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West side of Love farmhouse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11491
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the west side of the Love farmhouse during shingle restoration and painting. New shingles have been installed around the porch railing.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the west side of the Love farmhouse during shingle restoration and painting. New shingles have been installed around the porch railing.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Heritage
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.607
- Date
- 1995
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 2019
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Restoration Photograph album BV018.41.81 - Section 4: "Shingles and Painting"
Images
West wing and west wing yard of Oakalla Prison
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17883
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of west wing building and west wing excercise yard of Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of west wing building and west wing excercise yard of Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre).
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.667
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1991
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-24
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph negative #18 from Roll 91-14
Images
West wing and west wing yard of Oakalla Prison
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17884
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of west wing building and west wing excercise yard with guard tower and security fencing in Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of west wing building and west wing excercise yard with guard tower and security fencing in Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre).
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.668
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1991
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-24
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph negative #19 from Roll 91-14
Images
West wing of Oakalla and excercise yard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17855
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of west wing building and excercise yard at Oakalla Prison Farm (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). Photograph was taken during Oakalla Prison Open House event.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of west wing building and excercise yard at Oakalla Prison Farm (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). Photograph was taken during Oakalla Prison Open House event.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.639
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1991
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph negative #23 from Roll 91-8
- 1 col. copy print accompanying
- Note in black ink on verso of accompanying copy print reads: "P91-8-23"
- Note in blue ink on verso of accompanying copy print reads: "WEST WING / EXCERCISE YARD"
Images
Wet bins at Mill No. 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19501
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1938
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of "wet bins" and railway track leading into Britannia Mill No. 3 at Britannia Beach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of "wet bins" and railway track leading into Britannia Mill No. 3 at Britannia Beach.
- Subjects
- Industries - Mining
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.208
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1938
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph caption beneath photograph reads: "WET BINS"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
W.F. Silver house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35006
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1912] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the house of William F. Silver, Kingsway at Silver Avenue. An automobile, believed to be the family's 1911 Winton, is parked outside, and people are seated and standing on the right side of the photograph beside the house.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1912] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Silver family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 173-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-22
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the house of William F. Silver, Kingsway at Silver Avenue. An automobile, believed to be the family's 1911 Winton, is parked outside, and people are seated and standing on the right side of the photograph beside the house.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Silver Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Wharf, shoreline and boats
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19696
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of boats anchored and docked alongside wharf at what might be Pitt Lake.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of boats anchored and docked alongside wharf at what might be Pitt Lake.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Boats
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.118
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [191-]
- 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)
Images
What A Ride We Had
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58374
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1944]
- Collection/Fonds
- Steve Jensen fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows nine people posing on or near a car. The photograph was taken facing north off Beresford Street, half a block east of Royal Oak Avenue. Identified in the photograph are Molly Jensen (nee Carpenter) who is sitting in the back seat wearing glasses; Ernie Carpenter Jr. in the driver's…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1944]
- Collection/Fonds
- Steve Jensen fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 494-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows nine people posing on or near a car. The photograph was taken facing north off Beresford Street, half a block east of Royal Oak Avenue. Identified in the photograph are Molly Jensen (nee Carpenter) who is sitting in the back seat wearing glasses; Ernie Carpenter Jr. in the driver's seat; and their mother Edith Carpenter sitting on the bonnet with her hand on the windshield. The rest are unidentified.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Jensen, Steve
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Beresford Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
What a Soilder
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2676
- 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 what looks to one man standing on another man's shoulders, wearing one uniform, at Sarcee Barracks, Canadian Forces Base, Calgary.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of what looks to one man standing on another man's shoulders, wearing one uniform, at Sarcee Barracks, Canadian Forces Base, Calgary.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.5
- 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
- Caption for photograph reads: "What a Soilder"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
What is heritage burnaby.ca?
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14756
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 29 Sep. 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (58 min., 18 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar titled "What is heritage burnaby.ca?" presented by Burnaby Village Museum curator, Kate Pertrusa and Burnaby Village Museum registrar, Catharine McPherson. The zoom webinar is the first in a collection of seven "Neighbourhood Speaker series"…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (58 min., 18 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Material Details
- Presenters: Kate Petrusa; Catharine McPherson Date of Presentation: Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all tracks: 58 min., 18 sec. Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar titled "What is heritage burnaby.ca?" presented by Burnaby Village Museum curator, Kate Pertrusa and Burnaby Village Museum registrar, Catharine McPherson. The zoom webinar is the first in a collection of seven "Neighbourhood Speaker series" webinars that were presented and available to the public between September 29 and October 27, 2020. The live webinar and recording was also made available on the Burnaby Village Museum's facebook page. In this webinar, Kate and Catharine provide an introduction and interactive session of the City of Burnaby's online resource "Heritage Burnaby". Catharine and Kate deliver a tutorial in how to utilize the website’s one search functionality in order to access the over 100,000 heritage resources that are held by the City of Burnaby Archives, the Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby Heritage Planning and the Office of the City Clerk. Sample searches include how to access photographs, film content, digital content and various collections and how to save and create a list or hyperlink. Kate and Catharine take questions from webinar participants including; how to create a citation?; access and reproduction restrictions; are there any records in other languages?; how to search for Burnaby school records?; how to search for materials from Burnaby Village Museum recent exhibitions and/or furnishings in exhibits?; how to search for heritage buildings and what terms to use?; how to use the atlas page?; are the photographs printable or high resolution? and do you have a system in place to help community groups to create or process files and photographs?.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.29.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 29 Sep. 2020
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Title based on contents of video recording
- Video recording was edited for publication on Heritage Burnaby. Original mp4 video recording (BV020.29.1.1) is 71 min., 6 sec.
Images
Video
What is heritage burnaby.ca?, 29 Sep. 2020
What is heritage burnaby.ca?, 29 Sep. 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0029_0001_002.mp4Wheelathon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80475
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 25, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mark Knight and son Benjamin, 3 at Swangard Stadium for the 10th annual Wheelathon for wheelchair sports.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 25, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0791
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mark Knight and son Benjamin, 3 at Swangard Stadium for the 10th annual Wheelathon for wheelchair sports.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Wheelchairs
- Names
- Knight, Mark
- Knight, Benjamin
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby - 1 - 100% / Bartel Bby 1473 B"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Wheelchair rugby game
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96521
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified players in action during a wheelchair rugby game between Seattle and the Saskatchewan Sasksquash, at the first annual Vancouver Invitational tournament.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2145
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified players in action during a wheelchair rugby game between Seattle and the Saskatchewan Sasksquash, at the first annual Vancouver Invitational tournament.
- Subjects
- Sports - Rugby
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Players from Seattle and the Saskatchewan Sasksquash go for a loose ball at the first annual Vancouver Invitational Quad Rugby tournament at Bonsor Rec Centre."
- Geographic Access
- Bonsor Avenue
- Street Address
- 6550 Bonsor Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
Images
Wheels of the CP 5900
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3247
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of wheels and corresponding mechanisms on Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 5900 (no. 5900 was built in 1929).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of wheels and corresponding mechanisms on Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 5900 (no. 5900 was built in 1929).
- Accession Code
- BV985.6114.19
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [after 1929]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-03-12
- Notes
- Title based on note written on verso of photograph
- Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "Power - a CP 5900 class"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "831F"
Images
When the Logs Arrive
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription73622
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- LaFavor Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.2 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of logs arriving at the North Pacific Lumber Company at Barnet. Logs are in the water beside buildings at the edge of Burrard Inlet. Red writing printed at bottom of photograph reads: "443. When the Logs Arrive. Barnet, B.C."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- LaFavor Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.2 x 13.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 540-030
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-03
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of logs arriving at the North Pacific Lumber Company at Barnet. Logs are in the water beside buildings at the edge of Burrard Inlet. Red writing printed at bottom of photograph reads: "443. When the Logs Arrive. Barnet, B.C."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Timms Photographic Co.
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Images
Where is your food from?
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14270
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:17:10 min)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of part two in a series of three “Back to the Roots” podcasts about the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Part two is titled “Where is your food from?" The podcasts were created by students Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong from the Faculty …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- UBC Partnership series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:17:10 min)
- Material Details
- Podcasts hosts: Rose Wu; Wei Yan Yeong Guest: Denise Fong Music: prod. riddiman Podcast Date: October 2020 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all tracks: 00:17:10 min Photograph info: Store front of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co in Victoria, B.C., 1975. BV017.7.191
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of part two in a series of three “Back to the Roots” podcasts about the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Part two is titled “Where is your food from?" The podcasts were created by students Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia Faculty and while student interns at Burnaby Village Museum. In this series the students connect their knowledge of food systems to their shared Chinese heritage in order to discover how Chinese Canadian history is rooted in their local food systems. "Where is your food from?" explores contemporary versus historical alternative food movements and how early Chinese farmers in the lower mainland had to be creative in their business tactics in order to survive in a local food system that discriminated against their race. 00:00-02:45 The podcast opens with an audio clip from Harvard University professor and world renowned food journalist and author of "The Ominvore's Dilemma", Michael Pollan. Wei Yan Yeong and Rose Wu introduce themselves and their topic "Where is your food from?" They comment on the global philosophy "Eat local, think global" and question whether this philosphy ignores the struggles faced by local farms operated by immigrant workers back in the day. They comment "Unlike how these alternative food movements are heralded as sustainable, healthy, and even sometimes trendy now in today’s standards, for Chinese farmers, these alternative food movements were necessary for survival against discriminatory practices entrenched in the food system they were servicing." 02:46 - 06:21 This portion provides background on Chinese immigrant farmers and the establishment of "market gardens" or "truck farms". Rose and Wei Yan tell of how up to the 1970s, Chinese farms produced mostly European staples such as potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, corn and cabbage because there was no market for Chinese crops. Many of the Chinese immigrants were forced into farming and other menial jobs due to discriminatory practices that excluded them from other types of employment. The hosts provide a synopsis of Burnaby Bylaw Number 4, created in 1892, "The Chinese and Japanese Exclusion Bylaw" which prohibited any Chinese or Japanese person from working for the Municipality of Burnaby. Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong provides information on Chinese immigrants in Burnaby, how many of them were farmers in the Big Bend area and how hard it was for them to own land due to racial discrimination. Denise also refers to an article in"Harrowsmith" magazine (c.1980s) where thirty five Chinese-Canadians operated farms in Burnaby. 06:22 - 09:24 This portion provides a description of Chinese market farms and vegetable peddling. Background information about the history of market farms, truck farms and vegetable peddling in Burnaby and the lower mainland provided by Denise Fong. 09:24 - 12:03 This portion talks about the policies put in place to create further barriers to Chinese farmers. Denise Fong provides information regarding the civic bylaws that were created to restrict produce sales, fines and fees that were imposed on peddlers, establishment of green grocers, the Chinese Marketing Act, the establishment of organizations to support Chinese farmers including the Chinese Growers Assocation. 12:04 - 15:00 This portion talks about how Chinese-Canadians played important roles in conventional "long" food networks. Denise Fong provides information in how Chinese Canadians participated in the larger food distribution network in British Columbia. Denise shares a story of Chinese-Canadian Cecil Lee and how he introduced the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into British Columbia. 15:01 - 16:29 Final summary regarding the contraditions in our local food system that continue to persist today and how despite the improved status of Chinese-Canadians in British Columbia, cheap, migrant labourers continue to be an overlooked part of our local food system. This portion includes a recorded excerpt from M.L.A. Mabel Elmore regarding Temporary Foreign Workers (presented before the NDP caucous in 2015). 16:29 - 17:22 Credits, thanks and acknowledgements. Special thanks to Duncan McCue and M.LA. Mabel Elmore. Music created by P. Ruderman
- History
- Podcast hosts, Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong are University of British Columbia students in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and student interns at Burnaby Village Museum. Guest, 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 the Burnaby Village Museum “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
- Agriculture
- Gardens - Market Gardens
- Social Issues - Discrimination
- Social Issues - Racism
- Responsibility
- Yeong, Wei Yan
- Wu, Rose
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.28.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
- Related Material
- BV020.28.3; BV020.28.5
- Notes
- Title based contents of sound recording
- For associated video recording of research interview with Denise Fong - see BV020.28.2
- Compilation of Research Resources used by authors Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong include:
- Lim, S. (2015). Feeding the "Greenest City": Historicizing "Local," Labour, and the Postcolonial Politics of Eating. Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 24(1), 78-100. Retrieved October 22, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/26195279
- Mable Elmore’s statement on the plight of temporary foreign workers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF4_js0R-Mo&ab_channel=BCNDPCaucus
- Michael Pollen’s speech at UBC Farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1n-kRJhPPQ&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=LFSLearningCentre
- Gibb, Natalie & Wittman, Hannah. (2012). Parallel alternatives: Chinese-Canadian farmers and the Metro Vancouver local food movement. Local Environment. 18. 1-19. 10.1080/13549839.2012.714763.
- Yu, J. (2014, March 31). The integration of the Chinese market gardens of southern British Columbia, 1885-1930 [R]. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0228676
- Burnaby Village Museum, Interview with Denise Fong by Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong, 2020. BV020.28.2 https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumvideo14276
Images
Audio Tracks
Where is your food from?, 2020
Where is your food from?, 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Sound_Recordings/2020_0028_0004_001.mp3Whitecaps volunteer Ron Dancy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96385
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ron Dancy, a longtime volunteer with the Vancouver Whitecaps, posing in a Whitecaps T-shirt with a commemorative "Soccer Bowl" stein and a soccer ball.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2055
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ron Dancy, a longtime volunteer with the Vancouver Whitecaps, posing in a Whitecaps T-shirt with a commemorative "Soccer Bowl" stein and a soccer ball.
- Subjects
- Persons - Volunteers
- Sports - Soccer
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Ron Dancy, 73, has been a volunteer with the Vancouver Whitecaps/86ers for more than 30 years."
Images
Whitechurch Hardware boarded up
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16893
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Aug. 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Whitechurch Hardware all boarded up. The building is located at 7685 Sixth Street. A two storey convenience store located at 7695 Sixth Street is visible to the left. The Whitechurch Hardware was moved to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in August 1974 by Nickel Brothers…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Subseries
- Bell's building photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Whitechurch Hardware all boarded up. The building is located at 7685 Sixth Street. A two storey convenience store located at 7695 Sixth Street is visible to the left. The Whitechurch Hardware was moved to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in August 1974 by Nickel Brothers house moving company
- Geographic Access
- 6th Street
- Street Address
- 7695 6th Street
- 7685 6th Street
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1863
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Aug. 1974
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on slide frame reads: "Whitechurch on 6th St / boarded up 1974 / (FRONT)"
Images
Whitechurch Hardware building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1250
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Maurice (Maury) Whitechurch standing at the door of Whitechurch Hardware Store with his mother in-law's springer spaniel, Peggy. Whitechurch Hardware was located at 1316 Sixth Street (later, 7685 Sixth Street) and in operation between 1937 and 1973. The building formerly housed Bell's…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 5.5 cm
- Material Details
- Border of photograph has scalloped edges
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Maurice (Maury) Whitechurch standing at the door of Whitechurch Hardware Store with his mother in-law's springer spaniel, Peggy. Whitechurch Hardware was located at 1316 Sixth Street (later, 7685 Sixth Street) and in operation between 1937 and 1973. The building formerly housed Bell's Dry Goods store until 1937 (with address 1314 Sixth Street) when it was moved slightly north to make room for a two storey building that was built on the corner, maintaining the address of 1314 Sixth Street. In 1974, this building was relocated to Burnaby Village Museum and restored to the former Bell's Dry Goods store.
- Names
- Whitechurch Hardware
- Geographic Access
- 6th Street
- Street Address
- 7685 6th Street
- 7695 6th Street
- Accession Code
- BV995.29.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1945]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-05-22
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "early 1940's"
Images
Whitechurch Hardware building at Heritage Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16890
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Aug. 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Whitechurch Hardware building being manoevered into position at Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum). The building was moved by the Nickel Brothers house moving company from it's original location at 7685 Sixth Street.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Subseries
- Bell's building photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Whitechurch Hardware building being manoevered into position at Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum). The building was moved by the Nickel Brothers house moving company from it's original location at 7685 Sixth Street.
- Geographic Access
- 6th Street
- Street Address
- 7685 6th Street
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1860
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Aug. 1974
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on slide frame reads: "Whitechurch on truck / at HB being manoevered into / position Aug / 74"
- 1 col. copy print accompanying
Images
Whitechurch Hardware building at Heritage Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16908
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Aug. 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Whitechurch Hardware building being manoevered into position on the site of Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum). The building was moved by the Nickel Brothers house moving company from 7685 Sixth Street.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Subseries
- Bell's building photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Whitechurch Hardware building being manoevered into position on the site of Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum). The building was moved by the Nickel Brothers house moving company from 7685 Sixth Street.
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1878
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Aug. 1974
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on slide frame reads: "Whitechurch being / manoevered into / position at HV"