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Object Name
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Object ID
1982.069.005
Title
Shops in Langley Prairie on the Fraser Highway (Yale Road), looking west.
Date
[between 1920 and 1940].
Description
Shops in Langley Prairie on the Fraser Highway look west. Sam Brown's Barbershop and Billiard Hall can be seen on the left with the hotel in the distance, along with the Shell Station on the right, and the Langley Electric Bakery.
People/Subject
Brown, Sam
Sam Brown arrived in Langley Prairie in 1928. He established his barber shop on the south side of Old Yale Road west of the railroad tracks, across from Vancouver Milling and Grain. It was in competition with Thomas J. Calow's shop. He hadn't been there long when the fire of May 1928 destroyed his shop. Insurance estimated the damage to be about $2000. The building was rebuilt. Brown remained at this location until 1959. He married Lavinia Brown. The couple lived at 21016 Old Yale Road. Sam was also active in the the sports community and the board of trade. He died at 83 in 1970.
Fraser Highway
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Langley Electric Bakery
Shell Gas Station
Located on Fraser Highway.
Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-33/919)
Stores and businesses
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streets and roads
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