Identifier:
P11981
Title:
Men and woman at a bridge
Subject:
Multiculturalism
Subject:
Exploration, discovery and travel
Subject:
Family and personal life
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Transportation
Description:
Men and a woman standing at a bridge. [Man with his back to the camera is likely Henry Mar]. Youg wman is standing next to the bridge rail and the young man is sitting on the rail. The bridge has metal beams. A railroad crossing sign is in the distance. There is snow on hills in the distance
Description:
Henry Mar was born in south China on March 9, 1903 and came to Alberta in 1935. Began Henry Mar Studio ca. 1940. Wife - Fay, daughter - Mrs. L. Peng of Red Deer, son - Hugh of Vancouver. Mar died of a heart attack at Rocky Mountain House July 20, 1958. (source: Red Deer Advocate July 23, 1958)
Description:
Youwei Ma (Henry Mar) born at Guangdong Province, Township of Baisha Shange, Village of Chan An. Wife - Yee F.G. Mar / Yu Ma born 1906 died 1963. Henry Mar and Ye Mar are their name's direct transliteration in Cantonese. (Source: Translation provided in 2019 from the Mar's headstone)
Date:
[ca. 1945]
Date:
1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950
Format:
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.4 x 9.0 cm
Source:
MG 318 Henry Mar's Studio fonds
Source:
MG 318 Henry Mar Studio fonds
Source:
1968-019
Rights:
Public domain