These photos were taken from family albums at my grandmother’s house and show the Bains brothers’ original store in Vancouver during the late 1990s.
While these are not part of my five original photos for Assignment 4, I wanted to include them because they capture an important part of the Bains family’s story — their early beginnings, humble setup, and the foundation of what became a successful community business.
These images add historical context and help tell the full journey from where it all started to where the family business stands today.
- The Bains brothers, Satnam and Nirmal, with their cousin outside their basement before their Vancouver store grand opening in the early 1990s. (Family archival photo.)
2. The Bain’s brother oldest sister, her children, Satnam’s wife Jaspal, and their mother standing by the store’s cash register, 1990s. (Family archival photo.)
3. The Bains family and employees seated together behind the store at the end of the day, under a tent after store Diwali celebrations, eating dinner on crates in the dark a snapshot of unity and perseverance. (Family archival photo.)
4. Satnam Bains, Sukhi Bains (Nirmal’s wife) and Jasbir Bhangu (sister) captured returning from taking out garbage together at the end of the night. A glimpse of their daily teamwork. (Family archival photo.)