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Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1900-1946

Length: 00:07:05

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, and her Oikawa grandparent’s immigration to BC and settlement on Lion and Don Islands at the mouth of the Fraser River. She describes how the family was moved to the internment camp “The Orchard” in New Denver,…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, and her Oikawa grandparent’s immigration to BC and settlement on Lion and Don Islands at the mouth of the Fraser River. She describes how the family was moved to the internment camp “The Orchard” in New Denver, but managed to find a place to live outside the camp where her grandmother grew a large garden from seeds brought in the seams of her clothing. She notes that the Lion Islands were named Oikawa-shima by the Japanese settlers.

Date Range: 1900-1946

Length: 00:07:05

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Persons - Japanese Canadians

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 27, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.

Total Tracks: 11

Total Length: 01:34:10

Interviewee Name: Miyashita, Toki

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Toki Miyashita

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Elementary school students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1912 and 1928]

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 27 cm, mounted on card 32.5 x 39 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of eighty-four boys dressed in uniform, seated and standing in formation in front of an elementary school with their ten teachers. Three Five Races Under One Union flags (national flag for the Republic of China) are prominently displayed.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Series: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 27 cm, mounted on card 32.5 x 39 cm

Material Details: Card mount has a decorative border

Scope and Content: Photograph of eighty-four boys dressed in uniform, seated and standing in formation in front of an elementary school with their ten teachers. Three Five Races Under One Union flags (national flag for the Republic of China) are prominently displayed.

Subjects: Clothing - Uniforms; Buildings - Schools; Symbols - Flags; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company

Accession Code: BV985.5331.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1912 and 1928]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 1/7/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph is written in Chinese characters

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Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 32 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 32 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar conducted by interviewer Anushay Malik. The interview is conducted in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. During the interview Surjeet Kaur Parmar provides information on; her ancestral background, family relations in India and…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 32 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 32 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Anushay Malik Interviewee: Surjeet Kaur Parmar Language of Interview: Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi Location of Interview: home of Surjeet Kaur Parmar in Burnaby Interview Date: December 6, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of tracks: (1:15:32) Digital master recordings (wav) were edited into one recording and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar conducted by interviewer Anushay Malik. The interview is conducted in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. During the interview Surjeet Kaur Parmar provides information on; her ancestral background, family relations in India and Canada, her personal experiences and her ancestors’ stories as South Asian immigrants, reflections on and personal experiences of racial discrimination as a South Asian immigrant, her places of residence, her employment background, her cultural practices and traditions including food, clothing and craft. The interview begins with introductions from interviewer Anushay Mailik. Surjeet Kaur Parmar imparts her own family’s migration story beginning with her very first elders that immigrated to Canada from India. A relative (unnamed) immigrated to Canada first and a few years later (around 1905) returned to India and brought back three cousins that included; Ginaya Singh (Ghania Singh Manhas) and Doman Singh . Mayo Singh (Ghania Singh’s younger brother) came in 1906 on his own to join them. Surjeet’s grandfather (Shair/Sher Singh Manhas) also wanted to immigrate at this time, but he was too young and weak to manage such a long trip. Surjeet conveys that while living in British Columbia, Mayo and Ginaya Singh worked together at saw mills. With their knowledge and understanding of mill work they ended up owning and operating a mill in Paldi near Duncan on Vancouver Island. At this time, most of the men from Surjeet’s family region in Punjab were abroad and with no men living at home. Mayo Singh’s father (Bhulla Singh) looked after her father (Lashman Singh Manhas) and paternal uncle (Kashmir Singh Manhas) back in Punjab. When Mayo’s father died, Mayo Singh adopted her paternal uncle (Kashmir Singh) and brought him to Canada in 1926. Surjeet describes her ancestors’ immigration journey from India to Canada. They all travelled by ship and if someone ran out of money en route, they could work on the ship. Surjeet explains that both Mayo and Ginaya Singh are Surjeet’s grandfather’s first cousins and her father’s second cousins. Surjeet recollects her grandfather (Shair/Sher Singh Manhas) saying “now that you’ve arrived there, take one cousin from each side with you”. Surjeet explains that the cousins were all from the same village in Punjab and her great grandfather wanted someone to go abroad, so he sent a few and had them bring more as the years went on. Surjeet says that she’s uncertain as to why they chose Canada rather than America but thinks that they did some form of research and determined that it was a good place to come to. Surjeet admits that she doesn’t know the name of her paternal grandfather or other elders since she never met them. Surjeet shares that it was a traditional practice to mark pots and pans with family names and imparts that she discovered her father’s name “Lashman Singh” written on the bottom of a glass. Surjeet expresses that she’s marked her own pots and pans with her name to identify which ones are hers when she gets together with family or does catering. Surjeet refers to a kohl bottle that she has and how she’d like to offer it to the museum. She explains how the kohl bottle is no longer in use but was used by her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas) and daughter and her grandchildren. Surjeet describes a blanket that she made called a “phulkari”, now on display in a small museum in Coquitlam, a wedding shawl, that her daughter now owns and a silk sari with embroidery. Surjeet and Anushay discuss the possibility of donating the kohl bottle and the sari to the museum. Surjeet explains how the kohl is used and how her mother used to make kohl. She describes how you rub the kohl with your hands, put cardamom in it, one or two other ingredients and fill the kohl bottle up with water. Surjeet says that she used kohl as eyeliner when living in India. The interviewer asks Surjeet more about Ginaya Singh. Surjeet conveys that Ginaya Singh ended up leaving the mill on Vancouver Island and moved to Vancouver. After Ginaya Singh died from a heart attack (in 1953) his family moved from Vancouver to Burnaby. Surjeet recalls that following the death of Ginaya Singh’s youngest son, her family didn’t celebrate “Lohri” (a winter festival celebrating newborns and newly married people) for three years. She shares that she was very young at this time but remembers there being beautiful photographs of young children all dressed up and displayed in her family home. She expresses that dressing up for photos has changed over time and adds that suits didn’t really come into fashion until after the 1970s or 1980s. Surjeet conveys that her uncle named Kashmira Singh first worked at the mill in Paldi near Duncan then moved to Vancouver and opened up his own mill in North Vancouver. Surjeet’s father, Lashman Singh Manhas arrived in 1953. Surjeet expresses that Kapoor Singh was educated and worked as a manager at the mill on Vancouver Island. Surjeet recollects meeting Mayo Singh, his wife and eldest son in 1952 when they travelled to India for a cousin’s wedding. Surjeet remembers that Mayo Singh’s family had a very large house in India. She describes the house as a very opulent two story house with indoor plumbing for a bathtub, a kitchen with a woodstove, coloured mirrors, bejeweled curtains, a motor room to park cars, a buffalo and more. Surjeet refers to Nand Singh, a younger brother of Mayo Singh, who travelled from India to San Franciso and spent a year wandering around before deciding to return to India. She describes him as living in Bombay with his wife Vishan Kaur and having a transport business. Nand had two kids that came to Canada. Surjeet recollects the tragic death of Ganda Singh (Ginaya Singh) who died of a heart attack on someone’s doorstep, they thought that he was drunk so didn’t open the door. Surjeet conveys that Mayo Singh’s wife, Mission Kaur (Saradani Bishan Kaur) died while visiting India (in 1952) and that some of Mayo’s sons were married in Canada and one in India. Surjeet expresses that it was hard for Mayo’s sons to have one of their parents die in India and one die in Canada (Mayo Singh died in B.C. in 1955). Surjeet describes the hospital that Mayo built in the village of Paldi. She mentions that there were festivals and functions that took place there, there were many nurses and doctors. She recalls there being a school where their land was. She recalls that if they got headaches they were treated with medicine and that it didn’t cost much, only a six pence. Surjeet talks about her arranged marriage to Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar. Surjeet explains that her father and brother immigrated to British Columbia first (1953) and after a few months they brought Surjeet and her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas). She recollects that when she was in Grade 10 and around 17 years of age, her family made plans to travel to India to attend a family wedding. During this time, her father suggested that it would be a good opportunity to take Surjeet with them to find her a husband in India to marry. After meeting and marrying Nadeem Parmar in India, Surjeet and Nadeem moved to England. Surjeet recollects that in order to immigrate to Canada, each family member had to pass a medical exam and how difficult it was. Her two sisters, mother and brother all had to take the test in Delhi. Surjeet recalls living in England with Nadeem. While living in England, Nadeem worked during the day and studied engineering at college in the evening. Surjeet expresses that she liked living in England and was sad to leave. While living there, they enjoyed a close knit Punjabi community and they all lived in the same area. Surjeet states later in her interview that living in Canada was different from living in England. In England, family and friends lived closer together whereas in Canada places were further apart. Surjeet says that while living in England she could walk to do her shopping. While living in England, after her children were a bit older, she worked as a seamstress in a shirt factory for a few years before coming to Canada. Surjeet imparts that her father (Lashman Singh Manhas) died of a heart attack in 1970 and her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas) died in 1998. Her father and her family first lived in North Vancouver and then her parents bought a house on Eton Street in Burnaby, near the Ocean. After her father died, her brother and mother bought a house and moved to the Capitol Hill neighbourhood in Burnaby. In 1973, Surjeet, Nadeem and their two children immigrated to Canada and moved in with her brother and mother. Surjeet includes that her paternal aunt (Koshali Kaur Manhas) and cousins also moved to Burnaby and that her aunt and some of her cousins were sponsored by her son who came earlier. Surjeet recalls that after arriving in Canada she got work sewing in a factory located on Water Street in Gastown. Surjeet recollects travelling to her job by bus. Surjeet shares that she brought saris and quilted blankets “rijai”, not household items, in her suitcase when she came to Canada from England. Surjeet explains that the “rijai” (quilted blankets) were made from cotton from her home village in India. The blankets were made by women and then brought back to her to quilt on her sewing machine. Surjeet recalls that when she returned to Canada (in 1973 with her husband and children) they first lived with her mother and brother on Capitol Hill in Burnaby before moving to a house on Fell Avenue and then to their current home in 1982. In 1981, she worked at “Canadian Window Covering” factory making window coverings. The factory was located in the Brentwood area of Burnaby. Surjeet recalls how the factory became unionized and of how she left the factory and found union work at the Labatt’s brewery (Winery and Distillery Workers Local 300). Surjeet describes the work that she did while working at Labatt’s brewery which was located next to the Royal Columbian Hospital in Burnaby. Around 1995, when the Labatt’s factory closed down in Burnaby, she got union work as a bottle sorter for BDL Brewers Distributor Limited, where bottles were gathered for distribution at Braid Station. Surjeet left this job in 2000. Surjeet talks about traditional foods like bindi, sabji, aam and karela and where she’s shopped to find traditional ingredients for South Asian cuisine. She recollects how at first she could only find traditional ingredients at stores in Gastown, Chinatown and on Main Street in Vancouver but now they are more readily available at major grocery stores. Surjeet expresses that traditional spices and dry goods have been hard to find, apart from stores like, Famous Foods and Patels when it was located on Commercial Drive. Surjeet talks about using ingredients such as green pea flour and Besan flour to make pakoras and kahdri. Surjeet states that many immigrants didn’t wear their traditional clothing until she came later. She expresses that many South Asian immigrants didn’t wear their clothes “because there were no rights, we had to try to become like them”. Surjeet conveys that even though some were able to purchase property (she provides an example of family members in Duncan who faced discrimination by the owner/seller of a piece of property they were purchasing) that they had very little rights and they were all living in fear. She expresses that she herself didn’t experience this but in the beginning when people settled here (in B.C.) that it was very difficult. Surjeet says that when she goes to the Gurdwara and to work, she wears a sari and conveys that while working at the factory, she was encouraged to wear a sari, it was accepted then. She brought printed saris to work and her co workers said that they’d wear them to parties. Surjeet reflects on her own experiences of racism and discrimination and expresses that her generation “has learned how to stand up in front, then they got scared of saying anything”. “The people who came here first were afraid because they were alone, they had to settle down here and make a home from scratch, but the ones who came after had everything already built and made”. She explains how they helped one another when they came (to British Columbia). She describes how the Gurdwara was located on 2nd Street and all of the ships went there (new immigrants?), people would gather, get water, help one another and there would be a place for all people. Surjeet shares a personal experience of helping members of her husband’s family to immigrate to Canada. She tells of the complications of some being left behind in India and that some came to Canada as refugees that she and her husband sponsored. Surjeet expresses their struggles with raising a family, working and trying to pay for their own house while also trying to assist and support family members. Surjeet describes in detail how her husband Nadeem went back to India after his mother died to help his father, sister and her family immigrate. She explains that the immigration process took about four years and his father had to apply as a refugee. Nadeem’s sister came with her children but had to return to India so Surjeet and her family had to look after Nadeem’s sister’s child/children. Surjeet expresses that during this time she continued to work at Canadian Window Coverings, working an afternoon shift and sometimes taking her son with her. She expresses that this as a very hectic time, working the whole day, making food for everyone, grocery shopping, looking after a her sister in law’s younger child at night and getting no rest. Surjeet describes the time when she was working and her children were attending the local school. She expresses the challenges of working long days and often arriving home after her children. She recollects a time when there was a snow storm and how she was worried about her children making it home and being alone while she was at work, there were no cell phones in those days but they had phone numbers of her brother and sister. Surjeet tells of how they tried to help the rest of the Nadeem’s family immigrate including his brother who was a soccer player in India. They were able to buy a house for the whole family to live but expresses after several months Nadeem’s brother decided to stay in India. Surjeet expresses the complications and frustrations of trying to bring all family members to Canada.

History: Interviewee biography: Surjeet Kaur Parmar was born in Punjab, India in 1942 to parents Lashman Singh Manhas (1913-1970) and Budhan Kaur Manhas (1906-1998). Surjeet’s ancestors, Ghania Singh Manhas, Doman Singh and Mayo Singh immigrated to British Columbia in 1905 and 1906. The group got work in saw mills and soon began owning and operating their own saw mills, first in Chilliwack and Rosedale districts and later in 1920 on Vancouver Island near Duncan (Paldi) (known as the Mayo Lumber Company). In 1927, Surjeet’s paternal uncle, Kashmir Singh Manhas left Paldi, Punjab at the age of 18 years with Mayo Singh Manhas and after months of travel they arrived at Paldi on Vancouver Island. In 1953, Surjeet’s father, Lashman Singh Manhas and her two brothers immigrated to Canada and soon after brought her and her mother, Budhan Kaur Manhas. After immigrating, her father began working at “Kashmir Lumber Company” in North Vancouver which was owned by his brother Kashmira Singh Manhas. Surjeet, her parents and two brothers first made their home in North Vancouver and the 1960s they moved to 3824 Eton Street in Burnaby. In 1959, Surjeet and her family returned to India for her brother’s wedding. During this time a marriage was arranged for Surjeet to marry Nadeem Parmar and they were married in 1960. Following their marriage, Surjeet and Nadeem moved to England where they began raising their two children. While living in England, Surjeet worked as seamstress at a factory. In 1973, following the death of Surjeet’s father who died in 1970, Surjeet and Nadeem decided to immigrate to British Columbia. For the first few years, Surjeet, Nadeem and their two children lived with her mother and brother in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood of Burnaby before purchasing their own home on Fell Avenue. While living in Burnaby Surjeet has worked as a seamstress for Canadian Window Covering, Labatt's Brewery and BDL Brewers Distributor Limited which she left in 2000. In 1982, Surjeet and her family moved into a new home that they had built on Woodsworth Street where they still live today. Interviewer biography: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Saw Mills; Clothing; Crafts; Employment; Migration; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Occupations - Labourers; Occupations - Millworkers; Persons - South Asian Canadians

Names: Parmar, Surjeet Kaur; Parmar, Kalwant Singh "Nadeem"; Manhas, Ghania Singh; Singh, Mayo; Manhas, Kashmir Singh; Manhas, Sher Singh; Manhas, Budhan Kaur; Manhas, Lashman Singh

Accession Code: BV022.29.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022

Media Type: Sound Recording

Related Material: See also BV022.29.1 - interview with Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription of interview translated to English from Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi to English created by Rajdeep; Transciption available on Heritage Burnaby; Spelling of "Ginaya Singh" found as "Ghania Singh Manhas" in obituary and death certificate

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Audio Tracks

Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar, [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0005_003.mp3

Alice in Wonderland party

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38887

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 9.7 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of children enjoying an Alice in Wonderland party held as part of the St. Alban's Strawberry Social, 1912. The children are playing a game on the lawn at the Hart House, the estate belonging to Frederick J. Hart in the Burnaby Lake area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 9.7 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-206

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of children enjoying an Alice in Wonderland party held as part of the St. Alban's Strawberry Social, 1912. The children are playing a game on the lawn at the Hart House, the estate belonging to Frederick J. Hart in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Events - Parties

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Alice in Wonderland party, 1912 thumbnail

Canadian Patriotic Fund stage set

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57712

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: J.W. Phillips fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Canadian Patriotic Fund stage set with young players in costume. The Canadian Patriotic Fund was established during World War I to provide adequate support and comfort to wives and other dependents of those men who had volunteered their services to their Country. The Governor Genera…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: J.W. Phillips fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Material Details: Emulsion measures 11 x 15.5 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 12 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 487-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2008-18

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Canadian Patriotic Fund stage set with young players in costume. The Canadian Patriotic Fund was established during World War I to provide adequate support and comfort to wives and other dependents of those men who had volunteered their services to their Country. The Governor General of Canada was President and the Minister of Finance was Treasurer.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Theatre; Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Clothing - Costumes

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Canadian Patriotic Fund stage set

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57731

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: J.W. Phillips fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Canadian Patriotic Fund stage set with adult players in costume and a woman at the piano, off stage. The Canadian Patriotic Fund was established during World War I to provide adequate support and comfort to wives and other dependents of those men who had volunteered their services t…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: J.W. Phillips fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Material Details: Emulsion measures 11 x 15.5 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 12 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 487-033

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2008-18

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Canadian Patriotic Fund stage set with adult players in costume and a woman at the piano, off stage. The Canadian Patriotic Fund was established during World War I to provide adequate support and comfort to wives and other dependents of those men who had volunteered their services to their Country. The Governor General of Canada was President and the Minister of Finance was Treasurer.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Theatre; Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Clothing - Costumes; Musical Instruments - Pianos

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Cathleen Mathers at Alice in Wonderland party

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38886

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Cathleen Mathers dressed in a costume for an Alice in Wonderland party held as part of the St. Alban's Strawberry Social, 1912. The party was held at the Hart House, the estate belonging to Frederick J. Hart in the Burnaby Lake area.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-205

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Cathleen Mathers dressed in a costume for an Alice in Wonderland party held as part of the St. Alban's Strawberry Social, 1912. The party was held at the Hart House, the estate belonging to Frederick J. Hart in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Events - Parties

Names: Mathers, Cathleen

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Cathleen Mathers at Alice in Wonderland party, 1912 thumbnail

Charlotte and Dorothy Vidal and three unidentified women

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82469

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of five women standing outdoors. Identified are Charlotte Vidal, second from the left, and Dorothy Vidal, fourth from the left.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-063

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of five women standing outdoors. Identified are Charlotte Vidal, second from the left, and Dorothy Vidal, fourth from the left.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black pen on verso reads: "The dilapidated effect is due to the fact that the dresses are tissue paper, & the snap was taken the 'morning after' the Cabaret"; Stamp on verso reads: "56" and illegible German words

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Charlotte and Dorothy Vidal and three unidentified women, [between 1915 and 1920] thumbnail

Charlotte Vidal

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82473

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal in a traditional costume, standing in front of a body of water.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 7.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-064

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal in a traditional costume, standing in front of a body of water.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph and note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Charlotte Vidal"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Mom"; Stamp on verso reads: "56" and illegible German words

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Charlotte Vidal

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82474

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal in a traditional costume, sitting outdoors.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-065

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal in a traditional costume, sitting outdoors.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on verso reads: "56" and illegible German words

Images

Charlotte Vidal

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82476

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal. She is wearing a traditional costume and standing outdoors.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-067

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal. She is wearing a traditional costume and standing outdoors.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Mom"; Stamp on verso reads: "56" and illegible German words

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Charlotte Vidal

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82515

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911 or 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 3 x 2.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, holding a gun.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911 or 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 3 x 2.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-089

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, holding a gun.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "1918 / Wigwam Inn"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "C Vidal / 1911"

Images

Charlotte Vidal, [1911 or 1918] thumbnail

Children in costume for Alice in Wonderland party

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38888

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of children holding hands in a centre, all wearing costumes for an Alice in Wonderland Party. This party was part of the St. Alban's Strawberry Social, 1912, and was held on the grounds of the Hart House, the estate owned by Frederick J. Hart.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-207

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of children holding hands in a centre, all wearing costumes for an Alice in Wonderland Party. This party was part of the St. Alban's Strawberry Social, 1912, and was held on the grounds of the Hart House, the estate owned by Frederick J. Hart.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Events - Parties

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Children in costume for Alice in Wonderland party, 1912 thumbnail

Children's Alice in Wonderland party

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38885

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of children dressed up for an Alice in Wonderland party held as part of the St. Alban's Strawberry Social in 1912. The party was held at the Hart House, the estate belonging to Frederick J. Hart in the Burnaby Lake area.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-204

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of children dressed up for an Alice in Wonderland party held as part of the St. Alban's Strawberry Social in 1912. The party was held at the Hart House, the estate belonging to Frederick J. Hart in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Events - Parties

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Children's Alice in Wonderland party, 1912 thumbnail

Children's costume party

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39224

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of children all dressed in costumes on the lawn of an unidentified property.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-543

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of children all dressed in costumes on the lawn of an unidentified property.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Events - Parties

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Images

Children's costume party, 1916 thumbnail

Gordon Presbyterian Church children

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35108

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.4 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of children from Gordon Presbyterian Church in costume for the play "Tom Thumb's Wedding." They are posed outside Morton Hall (possibly located at Edmonds Street and Humphries Avenue). Identified: Leonard Moxham, bottom row, one from left.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gordon Presbyterian Church subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.4 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 193-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1987-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of children from Gordon Presbyterian Church in costume for the play "Tom Thumb's Wedding." They are posed outside Morton Hall (possibly located at Edmonds Street and Humphries Avenue). Identified: Leonard Moxham, bottom row, one from left.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Recreational Activities - Theatre

Names: Gordon Presbyterian Church; Moxham, Leonard

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street; Humphries Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Gordon Presbyterian Church children, [1915] (date of original), copied 1987 thumbnail

Soldier in costume

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1017

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia

Scope and Content: Photograph of a soldier dressed in a feminine costume, with a long dress, wig and a hat. There appears to be two others flanking him on both sides, but they are ripped out of the photograph. The acquisition record identifies this photograph as from WWI.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia

Scope and Content: Photograph of a soldier dressed in a feminine costume, with a long dress, wig and a hat. There appears to be two others flanking him on both sides, but they are ripped out of the photograph. The acquisition record identifies this photograph as from WWI.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes

Accession Code: HV973.110.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-30

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Soldier in costume, [between 1914 and 1918] thumbnail

Theatre stage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57732

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1914]

Collection/Fonds: J.W. Phillips fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a theatre stage set with adult players in costume, performing. Neither the individuals nor the play are identified.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1914]

Collection/Fonds: J.W. Phillips fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Material Details: Emulsion measures 11 x 15.5 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 12 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 487-032

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2008-18

Scope and Content: Photograph of a theatre stage set with adult players in costume, performing. Neither the individuals nor the play are identified.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Theatre; Clothing - Costumes

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Theatre stage, [between 1910 and 1914] thumbnail

Thelma Butcher

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35681

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914 (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 Thelma Butcher in costume for an Edmonds School Christmas concert. Thelma played a fairy queen who rode in a sleigh full of gifts pulled by a dozen brownies.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914 (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.: 204-539

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Thelma Butcher in costume for an Edmonds School Christmas concert. Thelma played a fairy queen who rode in a sleigh full of gifts pulled by a dozen brownies.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes

Names: Butcher, Thelma; Edmonds Community School

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Thelma Butcher, 1914 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Young boy at Alice in Wonderland party

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38889

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young boy standing beside a chair at the Alice in Wonderland Party that was held as part of the St. Alban's Strawberry Social, 1912. The party was held on the grounds of the Hart House, the estate owned by Frederick J. Hart in the Burnaby Lake area.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-208

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young boy standing beside a chair at the Alice in Wonderland Party that was held as part of the St. Alban's Strawberry Social, 1912. The party was held on the grounds of the Hart House, the estate owned by Frederick J. Hart in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Events - Parties

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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