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Soldier in uniform
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3347
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [189-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w tintype ; 8.4 x 4.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified soldier in uniform. The uniform blazer has shoulder boards and large buttons running down the centre, with a large belt that goes over the blazer. He has one hand on a chair (a studio prop), and a painted picture of a bookcase hangs on the wall behind him (also a studi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w tintype ; 8.4 x 4.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified soldier in uniform. The uniform blazer has shoulder boards and large buttons running down the centre, with a large belt that goes over the blazer. He has one hand on a chair (a studio prop), and a painted picture of a bookcase hangs on the wall behind him (also a studio prop).
- Accession Code
- HV975.61.153b
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [189-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-06
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- This tintype was removed from photograph album - item no. HV975.61.153
Images
![Soldier in uniform, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1975/1975_0061_0153B_001.jpg)
![Young woman in a chair, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0140_001.jpg?width=280)
Young woman in a chair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription400
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [189-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.99 x 10.16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified young woman sitting on a chair in a photographic studio. She is wearing a large hat decorated with feathers and silk flowers and a double breasted coat with a high collar, large buttons and gathered sleeves. She is also wearing black leather gloves and a black skirt.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.99 x 10.16 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph is mounted on card
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified young woman sitting on a chair in a photographic studio. She is wearing a large hat decorated with feathers and silk flowers and a double breasted coat with a high collar, large buttons and gathered sleeves. She is also wearing black leather gloves and a black skirt.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Headwear
- Accession Code
- HV983.42.140
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [189-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-05
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Young woman in a chair, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0140_001.jpg)
Interview with Norman Dowad
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Norm Dowad was born in Burnaby, December 1948 to parents Wilfred “Wilf” (1925-2011) and Cherry Dowad. His father, Wilfred (1925-2011) was born in Winnipeg to parents Samuel “Sam” (Salim in Arabic) Esper Dowad (1895-1969) and Martha (Shaheen) Dowad (1894-1955). Sam and Martha Dowad were both born in a province of the Ottoman Empire which is now present day Lebanon. In 1912, while trying to immigrate to Canada, several of Sam’s relatives including his mother died tragically as steerage passengers on the ill fated Titanic. In 1913, at the age of 18 years, Sam immigrated to Canada to join other family members who'd already arrived here safely. As a new immigrant in Canada, Sam worked with other Labanese immigrants in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the United States. In December 1921, Sam's wife, Martha immigrated to Canada arriving by ship in St. John, New Brunswick. Sam and Martha established their home in Winnipeg where they began to start a family. Their first two children died in infancy and son Wilfred was born in 1925 and daughter Kathleen was born in 1926. While living in Winnipeg, Sam worked as a grocer and in the 1930’s he got work as a farmer in a nearby town. In 1943, Wilf joined the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCVNR) and served as a gunner on merchant ships during World War II. In 1945, while Wilf was away serving, his parents, Sam and Martha moved to Burnaby. After discharge in 1945, Wilf joined his parents in Burnaby, began working at Fraser Mills and commenced his studies in construction and drafting. In 1949, with his father’s help Wilf acquired a lot next door to his parents’ home and built his first apartment block. After Martha died in 1954, Sam moved to Kelowna where he bought an orchard. Sam remarried in 1957 to Naomi “Mamie” (David) Dowad (1899-1978) who was also from a Lebanese family. Sam and Mamie lived in Kelowna until the mid 1960s when they moved to White Rock. While living in Burnaby, Wilf met and married Cherry Piggott and the couple had six children; Norm, Bruce, Michael, Kathie, Phil and Tom. In 1955, Wilfred Dowad established "W. Dowad Ltd." and over the years he was successful in developing and subdividing land to build housing and commercial developments in Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver. Wilf was the first president of the Burnaby Winter club and was an active member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce holding office at the local, provincial and national level. In 1970, Wilf purchased 238 acres of land bordering the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh River and relocated there the following year. While living in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Wilf became actively engaged in local business and community affairs. Wilf was later remarried to Grethe Dowad and he died in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh in 2011.Wilf's six children are the sole owners of "W.Dowad Ltd." and his daughter, Kathie Smillie is the president and CEO. While growing up in Burnaby, Norm Dowad attended Schou Street School, Douglas Road School, Kensington School and graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School. Following graduation from high school, Norm attended Simon Fraser University for one year, travelled in Europe, attended University of British Columbia and obtained his law degree from Osgoode Hall at York University. Norman has been practicing law for 49 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Education
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Migration
- Sports
- Sports - Football
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
- Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
- Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
- Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
- Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
- Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
- Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Douglas Road School
- W. Dowad Limited
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 5533 Buckingham Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3![Elderly lady, [between 1880 and 1890] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/244-006.jpg?width=280)
Elderly lady
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36322
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : hand col. ; 21 x 16.5 cm (sight) in mat 31 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an elderly lady seated at a tall wooden table at a photographic studio. Her right arm is resting on the table her feet are resting on an ottoman. She is wearing a headscarf and a long dress. Her eyes and cheeks have been hand coloured.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Andrew Johnson subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : hand col. ; 21 x 16.5 cm (sight) in mat 31 x 26.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 244-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an elderly lady seated at a tall wooden table at a photographic studio. Her right arm is resting on the table her feet are resting on an ottoman. She is wearing a headscarf and a long dress. Her eyes and cheeks have been hand coloured.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Elderly lady, [between 1880 and 1890] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/244-006.jpg)
![Man in kilt, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0166_001.jpg?width=280)
Man in kilt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription424
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [189-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.8 x 16.51 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man in a kilt with a jacket, fur sporran and a feathered cap. He has a shawl hanging over his left shoulder, and is holding a staff with his left hand. He is wearing gillies, and is standing against a painted backdrop of an outdoor scene of the country with a path wind…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.8 x 16.51 cm
- Material Details
- printed on the card, recto, l.l. "Thomas Laflour", l.r. "Cornwall, Ont.", verso, "c. "Thomas Laflour/ Artistic/ Photographer,/ CORNWALL,/ ONT./ DUPLICATES/ OR/ ENLARGEMENTS CAN BE/ MADE AT ANY TIME"
- The photograph is mounted on a card supplied by the photographic studio
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man in a kilt with a jacket, fur sporran and a feathered cap. He has a shawl hanging over his left shoulder, and is holding a staff with his left hand. He is wearing gillies, and is standing against a painted backdrop of an outdoor scene of the country with a path winding around the field. This photograph was taken in a photographic studio.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Accession Code
- HV983.42.166
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [189-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-05
- Photographer
- Laflour, Thomas
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Man in kilt, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0166_001.jpg)
![Woman wearing jewelry, [between 1880 and 1895] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5886_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Woman wearing jewelry
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1510
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1895]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young woman with her curly hair put up and decorated with a round hair pin in the front. She is wearing a white blouse with high neck, and is wearing a brooch shaped like a tuning fork or a wishbone and has a pendent around her neck.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 18.5 cm
- Material Details
- printed on the card mount, recto, l.r. "Steele & Co./ LTD/ Winnipeg & Calgary"
- The photograph is printed in an oval shape, and mounted on a card supplied by the photo studio. There are scribbles on verso of cardboard.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young woman with her curly hair put up and decorated with a round hair pin in the front. She is wearing a white blouse with high neck, and is wearing a brooch shaped like a tuning fork or a wishbone and has a pendent around her neck.
- Subjects
- Adornment - Jewelry
- Clothing
- Accession Code
- BV985.5886.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1895]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Photographer
- Steele & Co.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Woman wearing jewelry, [between 1880 and 1895] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5886_0001_001.jpg)
![Woman with glasses, [between 1880 and 1895] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5897_0001_002.jpg?width=280)
Woman with glasses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1522
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1895]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia photogravure ; 9.5 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photogravure is from a studio portrait of an unidentified woman wearing a dark dress and eye glasses, standing by an ornate wooden post. She is wearing a leaf-shaped pendant around her neck.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia photogravure ; 9.5 x 14 cm
- Material Details
- printed on the card mount, recto, l.r. "[emblem in shape of sheaf of wheat] Davidson Bros/ BRANDON,/ MAN."
- The photogravure is mounted on a card, then mounted inside a folder, with a protective tissue paper.
- Scope and Content
- Photogravure is from a studio portrait of an unidentified woman wearing a dark dress and eye glasses, standing by an ornate wooden post. She is wearing a leaf-shaped pendant around her neck.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Accession Code
- BV985.5897.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1895]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Photographer
- Davidson Brothers
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Woman with glasses, [between 1880 and 1895] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5897_0001_002.jpg)
![Young woman with a large bow, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0168_001.jpg?width=280)
Young woman with a large bow
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription426
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [189-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.89 x 13.97 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young woman standing with her hands behind her. She has a large bow in her hair at the back, and strands of braids across the top of her head. She is wearing a white dress with elaborate lace work on sheer fabric, and sheer sleeves. This photograph was taken in a photographic studio.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.89 x 13.97 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young woman standing with her hands behind her. She has a large bow in her hair at the back, and strands of braids across the top of her head. She is wearing a white dress with elaborate lace work on sheer fabric, and sheer sleeves. This photograph was taken in a photographic studio.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Accession Code
- HV983.42.168
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [189-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-05
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Young woman with a large bow, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0168_001.jpg)