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Arthur W. Mawbey

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1959 and 1964]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 13.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of World War I veteran Arthur W. Mawbey sitting in front of the Union Jack in uniform during a Remembrance Day observance ceremony. He is smoking a pipe, with one hand resting on his cane, and the other hand holding a white wooden cross with maple leaf resting on it.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1959 and 1964]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 13.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1147

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of World War I veteran Arthur W. Mawbey sitting in front of the Union Jack in uniform during a Remembrance Day observance ceremony. He is smoking a pipe, with one hand resting on his cane, and the other hand holding a white wooden cross with maple leaf resting on it.

Subjects: Persons - Veterans; Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Symbols - Flags; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Mawbey, Arthur W.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Arthur W. Mawbey, [between 1959 and 1964] thumbnail

Interview with Ken Yip by Eric Damer November 14, 2012 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1944-1971

Length: 0:09:33

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Ken Yip's memories of his father D.T. Yip. Ken tells the story of his father coming to own property in Burnaby and the work that it took to get a market farm going.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Ken Yip's memories of his father D.T. Yip. Ken tells the story of his father coming to own property in Burnaby and the work that it took to get a market farm going.

Date Range: 1944-1971

Length: 0:09:33

Names: Yip, D.T.

Subjects: Persons - Veterans

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: November 14, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Ken Yip conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 14, 2012. Major theme discussed: growing up with a family market garden.

Biographical Notes: Ken Yip's father purchased property on Byrne Road in the Fraser Arm area of South Burnaby under a special plan granted to veterans of the Second World War, cleared the brush by hand, and enhanced the soil’s productivity to create a market garden. Ken Yip was born in 1949. He and his younger brother grew up at the market garden, helping out. Ken attended Riverside Elementary School, McPherson Park Junior High School and Burnaby South Senior High School where he was in the school band. He continued his studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and pursued a career in biomedical engineering.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 1:09:22

Interviewee Name: Yip, Ken

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track one of recording of interview with Ken Yip

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Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:13:37 min)

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Ken’s family responsibilities, school activities, and friends. Ken relates how his father received a veteran’s land grant after the Second World War, on Byrne Rd. in the Big Bend area of Burnaby, and how his family operated a market garden on the l…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Growing Up in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:13:37 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Ken Yip Date of interview: May 9, 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 5 Total length of all Tracks: 0:62:00

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Ken’s family responsibilities, school activities, and friends. Ken relates how his father received a veteran’s land grant after the Second World War, on Byrne Rd. in the Big Bend area of Burnaby, and how his family operated a market garden on the land, selling their produce to Kelly Douglas, Woodward’s, and MacDonald’s Consolidated. Ken describes how he moved to North Burnaby in the early 1970s, near Sperling Ave. and Lougheed Hwy., and then to the Burnaby General Hospital area when he married a few years later. He speaks of attending Riverside Elementary School, McPherson Junior High School, and Burnaby South High School. Ken recalls having little free time as a child. He speaks of working on the farm after he finished his homework, and playing there with his brother. He describes his household chores, and the additional responsibilities he took on as he grew older and acquired more skills. Ken talks of being in the school band with his friends, their activities and travel and their trip to Montreal for Expo in 1967. He discusses his interests and his family’s expectations of him and his brother.

History: Recording of an interview with Ken Yip recording by Tom Gooden on May 9, 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s and 60s.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - Veterans

Names: Yip, Ken; McPherson Park Junior Secondary School; Riverside Elementary School; Burnaby South High School

Accession Code: BV017.45.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Audio Tracks

Interview with Ken Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 1, 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005

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Interview with Shanaz Khan

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1956-2023] (interview content), interviewed 24 Sep. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (65 min., 54 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (63 min., 54 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Shanaz Khan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum registrar Rajdeep on September 24, 2023. 00:00:00- 00:09:59 Shanaz Khan shares information about herself, her family and life in Fiji before she immigrated to Vancouver in 1972 and her fi…

1 document 1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (65 min., 54 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (63 min., 54 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Rajdeep Interviewee: Shanaz Khan Location of Interview: Love farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: September 24, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:05:54 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Shanaz Khan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum registrar Rajdeep on September 24, 2023. 00:00:00- 00:09:59 Shanaz Khan shares information about herself, her family and life in Fiji before she immigrated to Vancouver in 1972 and her first experiences after immigrating to Vancouver including where her family lived, her work as an accountant for major banks in Vancouver, training and working as a chef and living in Surrey and Vancouver. 00:10:00 - 00:14:59 Shanaz shares experiences in her career as an accountant working in Vancouver and Tumbler Ridge and her experiences of racism that she faced in her workplace. Shanaz talks about her life after retirement and her volunteer work. 00:015:00 - 00:22:53 Shanaz talks about her life in Burnaby for the last 19 years and what she likes about living here. Shanaz recollects locations of stores in Vancouver where her family shopped to find traditional foods and where her family lived after immigrating. Shanaz shares some of her favourite traditional foods. 00:22:54 - 00:37:41 Shanaz recollects some of her childhood experiences growing up in Fiji and her experiences of swimming in Fiji, Hawaii and in Vancouver. Shanaz talks about her fitness regime and places that she likes to exercise in Burnaby including trails and green spaces and reflects on the changes to Burnaby with increased development, the cost of housing and the crime rate. 00:37:42 - 00:52:41 Shanaz talks about the traditional clothing and western clothing that she’s worn and accessed while living in Burnaby and Vancouver. Shanaz describes some traditional Islamic religious practices including the nikah (marriage), funerals, prayers, Eid, Hajj and her own personal practices as well as locations of mosques and cemeteries available to Muslims in the lower mainland. 00:52:42 - 01:05:54 Shanaz talks about her parent’s religious and ancestral background, her religious upbringing and the demographics of Fiji.

History: Interviewee biography: Shanaz Khan was born and raised in Suva, Fiji in the 1950's. In the early 1970's, Shanaz immigrated to Vancouver with her parents and younger brother. Shanaz attended John Oliver High School and took one year of accounting courses at Langara College. Over the years Shanaz worked as an accountant in major banks and for a mining company in Tumbler Ridge. Shanaz also worked as a chef at various restaurants and bakeries after completing training at a Vancouver Culinary School. Shanaz has made her home in Burnaby for the past 19 years. Following her retirement, Shanaz has volunteered for different organizations including the YWCA. Interviewer biography: Rajdeep was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and is of Punjabi (South Asian) descent. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She is a student in the Restoration of Natural Systems program at the University of Victoria. Rajdeep works at Simon Fraser University as a Program Assistant and as a researcher with the City of Burnaby. At Burnaby Village Museum, Rajdeep contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Mosques; Cemeteries; Ceremonies - Funerals; Ceremonies - Weddings; Education; Housing; Migration; Occupations; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Religions - Islam; Religions - Christianity; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Sports - Swimming

Names: Khan, Shanaz

Responsibility: Rajdeep

Accession Code: BV023.16.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1956-2023] (interview content), interviewed 24 Sep. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

Documents

2023_0016_0018_003

Audio Tracks

Interview with Shanaz Khan, [1956-2023] (interview content), interviewed 24 Sep. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0018_002.mp3

North Burnaby High School graduating class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of graduates of Burnaby North High School. A large group of over one hundred and fifty students are dressed in formal attire and posed inside a gymnasium during the graduation ceremony and dinner. The women appear to be wearing prom dresses while the men are dressed in suits. David Morga…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of graduates of Burnaby North High School. A large group of over one hundred and fifty students are dressed in formal attire and posed inside a gymnasium during the graduation ceremony and dinner. The women appear to be wearing prom dresses while the men are dressed in suits. David Morgan is identified standing in the fifth row from the bottom, fifth from the left.

History: In 1922 the Burnaby North High School opened at its first permanent location (4375 Pandora Street - which is now Rosser Elementary). In 1945, the Willingdon Avenue site was built and was used until a new building was constructed in 1961 on Hammarskjold Drive. From 1962, the school was used as Burnaby Heights Junior High school, but it closed in 1982 and the junior high students went to the new Burnaby North on Hammarskjold.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Ceremonies - Graduations

Names: Burnaby North High School; Morgan, David

Accession Code: BV020.8.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1959

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: August 11, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Images

North Burnaby High School graduating class, 1959 thumbnail

Sikh couple at wedding

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1950 and 1960]

Collection/Fonds: Rhoda Jeffers fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : colour ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: A photograph of an unidentified Sikh couple getting married. An unidentified man wearing a white turban and beard is standing to the left of the couple and a column decorated with flowers. The groom is dressed in a dark suit with a white flower on his jacket. The bride is dressed in a saree and is …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Rhoda Jeffers fonds

Series: Jeffers family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : colour ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: A photograph of an unidentified Sikh couple getting married. An unidentified man wearing a white turban and beard is standing to the left of the couple and a column decorated with flowers. The groom is dressed in a dark suit with a white flower on his jacket. The bride is dressed in a saree and is holding a bouquet of flowers. People behind the couple, are seated on the floor and standing. The women are wearing sarees.

Subjects: Ceremonies - Weddings; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Religions - Sikhism

Accession Code: BV007.20.29

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: 13/05/2018

Images

Sikh couple at wedding, [between 1950 and 1960] thumbnail

Burnaby family gravestone

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 12.6 x 9.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby family's joint gravestone on the grounds of the Loughborough Emmanuel Parish Church (built 1835 to 1837). The top level of the stone reads, "Robert Burnaby / Born Nov 30 1828 : / Died Jan 10 1878." The next level reads, "Sarah Burnaby / Born October 22nd 1822 : Died March…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 12.6 x 9.9 cm

Material Details: "Ansco Safety Film 10" printed on edge of negative

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 084-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby family's joint gravestone on the grounds of the Loughborough Emmanuel Parish Church (built 1835 to 1837). The top level of the stone reads, "Robert Burnaby / Born Nov 30 1828 : / Died Jan 10 1878." The next level reads, "Sarah Burnaby / Born October 22nd 1822 : Died March 2[?]th 1873 / Rev. VII 14." The bottom level reads, "Sarah, Widow of the Rev. Thomas Burnaby, / And Mother of the Above, / Died Oct. 31, 1878, Aged 89 Years." The side of the stone reads, "The Lord is My Shepherd."

Subjects: Monuments - Gravestones

Names: Burnaby, Robert

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w photograph accompanying

Images

Burnaby family gravestone, 1959 thumbnail

Eduard Harasimowicz's grave site

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1955

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : 6 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Eduard Harasimowicz's grave site covered in flowers. Eduard was Joseph Harasimowicz's son.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1955

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : 6 x 9 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Eduard Harasimowicz's grave site covered in flowers. Eduard was Joseph Harasimowicz's son.

Subjects: Monuments - Gravestones

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "grannie's brother Joseph - his son - hit by school bus"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Mum's brother Joseph's son was killed"; Note in pencil ink on verso of photograph reads: "by school bus"; Photographer's stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Foto [illegible] Wismar / Reg. II /20/21"

Images

Eduard Harasimowicz's grave site, July 1955 thumbnail

Ernest Winch memorial tablet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a memorial tablet dedicated to Ernest E. Winch who is remembered on the plaque as "THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW VISTA SOCIETY", dedicated to providing care and support for seniors. The tablet is mounted on a stone resting on a cement foundation. Ernest Winch was also a reknowned labour acti…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a memorial tablet dedicated to Ernest E. Winch who is remembered on the plaque as "THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW VISTA SOCIETY", dedicated to providing care and support for seniors. The tablet is mounted on a stone resting on a cement foundation. Ernest Winch was also a reknowned labour activist and Burnaby Member of the Legislative Assembly with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party.

Subjects: Monuments

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Accession Code: BV006.12.1

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [after 1957]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 11-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Memorial tablet reads: "ERNEST E. WINCH / 1879 - 1957 / THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW VISTA SOCIETY / 'NOT AS A LADDER FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN, / NOT AS A WITNESS TO ANY CREED, / BUT IN SIMPLE SERVICE, SIMPLY GIVEN / TO ALL MANKIND IN NEED'."

Images

Ernest Winch memorial tablet, [after 1957] thumbnail

Grave site

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified grave site.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-042

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified grave site.

Subjects: Monuments - Gravestones

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Gravestone

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after 1955]

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Eduard Harasimowicz's gravestone. Eduard is described on the gravestone as Joseph Harasimowicz's only son.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after 1955]

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 10 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Eduard Harasimowicz's gravestone. Eduard is described on the gravestone as Joseph Harasimowicz's only son.

Subjects: Monuments - Gravestones

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title (from album page); Note in pencil on verso of photograph [not in English]

Images

Michael Lyshak's casket

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 14, 1956

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Michael Lyshak's casket in Russian Siberia.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 14, 1956

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11.5 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-012

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Michael Lyshak's casket in Russian Siberia.

Subjects: Monuments - Gravestones

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph [not in English]; Note written on album page reads: "14 August 1956 / Michael Lyshak - Roman Lyshak's father died in Siberia - Russia"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Roman Lyshak's father died in Russian Siberia / 14 VII 1956"; Note in pencil ink on verso of photograph reads: "Andrew Natalie grandfather Michael Lyshak"

Municipal Hall Cornerstone

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 3, 1955

Collection/Fonds: Charles MacSorley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Reeve Charles MacSorley holding a trowel and cement next to the ceremonial plaque for the new municipal hall building. The plaque on the conerstone reads: "This stone was laid by His Worship Reeve Charles W. MacSorley September 23rd 1955."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 3, 1955

Collection/Fonds: Charles MacSorley fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 486-048

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2005-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Reeve Charles MacSorley holding a trowel and cement next to the ceremonial plaque for the new municipal hall building. The plaque on the conerstone reads: "This stone was laid by His Worship Reeve Charles W. MacSorley September 23rd 1955."

Subjects: Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Monuments

Names: MacSorley, Charles W.; Burnaby City Hall

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso reads: "1955"

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4949 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Municipal Hall Cornerstone, September 3, 1955 thumbnail

Natalia Lyshak's casket

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 3, 1958

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Natalia (Harasimowicz) Lyshak's casket in Brzeg, Poland.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 3, 1958

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-014

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Natalia (Harasimowicz) Lyshak's casket in Brzeg, Poland.

Subjects: Monuments - Gravestones

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph [not in English]; Note written on album page reads: "Natalia - Grannie's sister - Roman Lyshak's mother / Brzeg Poland / 24 III '58"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Roman's mother - Natalia (mum's sister)"

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 5

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:06:11 min)

Scope and Content: Track 5: This portion of the recording pertains to changes to Burnaby since Bob’s childhood. The track begins in mid-sentence and the first comment may relate to a previous topic or one lost in editing, as Bob refers to bitterness and notes that there were jobs for everyone when the Second World Wa…

1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Growing Up in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:06:11 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Bob Lowe Date of interview: May 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total length of all Tracks: 0:43:36

Scope and Content: Track 5: This portion of the recording pertains to changes to Burnaby since Bob’s childhood. The track begins in mid-sentence and the first comment may relate to a previous topic or one lost in editing, as Bob refers to bitterness and notes that there were jobs for everyone when the Second World War started. He continues to describe his relationship with his Ukrainian neighbors, and how he felt about such discrimination as he experienced. He discusses the entrepreneurial opportunities which existed for children and youth, recalls that everyone had private enterprises to help pay for necessities of life, and notes that most of his classmates went to work full time after finishing elementary school. Bob contrasts the general affluence of the present day with the pervasive poverty of his childhood. He notes that discipline at the time was physical, and that authority was not questioned. He comments on physical changes to Burnaby.

History: Recording of an interview with Bob Lowe recording by Tom Gooden in 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - Children; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Lowe, Robert "Bob"

Accession Code: BV017.45.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 5, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0006_005.mp3

Interview with Norman Dowad

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.

History: Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Education; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Migration; Sports; Sports - Football; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"; Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"; Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"; Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David; Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen; Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"; Rideout, Dr. John Anthony; Burnaby Central Secondary School; Douglas Road School; W. Dowad Limited

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue; Deer Lake

Street Address: 5533 Buckingham Avenue

Accession Code: BV023.16.16

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

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Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

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Interview with Shirley Cohn

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (16 min., 57 sec.) (50 min., 36 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (50 min., 36 sec.)

Scope and Content: File consists of two recordings of oral history interviews with Shirley Cohn conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. The first interview was conducted on April 14, 2023 and the second interview was conducted on September 6, 2023. Summary of interview conducted on …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (16 min., 57 sec.) (50 min., 36 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (50 min., 36 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Shirley Cohn Location of Interviews: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Dates: April 14, 2023 and September 6, 2023 Total Number of Tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 67 min., 33 sec. Digital master recording (wav) recording of second interview (50 min., 36 sec.) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: File consists of two recordings of oral history interviews with Shirley Cohn conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. The first interview was conducted on April 14, 2023 and the second interview was conducted on September 6, 2023. Summary of interview conducted on September 6, 2023: 0:00 – 16:09 Shirley Cohn shares background information about her parents who immigrated to Detroit from Hungary in the 1930’s. Shirley recalls what it was like for her parents being Jewish during World War II and how many of their relations were killed in the Holocaust. Shirley talks about her Jewish Hungarian heritage, what it was like growing up in Detroit, the Jewish community in Detroit and the Jewish holidays and traditions that her family celebrated. Shirley recalls her high school and University education and experiences, starting her career in social work and how she met her future husband, Theodore “Ted” Cohn. 16:10 – 18:27 Shirley shares the story about her father in law, Dr. Daniel E. Cohn who was Harry Houdini’s doctor at the time of his death in Detroit on Oct. 31, 1926. Shirley explains that she donated some of Dr. Daniel E. Cohn’s original documents pertaining to this event to the New York Public Library. 18:28 – 26:04 Shirley describes her experiences living and working in London Ontario while her husband was a professor at University of Western Ontario and Shirley worked as a social worker in family services. Shirley recalls experiences of anti-Semitism while living in London. Shirley talks about moving to Burnaby in 1977 after her husband took a job as a professor at Simon Fraser University. Shirley describes her experiences living in Burnaby, raising a family and working as a social worker at Burnaby General Hospital. 26:05 – 26:18 Shirley talks about her interests outside of work, her family’s involvement in the Burquest Jewish Community Association and being a member of Temple Shalom. Shirley conveys information about other Jewish synagogues in Greater Vancouver, describes Reform Judaism at Temple Shalom and some Jewish cultural practices that her family has been involved with. 26:19 – 33:12 Shirley describes her family’s experiences living in the Garden Village nieghbourhood in Burnaby, her involvement sharing Jewish cultural traditions at her children’s school and recalls her children’s experiences attending school in Burnaby. 33:13 – 40:46 Shirley conveys the career paths that her children took and talks about what she likes about living in Burnaby including; the walking and hiking trails, the cultural and art performances and her involvement in local politics. Shirley talks about her and her husband’s involvement in the SFU retirees association and the SFURA walking and hiking group. Shirley reflects on her husband’s academic career, experiences teaching at SFU and the role of the Hillel Jewish Students Association at the Simon Fraser University. Shirley talks about the difficulties of discussing political views about the State of Israel. Shirley describes some traditional Jewish foods, the roles that they play and a local bakery that carries Jewish bake goods. 40:47 – 50:36 Shirley describes her current daily life in Burnaby; working one day a week as a social worker, gardening, her involvement at Temple Shalom and the Jewish Community Centre and how she travels in Burnaby. Shirley recalls the changes that she’s encountered in Burnaby and in her career over the years, shares a story about her husband losing his thesis and describes what Burnaby was like while she was raising her family. Shirley shares what she thinks about the areas of development in Burnaby and conveys the importance of having parks and affordable housing. In closing, Shirley reflects on what is like to be a Jewish person living in Burnaby.

History: Interviewee biography: Shirley Tanner was born in Detroit in 1947. Her parents were both Jewish. Her mother fled Hungary as a refugee in 1939, while her father emigrated from there in 1934. Shirley attended public schools in Detroit, and then studied social work at the University of Michigan. After marriage, Shirley and Ted Cohn moved to Ontario where Ted had a faculty appointment at the University of Western Ontario in political science. Six years later they moved to Burnaby for Ted’s teaching position in political science at Simon Fraser University. While living in Burnaby, Shirley took care of a growing family while also practicing social work, mainly at Burnaby Hospital. The family enjoyed Burnaby’s libraries and parks. Shirley helped out at her children’s schools, became a Block Watch captain, and the family joined Burquest Jewish Community Association. The Cohns later became members of Temple Sholom Synagogue in Vancouver, while remaining in Burnaby. Beginning in 2009, Ted started an informal hiking group for retired Simon Fraser University staff. This group has been open to others, so now has a wide variety of members. Shirley has also helped lead hikes in the region. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Education; Recreational Activities - Hiking; Organizations; Organizations - Societies and Clubs; Migration; Persons - Jewish Canadians; Religions - Judaism; Social Issues - Racism; Social Issues; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Cohn, Dr. Daniel E.; Cohn, Shirley; Cohn, Theodore H. "Ted"; Burquest; Hillel Jewish Students Association; Simon Fraser University; SFURA walking and hiking group; Simon Fraser University Retirees Association "SFURA"; Temple Shalom

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Accession Code: BV023.16.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Summary, recording and transcript of second interview available on Heritage Burnaby

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Interview with Shirley Cohn, [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023

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Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 7

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1930-1990

Length: 00:13:56

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s memories of the internment, separation of her father from the family to work on road camps, where she was born in Richmond at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, confiscation of home in 1942, eventual Redress, and lingering feelings of fear and dis…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s memories of the internment, separation of her father from the family to work on road camps, where she was born in Richmond at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, confiscation of home in 1942, eventual Redress, and lingering feelings of fear and distrust in her family. She also talks about visiting Hiroshima on her trip to Japan in 1980

Date Range: 1930-1990

Length: 00:13:56

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Persons - Japanese Canadians

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 27, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.

Total Tracks: 11

Total Length: 01:34:10

Interviewee Name: Miyashita, Toki

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

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Track seven of interview with Toki Miyashita

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Carrying Natalia Lyshak's casket

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 3, 1958

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people carrying Natalia (Harasimowicz) Lyshak's casket in Brzeg, Poland.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 3, 1958

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people carrying Natalia (Harasimowicz) Lyshak's casket in Brzeg, Poland.

Subjects: Ceremonies - Funerals

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph [not in English] - date: "Brzeg / 24 III '58"; Note written on album page reads: "grannie's sister Natalia 24 III 58"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Natalia - Roman Lyshak's mother / mum's sister"

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Carrying Natalia Lyshak's casket

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 3, 1958

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people carrying Natalia (Harasimowicz) Lyshak's casket.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 3, 1958

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-043

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people carrying Natalia (Harasimowicz) Lyshak's casket.

Subjects: Ceremonies - Funerals

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph [not in English] - date: "Brzeg / 24 III '58"; Note written on album page reads: "Natalia 24 III 58 Brzeg"

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