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Early Vancouver : reminiscences
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- sound recording
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- Source of title proper: Title from tape label and accompanying docuimentation.
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[195-?] (Creation)
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- According to the tape documentation, the original recording was made prior to December 1961.
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1 audio reel (00:47:15) : 19 cm/sec, mono ; 18 cm
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SUMMARY: "Early Vancouver Reminiscences" includes recollections of the following: the origins of the Salishan people, the coming of the "white people", the smallpox epidemic, and Indigenous villages in Stanley Park and the Vancouver area (described by Chief August Jack Khahtsahlano and Mrs.George); descriptions of Vancouver after the 1886 fire, the arrival of the first trains, road building, eviction of native people from Stanley Park, and the dedication of the park (by Sam Walker, Captain Canessa, Chief Khahtsahlano, and Carl Timms); dredging and construction work on False Creek, Granville Island, and various bridges over False Creek (by Captain Canessa and Reuben Hamilton); 1912 politics, IWW competing with Salvation Army for streetcorner audience, Mayor Findlay, labour meetings, descriptions of bars and ;saloons (by [Reuben Hamilton? and Captain Canessa); local characters "Lazy George","Pacific Slope", and Tommy Roberts (by Sam Walker); the Kitsilano district and the Greer land dispute (by Chief Khahtsahlano); the "Komagata Maru" incident, World War One, conscription, post-war strikes, and construction of the old Second Narrows Bridge (by Captain Canessa and Carl Timms); Gerry McGeer as a youth and as a politician, and his opponent Lyle Telford (by Reuben Hamilton).
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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
- [e]: 1 preservation compact disc made from dub audio reel, 2003-07-30
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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): T1905
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Previously described as AAAB2490
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CBC tape copy, made for Imbert Orchard (for the Living Memory Project) in October 1966.
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Laurence Nowry's detailed content notes on file.
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producing company: CBU (Radio station : Vancouver, B.C.), speaker: Samuel Henry Walker, speaker: John Canessa, speaker: Mrs. [first name unknown] George, speaker: Reuben Hamilton, speaker: August Jack Khahtsahlano, speaker: Carl Frederick Timms, interviewer: Laurence Nowry
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- Epidemics--British Columbia
- Fires--British Columbia--Vancouver, 1886
- Labor movement--British Columbia--History
- Railroads--British Columbia--Lower Mainland Region
- Salvation Army (Canada)--British Columbia--Vancouver
- Smallpox--British Columbia
- World War, 1914-1918--British Columbia--Vancouver
- British Columbia--Politics and government
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Lower Mainland region
- Bridges--British Columbia
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- Komagata Maru (Steamship) (Subject)
- McGeer, Gerald Grattan, 1888-1947 (Subject)