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Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "? and Blanche W.?"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Barron & Walker / Artist and Photographer / B & W"

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Two unidentified girls, [1860-1900] thumbnail

Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory442

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1893-1944

Length: 00:05:35

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s parents’ history (Ethel Leer and Alfred Lewarne) and growing up in South Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s parents’ history (Ethel Leer and Alfred Lewarne) and growing up in South Burnaby.

Date Range: 1893-1944

Photo Info: Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012

Length: 00:05:35

Names: Lewarne, Ethel Leer

Subjects: Recreational Activities; Persons - Children

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: March 14, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne 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 mainly about Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 1:34:40

Interviewee Name: Lewarne, William A. "Bill"

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 business computerization 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.

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Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail

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Track two of interview with Bill Lewarne

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_2.mp3

Blanche Wilkinson

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1896 and 1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Blanche Wilkinson.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1896 and 1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-024

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Blanche Wilkinson.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Wilkinson, Blanche

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Blanche Wilkinson / 1890's"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "Blanche Wilkinson / b. late 1890's"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "John Barron, / Photographer, / Sarnia."

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Blanche Wilkinson, [between 1896 and 1900] thumbnail

M. G. Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82537

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of one man and five rows of boys. Identified fourth from the right in the back row is Minard G. Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-111

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of one man and five rows of boys. Identified fourth from the right in the back row is Minard G. Hill.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Buildings - Schools

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "M.G. Hill / (4th from right back row)"

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M. G. Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of one man and five rows of boys. Identified fourth from the right in the back row is Minard G. Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-112

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of one man and five rows of boys. Identified fourth from the right in the back row is Minard G. Hill.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Buildings - Schools

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "M.G. Hill / (4th from right back row)"

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Young girl

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63955

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.6 x 8.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a young girl taken in a photographic studio.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bancroft family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.6 x 8.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 507-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2004-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a young girl taken in a photographic studio.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Young family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [190-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 postcard : sepia ; 13.2 x 8.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a man, woman and baby taken in a photographic studio.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [190-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bancroft family subseries

Physical Description: 1 postcard : sepia ; 13.2 x 8.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 507-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2004-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a man, woman and baby taken in a photographic studio.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Dewey, Grant

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "I am not so surly looking as the picture makes me out to be / Esther"

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Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill and Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82401

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two girls identified as Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill and Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-034

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two girls identified as Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill and Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis

Subjects: Geographic Features - Gardens; Persons - Children

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

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Charlotte & Dorothy Vidal"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Aunt Dor / Mum"

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Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill and Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis, [1900] thumbnail

Five children and a dog

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1930]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of three unidentified boys, two unidentified girls and a dog sitting on logs in a clearing of a forest.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1930]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-134

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of three unidentified boys, two unidentified girls and a dog sitting on logs in a clearing of a forest.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Animals - Dogs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Five children and a dog, [1900-1930] thumbnail

Mary Queen of Scots

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82577

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1930]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard is a portrait of a woman identified as Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1930]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 14 x 9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-146

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard is a portrait of a woman identified as Mary, Queen of Scots.

Subjects: Persons - Royalty

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Recto reads: "Marie Reine D'Escos / School of Francois Clouet (d. 1572) / Mary, Queen of Scots / Oil painting on panel in the Jones collection / Victoria and Albert Museum / P. 76 / 625-1882"

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Mary Queen of Scots, [1900-1930] thumbnail

Andrew M. Johnson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36318

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 drawing : graphite and chalk pastel on heavy-weight paper ; 43 x 33 cm

Scope and Content: Drawing of Andrew M. Johnson wearing a three-piece suit. He was married to Margaret Sloane Johnson.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Andrew Johnson subseries

Physical Description: 1 drawing : graphite and chalk pastel on heavy-weight paper ; 43 x 33 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 244-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-10

Scope and Content: Drawing of Andrew M. Johnson wearing a three-piece suit. He was married to Margaret Sloane Johnson.

Subjects: Arts - Drawings

Names: Johnson, Andrew Martin "Andy"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Margaret Sloane Johnson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36319

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 drawing : graphite and chalk pastel on heavy-weight paper ; 43 x 33 cm

Scope and Content: Drawing of Margaret Sloane Johnson wearing a high-collared top with puff sleeves. She was married to Andrew M. Johnson.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Andrew Johnson subseries

Physical Description: 1 drawing : graphite and chalk pastel on heavy-weight paper ; 43 x 33 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 244-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-10

Scope and Content: Drawing of Margaret Sloane Johnson wearing a high-collared top with puff sleeves. She was married to Andrew M. Johnson.

Subjects: Arts - Drawings

Names: Johnson, Margaret Sloane

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Margaret Sloane Johnson, [1900] thumbnail

Woman and child at Agassiz

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription292

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1900 and 1905]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 7.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman holding on to a young girl's arms with both hands. They are standing outside in front of a fence. There is a telephone pole and mountains in the background. The location has been identified as Agassiz, British Columbia by the inscription on the photograph.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 7.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman holding on to a young girl's arms with both hands. They are standing outside in front of a fence. There is a telephone pole and mountains in the background. The location has been identified as Agassiz, British Columbia by the inscription on the photograph.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Accession Code: HV983.42.32

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1900 and 1905]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Martha's niece & I taken at Agassiz."

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Woman and child at Agassiz, [between 1900 and 1905] thumbnail

Boy in a sailor suit

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1044

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia

Scope and Content: Photograph of a sitting room of a house, with an unidentified boy in a sailor suit seated on a chair. Another boy in a sailor suit is standing beside him, moving his head, and an unidentified woman is standing by a dresser behind the two boys.

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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 sitting room of a house, with an unidentified boy in a sailor suit seated on a chair. Another boy in a sailor suit is standing beside him, moving his head, and an unidentified woman is standing by a dresser behind the two boys.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Accession Code: HV973.110.58

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-30

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Two boys in sailor suits

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1511

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1900 and 1915]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified young boys in sailor suits and caps taken in a photographic studio.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 13 cm

Material Details: inscribed in black ink, verso, l.r. "Mothers/ +/ Fathers"; The photograph is printed on a postcard paper

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified young boys in sailor suits and caps taken in a photographic studio.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Accession Code: BV985.5887.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1900 and 1915]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Two boys in sailor suits, [between 1900 and 1915] thumbnail

Portrait of Sui Wing Hong

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4250

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1900] (date of original), copied 2017

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Sui Wing Hong wearing a hat. Geometric design in background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Sui Wing Hong wearing a hat. Geometric design in background.

History: Josephine Hong was born to Sui Ha Hong and Chan Kow Hong. The Hong Family had seven children, oldest to youngest: Pauline, Josephine, Catherine, Norine, Gary, Darlene, and Marlene. The family runs Hop-On Farm on Marine Drive in Burnaby. Many Hong family members worked on the farm including Josephine Hong's grandfather, Gay Tim Hong, and uncles. Her great-grandfather was Sui Wing Hong

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Hop On Farms; Hong, Sui Wing

Accession Code: BV017.36.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1900] (date of original), copied 2017

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Related Material: See Oral History Interview-BV020.6.1

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 12/3/2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

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Portrait of Sui Wing Hong, [1900] (date of original), copied 2017 thumbnail

Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12337

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:43:19 min.)

Scope and Content: Recording consists of an interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) conducted by BVM researcher Denise Fong at the Burnaby Village Museum. Josephine describes her family history and recollects her childhood experiences in 1950s and 60s while growing with her family on their "Hop On" farm in Burnaby. …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Chinese Canadians in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:43:19 min.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Denise Fong Interviewee: Josephine Chow Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: February 7, 2020 Total Number of Tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 00:43:19

Scope and Content: Recording consists of an interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) conducted by BVM researcher Denise Fong at the Burnaby Village Museum. Josephine describes her family history and recollects her childhood experiences in 1950s and 60s while growing with her family on their "Hop On" farm in Burnaby. The farm is situated in the Big Bend area along Marine Drive and is still in operation today. 0:00-08:45 Josephine Chow provides some historical background on the history of “Hop On Farm” and her family in British Columbia. She tells of how her grandfather Gay Tim Hong and three partners pooled money together to purchase twelve acres on Marine Drive in 1951. Prior to this, most of them farmed on the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation Reserve for 20-30 years. It all began when her great grandfather Sui Wing Hong, first came to Canada from China and slowly brought over her grandfather, father and other members of the family. Her grandfather, Gay Tim Hong went back and forth between Canada and China at least four times since he and her grandmother had four children including her father, who was born in 1931. Her father came to Canada at 10 years of age to live with his father. Josephine’s great grandfather came to Vancouver from Zhongshan county in Canton Province (also known as Guangdong). 8:46- 14:20 Josephine provides the names of her siblings from the eldest to the youngest; Pauline, Josephine (herself), Catherine, Noreen, Gary, Darlene and Marlene. She describes what life was like on the farm with her parents working from sunrise to sunset. The family farmed vegetable produce taking orders from local stores in the lower mainland. Often the children helped their parents with the orders starting at eight or nine years of age. Other workers on the farm travelled by bus from Vancouver’s Chinatown. She also tells of how her father was an animal lover and raised chickens, pigeons, geese, koy, goldfish and dogs. 14: 21 – 16:56 Josephine describes what Burnaby was like during the time that she grew up in the late 1950s. She explains that Burnaby was very quiet with nothing being open on Sundays. On the farm, she and her siblings would entertain themselves by playing games like soccer, baseball and kick ball or also by catching frogs, snails, caterpillars and ladybugs. There were neighbours living on Marine Drive and almost every house had someone who we went to the same elementary school. The neighbourhood children would often come to play with them on their farm. 16:56- 26:47 Josephine describes how when they were young there were farms all around them and how on Sunday drives with her father, they would go to feed horses or look at the cows. Josephine shares that her elder sister Pauline was the only one born in China and how when she first arrived that she lived on the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nations Reserve with their parents before they moved to Burnaby. Josephine recollects that most of her friends were farmer’s kids from the neighbourhood but while in school, she had more Caucasian friends. Josephine and her siblings attended Glenwood Elementary on Marine Drive and later Junior Secondary at McPherson Park (grades 8-10) and Burnaby South Senior Secondary (grades 11-12. ). She shares some of her experiences while attending school. She said that there were about a dozen Asians in school with her, mostly from farming families in the “Flats”. 26:48- 30:45 Josephine describes what life was like for her and her siblings after school. They often helped on the farm when they got home, usually taking care of orders for green onions. Her mother made dinner and did all of the cooking for family and workers on the farm as well as working in the fields. Her father did all of the grocery shopping in Vancouver’s Chinatown two or three times per week where he purchased meat and fish. She says that her grandfather, often travelled by bus every Saturday or Sunday to meet up with friends in Chinatown. Extracurricular activities for her and her siblings included volley ball and soccer as long as it didn’t interfere with their work schedule on the farm. 30:46- 37:03 Josephine describes what occurred while living at home, the food they ate, shopping and attending Chinese school. Her mother cooked only Chinese food, she didn’t know how to cook “Western food”. For school lunches, the kids made their own sandwiches. She tells of a Chinese language school arranged by Mrs. Joe [sic] who lived on Gilley Road and was Canadian born Chinese. Mrs. Joe [sic] also arranged an English class for farmer’s wives on Tuesday nights in which her mother attended. Josephine recollects learning Mandarin from Mrs. Joe [sic] a few days a week after her regular school. Chinese school took place at Riverway School on Meadow Avenue in Burnaby. Mrs. Joe also taught them a lot about Chinese culture including Kung Fu, Chinese Dance and Chinese brush painting. 37:04- 39:39 Josephine describes Medical Care for her and her family in the 1950s and 1960s. She tells of a female Chinese doctor in Vancouver, Dr. Madeline Chung. Dr. Chung was responsible for delivering a lot of Chinese babies including Josephine. The family also visited herbalists in Vancouver Chinatown. They would often buy herbs for colds etc. Josephine also tells of how her parents stayed in touch with family in China by writing letters. Her mother’s family, including her parents and siblings were still in China while most of her father’s family were here in Canada. 39:40- 43:19 – In closing, Josephine shares how life is much busier now and of how she misses the quietness of her days growing up. She briefly describes her life on the family farm now and how different it is from when her parents worked the farm. She explains how farming methods have changed and how they don’t have to work as hard as her parents did.

History: Interviewee biography: Josephine Chow (nee Hong) is the second eldest child of Chan Kow Hong and Sui Ha Hong. In 1925, Josephine's grandfather, Gay Tim Hong immigrated to Canada from Zhongshan county in Canton Province (also known as Guangdong). In 1952, her father, Chan Kow Hong joined his father, Gay Tim Hong and by 1953, he established "Hop On Farms" in the Big Bend area of Burnaby near Marine Drive. Josephine grew up on the farm with her parents and six siblings; Pauline, Catherine, Norine, Gary, Darlene and Marlene. In 1969, Josephine's elder sister Pauline and her husband Jack Chan took over the family farm and in 1972 their father and grandfather moved to Kamloops to open a restaurant. As an adult, Josephine worked in several different areas including owning and running her own Aesthetics business. Josephine eventually retired and returned to the farm to assist her siblings. The farm is still in operation. 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: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agriculture - Farms; Education; Buildings - Schools; First Nations reserves - British Columbia

Names: Chow, Josephine; Glenwood Elementary School; McPherson Park Junior Secondary School; ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)

Responsibility: Fong, Denise

Geographic Access: Byrne Road

Accession Code: BV020.6.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

Related Material: See also BV017.36*

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 12/3/2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of interview; Photograph info: Gary Hong and Chan Kow Hong harvesting celery at Hop-On Farms [1969]. BV017.36.4

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Louis Claude Hill's Strawberry Farm, Burnaby BC

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1902

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.8 x 17.7 cm mounted on grey card 15.0 x 20.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of immigrant workers in the field picking strawberries on the farm belonging to Claude Hill. On the left, the Hill family home, Brookfield, can be seen. Claude Hill's daughter, Kitty Hill, is sitting on the steps of the house. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Muse…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.8 x 17.7 cm mounted on grey card 15.0 x 20.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of immigrant workers in the field picking strawberries on the farm belonging to Claude Hill. On the left, the Hill family home, Brookfield, can be seen. Claude Hill's daughter, Kitty Hill, is sitting on the steps of the house. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Occupations - Agricultural Labourers; Agriculture - Fruit and Berries; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Accession Code: HV973.40.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1902

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Cooksley, William Thomas

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph; Inscribed on the negative and (therefore) printed on recto of photograph reads: "L.C. Hill's Strawberry Farm, Burnaby, B.C." and "W.T. Cooksley, New Westminster, B.C."; Note written in red pencil on the card reads: "1902 - Grandview H.WAY"

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The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England : together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches ; and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Church of England

Publication Date: 1902

Call Number: 264.03 CHU

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.3902.1

Call Number: 264.03 CHU

Author: Church of England

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Henry Frowde

Publication Date: 1902

Printer: Oxford University Press

Physical Description: 1 vol. ; 12 cm.

Inscription: "THE BOOK OF Common Prayer" "E R" "VII" front centre "COMMON PRAYER" "HYMNS A&M", "OXFORD"; "Presented to [blank] In Commemoration of the Coronation of KING EDWARD VII" "JUNE 26, 1902"; page, "The Royal Commemoration Prayer Book" "Oxford 1902" "FEAR GOD, HONOUR THE KING"; "HORACE HART PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY"; 197pp; illustrated

Library Subject (LOC): Church of England--Liturgy--Texts; Church of England--Prayers and devotions; Prayer books

Subjects: Persons - Royalty; Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books

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