Julie, pictured in this historical Vancouver photo, writes:
"This is a picture of me and my boyfriend Shane from 1972 when I was 16 years old. I dug out my photo just yesterday to bring to the Museum to donate. But I almost lost it because I had left it behind on the table at a restaurant on Cornwall before coming over to the show. When I came back to see if the restaurant had it they had actually thrown it in the garbage but kept the envelope! Some people have no respect for other's memories."
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.
