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Dating (Social Customs)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Chinatown News

 Collection
Identifier: 2011.013
Scope and Contents

Chinatown News was Vancouver's first Chinese News magazine published in English for the Chinese Canadian community. The entire Chinatown News series was published from its establishment in 1948 to 1996. The bulk of the collection consists of 796 paper magazines published between 1954 and 1992.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1954-09-18 - 1992-11-18

Chinatown News, 1954-09-18 - 1964-07-18

 Series
Dates: Majority of material found within 1954-09-18 - 1964-07-18

Oral History Interview with George and Ruth Wong, 2000-06-15

 Item
Identifier: 2015.008.004
Abstract In this interview, husband and wife, George and Ruth Wong, talk about how they were both performers at the China Doll Night Club. George Wong describes how he was born in China and trained in acrobatics there. When he was 9, he was in an acrobatic troupe that toured Europe. Ruth Wong was born in the United States but was sent back to China with her mother and siblings to get an education during the Depression Era. She talks about growing up in a neighborhood where she was picked on for being...
Dates: 2000-06-15