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- Aldwinckle, Eric 1
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- Browne, Gordon, 1858-1932 1
- Burnaby Village Museum 1
- Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886 1
- Callaghan, Morley, 1903-1990 1
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy" 1
- Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924 1
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 1
- Ewing, Juliana Horatia, 1841-1885 1
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909 4
- Hardy, Robina F. 1
A final reckoning : a tale of bush life in Australia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary252
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.169.3
- Call Number
- 823.8 HEN
- Contributor
- Wollen, W. B. (William Barnes), 1857-1936
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Blackie and Son
- Publication Date
- c1888
- Printer
- Villafield Press
- Physical Description
- 352 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- [handwritten in black pen on white sticker, inside front cover, top.]
- "Heritage Village", "S 3c", [crossed out in pencil]
- "Bill Merriman / 2020 Chaucer St.", [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Juvenile fiction
- Notes
- Wollen, W.B. (illustrator)
The fugitives : or, the tyrant queen of Madagascar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary113
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.38.15
- Call Number
- 823.8 BAL
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Printer
- T. and A. Constable
- Physical Description
- viii, 431, 6 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "W 8p" in pencil inside cover, crossed out
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Juvenile fiction
- Notes
- Frontispiece missing
- Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894.
A book of better stories
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1656
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4053.1
- Call Number
- 808.8 LAN
- Contributor
- Langford, W. F. (Walter Frederick)
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- The Hunter-Rose Co., Limited
- Physical Description
- x, 173 p.
- Inscription
- "E. Harrison a 2B", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper "10" "3" "25c" "RT/75", in pencil on front endpaper "Phone 22211", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
Aim at a sure end
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1633
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Searchfield, Emily
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Call Number
- 823.8 SEA
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4030.1
- Call Number
- 823.8 SEA
- Author
- Searchfield, Emily
- Contributor
- Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.), 1846-1929
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Series
- The "Golden Mottoes" Series
- Printer
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Physical Description
- 208, [16] p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "PRESENTED TO", printed on plate inside front cover, with "Stephen Wakeman / for Regularity / during year / ending 31st / October 1888", handwritten in black ink "Burham Board School", handwritten in black ink at top of plate
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Notes
- "Illustrated by W.S. Stacey"-- title page.
A real boys' book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5042
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV010.12.5
- Call Number
- 823.08 BLA
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son Limited
- Publication Date
- 1945
- Printer
- Blackie & Son, Limited
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (unpaged) : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Juvenile fiction
A romance of two worlds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2956
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924
- Publication Date
- c1888
- Call Number
- 823.8 COR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.110.13
- Call Number
- 823.8 COR
- Author
- Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Mershon Company
- Publication Date
- c1888
- Physical Description
- 348, [2] p.
- Inscription
- "Miss Stewart / Vancouver B.C.", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
By sheer pluck : a tale of the Ashanti war
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1643
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4040.1
- Call Number
- 823.8 HEN
- Contributor
- Browne, Gordon, 1858-1932
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1884
- Physical Description
- 252, 32 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "Norman Springate / No 30", handwritten in red crayon inside front cover "Herbert Springate / a birthday present / from his Father & Mother / Sept. 22nd 1896", handwritten in black ink on back of front endpaper "S", stamped in black on pre-title page "H SPRINGATE", stamped in purple on pre-title page and on back of frontispiece
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
Christmas with Grandma Elsie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3579
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.23
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Series
- Elsie Books
- Printer
- L. Upcott Gill
- Physical Description
- 317 p. : 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children--Conduct of life
- Conduct of life
- Grandmothers
- Intergenerational relations
- Christmas
- Families
- Christian life
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Object History
- This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting. This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
Daddy Darwin's dovecot : a country tale
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5057
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.12
- Call Number
- 823.8 EWI
- Contributor
- Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Publication Date
- 1885
- Printer
- John Wilson and Son
- Physical Description
- 62 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "To dear Lily / With best love from / Aunts Libbie & Kate / Xmas 1885", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper "HR / 35", in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
Elsie and the Raymonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3564
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Publication Date
- c1889
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.8
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Publisher
- George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1889
- Series
- The Elsie books
- Printer
- William Clowes and Sons
- Physical Description
- 324 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. W Whiting" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian life
- Families
- Southern States--History--1865-1877
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Street Address
- 4687 Kingsway
- Object History
- This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting. This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
Elsie at Nantucket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3566
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Publication Date
- c1884
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.10
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Publisher
- George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1884
- Series
- The Elsie books
- Printer
- Bradbury, Agnew & Co.
- Physical Description
- 334 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. W. Whiting" [handwritten in red pencil on back pastedown, and on front endpapers in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian life
- Families
- Obedience
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Object History
- This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting.
- This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
Elsie's friends at Woodburn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3569
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Publication Date
- c1887
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.13
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1887
- Series
- The Elsie books
- Printer
- Upcot Gill & Son
- Physical Description
- 334 p. : 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian life
- Families
- Southern States--History--1865-1877
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Object History
- This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting. This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1769
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.31.20
- Call Number
- 814.3 EME
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes & Company
- Publication Date
- c1888
- Printer
- American Book -- Stratford Press, Inc.
- Physical Description
- viii, 376 p.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
For her dear sake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary227
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hay, Mary Cecil, 1839-1886
- Publication Date
- c1880
- Call Number
- 824.8 HAY
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.136.117
- Call Number
- 824.8 HAY
- Author
- Hay, Mary Cecil, 1839-1886
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Richard Edward King, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1880
- Physical Description
- 412 p.
- Inscription
- "W25", in black pen inside front cover "W25", in black pen on front endpaper, crossed out in pencil "C.R. Lambert", handwritten in brown ink on front endpaper, 'Lambert' crossed out "Thornburrow", handwritten in brown ink on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
Jack : a chapter in a boy's life
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary313
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.175.2
- Call Number
- 823.8 OSB
- Author
- Osborn, Yotty
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- John F. Shaw And Co.
- Publication Date
- c1880
- Physical Description
- iv, 348, 16 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "July 1899 / Philip Tambling / by / The Looe School Board / for / Regular Attendance / at School. / by G.W. Martin -- Master", handwritten in black ink on label inside front cover "W29", in black pen at top of front endpaper, crossed out in pencil "25", in black crayon at top of front endpaper "25c", all but 'c' black out, on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
Jock Halliday, a Grassmarket hero : or sketches of life and character in an old city parish
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary110
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hardy, Robina F.
- Edition
- New ed.
- Publication Date
- c1883
- Call Number
- 813.4 HAR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.38.12
- Call Number
- 813.4 HAR
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Hardy, Robina F.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Publisher
- Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier
- Publication Date
- c1883
- Printer
- Morrison and Gibb Limited
- Physical Description
- 192 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "W-81", in black ink inside front cover, crossed out in pen "PRESENTED TO", printed on remains of label inside front cover "Alma McDonald", handwritten in brown ink on label "1907", handwritten in brown ink on label "William --", handwritten in brown ink on label "Ch-- ---", handwritten in pencil? on pre-title page, erased "From Mrs. A.V. Green / Xmas 1927", handwritten in black ink on frontispiece
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
Sir Gibbie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3102
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Macdonald, George, 1824-1905
- Publication Date
- c1880
- Call Number
- 823.8 MAC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.69
- Call Number
- 823.8 MAC
- Author
- Macdonald, George, 1824-1905
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Hurst and Blackett, Publishers
- Publication Date
- c1880
- Printer
- Richard Clay & Sons
- Physical Description
- 390, [6] p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "W51", in blue pen inside front cover and on back of front endpaper; crossed out inside front cover "Blanche Webb / Christmas 1886=", handwritten in black ink on pre-title page "J I.W.", handwritten in pencil on pre-title page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Notes
- frontispiece only
The Varsity story
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3841
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Callaghan, Morley, 1903-1990
- Publication Date
- 1948
- Call Number
- 813.5 CAL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV995.15.60
- Call Number
- 813.5 CAL
- Author
- Callaghan, Morley, 1903-1990
- Contributor
- Aldwinckle, Eric
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- MacMillian Company of Canada Limited
- Publication Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 172 p. : ill. ; 21.5 cm.
- Inscription
- "Blythe Eagles"--Handwritten in ink on front fly leaf. "To: Dr, Eagles / with best wishes / Anne M. Smith [?] / Dec. 25, 1949"--Handwritten in ink on Half title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- University of Toronto--Fiction
- Object History
- Source is "City of Burnaby (Eagles House)"
Young folks' queries : a story
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2821
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Walsh, William S., 1854-1919
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Call Number
- 823.8 WAL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.70.1
- Call Number
- 823.8 WAL
- Author
- Walsh, William S., 1854-1919
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Co.
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- 235 p. : ill., front. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- Front fly leaf: "Emily Brand 1980" [writtten in black ink] Verso of frontispiece: "F.W. Brand" [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children's stories
- Children--Conduct of life
- Families
- Juvenile fiction
- Notes
- story credited to "Uncle Lawrence" on title page; attributed to William S. Shepard in OCLC.
- illustrations by William Van Ingen and W.P. Snyder.
- "a free paraphrase of a French original" -- preface.
- Includes publishers catalogue of "J.P. Lippincott Company's Illustrated Juveniles"
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19150
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1950-2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos interviews series 2) Jimmy Chow family photographs series 3) Property master photographs series 4) Property master records series
- History
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow was born in Lin Pong Lee, Hoiping, China in 1948. In 1950, Jimmy Chow and his mother, Gim Gee Chow (1913-1991) fled China to escape the Communist Revolution and to be reunited with his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow (1906-1990) who’d immigrated to Canada many years earlier. Jimmy’s elder sister Shao-Lin Chow stayed behind in China. Jimmy’s father, Robin Chung Dip Chow immigrated to Canada in 1921 at 14 years of age and was forced to pay the Chinese head tax of $500. In 1950, Jimmy and his mother first fled to Hong Kong before immigrating to Canada and arriving in Vancouver. Jimmy Chow’s birth name is Hipman Chow but when he arrived in Canada, his father indicated that he needed an English name and he was given the name “Jimmy” but retained his birth name “Hipman Chow”. Over the years, Jimmy has also used the name “James H. Chow” and is often credited by this name in the film industry. For the first four years after immigrating, Jimmy and his parents lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec where his father had work in hotels and restaurants. While living in Asquith, Saskatchewan Jimmy attended school and began to learn English. In 1954, Jimmy and his parents returned to Vancouver, first living in the area of Strathcona before settling in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant where they purchased a house located on 15th Avenue east of Main Street. While living in Mount Pleasant, Jimmy attended both elementary and high school. While attending high school, Jimmy began working at the local grocery store where he worked for many years living at home and saving his money. In 1970 while attending Vancouver City College, Jimmy met his future wife Donna Polos. Two years later, they moved in together, married in 1981 and started a family. Jimmy and Donna first lived in North Burnaby before purchasing a house on Victory Street in Burnaby where they raised their three children. Growing up in a traditional Chinese Canadian family, Jimmy was always one who went against the grain. Although his father wanted him to get a business degree, Jimmy had aspirations for a different career path. Through the referral of a friend, he entered the film industry in 1973 working for CBC Vancouver. While working at the CBC, Jimmy gained valuable experience working on the set of the television series The Beachcombers, which launched his career in the film industry. Over a 45 year career, Jimmy worked on over 50 blockbuster movies, historical period films, science fiction films and fantasy films, where he honed in on his expertise as a set decorator, art director and property master. He built an international reputation through working with production companies, prop makers and antique sellers across the globe. As a property master in the film industry, Jimmy Chow has been responsible for designing, managing, and sourcing props for films such as: The BFG, Warcraft: The Beginning, X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Watchman, Tron: Legacy, Little Women, Seven Years in Tibet, Shanghai Noon, The Shipping News, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Changeling, Man of Steel (Superman), Snow Falling on Cedars, Legends of the Fall, And the Sea Will Tell, Once a Thief and many more. With Jimmy's many years of professional experience in the film industry, he has been a union member of IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians...) from July 1979, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science from 2018 and has worked as a guest lecturer in film production at Capilano University and Langara University. He was also a key contributor to the Burnaby Village Museum’s 2014 temporary exhibition Burnaby Makes Movies. Donna Polos was born in Vancouver in 1949 to parents Mayme "May" Helen Tillikana Polos (1931-1977) and Donald James Polos (1926-2017). Donna’s maternal grandparents, Elvi Tienhara and Toiva Tillikana immigrated to Canada from Helsinki, Finland. Donna’s paternal grandmother, Pauline Chimiki Polos emigrated from Ukraine to Argentina and then to Winnipeg. Donna’s paternal grandfather, James "Jimmy" Kostopolus emigrated as an orphan from Sparta Greece at the age of 12 years. In 1908, he first immigrated to the United States where he was denied entry so immigrated to Canada, entering through Halifax at Pier 17. When immigrating, James changed his last name to "Polos". Jimmy Polos arrived in Halifax with only five dollars in his pocket. He lived in Halifax for many years before making his way to Vancouver where he established three restaurants and raised his family. James was the proprietor of three restaurants in Burnaby including; the Home Apple Pie Café (1941-1944) located on East Hastings near Princess Avenue; Jimmy’s Café (1945-1955) located on East Hastings near Hawks Avenue and another restaurant located near 10th Avenue and Alma Street. Donna grew up with her family in Vancouver, first living in the downtown eastside before moving to a home near Joyce Station. Donna attended elementary school and high school while growing up in the neighbourhood of Joyce Station. Donna moved out of her family home at 21 years of age and lived with roommates before moving in with Jimmy Chow in 1972. Donna attended Vancouver City College and the University of British Columbia where she obtained her teaching degree in 1974. Donna first taught at Gilmore Elementary School before being hired to teach at Clinton Elementary School where she taught for nine years. While raising their three children, Donna worked part time teaching in schools in Burnaby. In 1991, after a near death experience, Donna became interested in fine art and took drawing and watercolour painting classes. This experience led her to experimenting with different painting techniques on paper and fabric. In 2008, Donna retired from teaching but continued her art career often working as an Artist in Residence at various schools and exhibiting her work. While living in Burnaby Donna has been politically active with a particular passion for heritage, housing and preserving the natural environment. Donna was instrumental in advocating and petitioning for the establishment of a tree bylaw in Burnaby which was eventually adopted by the City.
- Creator
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
- Polos, Donna
- Accession Code
- BV022.21
- BV023.11
- Date
- 1950-2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.