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Ranch Farm RR2. Hope River Chilliwack-BC
Three men with a horse drawn plow in Chilliwack, B.C.
[Men doing farm work in an unknown location]
Several men doing some type of farm work in an unknown location. Horses are shown pulling some sort of machinery and men are shown unloading or loading hay.
Hop Industry, Creston, B.C.
A look down a row of hop plants in Creston, B.C.
A Small Pumpkin 97 Lbs. Grown at Creston, B.C.
A large pumpkin grown in Creston, B.C.
Orchards, Creston, B.C.
View of some orchards in Creston, B.C. A street is shown between the orchards.
Creston, B.C.
A farm field in Creston, B.C.
Method of spraying Hops at Chilliwack, Hop gardens
Several men spraying hops at a hop garden in Chilliwack, B.C.
[Tractor in a field in an unknown location]
Tractor in a field in an unknown location.
Fruit-Growing in British Columbia
Four different images of fruit-growing scenes in British Columbia.
Agriculture in British Columbia
Four different images of agricultural scenes in British Columbia.
Interview of Jane & Peter Hammond
Dec 23 2011 Jane Hammond (née Jane Elle Campbell, b. 1949 in Toronto) is the youngest of four children. Her father, Albert McTaggart Campbell (b. 1910 in Strathroy, Ontario, d. 1973) was the eldest surviving son of seven-eight children, two of whom died from appendicitis. Growing up in a farming community, he received his Bachelor's of Science in Agriculture from the University of Guelph before teaching science in northern Ontario. After marrying he moved to South Ontario where he became…
Interview of William T. Strachan
Jan 9 2012 William "Bill" Thomson Strachan Born: St. Fergus, Scotland on March 8, 1921. The house was built in the 1700's. He was the oldest of 3 boys: William, Sandy? & Peter. His mom remarried after his father passed, and had 3 girls: Isabella, Sheila, & Lilas. [Step]Father: Peter Strachan. Father: William Dunbar. Born in Crimond. Grandfather: William Thomson. Harbour master in Peterhead. William's great-grandfather [Thomson] died one day short of his 100th birthday. Mother:…
Interview of Ronald Reid
May 11 2012 Ronald Dunlop Reid (b. 1931 in Victoria, BC) is the only child of Kenneth Dunlop Reid (b. 1901) and Margaret Harriet Cullum (b. 1899 in Victoria, BC). His father was the eldest of two boys and his mother had one sister. They married in 1926, his mother stayed home with the children while his father worked for the Victoria street lighting department (prior to this job he had studied electrical engineering at McGill, worked in Ontario, for BC Electric in Vancouver, and for Cominco…
Mr. Casorso's Onions Kelowna, B.C.
Sacks of onions in field
Fruit Ranch on the Okanagan Lakes, Penticton, B.C.
Orchard in foreground.; Lake at left background.