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Joe Johnson at Lougheed Drive-In Theatre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1954] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joe Johnston standing in front of a car at the Lougheed Drive-In Theatre on the 4200 block of Lougheed Highway at Gilmore Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1954] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-483

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joe Johnston standing in front of a car at the Lougheed Drive-In Theatre on the 4200 block of Lougheed Highway at Gilmore Avenue.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Buildings - Commercial - Drive-in Theatres

Names: Johnston, Joe; Lougheed Drive-In Theatre

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Lougheed Highway

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Joe Johnson at Lougheed Drive-In Theatre, [1954] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Libonati's Gun Shop exterior

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1970]

Collection/Fonds: Libonati family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg)

Scope and Content: Photograph depicts an exterior view of Libonati's Gun Shop and Sporting Goods at 4261 Kingsway, along with other businesses on that block. Businesses left to right: Quality Auto Electric, Libonati's Gun Shop and Sporting Goods and Inter City Bowl bowling alley. Not shown in the picture were two o…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1970]

Collection/Fonds: Libonati family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 522-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2011-02

Scope and Content: Photograph depicts an exterior view of Libonati's Gun Shop and Sporting Goods at 4261 Kingsway, along with other businesses on that block. Businesses left to right: Quality Auto Electric, Libonati's Gun Shop and Sporting Goods and Inter City Bowl bowling alley. Not shown in the picture were two other business east of the bowling alley; namely, Low Cost Transmission and Kilpatrick Nursing Home which was at the corner of Chaffey before Chaffey was realigned. Libonati's Gun Shop was owned and operated by Denzil (Dan) Libonati, a long-time Burnaby businessman. Cars in the picture are a 1959 Willy's Jeep (Denzil's) and 1958 Chevrolet (unknown owner).

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Stores; Transportation - Automobiles

Names: Libonati's Gun Shop

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4261 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Libonati's Gun Shop exterior, [1970] thumbnail

Lougheed Drive-In Theatre neon sign

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the new neon tower at the Lougheed Drive-In Theatre on the 4200 block of Lougheed Highway at Gilmore Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-473

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the new neon tower at the Lougheed Drive-In Theatre on the 4200 block of Lougheed Highway at Gilmore Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Drive-in Theatres; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Transportation - Automobiles

Names: Lougheed Drive-In Theatre

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Lougheed Highway

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Lougheed Drive-In Theatre neon sign, [1958] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Mechanics in a garage

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified car mechanics posing with a car with its hood open in a garage.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3240

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified car mechanics posing with a car with its hood open in a garage.

Subjects: Occupations - Mechanics; Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations; Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Collected by editorial for use in a June 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Oasis Gas Station

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of The Oasis gas station, leased by the Raymer family for the first 5 years, then taken over by the Raymers. Roy Raymer is shown pumping gas. The Oasis was located at 2675 Kingsway (Pacific Highway). It was later renumbered 6105 Kingsway.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-486

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of The Oasis gas station, leased by the Raymer family for the first 5 years, then taken over by the Raymers. Roy Raymer is shown pumping gas. The Oasis was located at 2675 Kingsway (Pacific Highway). It was later renumbered 6105 Kingsway.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations; Transportation - Automobiles

Names: Oasis; Raymer, Roy

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 6105 Kingsway

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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Oasis Gas Station, 1935 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Ruby and Crichton in Chilliwack

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1 Jul. 1936

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw (right) standing together with a woman named Ruby outside store fronts on a street in Chilliwack. There is an automobile parked on the street behind the couple.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Material Details: Image is blurry

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw (right) standing together with a woman named Ruby outside store fronts on a street in Chilliwack. There is an automobile parked on the street behind the couple.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial; Transportation - Automobiles

Names: Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"

Accession Code: BV996.6.99

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1 Jul. 1936

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-02-06

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption beneath photograph reads: "Ruby & I Chilliwack / July 1/36" / Pictures taken - here and there at / Sunday times"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Ruby and Crichton in Chilliwack, 1 Jul. 1936 thumbnail

Simpsons-Sears parking lot

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1954

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Simpsons-Sears parking lot with cars and a fenced in display of outdoor garden and farm implements outside the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Simpsons-Sears parking lot with cars and a fenced in display of outdoor garden and farm implements outside the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores; Transportation - Automobiles

Names: Simpsons-Sears Limited

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4750 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV021.26.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1954

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2021-09-21

Photographer: On-The-Spot Photographers

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "ON-THE-SPOT PHOTOGRAPHERS / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera

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Simpsons-Sears parking lot, May 1954 thumbnail

Station Square shuttle

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Daryl Simpson an Mickey Gill posing in the doorways of a red van outside of Middlegate Mall. The van is part of a shuttle to a grocery store at Station Square.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1780

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Daryl Simpson an Mickey Gill posing in the doorways of a red van outside of Middlegate Mall. The van is part of a shuttle to a grocery store at Station Square.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Daryl Simpson, the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Bosa Properties and Mickey Gill, of Metro Shuttle Service, help launch a new van shuttle to the Save-On Foods store at Burnaby's Station Square for shoppers who've been displaced by the closure of the grocery store at Middlegate Mall."

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Station Square shuttle, [2004] thumbnail

Burnaby Mountain Parking Lot & Restaurant

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 15, 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the view of the mountains and park from a hill on Burnaby Mountain Park. The photograph is taken facing north. The photograph shows the parking lot and the Burnaby Mountain Centennial Pavilion.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 15, 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-663

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2017-57

Scope and Content: Photograph of the view of the mountains and park from a hill on Burnaby Mountain Park. The photograph is taken facing north. The photograph shows the parking lot and the Burnaby Mountain Centennial Pavilion.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants; Buildings - Civic; Buildings - Recreational; Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots; Geographic Features - Parks

Names: Burnaby Mountain Park

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Surridge, Jack

Notes: Title taken from project information form; Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm); BPL no. 111

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake Regional Nature Park; Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Street Address: 100 Centennial Way

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Burnaby Mountain Parking Lot & Restaurant, February 15, 1978 thumbnail

Burnaby Mountain Park Pavilion Building

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 19, 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion in Burnaby Mountain Park. The pavilion was built in 1958 for the British Columbia Centenary and became Horizons Restaurant in 1986 and may have housed The Owl and the Oarsman Restaurant at this time. Two individuals are standing on the deck and looking …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 19, 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-599

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2017-57

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion in Burnaby Mountain Park. The pavilion was built in 1958 for the British Columbia Centenary and became Horizons Restaurant in 1986 and may have housed The Owl and the Oarsman Restaurant at this time. Two individuals are standing on the deck and looking toward the mountains. The photograph is taken from across the lawn, facing north of northwest.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic; Buildings - Recreational; Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: McGillivray, Don

Notes: Title taken from project information form; Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm); BPL no. 49

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Street Address: 100 Centennial Way

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Burnaby Mountain Park Pavilion Building, November 19, 1977 thumbnail

Oral history interview with Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos

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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…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Series: Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos interview series

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.

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Audio Tracks

Oral history interview with Hipman

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John Teti at the Shark Club

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of John Teti posing on the roof of the Shark Club. Two condominium towers are visible behind him.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2023

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of John Teti posing on the roof of the Shark Club. Two condominium towers are visible behind him.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants; Buildings - Residential - Condominiums

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "John Teti, of the Shark Club, is applying to the City of Burnaby to extend their operating hours to 2 AM. The Club is undergoing extensive rennovations in preparation for its March reopening. Teti says the club will also be enclosing its rooftop patio and installing soundproofing to be a good neighbor to the residents of the nearby condominium towers."

Geographic Access: Lougheed Highway

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

Images

John Teti at the Shark Club, [2003] thumbnail

After 8 café

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96016

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Nilesh Bhathella, cardiologist and owner of the After 8 café in North Burnaby, seated at a bar counter inside of a café.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-1767

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Nilesh Bhathella, cardiologist and owner of the After 8 café in North Burnaby, seated at a bar counter inside of a café.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Nilesh Bhathella is taking a break from his career as a cardiologist to open a new cafe in North Burnaby, After 8."

Images

A restaurant destroyed by a fire

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59213

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1982]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of a restaurant that was destroyed by a fire.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1982]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1528

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of a restaurant that was destroyed by a fire.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Basil

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "page 1 / Burnaby Today / PMT 100%"

Images

A restaurant destroyed by a fire, [1982] thumbnail

A Taste of History Video series - 2020 subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14272

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 6 video recordings (mp4)

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a two part video series "A Taste of History". Part one is titled "A Taste of History - Scraps and Dragons" and part two is titled " A Taste of History - A Pig's Tale". The films were created by Debbie Liang and Joty Gill, University of British Columbia alumni and graduates fro…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: UBC Partnership series

Subseries: A Taste of History Video series - 2020 subseries

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 6 video recordings (mp4)

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a two part video series "A Taste of History". Part one is titled "A Taste of History - Scraps and Dragons" and part two is titled " A Taste of History - A Pig's Tale". The films were created by Debbie Liang and Joty Gill, University of British Columbia alumni and graduates from the Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM). "Scraps and Dragons" provides information on the origins of the Chinese-Canadian culinary dish "chop suey" and tells the story of Chinese Canadian Chop Suey restaurants, highlighting the history of the "Dragon Inn" chop suey restaurant owned by Larry Lee. "A Pig's Tale" shares informaton on the history of Chinese pig farms also known as "Piggeries" in Burnaby, highlighting the experiences of Chinese Pig farmers along Douglas Road. Films include versions with English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese subtitles.

History: In 2020, due to the restrictions of COVID-19, UBC interns were asked to create virtual experiences to reimagine Burnaby Village Museum's historical Chinese Canadian programming in remote online spaces. Debbie Liang and Joty Gill (UBC alumni and graduates of Dr. Henry Yu's 2019 summer ACAM 390A Global Seminar to Asia) returned to work with Burnaby Village Museum to create two short films showcasing the history of Chinese Canadian Chop Suey restaurants and piggeries in Burnaby

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Social Issues - Racism; Social Issues - Discrimination; Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants; Agriculture - Farms; Agriculture - Ranches; Animals - Pigs; Regulations

Names: Liang, Debbie; Gill, Joty; Burnaby Village Museum; University of British Columbia

Accession Code: BV020.28

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 2020

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries

Baci Restaurant

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription81276

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 18, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 20.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the outside of Baci restaurant on Hastings Street in North Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 18, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 20.5 cm

Material Details: This photograph has not been completely processed.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1420

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of the outside of Baci restaurant on Hastings Street in North Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby 2233 8 1/4 x 5 1/2"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

Images

Baci Restaurant, November 18, 1998 thumbnail

Banquet hall inside Dragon Inn

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19077

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [196-]

Collection/Fonds: Larry Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of the banquet hall of the Dragon Inn. People are seated at long tables covered in white table cloths.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Larry Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of the banquet hall of the Dragon Inn. People are seated at long tables covered in white table cloths.

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Names: Dragon Inn

Accession Code: BV022.19.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [196-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Banquet hall inside Dragon Inn, [196-] thumbnail

Bar inside the Dragon Inn restaurant

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4266

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017]

Collection/Fonds: Larry Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the bar inside the Dragon Inn restaurant during their grand-opening at the Hastings location at 4524 Hastings Street, Burnaby. Man and woman in white shirts at bar; crowd of people on left entering restaurant.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Larry Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the bar inside the Dragon Inn restaurant during their grand-opening at the Hastings location at 4524 Hastings Street, Burnaby. Man and woman in white shirts at bar; crowd of people on left entering restaurant.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Names: Dragon Inn

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Street Address: 4524 Hastings Street

Accession Code: BV017.37.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 10/29/2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Bar inside the Dragon Inn restaurant, [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017] thumbnail

Boil water advisory at the Hop & Vine Neighbourhood Pub

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95855

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bar manager holding up a glass of tap water to inspect it. Bottles of liquor on the bar shelf are visible in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1655

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bar manager holding up a glass of tap water to inspect it. Bottles of liquor on the bar shelf are visible in the background.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Binnie Nastasi, the general manager of the Hop & Vine Neighborhood Pub, checks the tap water after residents and businesses in the area around Burnaby Mountain Golf Course had to endure a two-day boil water advisory."