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Girls' birthday party
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37083
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.9 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of girls at a birthday party wearing fancy hats. The Mayhew sisters, Edna Jean and Margrett Ellen, may be part of this group.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.9 x 12.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-546
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of girls at a birthday party wearing fancy hats. The Mayhew sisters, Edna Jean and Margrett Ellen, may be part of this group.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Costumes
- Events - Parties
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Gordon Morash and Colleen Campbell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36936
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.0 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gordon Morash and Colleen Campbell dressed as a bride and groom for a May Day parade.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.0 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-394
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gordon Morash and Colleen Campbell dressed as a bride and groom for a May Day parade.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Costumes
- Events - May Day
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Robert Burnaby Park
- Wedgewood Street
- Street Address
- 8155 Wedgewood Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Images
Gypsy scene - concert
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4919
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 17 Mar. 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the first or second Burnaby Girl Guide Company dressed in costumes with white blouses, vests and head scarves. Printed scarves hang from the walls, a sheet resembling a tent and a pot hanging from a tripod frame are behind them.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the first or second Burnaby Girl Guide Company dressed in costumes with white blouses, vests and head scarves. Printed scarves hang from the walls, a sheet resembling a tent and a pot hanging from a tripod frame are behind them.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.277
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 17 Mar. 1923
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- January 6, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title from verso of photograph
- Annotations in black ink on page of scrapbook read: "Gypsy Scene _ Concert "
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Gypsy Scene / Concert March 17, 1923 / 02"
- Photograph is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
Images
Head of the procession
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34318
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.7 x 11.5 cm on page 17.5 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a May Day parade on Edmonds Street. This photograph was taken during the first Burnaby May Day celebrations when a large group of Boy Scouts lead a parade of people and cars down Edmonds Street. None of the people are identified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.7 x 11.5 cm on page 17.5 x 24.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 020-025
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a May Day parade on Edmonds Street. This photograph was taken during the first Burnaby May Day celebrations when a large group of Boy Scouts lead a parade of people and cars down Edmonds Street. None of the people are identified.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
- Events - May Day
- Events - Parades
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Ina, Frank and Mary Stanley, [1926 or 1927] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0183_001.jpg?width=280)
Ina, Frank and Mary Stanley
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19761
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1926 or 1927]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Esther (Love) Stanley and Frank Stanley's three children, Ina (left), Frank Jr. (middle) and Mary (right). Ina and Mary are dressed in costumes made from crepe paper with hats and dresses that appear to look like fruit.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Esther (Love) Stanley and Frank Stanley's three children, Ina (left), Frank Jr. (middle) and Mary (right). Ina and Mary are dressed in costumes made from crepe paper with hats and dresses that appear to look like fruit.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Clothing - Costumes
- Names
- Pearson, Mary Frances Stanley
- Stanley Family
- Shankie, Ina Esther Stanley
- Stanley, Frank Conquest
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.183
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1926 or 1927]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-04
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
- Note in white ink on album page reads: "Ina, Frank, Mary"
Images
![Ina, Frank and Mary Stanley, [1926 or 1927] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0183_001.jpg)
![Interurban tram, [192-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-670.jpg?width=280)
Interurban tram
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35812
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-] (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 an unidentified interurban tram, numbered 1223, with two uniformed employees standing in front.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-670
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified interurban tram, numbered 1223, with two uniformed employees standing in front.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Railroad Conductors
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Interurban tram, [192-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-670.jpg)
Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19350
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 32 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 32 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar conducted by interviewer Anushay Malik. The interview is conducted in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. During the interview Surjeet Kaur Parmar provides information on; her ancestral background, family relations in India and…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 32 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 32 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Anushay Malik Interviewee: Surjeet Kaur Parmar Language of Interview: Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi Location of Interview: home of Surjeet Kaur Parmar in Burnaby Interview Date: December 6, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of tracks: (1:15:32) Digital master recordings (wav) were edited into one recording and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar conducted by interviewer Anushay Malik. The interview is conducted in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. During the interview Surjeet Kaur Parmar provides information on; her ancestral background, family relations in India and Canada, her personal experiences and her ancestors’ stories as South Asian immigrants, reflections on and personal experiences of racial discrimination as a South Asian immigrant, her places of residence, her employment background, her cultural practices and traditions including food, clothing and craft. The interview begins with introductions from interviewer Anushay Mailik. Surjeet Kaur Parmar imparts her own family’s migration story beginning with her very first elders that immigrated to Canada from India. A relative (unnamed) immigrated to Canada first and a few years later (around 1905) returned to India and brought back three cousins that included; Ginaya Singh (Ghania Singh Manhas) and Doman Singh . Mayo Singh (Ghania Singh’s younger brother) came in 1906 on his own to join them. Surjeet’s grandfather (Shair/Sher Singh Manhas) also wanted to immigrate at this time, but he was too young and weak to manage such a long trip. Surjeet conveys that while living in British Columbia, Mayo and Ginaya Singh worked together at saw mills. With their knowledge and understanding of mill work they ended up owning and operating a mill in Paldi near Duncan on Vancouver Island. At this time, most of the men from Surjeet’s family region in Punjab were abroad and with no men living at home. Mayo Singh’s father (Bhulla Singh) looked after her father (Lashman Singh Manhas) and paternal uncle (Kashmir Singh Manhas) back in Punjab. When Mayo’s father died, Mayo Singh adopted her paternal uncle (Kashmir Singh) and brought him to Canada in 1926. Surjeet describes her ancestors’ immigration journey from India to Canada. They all travelled by ship and if someone ran out of money en route, they could work on the ship. Surjeet explains that both Mayo and Ginaya Singh are Surjeet’s grandfather’s first cousins and her father’s second cousins. Surjeet recollects her grandfather (Shair/Sher Singh Manhas) saying “now that you’ve arrived there, take one cousin from each side with you”. Surjeet explains that the cousins were all from the same village in Punjab and her great grandfather wanted someone to go abroad, so he sent a few and had them bring more as the years went on. Surjeet says that she’s uncertain as to why they chose Canada rather than America but thinks that they did some form of research and determined that it was a good place to come to. Surjeet admits that she doesn’t know the name of her paternal grandfather or other elders since she never met them. Surjeet shares that it was a traditional practice to mark pots and pans with family names and imparts that she discovered her father’s name “Lashman Singh” written on the bottom of a glass. Surjeet expresses that she’s marked her own pots and pans with her name to identify which ones are hers when she gets together with family or does catering. Surjeet refers to a kohl bottle that she has and how she’d like to offer it to the museum. She explains how the kohl bottle is no longer in use but was used by her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas) and daughter and her grandchildren. Surjeet describes a blanket that she made called a “phulkari”, now on display in a small museum in Coquitlam, a wedding shawl, that her daughter now owns and a silk sari with embroidery. Surjeet and Anushay discuss the possibility of donating the kohl bottle and the sari to the museum. Surjeet explains how the kohl is used and how her mother used to make kohl. She describes how you rub the kohl with your hands, put cardamom in it, one or two other ingredients and fill the kohl bottle up with water. Surjeet says that she used kohl as eyeliner when living in India. The interviewer asks Surjeet more about Ginaya Singh. Surjeet conveys that Ginaya Singh ended up leaving the mill on Vancouver Island and moved to Vancouver. After Ginaya Singh died from a heart attack (in 1953) his family moved from Vancouver to Burnaby. Surjeet recalls that following the death of Ginaya Singh’s youngest son, her family didn’t celebrate “Lohri” (a winter festival celebrating newborns and newly married people) for three years. She shares that she was very young at this time but remembers there being beautiful photographs of young children all dressed up and displayed in her family home. She expresses that dressing up for photos has changed over time and adds that suits didn’t really come into fashion until after the 1970s or 1980s. Surjeet conveys that her uncle named Kashmira Singh first worked at the mill in Paldi near Duncan then moved to Vancouver and opened up his own mill in North Vancouver. Surjeet’s father, Lashman Singh Manhas arrived in 1953. Surjeet expresses that Kapoor Singh was educated and worked as a manager at the mill on Vancouver Island. Surjeet recollects meeting Mayo Singh, his wife and eldest son in 1952 when they travelled to India for a cousin’s wedding. Surjeet remembers that Mayo Singh’s family had a very large house in India. She describes the house as a very opulent two story house with indoor plumbing for a bathtub, a kitchen with a woodstove, coloured mirrors, bejeweled curtains, a motor room to park cars, a buffalo and more. Surjeet refers to Nand Singh, a younger brother of Mayo Singh, who travelled from India to San Franciso and spent a year wandering around before deciding to return to India. She describes him as living in Bombay with his wife Vishan Kaur and having a transport business. Nand had two kids that came to Canada. Surjeet recollects the tragic death of Ganda Singh (Ginaya Singh) who died of a heart attack on someone’s doorstep, they thought that he was drunk so didn’t open the door. Surjeet conveys that Mayo Singh’s wife, Mission Kaur (Saradani Bishan Kaur) died while visiting India (in 1952) and that some of Mayo’s sons were married in Canada and one in India. Surjeet expresses that it was hard for Mayo’s sons to have one of their parents die in India and one die in Canada (Mayo Singh died in B.C. in 1955). Surjeet describes the hospital that Mayo built in the village of Paldi. She mentions that there were festivals and functions that took place there, there were many nurses and doctors. She recalls there being a school where their land was. She recalls that if they got headaches they were treated with medicine and that it didn’t cost much, only a six pence. Surjeet talks about her arranged marriage to Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar. Surjeet explains that her father and brother immigrated to British Columbia first (1953) and after a few months they brought Surjeet and her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas). She recollects that when she was in Grade 10 and around 17 years of age, her family made plans to travel to India to attend a family wedding. During this time, her father suggested that it would be a good opportunity to take Surjeet with them to find her a husband in India to marry. After meeting and marrying Nadeem Parmar in India, Surjeet and Nadeem moved to England. Surjeet recollects that in order to immigrate to Canada, each family member had to pass a medical exam and how difficult it was. Her two sisters, mother and brother all had to take the test in Delhi. Surjeet recalls living in England with Nadeem. While living in England, Nadeem worked during the day and studied engineering at college in the evening. Surjeet expresses that she liked living in England and was sad to leave. While living there, they enjoyed a close knit Punjabi community and they all lived in the same area. Surjeet states later in her interview that living in Canada was different from living in England. In England, family and friends lived closer together whereas in Canada places were further apart. Surjeet says that while living in England she could walk to do her shopping. While living in England, after her children were a bit older, she worked as a seamstress in a shirt factory for a few years before coming to Canada. Surjeet imparts that her father (Lashman Singh Manhas) died of a heart attack in 1970 and her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas) died in 1998. Her father and her family first lived in North Vancouver and then her parents bought a house on Eton Street in Burnaby, near the Ocean. After her father died, her brother and mother bought a house and moved to the Capitol Hill neighbourhood in Burnaby. In 1973, Surjeet, Nadeem and their two children immigrated to Canada and moved in with her brother and mother. Surjeet includes that her paternal aunt (Koshali Kaur Manhas) and cousins also moved to Burnaby and that her aunt and some of her cousins were sponsored by her son who came earlier. Surjeet recalls that after arriving in Canada she got work sewing in a factory located on Water Street in Gastown. Surjeet recollects travelling to her job by bus. Surjeet shares that she brought saris and quilted blankets “rijai”, not household items, in her suitcase when she came to Canada from England. Surjeet explains that the “rijai” (quilted blankets) were made from cotton from her home village in India. The blankets were made by women and then brought back to her to quilt on her sewing machine. Surjeet recalls that when she returned to Canada (in 1973 with her husband and children) they first lived with her mother and brother on Capitol Hill in Burnaby before moving to a house on Fell Avenue and then to their current home in 1982. In 1981, she worked at “Canadian Window Covering” factory making window coverings. The factory was located in the Brentwood area of Burnaby. Surjeet recalls how the factory became unionized and of how she left the factory and found union work at the Labatt’s brewery (Winery and Distillery Workers Local 300). Surjeet describes the work that she did while working at Labatt’s brewery which was located next to the Royal Columbian Hospital in Burnaby. Around 1995, when the Labatt’s factory closed down in Burnaby, she got union work as a bottle sorter for BDL Brewers Distributor Limited, where bottles were gathered for distribution at Braid Station. Surjeet left this job in 2000. Surjeet talks about traditional foods like bindi, sabji, aam and karela and where she’s shopped to find traditional ingredients for South Asian cuisine. She recollects how at first she could only find traditional ingredients at stores in Gastown, Chinatown and on Main Street in Vancouver but now they are more readily available at major grocery stores. Surjeet expresses that traditional spices and dry goods have been hard to find, apart from stores like, Famous Foods and Patels when it was located on Commercial Drive. Surjeet talks about using ingredients such as green pea flour and Besan flour to make pakoras and kahdri. Surjeet states that many immigrants didn’t wear their traditional clothing until she came later. She expresses that many South Asian immigrants didn’t wear their clothes “because there were no rights, we had to try to become like them”. Surjeet conveys that even though some were able to purchase property (she provides an example of family members in Duncan who faced discrimination by the owner/seller of a piece of property they were purchasing) that they had very little rights and they were all living in fear. She expresses that she herself didn’t experience this but in the beginning when people settled here (in B.C.) that it was very difficult. Surjeet says that when she goes to the Gurdwara and to work, she wears a sari and conveys that while working at the factory, she was encouraged to wear a sari, it was accepted then. She brought printed saris to work and her co workers said that they’d wear them to parties. Surjeet reflects on her own experiences of racism and discrimination and expresses that her generation “has learned how to stand up in front, then they got scared of saying anything”. “The people who came here first were afraid because they were alone, they had to settle down here and make a home from scratch, but the ones who came after had everything already built and made”. She explains how they helped one another when they came (to British Columbia). She describes how the Gurdwara was located on 2nd Street and all of the ships went there (new immigrants?), people would gather, get water, help one another and there would be a place for all people. Surjeet shares a personal experience of helping members of her husband’s family to immigrate to Canada. She tells of the complications of some being left behind in India and that some came to Canada as refugees that she and her husband sponsored. Surjeet expresses their struggles with raising a family, working and trying to pay for their own house while also trying to assist and support family members. Surjeet describes in detail how her husband Nadeem went back to India after his mother died to help his father, sister and her family immigrate. She explains that the immigration process took about four years and his father had to apply as a refugee. Nadeem’s sister came with her children but had to return to India so Surjeet and her family had to look after Nadeem’s sister’s child/children. Surjeet expresses that during this time she continued to work at Canadian Window Coverings, working an afternoon shift and sometimes taking her son with her. She expresses that this as a very hectic time, working the whole day, making food for everyone, grocery shopping, looking after a her sister in law’s younger child at night and getting no rest. Surjeet describes the time when she was working and her children were attending the local school. She expresses the challenges of working long days and often arriving home after her children. She recollects a time when there was a snow storm and how she was worried about her children making it home and being alone while she was at work, there were no cell phones in those days but they had phone numbers of her brother and sister. Surjeet tells of how they tried to help the rest of the Nadeem’s family immigrate including his brother who was a soccer player in India. They were able to buy a house for the whole family to live but expresses after several months Nadeem’s brother decided to stay in India. Surjeet expresses the complications and frustrations of trying to bring all family members to Canada.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Surjeet Kaur Parmar was born in Punjab, India in 1942 to parents Lashman Singh Manhas (1913-1970) and Budhan Kaur Manhas (1906-1998). Surjeet’s ancestors, Ghania Singh Manhas, Doman Singh and Mayo Singh immigrated to British Columbia in 1905 and 1906. The group got work in saw mills and soon began owning and operating their own saw mills, first in Chilliwack and Rosedale districts and later in 1920 on Vancouver Island near Duncan (Paldi) (known as the Mayo Lumber Company). In 1927, Surjeet’s paternal uncle, Kashmir Singh Manhas left Paldi, Punjab at the age of 18 years with Mayo Singh Manhas and after months of travel they arrived at Paldi on Vancouver Island. In 1953, Surjeet’s father, Lashman Singh Manhas and her two brothers immigrated to Canada and soon after brought her and her mother, Budhan Kaur Manhas. After immigrating, her father began working at “Kashmir Lumber Company” in North Vancouver which was owned by his brother Kashmira Singh Manhas. Surjeet, her parents and two brothers first made their home in North Vancouver and the 1960s they moved to 3824 Eton Street in Burnaby. In 1959, Surjeet and her family returned to India for her brother’s wedding. During this time a marriage was arranged for Surjeet to marry Nadeem Parmar and they were married in 1960. Following their marriage, Surjeet and Nadeem moved to England where they began raising their two children. While living in England, Surjeet worked as seamstress at a factory. In 1973, following the death of Surjeet’s father who died in 1970, Surjeet and Nadeem decided to immigrate to British Columbia. For the first few years, Surjeet, Nadeem and their two children lived with her mother and brother in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood of Burnaby before purchasing their own home on Fell Avenue. While living in Burnaby Surjeet has worked as a seamstress for Canadian Window Covering, Labatt's Brewery and BDL Brewers Distributor Limited which she left in 2000. In 1982, Surjeet and her family moved into a new home that they had built on Woodsworth Street where they still live today. Interviewer biography: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Saw Mills
- Clothing
- Crafts
- Employment
- Migration
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Occupations - Labourers
- Occupations - Millworkers
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Names
- Parmar, Surjeet Kaur
- Parmar, Kalwant Singh "Nadeem"
- Manhas, Ghania Singh
- Singh, Mayo
- Manhas, Kashmir Singh
- Manhas, Sher Singh
- Manhas, Budhan Kaur
- Manhas, Lashman Singh
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Related Material
- See also BV022.29.1 - interview with Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription of interview translated to English from Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi to English created by Rajdeep
- Transciption available on Heritage Burnaby
- Spelling of "Ginaya Singh" found as "Ghania Singh Manhas" in obituary and death certificate
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar, [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022
Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar, [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0005_003.mp3
Kingsway West Maypole dancers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36034
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on heavyweight drawing paper
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Kingsway West Maypole Dancers standing in a row with the Maypoles behind them on May Day, at Robert Burnaby Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- B. Keisler subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on heavyweight drawing paper
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 214-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-15
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Kingsway West Maypole Dancers standing in a row with the Maypoles behind them on May Day, at Robert Burnaby Park.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Clothing
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Robert Burnaby Park
- Wedgewood Street
- Street Address
- 8155 Wedgewood Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Images
Kingsway West School lacrosse team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35168
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923 (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 Kingsway West School lacrosse team. Thomas "Tom" Chalmers is 3rd from left. The Burnaby School Board office is visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-025
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kingsway West School lacrosse team. Thomas "Tom" Chalmers is 3rd from left. The Burnaby School Board office is visible in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Kitchen crew at Paradise Inn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription108
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1924
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the kitchen crew sitting and standing in three rows in front of Paradise Inn at Rainier National Park, Washington. The group of eighteen men and one woman are mostly dressed in white, wearing aprons and hats with scarves around their necks and side towels by their waists for wiping th…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph pierced (most likely by tacks) on all four corners and has a large tear on the right side
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the kitchen crew sitting and standing in three rows in front of Paradise Inn at Rainier National Park, Washington. The group of eighteen men and one woman are mostly dressed in white, wearing aprons and hats with scarves around their necks and side towels by their waists for wiping their hands. The man seated second to the right in the front row, wearing a baker's uniform is Charles J. Caunt. All other individuals are unidentified.
- Names
- Caunt, Charles J.
- Accession Code
- BV988.44.52
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- June 1924
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For another photograph of Mr. Caunt with the Kitchen crew at Paradise Inn, see BV988.27.1
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-04-16
- Notes
- Title based on note on verso of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Kitchen Crew at Paradise Inn/ Rainier National Park, Wash/ June 1924"
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 2535
Images
Kitchen staff at Paradise Inn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription98
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1924
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of cooks, pantrymen, bakers and fellow kitchen staff standing in a row in front of Paradise Inn at Rainier National Park, Washington. The group of men are dressed in white, wearing aprons and hats with scarves around their necks and side towels by their waists for wiping their hands. Bak…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of cooks, pantrymen, bakers and fellow kitchen staff standing in a row in front of Paradise Inn at Rainier National Park, Washington. The group of men are dressed in white, wearing aprons and hats with scarves around their necks and side towels by their waists for wiping their hands. Baker, Charles J. Caunt is standing on the far right. All other men are unidentified.
- Names
- Caunt, Charles J.
- Accession Code
- BV988.27.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- June 1924
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- The baker's uniform in this accession, (BV988.27.2-.5) belonged to Mr. C. J. Caunt, depicted in the photograph.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-04-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 2538
- Note in black ink on verso of photgraph reads: "Cooks, Pantrymen, Baker, Etc/ Pardise Inn, Rainier National Park, Wash/ June 1924/ 1 cook absent"
- Second note in blue pen (written later) reads: "C. J. (Charlie) CAUNT on extreme right."
Images
Lacrosse Star Burnie Feedham
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35739
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913 (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 Lacrosse Hall of Fame star Burnie Feedham in his 20s. He played for the Mann Cup champion New Westminster Salmobellies, 1922-26, and the Vancouver Athletic Club at the old Athletic Park (where the Pacific Press building was later located).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-597
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lacrosse Hall of Fame star Burnie Feedham in his 20s. He played for the Mann Cup champion New Westminster Salmobellies, 1922-26, and the Vancouver Athletic Club at the old Athletic Park (where the Pacific Press building was later located).
- Subjects
- Sports - Lacrosse
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
The Magic Cup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36029
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of students dressed in costumes from their performance of the Operetta "The Magic Cup", performed by the Edmonds School at the Public Hall on the Municipal Hall grounds at 7252 Kingsway.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Patterson family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 213-011
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-13
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of students dressed in costumes from their performance of the Operetta "The Magic Cup", performed by the Edmonds School at the Public Hall on the Municipal Hall grounds at 7252 Kingsway.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Russell Photo Studio
- Notes
- Note on verso of photographic postcard reads: "Dug one of 4 little boys in front row. D. Patterson"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7252 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
The Magic Cup Opera
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37172
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the cast of The Magic Cup, an operetta performed by Edmonds School students taken in the Public Hall on the Municipal Hall grounds at 7252 Kingsway. The 5 "pages" in the front row centre are; Allan McPhee, Harold Smith, Pat Custance, Ted Fennd, Dugald Patterson. Una Patience is in the…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Patterson family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 326-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the cast of The Magic Cup, an operetta performed by Edmonds School students taken in the Public Hall on the Municipal Hall grounds at 7252 Kingsway. The 5 "pages" in the front row centre are; Allan McPhee, Harold Smith, Pat Custance, Ted Fennd, Dugald Patterson. Una Patience is in the chorus. The cast practised in the "bungalow building" on school grounds.
- Names
- Carlson, Una Patience
- McPhee, Allan
- Smith, Harold
- Custance, Pat
- Fennell, Ted
- Patterson, Dugald C. Jr.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Russell Photo Studio
- Notes
- Annotation at bottom of photo reads, "'The Magic Cup.' Opera / Edmonds, Burnaby, April 10-11-12 1922 / (Photo by Russell)"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7252 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Margaret and Flora McCallum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38251
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sisters Margaret and Flora McCallum standing in a field holding a basket of flowers between them. Margaret was picked to be a Maid of Honour to Burnaby's first May Queen and Flora was picked to be a flower girl to Burnaby's second May Queen the following year.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Margaret McCallum subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 375-013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-42
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sisters Margaret and Flora McCallum standing in a field holding a basket of flowers between them. Margaret was picked to be a Maid of Honour to Burnaby's first May Queen and Flora was picked to be a flower girl to Burnaby's second May Queen the following year.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Clothing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
May Day
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35417
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928
- 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 May Day activities in Robert Burnaby Park. Identified: (5th from left) Ellen "Nellie" Fetherstonhaugh (she later changed her first name to Leta and later became Leta Arden), 10 years old, flower girl.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-274
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of May Day activities in Robert Burnaby Park. Identified: (5th from left) Ellen "Nellie" Fetherstonhaugh (she later changed her first name to Leta and later became Leta Arden), 10 years old, flower girl.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Clothing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Robert Burnaby Park
- Wedgewood Street
- Street Address
- 8155 Wedgewood Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Images
May Day at Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37513
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the first Burnaby May Day held at Central Park. Boy Scouts and flower girls are featured in the photograph.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-101
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the first Burnaby May Day held at Central Park. Boy Scouts and flower girls are featured in the photograph.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
- Events - May Day
- Events - Parades
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
May Day dancers at Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36892
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Capitol Hill School May Day dancers at Central Park. Boys, front row: Albert Norman, George McMaster, Bob Parliament, Jack Atchison (or Wilson), and Norman Chappell. Boys, back row: Paul Fleming, Len Holland, Harvey Parliament, and Doug Holmes. Girls, front row: Vivian Drake, Thais …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-350
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Capitol Hill School May Day dancers at Central Park. Boys, front row: Albert Norman, George McMaster, Bob Parliament, Jack Atchison (or Wilson), and Norman Chappell. Boys, back row: Paul Fleming, Len Holland, Harvey Parliament, and Doug Holmes. Girls, front row: Vivian Drake, Thais Bonnett, Edna Chappell, and Betty McLeod. Girls, back row: Catherine Easthope, Esther Walters, Belle Wittingham, and Queenie Holdom.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Recreational Activities - Dancing
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Structures - Water Tanks and Towers
- Names
- Capitol Hill School
- Chappell, Edna
- Chappell, Norman
- Drake, Vivian
- Easthope, Catherine
- Fleming, Paul
- Halford, Thais S. Bonnett
- Holdom, Queenie
- Holland, Len
- Holmes, Doug
- McLeod, Betty
- McMaster, George
- Norman, Albert
- Parliament, Bob
- Parliament, Harvey
- Walters, Esther
- Wittingham, Belle
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
May Queen's car
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34319
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.7 x 11.7 cm on page 17.5 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a May Day parade on Edmonds Street. This photograph was taken during the first Burnaby May Day celebrations when a large group of Boy Scouts lead a parade of people and cars down Edmonds Street. The first car pictured is carrying the May Queen, Ruth Bearn.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.7 x 11.7 cm on page 17.5 x 24.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 020-026
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a May Day parade on Edmonds Street. This photograph was taken during the first Burnaby May Day celebrations when a large group of Boy Scouts lead a parade of people and cars down Edmonds Street. The first car pictured is carrying the May Queen, Ruth Bearn.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
- Events - May Day
- Events - Parades
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Symbols - Flags
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![M. G. Hill visiting Ireland, [after 1918] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-126.jpg?width=280)
M. G. Hill visiting Ireland
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82555
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [after 1918]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Minard Hill standing in front of a stone building.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [after 1918]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 7.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-126
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Minard Hill standing in front of a stone building.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "M G Hill (after 1918) visiting Ireland"
- Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Dad / after 1918 / visiting Ireland"
Images
![M. G. Hill visiting Ireland, [after 1918] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-126.jpg)