Yucho Chow Studio^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32]}

• Name	Yucho Chow Studio
  	VARIANT NAME: Yucho Chow Photo Studio.
  Gender	Unknown
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1909-1913	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 5 West Pender St. near Carrall St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1914-1929	Vancouver, BC
  	Not always listed as Yucho Chow Studio
  	Address: 23 West Pender St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1930-1941	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 518 Main St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Association	Chow, Yucho (Relationship: Proprietor)
  Association	Chow, Peter (Relationship: Photographer; Proprietor)
  Association	Vogue Photo Studio (Relationship: Proprietor)
  Person ID	I674	Camera Workers | Y, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

• Photos		Yucho Chow Studio ID, 29 Oct 1939. From the recto of a photograph mount showing members of the Canadian Chinese Freemasons 9th Annual Convention. City of Vancouver Archives reference code AM1376-: 2018-027.2.
  		Yucho Chow Studio exterior, 518 Main St., ca. 1943. Note the emblem on the left window matches that found on a 1939 photograph. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, 2021-034.651.

  
  

  Documents		Yucho Chow Studio ad, Vancouver Sun, 29 Nov 1930, p. 29.
  		Yucho Chow Studio ad, Vancouver Sun, 29 Nov 1941, p. 27.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Studio. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This long-lived business was started by Yucho Chow in Vancouver's Chinatown. IDENTIFYING MARKS: recto (front) of print mount may be marked in lower right corner "Yucho Chow Studio 23 Pender St. W Vancouver, B.C." Recto centre bottom or lower right corner of print mount may contain a circular wax-seal-like logo depicting a camera on a tripod and possibly a photographer under a dark cloth with the words around the edge of the logo "Yucho Chow Studio 518 Main St. Vancouver, B.C." An earlier version uses the address 23 Pender St. W. Other examples of the studio's ID are found on the Chinatown Through a Wide Lens web site (http://www.yuchochow.ca/).

  
  

• Sources

  [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA. Prints. See also Yucho Chow Community Archive collection (Fonds AM1688). [S790] HENVAN08, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1908). Vancouver: not listed [S791] HENVAN09, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1909), 1178. Vancouver: Chinese Directory: Yucho Chow Studio Photographer and Printer 5 Pender West nr. Carrall [S698] HENVAN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910). Vancouver: Chinese Business Firms: not listed [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910). Vancouver: not listed [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911), 1240. Vancouver: Chinese Business Firms: Yucho Chow, Studio and Supply House 5 Pender W. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 1344. Vancouver: Chinese Business Firms: Yucho Chow, Studio and Supply House 5 Pender W. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913), 1444. Vancouver: Chinese and Japanese Firms: Yucho Chow Studio Co Pender W h 1441 Hastings E [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914), 1363. Vancouver: Yucho Chow Studio and Photo Supply House, 23 Pender West Phone Seymour 5174 P.O. Box 226 [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915). Vancouver: not listed [S753] HENVAN20, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1920). Vancouver: not listed [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920), 957. Vancouver: Yucho Chow Studio Yucho Chow prop photographers 23 Pender W [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925). Vancouver: not listed [S762] WRI29, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1929), 1429. Vancouver: Yucho Chow Photo Studio Photo Studio Open Day and Night, Rain or Shine. Passport Photos in One Hour. 23 Pender W. Phone Seymour 5174. [S763] WRI30, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1930), 1457. Vancouver: Yucho Chow Photo Studio Photo Studio Open Day and Night, Rain or Shine. Passport Photos in One Hour. 518 Main. Phone Trinity 4466. [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935), 1518. Vancouver: Yucho Chow Studio (Yucho Chow) photog 518 Main [S774] SUN40, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1940), 1127. Vancouver: Yucho Chow Studio (Yucho Chow) photog 518 Main [S775] SUN41, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1941), 1143. Vancouver: Yucho Chow Studio (Yucho Chow) photog 518 Main [S776] SUN42, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1942). Vancouver: not listed [S777] SUN43, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1943). Vancouver: not listed [S778] SUN44, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1944). Vancouver: not listed [S779] SUN45, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1945). Vancouver: not listed [S714] SUN46, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1946). Vancouver: not listed [S715] SUN47, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1947). Vancouver: not listed [S780] SUN48, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1948). Vancouver: not listed [S811] BCVAN49, (Vancouver: B.C. Directories, [1949?]). Vancouver: not listed [S808] BCVAN50, (Vancouver : B.C. Directories, 1950). Vancouver: not listed [S1025] BCVAN51, (Vancouver, BC: B.C. Directories, 1951). Vancouver: not listed [S1143] Vancouver Art Gallery (1985), (Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1985), NW 325.711 G974. [S1041] Christopher Cheung, Cheung (2019), (Vancouver, BC: The Tyee, 2019). [S1142] Christopher Cheung, Cheung (2020), (Vancouver, BC: The Tyee, 2020). [S1042] Catherine Clement, Chinatown Through a Wide Lens (Web site), (Vancouver, BC: Catherine Clement).