Item
Identifier:
2020_03_F00156_060
Repository
The Reach Gallery Museum
Repository Web Site
https://www.thereach.ca/
Repository Identifier
DM7803
Date
August 24 1973;Date(s) of creation
Creator
Del Monte Studio
Extent
1 photograph : col. negative
Format
still image
Description
Photo of a group of flower girls wearing yellow-orange lenghas. They are Pam Gill, Bagoo Gill, Kamaljit Gill, and Karen Kingra. They are surrounded by the family members and close connections of Rajinder Thind and Nash Gill. Rajinder Thind is walking with her brother Jasminder Singh Thind and Harbans Singh Gill's wife in the background. The wedding is taking place in the Sikh Heritage Gurdwara in Abbotsford, BC. The woman seated on the floor, in white suit with glasses is Sham Kaur Gill, wife of Santokh Singh Gill, village Chuhar chak, and lived in New Westminster. She had first arrived in Canada in 1925.
Location
British Columbia;New Westminster Land District;Fraser Valley Regional District;Abbotsford
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men;South Asian Canadian women
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Weddings [http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm011624];Brides [http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm001329];Portrait photographs [http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm008083]