Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SET-14 RECORDS IN ALBUM

Date Range From

1930

Date Range To

1940

Materials

VINYL, PAPER

No. Pieces

17

Height

4.3

Length

28

Width

27.2

Description

BROWN CARDBOARD ALBUM WITH PAPER LEATHERETTE FINISH. BLUE SEAM BINDING TAPE, WITH YELLOW TAPE REPAIRING INSIDE SEAM OF FRONT COVER. ALBUM HAS TWELVE PAPER SLEEVES FOR CONTAINING PHONOGRAPH RECORDS. INSIDE FRONT COVER LINED WITH SAME BROWN PAPER, PRINTED WITH "RCA VICTOR COMPANY, LIMITED MONTREAL, CANADA", WITH LINES TO INDEX RECORDS. INSIDE BACK PANEL PRINTED WITH "PATENT PENDING REG. NO. 593930 STANDARD SAMPLE CARD CO." ALBUM INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FOURTEEN 78-SPEED VINYL RECORDS: 1. "THE PAP OF GLENCOE (MARCH) MRS. STEWART OF GRANTULLY"/"WALTZ MEDLEY". WHITE LABEL WITH GOLD AND BLUE PRINT. "BELRONA" LABEL; S/N "BL.2451". MADE IN ENGLAND. 2. "THE GLOW-WORM"/"SUI SIN FA". RED LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT. "COLUMBIA" LABEL; S/N "C-2052". MADE IN CANADA. 3. "M18 A/B". RED LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT. THREE ORIENTAL CHARACTERS IN ONE ROW WITH THREE BELOW; FOUR IN TOP ROW ON BACK. NO OTHER MARKINGS. INCLUDES WHITE RECTANGULAR SHEET OF PAPER WITH ORIENTAL CHARACTERS PRINTED ON ONE SIDE. STAMPED IN TOP LEFT CORNER IN BLUE INK "HOY'S ELECTRONIC RADIO SALES AND SERVICE 458 MAIN ST. 605 E. HASTINGS ...1813 HA.1660 VANCOUVER, B.C.". TOP LEFT CORNER FOLDED, WITH CREASES THROUGHOUT. 4. "2M28A/B". RED LABEL WITH THREE ROWS OF BLUE ORIENTAL CHARACTERS ON BOTH SIDES. LABEL AND RECORD HAVE SLIGHT SCRATCHES. 5. "2M28C/D". SAME AS ABOVE, BUT CONSECUTIVE RECORD. INCLUDES PAPER SHEET PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES WITH BLACK CHARACTERS AND MUSICAL NOTATION. PHOTO OF FEMALE ON ONE SIDE AND MALE ON THE OTHER. STAMPED "HOY'S ELECTRONIC RADIO SALES AND SERVICE", WITH ADDRESS. FOLDED IN TOP CORNER. 6. "1807 GS. 235A/B". RED LABEL WITH SILVER ORIENTAL CHARACTERS ON BOTH SIDES. INCLUDES FOLDED SHEET OF PAPER, YELLOWED SLIGHTLY, WITH A MIXTURE OF ORIENTAL CHARACTERS AND NUMERICAL NOTATIONS. TORN IN TOP RIGHT CORNER. 7. "GS66 A/B" RED PAPER LABEL WITH TWO ROWS OF BLACK ORIENTAL CHARACTERS ON EACH SIDE. INCLUDES SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER, PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES WITH MIXTURE OF CHARACTERS AND NUMERICAL NOTATIONS. YELLOWED SLIGHTLY. STAMPED IN BLUE INK "HOY'S ELECTRONIC RADIO SALES AND SERVICE", WITH ADDRESS BELOW. 8. "2M27A/B". RED PAPER LABEL WITH THREE ROWS OF BLACK ORIENTAL CHARACTERS ON BOTH SIDES. LABEL AND RECORD HAVE SLIGHT SCRATCHES. 9. "2M27C/D". SAME AS ABOVE, BUT CONSECUTIVE RECORD. INCLUDES PAPER SHEET PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES WITH BLACK CHARACTERS AND MUSICAL NOTATION. PHOTO OF FEMALE ON ONE SIDE, WITH BLUE STAMP OF "HOY'S ELECTRONIC RADIO SALES AND SERVICE". PHOTO OF MALE ON BACK. TOP CORNER FOLDED. 10. "GSS 1010A/B". ORANGE PAPER LABEL WITH BLACK ORIENTAL CHARACTERS. TWO TINY BITS OF PAPER STUCK TO VINYL ON SIDE B. 11. "2M42A/B" RED LABEL WITH BLACK ORIENTAL CHARACTERS. SCRATCHES SLIGHLTY ON LABEL AND RECORD. 12. "2M42C/D". SAME AS ABOVE, BUT CONSECUTIVE RECORD. INCLUDES FOLDED SHEET OF PAPER, PRINTED ON ONE SIDE WITH BLUE ORIENTAL CHARACTERS. "HOY'S ELECTRONIC RADIO SALES AND SERVICE" STAMPED AT TOP. 13. "M4 A/B". RED LABEL WITH THREE ROWS OF BLACK ORIENTAL CHARACTERS ON BOTH SIDES. 14. "M4 C/D". SAME AS ABOVE, BUT CONSECUTIVE RECORD. INCLUDES FOLDED SHEET OF PAPER PRINTED ON ONE SIDE WITH COLUMNS OF CHARACTERS. STAMPED IN BLUE ON BACK "HOY'S ELECTRIC RADIO SALES AND SERVICE".

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History

*UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING ONE DONATED AS PART OF THE ING ESTATE (P19950073023). SHE EXTRACTED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE ING FAMILY FROM PERMANENT FILE P19950073001, WHICH CONTAINS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN CONDUCTED WITH HAROLD ING JR., SON OF HAROLD AND MYRA, IN HIS ROOM AT THE LETHBRIDGE HOTEL IN SEPTEMBER 2005. MYRA WAS BORN IN GOLDEN B.C. TO SHIN-BOW AND CHOW TING RAH; HER FATHER ORGINALLY EMIGRATED TO CANADA TO WORK ON CANADIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND LATER BECAME A RESTAURANTEUR, WHERE MYRA DEVELOPED HER ENGLISH SKILLS AS A WAITRESS. "IN 1906 MY DAD [HAROLD ING SR.] LEFT HONG KONG FOR VANCOUVER, HE COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH... HE'S GOT TO BE A WAITER, A BUSBOY... AND HE LEARNED ALL THE WAY UP, IN THE MEANTIME PICKING UP ENGLISH... WENT TO WINNIPEG. THIS IS BEFORE ME. BY THEN HE KNEW THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF RESTAURANTING." MYRA AND HAROLD SR. MARRIED AND ADOPTED HAROLD JR. WHEN HE WAS BORN INTO A POOR FAMILY OF ELEVEN IN 1944, IN VANCOUVER. "ME AND MY TWIN SISTER WERE SOLD BECAUSE THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY. SO DAD, MY MOM PICKED ME AND DAD SAID YES THAT'S GOOD... I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY SISTER IS... THERE'S NO WAY OF FINDING OUT." THE ING FAMILY SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE IN THE LATE 1940S, AND HAROLD SR. OWNS AND OPERATES THE NEW MOON CAFE AND TWO GROCERIES, WHICH ARE RUN BY THE FAMILY AND NEW CHINESE IMMIGRANTS THAT HAROLD SR. SPONSORED. "AT APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS OLD [MY FATHER] INTRODUCED ME TO THE NEW MOON CAFE, AND I WAS A BUSBOY AT THE AGE OF FIVE... IN 1951 HE SHOWED ME MY FIRST HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL... BECAUSE HE WAS THE OWNER... HE'D WAKE UP AT FIVE IN THE MORNING TO GO TO THE CAFE, OFF AND ON TO THE GROCERY STORE AND MIGHT BE DONE AT EIGHT AT NIGHT, SUPPER AND IMMEDIATELY TO CHINATOWN [FOR] GAMBLING, PUTTING DOWN MAH JONG." HAROLD JR. ATTENDED WESTMINISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DURING THE DAY, AND CHINESE SCHOOL AT THE CHINESE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE EVENINGS - HIS FATHER WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, AND THE ORGANIZATION RAN THE SCHOOL, CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS, FILM SCREENINGS, AND BANQUETS, FUNDED BY MEMBERSHIP FEES. HAROLD'S YOUNGER BROTHER, CALVIN, "GOT SENT TO A BOARDING SCHOOL SOMEWHERE. HE WAS GIFTED, BUT HE HAD A BYPASS SURGERY, HE HAD SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIS HEART. HE COULDN'T HANDLE PUBLIC SCHOOL, SO THEY SENT HIM TO B.C." AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND A BRIEF STINT IN CALGARY, HAROLD JR. RAN ING'S GROCERY FOR HIS FATHER, AND IN THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 70S ALSO WORKED AS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND A SALESMAN AT SEARS. BOTH HAROLD SR. AND MYRA ING PASSED AWAY IN THE 1990S, AND THE OBJECTS ENCOMPASSING DONATION P19950073001-231 WERE COLLECTED FROM THE FAMILY HOME. FOR A COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND WRITTEN DETAILS ON THE CHINESE NATIONAL LEAGUE, SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19950073135

Acquisition Date

1995-11

Collection

Museum

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