Opening day speeches at Simpsons-Sears
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 5 May 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of opening day speeches outside of the Simpsons-Sears store with a crowd gathered. Four dignitaries are standing on a stage before the crowd, including Burnaby Reeve, Charles MacSorley (at the microphone) and Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby, T. Boyd Haskell, standing to his right.
Simpsons-Sears staff in skit
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1954 or 1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Simpsons-Sears employees performing in a skit on a make shift stage. A hanging gallows is set up on the stage and two men are wearing signs which read "Ottawa" and "Hamilton". T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby is identified standing on the far left. This e…
T. Boyd Haskell at microphone
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1954]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby dressed in a costume, with a fake moustache and top hat. Haskell is speaking into a microphone at an unidentified event.
T. Boyd Haskell at microphone
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1954]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby standing on a stage and speaking into a microphone at an unidentified event. A man dressed in black face is seated behind him.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Series
- Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby standing on a stage and speaking into a microphone at an unidentified event. A man dressed in black face is seated behind him.
- History
- The use of black face minstrel performances were not neutral forms of entertainment. Black face creates damaging stereotypes about black people and these same stereotypes underpin anti black racism that feeds injustice towards black people.
- Subjects
- Social Issues - Racism
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Haskell, T. Boyd
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.122
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1954]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Less detail
T. Boyd Haskell in costume on stage
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1954]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby dressed in a costume, with a fake moustache and standing on a stage at an unidentified event. Haskell is standing at a painted backdrop of a bar and an unidentified woman is leaning on the bar from the other side.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Series
- Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby dressed in a costume, with a fake moustache and standing on a stage at an unidentified event. Haskell is standing at a painted backdrop of a bar and an unidentified woman is leaning on the bar from the other side.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Costumes
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Haskell, T. Boyd
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.119
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1954]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Less detail
T. Boyd Haskell on stage
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".