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Kelly-Douglas Company
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark697
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Associated Dates
- 1946
- Heritage Value
- The Kelly Douglas Company was founded in 1896 as a wholesale grocery business. It enjoyed rapid success during the Klondike Goldrush of 1898 when it became a primary supplier for prospectors. In 1946, its headquarters moved from Vancouver to Burnaby and a manufacturing plant and warehouse was built on the site.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Street Address
- 4700 Kingsway
Images
Application of James Kelly for Permission to Erect a Mushroom House on Lot 22, Block 21, DL 74 N1/2, Dominion Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53626
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69711
- Meeting Date
- 14-Feb-1944
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69711
- Meeting Date
- 14-Feb-1944
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Former site of the Kelly Douglas building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35027
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 18, 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the site of Kelly Douglas and Co. at 4700 Kingsway after the building was demolished. A bulldozer and a large truck with two men standing on it are at the back left of the photograph.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 18, 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm
- Material Details
- Printed on verso of photograph: "This paper manufactured by Kodak"
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 178-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-26
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the site of Kelly Douglas and Co. at 4700 Kingsway after the building was demolished. A bulldozer and a large truck with two men standing on it are at the back left of the photograph.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4700 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Former site of the Kelly Douglas building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35028
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 18, 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the site of Kelly Douglas and Co. at 4700 Kingsway after the building was demolished. Buildings and the Skytrain Expo line are visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 18, 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 178-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-26
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the site of Kelly Douglas and Co. at 4700 Kingsway after the building was demolished. Buildings and the Skytrain Expo line are visible in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4700 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Kelly Davis versus Lori Klym, [between 1979 and 1981] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-458.jpg?width=280)
Kelly Davis versus Lori Klym
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45564
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1979 and 1981]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kelly Davis of Oak Bay and Lori Klym of North Burnaby spraying up water as they each swing for the ball during a game of women's high school field hockey.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1979 and 1981]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-458
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kelly Davis of Oak Bay and Lori Klym of North Burnaby spraying up water as they each swing for the ball during a game of women's high school field hockey.
- Names
- Davis, Kelly
- Klym, Lori
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of photograph reads: "SPLASH: BURNABYS LORi KLym FINDS IT THUS AS she repels OAK BAY ATTACK"
- Note on recto of duplicate reads: "SPLASH!! THAT WAS HOW IT WAS AS N.Bby PLAyer STOPPED OAK BAY ATTACK"
- Note on recto of crooped re-print reads: "KELLY DAVIES (OAK BAY) LORI KLYM (N BBY)
Images
![Kelly Davis versus Lori Klym, [between 1979 and 1981] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-458.jpg)
Kelly Douglas building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35029
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 18, 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the site of Kelly Douglas and Co. at 4700 Kingsway after the building was demolished. An excavator is working on the site. Cars are parked outside a fence, and a van lettered, "ATCO," is inside the fence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 18, 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 178-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-26
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the site of Kelly Douglas and Co. at 4700 Kingsway after the building was demolished. An excavator is working on the site. Cars are parked outside a fence, and a van lettered, "ATCO," is inside the fence.
- Subjects
- Construction Tools and Equipment
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4700 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Kelly family, [1940] (date of original), copied [2000] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/407-005.jpg?width=280)
Kelly family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38330
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940] (date of original), copied [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two women and three men outside 510 North Boundary Road. The members of the Kelly family in this photograph are, left to right, Margaret (Marney), Allan, Margaret, Lawrence, and Joseph (Joe).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940] (date of original), copied [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 407-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two women and three men outside 510 North Boundary Road. The members of the Kelly family in this photograph are, left to right, Margaret (Marney), Allan, Margaret, Lawrence, and Joseph (Joe).
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Street Address
- 510 Boundary Road North
- 510 Boundary Road
Images
![Kelly family, [1940] (date of original), copied [2000] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/407-005.jpg)
Kelly vs Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49226
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48801
- Meeting Date
- 10-Mar-1947
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48801
- Meeting Date
- 10-Mar-1947
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Kelly vs. Burnaby Case
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49199
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48821
- Meeting Date
- 24-Mar-1947
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48821
- Meeting Date
- 24-Mar-1947
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Kelly vs Burnaby Case - Appeal Costs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49249
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48774
- Meeting Date
- 24-Feb-1947
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48774
- Meeting Date
- 24-Feb-1947
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Kennel licence - Clare Kelly
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49456
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49295
- Meeting Date
- 8-Apr-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49295
- Meeting Date
- 8-Apr-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Letter from Powell River Regional District re: C. E. Kelly and Associates Proposal to Transport Lower Mainland Garbage to Harwood Island
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport16276
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9255
- Meeting Date
- 17-Jun-1985
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 43
- Item No.
- 14
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9255
- Meeting Date
- 17-Jun-1985
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 43
- Item No.
- 14
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![Mrs. Kelly in the kitchen, 1942 (date of original), copied [2000] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/407-006.jpg?width=280)
Mrs. Kelly in the kitchen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38331
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942 (date of original), copied [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Kelly removing a jug of milk from the refrigerator in the kitchen of 510 North Boundary Road.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942 (date of original), copied [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 407-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Kelly removing a jug of milk from the refrigerator in the kitchen of 510 North Boundary Road.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
Images
![Mrs. Kelly in the kitchen, 1942 (date of original), copied [2000] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/407-006.jpg)
![Mrs. Kelly in the kitchen, 1942 (date of original), copied [2000] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/407-007.jpg?width=280)
Mrs. Kelly in the kitchen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38332
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942 (date of original), copied [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Kelly removing a pie from the oven in the kitchen of 510 North Boundary Road.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942 (date of original), copied [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 407-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Kelly removing a pie from the oven in the kitchen of 510 North Boundary Road.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Mrs. Kelly in the kitchen, 1942 (date of original), copied [2000] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/407-007.jpg)
Proposed Kelly Douglas Plant on Kingsway between Sussex Avenue and Kingsway West School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53364
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69448
- Meeting Date
- 21-May-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69448
- Meeting Date
- 21-May-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Routes : the lighter side of public transit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1394
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hammer, Heinz, 1943-
- Kelly, Brian
- Publication Date
- 1989
- Call Number
- 380.502 HAM
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969406002
- Call Number
- 380.502 HAM
- Author
- Hammer, Heinz, 1943-
- Kelly, Brian
- Contributor
- Skytte, Vikki
- Place of Publication
- Surrey, B.C.
- Publisher
- H. Hammer
- Publication Date
- 1989
- Physical Description
- 251 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Humor
- Local transit--British Columbia--Vancouver
- Notes
- "Chapter one by Brian Kelly".
- "Edited by Vikki Skytte".
Winter family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36781
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January, 1941 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Winter family. Back row, left to right: Margaret, George (father), Ina (mother), and Barbara. Front row, left to right: Mary and Teresa. This photo was taken at the family home at 3793 Frances Street in January, 1941.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January, 1941 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-138
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Winter family. Back row, left to right: Margaret, George (father), Ina (mother), and Barbara. Front row, left to right: Mary and Teresa. This photo was taken at the family home at 3793 Frances Street in January, 1941.
- Names
- Buckley, Barbara Winter
- Cooper, Teresa "Terry" Winter
- Cuthbert, Margaret Amy Winter
- Kelly, Mary Winter
- Winter, George
- Winter, Ina
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Frances Street
- Street Address
- 3793 Frances Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
Images
Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
Images
Digital Books
Cecil Lee business records series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15033
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1970-1980, predominant 1970-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of business records collected and created by Cecil Lee while he was employed as a Produce Buyer for Kelly Douglas Limited and Western Commodities Limited and responsible for the import of Chinese mandarin oranges. Records include correspondence, photographs, documentation regarding …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of business records collected and created by Cecil Lee while he was employed as a Produce Buyer for Kelly Douglas Limited and Western Commodities Limited and responsible for the import of Chinese mandarin oranges. Records include correspondence, photographs, documentation regarding travel within China along with export and import information, contracts, financial reports, credit applications, Chinese trade fair information and ephemera.
- History
- Kelly Douglas and Company Limited was founded in 1896 as a wholesale grocery business. In 1946, its headquarters moved from Vancouver to Burnaby and a manufacturing plant and warehouse were built on the site at 4700 Kingsway. During the nineteen seventies, Kelly Douglas and Company Limited and the Produce Department of Western Commodities Limited were located on this site. In 1986, the building was demolished and the produce department of Kelly Douglas was relocated to 6451 Telford Burnaby and the head office to 808 Nelson Street, Vancouver. In the nineteen seventies, Cecil Lee worked as a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas & Company Ltd.and Western Commodities. In the mid-1970s, Lee was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with demand, Kelly Douglas & Company looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business. Cecil Lee designed the cardboard Chinese mandarin orange box to replace wooden container
- Subjects
- Foods
- Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
- Accession Code
- BV019.6
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1970-1980, predominant 1970-1979
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- A large portion of these records are subject to FIPPA, contact Burnaby Village Museum for access
Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14764
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1920-2006, predominant 1920-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : col. + 1 photograph : b&w + 1 photograph : sepia + 41 photographs (tiffs) + 4 photographs (jpgs) + 12 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family photographs of the Jung, Chan and Lee families as well as business records collected and created by Cecil Lee in the nineteen seventies, while he was employed as a Produce Buyer for Kelly Douglas Limited and Western Commodities Limited and responsible for the import of Chin…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : col. + 1 photograph : b&w + 1 photograph : sepia + 41 photographs (tiffs) + 4 photographs (jpgs) + 12 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family photographs of the Jung, Chan and Lee families as well as business records collected and created by Cecil Lee in the nineteen seventies, while he was employed as a Produce Buyer for Kelly Douglas Limited and Western Commodities Limited and responsible for the import of Chinese mandarin oranges. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1) Lee family photographs series 3) Cecil Lee business records series
- History
- Julie Cho Chan Lee is the daughter of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) (1912-2006) and Puy Yuen Chan (1903-1978). Suey Ying "Laura" and Puy Yuen Chan were married in New Westminster in November 1942 followed by a fourteen year residency in the “minority town site” of Fraser Mills where their daughters Julie and June were born. Julie's mother Suey Ying "Laura" Jung was born in Burnaby in 1912 to Chung Chong Jung (1875-1956) and Gee Shee Jung (1879-1952). The family had six children (five of which lived to adulthood); Suey Fong "Maida" (1909-1997) (married Quinn Wong) ; Suey Kin "Annie" (1911-1962) (married George Jong); Suey Ying "Laura"; Suey Cheung "Harry" (1916-1991) and "; Suey Yook "Gordon" (1919-1998). The family owned and operated a five acre market garden and piggery at 5460 Douglas Road near Still Creek (address was changed to 5286 Douglas Road in 1958). This was conveniently located directly across the street from Douglas Road Interurban Station. The children attended Edmonds Elementary School and while the girls only completed their elementary school years, the boys continued their education at the Vancouver Technical School. Chung Chong and Gee Shee Jung sold the farm on Douglas Road around 1949 and moved to East Vancouver. Julie's mother, Suey Ying "Laura" Jung continued to live and work on the Jung family farm until she was married in 1942 when she moved to live with her husband, Puy Yuen at Fraser Mills. Suey Ying "Laura"'s sister Maida and her husband Quinn Wong also lived at Fraser Mills with their nine children. Julie's father, Puy Yuen Chan joined his father, Chin Yip Hong in Canada at the tender age of 12, worked as a shingle packer and plywood plant handler at Fraser Mills for forty years and retired without ever learning to speak English. In 1972, Julie Cho Chan married Cecil Lee and lived in Surrey where their two boys, Rodney and Darin were born. Just prior to the start of school for Rodney, the family relocated to Coquitlam where Julie had lived since 1956. Julie worked as a teacher and later as a teacher-librarian in the Coquitlam School District. Cecil Chue Kan Lee was born in Queensborough to Sui Seo Ngen and Ding Quai Lee. Cecil is the youngest of eight children; Chue Ngan "Gladys"; Chue Fay "Walter"; Chue Quon "Charlie"; Chue Jan "Pearl"; Chue Moi "Rose"; Chue Duck "Dick" and Chue Kwong "Ken". Cecil’s father, Ding Quai Lee was a jack of all trades including a labour contractor as a well as a millwright for G.W. Beach’s three mills, Keystone, Sapperton and Harrison Mills.In 1931, with the arrival of the Depression, the family made the difficult decision to return to their homeland of Guangzhou province, eventually returning to Canada in 1939. With this decision, Ding Quai wrestled with the burden of the repayment of the loans for two way steamship fares to and from China. Upon their return to Canada, the family lived a short time on Union Street in Vancouver before relocating to Queensborough (New Westminster). Cecil and his siblings were schooled at Queen Elizabeth Elementary School followed by varying stints at FW Howay and Duke of Connaught High Schools. In 1951, Cecil Lee joined Kelly Douglas & Company Ltd., a subsidiary of the George Weston Empire, as a produce warehouseman, followed by several years as a foreman and then in the early seventies until his 1991 retirement after forty years of service, he served as one of the KD produce buyers. In this capacity, he worked closely with local farmers along Marine Drive and in the Fraser Valley. Kelly Douglas and Company Limited was founded in 1896 as a wholesale grocery business and became one of the largest food distributors in Canada. In 1946, its headquarters moved from Vancouver to Burnaby and a manufacturing plant and warehouse were built on the site at 4700 Kingsway. In the mid-1970s, Lee along with the associates at Western Commodities, the head office for produce imports, was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into western Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come only from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with the popular demand, Kelly Douglas and Company Limited looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business. Moreover, Cecil Lee designed, though not patented, the cardboard Chinese mandarin orange box to replace wooden containers. The iconic design required no glue or staples, making it possible for farmers to assemble and pack the boxes as they picked the oranges. In 1986, the Kelly Douglas and Company building was demolished and the produce department of Kelly Douglas was relocated to 6451 Telford Burnaby and the head office to 808 Nelson Street, Vancouver.
- Accession Code
- BV017.24; BV019.6; BV019.33; BV020.38; BV021.19
- Date
- 1920-2006, predominant 1920-1979
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Arrangement
- Records within fonds are composed of business records and family photographs arranged by the Lee family.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- See also: Interview with Julie Lee by Denise Fong February 6, 2020. -- [1920-1992] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 6, 2020 BV020.6.2
- See also artifact descriptions under accession BV019.6 including BV019.6.1 - for description of original box to ship and sell mandarin oranges; BV019.6.15 and BV019.6.16 for Chinese mandarin orange wrappers "Snow Mountain Mandarin Orange"
- Many of the "Business records" are closed and subject to FIPPA, contact Burnaby Village Museum regarding access