- CA JMABC A.1995.003-001-42-L.18947
- Item
- [1961]
Colour Ektachrome 35mm slide depicts an abandoned mining operation.
Note: Colour adjusted on JPEG.
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Colour Ektachrome 35mm slide depicts an abandoned mining operation.
Note: Colour adjusted on JPEG.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Alfred Evans on Harry Evans, the latter of which who was born in 1878. Harry is one the the founding members of the Schara Tzedeck Synagogue in Vancouver.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral interview with Brett Silberg. Interviewed by Debby Freiman. Brett talks about his family's history in South Africa, education, and the Apartheid. He arrived in Canada as a student before eventually immigrating and finding a renewed interest in Judaism.
Bucket dredging, part of a mining operation called dredging
Colour Ektachrome 35mm slide depicts bucket dredging, part of a mining operation called dredging.
Note: Colour adjusted on JPEG.
Canadian Western Pipe Mills - Reproduction
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
Black and white reproduction of various tables and charts, presumably taken for Canadian Western Pipe Mills.
Canadian Western Pipe Mills - Reproduction
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
Black and white reproduction of a document titled "Conduit Manufacturing Facilities Present Layout Schematic Fig. 2.", presumably taken for Canadian Western Pipe Mills.
Canadian Western Pipe Mills - Reproduction
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
Black and white reproduction of various tables, presumably taken for Canadian Western Pipe Mills.
Collector silo, Texada Mine, Texada Island, British Columbia
Photograph depicts Texada Mines Ltd. Texada Mines Ltd. was located on Texada Island, the largest of the Northern Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia. In 1876, a whaler discovered iron ore on the island and mining began. Texada Mines was open from 1952 to 1977.
Shot taken from hill overlooking loading area at Texada Mines Ltd.; two men stand on a conveyor crane over top of a collector silo, with two lower conveyors connecting to a building; other walkways and conveyors extend from the structures and along the waterfront to two loading docks.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral interview with David Kaplan. Interviewed by Bill Gruenthal. David talks about his family's involvement with the steel industry and the Jewish Botanical Gardens. Eventually settling in Vancouver, David opened a very successful R&D tax consultation firm and later on became heavily involved with the Jewish Family Services Agency. He also discusses Jewish education in South Africa.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with David Rubin who was born in Transylvania, 1923. He was drafted into a working / bomb clearing battalion of the Hungarian Army in 1944. David chose to come to Canada in 1957 because he had heard it was the country of the future. The Canadian consulate chose Vancouver as his destination. Taught in Ottawa and was recommended to be the reader at Beth Israel Synagogue.