City Lights: Vancouver's Neon Heritage
 
Exhibit Section
Vancouver Lights Section
Neon Science Section
About Section
 
Project Synopsis

This web site was produced through funding from the Canada's Digital Collections Program, Industry Canada over a three month period. This was a unique opportunity to put some of Vancouver's Neon past and present on the internet, while gaining experience in internet productions.

Sponsors

Here are a few links to companies that
sponsored the exhibit and this web site.

  • The Vancouver Museum
    The Vancouver Museum was host to the exhibit: City Lights: Neon in Vancouver. This exhibit had two components: a mounted exhibit of historic neon signs, as well as a bus tour which highlited some of the more significant neon signs in Vancouver. Special thanks goes to Joan Siedl, curator of the exhibit, who donated her time and resources to the development of this project.

  • Neon Products Ltd.
    This company sponsored the exhibit at the Vancouver Museum. Many of the signs displayed on this website were originally created by them.

  • Canada's Digital Collections
    This project has been funded by Canada's Digital Collections, Industry Canada.

  • Heritage Alley
    Home of the creative people who designed this site. Special thanks goes to Troy Whitbread, president of Heritage Alley, who donated his time for site planning, digital photography, and video recording.

  • The Team


    Shani Whitbread

    About, More About Neon, Team and Sponsors, Vancouver Lights
  • project management and administration
  • site design and layout
  • technical support and training
  • scanning and html
  • photography and photo manipulation

    Before working with Canada's Digital Collections, Shani went through an excellent Graphic Design program at Vancouver Community College. She is interested in pursuing a career in web site design, animation and photo manipulation. Check out her web site at http://welcome.to/SunriseSolutions


  • Marc Tallentire

    Exhibit, Neon Science, Vancouver Lights
  • html
  • scanning
  • research
  • Exhibit & Tour Section layout

    Marc is currently attending UVic and studying Health Information Science. He plans to finish school and hopes to find a job in IT/Systems Design. For now, he plans to keep doing multimedia and web projects on the side. You can check out his web page at http://members.home.net/marc-t.


  • Frank Worsley

    Exhibit, Neon Science,
  • html
  • scanning
  • research

    Frank is currently studying Computer Science and Business at the University of Victoria. In his free time he actively programs and has already made several program publicly available. He hopes to pursue a career in the IT Sector when done with school. Find out more about him at http:/gulf.uvic.ca/~fworsley


  • James Parrott

    Vancouver Lights
  • html
  • scanning
  • research

    James is currently taking a web site design program at Camosun College. Although he spent only a short time with us, his skills were a great help. Check out his talents at: http://mypage.direct.ca/l/lostadventure/


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