Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

POSTCARD COLLECTION

Date Range From

1960

Date Range To

1980

Materials

PAPER

No. Pieces

16

Description

.1) POSTCARD, 13.8CM X 8.8. PICTURE SHOWS LARGE WHITE CURVED BUILDING, "THE URSULINE MOTHERHOUSE 'THE PINES', CHATHAM, ONTARIO". .2) POSTCARD, 14.2CM X 10.2CM. PICTURE SHOWS A MOUNTAIN SPEWING SMOKE WITH HARBOUR AND CITY IN FORGROUND. REVERSE READS "VIEW OF KAGOSHIMA". .3) POSTCARD, 13.9CM X 8.9CM. PICTURE SHOWS CITYSCAPE WITH BAY AND BRIDGE IN BACKGROUND. REVERSE READS "VIEW TOWRD DELAWARE RIVER AND MADEN, N.J., PHILADELPHIA, PA." .4) POSTCARD. 14.0CM X 8.9CM. PICTURE SHOWS BAY AND BRIDGE WITH CITY IN BACKGROUND. REVERSE READS "AIR VIEW OF GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE". .5) POSTCARD, 14.0CM X 8.8CM. PICTURE SHOWS RED ROCK FORMATION WITH TUNNEL AND HIGHWAY. REVERSE READS "RED CANYON HIGHWAY TUNNEL, UTAH". .6) POSTCARD, 13.7CM X 8.9CM. PICTURE SHOWS TWO VIEWS OF A BRIDGE AND HARBOUR. DIAGONAL STRIP DOWN FRONT READS "GREETINGS FROM THE MACKINAC BRIDGE MICHIGAN" .7) POSTCARD, 18.3CM X 10.3CM. PICTURE SHOWS BOATS, CANAL AND HARBOUR WITH FACTORY IN RIGHT BACKGROUND. REVERSE READS "BUENOS AIRES RIACHUELO Y PUERTO". .8) POSTCARD, 18.3CM X 10.3CM. PICTURE SHOWS ARGENTINE MEN AND WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME IN A CRICLE. ONE WOMAN IN BLUE SKIRT IS LYING ON THE GROUND IN MIDDLE. REVERSE READS "FOLKLORE ARGENTINO BAILE DE LA BOTELLA". .9) POSTCARD, 15.0CM X 10.5CM. PICTURE SHOWS STEEP MOUNTAIN IN BACKGROUND SURROUNDED BY CITY AND HARBOR. REVERSE READS "RIO DE JANEIRO - TURISTICO". .10) POSTCARD, 14.0CM X 8.9CM. PICTURE SHOWS TREES AND MOUNTAIN IN BACKGROUND. REVERSE READS "CROWSNEST MOUNTAIN, SOUTHERN ALBERTA". .11) POSTCARD, 18.1CM X 10.3CM. PICTURE SHOWS LARGE CITY WITH TRAIN STATION AT CENTER-RIGHT. REVERSE READS "BUENOS AIRES VISTA AEREA". .12) POSTCARD, 15.0CM X 10.5CM. PICTURE SHOWS THREE PILES OF WOOD WITH PULP MILL IN BACKGROUND. BORDER ALONG BOTTOM EDGE READS "MARATHON, ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR ROUTE, ONTARIO, CANADA". .13) POSTCARD, 18.3CM X 10.3CM. PICTURE SHOWS LARGE SCULPTURE OF A SEA LION WITH CITY IN BACKGROUND. REVERSE READS "MAR DEL PLATA LOBO MARINO EN LA RAMBLA". .14) POSTCARD, 18.3CM X 10.3CM. PICTURE SHOWS CITY SCENE WITH OBELISK AT RIGHT WITH STREAKS OF LIGHT. REVERSE READS "BUENOS AIRES VISTA NOCTURNE DE LA AV 9 DE JULIO". .15) POSTCARD, 13,9CM X 8.8CM. SHOWS PICTURE OF BUILDING COMPLEX IN OPEN AND FLAT LANDSCAPE. REVERSE READS "AERIAL VIEW OF ONTARIO HOSPITAL SCHOOL". .16) POSTCARD,10.2CM X 15.2CM. PICTURE SHOWS SIDE OF BUILDING WITH "PACIFIC SHORES INN" AND PAINTING OF A SAILING BOAT. "CHEMAINS B.C." IS ACROSS BOTTOM.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

History

POSTCARDS BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO WAS AN ANGLICAN PRIEST WHO TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY AS A MISSIONARY AND SPEAKER FOR THE JAPANESE ANGLICAN COMMUNITY. DONOR RELATES THAT HE COLLECTED POSTCARDS FROM HIS MANY DESTINATIONS, MOST OF WHICH ARE NOW AT THE U.B.C. ARCHIVES. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970041652

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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