Collector/curator’s description reads: “1940s, Vancouver. Heatley wedding. Left to right: unidentified; Herman Q Jones; Frances (nee Carter) Jones; Alice (Carter) Hackley; and Herbert Winston Carter. Herbert was born in either Mississippi or Oklahoma and came to Canada as part of the Black migration to Alberta. He worked for a time as porter and served in WWII. He passed away in 1952. Frances was born in Victoria. Her parents were also born in Victoria. She worked for a time as a waitress at Vie's chicken and steak house in Hogan's Alley. Frances died in 1957.”
Item in site: Crossing Fonds: Participatory Workshop
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