- CA JMABC A.1971.001-20.08-10
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- February 7, 2008
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Earl Lesk.
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Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Earl Lesk.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Ernest ("Smoky") Smith who was born in British Columbia in 1914. Ernest fought in Italy during the Second World War under the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, earning a Victoria Cross for his actions on the Po river. Noteworthy for how he received his cross.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Eva Prentice who was born in Hungary in 1911. The family emigrated to Canada because of the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938 while they had been in Palestine for a chess tournament. Therefore they spent time in Zurich waiting to emigrate rather than return to Vienna. Eva's husband John owned a veneer plant in New Westminster but was converted to plywood to build Mosquito bombers after 1939. This became Canadian Forest Products, now known as CanFor
Fish train, New Westminster, B.C.
Photograph depicts a fish train in New Westminster.
Railway tracks in foreground of image with men standing on train cars to right; station building in centre left of image.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Harvey Dales & Bill McCaskill.
"Hawaiian Planter" at Pacific Coast Terminal, New Wesminster
Photograph depicts "Hawaiian Planter" at the Pacific Coast Terminal in New Westminster, British Columbia.
Forklifts and cargo parked on dock in front of ship; name "HAWAIIAN PLANTER" visible on hull; extensive crane/mast system on deck of ship; "M" painted on single smokestack of ship.
Part of Cyril E. Leonoff fonds
An Oral History interview with Sam Zack who was born in British Columbia in 1916. He worked for many years in his family's business; Regal Clothiers. Sam's mother was a founding member of New Westminster's Royal City Hadassah Chapter. The interview mainly consists of discussing the Jewish community in New Westminster, it's evolution since the 1920's with little Jewish life to a more vibrant community; as well as comparisons with Vancouver.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Meta Zalkowitz. Her husband and later her sons were partners in a glucose plant in New Westminster. Meta was active in New Westminster's Hadassah chapter and continued involvement by joining Vancouver's chapter after moving.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Muni Evers who was born in Winnipeg (nee Averbach) who was a Lab technician and pharmacist in army; entered politics, served as police commissioner and mayor; served on the Municipal Financing Authority Board, Pharmaceutical Association, Canadian Pharmaceutical Association and deputy of the Greater Vancouver Regional District.
"Pacific Northwest" at Pacific Coast Terminal, New Wesminster
Photograph depicts "Pacific Northwest" at the Pacific Coast Terminal in New Westminster, British Columbia.
Trucks and cargo parked on dock in front of ship; ship's name "PACIFIC NORTHWEST" visible on hull; stevedores gathered around ship on dock.