Duncan

Photo of the Duncan Financial Centre taken when the building when still under construction. The first couple of storeys have a glass window facade but the rebar and support beams between the panes of glass are still completely exposed. Slips of paper are pinned up on each pane of glass. The topmost storey has no glass at all. In front of the building, one workman stands on top of the unfinished portico above the front door, while a second crouches underneath it. The parking lot surrounding the building is currently unpaved. A passenger vehicle and an industrial crane are parked outside. A nondescript building and a stand of sparse trees under an overcast sky can be seen in the background.

On a grassy lawn abutting the Village Green Inn in Duncan, B.C., eight businessmen pose for a photo arranged in three rows. The first row consists of two men sitting crouched on the ground while the second row consists of five men standing. One man leans against a tree behind the other seven. Herb Doman stands second from the right in the second row. Four of the businessmen are wearing name tags. Two trees stand on the lawn behind the businessmen. In the background stands the white wall of a building, covered at its base with ivy and other climbing plants.

Photo taken from the parking lot to the right of the Duncan Financial Centre, a multi-storey office building with a glass window facade and a portico over its front entrance. Cars can be seen parked outside the building. The corner of the building nearest to the camera is marked with two billboards reading "Nanaimo Realty". A white wooden fence stands along the property line at the edge of the parking lot. There is a Goodwill Enterprises deposit booth placed near the fence.

After leaving a party held at Government House in Victoria, B.C., five men in formal dress pose for a photo on the front steps of an unidentified building in Duncan, B.C. The rightmost man is Herb Doman. The man second from the left, holding a pair of glasses in his right hand, is General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri. A room with a light hanging from the ceiling can be seen through a door behind the men. Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri was a General Officer in the Indian Army and served as the Indian High Commissioner to Canada from July 19th, 1966 until August of 1969. Government House is the official residence of the Liuetenant Governor of British Columbia and of the Canadian Monarch when staying in Victoria.

Transcription of an interview with Rattan Kaur Atwal. Rattan Kaur first came to Canada from the village of Langaree Sangha, district Hoshiarpur in 1952 to join her husband Hardial Singh Atwal. Hardial Singh was the first Sikh born in Canada. The couple was married on June 15, 1936. Hardial Singh sponsored his family in 1952, and by that time he was settled on Vancouver island. Rattan Kaur Atwal and her three sons arrived in Vancouver on July 12, 1952. In the interview Rattan Kaur speaks about her experience immigrating to Canada, what it was like living in Paldi, as well as the history of her husband's family.

Narrative of an interview with Rattan Kaur Atwal. Rattan Kaur was married to Hardial Singh Atwal, the first Canadian-born Sikh, in 1936. She first arrived in Canada in 1952 to join her husband. Hardial Singh worked in Mayo Singh's mill, Mayo Lumber in Paldi. In the interview Rattan Kaur speaks about her in-laws, including her father-in-law, Balwant Singh Atwal and mother-in-law, Kartar Kaur.

Photograph of Hardial Singh Atwal wearing a black suit and a white shirt, with a green tie. He is also wearing a dark patterned turban. https://canadiansikhheritage.ca/2017/10/31/rattan-kaur-atwal/

This is a group picture of Atwal family which include (from the left in back) Harninder Singh in light green suit, Mahinder Singh in dark green suit, Harjinder Singh in light brown suit, Hardial Singh in black suit and a multi-coloured turban. In the front from left: Mrs. Rattan Kaur is sitting in a simple plain turquoise colored suit, Davinder in dark green and white dress with a colorful scarf, Kuljeet in a tan dress, Rajinder in light brown punjabi suit.

Striking IWA members Harbahjan Dhillon, Ajit Biahi, and Gurbaksh Bains sit at a folding table at the IWA's strike headquarters in Dunan, B.C. On the table there are printed documents and periodicals. In the background there are cupboards, a blackboard, a desk labelled with a sign reading "Domans W.F.I M.B.", stacks of plastic chairs, and a second table labeled with a sign reading "B.C.E.P." Two unidentified men sit at this second table, facing away from the camera. From File "IWA Strike, Various Headquarters and Operations".

Creator: Hayes, H. R.

Bank letter addressed to the Inspector-in-charge for the Department of Citizenship and Immigration issued by The Canadian Bank of Commerce confirming the existence of Hardial Singh's bank account since August 1949 and the balance in the account at that time.