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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.
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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.
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The Team
Shani Whitbread
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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
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Marc Tallentire
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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.
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Frank Worsley
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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
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