Thanksgiving is a time for fun, food and friends! To celebrate this festive weekend we’ve gathered together some of our favorite f(ph)otos of families from our digital collection.
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[First Nations family] — ca. 1925 in BC
Shigetaka Sasaki family — Sasaki was a Canadian judoka and founded the first Judo club in Canada. He is in the Canadian Olympic Hall of fame!
[Picnicking] — ca.1925 — Not much is known about this picture, but we can all agree the best part is the standing man offering the observer a slice of pie!
Lee Mong Kow family, Victoria, British Columbia– ca.1905 — Born 1861 in China, Lee Mong Kow immigrated to Canada around 1880. By 1889, he was appointed chief interpreter for the Chinese immigration services of the Department of Customs, a position he would hold until 1920. Lee married Seto Chang Ann in 1892, and they had seventeen children!
[Postcard depicting a family posing with croquet equipment] — ca. 1909
The Far North–Esquimaux Man and Family — ca. 1901– Image of a Inuit family standing outside of a tupiq. Esquimaux refers to the French word for Eskimo. Caption on photograph reads, “The man hold in his hand what is called a snow knife made from a file, used to cut block of snow in making snow huts.”
[Portrait of a Chinese family]- ca. 1893
