Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
. | Cooke, Rosemary, 1936- author. |
Pride, Harry, 1925- author. | White, Janet, 1942- author. | Yip, Gail, 1953- author.
Description : Includes index. | Summary : A history of the Burnaby school district
and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
Identifiers : ISBN 9780978197926
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
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Chinese Canadian history in Burnaby resource guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7608
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
to combat racism in
the educational resource: Challenging Racist “British
Columbia”: 150 Years and Counting
www.challengeracistbc.ca
�Ben Yip mined gold claims on Wild Horse Creek,
northeast of Cranbrook, BC in 1880-1881. With the
gold dust that he saved up, he established a farm
and a small business
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV022.8.1
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
- Contributor
- City of Burnaby
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Physical Description
- 36 p. ; ill. (some col.), maps, ports
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)--Social Life and Customs
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Chinese--British Columbia--History
- Pharmacy--Canada
- Pharmacy--United States
- Pharmaceutical museums
- Directories
- Object History
- Chinese Canadians have contributed to Burnaby’s growth for over a century. The long and intertwining histories between Chinese Canadians, Indigenous people and other communities have shaped the founding of Burnaby and British Columbia. This resource guide was created because their life experiences and important contributions to Burnaby’s development are not widely known.
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Rooted : Chinese Canadian stories in Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- ISBN
- 978-0-9689849-2-5
- Call Number
- 971.133 ROO
- Contributor
- Fong, Denise
- Lemke, Jane
- Codd, Lisa
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Printer
- Metropolitan Fine Printers
- Physical Description
- 203 p. : ill. ; 30.5 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Race discrimination -- Canada
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Farms
- Persons - Families
- Rights
- Rights - Human Rights
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Notes
- There are two versions of the book: English and Simplified Chinese (left, below) and the other in English and Traditional Chinese (right, below).
- From the late 1800s to the present day, Chinese Canadians have made Burnaby into a more vibrant and livable city. Rooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in Burnaby brings together a collection of diverse stories and photographs from the community, celebrating the legacy and contributions of Burnaby’s Chinese Canadian community spanning over a century. This coffee-table book features oral histories and interviews with descendants of multigenerational family farms, green grocers, corner stores, restaurants, and places of worship. Also included are archival research and community perspectives on anti-Asian racism, community activism, courage, and resilience.
- The publication has been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act by the Government of Canada in 1923. This federal legislation followed decades of discriminatory legislation by Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments that targeted Chinese Canadians by limiting opportunities to live, work and raise families in Canada. The Chinese Exclusion Act banned almost all migration from China and remained in place until 1947. Publishing this book in 2023 is an effort by the City of Burnaby to recognize the impact of discriminatory legislation on Chinese Canadians in our community, including discriminatory bylaws and practices implemented by Burnaby’s early municipal government.
- Edited by Denise Fong (Lead Researcher), Jane Lemke (Burnaby Village Museum Curator) and Lisa Codd (City of Burnaby Heritage Planner).
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Que fait Gaston? : a reader for young beginners
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary182
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Perley, Fannie
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Call Number
- 448.6 PER
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.120.30
- Call Number
- 448.6 PER
- Author
- Perley, Fannie
- Contributor
- Fitts, Clara Atwood
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- D. C. Heath & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Physical Description
- iii-vii , 134 p. : ill., music ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Front cover: "Tom "MacDonald" [printed in ink] Front end paper: "Peggy McKay 409-18 Ave East Vancouver BC" "K.L.H.S." [handwritten in ink] "Peggy McKay Vancouver BC" [handwritten in pencil] "Some of these Days" " Hello Melody goodbye" "jazz...." [handwritten in ink] Opposite of front end paper: "w15" [printed in ink, crossed out] "Patricia Quinn" [handwritten in ink, unique signature] "Bill Williams" [handwritten vertically in pencil] sketch of a female, in pencil and ink, signed "Peggy". next 2 blank pages covered in personal notes, handwritten in pencil back end paper: "Ireland & Allan Ltd. Books & Stationery 649 Granville St. Vancouver, B.C." [ ink stamp in purple maybe faded blue?]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- French language--Readers
- French language--Study and teaching
- Notes
- "Illustrated by Clara Atwood Fitts".
Union Zindabad! South Asian Canadian labour history in British Columbia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7611
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 331.6 SAC
- Author
- Sacuta, Donna
- Contributor
- Garden, Bailey
- Malik, Anushay
- Place of Publication
- Abbotsford, BC
- Publisher
- The South Asian Studies Institute, University of the Fraser Valley
- Publication Date
- 2022
- Printer
- Thunderbird Press Limited
- Physical Description
- xii, 118 p. : ills. ; 21 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Labour History
- Labor movement--British Columbia--History--20th century
- South Asian Canadians--British Columbia--History
- South Asians--British Columbia--History
- South Asians--Employment--British Columbia--History
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Notes
- South Asian Canadian Legacy Project
- BC Labour Heritage Centre
- Includes bibliographic references
Bancroft family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63795
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Bancroft family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-44
- BHS2004-06
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the Bancroft family and friends and ephemera pertaining to agricultural farming and the air force.
- History
- Rose Croucher was born to Ann Eliza "Annie" (b. August 1861, d. 1962) and R. Coucher in January 1895. In 1907, the Croucher family moved to British Columbia. As a student, Rose studied geometrical drawing using Blair’s Canadian Drawing Series workbooks. On on February 21, 1914, Rose married James Oakes Bancroft in Vancouver, BC. Together they had three children: James A. (b. 1916 or 1917), Rosie (date unknown), and George E. (b. August 1927). The Bancroft family were poultry farmers throughout the early 1900s, transporting their farmed eggs from Burnaby to the Hudson’s Bay Company Vancouver using the British Columbia Electric Railway system. Rose Bancroft also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Park Poultry Co-op Association in the 1920s until her husband's death in 1930 at the age of 42. In the late thirties and early forties, while James A. Bancroft was stationed in Calgary with the Royal Canadian Air Force, his younger siblings lived together with their mother and grandmother at 1963 21st Avenue in Burnaby. Rosie Bancroft studied French and English history in Social Studies in 1937; her brother George studied the seasons in General Science II in 1942. Rose died in 1965 at the age of 76.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Cartographic Material
- Creator
- Bancroft, Rose
- Notes
- MSS030, PC490, PC507, and MSS110
- Title based on creator and contents of subseries
The Canadian poetry book : a book of modern verse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary350
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Publication Date
- 1924
- Call Number
- 819.12 DIC Copy 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.24
- Call Number
- 819.12 DIC Copy 1
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Contributor
- Dickie, D. J., 1883-1972
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Publication Date
- 1924
- Printer
- Ballantyne
- Physical Description
- 111 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "AØ/35" [written in pencil] "Ethel Anderson 938 Fullerton Ave. Victoria, BC" [written in pencil] "14 24 66." [written in pencil] Throughout book: Study notes written in the margins, in pencil.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Poetry
- Notes
- "Chosen and adapted by D.J. Dickie"
- Author's full name and dates as follows: Dickie, Donalda James, 1883-1972.
- "A supplementary volume to the Temple poetry books" -- t.p.
- Includes index.
- Copy 1 of 2.
The Canadian poetry book : a book of modern verse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6475
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV987.5.16
- Call Number
- 819.12 DIC 1922
- Contributor
- Dickie, D. J., 1883-1972
- Place of Publication
- London ; Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Publication Date
- 1922
- Series
- The Temple poetry books
- Printer
- Ballantyne Press
- Physical Description
- 111 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Edith Jackson / 1660 - 17th Ave / Edmonds, BC / Edmonds St. School" [inside front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English literature--Textbooks
- Poetry
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Notes
- Dickie, D. J., editor and adaptor.
- "A supplementary volume to the Temple Poetry Books" -- t.p.
The Canadian readers : book III
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3254
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.195.127
- Call Number
- 428.2 CAN 1928
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co. Ltd.
- T. Nelson & Sons
- Publication Date
- 1928
- Series
- Canadian readers
- Physical Description
- vi, 238 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "S21" [phrase is crossed out and handwritten in black ink on front pastedown] "S21" [phrase is crossed out and handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "Janet MacKay 5087 Chester" [handwritten in pencil on back flyleaf] "Janet MacKay Janet Mackay 5087 Chester St Vancouver BC." [handwritten in pencil on back flyleaf]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- "Authorized for use in the Public Schools of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia" --t.p.
The Canadian readers : book V
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary656
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.2531.1
- Call Number
- 428.2 CAN 1926
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co. Ltd.
- T. Nelson & Sons
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Series
- Canadian readers
- Physical Description
- 416 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Marie Louise Ozanne Book V Tugaske Sask Age 10" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "Mrs. M.L. Chase 6073 Greenside Dr East SS I Surrey BC Canada V3S 5M8" [handwritten in pencil on back of front endpaper] "Marie Louise Ozanne Book V Tugaske Sask Age 10 In care of Percy G. Ozanne" [handwritten in black ink on back of "The Fathers of Confederation"]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- "Authorized for use in the Public Schools of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia" --t.p.
The Canadian school atlas : containing seventy-three maps with complete index
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary189
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. and enl. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1925
- Call Number
- 912 COR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.120.25
- Call Number
- 912 COR
- Edition
- Rev. and enl. ed.
- Contributor
- Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1925
- Printer
- The Temple Press
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (multiple pagings) : col. ill. (maps) : 29 cm.
- Inscription
- "This Book Cover is presented with the / compliments of / The Royal Bank of Canada", printed on front of jacket. Atlas / Peggy McKay / Florence Nightingale School / Vancouver BC" hand written on front of dust jacket. "Peggy McKay" [Handwritten in black ink on outside envelope] "Billy McKay 409-15th Av. East Vancouver B.C. Canada" [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "Jack McLennan" [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "Oh dear Baby face Drawn by Peggy McKay" [Handwritten in pencil around drawing of a woman's face on front endpaper] "Peggy McKay Florence Nightingale Vancouver B.C. Canada" [Handwritten in blue ink on front flyleaf] "Along came you, sweet little you, Just like a flower you came. You came into my heart never to leave me + never to part." [Handwritten in pencil on title page] "Liar" [Handwritten in pencil on title page] "867-5309" [Handwritten in pencil on contents verso] "Jenny's number... 867-5309, 867-5309 I got it, I got it, I got you number on the wa-ll I got, I got it, for a good time for a good time CALL" [Handwritten on contents verso] Handwritten story from front flyleaf to pre-title page verso (4 pages) Drawing of woman's face on front flyleaf. Song lyrics handwritten in blue ink on title page verso and opposite contents. List of names under the index, page 32.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Atlases--Canadian
- Historical geography--Maps
- Canada--History--Study and teaching
- Atlases
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Under the editorship of George A. Cornish" -- Pre Title-Page Verso
- "Prepared at the Edinburgh Geographical Institute to form a companion to the 'Canadian School Geography'" -- Pre Title-Page Verso
- "Authorized for use in the schools of the provinces of Nova Scotia, Quebec, Saskatchewan and British Columbia" -- Cover
- Contributor's full name and date as follows:George A Cornish (George Augustus), 1872-1960
The Dominion high school arithmetic
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5564
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.89.1
- Call Number
- 513 WJG
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co. Limited
- Publication Date
- 1928
- c1914
- Printer
- The Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Physical Description
- vi, 321 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "Homer Bone Jr. [handwritten in ink, inner front page] Sept. 18. 1937 Shawnigan Lake School" "R.D.S. Ross [handwritten in ink, inner front page] Shawnigan Lake School
- Shawnigan Lake B.C." "R.D.S. Ross Chemainus [handwritten vertically in ink, inner back page, right hand side] BC" "R.D.S. Ross [handwritten vertically in pencil, inner back cover] R.D.S. Ross R.D.S. Ross Chemainus Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Arithmetic--Study and teaching
- Arithmetic--Textbooks
- Mathematics--Textbooks
- Mathematics--Historical texts
- Notes
- "Authorized for use in the high schools, collegiate institutes, and academies in British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island."
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11914
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890]-1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 55 plans + 2 architectural drawings + 1 map + graphic materials + 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of survey and subdivision plans, a map and records created by Provincial Land Surveyors Albert J. Hill and Geoffrey K. Burnett and Donald Johnson McGugan and collected by Ronald G. Scobbie. Records include subdivision and survey plans in New Westminster District Group 1 including Dis…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 55 plans + 2 architectural drawings + 1 map + graphic materials + 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of survey and subdivision plans, a map and records created by Provincial Land Surveyors Albert J. Hill and Geoffrey K. Burnett and Donald Johnson McGugan and collected by Ronald G. Scobbie. Records include subdivision and survey plans in New Westminster District Group 1 including District Lots in Burnaby along with various school sites and church plans; surveying records regarding North Road and a map of the Burnaby Municipality. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Subdivision and survey plans series 2) School and church plans series 3) Map series
- History
- Ronald G. Scobbie was born in Scotland. After graduating from high school, he worked in the mines of Scotland which led to a career as a land surveyor. Ron immigrated to Canada in 1965 and settled in North Vancouver. In 1967 he became a partner in the surveying company of Hunter, Crockford & Scobbie in New Westminster, eventually owning it under the title Scobbie and Associates between 1980 and 1995. Ron sold the business in 1995 and retired as a BC Land Surveyor in December 2003. Ron was an active member of the B.C. Land Surveyors Association and an avid collector of surveying equipment and maps and plans that document the history of surveying in British Columbia. Upon retirement, Ron donated many historical maps and plans to various repositories located in different geographical regions throughout B.C.
- Scobbie & Associates land surveying company dates back to 1890 when Albert J. Hill first established his practice as a land surveyor in New Westminster. The company went through a series of Surveyors (owners) between 1890 and 1995:
- Albert James Hill (A.J. Hill) [1890] to 1912
- Hill & Burnett 1911 to 1912
- Geoffrey K. Burnett 1912
- Burnett & McGugan 1912 to 1947
- Burnett, McGugan & Hunter 1947 to 1959
- Burnett, Hunter & Douglas 1959 to 1960
- Hunter, Douglas & Crockford 1960 to 1964
- Hunter, Crockford & Associates 1964 to 1965
- Hunter, Crockford & Aplin 1965 to 1967
- Hunter, Crockford & Scobbie 1967 to 1973
- Crockford, Scobbie & Associates 1973-1980
- Scobbie & Associates 1980 to 1995
- Responsibility
- Scobbie, Ronald G.
- Accession Code
- HV984.57
- BV003.83
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890]-1932
- Related Material
- For other survey and subdivision plans created by land surveyors Albert J. Hill, Geoffery K. Burnett and Donald J. McGugan, see: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection - Survey and Subdivision plans series
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4648
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1908-1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) wh…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) while the shop was in operation at 1620 Government Street in the 1940s. Some of the records are written in English while a portion are written in Cantonese and haven't been translated. Most of the photographs document the content of the original shop at the time of aquistion in 1975. Some photographs of unidentified people may be related to the owner or proprietor of the shop. A collection of other photographs document various Chinese Canadian organizations that were in operation in Victoria. Records are arranged into the following series: 1) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series 2) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series
- History
- The Chinese Herbalist shop "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" operated in Victoria, BC from about 1905 until [1968]. The meaning of "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" can be translated as "Collection, Life, Source, Alive, Shop" although many interpretations can be taken since each Chinese character can have several meanings. Contents of the shop were purchased by the Burnaby Village Museum in 1975 and reassembled as a permanent display in the Burnaby Village Museum. The shop’s original owner was Ng Chee Fong who opened the shop ca.1905. In 1921, Ng returned to Hong Kong and sold the business to Lam Yuen and Wong Ying who were from Vancouver. Lam Yuen and Wong Ying employed Lum Chuck Yue to operate the shop. Lum Chuck Yue had formerly operated a small herbal counter in a Chinese apothecary store on the south side of Fisgard Street, Victoria. In 1924 Lam Yuen and Wong Ying purchased Wah Sun & Co. from Lee S. Yew and Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. moved into the Wah Sun premises at 1620 Government Street in the Lee Block . The furnishings and fixtures of both stores were combined, with the more elaborate fixtures from WSYWK remaining as part of the public part of the shop and the plainer fixtures of Wah Sun moved into the workroom and basement. In the 1930s Lum Chuck Yue took over the business and became the proprietor. In about 1934, Tan Yi Tang purchased the business and the shop reopened as Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. following renovations with Lum Yew Jong as the shop's proprietor. Lum Yew Jong continued to operate the shop until his death in 1967 at the age of 68 years. Following Lum’s death, the property and contents of the shop were purchased by Mr. J. Watson Marles, a local owner operator of an antique store at 1714 Government Street. The shop and contents went through a few more private owners including Rodney Pain before it was purchased by the Heritage Village Museum in 1975 with funds made available by the Vancouver Foundation and the Province of British Columbia. Contents of the original shop were reasembled in a reconstructed building as a permanent display on site at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Creator
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Accession Code
- HV975.5
- BV985.5331
- BV017.7
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1908-1975
- Related Material
- See also Artifacts under Accessions HV975.5; BV985.5331 and BV017.7
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds