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B. Patterson with his dog on Burnaby Lake

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of four men and a dog named Hector standing on a frozen lake, looking at a dead frozen deer. Some of them seem to be wearing skates. According to a catalogue record from 1977, the original print had written explanation stating: "Bruce and Bill [Patterson] with some friends found a wild…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of four men and a dog named Hector standing on a frozen lake, looking at a dead frozen deer. Some of them seem to be wearing skates. According to a catalogue record from 1977, the original print had written explanation stating: "Bruce and Bill [Patterson] with some friends found a wild deer frozen in the ice on Burnaby Lake about three miles from house. Not often do we get a winter like this." An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Burnaby Lake / B. Paterson standing beside dog. / No date."

Subjects: Animals - Deer; Animals - Dogs; Events - Deaths; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Names: Patterson, Bill; Patterson, Bruce

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Accession Code: HV977.99.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-11

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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B. Patterson with his dog on Burnaby Lake, [190-] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Brunette River in the winter

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.6 x 11.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Brunette River in the winter.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gerald Davy subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.6 x 11.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 133-007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1985-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Brunette River in the winter.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers; Plants - Trees; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Davy, Gerald

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamped on back of photograph: "Rotograph D."

Geographic Access: Brunette River

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area; Cariboo-Armstrong Area

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Brunette River in the winter, [1907] thumbnail

Douglas Road

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1904

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road covered with snow.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1904

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 002-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road covered with snow.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph has been cropped

Geographic Access: Douglas Road

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Douglas Road

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1907

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 5.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road covered with snow.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1907

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 5.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 002-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road covered with snow.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph has been cropped

Geographic Access: Douglas Road

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Snow scene at Edmonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a snow scene taken from the porch of the Patterson house on Edmonds Street. Noted in the catalogue record is how the snow covered house in the distance was the only neighbour of the Pattersons at that time. The house was originally located at 7260 Edmonds Street (near Kingsway). It w…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a snow scene taken from the porch of the Patterson house on Edmonds Street. Noted in the catalogue record is how the snow covered house in the distance was the only neighbour of the Pattersons at that time. The house was originally located at 7260 Edmonds Street (near Kingsway). It was relocated in 1955 to 7106 18th Avenue and is a city heritage site.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street; 18th Avenue

Street Address: 7260 Edmonds Street; 7106 18th Avenue

Accession Code: HV977.99.24

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-11

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Snow scene at Edmonds, [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Broadview in the winter

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 9.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Broadview, the home of Claude Hill and his family in the Burnaby Lake area. A girl, probably Claude's daughter Kitty Hill, can be seen standing next to a post on the veranda of the house.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 9.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-563

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Broadview, the home of Claude Hill and his family in the Burnaby Lake area. A girl, probably Claude's daughter Kitty Hill, can be seen standing next to a post on the veranda of the house.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue

Street Address: 5730 Buckingham Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Broadview in the winter

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Broadview, the home of Claude Hill and his family in the Burnaby Lake area. A girl, probably Claude's daughter Kitty Hill can be seen sitting on the railing of the house, to the far right.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-564

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Broadview, the home of Claude Hill and his family in the Burnaby Lake area. A girl, probably Claude's daughter Kitty Hill can be seen sitting on the railing of the house, to the far right.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue

Street Address: 5730 Buckingham Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Brookfield in the Snow

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 5.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the home of Claude Hill, known as Brookfield in the Burnaby Lake area. The house and surrounding yard are covered with snow.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 5.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-865

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the home of Claude Hill, known as Brookfield in the Burnaby Lake area. The house and surrounding yard are covered with snow.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Brookfield in the Snow, [1904] thumbnail

Brookfield in the winter

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Brookfield, the home of Claude and Annie Hill in the Burnaby Lake area, covered with snow. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-149

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Brookfield, the home of Claude and Annie Hill in the Burnaby Lake area, covered with snow. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Brookfield in the winter, [1904] thumbnail

Dallamore Family Home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Dallamore family home on Silver Avenue near the B.C. Electric interurban tracks. Grace Dallamore's grandparents, the Harmers, and her parents, the Dallamores, owned this entire block of land. This house was built ca. 1896 by F.L. Harmer, a carpenter who settled in Burnaby in 189…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-130

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Dallamore family home on Silver Avenue near the B.C. Electric interurban tracks. Grace Dallamore's grandparents, the Harmers, and her parents, the Dallamores, owned this entire block of land. This house was built ca. 1896 by F.L. Harmer, a carpenter who settled in Burnaby in 1894.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Silver Avenue

Street Address: 6380 Silver Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Dallamore Family Home, [1900] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Love family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1908] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Love family home, 1390 Cumberland Road (later renumbered 7651 Cumberland Street), East Burnaby. The house was built by Jesse Love. In 1988, this house was moved to the site of the Burnaby Village Museum at Deer Lake Avenue, where it remains today.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1908] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-580

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Love family home, 1390 Cumberland Road (later renumbered 7651 Cumberland Street), East Burnaby. The house was built by Jesse Love. In 1988, this house was moved to the site of the Burnaby Village Museum at Deer Lake Avenue, where it remains today.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on bottom of photograph reads, "1390 Cumberland Rd, the old home"

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

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Love family home, [1908] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Love house in winter

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Jessie and Martha Love farmhouse surrounded by deep snow and snow covered trees. The second floor window and rooftop of house are visible above the deep snow.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Jessie and Martha Love farmhouse surrounded by deep snow and snow covered trees. The second floor window and rooftop of house are visible above the deep snow.

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Street Address: 7651 Cumberland Street

Accession Code: BV022.32.521

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431); Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "LOVE HOUSE IN WINTER"; Note in white ink on album page reads: "LOVE HOUSE"

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Winter on the farm

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1901] (date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Sprott farm property in the middle of winter, with trees, fields, buildings, and fences covered in snow. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "On Mayfield farm in the middle of winter / looking towards Burnaby Lake."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Sprott farm property in the middle of winter, with trees, fields, buildings, and fences covered in snow. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "On Mayfield farm in the middle of winter / looking towards Burnaby Lake."

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Accession Code: HV978.1.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1901] (date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-01

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

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Winter on the farm, [1901] (date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

Mountainside plank road

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Hugh H. Stewart fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.3 x 11.0 cm mounted on cardboard 24.5 x 17.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an automobile parked on the side of a plank road by a mountain rising steeply to the right of the image. An unidentified man is seen leaning on the fence at the side of the plank road.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hugh H. Stewart fonds

Series: Hugh H. Stewart photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.3 x 11.0 cm mounted on cardboard 24.5 x 17.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an automobile parked on the side of a plank road by a mountain rising steeply to the right of the image. An unidentified man is seen leaning on the fence at the side of the plank road.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Geographic Features - Mountains

Accession Code: HV979.50.189

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Mountainside plank road, [190-] thumbnail

Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:43:19 min.)

Scope and Content: Recording consists of an interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) conducted by BVM researcher Denise Fong at the Burnaby Village Museum. Josephine describes her family history and recollects her childhood experiences in 1950s and 60s while growing with her family on their "Hop On" farm in Burnaby. …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Chinese Canadians in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:43:19 min.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Denise Fong Interviewee: Josephine Chow Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: February 7, 2020 Total Number of Tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 00:43:19

Scope and Content: Recording consists of an interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) conducted by BVM researcher Denise Fong at the Burnaby Village Museum. Josephine describes her family history and recollects her childhood experiences in 1950s and 60s while growing with her family on their "Hop On" farm in Burnaby. The farm is situated in the Big Bend area along Marine Drive and is still in operation today. 0:00-08:45 Josephine Chow provides some historical background on the history of “Hop On Farm” and her family in British Columbia. She tells of how her grandfather Gay Tim Hong and three partners pooled money together to purchase twelve acres on Marine Drive in 1951. Prior to this, most of them farmed on the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation Reserve for 20-30 years. It all began when her great grandfather Sui Wing Hong, first came to Canada from China and slowly brought over her grandfather, father and other members of the family. Her grandfather, Gay Tim Hong went back and forth between Canada and China at least four times since he and her grandmother had four children including her father, who was born in 1931. Her father came to Canada at 10 years of age to live with his father. Josephine’s great grandfather came to Vancouver from Zhongshan county in Canton Province (also known as Guangdong). 8:46- 14:20 Josephine provides the names of her siblings from the eldest to the youngest; Pauline, Josephine (herself), Catherine, Noreen, Gary, Darlene and Marlene. She describes what life was like on the farm with her parents working from sunrise to sunset. The family farmed vegetable produce taking orders from local stores in the lower mainland. Often the children helped their parents with the orders starting at eight or nine years of age. Other workers on the farm travelled by bus from Vancouver’s Chinatown. She also tells of how her father was an animal lover and raised chickens, pigeons, geese, koy, goldfish and dogs. 14: 21 – 16:56 Josephine describes what Burnaby was like during the time that she grew up in the late 1950s. She explains that Burnaby was very quiet with nothing being open on Sundays. On the farm, she and her siblings would entertain themselves by playing games like soccer, baseball and kick ball or also by catching frogs, snails, caterpillars and ladybugs. There were neighbours living on Marine Drive and almost every house had someone who we went to the same elementary school. The neighbourhood children would often come to play with them on their farm. 16:56- 26:47 Josephine describes how when they were young there were farms all around them and how on Sunday drives with her father, they would go to feed horses or look at the cows. Josephine shares that her elder sister Pauline was the only one born in China and how when she first arrived that she lived on the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nations Reserve with their parents before they moved to Burnaby. Josephine recollects that most of her friends were farmer’s kids from the neighbourhood but while in school, she had more Caucasian friends. Josephine and her siblings attended Glenwood Elementary on Marine Drive and later Junior Secondary at McPherson Park (grades 8-10) and Burnaby South Senior Secondary (grades 11-12. ). She shares some of her experiences while attending school. She said that there were about a dozen Asians in school with her, mostly from farming families in the “Flats”. 26:48- 30:45 Josephine describes what life was like for her and her siblings after school. They often helped on the farm when they got home, usually taking care of orders for green onions. Her mother made dinner and did all of the cooking for family and workers on the farm as well as working in the fields. Her father did all of the grocery shopping in Vancouver’s Chinatown two or three times per week where he purchased meat and fish. She says that her grandfather, often travelled by bus every Saturday or Sunday to meet up with friends in Chinatown. Extracurricular activities for her and her siblings included volley ball and soccer as long as it didn’t interfere with their work schedule on the farm. 30:46- 37:03 Josephine describes what occurred while living at home, the food they ate, shopping and attending Chinese school. Her mother cooked only Chinese food, she didn’t know how to cook “Western food”. For school lunches, the kids made their own sandwiches. She tells of a Chinese language school arranged by Mrs. Joe [sic] who lived on Gilley Road and was Canadian born Chinese. Mrs. Joe [sic] also arranged an English class for farmer’s wives on Tuesday nights in which her mother attended. Josephine recollects learning Mandarin from Mrs. Joe [sic] a few days a week after her regular school. Chinese school took place at Riverway School on Meadow Avenue in Burnaby. Mrs. Joe also taught them a lot about Chinese culture including Kung Fu, Chinese Dance and Chinese brush painting. 37:04- 39:39 Josephine describes Medical Care for her and her family in the 1950s and 1960s. She tells of a female Chinese doctor in Vancouver, Dr. Madeline Chung. Dr. Chung was responsible for delivering a lot of Chinese babies including Josephine. The family also visited herbalists in Vancouver Chinatown. They would often buy herbs for colds etc. Josephine also tells of how her parents stayed in touch with family in China by writing letters. Her mother’s family, including her parents and siblings were still in China while most of her father’s family were here in Canada. 39:40- 43:19 – In closing, Josephine shares how life is much busier now and of how she misses the quietness of her days growing up. She briefly describes her life on the family farm now and how different it is from when her parents worked the farm. She explains how farming methods have changed and how they don’t have to work as hard as her parents did.

History: Interviewee biography: Josephine Chow (nee Hong) is the second eldest child of Chan Kow Hong and Sui Ha Hong. In 1925, Josephine's grandfather, Gay Tim Hong immigrated to Canada from Zhongshan county in Canton Province (also known as Guangdong). In 1952, her father, Chan Kow Hong joined his father, Gay Tim Hong and by 1953, he established "Hop On Farms" in the Big Bend area of Burnaby near Marine Drive. Josephine grew up on the farm with her parents and six siblings; Pauline, Catherine, Norine, Gary, Darlene and Marlene. In 1969, Josephine's elder sister Pauline and her husband Jack Chan took over the family farm and in 1972 their father and grandfather moved to Kamloops to open a restaurant. As an adult, Josephine worked in several different areas including owning and running her own Aesthetics business. Josephine eventually retired and returned to the farm to assist her siblings. The farm is still in operation. Interviewer biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of BVM’s “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agriculture - Farms; Education; Buildings - Schools; First Nations reserves - British Columbia

Names: Chow, Josephine; Glenwood Elementary School; McPherson Park Junior Secondary School; ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)

Responsibility: Fong, Denise

Geographic Access: Byrne Road

Accession Code: BV020.6.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

Related Material: See also BV017.36*

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 12/3/2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of interview; Photograph info: Gary Hong and Chan Kow Hong harvesting celery at Hop-On Farms [1969]. BV017.36.4

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Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020, [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020

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Maude and Harriet Woodward Cottage

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1904

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified person sitting on the porch of the Maude and Harriet Woodward cottage. This house was a prefabricated cottage erected in 1904. The cottages were designed by J.J. Mahoney and architect Joseph Bowman and were manufactured in Vancouver by the B.C. Mills Timber and Tradi…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1904

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-890

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified person sitting on the porch of the Maude and Harriet Woodward cottage. This house was a prefabricated cottage erected in 1904. The cottages were designed by J.J. Mahoney and architect Joseph Bowman and were manufactured in Vancouver by the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company. Maude Woodward established a post-office here which was operated by her sister, Harriet. Harriet also began a small private school here, the first in Burnaby Lake. The cottage was enlarged with several additions until 1912 when the Woodwards built a new house.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Cabins; Buildings - Public - Post Offices; Buildings - Schools

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Sperling Avenue

Street Address: 5141 Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Maude and Harriet Woodward Cottage, 1904 thumbnail

Children in the woods

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of four children in the woods. The woods are thick with ferns, lichens and mosses. Two boys and two girls standing in a line. They each carrying a hat in their hand, except for one girl who is wearing hers. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "In the woods. …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of four children in the woods. The woods are thick with ferns, lichens and mosses. Two boys and two girls standing in a line. They each carrying a hat in their hand, except for one girl who is wearing hers. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "In the woods. S. side Deer Lake / Arthur Morrow, Kingsley Hart, Florence Hart, and KM [Katherine Maude "Kitty"] Hill. App. 1908."

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests

Names: Godwin, Florence Hart; Hart, Kingsley; Morrow, Arthur; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Accession Code: HV976.139.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1908]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

Photographer: Cooksley, William Thomas

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

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Old Curly at South Surrey

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4041

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1905] (date of original), copied 2016

Collection/Fonds: Robinson-Surgenor collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" at rest in front of a treed lot in South Surrey. There are four men in the picture. William Surgenor is the man holding an oil can, standing second to the left. The other three men are unidentified. Smoke is pouring out of the locomotive's chi…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robinson-Surgenor collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" at rest in front of a treed lot in South Surrey. There are four men in the picture. William Surgenor is the man holding an oil can, standing second to the left. The other three men are unidentified. Smoke is pouring out of the locomotive's chimney.

Other Title Information: Title based on contents of photograph

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Transportation - Locomotives; Geographic Features - Forests; Industries - Forestry

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Surgenor, William F.

Accession Code: BV016.52.4

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1905] (date of original), copied 2016

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 10-Mar-15

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Scan of photograph negative

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Old Curly at South Surrey, [1905] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail

Captain Kettles Cottage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38795

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cottage in the Caulfield area of West Vancouver, identified by the caption as "Captain Kettles Cottage."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-114

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cottage in the Caulfield area of West Vancouver, identified by the caption as "Captain Kettles Cottage."

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption written in album.

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Captain Kettles Cottage, [1905] thumbnail

Children playing

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38796

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a dog and three children (all unidentified) playing near a hammock at a cottage in the Caulfield area of West Vancouver.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-115

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a dog and three children (all unidentified) playing near a hammock at a cottage in the Caulfield area of West Vancouver.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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