For the first time in over two decades, Old Town in the Royal BC Museum has a new exhibit. It's a recreation of Cumberland's Hayashi Photography Studio from the early 1900s. Not only does it have vintage camera equipment and photography on display, but it's also a rare snapshot of the immigrant experience in the Comox Valley.   Season 13, Episode 7

Boy and his dog / Un garçon et son chien Hannah Maynard –date inconnus / year unknown (F-05951) Original Title: Portrait of a boy and his dog.

Alan Bruce Photographe et date inconnus / Photographer and year unknown (C-05718)  

Basketball team / L’équipe de basketball Photographe inconnu / Photographer unknown – [191-] (G-00146) Original Title: Columbia Methodist College; New Westminster, basketball team.

Miss Eva Hart / La soprano Eva Hart Photographe inconnu / Photographer unknown – 1914 (E-06619) Original Title: Halftone of soprano Miss Eva Hart; playing the part of Sophia in a production of Tom Jones at the Royal Victoria Theatre

Running Off Track / Sortie de route Photographe inconnu / Photographer unknown – 1938 (E-04338) Original Title : Superintendent Hudson's Car After Running Off Track, Bear Creek Mainline.

This is a Kwakwaka'wakw Paddle. What kind of simple machine is a canoe paddle?

An illustration from a Royal BC Museum exhibit showing the use of Indigenous technology, a stone hand maul hitting antler wedges to split off a plank of wood from a log. What simple machine is being used?