960s Kate’s dad, George admired the RCMP and made a point of befriending them. This segment includes four RCMP weddings. Here at Virden United Church George, like much of the town, waits to see the bride and groom. George would later go on to screen these films at the town Holiday parties. The Chan family was the only Chinese family in the community and his relationship with the RCMP helped him maintain his business as the owner of the Virden Café. It also helped that Kate’s mother, Clara, was Russian and hostess at their café."
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Type
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video files
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Fonds
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Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
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Accession / Box
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2019-035 / 001 (02)
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Date
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[196-]
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Identifier
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2019-035 / 001 (02)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1152068
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Title
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Chan family videos : RCMP weddings : part 3 of 4
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Description
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Project and donor contributed description follows: "In the 1960s Kate’s dad, George admired the RCMP and made a point of befriending them. This segment includes four RCMP weddings. Here at Virden United Church George, like much of the town, waits to see the bride and groom. George would later go on to screen these films at the town Holiday parties. The Chan family was the only Chinese family in the community and his relationship with the RCMP helped him maintain his business as the owner of the Virden Café. It also helped that Kate’s mother, Clara, was Russian and hostess at their café."
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Type
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video files
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Fonds
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Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
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Accession / Box
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2019-035 / 001 (03)
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Date
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[196-]
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Identifier
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2019-035 / 001 (03)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1152069
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Title
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Chan family videos : RCMP weddings : part 4 of 4
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Description
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Project and donor contributed description follows: "In the 1960s Kate’s dad, George admired the RCMP and made a point of befriending them. This segment includes four RCMP weddings. Here at Virden United Church George, like much of the town, waits to see the bride and groom. George would later go on to screen these films at the town Holiday parties. The Chan family was the only Chinese family in the community and his relationship with the RCMP helped him maintain his business as the owner of the Virden Café. It also helped that Kate’s mother, Clara, was Russian and hostess at their café."
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Type
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video files
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Fonds
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Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
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Accession / Box
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2019-035 / 001 (04)
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Date
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[196-]
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Identifier
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2019-035 / 001 (04)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1152070
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Title
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Chan family videos : RCMP weddings : part 1 of 4
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Description
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Project and donor contributed description follows: "In the 1960s Kate’s dad, George admired the RCMP and made a point of befriending them. This segment includes four RCMP weddings. Here at Virden United Church George, like much of the town, waits to see the bride and groom. George would later go on to screen these films at the town Holiday parties. The Chan family was the only Chinese family in the community and his relationship with the RCMP helped him maintain his business as the owner of the Virden Café. It also helped that Kate’s mother, Clara, was Russian and hostess at their café."
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Type
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video files
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Fonds
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Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
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Accession / Box
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2019-035 / 001 (01)
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Date
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[196-]
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Identifier
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2019-035 / 001 (01)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1152066