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Charlie Steele interview
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1973-[06?] (Creation)
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3 audio reels (02:20:00) : 9.5 cm/sec, 2 track, mono ; 13 cm [half-track preservation masters]
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CALL NUMBER: T1717:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-[06?] SUMMARY: Charlie Steele, born in Vancouver in 1886, talks about his family; his aunt Sara Anne Reimer, his uncle, Tom Hugh, and his grandfather, Mr. Hugh, coming to Vancouver. He recalls property sales; funerals; subjects from the family diary; family homes; the Mount Pleasant school and community in the 1890s. He describes the family house; gardens; streetcars; the development of Mount Pleasant; trails; Cedar Cottage; Fairview; the McGeer family; False Creek; and Christmas.
CALL NUMBER: T1717:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-[06?] SUMMARY: Charlie Steele continues with recollections about the Mount Pleasant area; Christmas; birthdays; school; Nightingale's (the local general store); the chain gang road work; breweries; wildlife; hunting; fishing; childhood; Trout Lake; ice skating; False Creek; and streetcars. He discusses land business and personal transactions mentioned in his grandfather's diary; land transactions; depressions; speculation; the 1907 depression; the 1911-1912 land boom; land auctions; and girls' and boys' education. He describes the views of Mount Pleasant and Vancouver that he would have seen (and might have; photographed) from the tower at the fire station at Quebec and Main Street, 1901. CALL NUMBER: T1717:0003 [CD T1717:0002A] RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-[06?] SUMMARY: Mr. Steele continues describing of views of Vancouver from the fire station at Quebec and Main.
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Imbert Orchard, 1974-1975
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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
- 3 preservation compact discs made from original audio reels, 2003-07-21
- copy created from cassettes on 2 audio reels
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- Copying Restriction: Clients requesting research/private copies must fill out CBC form.
- Use Restriction: Not for broadcast or commercial use without written permission of the CBC.
- Copyright Status: Copyright Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Accession number(s): T1717
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Previously described as AAAB1891
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speaker: Charles F.H. Steele, interviewer: Imbert Orchard
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- British Columbia--Economic conditions--1871-1918
- Christmas--British Columbia
- General stores--British Columbia
- Land speculation--British Columbia
- Photographers, Amateur--British Columbia
- Real estate development--British Columbia--Vancouver
- Streetcars--British Columbia--Vancouver
- Fire stations--British Columbia
- Hunting--British Columbia
- Schools--British Columbia