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Mystery photos … Oct. 25/19

Mystery photos … Oct. 25/19

Dancing at a Jewish Community Centre party, 1984. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.11733)

If you know someone in these photos, please help the JI fill the gaps of its predecessor’s (the Jewish Western Bulletin’s) collection at the Jewish Museum and Archives of B.C. by contacting [email protected] or 604-257-5199. To find out who has been identified in the photos, visit jewishmuseum.ca/blog.

photo - Then-mayor of Vancouver Tom Campbell, centre, with a group of unidentified people, with the exception of Alec Jackson (third from left) and Dave Jackson (sixth from left), in 1968
Then-mayor of Vancouver Tom Campbell, centre, with a group of unidentified people, with the exception of Alec Jackson (third from left) and Dave Jackson (sixth from left), in 1968. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.12174)
Format ImagePosted on October 25, 2019October 23, 2019Author JI and JMABCCategories Mystery PhotoTags Alec Jackson, Dave Jackson, history, JCC, Jewish Community Centre, Jewish museum, JMABC, Tom Campbell
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