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Booklet

A booklet advertising the city of North Vancouver sent to Edward Joseph Seidelman. Booklet contains black and white photographs of various places and attractions in North Vancouver in the early 1900s.

Doreen Herzstein

Oral History interview with Doreen Herzstein. She recounts her life growing up in Zimbabwe; the Jewish life and Zionist leaning of the community. She also mentions the strong Hadassah and Union of Jewish Women in Haare. After she was married, she lived in South Africa for a couple of years but left when the Nationalist Party came to power in 1948. They moved back to Zimbabwe and raised their children there. In the 1970’s they told their children to leave Zimbabwe and they followed in 1977. They originally moved to Edmonton, but it was too cold, and they moved to Vancouver. Doreen talks about the welcoming community on the North Shore, hiking, and walking with the Ramblers.

Flora Bluma Field

Oral history interview with Flora Bluma Field. She was born in Los Angeles in 1924. She grew up Orthodox. Her father was a tailor and her mother worked with him in the tailor shop they owned. She studied music at UCLA. She moved to Vancouver in 1957 with her husband. They originally come to meet her father-in-law and fell in love with Vancouver. She got involved with the North Shore Jewish Community Association when she moved here. They celebrate holidays and had Bar Mitzvahs there. She has been volunteering with the Peretz Centre for years and been on the programming committee.

Mahon Park

B&W print depicts a young Irving Snider and his sister Jeanette posing for the camera. Jeanette is holding a doll. Mahon Park is written on the bottom of the image.
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Jeanette - Mahon Park

B&W print depicts Jeanette Snider, Irving's sister, posing for the camera holding a doll. "Jeanette Mahon Park" is written on the bottom of the image.

Mahon Park

B&W print depicts Jeanette and Mrs. Ann Snider posing for the camera. Jeanette is holding a doll. "Mahon Park" is written on the bottom of the image.

Mahon Park

B&W print depicts Jeanette Snider, Irving's sister, posing for the camera holding a doll. "Mahon Park" is written on the bottom of the image.

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