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Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1900-1946

Length: 00:07:05

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, and her Oikawa grandparent’s immigration to BC and settlement on Lion and Don Islands at the mouth of the Fraser River. She describes how the family was moved to the internment camp “The Orchard” in New Denver,…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, and her Oikawa grandparent’s immigration to BC and settlement on Lion and Don Islands at the mouth of the Fraser River. She describes how the family was moved to the internment camp “The Orchard” in New Denver, but managed to find a place to live outside the camp where her grandmother grew a large garden from seeds brought in the seams of her clothing. She notes that the Lion Islands were named Oikawa-shima by the Japanese settlers.

Date Range: 1900-1946

Length: 00:07:05

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

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 27, 1990

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

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

Total Tracks: 11

Total Length: 01:34:10

Interviewee Name: Miyashita, Toki

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

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

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

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Toki Miyashita

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

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory522

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1930-1990

Length: 00:13:56

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

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

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

Date Range: 1930-1990

Length: 00:13:56

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

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 27, 1990

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

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

Total Tracks: 11

Total Length: 01:34:10

Interviewee Name: Miyashita, Toki

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

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

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

Audio Tracks

Track seven of interview with Toki Miyashita

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Lee family photographs series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1920-2006 (date of originals), predominant 1920-1955

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 40 photographs (tiff) + 4 photographs (jpgs) + 1 photograph : sepia ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Series consists of family photographs of Julie Lee and Cecil Lee including the Suey Ying (Laura) and Puy Yuen Chan family; the Sui Seo Ngen and Lee Ding Quai family and the Chung Chong Jung and Gee Shee Jung family.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Series: Lee family photographs series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 40 photographs (tiff) + 4 photographs (jpgs) + 1 photograph : sepia ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Series consists of family photographs of Julie Lee and Cecil Lee including the Suey Ying (Laura) and Puy Yuen Chan family; the Sui Seo Ngen and Lee Ding Quai family and the Chung Chong Jung and Gee Shee Jung family.

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Accession Code: BV017.24; BV019.33; BV020.38; BV021.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1920-2006 (date of originals), predominant 1920-1955

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Lee family studio portrait

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1938]

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 800 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Lee family posing for a studio portrait in Vancouver. Standing in the front row from left to right: Pearl (Chue Jan), Walter (Chue Fay), Gladys (Chue Ngan), Charlie (Chue Quon), Rose (Chue Moi). Standing and seated in the front row from left to right: Dick (Chue Duck), Sui Seo Nge…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Series: Lee family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 800 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Lee family posing for a studio portrait in Vancouver. Standing in the front row from left to right: Pearl (Chue Jan), Walter (Chue Fay), Gladys (Chue Ngan), Charlie (Chue Quon), Rose (Chue Moi). Standing and seated in the front row from left to right: Dick (Chue Duck), Sui Seo Ngen (seated), Cecil (Chue Kan), Lee Ding Quai (seated) and Ken (Chue Kwong).

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Lee, Julie Cho Chan; Lee, Chue Duck "Dick"; Lee, Chue Jan "Pearl"; Lee, Chue Kan "Cecil"; Lee, Chue Kwong "Ken"; Lee, Chue Moi "Rose"; Lee, Chue Ngan "Gladys"; Lee, Chue Quon "Charlie"; Lee, Chue Fay "Walter"; Lee, Ding Quai; Lee, Sui Seo Ngen

Accession Code: BV017.24.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1938]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 800

Scan Date: 01-Oct-2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Lee family studio portrait, [1938] thumbnail

Quinn Wong and Maida Jung's wedding party

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Studio portrait of Quinn Wong and Maida (Suey Fong) Jung (Chung) with wedding party. The photograph was taken in Stride Studios. People are identified from L to R: Dong Hin Foo; Donnie (?) Chang; Quinn Wong (groom); Suey Fong "Maida" (bride); Lou Jang and Suey Ying "Laura" Jung.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Series: Lee family photographs series

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Studio portrait of Quinn Wong and Maida (Suey Fong) Jung (Chung) with wedding party. The photograph was taken in Stride Studios. People are identified from L to R: Dong Hin Foo; Donnie (?) Chang; Quinn Wong (groom); Suey Fong "Maida" (bride); Lou Jang and Suey Ying "Laura" Jung.

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Ceremonies - Weddings

Names: Wong, Quinn; Wong, Suey Fong "Maida" Jung; Jung, Suey Ying "Laura"; Foo, Dong Hin; Jang, Lou

Accession Code: BV020.38.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1930]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 26-Nov-2019

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Quinn Wong and Maida Jung's wedding party, [1930] thumbnail

Remittance promotion notice

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1921 and 1967]

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a one page notice handwritten in Cantonese in black ink on rice paper. The notice publicizes the service offered by Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co where money could be transferred by an individual bank to their country of origin. The rear of the shop acted as an unofficial post office …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Series: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a one page notice handwritten in Cantonese in black ink on rice paper. The notice publicizes the service offered by Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co where money could be transferred by an individual bank to their country of origin. The rear of the shop acted as an unofficial post office for recent Chinese immgrants who needed a permanent mailing address. The notice was translated in English, the larger words translate to: "Our shop offers remittance service to Hong Kong. The process is faster than others no matter how much you are wiring. If the family of any overseas compatriots who are living in Hong Kong need money urgently, [we] can also speed up the remittance. Your patronage is very welcomed.". The smaller words translate to: "The valued customers have to take care of the remittance fee on your own. Connection to any city in the Canton province; fast and proper remittance."

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company

Accession Code: HV975.5.1534

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [between 1921 and 1967]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Images

Remittance promotion notice, [between 1921 and 1967] thumbnail

Seated at a long table

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 24 cm (sight), matted in folder 72 x 32.5 cm folded to 29 x 32.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of thirty-six people seated at a long table for a meal in an unidentified hall, possibly in Victoria. Lum Chuck Yue is identified sitting on the right side of the table, eighth person from the bottom of the photograph. Lum Chuck Yue was the proprietor of the Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. C…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Series: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 24 cm (sight), matted in folder 72 x 32.5 cm folded to 29 x 32.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of thirty-six people seated at a long table for a meal in an unidentified hall, possibly in Victoria. Lum Chuck Yue is identified sitting on the right side of the table, eighth person from the bottom of the photograph. Lum Chuck Yue was the proprietor of the Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. Chinese herbalist shop in Victoria between 1921 and 1936. No other individuals have been identified.

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Yue, Lum Chuck; Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company

Accession Code: BV985.5331.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1930 and 1945]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 1/7/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Seated at a long table, [between 1930 and 1945] thumbnail

Soccer game Chinese versus Spencers

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a soccer game taking place at an outdoor field with people standing on the edge of the field to watch. The soccer match is identified as "Chinese vs. Spencers".

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a soccer game taking place at an outdoor field with people standing on the edge of the field to watch. The soccer match is identified as "Chinese vs. Spencers".

Subjects: Sports - Soccer; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Accession Code: BV996.6.105

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1936

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-02-06

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption beneath photograph reads: "Chinese vs Spencers / 1936"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

Images

Soccer game Chinese versus Spencers, 1936 thumbnail

Wedding portrait of Annie Jung and George Jong

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 22 Oct. 1930

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Studio portrait of Annie (Suey Kin) Jung (Chung) and George Jong on their wedding day. The photograph appears to be taken by Vancouver Chinatown photographer Yucho Chow in his portrait studio.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Series: Lee family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Studio portrait of Annie (Suey Kin) Jung (Chung) and George Jong on their wedding day. The photograph appears to be taken by Vancouver Chinatown photographer Yucho Chow in his portrait studio.

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Ceremonies - Weddings

Names: Jong, George; Jong, Suey Kin "Annie" Jung

Accession Code: BV020.38.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 22 Oct. 1930

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 18-Jan-2021

Scale: 100

Photographer: Yucho Chow Studio

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Wedding portrait of Annie Jung and George Jong, 22 Oct. 1930 thumbnail

Workers outside of United Fraser Growers

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of workers standing out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location. Herbert Law (Yee Law) is standing fourth from left. Law later purchased farmland in Burnaby.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of workers standing out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location. Herbert Law (Yee Law) is standing fourth from left. Law later purchased farmland in Burnaby.

History: The United Fraser Growers Co-operative operated from 1934 until 1957. The head office was at 256 East Georgia in the 1930s and 341 Keefer Street in the 1940s and 1950s. The company was a wholesaler that purchased produce from Chinese farmers.

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Law, Yee "Herbert"; United Fraser Growers Limited

Accession Code: BV019.11.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Feb-2019

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Workers outside of United Fraser Growers, [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication) thumbnail

Burnaby South High school choir

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930 (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 Burnaby South High School choir. Identified: (front row, 2nd from left) Grace Smith, teacher (later, Grace Pletcher). She was the daughter of James and Agnes Smith of Royal Oak Road.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930 (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.: 204-312

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby South High School choir. Identified: (front row, 2nd from left) Grace Smith, teacher (later, Grace Pletcher). She was the daughter of James and Agnes Smith of Royal Oak Road.

Subjects: Organizations - Choirs; Occupations - Teachers

Names: Pletcher, Grace Smith

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Southoaks Crescent

Street Address: 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Images

Burnaby South High school choir, 1930 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Burnaby South High School orchestra

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930 (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 Burnaby South High School orchestra. Identified: (front row, 3rd from left) Grace Smith, teacher and band leader. Grace Smith (later Grace Pletcher) was the daughter of James and Agnes Smith.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930 (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.: 204-316

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby South High School orchestra. Identified: (front row, 3rd from left) Grace Smith, teacher and band leader. Grace Smith (later Grace Pletcher) was the daughter of James and Agnes Smith.

Subjects: Musical Instruments; Organizations - Orchestras; Occupations - Teachers

Names: Burnaby South High School; Pletcher, Grace Smith

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Southoaks Crescent

Street Address: 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Images

Burnaby South High School orchestra, 1930 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Blair range

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1936]

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of man peering through the sight on a rifle at the Blair rifle range in North Vancouver. The man's military uniform hat and jacket are lying on the ground in front.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of man peering through the sight on a rifle at the Blair rifle range in North Vancouver. The man's military uniform hat and jacket are lying on the ground in front.

Subjects: Armament - Firearms; Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Accession Code: BV996.6.121

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1936]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-02-06

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption beneath photograph reads: "Blair Range 1936"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Burnaby firemen display new uniforms

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven men standing in front of a fire truck, dressed in what has been described as the Burnaby Fire Department's new uniforms. The fire truck is parked in front of the Burnaby Public Hall, Burnaby's first municipal hall.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven men standing in front of a fire truck, dressed in what has been described as the Burnaby Fire Department's new uniforms. The fire truck is parked in front of the Burnaby Public Hall, Burnaby's first municipal hall.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Transportation - Fire Trucks; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Burnaby Fire Department; Burnaby Public Hall

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 7282 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.55.23

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1939

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Related Material: For a copy print of this photograph, see BV999.55.24

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on caption of photograph

Images

Burnaby firemen display new uniforms, 1939 thumbnail

Chief Gordon Waddell and Pal

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before July 1939] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chief Gordon Waddell of the Burnaby Fire Department in uniform, standing beside a partially visible fire truck parked inside a garage. The fire department's "faithful mascot" Pal is standing next to him. Pal was Firefighter Killer's wire-haired terrier who would come to work with Kill…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm print

Material Details: Item was exposed with the area between the officer and the dog covered, thus this area appears blank

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chief Gordon Waddell of the Burnaby Fire Department in uniform, standing beside a partially visible fire truck parked inside a garage. The fire department's "faithful mascot" Pal is standing next to him. Pal was Firefighter Killer's wire-haired terrier who would come to work with Killer and even learned to climb ladders during drills.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Clothing - Uniforms; Animals - Dogs

Names: Waddell, Gordon; Burnaby Fire Department

Accession Code: BV998.31.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [before July 1939] (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 02-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Typed sticker on verso of photograph reads: "Chief Gordon Waddell and PAL. 1939 BURNABY FIRE DEPARTMENT"; Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "MR & MRS F BLAKE 4165 PANDORA ST BURNABY BC V5C 2B2"

Images

Chief Gordon Waddell and Pal, [before July 1939] (date of original) thumbnail

Crichton Hawkshaw and Bob Waston

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw and Bob Watson in uniform at Sarcee Barracks, Canadian Forces Base, Calgary. Bob Watson was the Sergeant-Major.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw and Bob Watson in uniform at Sarcee Barracks, Canadian Forces Base, Calgary. Bob Watson was the Sergeant-Major.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms; Occupations - Military Personnel

Names: Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"; Watson, Bob

Accession Code: BV996.6.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1935

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/9/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption for photograph reads: " 'I' Bob Watson / 'S.M.' / '85th' "; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

Images

Crichton Hawkshaw and Bob Waston, 1935 thumbnail

Florence Jackson

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-107

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.