Yorkshire Monument Co. 玉石紀念碑公司

            This business has always fascinated me. After all, why a Chinese-owned funeral product company has a very British name? Was it a Canadian business owned by someone from Yorkshire originally, and when they retired perhaps they sold to a Chinese immigrant?

More amusingly to anyone who can read Chinese, they've used a very ingenious Chinese name 玉石, which means "Jade Stone" or "Jade Rock". Jade of course is gem often associated with the Orient. More interestingly, the pronunciation of 玉石 in Cantonese is Yuk Shek, which is very close to its English name Yorkshire! 

I made this photo during a photo walk with fellow flickr friends Will and John. On that day, I decided to make a photo but traffic was busy so I didn't run across to the other side to capture the whole building. Recently, I realised that this business has permanently closed.

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Taken in: Canada / Ontario / Riverdale (show map)

Taken on: February 27, 2016

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Toronto

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玉石紀念碑公司

加拿大

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芝蘭東街

東區華埠

東區

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Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T2i, f/8.0, 1/160 sec, 45mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Lens:	18-200mm
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	45mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 14.0 (Windows)
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