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Interview with Gerrie Singh conducted by Patricia Mangat as part of the City of Surrey Archives' Indo-Canadian Oral History Collection.The interview consists of questions regarding Gerrie Singh's experiences immigrating to Canada from Holland and marrying Sarjit "Mac" Singh. She discusses her husband's education and working on his family's farm. The interview discusses community acceptance of inter-racial marriages during the 1960s, the South Asian contribution to Surrey's farms, and language barriers. Singh discusses her husband's experiences and provides information on Surrey's South Asian community in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Transcript of an interview with Gerrie Singh conducted by Patricia Mangat as part of the City of Surrey Archives' Indo-Canadian Oral History Collection. The interview consists of questions regarding Gerrie Singh's experiences immigrating to Canada from Holland and marrying Sarjit "Mac" Singh. She discusses her husband's education and working on his family's farm. The interview discusses community acceptance of inter-racial marriages during the 1960s, the South Asian contribution to Surrey's farms, and language barriers. Singh discusses her husband's experiences and provides information on Surrey's South Asian community in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Photo of two farm workers holding hop vines at Haas Hop farm on Evans Road in Sardis, Chilliwack. Large hop picking machine visible on right in image. Hops are harvested by hand and machine.
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This photograph depicts Joseph Tamboline (Jr) and a Punjabi farm labourer threshing oats on Westham Island. Joseph (Jr), William Tamboline's brother, farmed his father Joseph's pioneer farm on Lot 189. Joseph married Ellen Frew (Nell) who was Margaret Tamboline's sister.
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This photograph depicts a farmer on a Holt Crawler tractor and two Punjabi farm labourers standing beside the tractor on the Burns Farm in Delta.
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This photograph depicts two Punjabi farm workers, Gina Singh (in the rear) and Sunder Singh (right), filling bags with oats. Behind them is a large pile of straw and beside them is a threshing machine.
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This photograph depicts two Punjabi farm workers, Gina Singh (in the rear) and Sunder Singh (right) next to a threshing machine, and a large pile of straw. They are likely one of the Wright family farms in South Delta.
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This photograph depicts Punjabi farm workers gathering bunches of hay in a field. They are likely one of the Wright family farms in South Delta.
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This photograph depicts horse drawn machinery cutting hay, and various farm labourers, including Punjabi men. They are likely one of the Wright family farms in South Delta.
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Consists of photograph of threshing operation on Tamboline farm using a Case separator. Included in the photograph are members of the Tamboline family and Punjabi workers.