Perry Giguere

SFU obtains poster collection covering 40 years of Vancouver culture

Written by: Michelle Gomez, Staff Writer SFU has received a poster collection which documents the past 40 years of Vancouver history, mainly through event promotion posters. The poster collection belonged to Perry Giguere, a Vancouverite who spent the past four decades putting up posters for different organizations across the city. Each time Giguere put up a poster, he kept a copy to add to his collection. Over time, Giguere collected what he claimed was 150,000 posters. In an interview with The Peak, SFU special collections archivist Melanie Hardbattle explained that Giguere came to Vancouver in the mid-70s. He volunteered for…

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