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![1st Div 1907 West Burnaby School, [1907] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2012/2012_0020_0002_001.jpg?width=280)
1st Div 1907 West Burnaby School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2939
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the First Division class for 1907 at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). There are two rows of students standing and one row of seated students. there is a male teacher standing on the left side of the group just beside a bicycle that is leaning against the build…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8.2 cm
- Material Details
- Handwritten in the photograph is "1st Div 1907 / West Burnaby School". The reverse side of the photograph is printed in a postcard format.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the First Division class for 1907 at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). There are two rows of students standing and one row of seated students. there is a male teacher standing on the left side of the group just beside a bicycle that is leaning against the building.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Persons - Students
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1907]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Mar-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![1st Div 1907 West Burnaby School, [1907] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2012/2012_0020_0002_001.jpg)
20th century machine shop practice : arithmetic, practical geometry, mensuration, applied mechanics, properties of steam, the indicator ...
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4961
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV006.24.49
- Call Number
- 621.75 BRO
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Frederick J. Drake & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1906
- Physical Description
- 631 p. : ill. : 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Machine-shop practice
- Machine-shop practice--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- "Over 400 illustrations" -- Title page
- Author's name and dates: Brookes, L. Elliott (Leonard Elliott), 1853-
- Includes index.
50 Years of Blacksmithing at BVM
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18879
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 29 Sep. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (94 min., 55 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Program Education Coordinator Ashley Jones and presented by Museum Interpreter and blacksmiths, Eric Damer ad Lorne Gray. The webinar is titled "50 Years of Blacksmithing at BVM". The webinar is the sixth in …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (94 min., 55 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Material Details
- Host: Ashely Jones
- Presenters: Eric Damer; Lorne Gray
- Videographer: Peter Rogier
- Editor of video content footage: Peter Rogier
- Date of Presentation: Tuesday, September 29, 2022. 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Total Number of tracks: 1
- Total Length of all tracks: 94 min., 55 sec.
- Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform
- Original recording of 94 min., 55 sec.was edited to 89 min., 21 sec. for viewing on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Program Education Coordinator Ashley Jones and presented by Museum Interpreter and blacksmiths, Eric Damer ad Lorne Gray. The webinar is titled "50 Years of Blacksmithing at BVM". The webinar is the sixth in a series of six webinars presented in partnership by Burnaby Village Museum and Burnaby Public Library. The live webinar was also made available on the Burnaby Village Museum's facebook page. Community members were invited to participate by bringing questions during the interactive online sessions. The session opens with the host Ashley Jones, providing introductions. Following the introduction, the presentation begins with Eric Damer and Lorne Gray’s slide presentation titled “50 years of Blacksmithing at Burnaby Village Museum”. The presentation is an historical exploration of the blacksmith shop through images and commentary from these two long-standing museum blacksmiths. Eric and Lorne's presentation is organized into themes beginning with “The Age of Nostalgia” where they discuss the implementation of the original Burnaby Village Museum blacksmithing shop and live exhibit with a working blacksmith when the museum opened in November 1971. They comment on the original design of the forge and other components implemented into the design of the blacksmith shop, stereotypes of blacksmiths and various items that were forged on site in the blacksmith shop. “The Age of Accuracy” looks at changes to the Burnaby Village Museum’s programming and exhibits in the 1980s which included focusing more on the history of Burnaby and upgrading some of the components in the blacksmith shop including blowers, tools, forge design and costuming. Eric and Lorne comment on the history of Burnaby blacksmith, Frank Wagner who operated as a blacksmith in Burnaby “Wagner & Son” on Kingsway. Frank was a trained machinist, farrier and an automotive blacksmith who patented and manufactured the “Wagner Triple Spring Bumper”. With this information, the Burnaby Village Museum changed the name of the blacksmith shop to reflect the history of Burnaby blacksmith Frank Wagner. In “The Age of Diversity” Eric and Lorne talk about a shift in the 1990s when the staffing of the blacksmith shop was diversified to include women and people from diverse cultural backgrounds. These changes as well as an increased interest in artistic blacksmithing also lead to updates in Burnaby Village Museum’s blacksmith training procedures and interpretation, increased course offerings in blacksmithing and a renovated blacksmith shop which included new forges and equipment as well as an improved viewing area. Eric and Lorne talk about specifics regarding blacksmithing techniques and equipment and improvements to make this exhibit more accessible. Their presentation is followed by a short video highlighing Burnaby Village Museum interpreters who have worked as blacksmiths at Burnaby Village Museum. Each person shares their own perspectives on their experiences working as a blacksmith and interacting with the public. In the last part of the webinar, Eric and Lorne answer questions from attendees and further reflect and comment on their own experiences working as blacksmiths, various tools and techniques used and blacksmithing course offerings at Burnaby Village Museum.
- History
- Host biography: Ashley Jones is the Burnaby Village Museum Education Programmer, responsible for the development and administration of school and public programs at BVM. She has a Master of Arts degree in History and is passionate about creating hands-on programming that promotes historical and environmental literacy. Presenters biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history. Lorne Gray has a BA with a major in the History of Science and Technology. He took up blacksmithing as a hobby when he was promoted to middle management and had to start hitting things. He was hired by Burnaby Village Museum as a blacksmith to fill in during the Christmas season of 2001. He has attended several blacksmithing conferences and taken classes with both an artist blacksmith and a journeyman blacksmith. On the weekends, you’ll find him teaching many of the museum’s public blacksmithing courses. He also has a steam ticket that permits him to run the museum’s steam boiler and stationery steam engines.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Occupations - Blacksmiths
- Responsibility
- Jones, Ashley
- Accession Code
- BV022.27.6
- Date
- 29 Sep. 2022
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Images
Video
50 Years of Blacksmithing at BVM, 29 Sep. 2022
50 Years of Blacksmithing at BVM, 29 Sep. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2022_0027_0006_002.mp41000 ways to get rich; or, Book of knowledge : an immense collection of the most saleable and money making discoveries, formulas, recipes, mechanical secrets and methods, from which persons of very moderate capital can commence a renumerative business in any city or village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1861
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.23.1
- Call Number
- 641.5
- Author
- Wehman Bros.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Wehman Bros.
- Publication Date
- 1895
- Physical Description
- 103 p. : 16.5 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Recipes
- Cookbooks--1890-1899
- Cookbooks--1900-1909
The abc of motoring
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4965
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Brown, C. W.
- Edition
- 2nd ed, rev and enl.
- Publication Date
- 1904
- Call Number
- 625.6 BRO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV006.24.53
- Call Number
- 625.6 BRO
- Edition
- 2nd ed, rev and enl.
- Author
- Brown, C. W.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Henry J. Drane Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1904
- Series
- Drane's new ABC handbooks
- Printer
- Henry J. Drane
- Physical Description
- 90 p. : ill. : 15 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Automobiles--Design and construction
- Automobile driving
A book about Longfellow
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2369
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.105.8
- Call Number
- 811.3 MCI
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1900
- Physical Description
- 165 p., [13] leaves of plates : ports. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Victoria Council School, Wrexham Prize Presented to" [glued in label on front pastedown with following filled in] "Reginald Hunter Good Attendance October 1910" [handwritten in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Poets, American--19th century
- Notes
- "with illustrations" -title page
- "by J. N. M'Ilwraith ("Jean Forsyth")" --title page
- Author's given name and dates: McIlwraith, Jean N. (Jean Newton), 1859-1938
A book of toasts
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1918
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Ramsay, William
- Publication Date
- c1906
- Call Number
- 808.51 RAM
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.58
- Call Number
- 808.51 RAM
- Author
- Ramsay, William
- Contributor
- Schroedter, Gerta
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dodge Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- c1906
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (unpaged) ; 16 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Public speaking
- Notes
- "With decorations by Gerta Schroedter"--title page.
Academic arithmetic : being part four of the Progressive School Series of arithmetics
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2885
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.134.1
- Call Number
- 513 KEN
- Place of Publication
- Halifax [N.S.]
- Publisher
- T. C. Allen & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1898
- Series
- Progressive school series
- Physical Description
- 143 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Thos O Murry / T O M / Thos O / Thos" - handwritten on front cover. "John KcKeen" - stamped in ink and handwritten in pencil several times on cover pages. "JOHN Mc KEEN / Importer and dealer in / Boots & Shoes, Hats, Caps, / Watches, Clocks, Jewellery &c. / Wholesale & Retail / Newcastle. N. B." - stamped many times on cover pages. "C. J. MacDONALD / Stationery. / Books, Fancy Goods, / ANTIGONISH, N. S." - stamped on cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Arithmetic
A child's story of the bible
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary259
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Altemus, Henry
- Publication Date
- c1899
- Call Number
- 220.9505 ALT
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.169.10
- Call Number
- 220.9505 ALT
- Author
- Altemus, Henry
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Publisher
- Henry Altemus Company
- Publication Date
- c1899
- Physical Description
- 260 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "Heritage Village S3 j" -- handwritten in ink on a white adhesive label "Margaret Buttler with best wishes from Annie W. Atkins / Xmas 1914" -- handwritten in ink
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible stories
- Bible
- Juvenile literature
- Notes
- Includes seventy-two illustrations.
A child's story of the bible : with seventy-two illustrations
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary180
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.120.28
- Call Number
- 220.5 ALT
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- Henry Altemus
- Publication Date
- c1899
- Physical Description
- vii, 260 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "W15" [written in black ink on front pastedown, crossed out]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible stories
- Bible
- Juvenile literature
![A.C. Hill, [189-] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/1977_0123_0041_001.jpg?width=280)
A.C. Hill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1658
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [189-] (date of original), copied 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a one year old, dressed in a sailor shirt and pleated skirt, with boots, taken in a photographic studio. The inscription on the original photograph suggests the child is A.C. Hill, or Claude Hill, the son of Bernard Hill.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a one year old, dressed in a sailor shirt and pleated skirt, with boots, taken in a photographic studio. The inscription on the original photograph suggests the child is A.C. Hill, or Claude Hill, the son of Bernard Hill.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Names
- Hill, Arthur Claude
- Accession Code
- HV977.123.41
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [189-] (date of original), copied 1977
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-25
- Photographer
- Atkinson, J.
- Notes
- Annotation on recto of the orginal photograph reads: "A.C. Hill," and printed on the card mount of the original is: "J. Atkinson" and "Jane St. / Workington."
Images
![A.C. Hill, [189-] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/1977_0123_0041_001.jpg)
A compend of chemistry, inorganic and organic including urinary analysis, No. 10
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2645
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Leffmann, Henry, 1847-1930
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1897
- c1894
- Call Number
- 540 LEF
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.27.32
- Call Number
- 540 LEF
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Author
- Leffmann, Henry, 1847-1930
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- P. Blakiston, Son & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1897
- c1894
- Series
- Quiz-compends?
- Printer
- W.M.F. Fell & Co.
- Physical Description
- viii; 193 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
- Inscription
- inside: "Albert Luising" [Not sure of the proper spelling of signature] "1.00"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemistry
- Pharmaceutical chemistry
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Historical interest: after the index there is a 23 page "Classified Subject Catalogue of Medical Books and Books on Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Hygiene, Etc., Etc.,".
A country girl : a new and original musical play
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4922
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Tanner, James T.
- Edition
- New ed.
- Publication Date
- c1904
- Call Number
- 789 TAN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.34.9
- Call Number
- 789 TAN
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Tanner, James T.
- Contributor
- Ross, Adrian, 1859-1933
- Monckton, Lionel, 1861-1924
- Rubens, Paul A. (Paul Alfred), 1875-1917
- Greenbank, Percy, 1878-1968
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Chappell & Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1904
- Printer
- Henderson and Spalding, Marylebone Press
- Physical Description
- 212 p. : 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "E. B. Wilson" [Handwritten twice in pencil on title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Musical revues, comedies, etc.
- Musical plays--Vocal scores
- Musical plays
- Music
- Subjects
- Music
- Names
- Wilson, Elsie
- Object History
- Elsie Wilson - The material in the donation is from her estate. Miss Wilson was a Burnaby resident and music teacher. The brass plaque was on her fathers home "Penrith Castle" on Blenheim St. in Burnaby
- Notes
- "By James T. Tanner. Lyrics by Adrian Ross. Music by Lionel Monckton. Additional lyrics and numbers by Paul A. Rubens. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank" -- Title page
- Contributor's full name and dates: Rubens, Paul A. (Paul Alfred), 1875-1917
Images
A dictionary of the English language : with supplement, containing over 12,500 new words and antries, and a vocabulary of synonyms of words in general use : and an appendix, which embodies a pronouncing dictionary of biography, embracing the names of newarly then thousand persons of all ages and countries : pronouncing vocabularies of modern Christian names and Latin proper names, and scripture proper names, together with various other useful tables
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2358
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.18.1
- Call Number
- 423 WOR
- Edition
- New ed.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Co.
- Publication Date
- 1897
- c1886
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Dictionaries
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates: Worchester, Joseph Emerson, 1784-1865
Advanced lessons in cookery : book III
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2307
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Ferguson, Kathleen
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Call Number
- 641.5941 FER
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- HV977.37.145
- Call Number
- 641.5941 FER
- Author
- Ferguson, Kathleen
- Place of Publication
- Dublin, [Ireland]
- Publisher
- James Duffy and Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Physical Description
- 31 p. ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cookbooks--1900-1909
- Cookbooks--Ireland
- Cooking for the sick
- Desserts
- Bread
- Soups
- Object History
- From the family home of Thomas Seaborn McNair and Mary Vida (nee McMillan) McNair who lived on West 33rd Avenue in Vancouver. Thomas McNair ran Edwards, McNair and Russell, an established estate agent business.
- Notes
- "by Kathleen Ferguson, First Class Diplomée, Dublin School of Cookery." -- title page
- " Price one penny." -- title page
Images
Advertisement display ; Mediums ; Retail management ; Department-store management
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary938
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 658.8 ICS
- Place of Publication
- Scranton [Pa.]
- Publisher
- International Textbook Co.
- Publication Date
- c1909
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Advertising
- Retail trade
- Department stores
A Family Farm
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14268
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:13:57 min)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of part one in a series of three “Back to the Roots” podcasts about the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Part one is titled “A Family Farm”. The podcasts were created by students Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong from the Faculty of Land an…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- UBC Partnership series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:13:57 min)
- Material Details
- Podcasts hosts: Rose Wu; Wei Yan Yeong Persons from recorded extracts: Denise Fong; Josephine Chow Music: prod. riddiman Podcast Date: October 2020 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all tracks: 00:13:57 min Photograph info: Store front of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co in Victoria, B.C., 1975. BV017.7.191
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of part one in a series of three “Back to the Roots” podcasts about the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Part one is titled “A Family Farm”. The podcasts were created by students Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia Faculty and while student interns at Burnaby Village Museum. In this series the students connect their knowledge of food systems to their shared Chinese heritage in order to discover how Chinese Canadian history is rooted in their local food systems. 00:00-02:21 The podcast opens with Wei Yan Yeong and Rose Wu introducing themselves and their topic- the Chinese Canadian experience in Burnaby and the people who have made important contributions to the city’s development. “A Family Farm” talks about Chinese-owned businesses which are family run. “The family-oriented nature of Chinese-owned businesses also extend to many of the early (and current) Chinese-owned farms in the Burnaby Big Bend area. When Chinese men first began farming in BC in the 1860s, a lot of them worked as labourers because they weren’t allowed to own land. After World War II many of these farmers were allowed to purchase lots, thanks to the Veterans Land Grant. These grants allowed returning veterans to purchase small parcels of land with government loans. Eventually, these men would start families on the farm, and many Chinese-owned farms became family-operated businesses where every member, male, female, child, and extended relatives were enlisted to work the grounds. And it was hard work, often from dawn to dusk, 6-7 days a week.” 02:23 – 07:50 This portion includes excerpts from Oral History interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) of Hop On Farms in the Burnaby Big Bend area. The interview was conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong. Josephine recalls growing up on the family farm with her six siblings. She tells of how the family pulled together money to purchase twelve acres along Marine Drive in 1951, her family’s background, daily life on the farm , responsibilities on the farm for her and her siblings and of how her mother had to balance working on the farm and providing for a family of ten to twelve people. 07:51 – 08:10 In this portion, hosts comment and reflect on their own experiences. “While it’s likely that a lot of this was done out of necessity and not being able to afford additional paid labourers, having grown up in Chinese households ourselves, we can definitely understand the rationale for these family-operated businesses and how it connects back to the Chinese understanding of family and kinship.” 08:11 – 09:06 In this portion, Rose and Wei provide information on the roots of the Chinese character for family “jia” in mandarin or “gah” in Cantonese. They explain that the term family is composed of two parts: the upper element is like a roof, symbolizing shelter, and the bottom part represents a pig which symbolizes food, whereby the Chinese character for family represents that of a farm. They provide a quote from the writings of Francois de Martin-Donos “In ancient China, the farm is an enterprise, a shelter that insures one food and work. The farm is a place to rely on, but in return, needs to be maintained, including a set of responsibilities. In other words, “family” is the insurance of a stable life.” 09:07 – 10:27 In this portion, the hosts speak about how traditional Chinese thought is heavily influenced by the teachings of Confucius and Confucius philosophy. They explain how Confucius emphasized five sets of human relationships that form the basis for society: ruler and minister, husband and wife, parents and child, sibling and sibling, friend and friend. Of these five, three are familial relationships also known as Filial piety – the respect and care for one’s familial superiors (such as parents, elders, and ancestors). They speak of how this is one of Confucianism’s main teachings and in this respect caring for family members is seen as a moral obligation. In China housing arrangements are in the form of siheyuan”s — a type of residence that featured a courtyard surrounded on all four sides with buildings. These traditionally housed one large extended family if they were wealthy enough. 10:28 – 13:08 In this portion, hosts provide further information on Josephine Chow’s family experience working and living on the “Hop On” family farm through the decades. An excerpt from the interview with Josephine Chow conducted by Denise Fong is included. In this excerpt, Josephine reflects on her past experiences on the farm and her present day experiences of her siblings running the farm. 13:09 -13:56 Final summary, credits and acknowledgements.
- History
- Podcast hosts, Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong are University of British Columbia students in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and student interns at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture - Farms
- Agriculture
- Gardens - Market Gardens
- Social Issues - Discrimination
- Social Issues - Racism
- Names
- Fong, Denise
- Responsibility
- Wu, Rose
- Yeong, Wei Yan
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.28.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
- Related Material
- BV020.28.4; BV020.28.5
- Notes
- Title based contents of sound recording
- See also Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020 - BV020.6.1
- Compilation of Research Resources used by authors Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong include:
- Why is family important in China? https://medium.com/@francois_dmd/why-is-family-so-important-in-china-1617b13a67
- Burnaby Village Museum - Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong Feb. 7, 2020. BV020.6.1 https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording12337
- Covered Roots: The History of Vancouver's Chinese Farms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4WHS2Uf3JU
- Burnaby Village Museum Shares Chinese-Canadian Farming History This Summer https://westcoastfood.ca/burnaby-village-museum-shares-chinese-canadian-farming-history-this-summer/
- Chinese Market Gardeners in the City of Burnaby BC Continue to Practice Urban Agriculture https://cityfarmer.info/chinese-market-gardeners-in-the-city-of-burnaby-bc-continue-to-practice-urban-agriculture/
- Chinese Market Gardening in BC https://www.bcfoodhistory.ca/chinese-market-gardening-bc/
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A Family Farm, 2020
Affidavit certificate re H.A. Eastman, Jessie Love and J.E. Armstrong
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18802
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 9 Feb. 1894
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an affidavit certificate re H.A. Eastman, Jesse Love and J.C. Armstrong signed by Commissioner for taking affidavits to be used in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an affidavit certificate re H.A. Eastman, Jesse Love and J.C. Armstrong signed by Commissioner for taking affidavits to be used in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
- Accession Code
- BV992.26.22
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 9 Feb. 1894
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Certificate, blue paper with black print, blank areas filled in with handwriting in brown ink; "I hereby certify that" "H.A. Eastman" "personally known to me, appeared before me and acknowledged to me that" "he" "the person whose name is subscribed to the annexed Instrument as Witness, and having been duly sworn by me, did prove to me that" "Jesse Love & J.C. Armstrong" "did execute the same in his presence voluntarily." "IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereto set my Hand and Seal of Office, at" "New Westminster" ", British Columbia, this" "9th" "day of" "February" "in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-" "four"; signed in black ink, "J. Brisere Cheny"?; stamped purple "A Commissioner for taking affidavits to be used in the Supreme Court of British Columbia".
Africa
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2524
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.54.12
- Call Number
- 916.04 CAR
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- American Book Company
- Publication Date
- c1905
- Physical Description
- 336 p. : ill., col. maps ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "G. Parfitt." [handwritten in blue ink on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers-- Geography
- Africa
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924
Aftermath of Great Fire of New Westminster, 1898
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4781
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1898
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm ; copy print
- Scope and Content
- Brick ruins of buildings on either side of a street with people, wagons and horses. Street runs top to bottom on left hand side of photograph.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm ; copy print
- Material Details
- "Columbian files 1971" written on verso in black pen. ""FIRE" NEW WESTMINSTER SEPT. 1898." written on verso in pencil.
- Scope and Content
- Brick ruins of buildings on either side of a street with people, wagons and horses. Street runs top to bottom on left hand side of photograph.
- History
- Part of a set of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper, which operated out of New Westminster under this name starting in 1900 until its dissolution in 1988. Photographs found in the collection of the Burnaby Village are dated 1971.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content and note on verso of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV018.19.7
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1898
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 24-04-2018
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