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Burnaby Businessmen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66166
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1890]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of early Burnaby residents and businessmen, identified as: Standing (l to r) - Louis Claude Hill, Nicolai Schou, Bernard Hill. Seated (l to r) - Unknown, Mr. Sharpe, Elliot Bell and unidentified man seated in the front.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1890]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-921
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of early Burnaby residents and businessmen, identified as: Standing (l to r) - Louis Claude Hill, Nicolai Schou, Bernard Hill. Seated (l to r) - Unknown, Mr. Sharpe, Elliot Bell and unidentified man seated in the front.
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Names
Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"
Schou, Nicolai
Hill, Bernard R.
Bell, Elliot
Sharpe, Richard
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Thompson, S.J.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's signature on recto
Photographer's stamp on verso reads: "S. J. Thompson / Artistic Photographer"
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Mrs. Tom Jun, Mrs. Chang Yat Wing, and Alice Grant

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36880
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[191-?] (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 12.7 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Tom Jun, Mrs. Chang Yat Wing and Alice Grant standing in front of a house.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[191-?] (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 ; 8.6 x 12.7 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
315-338
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1994-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Tom Jun, Mrs. Chang Yat Wing and Alice Grant standing in front of a house.
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Names
Chang, Mrs. Yat Wing
Grant, Alice Taylor
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph;
Annotation on back of photo reads, "Mr. Grant's clients"
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Sing Duck mowing the lawn at Brookfield

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38829
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1904]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 5.7 x 8.2 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the front garden of Brookfield, the house belonging to Claude Hill and his family in the Burnaby Lake area. The family's house servant, Sing Duck, is shown mowing the lawn while Kitty Hill can be seen in the foreground with her back to the camera. The property is the current site of…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1904]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 5.7 x 8.2 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-148
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the front garden of Brookfield, the house belonging to Claude Hill and his family in the Burnaby Lake area. The family's house servant, Sing Duck, is shown mowing the lawn while Kitty Hill can be seen in the foreground with her back to the camera. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Names
Hill Family
Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
Duck, Sing
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Deer Lake Avenue
Street Address
6501 Deer Lake Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
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Sing Duck mowing the lawn

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38844
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1904]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Hill family house servant, Sing Duck, mowing the lawn at Brookfield, the home of Claude Hill in the Burnaby Lake area. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1904]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-163
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Hill family house servant, Sing Duck, mowing the lawn at Brookfield, the home of Claude Hill in the Burnaby Lake area. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Names
Duck, Sing
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Geographic Access
Deer Lake Avenue
Street Address
6501 Deer Lake Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
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bottle

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3306
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV989.34.1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV989.34.1
Description
Chinese medicine bottle, clear glass, very slight greenish-blue tinge.
Object History
This artifact was dug up in Burnaby near Deer Lake.
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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exercise book

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7000
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.1
Description
Exercise book, "Globe Stationery", for Mun Pow of the Lake Forest Academy Francais I - 1910
Object History
Some books in this accession are marked: "Mr. Chan Y. Leong, 111 Pender St. E., Vancouver B.C., Canada, North America, Western H."
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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exercise book

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7001
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.2
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.2
Description
Exercise book, for math, in very poor condition
Object History
Some books in this accession are marked: "Mr. Chan Y. Leong, 111 Pender St. E., Vancouver B.C., Canada, North America, Western H."
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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notebook

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7016
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.17
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.17
Description
Chinese record or minute book. Author: He Chang Jin Zhi Bu Translated title: Statement of Income and Expenditures for Hop Chong (company)
Object History
Some books in this accession are marked: "Mr. Chan Y. Leong, 111 Pender St. E., Vancouver B.C., Canada, North America, Western H."
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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notebook

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7018
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.19
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.19
Description
Chinese record or minute book Author: Guang Xue Si Shi Wu Nian Jiu Li Jin Zhi Bu Title translation: Statement of Income and Expenditures for Sam Kee Company. September of the 25th year of Guangxu (1899)
Object History
Some books in this accession are marked: "Mr. Chan Y. Leong, 111 Pender St. E., Vancouver B.C., Canada, North America, Western H."
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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wall hanging

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7019
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.20
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.20
Description
Chinese wall hanging
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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wall hanging

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7020
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.21
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.21
Description
Chinese wall hanging
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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wall hanging

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7021
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.22
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.22
Description
Chinese wall hanging
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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wall hanging

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7022
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.23
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.23
Description
Chinese wall hanging
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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wall hanging

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7023
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.24
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.360.24
Description
Chinese wall hanging
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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Bottle

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact9388
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.1795.1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.1795.1
Description
Brown, glazed, "Tiger Whiskey" bottle. Bottle has a tapered, narrow neck with fluted, lip opening on top and a wider, rounded body which slightly tapers off to the base. Some visible nicks on body of bottle. Item is first from left in photo.
Measurements
17 cm H x 10 cm W
Subjects
Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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bottle

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact10433
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV999.41.1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV999.41.1
Description
Bottle, ceramic, Chinese Tiger Whiskey; "Ta-Ga-Napi"; brown; globe shape tapers to narrow neck, which flares out around opening; no stopper; inside is light brown; ridged area near bottom; bottom and part of side broken off; some cracks, crazing, two chips on rim; soil adhering to surface
Object History
This artifact was found during construction of replacement foundations of Estate Cottage building at Fairacres (now Burnaby Art Gallery). It was found in 1998 during the restoration project.
Category
04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
Classification
Food Service T&E - - Drinking Vessels
Object Term
Bottle, Drinking
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
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bottle

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact10793
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV999.41.2
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV999.41.2
Description
Chinese medicine bottle, clear glass, very slight greenish-blue tinge; small chip at top; no stopper; soil residue inside
Object History
This artifact was found during construction of replacement foundations of Estate Cottage building at Fairacres (now Burnaby Art Gallery). It was found in 1998 during the restoration project.
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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opium pipe

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact12665
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.4206.1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.4206.1
Description
Pipe, bamboo, Chinese. There is a small hole at the bottom and a small piece of bamboo coming out of the pipe near the middle.
Category
03. Personal Artifacts
Classification
Personal Gear - - Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment
Measurements
60 cm length x 5 cm diameter
Subjects
Personal Gear
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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jug

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14391
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
HV984.21.3
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
HV984.21.3
Description
Stoneware jug with some dark, brown glaze covering from top to body with some missing at the bottom. Small lipped opening on top with small spout beside it. Used for soya sauce. Item is second from left in photo.
Object History
Objects in this accession were inherited by donor from the estate of her parents, Leslie and Ina Morrow of Vancouver.
Note in accession file states: "Stoneware pots & glass bottles found at cook campsite of shingle bolt camp on McNab Creek operating about turn of century. Found about 1970.".
Measurements
12 cm H x 15 cm W
Subjects
Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
Persons - Chinese Canadians
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