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Japan fruit growers mandarin oranges

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14839
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
15 Dec. 1978
Collection/Fonds
Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.7 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an arrangement of six mandarin oranges identified with labels as "Japan Fruit Growers - December 15, 1978" with two different sizes measuring, 62 milimetres and 64 milimetres.Oranges are arranged on a sheet of cardboard in two rows of three with labels at the top and bottom.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
Series
Cecil Lee business records series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.7 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an arrangement of six mandarin oranges identified with labels as "Japan Fruit Growers - December 15, 1978" with two different sizes measuring, 62 milimetres and 64 milimetres.Oranges are arranged on a sheet of cardboard in two rows of three with labels at the top and bottom.
Subjects
Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
Foods
Accession Code
BV019.6.70
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
15 Dec. 1978
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
20-Jan-2021
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Item is part of a scrapbook album created by Cecil Lee
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Rotary Club of Kushiro, Japan

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1962 and 1968]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm, mounted in folder 38 x 25.5 cm, folded to 25.5 x 19 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of officers of the Rotary Club of Kushiro, Japan, sister city to Burnaby. Nine men in suits are seated and standing next to a podium (with a microphone) with sign that reads, "ROTARY CLUB OF KUSHIRO." The rotary club's flag and the Japanese flag hang from the windows behind the men. K. N…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm, mounted in folder 38 x 25.5 cm, folded to 25.5 x 19 cm
Material Details
Photograph is mounted inside a brown cardboard folder with a tissue paper lining and the word "PHOTO GRAPH" gold-leafed on the front cover
Scope and Content
Photograph of officers of the Rotary Club of Kushiro, Japan, sister city to Burnaby. Nine men in suits are seated and standing next to a podium (with a microphone) with sign that reads, "ROTARY CLUB OF KUSHIRO." The rotary club's flag and the Japanese flag hang from the windows behind the men. K. Noguchi is standing in the back row, second from the left and T. Kitampa is standing third from the left. Sitting in the front row are; Kenzokuro Higuchi, Y. Miyachi, H. Yoshida, K. Norishima (president) and S. Mihaha (vice-president).
Subjects
Organizations
Symbols - Flags
Names
Rotary Club of Kushiro
Noguchi, K.
Kitampa, T.
Higuchi, Kenzokuro
Miyachi, Y.
Yoshida, H.
Norishima, K.
Mihaha, S.
Accession Code
BV003.68.113
Access Restriction
Restricted access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[between 1962 and 1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on tissue paper lining (inside folder that houses photograph) reads: "Officers: Rotary Club of Kushiro Japan/ Sister City to Burnaby / K. Noguchi / T. Kitampa / Kenzokuro Higuchi / Y. Miyachi / H. Yoshida / K. Norishima (president) / S. Mihaha (vice-president)"
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Weekly meeting of Rotary Club of Kushiro, Japan

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1962 or 1963]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm, mounted in folder 38 x 25.5 cm, folded to 25.5 x 19 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Kushiro, Japan, sister city to Burnaby. Men in suits are seated at assigned tables, looking towards a man speaking at the podium. The rotary club's flag and the Japanese flag hang from the windows behind the men.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm, mounted in folder 38 x 25.5 cm, folded to 25.5 x 19 cm
Material Details
Photograph is mounted inside a brown cardboard folder with a tissue paper lining and the word "PHOTO GRAPH" gold-leafed on the front cover
Scope and Content
Photograph of the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Kushiro, Japan, sister city to Burnaby. Men in suits are seated at assigned tables, looking towards a man speaking at the podium. The rotary club's flag and the Japanese flag hang from the windows behind the men.
Subjects
Organizations
Symbols - Flags
Names
Rotary Club of Kushiro
Accession Code
BV003.68.114
Access Restriction
Restricted access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1962 or 1963]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on tissue paper lining (inside folder that houses photograph) reads: "A Snap: Weekly Meeting/ Rotary Club of Kushiro Japan/ Sister City to Burnaby"
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James & Agnes Smith Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
1907
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Royal Oak Avenue
Associated Dates
1907
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
During the Edwardian era, the western provinces were experiencing unprecedented population growth, and in response, in 1904 the Vancouver-based B.C. Mills, Timber and Trading Company patented a modular prefabricated building system that could be adapted to provide everything from modest one-room cottages to churches, schools and banks. Wall panels were assembled from the short mill ends of lumber and siding, until then just waste material that piled up in the millyard. These panels were bolted together on site, with the joints between the panels covered by distinctive vertical battens. Wall panels were assembled at the mill, pre-painted, and packaged with the other components and the instructions necessary to assemble the building. The disassembled building was then shipped to the waiting customer. As western settlements became established, labour and materials were more freely available and local construction companies could be more competitive in their costs. By 1910, this prefabricated system was rendered obsolete. The Smith Residence is a beautifully-preserved example of a B.C. Mills house, and is one of the models that featured a gambrel roof and a full open front verandah. This house was built by local contractor Mr. MacLean for James Smith, a ship’s engineer on the Empress of Japan, and his wife, Agnes. Agnes Smith continued to live here after her husband’s death and sold the house and property in the late 1920s with two of the acres being purchased by her daughter, Grace and husband Henry Pletcher to build a neighbouring house.
Locality
Central Park
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Oakalla Area
Area
1147.85
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
6186 Royal Oak Avenue
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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label

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90875
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV019.6.13
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV019.6.13
Description
label;paper label taken from orange crate; on white paper with photograph of mandarin orange in white sunburst; text on left side of label on yellow background reads: "J.F. / Growers"; text on right side of label on dark orange background reads "Japanese / Mandarin / Oranges";smaller text reads: "Grown in Japan Permitted in Hawaii, / Ida., Mont., Ore. and Wash. only. / Possession elsewhere illegal. / NET WT. 8 LBS. / Packed by / Japan Fruit Growers Coop. Ass'n / Product of Japan"; left top corner of label is torn off and wrinkled.
Object History
Item was part of a scrapbook created by Cecil Chue Kan Lee documenting the time he was employed as a Prodcue Buyer for Kelly Douglas and Company Limited and Western Commodities Limited in the 1970s and early 1980s. As a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas, Cecil Lee worked closely with local farmers along Marine Drive and in the Fraser Valley. The Burnaby company was one of the largest food distributors in Canada. In the mid-1970s, Lee was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with demand, Kelly Douglas looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business.
Reference
For other records in this collection see: Business records series of Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
Category
05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
Classification
Merchandising T&E
Object Term
Label, Product
Colour
Red
Orange
Black
Measurements
13 height x 19 cm width
Maker
Japan Fruit Growers Coop. Association
Country Made
Japan
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Labels
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label

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90876
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV019.6.14
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV019.6.14
Description
label;paper label taken from orange crate; on white paper with photograph of mandarin orange in white sunburst in bottom right corner; text at top in black ink at top reads: "The Original Japanese"; text beneath in red ink reads:"Mandarin / Oranges"; smaller text beneath reads: "NOT LESS THAN 30 ORANGES / GROWN IN JAPAN"; blacked out tex beneath reads: "43-52 ORANGES"; text in red ink "PACKED BY"; text in black ink reads: "JAPAN FRUIT GROWERS / COOP ASS'N"; circular stamp in bottom left reads: "JAPANESE GOVERMENT FANCY S-2"; text at bottom in black ink reads: "SHED S16/ JAPANESE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS / EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION"
Object History
Item was part of a scrapbook created by Cecil Chue Kan Lee documenting the time he was employed as a Prodcue Buyer for Kelly Douglas and Company Limited and Western Commodities Limited in the 1970s and early 1980s. As a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas, Cecil Lee worked closely with local farmers along Marine Drive and in the Fraser Valley. The Burnaby company was one of the largest food distributors in Canada. In the mid-1970s, Lee was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with demand, Kelly Douglas looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business.
Reference
For other records in this collection see: Business records series of Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
Category
05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
Classification
Merchandising T&E
Object Term
Label, Product
Colour
Orange
Black
Measurements
13 cm height x 19 cm width
Maker
Japan Fruit Growers Coop. Association
Country Made
Japan
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Labels
Images
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automobile

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact81964
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV012.14.1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV012.14.1
Description
Toy car - Made by Chiko - Japan in late 1950's. Pressed tinplate with a friction motor. The car is red with chrome accents, interior is green with pattern. Driver at wheel.
Object History
Used by Charmaine Yanko. It was a gift from Charmaine's uncle -- her dad's brother, Fred Yanko, who was less than a year younger than John Yanko. The Yanko family lived on Broadway in Burnaby. Annie D. Basiuk (later Yanko) was born on February 25, 1902 in Sheho, Saskatchewan (formerly Sheho, North West Territories). Daniel "Dan" Yanko was born in Kobilnicha, Ukraine in 1887 and immigrated to Canada in May or June of 1905. Daniel Yanko married Annie D. Basiuk and had thirteen children together. Their son, John Ivan Yanko was born on the family farm, near Kelliher, Saskatchewan, on June 27, 1923. In grade six, John was pulled out of school to help support the family. Eugenia “Jenny” Haresomovych (later Carman) was born August 8, 1904 in Galecia, Austria. She came to Canada in 1928, when her parents sent her to live with the Austrian consular in Halifax. A year later, she was in The Pas with Albert Edward Carman, with whom she would have three children. Their daughter, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman was born in The Pas, Manitoba March 24, 1929. Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) Carman later re-married Joseph Nagy who was born in Hungary in October 3, 1900. Jenny, Joseph and the children moved to Nelson, British Columbia, where Joseph worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway. At the age of twenty, John Yanko met his future wife Lillian Doris Carman while visiting relatives in Burnaby. Lillian received a rail pass because of her dad’s employment with the CPR and at fourteen had gone to visit her Godmother in Burnaby. John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman were married October 16, 1948 in Nelson, British Columbia and moved into the basement of John’s sister’s house on Union Street. Lillian began working at the downtown Woodward’s store as a cashier in 1948. In 1950, the young couple bought property at 7385 (later renumbered 7391) Broadway in Burnaby and began constructing a house as they could afford it. Knowing she’d be let go if she was pregnant, when Lillian was expecting her first child, Jenny sewed her several versions of the same outfit; they all used the same material, but each was a little bit larger than the last to accommodate her expanding girth. Rhonda, born in 1953 and Charmaine, born in 1955, grew up in the Broadway home. They attended school at Sperling Elementary, and later at Burnaby North high school. Lillian left her job to be a stay-at-home mom when Rhonda was born, but that changed in 1963 when John and Charmaine were in a car accident that left John temporarily unable to work. Joseph Nagy died April 20, 1962; his wife Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy passed away August 14, 1985. Daniel "Dan" Yanko died in 1976; his wife Annie D. (Basiuk) Yanko died in 1997. John Yanko later returned to work, establishing his own tile setting business and working until age eighty-two. John and Lillian lived out the rest of their married lives on the Broadway property. John Ivan Yanko passed away in 2010; his wife Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (Carman) Yanko passed away in 2011.
Measurements
Measures 12 cm. (h) x 35 cm (w) x 13 cm. (l)
Maker
Chiko
Country Made
Japan
Subjects
Toys
Names
Yanko Family
Bayntun, Charmaine "Sherrie" Yanko
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saucer

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact485
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
HV971.12.170
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
HV971.12.170
Description
Saucer; "MADE IN JAPAN"; SHOFU; white with pink flowers and green leaves; gold outline and trim
Object History
Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
Category
04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
Classification
Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
Object Term
Dish, Eating
Marks/Labels
MADE IN JAPAN / SHOFU
Country Made
Japan
Subjects
Food Service Tools and Equipment
Names
Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
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side plate

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact476
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
HV971.12.161
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
HV971.12.161
Description
side plate; "MADE IN JAPAN"; "SHOFU"; white with pink flowers and green leaves; gold outline and trim
Object History
Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
Category
04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
Classification
Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
Object Term
Dish, Eating
Marks/Labels
MADE IN JAPAN / SHOFU
Country Made
Japan
Subjects
Food Service Tools and Equipment
Names
Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
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spoon

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91556
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV022.13.1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV022.13.1
Description
Souvenir teaspoon from the 1984 BC Summer Games held in Burnaby.
The spoon is metal with a silver finish. At the top of the handle there is a small emblem surrounded by a fillagree design. The emblem has a green background with a gold illustrated bee mascot wearing a crown and holding a torch.
The handle of the spoon has a cross-hatch design.
Object History
This spoon was collected by Donald "Don" N. Brown. Don was involved with the Burnaby Historical Society activities and textual records pertaining to his career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. he donated many photographs to the City of Burnaby Archives because of his involvement with various community groups including the Oakalla Lands Citizens' Committee, renovations of Burnaby Village Museum, and the restoration of Interurban Tram no. 1223.
Category
08. Communication Artifacts
04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
Classification
Documentary Artifacts - - Memorabilia
Food Service T&E - - Eating & Drinking Utensils
Object Term
Spoon, Souvenir
Marks/Labels
"BURNABY 1984 / B.C. SUMMER GAMES"
"UNION. JAPAN"
Measurements
Height: 12 cm
Country Made
Japan
Subjects
Souvenirs
Sports
Food Service Tools and Equipment
Names
Brown, Donald N. "Don"
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Pioneer tales of Burnaby

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
c1987
Call Number
971.133 SON COPY 4
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Digital Reference Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
ISBN
096928280x
Call Number
971.133 SON COPY 4
Contributor
Sone, Michael
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Corporation of the District of Burnaby
Publication Date
c1987
Physical Description
495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Inscription
"TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
Library Subject (LOC)
Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
Frontier and pioneer life
Biography
Object History
Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
Notes
"Editor Michael Sone".
Includes index.
4 copies held: copy 4
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History of Burnaby Resource Guide

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7492
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
2019
Canadians worked in Burnaby’s small sawmills and industrial sites such as the Nichols Chemical Plant. However, diplomatic arrangements between Canada and Japan kept immigration low. Chinese immigration had also slowed because of a prohibitive tax on those entering the country (a “head tax”), and, after 1923
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Digital Reference Collection
Material Type
Digital Resource
Accession Code
BV019.63.1
Author
Burnaby Village Museum
Place of Publication
Burnaby, BC
Publisher
City of Burnaby
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
21 p. : ill.
Library Subject (LOC)
Burnaby (B.C.)--History
Directories
Object History
Created from research gathered by Burnaby Village Museum staff into the diverse History of Burnaby.
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Burnaby Mountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription81068
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 24, 1998
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 15.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three unidentified people on Burnaby Mountain viewing wood carvings donated by Burnaby’s sister city in Japan.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 24, 1998
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 15.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-1238
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2012-11
Scope and Content
Photograph of three unidentified people on Burnaby Mountain viewing wood carvings donated by Burnaby’s sister city in Japan.
Subjects
Arts - Sculptures
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Ray, Steve
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "72% Bby. 13 / 989 Bby Steve"
Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Accompanying caption reads: "June 24, 1998 989: / Visitors stop to learn more about the wood carvings atop Burnaby Mountain, a gift from Burnaby's sister city in Japan."
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Ed Kendall

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46165
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Canadian Pacific Airlines chief navigator, Ed Kendall working aboard one of the Canadian Pacific airliners "after acting as navigator for the historic Pacific test flight of the giant Boeing 707", which flew to Japan and back during typhoon Vera; striking on September 26, 1959, it was…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 14 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1053
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Canadian Pacific Airlines chief navigator, Ed Kendall working aboard one of the Canadian Pacific airliners "after acting as navigator for the historic Pacific test flight of the giant Boeing 707", which flew to Japan and back during typhoon Vera; striking on September 26, 1959, it was the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history.
Subjects
Clothing - Uniforms
Names
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Kendall, Ed C.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Digital Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
ISBN
978-0-9781979-2-6
Call Number
371 CAR
Author
Carter, David
Cooke, Rosemary
Pride, Harry, 1925-
White, Janet
Yip, Gail
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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Rooted : Chinese Canadian stories in Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7646
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
2023
Call Number
971.133 ROO
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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Timeless Spaces: Japanese Gardens of the West Coast

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17537
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
14 Oct. 2021
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (75 min., 44 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
Scope and Content
Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar. The webinar was presented on the Zoom webinar platform and also presented live on the Burnaby Village Museum Facebook page on October 12, 2021. The webinar was hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Community Engagement Coordinator, Christina Fr…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series
Subseries
Neighbourhood Speaker Series - Fall 2021 subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (75 min., 44 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
Material Details
Presenter: Tim Nishibata, member of the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association
Host: Christina Froschauer
Date of Presentation: October 14, 2021
Total Number of tracks: 1
Total Length of all tracks: 75 min., 44 sec.
Recording Device: Zoom video communication and Facebook platforms
Recording Note: Film was edited from it's original recorded version (83 min., 52 sec. ) to edited version (75 min., 44 sec.) for public viewing on Heritage Burnaby.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar. The webinar was presented on the Zoom webinar platform and also presented live on the Burnaby Village Museum Facebook page on October 12, 2021. The webinar was hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Community Engagement Coordinator, Christina Froschauer and presented by Tim Nishibata, member of the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association. The webinar is titled "Timeless Spaces: Japanese Gardens of the West Coast". In this webinar, Tim Nishibata explores the history and tradition of Japanese gardening in Western Canada. Tim shares background information regarding the; Nikkei Centre garden located at the Nikkei Museum and Cultural Centre; Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association; Nitobe Garden at University of British Columbia; Momiji Garden located at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) in Vancouver; Sakura Days - Cherry Blossom Festival projects at Van Dusen Gardens; YVR Japanese Garden Project in progress at Vancouver International Airport and The Kohan Reflection Garden in New Denver. Tim also shares information on the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association's future visions including a park size project similar to the Portland Japanese Garden. Tim supports his presentation with photographs and various resources related to traditional Japanese gardens and projects that the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association is involved in. During breaks in the presentation, Christina and Tim take questions from webinar participants on zoom as well as viewers from the live recording on Burnaby Village Museum's Facebook page. Near the end of the presentation, host Christina Froschuer mentions, the Kushiro garden located near Burnaby's municipal hall which is undergoing an expansion project to be completed in 2022. The Kushiro garden was dedicated in June 1976 in commemoration of Burnaby's sister city, Kushiro, Japan Resource links that were shared during the presentation include: Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association: https://www.vanjapangardeners.com Email: vancouvervjga@gmail.com Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre: https://centre.nikkeiplace.org Nitobe garden: (UBC) https://botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/visit/nitobe-memorial-garden Mimoji gardens: (PNE) http://hastingspark1942.ca/history/momiji-gardens Kohan Reflection Garden: (New Denver, BC) https://kohanreflectiongarden.ca/2020 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival https://vcbf.ca/community-event/sakura-days-japan-fair Heiwa Teien https://newdenver.ca/nikkei Roy Sumi CBC documentary "Borrowed from Nature" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/aboslutely-canadian-borrowed-from-nature-roy-tomomichi-sumi-japanese-gardening-1.5801058 Portland Japanese Garden http://japanesegarden.org
History
Tim Nishibata is a member of the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association. The Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association is an independent non-profit organization established in 1959. The association consists of professional gardeners and landscapers, aiming to promote Japanese Gardens through construction, maintenance, and education techniques. Members of the association have built many beautiful Japanese gardens throughout the Lower Mainland and work with other organizations in order to increase their knowledge of and expertise in Japanese gardens. The Association provides educational workshops to its members to improve professional knowledge and skills. In 1987, the Association started the Sumi Award, which is granted annually and recognizes outstanding work in the field.
Subjects
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Plants
Geographic Features - Gardens
Names
Nishibata, Tim
Froschauer , Christina
Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
Accession Code
BV021.31.3
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
14 Oct. 2021
Media Type
Moving Images
Notes
Title based on contents of video recording
Images
Video

Timeless Spaces: Japanese Gardens of the West Coast, 14 Oct. 2021

Timeless Spaces: Japanese Gardens of the West Coast, 14 Oct. 2021

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2021_0031_0003_002.mp4
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utility knife

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact81956
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV012.14.29
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV012.14.29
Description
A yellow plastic handled utility knife. The retractable blade is locked with a round black wheel held with a hexagonal brass rivet. Markings on the handle: "OLFA JAPAN" Markings on a black plastic moving portion behind the blade: "OLFA" Markings on the guide for the blade: an arrow head pointing backward. Markings on the blade: "JAPAN" "0.5" .
Object History
Hand tools used by John Yanko in his business as a tile setter. Annie D. Basiuk (later Yanko) was born on February 25, 1902 in Sheho, Saskatchewan (formerly Sheho, North West Territories). Daniel "Dan" Yanko was born in Kobilnicha, Ukraine in 1887 and immigrated to Canada in May or June of 1905. Daniel Yanko married Annie D. Basiuk and had thirteen children together. Their son, John Ivan Yanko was born on the family farm, near Kelliher, Saskatchewan, on June 27, 1923. In grade six, John was pulled out of school to help support the family. Eugenia “Jenny” Haresomovych (later Carman) was born August 8, 1904 in Galecia, Austria. She came to Canada in 1928, when her parents sent her to live with the Austrian consular in Halifax. A year later, she was in The Pas with Albert Edward Carman, with whom she would have three children. Their daughter, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman was born in The Pas, Manitoba March 24, 1929. Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) Carman later re-married Joseph Nagy who was born in Hungary in October 3, 1900. Jenny, Joseph and the children moved to Nelson, British Columbia, where Joseph worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway. At the age of twenty, John Yanko met his future wife Lillian Doris Carman while visiting relatives in Burnaby. Lillian received a rail pass because of her dad’s employment with the CPR and at fourteen had gone to visit her Godmother in Burnaby. John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman were married October 16, 1948 in Nelson, British Columbia and moved into the basement of John’s sister’s house on Union Street. Lillian began working at the downtown Woodward’s store as a cashier in 1948. In 1950, the young couple bought property at 7385 (later renumbered 7391) Broadway in Burnaby and began constructing a house as they could afford it. Knowing she’d be let go if she was pregnant, when Lillian was expecting her first child, Jenny sewed her several versions of the same outfit; they all used the same material, but each was a little bit larger than the last to accommodate her expanding girth. Rhonda, born in 1953 and Charmaine, born in 1955, grew up in the Broadway home. They attended school at Sperling Elementary, and later at Burnaby North high school. Lillian left her job to be a stay-at-home mom when Rhonda was born, but that changed in 1963 when John and Charmaine were in a car accident that left John temporarily unable to work. Joseph Nagy died April 20, 1962; his wife Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy passed away August 14, 1985. Daniel "Dan" Yanko died in 1976; his wife Annie D. (Basiuk) Yanko died in 1997. John Yanko later returned to work, establishing his own tile setting business and working until age eighty-two. John and Lillian lived out the rest of their married lives on the Broadway property. John Ivan Yanko passed away in 2010; his wife Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (Carman) Yanko passed away in 2011.
Measurements
Overall measurements: Length: 15.3 cm Width: 4 cm Thickness: 2.2 cm
Names
Yanko, John Ivan
Yanko Family
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World Invitational Rugby Festival game

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96742
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2002]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of unidentified players in action during a over-40s World Invitational Rugby Festival game between the Ebbtide of Victoria and the Priest Valley Vicars of Kelowna at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2002]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-2341
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of unidentified players in action during a over-40s World Invitational Rugby Festival game between the Ebbtide of Victoria and the Priest Valley Vicars of Kelowna at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
Subjects
Sports - Rugby
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in a May 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2341-1: "Ebbtide, of Victoria, and the Priest Valley Vicars, of Kelowna, battle for the ball at the World Invitationall Rugby Festival, at Burnaby Lake Fields. Fourteen teams from as far away as Japan and Portland, Oregon participated in the annual tournament, for rugby players over 40."
Caption from metadata for 535-2341-2: "A Priest Valley Vicars' forward pitches off the ball before he can be tackled by and Ebbtide defender, at the World Invitational Rugby Festival, at Burnaby Lake Fields. Fourteen teams from as far away as Japan and Portland, Oregon participated in the annual tournament, for rugby players over 40."
Geographic Access
Burnaby Lake Sports Complex
Kensington Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Ardingley-Sprott Area
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Air mail letter from Colin Fox to May Bateman

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15151
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
7 Apr. 1945
Collection/Fonds
E.W. Bateman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. (double sided and folded)
Scope and Content
Item consists of a typewritten air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment with the 44th and 78th Canadian Field Battery. In…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
E.W. Bateman family fonds
Series
Bateman family World War II letters series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. (double sided and folded)
Scope and Content
Item consists of a typewritten air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment with the 44th and 78th Canadian Field Battery. In his letter, Colin thanks May for her last letter; he tells of how he's been in touch with his younger brother Allan who is unhappy that he's too young to go overseas; wonders about the war in Japan and whether he'll volunteer after the war is over in Europe; he conveys that he is part of the Third Division and that they are going to get a new insignia patch with a rat in the centre due to their division nickname "the water rats" resulting from time spent fighting in the flooded areas.
Subjects
Wars - World War, 1939-1945
Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes
Names
Fox, Colin Rhodes
Bateman, Marianne May
Accession Code
BV020.27.38
Access Restriction
Restricted access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
7 Apr. 1945
Media Type
Textual Record
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
10-Feb-2021
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Air mail letter is addressed to: "Miss M. Bateman / c/o C.P.R. Land Dept. / Vancouver B.C. / Canada"
Circular postmark stamps read: FIELD POST OFFICE 487 / * / AP 10 / 45"
Stamp on outside of air mail letter reads: "PASSED BY / CENSOR / No. / 11800"
Return address on outside of air mail letter reads: "K19022 Sgt. / C.R.Fox"
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