- CA JMABC A.1999.001-7-9-25
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- July 1965
Parte de B'nai B'rith fonds
Photograph depicts Alec Jackson (back, middle) and other members of the Vancouver delegation to a B'nai B'rith convention in Las Vegas.
Parte de B'nai B'rith fonds
Photograph depicts Alec Jackson (back, middle) and other members of the Vancouver delegation to a B'nai B'rith convention in Las Vegas.
Parte de JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Isaac Messinger. He was born in Poland in 1929. During the war he was moved to Siberia, Russia. Later in the war he became a chauffeur for a General in the Polish Army, he was 16 or 17 at the time. After the war he ended up in Germany and was a pickpocketing. He got sent to an American school in Germany that was teaching children that were going to immigrate to North America, but he couldn’t sit still in class, so they gave him a job in the garage where he learnt English with the Americans that worked there. He came to Canada at age 18 or 19. He got a job as a tin smith, then he got a job as a carnie and made his way to Vancouver where he worked at the PNE. He eventually opened a steak Restaurant and ran it for a while. He talks about Casinos and Las Vegas. He talks about how he met his wife and their life together.
Utah trip Trip with Phyliss mining McLeod, McFarland, Dawson, Fairbanks, Atlin
Parte de Dr. Irving and Phyliss Snider fonds
Film depicts what appears to be a trip from Utah to Dawson. The film has a number of shots of national parks. There are also some shots of Las Vegas at night, and some shots of men fishing. Phyliss Snider is visible in much of the footage.
Los Angeles, Blimp, San Francisco, Treasure Island, Sally Rand, Juneau, Fairbanks
Parte de Dr. Irving and Phyliss Snider fonds
Film depicts a baseball game, various shots of city scenes, men golfing, people panning for gold, and scenes of what appears to be the Yukon. Phyliss Snider is in some of the footage.