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https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90883
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.6.17
- Description
- form; black text in Chinese and English on white paper; text in english at top reads: "Booking Form / Telex Call Through Public Booth"; table beneath heading with thirteen rows and two columns; english text from top to bottom reads: "Date / No. / Destination / Subscriber's Name / Present Address / Telephone No. / Account No. / The Following is to be Written by the Clerk"
- 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
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Form
- Colour
- White
- Black
- Measurements
- 19 cm height x 13 cm width
- Country Made
- China
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Forms
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