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Four men performing in a skit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17397
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified men performing on a stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Three of the men are dressed in suits and hats and holding newspapers and one man is dressed in a white lab coat. A painted back drop with gauges is visible behind the group.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified men performing on a stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Three of the men are dressed in suits and hats and holding newspapers and one man is dressed in a white lab coat. A painted back drop with gauges is visible behind the group.
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.146
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1959
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Simpsons Sears Days / Spring 1959"
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
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Four men performing on stage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17407
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified men performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified men performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.156
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
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Grade 1 Christmas concert at Sussex School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription21400
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Dec. 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Rogers fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five students of Sussex Elementary School dressed in costumes for a Christmas Concert. The students are in front of a Christmas tree inside a classroom. Bob Rogers is identified standing on the far left.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Rogers fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five students of Sussex Elementary School dressed in costumes for a Christmas Concert. The students are in front of a Christmas tree inside a classroom. Bob Rogers is identified standing on the far left.
- Accession Code
- BV024.8.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- Dec. 1959
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-03-26
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Grade 1 Christmas Concert at / Sussex School / Left to Right. Back Row / Bob Rogers, Lorne Patterson / Front Row: John Ashbee, Bruce Church / Not sure of third person"
- Note in coloured pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Lorne / Daren / Johnny / Bobby"
- Date stamp on bottom recto of photograph reads: "DEC_59"
Images
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Group of performers on stage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17403
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentfied group of performers on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Four men in the front row all have stockings pulled down over their heads. A backdrop behind them resembles a space craft.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentfied group of performers on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Four men in the front row all have stockings pulled down over their heads. A backdrop behind them resembles a space craft.
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.152
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
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Haskell and woman dressed as an Indigenous person
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17408
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and an unidentified woman dressed up in cosutme as an indigenous person on stage during a skit. The woman has her hair in two braids and is wearing a head band with a feather poking out of the back. The performance was part of a skit…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and an unidentified woman dressed up in cosutme as an indigenous person on stage during a skit. The woman has her hair in two braids and is wearing a head band with a feather poking out of the back. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- History
- The use of costumes by non Indigenous peoples depicting Indigenous peoples are not neutral forms of entertainment. Damaging stereotypes of Indigenous peoples feeds injustice and racism towards Indigenous peoples.
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.157
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1959
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Birthday Sale [sic] 1959"
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Interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19348
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1931-2022] (interview content), interviewed 25 Nov. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 56 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 57 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an oral history interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interview opens with introductions and how the content of the interview can be drawn on by Burnaby Village Museum for future …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 56 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 57 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Anushay Malik Co Interviewer and technical support: Kate Petrusa Interviewee: Dr. Sadhu Binning Location of Interview: Love farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: November 25, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 3 Total Length of all Tracks: (1:15:57) Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto three separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an oral history interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interview opens with introductions and how the content of the interview can be drawn on by Burnaby Village Museum for future exhibits and for researchers to learn more about the history of the South Asian community in Burnaby. During the interview, Dr. Binning shares his ancestral background along with his relatives' and his own personal experiences as a South Asian immigrant living and working in British Columbia and Burnaby. Dr. Binning conveys that he’s a Burnaby resident who’s lived in Burnaby since 1973 and that his children were born here. Binning shares his ancestral heritage beginning with his uncle Dhana Singh who emigrated from Punjab to British Columbia in 1931 and began working in the forest industry. He explains how Dhana Singh and another partner owned, operated and worked in small sawmills in the vicinity of Kamloops, Williams Lake and also on Vancouver Island. Binning conveys that in the beginning Dhana Singh and many other South Asian immigrants were not legal residents until 1938. In 1938, about 350 South Asian immigrants (mainly Punjabi) gathered resources to hire a lawyer to obtain permanent residency. Binning mentions that one of the notable South Asians in the group who was also a close friend of his uncle, was Darshan Singh Sangha, a trade unionist who was a founding member of the International Woodworkers of America (IWA) union and an active member of the Communist Party of Canada. Binning conveys how Darshan Singh Sangha returned to India in 1947 to be a part of the revolution, how he was very active in the communist movement in India. While in India, Darshan Singh Sangha, was known as Canadian and thereby adopted “Canadian” as his surname, becoming “Darshan Singh Canadian”. Binning further explains that his uncle Dhana Singh Sangha returned to India in 1951, married and came back to B.C. in 1957 bringing with him, his wife and children. In 1960, with the support of his uncle, Binning’s father, Jit Singh Binning immigrated to British Columbia and began working in sawmills in the lower mainland, Kamloops, Quesnel and on Vancouver Island. Binning clarifies that his uncle, Dhana Singh was able to immigrate to Canada with the support of his cousins from the Tarker Singh Bains family. Binning further describes Darshan Singh Sangha’s involvement with the Communist party and the IWA and how the majority of the members were from the forest industry. As an active and prominent member of the labour movement, Darshan Singh Sangha fought for the rights of South Asians and Chinese who working in the industry and facing racism, unfair wages and discriminatory practices. Binning describes how Darshan Singh Sangha wrote a book in English in 1943, titled “Rise of the New Asia”. Binning conveys how immigrants of Chinese and South Asian decent didn’t have the right to vote in British Columbia and how Darshan Singh Sangha was instrumental in obtaining the right to vote in British Columbia, although he was never given the credit. Binning describes his uncle Dhana Singh as a likeable guy with many friends, first living in Kamloops before moving to Vancouver. Binning imparts how the sport of wrestling is a popular Punjabi sport along with Punjabi kabaddi. He conveys that his uncle became involved in wrestling while working in sawmills. South Asian immigrants had to do physical labour working in sawmills, the work could be tough and could often lead to physical fights. A number of South Asian immigrants working in the mills already had experience as wrestlers from back home. Dhana Singh later left the lumber industry to work in the agriculture sector. Binning explains how immigration rules changed in the 1960s which lead to larger numbers of South Asians immigrating to Canada. Many of these new immigrants were educated and politically conscious. All of these new immigrants faced racism but being politically conscious from an independent India and with the ability to speak English they organized themselves to fight for their rights. Binning imagines the items that his uncle and his father may have brought with them in their suitcase when immigrating to Canada. Binning describes three items, including a rajai (a blanket with cotton inside that is sewn together), a bistra (small attaché case or trunk) and a piece of cloth to lie on. Binning further describes the roles in Indian society as caste divisions and that it was usually women’s work in making the rajais. Binning recollects the locations that his father and his family lived after coming to Vancouver. Binning explains that a few years after living together in Vancouver, he and his family moved to Burnaby in 1973 to be closer to his Dr. Binning’s wife, Jagdish Binning’s family. Dr. Binning and family lived in a house in Burnaby located on Irmin Street near Royal Oak between 1973 and 1987. While living at this house their children attended McPherson Park Junior High School and later Burnaby South Secondary School. Binning reflects on some of the racism that he and his family have faced while living in Burnaby which led him to write a poem that he published in 1994 titled “No More Watno Dur”. Binning explains the meaning of the title “Watan” meaning “country and everybody” “a country far way from the motherland”. Binning explains the origins of the magazine “Watan” that was started by a friend in 1973. The magazine got its roots in Vancouver in 1973 from an organization called the “Punjabi Literary Association”. Binning became the editor of the magazine in 1976 and his friend joined him as assistant editor in 1978. Binning continued to work as editor until 1983 or 1984 when he returned to school to complete his Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree. Binning describes the origins of the “Vancouver Sath” that was formed by a small group of South Asians around 1982. Binning was a founding member of the organization and held meetings and rehearsals at his house in Burnaby. Vancouver Sath first started out as an informal discussion forum by a group of politically conscious Punjabi writers and activists. Binning talks about issues and problems that Vancouver Sath addressed including; racism as well as domestic violence in the South Asian community. Binning explains how he and Sukhwant Hundal wrote articles on these issues and others that were happening in the South Asian community in Canada. Binning talks about how in 1983, the group was inspired to begin performing theatrical works after consulting with Gursharan Singh who was from a well known theatrical group from Punjab who were performing in Vancouver. In the beginning the Vancouver Sath’s plays were focused on the problems in Punjab but they soon decided to address social issues in their own South Asian community here in Canada. Binning summarizes and draws attention to, some of the plays that Vancouver Sath has written and performed including; “Picket Line”, about Punjabi women farmworkers’ rights; “Lattan de Bhoot”, about domestic abuse; “A Crop of Poison”; “Kihda Viah” (English translation- “Whose Marriage”) about arranged marriage and others about social issues in the South Asian community. The plays were performed in public schools and community centres in Vancouver and Richmond, Simon Fraser University and some were also performed in Toronto, Calgary and Williams Lake. Binning mentions some of the traditional foods that he likes to eat and where he and his family have shopped to find ingredients. He recalls how his mother, Gurmaje Kaur Binning did all of the cooking and was often cooking all day long. In the sixties, the Binning family address on 13th Avenue in Vancouver was also used as a postal address for many friends and family who’d recently immigrated. When these friends dropped by to pick up their mail, his mother often provided them with tea and food. After Binning and his wife, Jagdish moved to their own home in 1973, he shared in some of the shopping and cooking but his wife did the majority of the work due to his busy schedule. The interview closes with Binning providing an explanation of how “Watno Dur” magazine changed it’s name to “Watan” magazine. Binning reflects on how this came to be, when he made the decision to get an education in Canada and to stay here, not just as a “Canadian” but as a “Punjabi Canadian.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Dr. Sadhu Binning was born on May 10, 1947 to mother Gurmej Kaur and father Jeet Singh Binning. Due to lack of proper records management in India at the time of his birth, it is believed that he was actually born sometime in December of 1947. He grew up alongside two brothers and one sister in a village located in Kapurthala, Punjab. Dr. Binning attended secondary school in the nearby city of Phagwara, Punjab although he did not complete his education here. Throughout his childhood, he enjoyed reading both Punjabi and Hindi novels and learned how to read Urdu as well. Dr. Binning’s uncle, Dhana Singh immigrated to Canada in 1933 and returned to India in 1953. When Dhana Singh returned to Canada in 1957, he sponsored Dr. Binning’s father, Jeet Singh Binning to immigrate. Dhana Singh co-owned a few saw mills in British Columbia and also worked in the truck driving industry. Dr. Binning remembers that some people who had lived in Canada would visit their village and that they appeared to be strong and healthy and looked happy. He also noticed that they would eat meat, so whenever they would visit there would be meat available. In 1967, when he was nineteen and a half years old, Dr. Binning immigrated Canada to join his father. He recalls his father and uncle and a friend arriving at the airport to pick him up. During his first few days, Dr. Binning made the decision to remove his turban and beard upon receiving advice from his uncle. Dr. Binning first obtained work on a farm in Abbotsford, working alongside his mother. While working, Dr. Binning also attended English classes in Vancouver. Dr. Binning’s Uncle Dhana Singh worked in a Vancouver saw mill and tried to help find work for his nephew but was unsuccessful. Dr. Binning soon found work at a saw mill in Avola and worked there until the end of the summer until a friend helped find him work in a saw mill in North Vancouver. During his free time, he enjoyed camping with friends. In 1970, Dr. Binning left the saw mill after obtaining a job at the post office. The post office offered lower wages than working at the mill but Dr. Binning believed that he would become more educated working here. While working as a postman, Dr. Binning recalls facing a lot of discrimination and racism and was often referred to as a ‘Paki’ multiple times a day. In 1973, Dr. Binning married Jagish Sihota. Sadhu and Jagdish originated from nearby villages in India and met each other in Canada. Dr. Binning’s wife, Jagdish worked at the Royal Bank of Canada for thirty years until her retirement. While working, she also looked after the household and their son and daughter. Jagdish also handwrote a magazine, “Watno Dur’ (English translation: ‘away from homeland’) which was distributed in the community. In 1976, Dr. Binning became the editor of the magazine and the name was later changed to “Watan’ as they had accepted their new homeland of Canada. While working at the post office, Dr. Binning also attended night school starting in eighth grade. After receiving his high school diploma, he was accepted to Simon Fraser University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Anthropology and Sociology and in 1986 he obtained a Masters degree from Simon Fraser University. While attending university, Dr. Binning was very active within the community and wanted to work to improve society. He first thought that he would return to India to contribute and improve rights in his homeland but upon seeing the prevalence of the movements in Canada, he realized that work needed to be done here too. In 1983, Dr. Binning became a founding member and contributor to a theatrical collective known as “Vancouver Sath”. The theatrical group produced plays that represented societal issues and were invited to perform at multiple conferences throughout British Columbia and Canada. The group focused and acknowledged the many issues in Punjab and in Canada. One of the plays that the group produced focused on the exploitation of Punjabi women who worked on farms in Canada. Dr. Binning continued to be involved as an integral member of Vancouver Sath until 1995. Over the years, Dr. Binning has strongly lobbied for Punjabi language education and between 1988 and 2008 he worked as Punjabi instructor at the University of British Columbia. He first worked as a teaching assistant at UBC under Dr. Harjot Oberoi and due to low wages, he simultaneously worked at the Post Office. In 2019, Dr. Binning received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from UBC in recognition of his work. Since 1973, Dr. Binning has lived in Burnaby and has resided in the same home that he and his wife Jagdish purchased in 1987. In his free time, he enjoys cycling, watercolour painting, travelling abroad and going on road trips. Interviewer biography: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Industries - Forestry
- Foods
- Migration
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Organizations - Unions
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Performances
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Names
- Binning, Dr. Sadhu
- Binning, Gurmaje Kaur
- Binning, Jit Singh
- Binning, Jagdish
- Sangha, Darshan Singh
- Canadian Farmworkers Union
- Hundal, Sukhwant
- Sangra, Harjinder
- Singh, Dhana
- Vancouver Sath
- Responsibility
- Petrusa, Kate
- Malik, Anushay
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1931-2022] (interview content), interviewed 25 Nov. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning, [1931-2022] (interview content), interviewed 25 Nov. 2022
Interview with Dr. Sadhu Binning, [1931-2022] (interview content), interviewed 25 Nov. 2022
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Man performing in Simpsons-Sears skit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17409
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man on stage, performing in a skit. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S... BOYD'S BILIOUS BALM...".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man on stage, performing in a skit. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S... BOYD'S BILIOUS BALM...".
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.158
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
![Man performing in Simpsons-Sears skit, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0158_001.jpg)
![Man speaking into microphone, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0148_001.jpg?width=280)
Man speaking into microphone
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17399
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man speaking into a microphone while standing on a stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. A painted back drop with gauges is visible behind him.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man speaking into a microphone while standing on a stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. A painted back drop with gauges is visible behind him.
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.148
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
![Man speaking into microphone, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0148_001.jpg)
![Men dressed as women performing on stage, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0155_001.jpg?width=280)
Men dressed as women performing on stage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17406
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified men dressed in women's clothing while peforming on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified men dressed in women's clothing while peforming on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.155
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
![Men dressed as women performing on stage, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0155_001.jpg)
![Performers on stage, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0159_001.jpg?width=280)
Performers on stage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17410
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of group of performers on stage during a skit. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW". A man dressed in a cowboy hat is standing at a microphone and some of the performers behind them appear to be singing.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of group of performers on stage during a skit. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW". A man dressed in a cowboy hat is standing at a microphone and some of the performers behind them appear to be singing.
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.159
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
![Performers on stage, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0159_001.jpg)
![Pirates of Penzance photographs, [between 1950 and 1970] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/142-010-1.jpg?width=280)
Pirates of Penzance photographs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97576
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographs from a performance of Pirates of Penzance. One photograph is a cast portrait; the the other is a photograph taken mid-performance.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Clef Society subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 142-010
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographs from a performance of Pirates of Penzance. One photograph is a cast portrait; the the other is a photograph taken mid-performance.
- Names
- Burnaby Clef Society
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Note in pencil on verso of both photographs reads: "Please return to Nancy Gobis Burnaby Clef Society"
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph 142-010-1 reads: "Pirates of Penzance"
- Photographer's stamp on verso of photograph 142-010-2 reads: "L.C. Cailes"
Images
![Pirates of Penzance photographs, [between 1950 and 1970] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/142-010-1.jpg)
![Simpsons-Sears staff in skit, [1954 or 1955] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0104_001.jpg?width=280)
Simpsons-Sears staff in skit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17355
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1954 or 1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Simpsons-Sears employees performing in a skit on a make shift stage. A hanging gallows is set up on the stage and two men are wearing signs which read "Ottawa" and "Hamilton". T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby is identified standing on the far left. This e…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Material Details
- scalloped edge
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Simpsons-Sears employees performing in a skit on a make shift stage. A hanging gallows is set up on the stage and two men are wearing signs which read "Ottawa" and "Hamilton". T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby is identified standing on the far left. This event was part of Simpsons-Sears Days.
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4750 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.104
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1954 or 1955]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
- note on verso of photograph reads: "SS Days"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "276E"
Images
![Simpsons-Sears staff in skit, [1954 or 1955] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0104_001.jpg)
![T. Boyd Haskell at microphone, [1954] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0120_001.jpg?width=280)
T. Boyd Haskell at microphone
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17370
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1954]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby dressed in a costume, with a fake moustache and top hat. Haskell is speaking into a microphone at an unidentified event.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby dressed in a costume, with a fake moustache and top hat. Haskell is speaking into a microphone at an unidentified event.
- Names
- Haskell, T. Boyd
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.120
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1954]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
![T. Boyd Haskell at microphone, [1954] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0120_001.jpg)
![T. Boyd Haskell at microphone, [1954] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0122_001.jpg?width=280)
T. Boyd Haskell at microphone
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17372
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1954]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby standing on a stage and speaking into a microphone at an unidentified event. A man dressed in black face is seated behind him.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby standing on a stage and speaking into a microphone at an unidentified event. A man dressed in black face is seated behind him.
- History
- The use of black face minstrel performances were not neutral forms of entertainment. Black face creates damaging stereotypes about black people and these same stereotypes underpin anti black racism that feeds injustice towards black people.
- Names
- Haskell, T. Boyd
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.122
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1954]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
![T. Boyd Haskell at microphone, [1954] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0122_001.jpg)
![T. Boyd Haskell in costume on stage, [1954] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0119_001.jpg?width=280)
T. Boyd Haskell in costume on stage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17369
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1954]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby dressed in a costume, with a fake moustache and standing on a stage at an unidentified event. Haskell is standing at a painted backdrop of a bar and an unidentified woman is leaning on the bar from the other side.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby dressed in a costume, with a fake moustache and standing on a stage at an unidentified event. Haskell is standing at a painted backdrop of a bar and an unidentified woman is leaning on the bar from the other side.
- Names
- Haskell, T. Boyd
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.119
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1954]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
![T. Boyd Haskell in costume on stage, [1954] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0119_001.jpg)
![T. Boyd Haskell on stage, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0154_001.jpg?width=280)
T. Boyd Haskell on stage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17405
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.154
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
![T. Boyd Haskell on stage, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0154_001.jpg)
![Two men peforming in skit, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0147_001.jpg?width=280)
Two men peforming in skit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17398
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men performing on a stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. One of the men is dressed in a white lab coat and holding a newspaper while the other man is dressed in a costume with a stocking pulled over his head.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men performing on a stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. One of the men is dressed in a white lab coat and holding a newspaper while the other man is dressed in a costume with a stocking pulled over his head.
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.147
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
![Two men peforming in skit, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0147_001.jpg)
![Two men performing in a skit, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0151_001.jpg?width=280)
Two men performing in a skit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17402
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men dressed in costumes performing on a stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Both men have stockings pulled down over their heads and one of the men is uncovering a sign on the other man's back which reads "CHARGE IT". Backdrop beh…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men dressed in costumes performing on a stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Both men have stockings pulled down over their heads and one of the men is uncovering a sign on the other man's back which reads "CHARGE IT". Backdrop behind them resembles a space craft.
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.151
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
![Two men performing in a skit, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0151_001.jpg)
![Two men performing in skit, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0149_001.jpg?width=280)
Two men performing in skit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17400
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men dressed in costume performing on a stage. One of the men has a stocking pulled down over his face and appears to be dancing while the other man, standing behind him is dressed in a hat and suit and is holding a briefcase. Performance was part of a skit performed …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men dressed in costume performing on a stage. One of the men has a stocking pulled down over his face and appears to be dancing while the other man, standing behind him is dressed in a hat and suit and is holding a briefcase. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. A painted back drop with gauges is visible behind them.
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.149
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
![Two men performing in skit, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0149_001.jpg)
![Two women pulling man on dolly, [1958] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0144_001.jpg?width=280)
Two women pulling man on dolly
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17395
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified women pulling an unidentified man on a dolly through a group of people. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. The two women are wearing matching dresses and the man is dressed in a suit.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified women pulling an unidentified man on a dolly through a group of people. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. The two women are wearing matching dresses and the man is dressed in a suit.
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.144
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1958]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
![Two women pulling man on dolly, [1958] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0144_001.jpg)