Photo of two young children standing in front of 611 Pioneer street house.
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Photo of Betty Gordon on grass, Tom Brunsdon sitting on boardwalk next to sister Hazel. Ken Bendall and [?] Holland on left. Taken in Old Esquimalt Village.
Photo of (L-R): Kenneth (Ken) Darrell Bendall , Frank Bendall, neighbor friend, Betty Godson & Buddy (Bud) Bendall sitting in toy wagon on Pioneer Street.
Fonds consist of photographs of Pioneer Street and Old Esquimalt Village, as well as several pages of personal reminiscences written by Ken Bendall about living in Esquimalt.
Kenneth (Ken) BendallPhoto looking down Pioneer Street in Old Esquimalt Village. Howard Hotel and Globe Hotel (with flagpole) on left, Brunsdon's Hotel is on right (with flagpole).
Photo demonstrate a view of Old Esquimalt Village. The little house with hanging cloths is Soue Kee Laundry, 627 Pioneer Street is in the photo. The Laundry facility was owned and operated (until 1939) by Soue Kee (Tang Kam Chew) born in Canton, China in 1884 and moved to Esquimalt in 1909. When he first came to Esquimalt, Sue worked for Yang Yip Laundry located on Head Street near Gore. He was a long-time resident in Esquimalt and died in 1965 in the Victoria Chinese Community Hospital.
Framed photo of Royal North West Mounted Police on Pioneer St. escorting H.R.H. Duke of Cornwall and York during his visit to Esquimalt and Victoria, Oct. 1, 1901.