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Yucho Chow, Part 2: Chow’s Enduring Impact

By Jill Henderson on September 11, 2025

In our previous blog post, we introduced the remarkable Yucho Chow, a 20th-century Vancouver photographer who pushed back against the discriminatory racial practices of the era by welcoming anyone—regardless of race or nationality—into his studio. The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection and the Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs, both available […]

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Yucho Chow, Part 1: “Rain or Shine, Anything, Anywhere, Anytime”

By Jill Henderson on August 28, 2025

The early to mid 1900s marked a time of immense social exclusion for immigrants and people of colour in Vancouver, with most white-run businesses catering solely to Anglo customers. Much of the studio photography that has emerged from this era reflects this reality, obscuring the existence of the city’s immigrant families in the process. However, […]

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Lake Louise Becomes the Swiss Alps in Eternal Love

By Jill Henderson on August 14, 2025

Browsing UBC Open Collections, one can find several instances of comparison between Western Canadian mountain ranges and the Swiss Alps. This postcard book, for example, labels the Rockies as the “Switzerland of America”. 20 Beautiful View of the Canadian Pacific Rockies, The Road through the Switzerland of America (Uno Langmann Collection, circa 1920s) Like the […]

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