Paldi

Paldi

Examine images from the Joan Mayo fonds, provided here courtesy of the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA) at University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) and the Cowichan Valley Museum and Archives (physical repository).

An old 1930s car with unusual metal wheels parked on train tracks, with shrubbery in the background.
A black and white head-and-shoulders portrait photograph of a man. He is wearing a dark suit with a bowtie and sports neatly combed hair and a moustache.
A hand-drawn map showing the general outline and layout of Paldi, including a railway, many buildings of different sizes and sketched trees.
A black-and-white photo of a group playing volleyball outdoors as spectators gather around.
A large group of people, including children, on the steps of a building with a sign that says “Japanese Temple”.
The Sikh temple in Paldi, BC, photographed from a distance, showing the surrounding landscape.
A black-and-white class photo showing a teacher and some children from the elementary school at Paldi.
A faded colour photo of three men posing with a train engine. Two stand on the ground near the tracks, one from inside the train.
A black-and-white family portrait of Mayo Singh, his wife, Bishan Kaur, and four young children.
A man in work clothes feeds three stray cats while sitting on the boardwalk in Paldi.
A lumber mill with smoke stacks running and piles of processed lumber in front.

For higher resolution and unwatermarked copies of the images, contact the Cowichan Valley Museum and Archives –  cvmuseum.archives@shaw.ca

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