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![Woman with glasses on her dress, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0156_001.jpg?width=280)
Woman with glasses on her dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription416
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [189-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.24 x 20.32 cm oval mounted on matt 20 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman taken in a photographic studio. She has grey hair that is tied back, and wears turn of the century period dress, dark coloured with pleats on the chest and lace trimming at the neck. She has a brooch at her neck, and on her right chest, there is her glasses hangi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.24 x 20.32 cm oval mounted on matt 20 x 15 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil on the card mount, verso, u.l. "2144 Osler"
- Photograph is cut into an oval shape and mounted on a thick brown card
- Card is stained throughout
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman taken in a photographic studio. She has grey hair that is tied back, and wears turn of the century period dress, dark coloured with pleats on the chest and lace trimming at the neck. She has a brooch at her neck, and on her right chest, there is her glasses hanging by a clip or a pin. She is wearing chains or rosary around her neck.
- Subjects
- Adornment - Jewelry
- Accession Code
- HV983.42.156
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [189-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-05
Images
![Woman with glasses on her dress, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0156_001.jpg)
![Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_001.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Norman Dowad
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Education
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Migration
- Sports
- Sports - Football
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
- Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
- Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
- Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
- Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
- Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
- Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Douglas Road School
- W. Dowad Limited
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 5533 Buckingham Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Images
![Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_001.jpg)
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3![Woman wearing jewelry, [between 1880 and 1895] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5886_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Woman wearing jewelry
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1510
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1895]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young woman with her curly hair put up and decorated with a round hair pin in the front. She is wearing a white blouse with high neck, and is wearing a brooch shaped like a tuning fork or a wishbone and has a pendent around her neck.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 18.5 cm
- Material Details
- printed on the card mount, recto, l.r. "Steele & Co./ LTD/ Winnipeg & Calgary"
- The photograph is printed in an oval shape, and mounted on a card supplied by the photo studio. There are scribbles on verso of cardboard.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young woman with her curly hair put up and decorated with a round hair pin in the front. She is wearing a white blouse with high neck, and is wearing a brooch shaped like a tuning fork or a wishbone and has a pendent around her neck.
- Subjects
- Adornment - Jewelry
- Clothing
- Accession Code
- BV985.5886.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1895]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Photographer
- Steele & Co.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Woman wearing jewelry, [between 1880 and 1895] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5886_0001_001.jpg)
