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Bob and Grace Prittie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46032
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Prittie and his wife Grace at a Gala dinner. They are holding a pamphlet (or menu) which reads: "Canadian Council of Christians and Jews / Pacific Region / Brotherhood". Robert W. Prittie was New Democratic Party's Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnaby-Richmond from 1962 to 19…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-920
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Prittie and his wife Grace at a Gala dinner. They are holding a pamphlet (or menu) which reads: "Canadian Council of Christians and Jews / Pacific Region / Brotherhood". Robert W. Prittie was New Democratic Party's Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnaby-Richmond from 1962 to 1968. He was a Burnaby Councillor from 1959 to 1962, and served as Mayor of Burnaby from 1969 to 1973.
- Subjects
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Chinese Canadian history in Burnaby resource guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7608
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
restaurants along
Kingsway in Burnaby. Often their menus
featured “Canadianized” Chinese food
recipes such as chop suey and General
Tso’s chicken that were created to appeal
to Canadian tastes. Chinese customers
could also order authentic Chinese
cuisine “off the menu” such as steamed
pork patty
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV022.8.1
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
- Contributor
- City of Burnaby
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Physical Description
- 36 p. ; ill. (some col.), maps, ports
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)--Social Life and Customs
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Chinese--British Columbia--History
- Pharmacy--Canada
- Pharmacy--United States
- Pharmaceutical museums
- Directories
- Object History
- Chinese Canadians have contributed to Burnaby’s growth for over a century. The long and intertwining histories between Chinese Canadians, Indigenous people and other communities have shaped the founding of Burnaby and British Columbia. This resource guide was created because their life experiences and important contributions to Burnaby’s development are not widely known.
Images
Digital Books
History of Burnaby and vicinity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6890
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.1
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Place of Publication
- [S.l.]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch
- Physical Description
- 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Name Access
- Green, George
- Notes
- Autographed by author
- "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
- Copy 2 of 2
Images
Digital Books
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
- 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.
Images
Digital Books
John Duncan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80722
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 5, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Duncan, manager of the Burnaby Keg restaurant, holding a restaurant menu.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 5, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0984
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Duncan, manager of the Burnaby Keg restaurant, holding a restaurant menu.
- Names
- Duncan, John
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "2464 Bby"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
![Lee Wilson in Chancery Software offices, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2889.jpg?width=280)
Lee Wilson in Chancery Software offices
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97550
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lee Wilson, the Vice-President of Marketing at Chancery Software, posing next to a projection of a browser showing K12Planet.com on to a screen.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2889
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lee Wilson, the Vice-President of Marketing at Chancery Software, posing next to a projection of a browser showing K12Planet.com on to a screen.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an October 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Lee Wilson, the Vice-President of Marketing of Chancery Software, checks out the welcome menu of their K12Planet.com home and school community portal."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4585 Canada Way
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Lee Wilson in Chancery Software offices, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2889.jpg)
menu
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact20302
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.121.1
- Description
- Menu; Corporaton of Burnaby Annual Staff Dinner 1925. Cover - folded blue paper with blue ink "Corporation of Burnaby" inside decorative oval with "ANNUAL / STAFF / DINNER" below inside rectangular box and "1925" underneath; art nouveau motif at bottom inside rectangular frame; inner blue page, folded and glued inside outer page.
- Object History
- Menu of annual staff dinner for the Corporation of the District of Burnaby employees.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- List
- Marks/Labels
- "Corporation / of / Burnaby / ANNUAL / STAFF / DINNER / 1925" printed on front cover of menu
- Measurements
- 20 x 11 cm
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Leaflets
- Names
- City of Burnaby
Images
menu
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90063
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.232.16
- Description
- menu; cream cardstock; Corporation of District of Burnaby crest at top; black text reading: "CIVIC LUNCHEON / for / Their Excellencies Governor-General & Mrs. Michener / Burnaby_ 19 Novembre 1971"followed by menu of dishes served at the event; the occasion was the opening of the Heritage Village.
- Object History
- Object belonged to donor Mary D. Trainer, the Centennial Co-ordinator hired to help organize a variety of community events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of British Columbia's entry into Confederation. Mary Trainer was a member of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Menu
Images
menu
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91035
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1681
- Description
- Menu; black ink on beige paper; text in black reads: "MENU / . / 10c. / Candy Stick _ Cookie / ...../ 25c. / Ice Cream Cone {Strawberry, Chocolate, Vanilla} / Fudgesicle_Creamsicle / Ice Cream Sandwich / Tea_Coffee_Soup / Coca Cola_Orange_Lemonade / .... / 40c. / Pie (Apple Cherry Raison) / .... / 60 c. / Pie with Ice Cream [Cherry Apple Raison] / Ice Cream Float (Coke Orange) / Ice Cream Soda (Chocolate Strawberry) / .... / Cash Only Please"; [197-]
- Object History
- Poster was created by Heritage Village Print Shop and used at Heritage Village in the 1970s.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Menu
- Colour
- Beige
- Black
- Measurements
- 43.5 cm x 28 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
Images
menu
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91036
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1682
- Description
- Menu; black ink on beige paper; text in black reads: "MENU / . / 10c. / Candy Stick _ Cookie / 25c. / Ice Cream Cone {Strawberry, Chocolate, Vanilla} / Fudgesicle_Creamsicle / Sandwich / ICE CREAM / Tea_Coffee_Soup / Coca Cola_Orange_Lemonade / 40c. / Pie (Apple Cherry Raison) / 60 c. / Pie with Ice Cream [Cherry Apple Raison] / Ice Cream Float (Coke Orange) / Ice Cream Soda (Chocolate Strawberry) / .... / Cash Only Please"; [197-]
- Object History
- Poster was created by Heritage Village Print Shop and used at Heritage Village in the 1970s.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Menu
- Colour
- Beige
- Black
- Measurements
- 33 cm x 19 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
Images
menu
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91353
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.33.1
- Description
- menu; cardstock; printed on one side in black ink. Menu from Cougars lacrosse team banquet, October 29, 1934; signature at top in pencil reads "Hilda Higham"; signatures of attendees including team members, coaches and managers are inscribed in pencil on verso of menu. Text on menu reads: "B.C. CHAMPIONS, 1934 / Burnaby Cougars / Girl's Lacrosse Team / Annual Banquet / Canadian Legion Hall, Royal Oak, Burnaby / MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1934 / MENU... / GUESTS OF HONOR: / Hon. Pres. CHIEF DEVITT. / Hon. Vice Pres G. JEFFERY / Leauge Pres. A. PAUL; Past Pres. G. SNIDER / REEVE R.M. GRAUER / G. SPRING, Salmonbellies / L. DICKINSON, St. Helen's / E. BAYLEY, Bluebirds / J.C. MCKENZIE, Adanacs / Abbotsford Delegates, Pirates Delegates, Iroquois Delegates. / BURNABY COUGARS: F. Brown, I. Brown, E. Thornto, L. Brown, H. Higham, D. Elliott, J. Bullock, E. Gilmore, P. Bayley, Bernice / McMillan, M. Robertson, D. Atkinson, I. Mathew, K. McMillan, E. Winter, D. (Austin) Spring, E. Brown, D. McLean, A. Would, D. Davidson, / M. Garside, Buelah McMillan; Mrs. J. Elliott, chaperone; Audrey Elliott, / mascot; W.H. Fowler, manager; W.H. Bayley, coach."
- Object History
- Menu belonged to Hilda Higham Page who was a member of the Burnaby Cougars lacrosse team in the 1930s. The Burnaby Cougars women's lacrosse team was formed in 1930. The Burnay Cougars home field was located in Central Park and practices took place at Kingsway West School, Burnaby. Les Greenwood was the Cougars' first coach followed by Chief Andy Paul and Bill Bayley. Bill Fowler was manager of the team. The Burnaby Cougars won the championship in 1934. In 1937 the Burnaby Cougars re-organized as the New Westminster Cougars and fielded a team in B.C. Senior Women's Lacrosse League.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Menu
- Marks/Labels
- Two holes are punched in upper left corner of menu
- Colour
- Beige
- Measurements
- Length: 23 cm x Width: 15.5 cm
- Publication Date
- 1934
- Subjects
- Sports - Team Sports
- Sports - Lacrosse
Images
pamphlet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39330
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV998.60.2
- Description
- I.T.U Lessons in Printing - Pamphlet -- [1939]. A pamphlet created by the International Typographical Union titled "I.T.U. Lessons In Printing: A Series of Practical Printing Texts for Shop, Home, and School". This pamphlet is Job Unit III Lesson 7 of the series. The first lesson for this pamphlet is 'How to Set Programs, Announcements, and Menus". The pamphlet was copyrighted in 1939. The pamphlet measures 15.5cm x 23cm.
- Object History
- Donor was given the accessioned objects by Mr. Bob Hopson, ca. 1990.
- Colour
- Beige
- Title
- I.T.U. Lessons in Printing Job Unit III - Lesson 7
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Pamphlets
- Written Communication Tools and Equipment
Images
postcard; advertisement
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44794
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.46.1
- Description
- Postcard, black and white photo of "Green Gables" drive-in restaurant, half-timbered house; horizontal; white border, wider at sides; on photo at bottom left, "6241 East Hastings Street"; at right, "Vancouver, B.C."; "GREEN GABLES" is on roof; three large menu boards at left, car at extreme left; undated, but probably c. 1940s; on reverse in grey "MADE IN CANADA BY THE GOWEN. SUTTON CO. LTD.. VANCOUVER. B.C." "POSTCARD"; then at left below, "CORRESPONDENCE"; and at right, "ADDRESS"; unused; lightly soiled, creased corner
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Colour
- Black
- White
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Green Gables Drive-In
- Subjects
- Souvenirs
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
Program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90948
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.4.34
- Description
- 1984 BC Summer Games Civic Luncheon program. White card with "District of Burnaby Incorporated 1892" with cornucopia logo embosed in gold on front. Event details inside: "Sheraton-Village Inn/ Friday, July 20, 1984, at Noon" Menu and Programme, including address from W.R. Bennett.
- Object History
- Item pertaining to BC Summer Games which took place in Burnaby July 19-22, 1984.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Program
- Colour
- White
- Gold
- Green
- Measurements
- 12 cm high x 15 cm wide
- Subjects
- Sports
- Recreational Activities
Images
Documents
program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91354
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.34.2
- Description
- program; yellow cardstock cover folded; white pages folded within; staplebound; 16 pp of content. Front cover reads: "BURNABY COUGAR GIRLS / LACROSSE TEAM RE-UNION / 1930-1983"; illustration of a cougar inside circular border at centre; text beneath reads: "THE SHERATON VILLA INN / Saturday, May 14th, 1983 / 5 p.m. Cocktail Hour / 6 p.m. Dinner". Program booklet created for the fifty year reunion of the Burnaby Cougar girls' lacrosse team in 1983 and includes: note of address from Cougars' coach Bill Bayley; dinner menu; acceptence letter from Mayor William A. Lewarne; letter from the Canadian Lacrosse Association; 1930s photographs of the Burnaby Cougar Girls Lacrosse Team; list of names of South Burnaby Cougars; also includes copies of menus from past Annual Banquets and various excerpts on the history of the team.
- Object History
- Program was created in 1983 for a reunion of the Burnaby Cougars lacrosse team and provided to guests in attendance at the reunion on May 14, 1983.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Program
- Colour
- Beige
- Measurements
- Length: 21.5 cm x Width: 14 cm
- Maker
- A. H. Timms & Company
- Title
- Burnaby Cougar Girls Lacrosse Team Re-Union 1930-1983
- Publication Date
- 1983
- Subjects
- Sports - Team Sports
- Sports - Lacrosse
- Names
- Burnaby Cougars
Images
Documents
Rooted : Chinese Canadian stories in Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- ISBN
- 978-0-9689849-2-5
- Call Number
- 971.133 ROO
- Contributor
- Fong, Denise
- Lemke, Jane
- Codd, Lisa
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Printer
- Metropolitan Fine Printers
- Physical Description
- 203 p. : ill. ; 30.5 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Race discrimination -- Canada
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Farms
- Persons - Families
- Rights
- Rights - Human Rights
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Notes
- There are two versions of the book: English and Simplified Chinese (left, below) and the other in English and Traditional Chinese (right, below).
- From the late 1800s to the present day, Chinese Canadians have made Burnaby into a more vibrant and livable city. Rooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in Burnaby brings together a collection of diverse stories and photographs from the community, celebrating the legacy and contributions of Burnaby’s Chinese Canadian community spanning over a century. This coffee-table book features oral histories and interviews with descendants of multigenerational family farms, green grocers, corner stores, restaurants, and places of worship. Also included are archival research and community perspectives on anti-Asian racism, community activism, courage, and resilience.
- The publication has been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act by the Government of Canada in 1923. This federal legislation followed decades of discriminatory legislation by Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments that targeted Chinese Canadians by limiting opportunities to live, work and raise families in Canada. The Chinese Exclusion Act banned almost all migration from China and remained in place until 1947. Publishing this book in 2023 is an effort by the City of Burnaby to recognize the impact of discriminatory legislation on Chinese Canadians in our community, including discriminatory bylaws and practices implemented by Burnaby’s early municipal government.
- Edited by Denise Fong (Lead Researcher), Jane Lemke (Burnaby Village Museum Curator) and Lisa Codd (City of Burnaby Heritage Planner).
Images
Digital Books
Scraps and Dragons
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14273
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Oct. 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 video recordings (mp4) (11 min., 19 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo, subtitles
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of part one in a two part video series "A Taste of History" created by Debbie Liang and Joty Gill, University of British Columbia alumni and graduates from the Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM). Part one is titled "Scraps and Dragons". The film provides backgroun…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- UBC Partnership series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 video recordings (mp4) (11 min., 19 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo, subtitles
- Material Details
- Script: Debbie Liang; Joty Gill Narration: Debbie Liang Editor: Debbie Liang Subtitles: English; Simplified Chinese; Traditional Chinese Video Appearances: Kathy Lee; Eleanor Lee Interviews filmed by: Eleanor Lee Interview questions: Eleanor Lee; Debbie Liang Illustrations and Animations: Debbie Liang Photos, Images & B-roll: Vegetable letters from Shutterstock; Green onion and carrot footage from Debbie Liang; Chop Suey image courtesy of pulaw from Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC By 2.0); Chop Suey from Shutterstock; Menus by Amy Wilson; Gold Dragon booklet cover and menu image- courtesy of UBC RBSC Chung Collection (RBSC-ARC-1679-CCTX-309-122); Chop Suey Nation book cover, image courtesy of Douglas & MacIntyre; Dragon Inn: City of Burnaby Archives, 556-239 photo by John McCarron; Larry Lee, image courtesy of Eleanor Lee; VanTech, image courtesy of Mike from Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0); Bamboo Terrace, image courtesy of Rob from Flickr, public domain; Map image courtesy of Sentinel 2 from wikimedia Creative Commons; Salad bar inside of Dragon Inn Restaurant, Burnaby Village Museum, BV017.37.3; John Lee: City of Burnaby Archives, 535-0415, photo by Brian Langdeau; Photograph - Bar Inside the Dragon Inn Restaurant - Burnaby Village Museum, BV017.37.2; Chopping Mushrooms, footage courtesy of Pressmaster from pexels.com; Chopping Parsley, footage courtesy of Pressmaster from pexels.com; Kwan Luck from Debbie Liang; Crystall Mall as taken from the north side of Kingsway in Burnaby, image courtesy of w:en: Colin Keigher from wikimedia, Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license; Lok's Produce at Crystal mall (Burnaby) in the Underground Chinese Produce Market image courtesy of William Chen from wikimedia, Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International license; Crystal Mall foodcourt, image courtesy of Jay Friedman, Gastrolust; Restaurant and Dragon Innn art by Debbie Liang Music and Sound Effects: "Alison", "Acoustic Mediation 2" from audionautix; "Slow Motion", "Creative Minds" & "Cute" from bensound.com; "Kitchen sounds" & "Pop" from Debbie Liang; "Ding sound effect" from freesoundlibrary Video adapted from 2019 BVM intern project by Debbie Liang and Marcela Gomez Special thanks to: UBC: Joanna Yang, Jenny Lu, Denise Fong, Henry Yu; BVM: Kate Petrusa, Amy Wilson Changes to music may have been made for the purposes of this video
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of part one in a two part video series "A Taste of History" created by Debbie Liang and Joty Gill, University of British Columbia alumni and graduates from the Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM). Part one is titled "Scraps and Dragons". The film provides background information on the origins of the Chinese-Canadian culinary dish "chop suey" and tells the story of Chinese Canadian Chop Suey restaurants, highlighting the history of the "Dragon Inn" chop suey restaurant owned by Larry Lee. The film is supported with voice over in english, subtitles, animation, historical and family photographs and interviews with family members, Kathy Lee and Eleanor Lee. One version of the film is supported with subtitles in English while two other versions of the film are supported with subtitles in Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
- History
- In 2020, due to the restrictions of COVID-19, University of British Columbia student interns with the Burnaby Village Museum Chinese Canadian History in Burnaby project 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. Larry Lee was born in Kaiping, Guangdong, China and immigrated to Canada in 1949 at the age of sixteen to reunite with his father, Lee Soon. Larry Lee's father had been in Canada for years before his son immigrated to join him. Larry attended Vancouver Technical Secondary School and learned English and carpentry. After he graduated, he was hired by Mr. Wong. Larry and Mr. Wong operated an IGA grocery store at Lonsdale in North Vancouver. Following this, Larry worked as a cashier for his father at "Bamboo Terrace" Chinese restaurant in Vancouver's Chinatown. In 1958, he married his wife Kathy and one year later, in 1959 he started a new business of his own. Larry opened the "Dragon Inn" chop suey restaurant at 2516 Kingsway (at Slocan) in Vancouver. Once the restaurant was doing well, Larry opened the "Park Inn" at Kingsway and 25th Avenue. The "Park Inn" was the first Chinese food restaurant with a smorgasboard in Vancouver. With the success of these restaurants and subsequent restaurants Larry Lee opened three other "Dragon Inn" chop suey restaurants located at; 4510 Kingsway and Willingdon in Burnaby (1964); 250 Columbia Street in New Westminster (1971) and Hastings and Willingdon (1990s). In the 1990s Larry retained ownership of the Dragon Inn at 4510 Kingsway and Willingdon and sold the other restaurants. In 1996, Larry sold the property of the Dragon Inn and surrounding lots located at Kingsway and Willingdon to make way for the construction of Crystal Mall. Larry and Kathy Lee had eight children who all worked in the family run restaurants until they were sold.
- Creator
- Liang, Debbie
- Debbie Liang
- Names
- Lee, Larry
- Lee, Kathy
- Lee, Eleanor
- Liang, Debbie
- Gill, Joty
- Burnaby Village Museum
- University of British Columbia
- Responsibility
- University of British Columbia
- UBC Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- New Westminster
- Street Address
- 4510 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV020.28.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Oct. 2020
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Images
Video
Scraps and Dragons, Oct. 2020
Scraps and Dragons, Oct. 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0028_0006_001.mp4
sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91627
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.101
- Description
- Sign designed to look like a menu board for a movie prop. The board is printed on an aluminum frame dry erase board.
- The front of the board is white and has Chinese characters printed in red and green text with an illustration of a person in a chef's hat on the right side.
- The english translation is provided on the back of the board in the technical specifications.
- The technical specifications on the back include information about the scale, text colours, and movie information like director, production design, set number.
- Object History
- "Jimmy's Dumplings" prop created as part of a street scene in movie Fantastic Four 2.
- Jimmy Chow worked in TV and film as a property master for more than 42 years. A property master is responsible for building and procuring props that actors handle and use. This sometimes means making replica items that are lighter, false or make filming easier on the actor. This differs from set decoration, which uses props to create a backdrop and is less central to the action on set.
- Jimmy Chow was responsible for designing, managing, and sourcing props for films such as: BFG, Warcraft: The Beginning, X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Watchman, Tron: Legacy, Little Women, Seven Years in Tibet, Shanghai Noon, The Shipping News, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Changeling, Man of Steel (Superman), Snow Falling on Cedars, Legends of the Fall, And the Sea Will Tell, and Once a Thief.
- He entered the film industry in 1973 working for CBC Vancouver and gained valuable experience working on the set of the television series The Beachcombers, which launched his career.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Sign, Advertising
- Marks/Labels
- English Translation: Best Selection / Sun-Thurs 12pm-12am / Fri-Sat 12pm-2am / Daily Specials From 10 Yuan / Shanghai Noodle Soup / Green Onion with Braised Noodles / Souple Noodles with Shredded Chicken / Fried Rice Noodles with Beef / Diced Chicken with Sauce / Jimmy Dumpling
- Names
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
Images
