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Alfred Bingham subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57735
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs, correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred Bingham.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Alfred Bingham subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs, correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred Bingham.
- History
- Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten-hour days to build a shingle mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, a carpenter and millwright (and author of “The History of Burnaby”), also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lockdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920, Alfred married Mary Jane "Ada" Reynolds. Alfred and Mary Jane often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. The couple also had a dog named Bess. The Binghams were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth who were suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression. The Army was in operation for ten years and during that time, the members organised the credit union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union Act through the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started co-op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also the Secretary of the Burnaby Housing Committee. In 1946, he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane died on August 9, 1969. Alfred died on April 29, 1979.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- MSS001, MSS142, and PC 010
Toothpick stump at Gilmore Ave and Parker St
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription737
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1924]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 6.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man sitting near the top of a giant tree stump at Willingdon Heights. According to an accompanying note prepared by Burnaby Village Museum and supported by the inscription on the photograph, the stump was at the southeast corner of Parker Street and Gilmore Avenue in the Willingdon…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 6.9 cm
- Material Details
- Annotations on the front of the photograph read: "Gilmour & Parker. South. 1924" and "Toothpick Stump." An annotation on the back of the photograph reads, "Wide - 98 inch at TOB [sic - top] / Ground level 25 feet / SE corner of Parker & Gilmour / March 11 1971 / A Bingham."
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man sitting near the top of a giant tree stump at Willingdon Heights. According to an accompanying note prepared by Burnaby Village Museum and supported by the inscription on the photograph, the stump was at the southeast corner of Parker Street and Gilmore Avenue in the Willingdon Heights district.
- Subjects
- Plants - Trees
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Geographic Access
- Parker Street
- Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV976.46.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1924]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-20
- Photographer
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Notes
- Title based on caption of photograph
Images
Tree stump at Willingdon Heights
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription736
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1924]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman standing by a giant tree stump in Willingdon Heights. According to an accompanying note prepared by BVM and supported by the inscription on the photograph, the stump was at the southeast corner of Parker Street and Gilmore Avenue in the Willingdon Heights district. It is likel…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm
- Material Details
- Annotations on the front of the photograph read: "Gilmour & Parker St South 1924" and "Willingdon Heights." An annotation on the back of the photograph reads, "25 feet at ground level / (A Bingham) March 11 1971." Stamped on the back of the photo: "457."
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman standing by a giant tree stump in Willingdon Heights. According to an accompanying note prepared by BVM and supported by the inscription on the photograph, the stump was at the southeast corner of Parker Street and Gilmore Avenue in the Willingdon Heights district. It is likely that the woman in the picture is Ada Bingham, wife of Alfred Bingham who took the picture.
- Subjects
- Plants - Trees
- Names
- Bingham, Mary Ada "Ada"
- Geographic Access
- Parker Street
- Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV976.46.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1924]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-20
- Photographer
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph