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Portrait of Chinese man

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[192-]
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 25 x 20 cm in matt 45 x 30 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified man of Chinese origin. Matte has a cluster of Chinese characters on the bottom left corner and on the middle right side. Man is dressed in a suit and is wearing glasses. The portrait originates from the Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. shop on 1620 Gove…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Series
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 25 x 20 cm in matt 45 x 30 cm
Material Details
Matte has a cluster of Chinese characters on the bottom left corner and on the middle right side. Chinese characters were translated into English in 2018.
On the right hand side, it is written ""for Mr. Wong Hong to keep"".
On the bottom of the left hand side, it is written the name of the photographer (last name is Lam). The last character of his name has no matching word in Chinese. One of the characters on the bottom left generally means younger brother (related by blood), but with close friends, the younger person may refer himself as such too. Since they had two different last name ""Wong"" and ""Lam"", therefore these two people could not be related.
The final character on the bottom left means ""a gift"".
Scope and Content
Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified man of Chinese origin. Matte has a cluster of Chinese characters on the bottom left corner and on the middle right side. Man is dressed in a suit and is wearing glasses. The portrait originates from the Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. shop on 1620 Government Street, Victoria.
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Names
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
Accession Code
HV975.5.61
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[192-]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail