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Chen family videos : 1968 Niagara Fall (before accident)
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Item consists of a Chinese family's home movie featuring adults and children in front of the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara and family members taking care of a baby in a stroller. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Shortly after arriving with her family in 1968 Canada, Millie’s family visit Niagara Falls. This clip is the last recorded film of her older sister, Wendy, before she was killed in a car accident in the fall of that year. The next time the camera is picked up is for the birth of her younger sister Cecilia. The other selected footage feature several outings to cottage country and parks all across Southern Ontario, as well as the Eastern seaboard. Millie’s parents had an immense appreciation for the outdoors and wanted to nurture this relationship in their children. Mavericks in their own way, the Chens encouraged their children to take part in various cultural experiences. Millie and her sister were both trained in the arts and later continue to take part in the arts world through their careers. In February 1977, Millie plays the piano at her recital in a concert hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Always nervous when performing publicly, Millie was grateful to be wearing her mother’s hand made skirt that was long enough to hide her trembling knees. During Cherry Blossom season her family enjoy a beautiful afternoon in High Park. Unlike the present day, the park is mostly empty outside of a few people in the background. Her father who usually is behind the camera can be seen enjoying the day with his family. Over the years, Millie and her mother would occasionally take over the filming to get their father in front of the camera. Her mother is particularly teasing and playful on this day. She can be seen laying in the grass kicking up her feet and winking at the camera."
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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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2019-057/001(01)
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Date
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1968
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Identifier
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2019-057/001(01)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1153216
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Seaman family videos : Birthday Surprise
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Description
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Item consists of a Black-Canadian family’s home movie featuring a blindfolded child being led to a birthday cake and blowing out the candles with her family by her side. The footage also features the family sharing kisses in front of a birthday cake and bringing presents to the birthday girl. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Every year, on our birthdays, my parents would go all out. Birthday surprises in our house were everything! In this family footage, shot at our third family home on Lippé Street in St. Laurent, a borough in Montreal, Quebec, you can see Heather with her siblings and parents celebrating her seventh birthday. It was December 28, 1977 – three days after Christmas – so Heather always received double the presents every year! 1977 was also the same year that her sister, Hazel, broke her arm – you can see her wearing a cast on her left arm."
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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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2019-067/001(05)
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Date
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28 Dec. 1977
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Identifier
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2019-067/001(05)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1153655
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Seaman family videos : Celebrating Halloween in Laval, Quebec
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Description
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Item consists of a Black-Canadian family’s home movie featuring children in costumes, joking around, waving to the camera, entering and exiting a home, and showing off their treats. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "The Seaman family moved to their second family home on 100th Avenue in Chomedey, Laval, Quebec in the mid-1970s. In this particular footage, Heather recalls getting ready for Halloween and dressing up in homemade costumes. Heather recalls doing a multitude of different activities as a child, and explains that they weren’t limited as children. For example, her brother, Herbert, played hockey at a high level and played guitar, while she and her sister Hazel figure skated, took piano lessons, and dance classes. "We were the only Black family in the neighbourhood and an interesting story is when we first moved there, people were shocked to see a Black family with two cars!" In Laval, while living at their fourth family home, back on 100th Avenue in Chomedey, Heather’s mother, Althea Joseph Charles Seaman, started the ‘Laval Black Community Association’ in 1983 to bring together Black people from different cultural backgrounds. The intention was to create a support system, but also a space for people to learn about each other’s cultures and share their achievements and heritage with the wider Canadian community. Her mother also developed an annual Black History Month celebration where people showcased their artwork, music, writing, spoken word pieces and dance performances. Business people, clergy from various faiths and politicians from all levels of government were always in the audience – no matter their race or whether they were English or French speakers. "The organizations that our mom created were to give us a sense of our heritage" and to share that with others."
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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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2019-067/001(03)
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Date
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[between 1973-1976]
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Identifier
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2019-067/001(03)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1153656
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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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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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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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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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Ozaki family videos : Fun in the Sun
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Item consists of a Japanese-Canadian family's home movie filmed in the 1960s. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "In the summer of ’65, Naomi and Akemi run around a sprinkler and play in a wading pool in their backyard. Three year old Naomi, in the red bathing suit, two year old Akemi in the blue bathing suit and their four month old brother, Steven are recorded by their father Doug on the sunny Vancouver summer afternoon."
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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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2019-047/001(02)
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Date
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1965
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Identifier
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2019-047/001(02)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1153189
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Ozaki family videos : Birthdays
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Description
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Item consists of a Japanese-Canadian family's home movies filmed in the 1960s. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "These clips feature birthdays for two of the Ozaki children in 1966. Steven Ozaki is celebrating his first birthday indoors with extended family in April. Naomi Ozaki is celebrating her fourth birthday in May with neighbourhood children inside the family home and in the family's backyard in Vancouver."
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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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2019-047/001(01)
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Date
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1996
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Identifier
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2019-047/001(01)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1153206
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Ozaki family videos : Winter 1968
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Description
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Item consists of a Japanese-Canadian family's home movies filmed in the 1960s. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "These clips feature Christmas and playing in the snow. Naomi, Akemi and Steven open gifts on Christmas morning. Later, extended family gather to enjoy Christmas dinner. The footage ends on a winter afternoon with Naomi, Akemi and Steven playing in the snow."
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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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2019-047/001(04)
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Date
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1968
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Identifier
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2019-047/001(04)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1153201
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Ozaki family videos : Canada Day Centennial Parade and Party
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Description
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Item consists of a Japanese-Canadian family's home movies filmed in the 1960s. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Neighbourhood children parade down a residential street in Vancouver celebrating Canada’s centennial in 1967. Amongst children dressed in outfits celebrating Canada or their country of origin, Naomi is dressed as a pioneer homesteader, Akemi is wearing a kimono and Steven is dressed as John A. Macdonald. The parade and after party were organized by their father, Doug and another neighbourhood parent."
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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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2019-047/001(03)
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Date
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1967
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Identifier
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2019-047/001(03)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1153204
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Lo family videos : twins giving a tour of the house
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Description
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Project and donor contributed description follows: "Lorna '… remembers filming that specific clip’—the video of the twins giving a home tour of their new home. The camera would routinely come out during gatherings, a feature in the background of their lives, but this was the one home movie Lorna remembers the most. She remembers seeing the house and thinking 'A room dedicated for toys, that was unheard of. I thought it was the greatest thing.' Moving into this home marked a new chapter in the Lo’s family history."
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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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2019-037 / 001 (05)
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Date
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[between 1978-1982]
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Identifier
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2019-037 / 001 (05)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:1152031
