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Aerial View of Chinese Market Gardens on Marine Drive

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4296
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1950 and 1959] (date of original), 2017 (date of duplication)
Collection/Fonds
Herbert Yee Law family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpg) : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph is an aerial view looking south over the Chinese Market Gardens along Marine Drive in the Big Bend area of Burnaby.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Herbert Yee Law family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpg) : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph is an aerial view looking south over the Chinese Market Gardens along Marine Drive in the Big Bend area of Burnaby.
Subjects
Agriculture - Crops
Agriculture - Farms
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Aerial Photographs
Names
Chinese Market Gardens
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Accession Code
BV017.40.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[between 1950 and 1959] (date of original), 2017 (date of duplication)
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
11/19/2017
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Images
Less detail

Planning Map of Chinese Market Gardens on Marine Drive

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4297
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1950 and 1959] (date of original), 2017 (date of duplication)
Collection/Fonds
Herbert Yee Law family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Scanned copy of a survey plan of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, near the Chinese Market Gardens along Marine Drive.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Herbert Yee Law family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Scanned copy of a survey plan of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, near the Chinese Market Gardens along Marine Drive.
History
Survey plan of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, which is primarily the area farmed by Chinese and Chinese-Canadian market gardeners around Marine Drive between Royal Oak and Mandeville (present-day Nelson). Two Chinese/Chinese Canadian land owners can be seen on the map: N.G. Wah Sing (or Ng Wah Sing) and Yee Law (or Herbert Law).
Subjects
Agriculture - Crops
Agriculture - Farms
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Names
Law, Yee "Herbert"
Chinese Market Gardens
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Accession Code
BV017.40.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1950 and 1959] (date of original), 2017 (date of duplication)
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Scan Resolution
300
Scan Date
11/19/2017
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of copy scan of map
Herbert Yee Law was donor's father and this map may have originally been his copy of the city planning/engineering documents.
Images
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Workers and their trucks outside of United Fraser Growers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10550
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)
Collection/Fonds
Herbert Yee Law family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of workers standing near their trucks out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Herbert Yee Law family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of workers standing near their trucks out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location.
History
The United Fraser Growers Co-operative operated from 1934 until 1957. The head office was at 256 East Georgia in the 1930s and 341 Keefer Street in the 1940s and 1950s. The company was a wholesaler that purchased produce from Chinese farmers.
Names
United Fraser Growers Limited
Accession Code
BV019.11.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
08-Feb-2019
Scale
96
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Workers outside of United Fraser Growers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10549
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)
Collection/Fonds
Herbert Yee Law family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of workers standing out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location. Herbert Law (Yee Law) is standing fourth from left. Law later purchased farmland in Burnaby.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Herbert Yee Law family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of workers standing out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location. Herbert Law (Yee Law) is standing fourth from left. Law later purchased farmland in Burnaby.
History
The United Fraser Growers Co-operative operated from 1934 until 1957. The head office was at 256 East Georgia in the 1930s and 341 Keefer Street in the 1940s and 1950s. The company was a wholesaler that purchased produce from Chinese farmers.
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Names
Law, Yee "Herbert"
United Fraser Growers Limited
Accession Code
BV019.11.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
08-Feb-2019
Scale
96
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail