<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-75b0b84a-7fff-570f-4f77-b58e5be72b36" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">For Immediate Release </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); 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text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Mugshots: A Page from Vancouver’s Past: 1912-1913</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:499px;height:178px;" class=""><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/B9HBTXT9Pdkh0mSdClka6DxBfWMKvAfmTQAQYLIDoiFSUGqtk2DFX3Q2FO37qOWhh8brsUOS-c9unMFDSX6zXSRmzP2MaiUwDKrpY9QNUblCwBLS5cXZhosbZ7Wj7pwqtzqwSN2H" width="499" height="178" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px;" class=""></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Exhibition dates: December 26, 2020 - July 31, 2021</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The Vancouver Police Museum & Archives is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Mugshots: A Page from Vancouver’s Past: 1912-1913. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Examining the photographs of twenty arrested individuals from an early Vancouver City Police mugshot book, the exhibition presents a critical look into the city’s social and cultural history. </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Along with the original photographs and records detailing each person’s criminal charge and sentencing, the exhibit includes additional context about Vancouver during this time period to situate these individuals within a detailed historic landscape. From laws, racial tensions and discrimination to fashion and commerce, the mugshots present a complex and storied picture of Vancouver at the beginning of the 20th Century. </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">About the museum:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The Vancouver Police Museum & Archives is an independent museum run by the Vancouver Police Historical Society, a registered charity. The museum is housed in the former Vancouver Coroner’s Services and the historic City Analyst Laboratory and is a registered city heritage site. </span></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Vancouver Police Museum & Archives</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">240 East Cordova St.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Vancouver BC</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Opening Hours: </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Thursday - Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Sunday 12:00pm - 5:00pm</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Contact: </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">604-665-3346</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="mailto:marketing@vancouverpolicemuseum.ca" class="">marketing@vancouverpolicemuseum.ca</a></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div></span><div class="">
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