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The bride and her mother
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39281
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 7, 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Florence Hart (left) and her mother, Alice Hart (right) on Florence's wedding day. Florence was the daughter of Frederick J. Hart and she married Harold Godwin. The picture was taken on the grounds of the Hart House.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 7, 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-600
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Florence Hart (left) and her mother, Alice Hart (right) on Florence's wedding day. Florence was the daughter of Frederick J. Hart and she married Harold Godwin. The picture was taken on the grounds of the Hart House.
- Subjects
- Ceremonies - Weddings
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6664 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
The bride with her mother and sister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39284
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 7, 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (l to r): Edwyna Hart, Florence Hart and Alice Hart. The photograph was taken on the occasion of Florence's wedding to Harold Godwin. The women are shown standing on some steps.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 7, 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-603
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (l to r): Edwyna Hart, Florence Hart and Alice Hart. The photograph was taken on the occasion of Florence's wedding to Harold Godwin. The women are shown standing on some steps.
- Subjects
- Ceremonies - Weddings
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6664 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
The Canadian mother and child
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6861
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Couture, Ernest, 1891-1970
- Publication Date
- 1941
- Call Number
- 618 COU
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV008.40.5
- Call Number
- 618 COU
- Author
- Couture, Ernest, 1891-1970
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- The Hon. Ian A. Mackenzie, Minster of Pensions and National Health
- Publication Date
- 1941
- Printer
- Edmond Cloutier
- Physical Description
- 231 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Miss. Bricher" [ hand writen in pencil at top of front cover. The "h" may be a "k".]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada. Department of National Health and Welfare
- Obstetrics
- Infants--Health and hygiene
- Notes
- Published by authority of the Hon. Paul Martin, Minister of Health and Welfare"
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow with his father and mother
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19192
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1953]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Jimmy Chow with his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow and his mother, Gim Gee Chow standing outside a building in Asquith, Saskatchewan. Jimmy's father is holding him in his arms. The group are standing in the snow outside of a building.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Jimmy Chow with his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow and his mother, Gim Gee Chow standing outside a building in Asquith, Saskatchewan. Jimmy's father is holding him in his arms. The group are standing in the snow outside of a building.
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.38
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1953]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-03
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten notes in blue ink are written in Traditional Chinese on verso of photograph. Notes translated to English and transliterated into Mandarin pinyin read: " "Niu Guo Tang" (name of a village in Kaiping, Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, China). "A keepsake for maternal grandmother. From maternal grandson Hipman Chow" (Jimmy Chow)
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
Images
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow with his mother and sister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19184
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [25 May 1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Jimmy Chow standing between his mother, Gim Gee Chow and his older sister Shao Lin Chow on the steps of a building in Hong Kong.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6.5 cm
- Material Details
- bottom left corner of photograph has dark paper and photo corner adhered to surface
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Jimmy Chow standing between his mother, Gim Gee Chow and his older sister Shao Lin Chow on the steps of a building in Hong Kong.
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.30
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [25 May 1950]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-03
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten notes in black ink are written in Traditional Chinese on verso of photograph. Notes translated to English and transliterated into Mandarin pinyin read: "Mother, this photo was taken on May(?) 25th at the time of departure. It was photographed at the Pennisula (hotel?)" (the words are written by Jane (Zhen).
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
Images
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow with his mother Gim Gee Chow
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19182
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1952]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jimmy Chow with his mother Gim Gee Chow (nee Dang) standing togetheroutside in front of car in Churchill, Manitioba. There is snow on the ground.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jimmy Chow with his mother Gim Gee Chow (nee Dang) standing togetheroutside in front of car in Churchill, Manitioba. There is snow on the ground.
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.28
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1952]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-03
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
Images
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow with mother and aunt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19189
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1954]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Jimmy Chow standing with his mother, Gim Gee Chow and his aunt in a residential area of Vancouver. The three are standing in front of a tree with view of street and house behind.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Jimmy Chow standing with his mother, Gim Gee Chow and his aunt in a residential area of Vancouver. The three are standing in front of a tree with view of street and house behind.
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.35
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1954]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-03
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
Images
Letter from Colin Fox to his mother
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15156
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p.
- Scope and Content
- Items consists of a typewritten letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox to his mother, Jessie (Bateman) Fox. The letter is written on stationery with the letterhead "CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY" and references "... Colin's letter dated June 26". Colin is writing from hospital after being wounded…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p.
- Scope and Content
- Items consists of a typewritten letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox to his mother, Jessie (Bateman) Fox. The letter is written on stationery with the letterhead "CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY" and references "... Colin's letter dated June 26". Colin is writing from hospital after being wounded while laying communication cable from the Normandy beachhead on June 8, 1944 (two days after D-Day). In the letter, Colin tells his mother of his current condition in hospital, describing the wounds that he sustained and how much of his belongings are still with his regiment.
- Accession Code
- BV020.27.43
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- June 1944
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Feb-2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Stationery letterhead reads: "CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY / FILE OR CLAIM / FORM 101.." includes logo which reads: "CANADIAN PACIFIC / RAILWAY / STEAMSHIPS / COMMUNICATIONS / HOTELS . / EXPRESS / WORLD'S / GREATEST / TRAVEL SYSTEM"
Lillian and her mother Jenny
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77821
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946
- Collection/Fonds
- Yanko family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko) and her mother Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy standing outside.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946
- Collection/Fonds
- Yanko family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm
- Material Details
- Secured to album page with photo corners
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 545-054
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2012-09
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko) and her mother Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy standing outside.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "1946"
Images
![Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney, [between 1950 and 1960] thumbnail](/media/hpo//_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0050_0004_001.jpg?width=280)
Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4938
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney walking hand and hand down a busy commercial street.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney walking hand and hand down a busy commercial street.
- History
- Mary Davis was born February 3, 1910 in Stafford, England to Sam and Edith Finney and came to Canada as a child. Her family settled in Saskatchewan. She married her first husband, Clifford Reynolds Hamilton in 1940 in Rossland BC and was subsequently divorced in 1949 in Vancouver BC. She moved to Burnaby somtime between 1940 and the mid-1950's. Mary owned Davis Confectionary with her second husband (presumably named Davis) at the corner of Beresford and MacPherson. The store acted as a grocery store and also a drug store. Mary and her husband owned the store in the 1950's /1960's. Mary passed away in 2001, and had no children. Photograph was taken by famous Vancouver street photographer Foncie Pulice. Foncie began working as a street photographer in 1934 and retired in 1979. Foncie died in 2003.
- Names
- Finney, Edith
- Davis, Mary
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV017.50.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 12-Jun-2018
- Photographer
- Pulice, Foncie
- Notes
- Title base on contents of photograph
- Stamped on verso: "FONCIE'S FOTOS/ 505 GRANVILLE ST./ VANCOUVER, B.C."
Images
![Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney, [between 1950 and 1960] thumbnail](/media/hpo//_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0050_0004_001.jpg)
Mary DeGuerre's mother and aunt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46069
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920, copied in 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 10.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mary DeGuerre's aunt and mother Justiene, taken by Mary DeGuerre in Fort Battleford, Saskatchewan in 1920.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920, copied in 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 10.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-957
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mary DeGuerre's aunt and mother Justiene, taken by Mary DeGuerre in Fort Battleford, Saskatchewan in 1920.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- DeGuerre, Mary
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Mary's mother (right) and aunt in 1920."
Images
Mother and Tommy at 2748 Elgin Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36978
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1941 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 12.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Martha Brawn and her oldest son, Tommy, at the family home at 2748 Elgin Avenue (old street number).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1941 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 12.2 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-436
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Martha Brawn and her oldest son, Tommy, at the family home at 2748 Elgin Avenue (old street number).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption on photograph
- Geographic Access
- Elgin Avenue
- Street Address
- 6449 Elgin Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
Images
Mother Goose rhymes and nursery tales
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3738
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.14.10
- Call Number
- 808.8 PIP
- Edition
- Star ed.
- Contributor
- Piper, Watty
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Platt & Munk
- Publication Date
- c1927
- Physical Description
- [103] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Nursery rhymes
- Notes
- ``edited by Watty Piper.``
- Watty Piper is pseudonym used by publisher, Platt & Munk refer to http://w1.loganberrybooks.com/books/authors/watty-piper.htm
Robert at ten weeks with his god-mother
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38902
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 6 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers being held by a woman identified as his godmother, Florence Hart Godwin.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 6 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-221
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers being held by a woman identified as his godmother, Florence Hart Godwin.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Robert Leonard Love with mother Jenny Love
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20368
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Leonard "Bob" Love standing with his mother Jenny (Kennedy) Love in the yard of John Leonard and Jenny Love's home located at 3205 George Street (6112 Sussex Avenue), Burnaby. House is visible behind them.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Leonard "Bob" Love standing with his mother Jenny (Kennedy) Love in the yard of John Leonard and Jenny Love's home located at 3205 George Street (6112 Sussex Avenue), Burnaby. House is visible behind them.
- Geographic Access
- Sussex Avenue
- Street Address
- 6112 Sussex Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.24.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- June 1943
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-04
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Bob & Mom / 1943 June"
Images
So you are a Brownie : hints to a Brownie and her mother
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6825
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Atwood, Patricia
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Call Number
- 369.4 ATW
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.18
- Call Number
- 369.4 ATW
- Author
- Atwood, Patricia
- Place of Publication
- [Canada]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 19 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Rosemary Sawkins" [handwritten on cover in pencil and inside cover in pink ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Girls--Societies and clubs
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Vera Forster and her mother
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36785
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of toddler Vera Forster her mother at 2849 McKay Avenue (old street number).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-242
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of toddler Vera Forster her mother at 2849 McKay Avenue (old street number).
- Names
- Bruce, Vera Forster
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph;
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6208 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Napier Street and Willingdon Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34223
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 10, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Napier Street and Willingdon Avenue with lumber scattered on a cleared area and houses in the background. There are vehicles on the road, including a truck whose side reads "Mother Hubbard Bread" and machinery reading "G.W. Ledingham, Contractors." This is part of the Willingdon Hei…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 10, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Alfred Bingham subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 010-138
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Napier Street and Willingdon Avenue with lumber scattered on a cleared area and houses in the background. There are vehicles on the road, including a truck whose side reads "Mother Hubbard Bread" and machinery reading "G.W. Ledingham, Contractors." This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Napier Street
- Willingdon Avenue
Images
History of Burnaby and vicinity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6890
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.1
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Place of Publication
- [S.l.]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch
- Physical Description
- 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Name Access
- Green, George
- Notes
- Autographed by author
- "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
- Copy 2 of 2
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![Interview with Julie Lee by Denise Fong February 6, 2020, [1920-1992] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 6, 2020 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0024_0027_001.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Julie Lee by Denise Fong February 6, 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12338
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1920-1992] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 6, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:53:46 min.)
- Scope and Content
- Recording consists of an interview with Julie Lee conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong. Julie Lee shares information about her mother, Suey Ying Jung's (Laura's) experiences growing up as a Chinese Canadian on a farm in Burnaby during the 1920s and 1930s. She also shares some …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Chinese Canadians in Burnaby subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:53:46 min.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Denise Fong Interviewee: Julie Lee Location of Interview: Home of Julie and Cecil Lee Interview Date: February 6, 2020 Total Number of Tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 00:53:46
- Scope and Content
- Recording consists of an interview with Julie Lee conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong. Julie Lee shares information about her mother, Suey Ying Jung's (Laura's) experiences growing up as a Chinese Canadian on a farm in Burnaby during the 1920s and 1930s. She also shares some information about her father Puy Yuen Chan. 0:00- 01:47 Julie Lee provides background information on her families’ connection to Burnaby and conveys how her maternal grandparents farmed a five acre lot at Still Creek and Douglas Road. Her grandparents grew vegetable produce and operated a piggery at this location. Her mother, Suey Ying Jung (Laura) was the middle child between two older sisters, Maida and Annie and her two younger brothers Gordon and Harry. They were all born at home and educated at Edmonds Elementary School. 01:48- 11:47 Julie provides some background information about her mother, the friendships she made growing up, when she got married and places that she lived. She tells of her mother marrying in 1942 at age 30 years, moving to Fraser Mills and then onto Maillardville in 1958. There was easy access to the Interurban tram so her mother was able to have a social life with others in Vancouver’s Chinatown. She says that many of the only existing photographs of the family living on the farm at Still Creek and Douglas Road can be attributed to her mother’s friend Lil Mau [sic] who owned a camera. The farm was sold around 1949 when her grandparents moved to East Vancouver. While operating the farm, her grandparents only hired Chinese workers who spoke the same language and ate the same foods as them. Despite this, her grandparents made friends with the Collin’s family who assisted them in adjusting to the Canadian way of life. Julie tells that her mother’s sister Maida and brother in law lived with them at Fraser Mills. Her mother’s sister Maida had nine children so Julie’s mother helped her in raising them. 11:48 – 16:53 - Julie talks about racial prejudice towards the Chinese in Burnaby during the 1920s and 1930s. She says that for the most part, her mother’s family had a very insular life on the farm and mainly socialized only within the Chinese community. Julie tells of how she recently became aware of a memoir “The Way it Was”, written by Burnaby resident, Fannie Waplington. The memoir is held as part of the Burnaby Village Museum collection. In the memoir, Fannie Waplington tells of how she was forbidden from visiting Julie’s mother on their farm due to her ethnic background. Julie conveys that it seems like it was a missed friendship for both her mother and Fannie. 16:54 – 22:30 Julie describes what school life was like for her mother and what she may have done outside of school. Her mother attended Edmonds School in the 1920s up to Grade 7 or Grade 8. Julie explains that Asian girls were never offered the opportunity to pursue higher education while her mother’s brothers continued with their education attending Vancouver Technical School. Her mother continued to work on the farm until she was married cooking for workers and helping her mother. Outside of school, she may have helped with looking after nieces and nephews, played cards and mahjong. She says that her mother continued to play cards with her own children and was a skilled knitter into her 80s. 22:31 – 30: 53 Julie tells of what she knows about the Chinese workers on the farm and Fraser Mills and what they did on the weekends. She figures that many may have played card games to pass the time and at Fraser Mills gambling occurred. Fishing was a highlight for her father and she recalls him fishing sturgeon. Single workers may have gone into Vancouver on the weekends. Julie says that her parents had a hobby farm while living at Fraser Mills and that they grew enough garlic to sell in Chinatown. She thinks that before living at Fraser Mills, her mother must have went to Chinatown quite a bit, assisting with banking and enjoying a social life. Julie shares that her father, Puy Yuen Chan came to Canada from China at twelve years of age but working as a shingle packer, he never learned to speak English. She figures that her parents must have met at Fraser Mills while her mother was visiting her sister Maida. 30:54 – 37:33 Julie describes her mother as the cook, caregiver and the “one man show”. She says that her mother enjoyed cooking traditional Chinese recipes. Julie talks of her own cooking and gardening skills which she may have inherited from her parents including her large patch of garlic. 37:34- 40:23- Julie is asked as to whether her mother attended Chinese school and says that she had some Chinese schooling. She could read and write a little but didn’t attend a formal school as far as she knows. Julie shares some background information on her own husband Cecil, who grew up in East Vancouver. She shares that Cecil’s family went back to China from 1931 until 1939 when they returned to Queensborough. Cecil attended Chinese school in New Westminster. 40:24 – 42:19 Julie speaks briefly about what type of medical care her mother and her family had. She relates that all births took place at home and they accessed a Chinese herbalist in Chinatown. Hospitals were accessed in 1950s—1960s. The family did use Western doctors that were insured under the medical system. She recalls growing up and having to drink a particular herbal brew at least once a month to stay well. 42:20- 46:47 Julie describes how her parents stayed connected with their families in China. She says that her mother’s family didn’t stay in touch with relatives in China and that her uncles rejected anything to do with the past. On her father’s side they maintained a connection with cousins. She recalls that her father, Puy Yuen Chan supported some of his relatives back home in China and stayed in touch with some. Her mother, Laura travelled to China in 1991 and 1992 and connected with some relations on Julie’s father’s side. 46:48- 53:46 In this segment, Julie speaks of her mother’s character being very self-assured, independent and goal oriented. She feels that her mother valued being surrounded by her family and friends and felt very comfortable growing up in Burnaby and with the relationships that she had. She feels that her mother adapted to her roles being the last of four children on the farm and that she was very self-sufficient and determined.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Julie Lee (nee Chan) is the daughter of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) and Puy Yuen Chan. Her mother's family owned and operated a vegetable and piggery farm on Douglas Road near Still Creek in the early 1900s. Their farm was located in front of the Douglas Road interurban tram station. Her mother had two older sisters named Maida and Annie and two younger brothers Harry and Gordon. Her mother was born in 1912 and left the farm for Fraser Mills when she was married in 1942. Julie grew up with her parents and siblings on the Fraser Mills site during the 1940s and 1950s. Interviewer biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of BVM’s “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Names
- Lee, Julie Cho Chan
- Chan, Puy Yuen
- Jung, Suey Ying "Laura"
- Wong, Suey Fong "Maida" Jung
- Jung, Suey Cheung "Harry"
- Jung, Suey Yook "Gordon"
- Jung, Gee Shee
- Jung, Chung Chong
- Jong, Suey Kin "Annie" Jung
- Responsibility
- Fong, Denise
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Accession Code
- BV020.6.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1920-1992] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 6, 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Related Material
- See also BV018.16.1
- Scan Resolution
- 1000
- Scan Date
- 01-Oct-2017
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Title based on contents of interview
- Photograph info: Suey Ying (Laura) with produce baskets [between 1940 and 1942]. BV017.24.27
Images
![Interview with Julie Lee by Denise Fong February 6, 2020, [1920-1992] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 6, 2020 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0024_0027_001.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Interview with Julie Lee by Denise Fong February 6, 2020, [1920-1992] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 6, 2020
Interview with Julie Lee by Denise Fong February 6, 2020, [1920-1992] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 6, 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2020_0006_0002_001.mp3