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Robert Doherty interview
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[196-] (Creation)
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1 audio reel (00:30:00) : 19 cm/sec, mono ; 18 cm
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RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Doherty recounts his family's trip to Vancouver from New Brunswick in 1887, and his memories of growing up in Mount Pleasant; schooling and playing lacrosse. He recalls the Gastown area; his livery business; horse teams; hauling and excavation for the city; his stable on 8th Avenue; and construction of early buildings from the 1910s -- the Vancouver block and the Birks building. He talks about farming with Charlie Oldfield on Lulu Island, 1913-1915; the trucking business; his home and dairy on Sea Island; his Ladner farm; roads and trails; the New Westminster fire [1898?]; bicycle registration; weather; political life; Jimmy and Gerry McGeer; False Creek; slaughter houses; recollections of his wife; and his property on Sea Island. [TRACK 2: blank.]
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Imbert Orchard, 1974-1975
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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
- [e]: 1 preservation compact disc made from original audio reel, 2003-07-28
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Accession number(s): T2749
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Previously described as AAAB3005
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speaker: Robert Ritchie W. Doherty, interviewer: Bert Nelson
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- McGeer, Gerald Grattan, 1888-1947 (Subject)