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HARRISON
GALLERIES
Presents new works by

George Bates

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Wednesday November 20th
6:30 - 8:30
artist in attendance

West Van location only

1471 Marine Drive, West Vancouver 926-2615

Half century of service

WEST Vancouver firefighter Barry Campbell (teft) and Fire Chief John Rowlands (right) present Ruth Steut
a plaque to honor her dedicated years of service with the West Vancouver Santa Claus Fund. For tie past
5C years West Van firefighters have quletiy gone about the business of delivering hampers throughout the
municipality during the Christmas season. For more info on the Fund call 922-6522 in December.

Presentation
House hosts
return visii

By Layne Christensen
Community Reporter

IT Pays to Play returns
to Presentation House
Gallery, this time in
book form.
Montreal-based writer
Peter White launched his
exhibition of 2500 photo-
graphic postcards at the
gallery last March. The exhi-
bition is now on cour, having

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REVELSTOKE’S roadside Tastee-Freez is one of 141
postcards compiled in Peter White’s it Pays to Play.

recently left a gallery in
Regina and headed for
Montreal then Kamloops.

White has whittled his
selection of cards down to
141 for his book, It Pays to
Play: British Columbia in
Postcards, 1960s-1980s
($24.95), co-published by
Presentation House and
Arsenal Pulp Press.

In town last week to view
final proofs for kis book,
White told the News that the
appeal of his show is two-fold.
“It’s nostalgia for baby
boomers. At the same time it
rakes a critical look at the cer-
tain limitations of that time.”

His show reveal an era chat
wasn’t always postcard per-
fect.

One of his favorite post-
cards illustrates the problems
inherent in the post-war drive
tor prosperity. It is a scenic
shot of a picnic area, over-
looking the smelters at Trail,
Thick smoke chokes the pic-
nickers’ view.

Other cards reveal the
emergence of car culture, the
strength of the nuclear family,
the urbanization of the small
town and the “unfettered
belief in progress” even if it
came at high cost to the envi-
ronment.

GUE

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with Jim Cole
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TUES, NOV 19. 5:45 & 8:15pm. Theatre Box Office 984-4484

“Some of the landscapes
are a total nightmare,” says
White referring back to the
posteard of ‘Trail and many
other like it that were no
doubt sent to friends and fam-
ily abroad as proof of their
country’s economic
“progress.”

White will = beat
Presentation House on
Tuesday for the book’s launch
and to host a slide show of his
work, The public is welcome
to attend.

The gallery is located at
333 Chesterfield Ave., North
Vancouver. The event starts at
7:30 p.m, on Tuesday.

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