Research

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1923 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-535

Accession Number

BHS1994-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 12.3 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of William "Bill" Bearn taking his children for wagon ride on Marine Drive. There were eight Bearn children: Ruth, Gladys, Doris, Helen, Jean, Audrey, William "Bud," and Shirley.

Subjects

Transportation - Wagons

Transportation - Horses

Names

Bearn, Audrey

Bearn, Doris

Bearn, Gladys

Bearn, Helen

Bearn, Jean

Bearn, Shirley

Bearn, William "Bill"

Bearn, William "Bud"

Whittacker, Ruth Bearn

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Date

2020

Collection/Fonds

UBC Partnership fonds

Series

Back to the Roots Podcast series - 2020 series

Description Level

Item

Accession Code

BV020.28.3

Storage Location

Digital collection

Physical Description

1 mp3 recording (00:13:57 min)

Material Details

Podcasts hosts: Rose Wu; Wei Yan Yeong Persons from recorded extracts: Denise Fong; Josephine Chow Music: prod. riddiman Podcast Date: October 2020 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all tracks: 00:13:57 min Photograph info: Store front of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co in Victoria, B.C., 1975. BV017.7.191

Media Type

Sound Recording

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Item consists of a recording of part one in a series of three “Back to the Roots” podcasts about the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Part one is titled “A Family Farm”. 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. 00:00-02:21 The podcast opens with Wei Yan Yeong and Rose Wu introducing themselves and their topic- the Chinese Canadian experience in Burnaby and the people who have made important contributions to the city’s development. “A Family Farm” talks about Chinese-owned businesses which are family run. “The family-oriented nature of Chinese-owned businesses also extend to many of the early (and current) Chinese-owned farms in the Burnaby Big Bend area. When Chinese men first began farming in BC in the 1860s, a lot of them worked as labourers because they weren’t allowed to own land. After World War II many of these farmers were allowed to purchase lots, thanks to the Veterans Land Grant. These grants allowed returning veterans to purchase small parcels of land with government loans. Eventually, these men would start families on the farm, and many Chinese-owned farms became family-operated businesses where every member, male, female, child, and extended relatives were enlisted to work the grounds. And it was hard work, often from dawn to dusk, 6-7 days a week.” 02:23 – 07:50 This portion includes excerpts from Oral History interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) of Hop On Farms in the Burnaby Big Bend area. The interview was conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong. Josephine recalls growing up on the family farm with her six siblings. She tells of how the family pulled together money to purchase twelve acres along Marine Drive in 1951, her family’s background, daily life on the farm , responsibilities on the farm for her and her siblings and of how her mother had to balance working on the farm and providing for a family of ten to twelve people. 07:51 – 08:10 In this portion, hosts comment and reflect on their own experiences. “While it’s likely that a lot of this was done out of necessity and not being able to afford additional paid labourers, having grown up in Chinese households ourselves, we can definitely understand the rationale for these family-operated businesses and how it connects back to the Chinese understanding of family and kinship.” 08:11 – 09:06 In this portion, Rose and Wei provide information on the roots of the Chinese character for family “jia” in mandarin or “gah” in Cantonese. They explain that the term family is composed of two parts: the upper element is like a roof, symbolizing shelter, and the bottom part represents a pig which symbolizes food, whereby the Chinese character for family represents that of a farm. They provide a quote from the writings of Francois de Martin-Donos “In ancient China, the farm is an enterprise, a shelter that insures one food and work. The farm is a place to rely on, but in return, needs to be maintained, including a set of responsibilities. In other words, “family” is the insurance of a stable life.” 09:07 – 10:27 In this portion, the hosts speak about how traditional Chinese thought is heavily influenced by the teachings of Confucius and Confucius philosophy. They explain how Confucius emphasized five sets of human relationships that form the basis for society: ruler and minister, husband and wife, parents and child, sibling and sibling, friend and friend. Of these five, three are familial relationships also known as Filial piety – the respect and care for one’s familial superiors (such as parents, elders, and ancestors). They speak of how this is one of Confucianism’s main teachings and in this respect caring for family members is seen as a moral obligation. In China housing arrangements are in the form of siheyuan”s — a type of residence that featured a courtyard surrounded on all four sides with buildings. These traditionally housed one large extended family if they were wealthy enough. 10:28 – 13:08 In this portion, hosts provide further information on Josephine Chow’s family experience working and living on the “Hop On” family farm through the decades. An excerpt from the interview with Josephine Chow conducted by Denise Fong is included. In this excerpt, Josephine reflects on her past experiences on the farm and her present day experiences of her siblings running the farm. 13:09 -13:56 Final summary, credits and acknowledgements.

History/Biography

Beginning in 2018, University of British Columbia (UBC) students have interned with Burnaby Village Museum to create projects highlighting Chinese Canadian History in Burnaby. This project began as a joint partnership between Burnaby Village Museum and the UBC iniative for student teaching and research in Chinese Canadian Studies (INSTRCC), the UBC Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM), the UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL), the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC Go Global and UBC St. John's College (SJC). In 2020, due to the restrictions of COVID-19, the interns were asked to create virtual experiences to reimagine Burnaby Village Museum's historical Chinese Canadian programming in remote online spaces. Debbie Liang and Joty Gill (UBC alumni and graduates of Dr. Henry Yu's 2019 summer ACAM 390A Global Seminar to Aisa) returned to work with Burnaby Village Museum to create two short films showcasing the history of Chinese Canadian Chop Suey restaurants and piggeries in Burnaby. Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong (students in the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems) created a three episode podcast series "Back to the Roots" which delved into the topics of family-operated farming businesses, Chinese contributions to early local and alternative food systems, and Traditional Chinese Medicine and herbalism. During their research the interns interviewed Dr. John Yang and Burnaby Village Museum researcher and PHD candidate, Denise Fong.

Notes

Title based contents of sound recording

See also Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020 - BV020.6.1

Compilation of Research Resources used by authors Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong include:

Why is family important in China? https://medium.com/@francois_dmd/why-is-family-so-important-in-china-1617b13a67

Burnaby Village Museum - Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong Feb. 7, 2020. BV020.6.1 https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording12337

Covered Roots: The History of Vancouver's Chinese Farms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4WHS2Uf3JU

Burnaby Village Museum Shares Chinese-Canadian Farming History This Summer https://westcoastfood.ca/burnaby-village-museum-shares-chinese-canadian-farming-history-this-summer/

Chinese Market Gardeners in the City of Burnaby BC Continue to Practice Urban Agriculture https://cityfarmer.info/chinese-market-gardeners-in-the-city-of-burnaby-bc-continue-to-practice-urban-agriculture/

Chinese Market Gardening in BC https://www.bcfoodhistory.ca/chinese-market-gardening-bc/

Creator

Rose Wu

Wei Yan Yeong

Subjects

Persons - Chinese Canadians

Agriculture - Farms

Agriculture

Gardens - Market Gardens

Social Issues - Discrimination

Social Issues - Racism

Names

Fong, Denise

Wu, Rose

Yeong, Wei Yan

Responsibility

Burnaby Village Museum & Univeristy of British Columbia

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1912 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Richard Bolton subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

159-001

Accession Number

BHS1986-09

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the exterior of the Bolton house on Marine Drive.

Subjects

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

May 11, 1978

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-603

Accession Number

2003-02

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 15.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of professional musician John Hudson crouched in front of the windmill that he built next to his home on Marine Drive.

Photographer

King, Basil

Subjects

Occupations - Musicians

Names

Hudson, John

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

March 18, 1981

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-555

Accession Number

2003-02

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 16.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Aerial photograph of the Marine Drive bypass into Burnaby.

Photographer

Hodge, Craig

Subjects

Geographic Features - Roads

Aerial Photographs

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

May 1942

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Morris family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

278-002

Accession Number

BHS1992-08

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Morris family; Second eldest Laura Elizabeth (Betty), third eldest Dorothy Rhoda Adelaide, eldest Margaret Janet, and father Dr. Morris, along with youngest Muriel, mother Laura Maude Weegar Morris, third youngest Jessie Ellen, and second youngest Gertrude Kathleen standing beside a pathway at Marine Drive. Their dog Nemo is lying at Laura Elizabeth's feet. (Nemo was part police dog).

Subjects

Animals - Dogs

Names

Morris, Laura Elizabeth "Betty"

Morris, Dorothy Rhoda Adelaide

Sheldon, Margaret Janet Morris

Morris, Dr. Wesley Gardier

Morris, Muriel

Morris, Laura Maude Weegar

Morris, Jessie Ellen

Morris, Gertrude Kathleen

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

May 1942

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Morris family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

278-003

Accession Number

BHS1992-08

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Morris daughters standing on a pathway at Marine Drive, in a row from eldest to youngest: Margaret Janet (eldest), Laura Elizabeth (Betty), Dorothy Rhoda Adelaide, Jessie Ellen, Gertrude Kathleen, to Mureil (youngest). Their dog Nemo is lying at their feet.

Subjects

Animals - Dogs

Names

Sheldon, Margaret Janet Morris

Morris, Laura Elizabeth "Betty"

Morris, Dorothy Rhoda Adelaide

Morris, Jessie Ellen

Morris, Gertrude Kathleen

Morris, Muriel

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

May 1942

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Morris family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

278-001

Accession Number

BHS1992-08

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Dr. Wesley Morris and his wife, Laura Maude Weegar Morris standing beside a pathway at Marine Drive.

Names

Morris, Dr. Wesley Gardier

Morris, Laura Maude Weegar

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[192-?] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Richard Bolton subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

159-003

Accession Number

BHS1986-09

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Lou Haymoulde (child), Nancy Bolton, and a dog in the snow. The photograph was taken near Marine Drive.

Subjects

Animals - Dogs

Names

Haymoulde, Lou

Bolton, Nancy

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[192-?]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Richard Bolton subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

159-004

Accession Number

BHS1986-09

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Nancy Bolton standing in the snow near Marine Drive.

Names

Bolton, Nancy

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1944]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Thrussell family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

275-010

Accession Number

BHS1992-05

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a man driving a boy along Marine Drive in a small "trap", or light-weight, two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.

Subjects

Transportation - Carriages

Transportation - Horses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-281

Accession Number

2013-13

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows earthmoving machinery up for auction at a vacant lot on Marine Drive.

Photographer

Campbell, Peg

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Document collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 300 dpi

Scope and Content

Photograph of planning map of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, near the Chinese Market Gardens along Marine Drive.

Administrative History

Planning map of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, which is primarily the area farmed by Chinese and Chinese-Canadian market gardeners around Marine Drive between Royal Oak and Mandeville (present-day Nelson). Two Chinese/Chinese Canadian land owners can be seen on the map: N.G. Wah Sing (or Ng Wah Sing) and Yee Law (or Herbert Law).

Creator

[unknown]

Subjects

Agriculture - Crops

Agriculture - Farms

Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names

Chinese Market Gardens

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Accession Code

BV017.40.2

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Date

[between 1950 and 1959]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Storage Location

Digital collection

Scan Resolution

300

Scan Date

11/19/2017

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of copy scan of map

Herbert Yee Law was donor's father and this map may have originally been his copy of the city planning/engineering documents.

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1920] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Photographs subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

162-010

Accession Number

BHS1986-13

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a boy standing at a white picket fence holding onto a wheelbarrow alongside Marine Drive. The Unident house can be seen in the background.

Subjects

Structures - Fences

Transportation - Wheelbarrows

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-280

Accession Number

2013-13

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows men inspecting trucks up for auction at a vacant lot on Marine Drive.

Photographer

Campbell, Peg

Subjects

Transportation - Trucks

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w : copy scan

Scope and Content

Photograph is an aerial view looking south over the Chinese Market Gardens along Marine Drive.

Administrative History

Photograph shows various Chinese-Canadian market gardens in the Big Bend area.

Creator

[unknown]

Other Title Information

title based on content of copy scan

Subjects

Agriculture - Crops

Agriculture - Farms

Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names

Chinese Market Gardens

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Accession Code

BV017.40.1

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1950-1959]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Storage Location

Digital collection

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

11/19/2017

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph.

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

November 1, 1995

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

535-0033

Accession Number

2012-11

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 15 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Elayne Wong carving a pumpkin at Mandeville Garden Centre, on Marine Drive in South Burnaby.

Photographer

Langdeau, Brian

Subjects

Recreational Activities

Names

Mandeville Garden Centre

Wong, Elayne

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby Brian 2989 C / 97% Bby p.1"

Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Date

2020

Collection/Fonds

UBC Partnership fonds

Series

Back to the Roots Podcast series - 2020 series

Description Level

Item

Accession Code

BV020.28.4

Storage Location

Digital collection

Physical Description

1 mp3 recording (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

Media Type

Sound Recording

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

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/Biography

Beginning in 2018, University of British Columbia (UBC) students have interned with Burnaby Village Museum to create projects highlighting Chinese Canadian History in Burnaby. This project began as a joint partnership between Burnaby Village Museum and the UBC iniative for student teaching and research in Chinese Canadian Studies (INSTRCC), the UBC Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM), the UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL), the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC Go Global and UBC St. John's College (SJC). In 2020, due to the restrictions of COVID-19, the interns were asked to create virtual experiences to reimagine Burnaby Village Museum's historical Chinese Canadian programming in remote online spaces. Debbie Liang and Joty Gill (UBC alumni and graduates of Dr. Henry Yu's 2019 summer ACAM 390A Global Seminar to Aisa) returned to work with Burnaby Village Museum to create two short films showcasing the history of Chinese Canadian Chop Suey restaurants and piggeries in Burnaby. Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong (students in the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems) created a three episode podcast series "Back to the Roots" which delved into the topics of family-operated farming businesses, Chinese contributions to early local and alternative food systems, and Traditional Chinese Medicine and herbalism. During their research the interns interviewed Dr. John Yang and Burnaby Village Museum researcher and PHD candidate, Denise Fong.

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

Creator

Rose Wu

Wei Yan Yeong

Subjects

Persons - Chinese Canadians

Agriculture - Farms

Agriculture

Gardens - Market Gardens

Social Issues - Discrimination

Social Issues - Racism

Names

Fong, Denise

Wu, Rose

Yeong, Wei Yan

Burnaby Village Museum

McCue, Duncan

Elmore, Mabel

Responsibility

Burnaby Village Museum & Univeristy of British Columbia

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code

BV021.3.1

Description

Worn wooden cabinet made from Douglas Fir and cedar. The interior of the cabinet is painted a pale yellow. One third of the cabinet closest to the ground houses a large open shevling area with the back paneling visible. The middle of the cabinet has 5 slots for drawers with metal handles. One drawer is missing. The top third of the cabinet is split into 2 shelves with a yellow board bisecting the top shelf. Chinese characters are painted in black on the back of the shelving unit.

Object History

The cabinet was found in the Thrussell farmhouse on Marine Drive in Burnaby in the 1999.The Thrussell's land had been leased to Chinese tenant farmers by the Thrussell family and also previous owners. The City demolished the house, but they salvaged many items in the house before doing so. Of note are the Chinese characters and the joinery and construction of the cabinet. Chinese characters are painted in black on the back of the shelving unit The first two characters refer to pine wood and the last character is stem or branch.

Category

02. Furnishings

Classification

Household Accessories - - Storage & Display Accessories

Object Term

Cabinet

Colour

Brown

Yellow

Measurements

42” high x 42” wide x 14” width

Subjects

Agriculture - Farms

Persons - Chinese Canadians

Name Access

Thrussell, Annie

Thrussell, Ethel

Thrussell, Eva

Thrussell, Fredrick Thomas, 1901-1977

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - Nelson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Record Type

Artifact

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1930 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Pioneer Tales subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-015

Accession Number

BHS1988-03

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Marine Drive Game Farm, founded and owned by William "Bill" Greenslade's father, William Greenslade, Sr. It was located at 3295 Marine Drive (later renumbered 5421 Marine Drive).

Subjects

Agriculture - Farms

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names

Marine Drive Game Farm

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - 5421 Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Clinton-Glenwood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

November 14, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-150

Accession Number

2013-13

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a large truck going past the Marine Food Basket at 5886 Marine Drive and the Hawaii Cafe next door. The buildings were constructed around 1930.

Photographer

Campbell, Peg

Subjects

Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores

Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Names

Hawaii Cafe

Marine Food Basket

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - 5886 Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1950-1955

Collection/Fonds

Gail Yip fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

529-001

Accession Number

2012-04

Physical Description

1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph is an aerial view looking south over the Chinese Market Gardens along Marine Drive. The farm on the south side of Marine Drive, second from the east, is 4930 Marine Drive.

Subjects

Agriculture - Crops

Agriculture - Farms

Names

Chinese Market Gardens

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - 4930 Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1935]

Collection/Fonds

City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

625-037

Accession Number

2013-31

Physical Description

1 photograph (tiff) : b&w

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Newton Farm, located at Patterson Avenue and Marine Drive.

Subjects

Agriculture - Farms

Notes

Title based on content of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Patterson Avenue

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1905]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Thrussell family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

275-005

Accession Number

BHS1992-05

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. Half a dozen cows are walking towards the barn as the children mingle around them. The large barn is in the center, and the North Arm Dairy wagon is visible in the background.

Subjects

Agriculture - Farms

Animals - Cows

Names

North Arm Dairy

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - Nelson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1905]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Thrussell family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

275-006

Accession Number

BHS1992-05

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. The family is standing in front of the garage that houses the North Arm Diary wagon. The younger Frederick is standing with his arm across his brow, blocking the sun. His two sisters Ethel and Mary Anne are beside him. Eva is standing beside her mother Harriett, who has baby Edith in her arms. The elder Frederick is standing front and center. Another man stands off to the right. In the distance, half a dozen cows are walking towards the barn.

Subjects

Agriculture - Farms

Animals - Cows

Names

North Arm Dairy

Thrussell, Frederick T.

Thrussell, Ethel

Welsh, Mary Anne "Annie" Thrussell Phillips

Thrussell, Eva

Thrussell, Harriett Fenwick

Cleghorn, Edith Thrussell

Thrussell, Fredrick (1869-1909)

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - Nelson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1907]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Thrussell family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

275-007

Accession Number

BHS1992-05

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. A young child is sitting on one of the horses that is harnessed to the dairy wagon. The other horse has no rider, but a girl is holding on to the riens and sitting in the dairy wagon. A man is standing beside the horse with the rider, holding his reins. Two cows are standing in front of the barn, along with a woman who is holding a child in her arms.

Subjects

Agriculture - Farms

Animals - Cows

Animals - Horses

Names

North Arm Dairy

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - Nelson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1942

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Kay North subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

269-013

Accession Number

BHS1991-38

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 35 mm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of two women and a young girl standing in the snow outside, in front of the Riverway Mission.

Subjects

Buildings - Religious - Churches

Names

Riverway Mission

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - Patterson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm, mounted on card 18 x 23 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a class of eleven girls and two boys standing outside with their teacher Miss Annie Forrest at the Dundonald School. The students pictured in the photograph are; Maggie Byrne, Annie Thrussell, Nellie Woollard, Gussie Woollard, Elwood Bent and Tommy Brawnlie, Blanche Woollard, [first name unknown] Brawnlie, Ethel Thrussell, Norah Byrne, Mary Byrne, Bessie Woollard and Alice Woollard. Later called Fraser Arm School, Dundonald School was the fourth school built in Burnaby.

Subjects

Occupations - Teachers

Names

Dundonald School

Forrest, Annie Theresa

Byrne, Margaret "Maggie"

Thrussell, Annie

Woollard, Nellie

Woollard, Gussie

Bent, Elwood

Brawnlie, Tommy

Woollard, Blanche

Thrussell, Ethel

Byrne, Norah

Byrne, Mary

Woollard, Bessie

Woollard, Alice

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - 5787 Marine Drive

Accession Code

BV999.2.58

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

1906

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Clinton-Glenwood Area

Related Material

For a copy print from BC archives of the same image, but cropped differently, see HV976.40.3

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

08-Jun-09

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note on verso of photograph reads: "Dundonald School. 1906 Left to Right. Maggie Byrne, Annie Thrussell, Nellie Wollard, Gussie Woollard, Elwood Bent, Tommy Brawnlie, Blanche Woollard, Brawnlie, Ethel Thrussell, Nora Byrne, Mary Byrne Bessie Woollard, Alice Woollard."

Note in pencil on recto of photograph reads: "1906"

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1922 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Pioneer Tales subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-350

Accession Number

BHS1988-03

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Riverway East school, Entrance class. Identified are (front, 2nd from left) Ella Hardie who was later a teacher at Burnaby North High School; (2nd row, far left) Sabra Hardie. Ella and Sabra were daughters of Archie Hardy and his wife, Marie Hardie.

Names

Spencer, Ella Hardy

Hardy, Sabra

Riverway East School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - 5787 Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Clinton-Glenwood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1916]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Thrussell family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

275-015

Accession Number

BHS1992-05

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a Riverway East School class sitting and standing outside, in two rows, with their teacher standing behind them. Edith and Eva Thrussell are seated in the front row, sixth and seventh from the right, wearing matching dresses with large white collars.

Subjects

Occupations - Teachers

Names

Riverway East School

Cleghorn, Edith Thrussell

Thrussell, Eva

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 5787 Marine Drive

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Clinton-Glenwood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1908]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Thrussell family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

275-016

Accession Number

BHS1992-05

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a Riverway East School class standing in rows on the front steps of their school. Their teacher is standing on the ground at the bottom of the stairs.

Subjects

Occupations - Teachers

Names

Riverway East School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 5787 Marine Drive

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Clinton-Glenwood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1926 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-539

Accession Number

BHS1994-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7.1 x 11.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of three of the daughters of William "Bill" and Lavinia Bearn in their mother's flower garden. Mrs. Bearn sold the flowers in her flower shop. Two of the girls are holding cats. There were seven daughters: Ruth, Gladys, Doris, Helen, Jean, Audrey, and Shirley.

Subjects

Animals - Cats

Plants - Flowers

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - Boundary Road

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 10, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-249

Accession Number

2013-13

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows arch at entrance to Southern Slope Motel located at 4653 Marine Drive.

Photographer

Ross, Martha

Subjects

Buildings - Commercial - Hotels and Motels

Names

Southern Slope Motel

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - 4653 Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

November 14, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-228

Accession Number

2013-13

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a view from Gilley Avenue of the Glenwood Service Station at 5894 Marine Drive.

Photographer

Campbell, Peg

Subjects

Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations

Names

Glenwood Service Station

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - 5894 Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of students of Riverway East School located in South Burnaby. The children, aged about 7 to 10, are outside in front of the school building. A note in the accession file identify the students as follows: Back row (l to r): Ed Palanski, unidentified boy wearing a tie, Carla Smith, Hillman, Patricia Murphy, Pegg Gould, Hilda Murphy, unidentified girl, Pearl Young, Cyril Harcourt, Ed Parslow, and Frank Harcourt; Middle row (l to r): Pauline Whitaker, Nora Lackalau, Ellen Peterson, May Wong, unidentified girl, Dorothy Parslow, Gladys Yates, Sybil Yates, Phyllis Lloyd, unidentified girl, Evelyn Smith, and an unidentified girl; Front row (l to r): Barnard Clissold, Ronald T. Lerriault, Kennedy (last name unknown), Ted Towson, Arthur Yalis, unidentified boy, Sydney Harcourt, unidentified boy, and Jack Towson. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Riverway East 1922."

Names

Clissold, Barnard

Gould, Pegg

Harcourt, Cyril

Harcourt, Frank

Harcourt, Sydney

Hillman

Lackalau

Lerriault, Ronald T.

Lloyd, Phyllis

Murphy, Hilda

Murphy, Patricia

Palanski, Ed

Parslow, Dorothy

Parslow, Ed

Peterson, Ellen

Riverway East School

Smith, Carla

Smith, Evelyn

Towson, Jack

Towson, Ted

Whitaker, Pauline

Wong, May

Yates, Gladys

Yates, Sybil

Yalis, Arthur

Young, Pearl

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - 5787 Marine Drive

Accession Code

HV981.2.1

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[1922]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Clinton-Glenwood Area

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

27-Aug-06

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1941 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-313

Accession Number

BHS1994-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 12.7 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Riverway East School staff; Miss Walton (teacher) and H.J. Feakes (principal), with student Betty Hillman ready for May Day.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Occupations - Teachers

Names

Feakes, H.J.

Hillman, Betty

Riverway East School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 5787 Marine Drive

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Clinton-Glenwood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1921] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-662

Accession Number

BHS1999-03

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of students at Riverway East School (later Glenwood School).

Names

Riverway East School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Negative has a pink cast

Photographer identifed as "Bridgman"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - 5787 Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Clinton-Glenwood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1924 or 1925] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-663

Accession Number

BHS1999-03

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of all of the students at Riverway East School.

Names

Riverway East School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - 5787 Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Clinton-Glenwood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1912]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Thrussell family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

275-017

Accession Number

BHS1992-05

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the students of Riverway East sitting and standing outside. One group is in three rows on the lawn of the school, while another group is in the background just in front of the school.

Names

Riverway East School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 5787 Marine Drive

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Clinton-Glenwood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1912]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Thrussell family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

275-018

Accession Number

BHS1992-05

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a Riverway East School class sitting and standing outside on the grass.

Names

Riverway East School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 5787 Marine Drive

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Clinton-Glenwood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[193-]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Kay North subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

269-015

Accession Number

BHS1991-38

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 35 mm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Riverway Mission Sunday School bus parked outside of the Riverway Mission. The Sunday School children are all standing out in front of the truck, in the front yard.

Subjects

Buildings - Religious - Churches

Names

Riverway Mission

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - Patterson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1900]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Thrussell family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

275-001

Accession Number

BHS1992-05

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the North Arm Dairy and the rest of the Thrussell family farm at Marine Drive and Nelson Avenue. Froggers Creek is visible on the left.

Subjects

Buildings - Industrial - Dairies

Agriculture - Farms

Names

North Arm Dairy

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - Nelson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Less detail