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United Grain Growers Pier, course of construction, Vancouver

Photograph depicts construction on the United Grain Growers pier.

Angled front shot of concrete slab attached to steel posts in the harbour; smaller, attached slab on left side; various construction supplies on both slabs; wooden boards and small shack floating on water on left side of smaller pier; trawlers in the harbour in the background; low cloud and fog over mountains.

Title box in top right corner reads "UNITED GRAIN GROWERS PIER GENERAL CONTRACTORS COMMONWEALTH CONSTR. CO LTD.", "No. 10", "DATE 5-25-53"

United Grain Growers Pier, course of construction, aerial view

Photograph depicts construction on the United Grain Growers pier.

High angle shot of concrete slab attached to steel posts in water; various construction supplies on levels of slabs; two construction workers on pier.

Title box in top right corner reads "UNITED GRAIN GROWERS PIER GENERAL CONTRACTORS COMMONWEALTH CONSTR. CO LTD.", "No. 8", "DATE 5-25-53"

Mainland Transfer, Canadian Pacific Airline truck

Photograph depicts a Canadian Pacific Airlines van and plane.

Close, angled shot of van; printing on side of van reads "Canadian Pacific Airlines"; licence plate reads "C43731"; propeller plane behind van; printing on side of place reads "Canadian Pacific"; baggage truck in far right of image; terminal in far left background.

Photograph was associated with the terms "Transco. Ltd." and "White and Taylor Ltd.".

Sally Rogow

Oral history interview with Sally Rogow, who was born in New York, 1930. Sally's grandparents were born somewhere in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Sally's uncle was the first Jewish man to be a Lieutenant Colonel in the Canadian Army, while her mother helped organized women during the Second World War. Sally worked as a teacher, teaching blind and handicap children, eventually advocating for those with Special Needs.

Peter Barnett

Oral history interview with Peter Barnett. Peter and Jeffrey Barnett are twin brothers who went into a number of business ventures including restaurants, clubs and property investments. They are best known for being the founders and owners of: Pizza Patio, Elephant and Castle, Ole Cantina, the first topless club in Canada, the first discothèque in Richmond, etc.

They are also very involved in community (both Jewish and non-Jewish) organizations. They were both heavily involved in the Variety Club telethon for years; Peter Barnett was the founder of Variety Club #1047 and past Variety Club World President (and the youngest world president of Variety Club). Jeffrey is very involved with the BC Restaurant Association and the JCC's (Jewish Community Centre) annual Sports Dinner.

They are both 2007 BC Restaurant Hall of Fame Inductees in the Pioneer Category (Pioneers of the BC restaurant industry either retired or deceased).

Peter is a past president of the BC Restaurant Association.

Peter was one of the founding members of Hebrew Free Loan Association and was a member from 1979-2008.

Peter is a past president of Tourism Vancouver.

Nancy Halpern

Oral interview with Nancy Halpern. Interviewed by Samantha Stokell for SLAIS Oral History class.

Nancy's father's family moved to Vancouver in 1906, when her father Norman Brown was less than six months old. She has stories of her own life in the Vancouver Jewish community and those of her grandparents and parents. She was involved in drama and theatre in the Vancouver and Spokane, WA areas, and worked as a librarian in Vancouver. She was also involved in creating the West Vancouver Jewish Community Association.

Nancy mentions her cousin's daughter, Barbara Liskov (née Huberman) from the States, a professor at MIT who was the first woman to graduate in Computer Science in the U.S., and who is a winner of the Turing Award.

Miriam Karp

Oral Interview with Miriam Karp. Interviewed by Alisa Lazear for Feeding Community podcast.

Leah Levitt

Follow-up oral interview with Leah Levitt. Interviewed by Debby Freiman. Leah talks about her extended family, education, and her involvement with B'nai Brith Girls and the National Council of Jewish Women.

Carole Malkin

Interview with Carole Malkin. Interviewed by Jane Cherry for The Scribe, 2018. Carole talks about her family's history and their restaurants in Vancouver, including Skipper Seafoods, The Fish and Oyster Bar, and The Dollhouse. Carole talks about her childhood and involvement in the Jewish community, including United Synagogue Youth, Young Judea, and Camp Hatikvah.

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