Ralph, pictured in this historical Vancouver photo, writes:
"My friend Jim Selvage and I in May of 1965 (if my memory has not failed me). I am on the left wearing the Buddy Holly glasses. We were 20 years old and had the world by the tail on a downhill slope. Easy to see we were pretty full of ourselves. Jim stayed at the coast and became a Towboat skipper. I returned to the interior to my job as a heavy equipment operator after my Vancouver visit. Jim is retired in Maple Ridge. I'm retired in Grand Forks."
The story behind the man who captured this photo? Well, from 1934 to 1979, street photographer Foncie Pulice set up his camera on Vancouver city sidewalks and snapped candid shots of people strolling by. For almost half a century, he took thousands of photos, unwittingly capturing moments in time, the history of a city, and the lives of British Columbians. Photo negatives of Foncie’s images do not exist. He destroyed most of them when he retired. Until recently there was no central archive or collection.
Documentary filmmaker Melanie Wood and British Columbia’s Knowledge Network changed that by bringing these photographs together – collecting them from albums around the province and giving them a public home online and in the film Foncie's Corner. The photos continue to stream in and Melanie shares them with us regularly so we can share them here on our blog.
This is a story about Vancouver, about British Columbia, and about it’s people... so they need your help. Visit Knowledge.ca/FonciesCorner to add your photos and stories to the collection.
