[BCMA] For immediate release - Victorian Vancouver Exhibit at Roedde House Museum, Aug. 30 - Oct. 30, 2014

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 08/20/14 
Victorian Vancouver: Family Portraits
Roedde House Museum launches exhibit on three immigrant families from the
turn of the 20th century.

Vancouver, BC: In its 128-year history, the city of Vancouver has seen
immense change and amidst its iconic city of glass buildings, it’s hard to
see visible traces of an older history. Opening on Saturday August 30th at
the Roedde House Museum, a new exhibit called “Victorian Vancouver: Family
Portraits” will tell the story of three families from distinct cultures who
were foundational pioneers in Victorian-era Vancouver. From Hawaiian
longshoremen to Chinese printers to German bookbinders, each of these
families created their own sites of culture, commerce & community in the
city’s early years. 
 “Practical Bookbinders –G.A. Roedde Ltd.” will feature the history of
Vancouver’s first bookbinder and printer through examples of their early
printing work & historic photographs. Contemporaries of G.A. Roedde Ltd, our
second display titled “Stamps & Strokes in Saltwater City: Ho Sun Hing
Printing Co.” will feature a history of the Lam family legacy & the city’s
first and longest standing Chinese-English printers. This display will
feature examples of Chinese character lead type, on loan from a private
collection. Finally, our third display, “Char‘Coal’ Harbour: The Kanaka
Ranch” uncovers one of Stanley Park’s all but forgotten histories. The
Kanaka Ranch in the West End was home to Vancouver’s Hawaiian community,
coal makers, and creators of the city’s first Longshore Labour Union. 
“Each of these portraits showcases an aspect of early Vancouver history and
links it to our present moment” explains exhibition curator Liberté Reilly.
“By featuring a diversity of stories from the late 1800s era, this exhibit
offers a window into our city’s past in celebration of its future.”

The exhibit’s launch event on Saturday, August 30th will be from 1pm to 4pm,
and will feature a visual presentation by author of Stanley Park’s Secret:
The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch, and Brockton Point, Jean
Barman. Jan Walls, founder of both the Centre for Pacific and Oriental
Studies in Victoria as well as the David Lam Centre for International
Communication at SFU, will also be doing a presentation on Chinese language
characters. 
Location: Roedde House Museum: 1415 Barclay Street (corner of Broughton),
Vancouver, BC
Dates and times: Saturday August 30 – Thursday October 30, Tuesday – Friday
1:00-4:00pm, Sunday 1:00-4:00pm
Admission: $5
More info: www.roeddehouse.org | 604-684-7040 | info at roeddehouse.org

IN BRIEF: The Roedde House Museum presents Victorian Vancouver: Family
Portraits from August 30 – October 30. The exhibit features three family
portraits offering a window into life in Vancouver in the late 1800s.
Explore historic artefacts and learn about G.A. Roedde Ltd, the city’s first
bookbinder and printer, the oldest Chinese-English print shop in Vancouver &
the Hawaiian community that settled Kanaka Ranch in Stanley Park. Admission
$5 (free for members). Opening hours: Tuesday – Friday 1:00-4:00pm, Sunday
1:00-4:00pm. For more info: 604-684-7040 www.roeddehouse.org
info at roeddehouse.org
About Roedde House Museum
Roedde House Museum is a restored Victorian mansion in the West End that was
once home to a Vancouver’s first bookbinders and printers. Today, the museum
is both a cultural events venue and a fully interactive site where visitors
can explore the house and see what life was like for a middle-class family
in the late 1800s. 
www.roeddehouse.org | 604-684-7040 | info at roeddehouse.org
Media Contacts:
Sheila Giffen, Museum Manager
info at roeddehouse.org | 604-684-7040

Liberté Reilly, Programme Assistant & Curator
liberte at roeddehouse.org | 604-684-7040

Alyssa Sy de Jesus, Programme Assistant & Curator
alyssa at roeddehouse.org <alyssa at roeddehouse.org%20>  | 604-684-7040

  

Sheila Giffen
Museum Manager

Maison Musée Roedde House Museum
1415 Barclay Street, 
Vancouver, BC V6G 1J6
T 604.684.7040
Email : info at roeddehouse.org


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