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Interview with Jiro Kamiya, 2015

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4476
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[2015]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 sound recording (mp3) (01:11:02 min)
Scope and Content
Recording of a interview with Jiro Kamiya about the ofuro he built as an exhibit for display at Burnaby Village Museum, and his work in Canada generally. When he speaks in Japanese, his son Frank Kamiya does the English translation. Frank recalls how his father, a Japanese-trained carpenter, came …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Museum Oral Histories series
Subseries
Museum research interviews subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 sound recording (mp3) (01:11:02 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Lisa Codd Interviewees: Jiro Kamiya and his son Frank Kamiya Location of Interview: Nikkei Home, Burnaby Interview Date: [2015] Total Number of Tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:11:02
Scope and Content
Recording of a interview with Jiro Kamiya about the ofuro he built as an exhibit for display at Burnaby Village Museum, and his work in Canada generally. When he speaks in Japanese, his son Frank Kamiya does the English translation. Frank recalls how his father, a Japanese-trained carpenter, came to be involved in the project, which was donated to the Museum by the Japanese Canadian Citizens Association. An unidentified woman is also present and contributes to the discussion. 0:00 – 6:38: Frank Kamiya recalls the museum’s ofuro project, describing how his father became involved with it. He talks about the ofuro in Canada, speaking of their importance to Japanese Canadians but noting that they have been superseded by newer products. Frank also mentions that ofuros are now subject to modern building regulations. 6:38 – 20:30: Jiro Kamiya describes the construction of the ofuro. He explains the technique of water-proofing and talks about the different sizes of baths, discussing the differences in Japanese and Canadian styles and in the way water was supplied. 20:30 – 28:27: This portion of the recording pertains to Jiro Kamiya’s background as a carpenter in Shizuoka, Japan, in the family’s business, and how he came to immigrate to Canada. Frank talks about his father’s innovations and skills. He discusses the differences between Japanese and Canadian tools. Lisa Codd asks about the tools Jiro donated to the museum. 28:27 – 36:00: Frank talks about his father’s involvement in the building of the Museum’s ofuro. He notes that he himself drew up the plans and submitted them to City Hall. He asks about the ofuro’s plaque and the building’s condition. Lisa explains how the classification of buildings as replica or heritage determines how conservation choices are made. 36:00 – 45:47: Frank describes the purpose and use of the ofuro and the kind of accessories which should be included in the Museum’s display. The exact meaning of ‘ofuro’ is discussed with Jiro, as is bathing protocol for the larger and smaller kinds. 45:47 – 59:13: Jiro recalls New Year and other traditions and Lisa and Frank remark on the differences between the established infrastructures of Japan and those of rural Canada. Frank describes his father’s work in Canada. Jiro talks of being unable to join the carpenters union, but advancing in his profession through his ability and experience with Japanese techniques. 59:13 – 1:11:02: Jiro talks about the work that he did during internment during World War II and his choice to go to Winnipeg with his family. Frank relates how his father adapted to shipyard work, and Jiro tells anecdotes about his working years.
History
Interviewee: Jiro Kamiya (ne Tsuneki) was born on August 29, 1910 in Shizuoka Ken, Japan to parents Torakichi Tsuneki and Sono Ssuneki. In 1936, Jiro married Toneko Kamiya. The Tsuneki family were Master Carpenters for over 500 years and the family business, Torakichi Tsuneki Construction Co was the largest and best known construction company in Shizuoka Ken. Jiro also became a master carpenter working for his father's company. In 1933, Jiro immigrated to Canada and in 1936, he returned to Japan to marry. In 1937 he got work at the Hammond Cedar Mill leading a crew of six men and worked there for about three or four years. In 1942 along with over 21,000 Japanese Canadians, Jiro and his family were forcibly removed from the coastal area of British Columbia. Jiro and his family were relocated to Oak Bluff, Manitoba to work on the beet farms. JIro chose this location of internment so that he could keep his family together. While living in Manitoba, Jiro also found work as a carpenter. In 1948 when he was permitted to return to British Columbia, Jiro and his family relocated to Kamloops. In 1951, he began working as a carpenter for Matsumoto Shipyard in North Vancouver and between 1961 and 1974, he worked for Grimwood Construction. From 1975, he worked for Dawson Hall Construction until his retirement at the age of 68. Following his retirement he built a house for his nephew on Mayne Island and a summer house for himself which he completed in 1988. In 2001, Jiro and his wife, Toneko moved to Nikkei Home. While living at Nikkei Home, Jiro made chopsticks out of hardwood, creating over a thousand pairs up until he was 99 years old. Jiro passed away in 2015. Interviewer: Lisa Codd has worked in the museum sector since 2000 and between 2005 and 2019, she worked as the curator at the Burnaby Village Museum. In 2019, Lisa began her work as the City of Burnaby Heritage Planner.
Creator
Burnaby Village Museum
Subjects
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Names
Kamiya, Jiro
Kamiya, Frank
Accession Code
BV019.13.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[2015]
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Audio is only available to listen at the Burnaby Village Museum
Audio Tracks

Interview with Jiro Kamiya, 2015, [2015]

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

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory516
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,…
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 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory517
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1942-1969
Length
00:07:41
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s growing interest in Japanese culture and arts, studying the Japanese language after she was 22 in Montreal. She talks about how she learned paper-folding (origami), to make silk dolls, flower-arranging (Ikebana), and how to wear a kimono, and …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s growing interest in Japanese culture and arts, studying the Japanese language after she was 22 in Montreal. She talks about how she learned paper-folding (origami), to make silk dolls, flower-arranging (Ikebana), and how to wear a kimono, and then began to teach others these skills in Montreal .
Date Range
1942-1969
Length
00:07:41
Subjects
Education
Arts
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 two 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…
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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Japanese Bath House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription464
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1956] (date of original), copied 1978
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Japanese bath house built outdoors. There are stacks of wood beside the bath house, which is a small wooden structure with a few small windows.There is a plank board walk on the side of the bath house leading to a well. In the centre of the photograph is a man leaning over a stove.…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Japanese bath house built outdoors. There are stacks of wood beside the bath house, which is a small wooden structure with a few small windows.There is a plank board walk on the side of the bath house leading to a well. In the centre of the photograph is a man leaning over a stove. According to a letter sent by the donor, the bath house was built around 1945 - 1946 at Mission Flats, Kamloops, BC by the donor's father, Junzo Yamake (1895-1973). At the time of the letter, the site was part of the Weyerhauser Company's pulp mill complex. The bath house was constructed to complement the house the donor's family was living as there was no indoor bathroom. She writes that it was strange to live in a huge, comfortable English style house, and still have an outhouse, and the outdoor Japanese bath house that were situated around the house. Also, she indicates the man in the centre is her father, Junzo Yamake, boiling water to do spring cleaning.
Subjects
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Buildings - Residential
Names
Yamake, Junzo
Accession Code
HV978.11.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1956] (date of original), copied 1978
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
For another photograph of the same bath house, see HV978.11.1
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-08-01
Photographer
Kakutani, James Kiyoshi "Jimmie"
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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The Kokuryos, Sukegoro Yasui and Louise Irwin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15256
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1980-] (date of original), copied 2004
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left to right) the Kokuryos, Sukegoro Yasui and Louise Irwin standing on the former site of the Barnet Mill. The north shore of Burrard Inlet is visible in the distance.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Series
Irwin family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left to right) the Kokuryos, Sukegoro Yasui and Louise Irwin standing on the former site of the Barnet Mill. The north shore of Burrard Inlet is visible in the distance.
Subjects
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Names
Yasui, Sukegoro
Irwin, Louise
Kokuryo, Hideko
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Accession Code
BV019.32.75
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1980-] (date of original), copied 2004
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Original Second Narrows Bridge collapses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription104
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1930
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 the aftermath of the Second Narrows Bridge being hit by the"Losmar" pictured on the right. Soon after being built in 1925, the Second Narrows Bridge was hit countless times by ships at the bascule portion installed at the south end of the bridge (unfortunately installed in a shallow w…
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 the aftermath of the Second Narrows Bridge being hit by the"Losmar" pictured on the right. Soon after being built in 1925, the Second Narrows Bridge was hit countless times by ships at the bascule portion installed at the south end of the bridge (unfortunately installed in a shallow water area to avoid building expensive towers and a lift span). Each time it was hit the bridge was out of commission until it was repaired. The Second Narrows Bridge runs over Burrard Inlet and connects Vancouver to North Vancouver.
Subjects
Structures - Bridges
Accidents
Accession Code
BV988.31.6
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
1930
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
For another photograph of the collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge, see BV988.31.7
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-04-16
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue pen on verso of photograph reads: "Collapse of original 2nd Narrows Bridge / year?"
Images
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Original Second Narrows Bridge collapses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription105
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1925 and 1930]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the aftermath of the Second Narrows Bridge being hit by a ship. The span girder is tipped into water on the left side of the photograph and the other girder is broken and in upright position. There is a large ship in the front with letters "CALMAR LINE" written on the side along with …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the aftermath of the Second Narrows Bridge being hit by a ship. The span girder is tipped into water on the left side of the photograph and the other girder is broken and in upright position. There is a large ship in the front with letters "CALMAR LINE" written on the side along with several tug boats. Soon after being built in 1925, the Second Narrows Bridge was hit countless times by ships at the bascule portion installed at the south end of the bridge (unfortunately installed in a shallow water area to avoid building expensive towers and a lift span). Each time it was hit the bridge was out of commission until it was repaired. The Second Narrows Bridge runs over Burrard Inlet and connects Vancouver to North Vancouver.
Subjects
Structures - Bridges
Accidents
Accession Code
BV988.31.7
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[between 1925 and 1930]
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
For another photograph of the collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge, see BV988.31.6
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-04-16
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue pen on verso of photograph reads: "Collapse of original 2nd Narrows Bridge / year?"
Images
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Passenger List of the Hikawa Maru

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4328
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1958] (date of original), copied 2016
Collection/Fonds
Tokio and Yoshino Yamamoto family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
10 photographs (tiff)
Scope and Content
Copy scan of Souvenir Passenger List for N.Y.K Line M.S. “Hikawa Maru”, 1958. Yoshino, Reiko and Akemi Yamamoto are listed on page 6 as travelling from Yokohama to Vancouver.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Tokio and Yoshino Yamamoto family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
10 photographs (tiff)
Scope and Content
Copy scan of Souvenir Passenger List for N.Y.K Line M.S. “Hikawa Maru”, 1958. Yoshino, Reiko and Akemi Yamamoto are listed on page 6 as travelling from Yokohama to Vancouver.
Subjects
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Names
Yamamoto family
Accession Code
BV016.11.11
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1958] (date of original), copied 2016
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
4/24/2016
Scale
100
Images
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Plane crash on frozen lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34458
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1932]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.5 cm on page 17.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the aftermath of a small plane crash near Quesnel. A group of people can be seen standing around the wreckage, which is still smoking. The aircraft belonged to well-known B.C. aviator, Ginger Coote.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1932]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Peers family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.5 cm on page 17.5 x 25.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
020-165
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the aftermath of a small plane crash near Quesnel. A group of people can be seen standing around the wreckage, which is still smoking. The aircraft belonged to well-known B.C. aviator, Ginger Coote.
Subjects
Accidents
Transportation - Air
Natural Phenomena - Snow
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
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Port Moody High school class

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20233
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1940 or 1941]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 27.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students from Port Moody High School. Students are arranged in seven rows. Ina (Stanley) Shankie is identified standing in the second row, second from right.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 27.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students from Port Moody High School. Students are arranged in seven rows. Ina (Stanley) Shankie is identified standing in the second row, second from right.
Subjects
Persons - Students
Buildings - Schools
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Names
Shankie, Ina Esther Stanley
Accession Code
BV022.32.655
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1940 or 1941]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-09-13
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431)
Note in white ink on album page reads: "FRONT ROW, 2ND FROM RIGHT- INA"
Photographer's inscription in white on bottom of photograph reads: "PORT_MOODY_HIGH_SCHOOL_1940-41_(#45)"
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Port Moody school class

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20231
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1935]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of group of students at Port Moody school. Frank Stanley is identified standing in the back row, third from right. The students are posing together in four rows outside of school.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of group of students at Port Moody school. Frank Stanley is identified standing in the back row, third from right. The students are posing together in four rows outside of school.
Subjects
Persons - Students
Buildings - Schools
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Names
Stanley, Frank Conquest
Accession Code
BV022.32.653
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1935]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-08-29
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431)
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Frank 3rd from right / top row / 1935"
Note in white ink on album page reads: "BACK ROW, 3RD FROM RIGHT - FRANK / SCHOOL PICTURE, - 1935 / PORT MOODY"
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Port Moody School class

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20232
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1941
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 22 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students from grades 5 and 6, division 1 of Port Moody School. Frank Stanley is identified standing on the far right in back row. The students are posing together in five rows with teacher in second row outside of school.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 22 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students from grades 5 and 6, division 1 of Port Moody School. Frank Stanley is identified standing on the far right in back row. The students are posing together in five rows with teacher in second row outside of school.
Subjects
Persons - Students
Buildings - Schools
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Names
Stanley, Frank Conquest
Accession Code
BV022.32.654
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1941
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-08-29
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431)
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "FRANK FAR RIGHT, TOP ROW / 1941"
Note in white ink on album page reads: "BACK ROW, RIGHT - FRANK / GRADES 5& 6, 1941 PORT MOODY"
Photographer's inscription in white on bottom of photograph reads: "PORT_MOODY_SCHOOL_GRADES_5&6_DIV. 1_1941- (#46)"
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Prisons & Reformatories in Early Burnaby

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
15 Oct. 2020
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (60 min., 53 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
Scope and Content
Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum's Kate Petrusa. The webinar is titled "Prisons & Reformatories in Early Burnaby" and is presented by Lisa Codd, Heritage Planner for the City of Burnaby. The zoom webinar is the fourth in a collection of seve…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series
Subseries
Neighbourhood Speaker Series - Fall 2020 subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (60 min., 53 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
Material Details
Presenter: Lisa Codd
Host: Kate Petrusa
Date of Presentation: October 15, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Total Number of tracks: 1
Total Length of all tracks:60 min., 53 sec
Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform
Scope and Content
Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum's Kate Petrusa. The webinar is titled "Prisons & Reformatories in Early Burnaby" and is presented by Lisa Codd, Heritage Planner for the City of Burnaby. The zoom webinar is the fourth in a collection of seven "Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker series" webinars that were presented and made 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, Lisa Codd talks about how in the early 20th century Burnaby was home to several correctional and detention institutions that sought to reform their residents, including the Oakalla Prison Farm, New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders, the United Church Home for Girls and Home of the Friendless. Lisa supports her presentation with contemporary and historical photographs and research. Lisa pauses throughout the presentation to take questions from webinar participants.
Creator
Burnaby Village Museum
Subjects
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
Public Services - Correctional
Names
Codd, Lisa
Oakalla Prison Farm
New Haven Correctional Centre
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre
George, Richardson
George, Eneas
George, Alex
George, Joseph
Peltier, Leonard
Home of the Friendless
Responsibility
Petrusa, Kate
Geographic Access
Oakmount Crescent
Street Address
5220 Oakmount Crescent
4250 Marine Drive
Accession Code
BV020.29.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
15 Oct. 2020
Media Type
Moving Images
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Oakalla Area
Suncrest Area
Notes
Title based on contents of video recording
Video recording was edited for publication on Heritage Burnaby. Original mp4 video recording (BV020.29.4.1) is 73 min.
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Reiko Moizumi’s wedding

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4321
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
27 Sep. 1975 (date of original), copied 2016
Collection/Fonds
Tokio and Yoshino Yamamoto family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women and one man posing at a wedding. Bride, Reiko Moizumi is standing on far left with bridesmaid Akemi Yamamoto Jordan to her right and then her parents Yoshino Yamamoto and Tokio Yamamoto. Group is standing in front of a gold curtain.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Tokio and Yoshino Yamamoto family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women and one man posing at a wedding. Bride, Reiko Moizumi is standing on far left with bridesmaid Akemi Yamamoto Jordan to her right and then her parents Yoshino Yamamoto and Tokio Yamamoto. Group is standing in front of a gold curtain.
Subjects
Ceremonies - Weddings
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Names
Yamamoto, Yoshino Tamura
Moizumi, Reiko Yamamoto
Jordan, Akemi Yamamoto
Yamamoto, Tokio
Accession Code
BV016.11.5
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
27 Sep. 1975 (date of original), copied 2016
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
4/24/2016
Scale
100
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Reiko Moizumi’s wedding

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4322
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
27 Sep. 1975 (date of original), copied 2016
Collection/Fonds
Tokio and Yoshino Yamamoto family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of at the wedding of Reiko Moizumi (nee Yamamoto). From L-R: Reiko Moizumi, Kao Kakiuchi (flowergirl), Akemi Jordan (nee Yamamoto), Christine Matwick (nee Toda). Group is standing oustside, in front of a house.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Tokio and Yoshino Yamamoto family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of at the wedding of Reiko Moizumi (nee Yamamoto). From L-R: Reiko Moizumi, Kao Kakiuchi (flowergirl), Akemi Jordan (nee Yamamoto), Christine Matwick (nee Toda). Group is standing oustside, in front of a house.
Subjects
Ceremonies - Weddings
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Names
Moizumi, Reiko Yamamoto
Kakiuchi, Kao
Jordan, Akemi Yamamoto
Matwick, Christine Toda
Accession Code
BV016.11.6
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
27 Sep. 1975 (date of original), copied 2016
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
4/24/2016
Scale
100
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Reiko Moizumi’s wedding

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4323
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
27 Sep. 1975 (date of original), copied 2016
Collection/Fonds
Tokio and Yoshino Yamamoto family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of at the wedding of Reiko Moizumi (nee Yamamoto). From L-R: Reiko Moizumi, Kao Kakiuchi (flowergirl), Akemi Jordan (nee Yamamoto), Christine Matwick (nee Toda), Yoshino Yamamoto. Group is standing oustside, in front of a house.Group is standing in front of a gold curtain.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Tokio and Yoshino Yamamoto family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of at the wedding of Reiko Moizumi (nee Yamamoto). From L-R: Reiko Moizumi, Kao Kakiuchi (flowergirl), Akemi Jordan (nee Yamamoto), Christine Matwick (nee Toda), Yoshino Yamamoto. Group is standing oustside, in front of a house.Group is standing in front of a gold curtain.
Subjects
Ceremonies - Weddings
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Names
Jordan, Akemi Yamamoto
Kakiuchi, Kao
Matwick, Christine Toda
Moizumi, Reiko Yamamoto
Yamamoto, Yoshino Tamura
Accession Code
BV016.11.7
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
27 Sep. 1975 (date of original), copied 2016
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
4/24/2016
Scale
100
Images
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Reiko Moizumi’s wedding

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4324
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
27 Sep. 1975 (date of original), copied 2016
Collection/Fonds
Tokio and Yoshino Yamamoto family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of group portrait at the wedding of Reiko Moizumi and Masashi Moizumo. From Left to Right: Jun Hayashida, Mr. Sugita, Masashi Moizumo, Reiko Moizumi (nee Yamamoto), Akemi Jordan (nee Yakamoto), Yoshino Yamamoto (nee Tamura), Tokio Yamamoto, Christine Matwick (nee Toda). Flowergirl in fro…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Tokio and Yoshino Yamamoto family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of group portrait at the wedding of Reiko Moizumi and Masashi Moizumo. From Left to Right: Jun Hayashida, Mr. Sugita, Masashi Moizumo, Reiko Moizumi (nee Yamamoto), Akemi Jordan (nee Yakamoto), Yoshino Yamamoto (nee Tamura), Tokio Yamamoto, Christine Matwick (nee Toda). Flowergirl in front is Kayo Kaiuchi. Group is standing outside in front of trees.
Subjects
Ceremonies - Weddings
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Names
Hayashida, Jun
Jordan, Akemi Yamamoto
Kakiuchi, Kao
Matwick, Christine Toda
Moizumi, Masashi
Moizumi, Reiko Yamamoto
Sugita, Mr.
Yamamoto, Tokio
Yamamoto, Yoshino Tamura
Accession Code
BV016.11.8
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
27 Sep. 1975 (date of original), copied 2016
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
4/24/2016
Scale
100
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Roof Collapse at Metrotown Save-on-Foods

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1166
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
April 1988
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. 19.5 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of the aftermath of the Save-on-Foods roof collapse at Metrotown on April 23, 1988. The rooftop parking lot has caved into the store along with the cars parked in that section. Workmen and police officers are standing in the parking lot.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. 19.5 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of the aftermath of the Save-on-Foods roof collapse at Metrotown on April 23, 1988. The rooftop parking lot has caved into the store along with the cars parked in that section. Workmen and police officers are standing in the parking lot.
Subjects
Accidents
Names
Metrotown
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4800 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV992.51.1
Access Restriction
Restricted access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
April 1988
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Photographer
Hodge, Craig
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Sukegoro, Harding and Yasue Yasui with family car

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15217
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1927] (date of original), copied 2004
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of Sukegoro Yasui with his daughter, Yasue and son, Harding with their 1918 Dodge sedan. Mr. Yasui is standing next to the car and his children are standing on ther running board. The car is parked on the side of a bridge with a wooden railing.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Series
Yasui family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of Sukegoro Yasui with his daughter, Yasue and son, Harding with their 1918 Dodge sedan. Mr. Yasui is standing next to the car and his children are standing on ther running board. The car is parked on the side of a bridge with a wooden railing.
Subjects
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Transportation - Automobiles
Persons - Children
Names
Matsumura, Yasue Yasui "Margaret"
Yasui, Harding
Yasui, Sukegoro
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Accession Code
BV019.32.37
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1927] (date of original), copied 2004
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
See page 129 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "Mr. Sukegoro Yasui with Yasue and Harding by their 1918 Dodge car, 1926"
Date of photograph [1927] based on birth dates of Yasue "Margaret"- born 1921 and Harding Yasui- born July 1923
In the Shadow by the Sea spells Sukegoro's wife's name as "Lane" (Harata) Yasui, obits for Sukegoro Yasui and his wife use the spelling "Tane" Hirata Yasui.
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