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![Baseball team, [1929] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5755_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Baseball team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1383
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- The photograph shows 11 men posed together in what appears to be a baseball field. 7 of 11 men are wearing baseball uniforms. Most of them have or are wearing baseball gloves. The signatures on the back of the photograph may correspond to the identity of the men in the photograph. They are: D. Hamm…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Material Details
- stamped verso, u.l. "PHOTO BY/ C. J. Lord", inscribed in black ink, each line signed in different hands, " D. Hammell/ R. Wilson/ Martin L. Dalen/ Ed Marriott/ Wilf Mains [or Mairs]/ D. Bird/ W. Sobbs [or Gibbs]/ R. J. Pelchat [or Pelcher]"
- Scope and Content
- The photograph shows 11 men posed together in what appears to be a baseball field. 7 of 11 men are wearing baseball uniforms. Most of them have or are wearing baseball gloves. The signatures on the back of the photograph may correspond to the identity of the men in the photograph. They are: D. Hammell, R. Wilson, Martin L. Dalen, Ed Marriott, Wilf Mains (or Mairs), D. Bird, W. Sobbs (or Gibbs), R. J. Pelchat (or Pelcher).
- Subjects
- Sports - Baseball
- Sports - Team Sports
- Accession Code
- BV985.5755.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1929]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-01-23
- Photographer
- Lord, C.J.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Baseball team, [1929] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5755_0001_001.jpg)
![Burnaby-Hastings Rotary Club's Minor League Baseball team, [1967 or 1968] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200300680115.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby-Hastings Rotary Club's Minor League Baseball team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1689
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1967 or 1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16.5 cm (sight), mounted in folder 19 x 45.5 cm, folded to 19 x 22.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby-Hastings Rotary Club's Minor League Baseball team sitting and standing in two rows with their coach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16.5 cm (sight), mounted in folder 19 x 45.5 cm, folded to 19 x 22.5 cm
- Material Details
- Window mat and folder are glued together
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby-Hastings Rotary Club's Minor League Baseball team sitting and standing in two rows with their coach.
- Accession Code
- BV003.68.115
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1967 or 1968]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on inside cover of folder (that houses photograph) reads: "Burnaby - Hastings Rotary/ 1967-68"
Images
![Burnaby-Hastings Rotary Club's Minor League Baseball team, [1967 or 1968] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200300680115.jpg)
Burnaby-Hastings Rotary Club's Minor League Baseball team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1690
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16.5 cm (sight), mounted in folder 19 x 45.5 cm, folded to 19 x 22.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby-Hastings Rotary Club's Minor League Baseball team standing in two rows with their coach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16.5 cm (sight), mounted in folder 19 x 45.5 cm, folded to 19 x 22.5 cm
- Material Details
- Window mat and folder are glued together
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby-Hastings Rotary Club's Minor League Baseball team standing in two rows with their coach.
- Accession Code
- BV003.68.116
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- June 1965
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
Images
![Esther Stanley in rice field, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0234_001.jpg?width=280)
Esther Stanley in rice field
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19812
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Esther Love Stanley standing with a young girl named Rosie in the rice fields south of Chico California.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Esther Love Stanley standing with a young girl named Rosie in the rice fields south of Chico California.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Fields
- Names
- Stanley, Esther Love
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.234
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [193-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-25
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
- Annotation in white ink on album page reads: "IN the Rice fields / south of Chico Cal"
- Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "For Ina / Rosie & Auntie / Annie in the / rice fields / south of Chico / Cal."
Images
![Esther Stanley in rice field, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0234_001.jpg)
![Field, [1944] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500300043.jpg?width=280)
Field
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3421
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1944]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia; 6 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified field.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia; 6 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified field.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Fields
- Accession Code
- BV005.30.43
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1944]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 1/19/2010
- Photographer
- Battersby, Frank
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Field, [1944] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500300043.jpg)
![Field, [1944] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500300044.jpg?width=280)
Field
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3422
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1944]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia; 6 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified field and surrounding countryside.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia; 6 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified field and surrounding countryside.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Fields
- Accession Code
- BV005.30.44
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1944]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 1/19/2010
- Photographer
- Battersby, Frank
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Field, [1944] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500300044.jpg)
![Frank Battersby, [1944] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500300045.jpg?width=280)
Frank Battersby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3423
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1944]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia; 10 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frank Battersby standing on the front steps of an unidentified building.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia; 10 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frank Battersby standing on the front steps of an unidentified building.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Fields
- Names
- Battersby, Frank
- Accession Code
- BV005.30.45
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1944]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 1/19/2010
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Frank Battersby, [1944] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500300045.jpg)
![Girlie Love raking hay, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0271_001.jpg?width=280)
Girlie Love raking hay
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19849
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [192-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Hannah Victoria "Girlie" (Love) Barnes holding a hay rake while standing in a field next to a pile of hay. Girlie is dressed in overalls and wearing a straw hat.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Hannah Victoria "Girlie" (Love) Barnes holding a hay rake while standing in a field next to a pile of hay. Girlie is dressed in overalls and wearing a straw hat.
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Geographic Features - Fields
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.271
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [192-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-14
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
- Note in white ink on album page beneath photograph reads: "Girlie"
Images
![Girlie Love raking hay, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0271_001.jpg)
lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact6645
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.97.3
- Description
- Pin, round, enamelled brass. Wide blue border around outside with thin gold edges and gold lettering "INTERNATIONAL. BOWLING. TEAM. / VISIT. 1927. TO. CANADA". Inner part of pin is cruciform, with round centre connected to outer edge with four arms, open cut-out areas between. Each arm shows a coloured enamel floral symbol. At top is the rose, at right are shamrocks, at bottom is the lily, at left is the thistle. At the centre of the pin is the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom in red and blue with gold. Locking pin back on reverse, open loop. "R. SCOTT / GLASGOW" in raised letters near bottom edge. Some discolouration on back, very slight wear on front.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Memorabilia
- Object Term
- Commemorative
- Marks/Labels
- "INTERNATIONAL BOWLING TEAM", embossed gold lettering in half circle along top of pin "VISIT 1927 TO CANADA", embossed gold lettering in half circle along bottom of pin
- Measurements
- Dia: 2.9 cm
- Country Made
- Scotland
- Site/City Made
- Glasgow
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Advertising Medium
- Events - Competitions
- Organizations - Athletic Associations
- Sports - Bowling
Images
baseball bat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact80101
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.19.1
- Description
- This is a wood baseball bat, 83 cm long, 4 cm diameter at thinest part of handle, 7 cm diameter at top end of bat. The bat is stained a mid brown colour. The bottom of the handle expands into a ring but two opposite faces are chipped flat. The wood grain at the top end of the bat has begun to open up. "LOUISVILLE SLUGGER / MADE BY / J. F. HILLERICH & SON CO. / LOUISVILLE, KY" stamped and burned inside of an oval at the mid point on the bat. "TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF", stamped and burned under the oval logo at the mid point on the bat.
- Object History
- These items were used by the Thomson family in the Kerrisdale area of Vancouver.
- Subjects
- Sports
- Sports - Baseball
- Sports Equipment
Images
badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48261
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.13.43
- Description
- Badge, cloth; white and green; in centre is logo with two baseball bats crossing with two baseballs on right and left and dogwood flower at top.
- Marks/Labels
- "BURNABY AMATEUR SOFTBALL LEAGUE", in green printing along edge "CHAMPIONS", in green printing at bottom "1965", outlined in green in centre
Images
badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48262
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.13.44
- Description
- Badge, cloth; white and green; in centre is logo with two baseball bats crossing with two baseballs on right and left and dogwood flower at top.
- Marks/Labels
- "BURNABY AMATEUR SOFTBALL LEAGUE", in green printing along edge "CHAMPIONS", in green printing at bottom "1965", outlined in green in centre
Images
lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact49931
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV006.1.26
- Description
- Lapel pin, with pin back, is made of stamped brass and gold plated. The pin is shaped like a maple leaf with a ribbon across the centre. There is also a plant rising vertically across the centre of the maple leaf. The maple leaf is enamelled green with the ribbon in red. The plant is yellow. There is a small logo of crossed baseball bats in the lower left corner of the pin. The ribbon has "South Burnaby" on it and "Men's Club" appears on the leaf. "S.B.M.C. Baseball Tournament", surrounds the logo. The pin was issued by the South Burnaby Men's Club for a baseball tournament they sponsored.
- Object History
- This pin was part of Councillor Jim Young's collection. Jim Young was a Burnaby Councillor for 12 years, from 1987 until 1999. During his time in office he served on 19 boards and councils and was instrumental in major developments in transportation, policing and neighbourhood development.
- Marks/Labels
- "MEN'S / SOUTH BURNABY / CLUB", embossed "S.B.M.C BASEBALL TOURNEMENT" (in logo), embossed
- Names
- South Burnaby Metro Club
Images
lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact49954
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV006.1.49
- Description
- Lapel pin, with a post back, stamped in brass and gold plated. The pin is circular with a ribbon at the bottom. It is enamelled green on the upper part of the circle and black at the bottom of the circle and on the ribbon.The word, "BASEBALL", is at the top with a gold maple leaf in the middle. There is a representation of a baseball diamond inside the leaf. Lettering on the ribbon is, "S.B.M.C.", which stands for South Burnaby Men's(or Metro) Club Issued by the South Burnaby Men's (Metro) Club.
- Object History
- This pin was part of Councillor Jim Young's collection. Jim Young was a Burnaby Councillor for 12 years, from 1987 until 1999. During his time in office he served on 19 boards and councils and was instrumental in major developments in transportation, policing and neighbourhood development.
- Marks/Labels
- "BASEBALL / S.B.M.C.", embossed "KELBERT TROPHIES LTD / VANCOUVER / TAIWAN", stamped on reverse
- Names
- South Burnaby Metro Club
Images
![Cross country skier on Mount Seymour, [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2008/2008_0017_0022_001.jpg?width=280)
Cross country skier on Mount Seymour
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2933
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a snow covered ski trail and an unidentified cross-country skier on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a snow covered ski trail and an unidentified cross-country skier on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver.
- Subjects
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Geographic Features - Forests
- Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia
- Sports - Skiing
- Accession Code
- BV008.17.22
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Cross country skier on Mount Seymour, [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2008/2008_0017_0022_001.jpg)
Diving from the freight wharf
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19516
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1938
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men diving into the water from the Britannia Beach freight wharf.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men diving into the water from the Britannia Beach freight wharf.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.223
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1938
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph caption beneath photograph reads: "Freight Wharf / (Diving)"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Lions Gate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19538
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1938
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people swimming at a beach in Stanley Park, Vancouver with a view of The Lions Gate Bridge (First Narrows Bridge) in the background. The Stanley Park seawall is visible along the shore and a ship is visible travelling through Burrard Inlet.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people swimming at a beach in Stanley Park, Vancouver with a view of The Lions Gate Bridge (First Narrows Bridge) in the background. The Stanley Park seawall is visible along the shore and a ship is visible travelling through Burrard Inlet.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Beaches
- Sports - Swimming
- Structures - Bridges
- Geographic Features - Inlets
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.245
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1938
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption beneath photograph reads: "LIONS GATE"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
![Maurice Skinner skiing on Mount Seymour, [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2008/2008_0017_0019_001.jpg?width=280)
Maurice Skinner skiing on Mount Seymour
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2930
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Maurice Skinner on skis on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Maurice is standing in front of a log cabin and large coniferous trees covered in snow.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Maurice Skinner on skis on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Maurice is standing in front of a log cabin and large coniferous trees covered in snow.
- Subjects
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Geographic Features - Forests
- Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia
- Sports - Skiing
- Names
- Skinner, Maurice Horton
- Accession Code
- BV008.17.19
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Maurice Skinner skiing on Mount Seymour, [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2008/2008_0017_0019_001.jpg)
Oral history interview with Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19146
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 29 Jun. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) (02:06:53 min) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (02:06:53 min)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an audio recording of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos conducted by Denise Fong with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. During the interview, Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos discuss; their ancestral background, childhood, pla…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) (02:06:53 min) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (02:06:53 min)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Denise Fong Co Interviewer and technical support: Kate Petrusa Interviewees: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos Location of Interview: Home of Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos on Victory Street, Burnaby Date of interview: June 29, 2022 Total Number of Tracks: 3 Total length of all Tracks: 02:06:53 min Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto 3 separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an audio recording of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos conducted by Denise Fong with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. During the interview, Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos discuss; their ancestral background, childhood, places of residence, education, career history, how they met, Jimmy's experience working in the film industry, their home in Burnaby and their neighbourhood, their political activism in Burnaby, Robin Chung Dip's work in Vancouver’s' Chinatown, the gambling scene in Vancouver prior to legalized forms of gambling and their memories of supper clubs in Vancouver. 00:00 - 5:57 Opening introductions where Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos provide information on their full names, their birth places and their ancestral background. Jimmy clarifies that his birth name is Hipman Chow but that he was given the English name “Jimmy” by his father when he came to Canada. Jimmy shares that he was born in 1948, in the Village of Lin Pong Lee, Hoiping, China and immigrated to British Columbia with his mother, Gim Gee Chow in 1950 to escape the Communist Regime and to join his father who had already immigrated to Canada. Jimmy imparts that many Chinese immigrated to British Columbia in search of a better life, referring to it as “Gold Mountain” and that even though they faced extreme racial discrimination that many stayed since they felt that it was better than returning. Donna Polos shares ancestral information on both her maternal and paternal sides of the family. Donna’s mother’s family came from Helsinki, Finland. Donna’s paternal grandmother emigrated from Ukraine to Argentina and then to Winnipeg. Donna’s paternal grandfather, James Kostopolus (renamed Polos) emigrated as a 12 year old orphan from Sparta, Greece to the United States but was denied entry so ended up going to Halifax and eventually made his way to Vancouver. Once in Vancouver, he became a restaurant proprietor and over the years, he owned and operated three restaurants in Vancouver, including; “Jimmy’s Café” (next door the Astoria Hotel); “Home Apple Pie Café” (Princess Avenue & Hastings Street) and a restaurant that was located on Alma Street. 05:58 - 13:28 Jimmy recollects in further detail, the many places that his family lived over the years. Jimmy’s father Robin Chung Dip Chow immigrated to Vancouver at the age of 14 years and worked and lived in Victoria and Vancouver. In 1950, Jimmy and his mother fled China, first to Hong Kong and then to Vancouver to join his father. Soon after arriving in Vancouver, for the next four years, he and his parents lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec City where his father, Robin had work in restaurants and hotels. Jimmy attended school while the family lived in these different places and began to learn English. After four years, the family returned to Vancouver, first living in areas of Chinatown and Strathcona before settling in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant. Jimmy shares his memories of growing up in Strathcona and the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, schools that he attended and the friendships that he made. Jimmy recollects details about the old Bethlehem Lutheran Church that he attended and describes the demands of the education required to become a Lutheran minister. 13:29 - 15:47 Jimmy tells of how his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow had to pay the Chinese Head Tax of $500 when he arrived in Vancouver at 14 years of age (1921) and how his father had to work hard pay off the head tax over the years. Denise Fong and Jimmy Chow, talk about the origin of a photograph portrait of Jimmy Chow that was taken around 1954 and speculate whether it might have been taken by well known portrait photographer, Yucho Chow. 15:48 - 19:33 Donna Polos recollects the many locations that her family lived while she was growing up in Vancouver. First residing at various locations in the downtown east side of Vancouver before moving to a home near Joyce Station where she lived until 21 years old. After 21 years of age, Donna moved in with roommates in Vancouver before moving in with Jimmy in North Burnaby in 1972. In 1976 Donna and Jimmy purchased their home on Victory Street. Both Donna and Jimmy talk about their careers after high school. Jimmy talks about how he worked at the Supervalu grocery store near his house. Jimmy planned to use his savings from his job to travel but instead he used his savings for a down payment on a house with Donna. Donna imparts that after obtaining her teaching degree she began working in Burnaby schools, eventually teaching at Burnaby South. 19:34 - 32:08 Both Jimmy and Donna share their educational background and experiences growing up. Jimmy first attended Florence Nightingale elementary in Strathcona, then Mount Pleasant Elementary and later high school at 24th Avenue and Main Street. Donna lists the schools that she attended including; elementary school in Strathcona, Carlton Elementary School at Kingsway and Joyce, Windermere High School, Vancouver City College (Langara) and the University of British Columbia. Donna and Jimmy reflect on public transportation that was available during the time they were growing up. Donna recollects her childhood growing up in the neighbourhood of Joyce Station, the freedom that she experienced playing outside in nature and what inspired her to become a teacher. Jimmy reflects on some of his mentors and about his first experience seeing movies as a young child at a cinema in Asquith, Saskatchewan. Donna communicates her own experiences of sexism throughout her high school, college and university education (1968-1972). 32:09 - 36:18 Donna talks about her career history and some of her major turning points. Donna recollects starting out as a Chemistry lab assistant, marking math papers before working as a teacher on call and eventually being hired as a teacher at Clinton Elementary School where she taught for nine years. Donna shares a memory of her first experience working as a teacher on call at Gilmore Elementary School and the fire that occurred there. After starting a family (Jimmy and Donna had three children) Donna worked part time teaching while Jimmy worked full time in film. Donna, shares that in 1991, after a near death experience, she became interested in fine art and took drawing and watercolour painting classes. With this experience, Donna experimented with different painting techniques on paper and fabric. Donna tells of how she retired from teaching in 2008 but continued to participate in the schools as an Artist in Residence. 36:19 - 58:18 Jimmy talks about his work and career history. He shares memories of his experiences as a young boy delivering newspapers, working at a local pharmacy, stocking shelves at the local supermarket, and his experience working with troubled youth and of how he thought that he might like to become a social worker. Jimmy tells of how he was uncertain of what to do until he got a job with the CBC in 1973 which eventually launched his career as a property master in the film industry, becoming a member of IATSE and a voting member of the Academy of Motion Pictures. Jimmy describes in detail what it means to be a property master and the work that is entailed in the film industry. 58:19 - 1:07:45 Donna Polos describes her art practice and her connection to Burnaby. Donna recollects how she first started working with textiles and fabrics from a young age and how this later inspired her to develop her own watercolour techniques of painting on paper, canvas and fabrics. Donna describes how she first got started by taking art classes in Burnaby and now has over 31 years of experience working in watercolour. Donna has worked as an Artist in Residence in Burnaby schools, been a member of the Burnaby Arts Council, had her first show in 1997 and has been involved in many art projects over the years. Donna describes the style of her work, first starting with more figurative work, social commentary and still life and that now most of her work is landscape based. Donna coveys that as a political activist in Burnaby, she was an active participant in the development of a tree bylaw, has petitioned to protect renters from demo-evictions and the impacts of future development on the local environment. 1:07:46 - 1:07:59 Background discussion between Denise Fong and Kate Petrusa re interviews. 1:08:00 - 1:26:36 Jimmy provides information on his connection to the local film industry and the changes that have occurred over the years. Jimmy describes the first studios on the North Shore and the eventual establishment of Bridge Studios on Boundary Road. Jimmy shares that in 1988, he and some of his colleagues in the film industry put a proposal together to buy the Bridge Studios but it didn't go through. Since the Bridge Studios and other film studios have been established in Burnaby and Vancouver, the industry has grown exponentially. Jimmy became the 54th member of the local IATSE union. Jimmy describes some of his experiences working on various productions including "Seven Years in Tibet", provides a description of what a film studio is, how it is used and the differences between working in the film industry in the United States and British Columbia. 1:26:37 - 1:32:46 Jimmy and Donna recollect how they first met, buying a house in Burnaby, getting married and starting a family. The two share memories of their wedding in White Rock and Jimmy talks about the Chinese hair cutting ceremony in recognition of their first born child that took place in Chinatown in Vancouver. Jimmy tells of how his parents had hopes of him marrying a Chinese woman and his mother began introducing him to a few young Chinese women from the time he was 16 years old. Jimmy mentions that his parents rarely used Western Medicine and relied on Traditional Chinese Medicine. Donna and Jimmy talk about Jimmy's parents, when they died and how happy his parents were to have grandchildren. 1:32:47 - 1:40:13 Jimmy and Donna talk about their house on Victory Street which they purchased in 1976. They share information on the history of the house, how it was built in 1939 by Norm Clark, how they fell in love with the design of the house and the neighbourhood. 1:40:14 - 1:58:31 Jimmy and Donna share information on their family life in Burnaby, their neighbourhood and favourite places in Burnaby. Donna lists the schools that their three children attended including; Nelson Avenue School, Burnaby South High School and Burnaby Central High School. Both Donna and Jimmy convey that all of their children played soccer and the benefits that the sport provided them. Donna and Jimmy talk about how the neighbourhood has changed over the years, the benefits of where they live, their fondness for built heritage and the many parks and trees in Burnaby. 1:58:32 - 2:02:50 Jimmy begins to share information on his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow's employment history. Jimmy recalls that his father, Robin worked in a variety of jobs over the years and as a young child, Jimmy was uncertain of what his father's job was but thought that he worked in accounting. He mentions that his father stopped working at 45 years of age due to a problem with his Achilles tendon. Jimmy describes his father as an intellectual who worked at gambling houses in Vancouver's Chinatown where people played mah-jong and fan-tan. Jimmy recollects that these were large clubs with lots of employees. His father never gambled but he was good with money so he worked on the management side. Jimmy mentions that while working in the film industry, his father took him and some of his film colleagues into some of the gambling houses in Chinatown to assist them with a production that they were working on. 2:02:51 - 2:06:58 Donna shares her own family history regarding gambling. She mentions that her uncle worked as a high end "bookie" in Vancouver and how in 1968, her uncle was arrested but got let go with just a small fine. Jimmy describes what gambling was like in those days with various sweepstakes, not under the jurisdiction of the government like it is today. Both Donna and Jimmy recollect the popularity of supper clubs their memories of Vie's Chicken and Steak House that was located in Hogan's Alley. Jimmy laments the destruction of Hogan's Alley and the other proposals that were brought forward that would change Chinatown and Strathcona.
- History
- Interviewees biography: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow was born in Lin Pong Lee, Hoiping, China in 1948. In 1950, Jimmy Chow immigrated to Vancouver from China with his mother, Gim Gee Chow to join his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow who'd immigrated to Canada at 14 years of age in 1921. For the first four years after immigrating, Jimmy and his parents lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec before returning to Vancouver around 1954. Jimmy and his family then lived and worked in Vancouver eventually settling in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant. In the early 1970s, Jimmy met his future wife Donna Polos and they married in 1981. Donna Polos was born in 1949 to Donald James Polos and Mayme "May" Helen Tilikana Polos and grew up in Vancouver. Between the age of 5 and 21 years, Donna lived in the neighbourhood of Joyce Station. In 1976, Jimmy and Donna purchased and moved into a house on Victory Street in Burnaby where they still live today. While living on Victory Street, they've raised their three children. Donna received her teaching degree and taught in elementary schools for many years. In 1991, after a near death experience, Donna developed an interest in drawing and painting and began experimenting with water colour painting on fabric. Donna has since exhibited her work widely, participated as an Artist in Residence in Burnaby schools and is a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. Jimmy entered the film industry in 1973, gaining experience and recognition as a property master and has worked on many films over a 45 year career. Interviewer biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of BVM’s “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
- Buildings - Residential
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Education
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods
- Government - Local Government
- Industries - Film
- Migration
- Occupations
- Occupations - Artists
- Occupations - Grocers
- Occupations - Entrepreneurs
- Occupations - Teachers
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Social Issues - Racism
- Sports - Soccer
- Names
- Bridge Studios
- Chow, Gim Gee Dang
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
- Chow, Robin Chung Dip
- Polos, Donna
- Polos, James "Jimmy", 1898-1962
- Polos, Donald James
- Polos, Mayme "May" Helen Tilikana
- Geographic Access
- Victory Street
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.1
- Date
- 29 Jun. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of recording
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
Images
Audio Tracks
Oral history interview with Hipman
Oral history interview with Hipman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0021_0001_004.mp3![Skiing on Mount Seymour, [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2008/2008_0017_0017_001.jpg?width=280)
Skiing on Mount Seymour
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2928
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a snow scene on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. A pair of skis and a backpack stand alone in the foreground and Jack McGeachie is visible cross-country skiiing in the background. Large coniferous trees are covered with snow.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a snow scene on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. A pair of skis and a backpack stand alone in the foreground and Jack McGeachie is visible cross-country skiiing in the background. Large coniferous trees are covered with snow.
- Subjects
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Geographic Features - Forests
- Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia
- Sports - Skiing
- Names
- McGeachie, John "Jack"
- Accession Code
- BV008.17.17
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Skiing on Mount Seymour, [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2008/2008_0017_0017_001.jpg)