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Chinese carnival site at night

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1936]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph taken at night from an elevated spot, overlooking a fenced site. In the middle is a pagoda-shaped building, lighted from the inside. There are parked cars along the fencing, and several buildings in background. There are a number of bright sopt lights, and a banner hanging on one side of…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 10.5 cm
Material Details
stamped on verso, l.r. [visible through gummed paper] "589"
Faint circular stamp mark of "Vancouver Drug Co." on verso, and gummed paper on each corner. The stamp reads, "Come to Vancouver's Golden Jubilee 1936/ 50 Years of Progress" outside its circular seal for "Vancouver Drug/ Co. Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"
Scope and Content
Photograph taken at night from an elevated spot, overlooking a fenced site. In the middle is a pagoda-shaped building, lighted from the inside. There are parked cars along the fencing, and several buildings in background. There are a number of bright sopt lights, and a banner hanging on one side of the fence that reads, "CHINESE CARNIVAL [illegible words]/ GRAND OPENING [illegible words]".
Subjects
Celebrations
Accession Code
BV985.5795.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1936]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Mrs. McDonald's 78th birthday gathering

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[ca. 1930?]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.99 x 9.53 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women and children standing in front of a hedge, posed for the photograph. Their clothes are mostly long dresses or skirts, short sleeved or sleeveless at top. There is a black dog lying on the grass in front of the people. The inscription on the photograph identifies the p…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.99 x 9.53 cm
Material Details
inscriped in black ink, verso, t. "ma/ Gertrude Bain/ Ida/ Mrs McDonald on her/ 78 Birthday/ Reta/ Mildred Lyness/ Harry, Alice, and Mary/ Idas girls"
The photograph has a decorative border printed around the image.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women and children standing in front of a hedge, posed for the photograph. Their clothes are mostly long dresses or skirts, short sleeved or sleeveless at top. There is a black dog lying on the grass in front of the people. The inscription on the photograph identifies the people as follows; back row of adults (l to r): "ma", Gertrude Bain, Ida, Mrs. McDonald, Reta, Mildred Lyness front row of children (l to r): Harry, Alice and Mary (Ida Girls). The occasion is Mrs. McDonald's 78th birthday.
Subjects
Celebrations
Animals - Dogs
Names
Bain, Gertrude
McDonald, Mrs.
Lyness, Mildred
Accession Code
HV983.42.105
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[ca. 1930?]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-11-07
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Participants of Lion Dance fundraiser

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
March 1938
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of people who were involved in the Lion Dance to raise funds for Chinese War sufferers which took place in Victoria, British Columbia on March 5th and 6th, 1938. The group has gathered in front of a Chinese Public School. A number of women wear bands across their chests that read, "MEDIC…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Series
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
Material Details
Chinese characters have been added to the surface of the photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph of people who were involved in the Lion Dance to raise funds for Chinese War sufferers which took place in Victoria, British Columbia on March 5th and 6th, 1938. The group has gathered in front of a Chinese Public School. A number of women wear bands across their chests that read, "MEDICAL AID FOR WAR REFUGEES" and a number of men are wearing the lion costume pants.
Subjects
Events - Fundraising
Buildings - Schools
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Celebrations
Names
Chinese Public School
Geographic Access
Victoria
Accession Code
BV985.5331.6
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
March 1938
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-01-23
Photographer
Gibson, Wilfred
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Photographer's handwriting on recto of photograph reads: "The Lion Dance, to raise funds for Chinese War sufferers/ Victoria B.C. March 5th + 6th 1938 / Gibson/ PHOTO"
Images
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Three women and baby

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 1, 1936
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of elderly woman sitting on a chair on the lawn. There are two younger women standing behind the woman, and a baby held standing up on a chair beside her. Behind the group of women and baby is a small dog walking towards the front. According to the inscription on the photograph, it was t…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Material Details
inscribed in black ink, verso, t. "From 1 yeare [sic]/ to 9[0] yeares [sic]/ the baby is one/ yeare [sic] and I have/ 90 yeares [sic]", in a different hand, "Mothers 90th/ Birthday. Etty/ Eva + Baby/ July 1/36"
Scope and Content
Photograph of elderly woman sitting on a chair on the lawn. There are two younger women standing behind the woman, and a baby held standing up on a chair beside her. Behind the group of women and baby is a small dog walking towards the front. According to the inscription on the photograph, it was taken on the seated woman's 90th birthday on July 1st, 1936, and the names of the younger women are Etty and Eva. In another photograph, the elderly woman is identified as Mother Laugley or Langley.
Subjects
Animals - Dogs
Celebrations
Accession Code
BV985.5901.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
July 1, 1936
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
For other photographs of the elderly woman, see BV985.5901.2 and .
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail