Item T1327:0001 - 0002 - John Ramsey Low, Jack Mehan, and William Wallace : interview

CALL NUMBER: T1327:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1960?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: COLONEL LOW recalls Vancouver in the 1890s and 1900s; his father, who worked for the CPR; his impressions of the Seymour Street area; Hotel Vancouver; Granville Street; the Howe Street races; the Badminton Hotel; the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York. He continues with childhood memories of home on Seymour Street in 1899; Dawson School; incidents; and the Fairview area. He recalls Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; streetcars; his position as electrical inspector for the city; pageants; arches in the city; first automobiles; Saturday night entertainment and vaudeville shows. TRACK 2:; Colonel Low continues with recollections of teenagers, ca. 1900; newspapers and journalism; the Imperial Theatre and other theatres. WILLIAM WALLACE gives his impressions of Vancouver in 1906 including Carrall Street and the Grandview district. He recalls boyhood incidents; schooling; East Indians; lacrosse; sports; the Grandview District; the Okimo Club, a social club for boys and girls; the chain gang; and the Riel Rebellion.

CALL NUMBER: T1327:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1960?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Wallace recalls the change in traffic directions. JACK MEHAN was born in Nanaimo; his family came to Vancouver in 1905. Mr. Mehan talks about the early streetcar lines; childhood pranks; Main Street; Granville Street; the BC Electric [interurban] line to Steveston; Point Grey; the CPR gardens in Kerrisdale; the collision between the "Princess Victoria" and the "Chehalis"; and Captain Alex MacLean. [TRACK 2: blank.]