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Burnaby Historical Society Christmas

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1999 and 2010]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
24 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs from a Burnaby Historical Society Christmas party held in the ice cream parlour at the Burnaby Village Museum. The party included a performance by a group of burlesque dancers in retro costumes and visit by Santa Claus.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1999 and 2010]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Administration series
Physical Description
24 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-011
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
File contains photographs from a Burnaby Historical Society Christmas party held in the ice cream parlour at the Burnaby Village Museum. The party included a performance by a group of burlesque dancers in retro costumes and visit by Santa Claus.
Subjects
Holidays - Christmas
Recreational Activities - Dancing
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photographs
Photographs were originally contained in a photograph album and removed by Archives staff for preservation purposes. Original order of photographs within the album is maintained.
Street Address
6501 Deer Lake Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
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Burnaby Historical Society Christmas Dinner

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
2001-2002
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
25 photographs : inkjet prints on card ; 10 cm x 15 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of two Burnaby Historical Society Christmas dinners: the 2001 dinner held in the Discovery Room of Burnaby Village Museum on December 12, 2001 and 2002 dinner held in the Village Ice Cream Parlor. Interspersed between the photographs of the 2001 dinner are cards decorated…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
2001-2002
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Administration series
Physical Description
25 photographs : inkjet prints on card ; 10 cm x 15 cm
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of two Burnaby Historical Society Christmas dinners: the 2001 dinner held in the Discovery Room of Burnaby Village Museum on December 12, 2001 and 2002 dinner held in the Village Ice Cream Parlor. Interspersed between the photographs of the 2001 dinner are cards decorated with clipart and other computer illustrations.
Subjects
Holidays - Christmas
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Photographs and captions were originally contained in a photograph album and removed by Archives staff for preservation purposes. Original order of photographs within the album is maintained.
Most photographs in file have note on verso identifying individuals depicted
633-005-1:633-005-13 depict the 2001 Christmas dinner. 633-005-13:633-005-25 depict the 2002 Christmas dinner.
Street Address
6501 Deer Lake Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
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Burnaby Historical Society photographs

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 2000 and 2007]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
8 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs from various Burnaby Historical Society projects and events, including the opening of the Interurban tram display at Burnaby Village Museum, closing of Interurban 1223 organization, and the opening of Static Display, all by Pixie McGeachie.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 2000 and 2007]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Administration series
Physical Description
8 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-012
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
File contains photographs from various Burnaby Historical Society projects and events, including the opening of the Interurban tram display at Burnaby Village Museum, closing of Interurban 1223 organization, and the opening of Static Display, all by Pixie McGeachie.
Subjects
Events - Openings
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
McGeachie, Doreen "Pixie"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Photographs include digital captions on recto
Street Address
6501 Deer Lake Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
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Burnaby Historical Society Visits Stave Lake Powerhouse Museum and Park 2004

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
2004
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
22 photographs : inkjet prints on paper ; 10 cm x 15 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of a Burnaby Historical Society trip to the Stave Lake Powerhouse Museum and park picnic in Mission, BC in 2004.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
2004
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Administration series
Physical Description
22 photographs : inkjet prints on paper ; 10 cm x 15 cm
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-006
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of a Burnaby Historical Society trip to the Stave Lake Powerhouse Museum and park picnic in Mission, BC in 2004.
Subjects
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Recreational Activities - Picnics
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from inside cover of photo album
Photographs were originally contained in a photograph album and removed by Archives staff for preservation purposes. Original order of photographs within the album is maintained.
Most photographs in file have note on verso identifying individuals depicted
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2nd Annual Burnaby Edmonds Lions Santa Claus Parade

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
November 27, 2004
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
51 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs from the Edmonds Lions Santa Claus Parade on November 27, 2004, including the Burnaby Historical Society's float.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
November 27, 2004
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Administration series
Physical Description
51 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-007
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
File contains photographs from the Edmonds Lions Santa Claus Parade on November 27, 2004, including the Burnaby Historical Society's float.
Subjects
Events - Parades
Holidays - Christmas
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from photo album cover
Photographs were originally contained in a photograph album and removed by Archives staff for preservation purposes. Original order of photographs within the album is maintained.
Most photographs in file have note on verso identifying individuals depicted
Note in blue ink on inside front cover of album read: "Our float was designed by Brian Elder / Photo work by Sid Combers / Construction by Brian, Sid and assisted by Dennis Brown / "Goofer" and "Nag" Cice Brown
Caption for 633-007-1 is: "Base of float"
Caption for 633-007-2 is: "One of our few pictures of Brian"
Caption for 633-007-3 is: "Side, float and 1223"
Caption for 633-007-4 is: "Pixie and float"
Caption for 633-004-5 is: "Sid working"
Caption for 633-007-6 is: "Try-out around the parking lot"
Caption for 633-007-8 is: "Dennis and float ready to load David's truck"
Caption for 633-007-9 is: "7.30 am at warehouse float on Dave's truck cold and foggy"
Caption for 633-007-10 is: "Taken by Brian following David's truck"
Caption for 633-007-11 is: "Waiting for the parade to start"
Caption for 633-007-12 is: "Ready to go"
Caption for 633-007-13 is: "Ready to move"
Caption for 633-007-14 is: "Tall and short of it"
Caption for 633-007-24 is: "David Brown Dennis Dian [sic] Holt Diane Herberts Carol Rush"
Caption for 633-007-26 is: "John Whiting helping from the rear"
Caption for 633-007-30 is: "Still pushing"
Caption for 633-007-32 is: "Carol Rush President of B.H.S."
Caption for 633-007-51 is: "Cice and Bob in BVM depot-hack"
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Annual Summer Bus Trip

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98449
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 24, 2000
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
14 photographs : inkjet prints on paper ; 9.5 cm x 12.5 cm and 3 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the Burnaby Historical Society annual summer bus trip, held on Saturday, June 24, 2000. The trip included stops at Fort Langley, Travellers Hotel, 5 Corners, and Clayburn. Interspersed between the photographs are slips of paper containing photograph captions and decor…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 24, 2000
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Administration series
Physical Description
14 photographs : inkjet prints on paper ; 9.5 cm x 12.5 cm and 3 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the Burnaby Historical Society annual summer bus trip, held on Saturday, June 24, 2000. The trip included stops at Fort Langley, Travellers Hotel, 5 Corners, and Clayburn. Interspersed between the photographs are slips of paper containing photograph captions and decorated with clipart images.
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Photographs and captions were originally contained in a photograph album and removed by Archives staff for preservation purposes. Original order of photographs within the album is maintained.
Most photographs in file have note on verso identifying individuals depicted
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BHS Photo Discs by Sid Cumbers 2004

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
2000-2004
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
205 photographs (jpgs and pdd) on 2 optical discs
Scope and Content
Photographs of various events in which the Burnaby Historical Society participated including bus trips, Christmas parties, 1223 interurban tram events, and Canada Day and other holiday celebrations.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
2000-2004
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Administration series
Physical Description
205 photographs (jpgs and pdd) on 2 optical discs
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-015
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
Photographs of various events in which the Burnaby Historical Society participated including bus trips, Christmas parties, 1223 interurban tram events, and Canada Day and other holiday celebrations.
Subjects
Holidays - Christmas
Holidays - Canada Day
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Cumbers, Sidney
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from original disc envelope
Disc 2020-06-001 label reads: "Burnaby Historical Society 2004 / Content Description 1. BHS Bus Trip, 2000 2. BHS Xmas, 2001 3. BHS XMas, 2003 4. Canada Day, 2004 5. Victoria Day, 2004 6. Tram1223, 2001-2004 7. Tram1223BBQ, 2004 8. Tram1223 Volunteers, 2004:
Disc 2020-06-002 label reads: "Burnaby Village Museum Labour Day Fair / Monday September 6, 2004"
Contact sheet for photographs on 2020-06-001 available in accession file.
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BHS Tea June 17, 2006

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 17, 2006
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
58 photographs (jpgs) on 1 optical disc
Scope and Content
Files contains photographs from the Burnaby Historical Society tea held on June 17, 2006, which included a historical costume fashion show.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 17, 2006
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Administration series
Physical Description
58 photographs (jpgs) on 1 optical disc
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-017
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
Files contains photographs from the Burnaby Historical Society tea held on June 17, 2006, which included a historical costume fashion show.
Subjects
Clothing - Costumes
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Cumbers, Sidney
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from optical disc label. Full label reads: "BHS Tea June 17, 2006 / Photographer: Sid Cumbers"
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BHS Xmas 2004

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 8, 2004
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
24 photographs (jpegs) on 1 optical disc
Scope and Content
File contains photographs from the Burnaby Historical Society Christmas party on December 8, 2004. The party was held in the ice cream parlour at the Burnaby Village Museum and included speeches by Mayor Derek Corrigan, Helen Brown, Don Brown, and Pixie McGeachie
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 8, 2004
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Administration series
Physical Description
24 photographs (jpegs) on 1 optical disc
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-009
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
File contains photographs from the Burnaby Historical Society Christmas party on December 8, 2004. The party was held in the ice cream parlour at the Burnaby Village Museum and included speeches by Mayor Derek Corrigan, Helen Brown, Don Brown, and Pixie McGeachie
Subjects
Holidays - Christmas
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from optical disc label
Identification key available in accession file
Street Address
6501 Deer Lake Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
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Don Wrigley with Interurban 1223

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98008
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Don Wrigley, the President of the Friends of Interurban 1223, posing inside of the trolley car and outside of rusted, pre-restoration car.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-3112
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Don Wrigley, the President of the Friends of Interurban 1223, posing inside of the trolley car and outside of rusted, pre-restoration car.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Transportation - Rail
Organizations - Societies and Clubs
Names
Wrigley, Donald "Don"
Friends of Interurban 1223
Burnaby Historical Society
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-3112-1: "Don Wrigley, the President of the Friends of Interurban 1223, and of the Burnaby Historical Society, surveys the gutted interior of the old trolley car."
Caption from metadata for 535-3112-2: "Don Wrigley, the President of the Friends of Interurban 1223, and of the Burnaby Historical Society, wants to keep the old trolley car in Burnaby."
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Event photographs

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1973-1999
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
267 photographs : col. ; 18 cm x 13 cm and smaller
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of various events, meetings, and other activities hosted by the Burnaby Historical Society as well as events and ceremonies attended by Society members.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1973-1999
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Administration series
Physical Description
267 photographs : col. ; 18 cm x 13 cm and smaller
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of various events, meetings, and other activities hosted by the Burnaby Historical Society as well as events and ceremonies attended by Society members.
Subjects
Events
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Photographs were originally contained in a photograph album and removed by Archives staff for preservation purposes. Original order of photographs within the album is maintained.
Most photographs in file have handwritten notes on verso identifying the individuals and events depicted in the photographs.
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-1:633-003-10 reads: "BHS field trip to Yale 1973"
Identification key for 633-003-15 available in accession file
Identification key for 633-003-22 available in accession file
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-23:633-003-35 reads: "Christmas Party at the Home of Violet and Blythe Eagles"
Identification key for 633-003-36 available in accession file
633-003-37:633-003-42 depict a presentation of the publication "Windows to Burnaby's Past"
Labels on sleeves housing 633-003-43:633-003-50 reads: "1992 Conference BC Historical Federation / May 7, 8, 9, 1992 at Burnaby BC / Held at Sheraton Villa"
Sticky noted adhered to verso of 633-003-54 read: 'Honorary life member Margaret Stoneberg with Past President John Spittle"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-59:633-003-74 reads: "Luncheon at Hart House May 7 1 pm".
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-68 reads: "Honorary Life Member, Margaret Stoneberg - May 8, 1992"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-69 reads: "Lunch at Hart House - Anne Yandle and Francis Wellwood in foreground"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-74 reads: "Ilma Dunn (Whiterock) Nancy Peter (Burnaby) Ernest Harris (Vancouver) Naomi Miller (Wasa)"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-75:633-003-85 reads: "Tour of Burnaby Village Museum 2pm"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-78 reads: "The visitors at Burnaby Village Museum - May 8, 1992"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-81 reads: "History Revisited! Don Sale at the teacher's desk in Seaforth School, Burnaby Village. Don took his practice teaching in this school!"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-86:633-003-91 reads: "May 9th Burnaby Mountain Park"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-92:633-003-103 reads: "Tour of Simon Fraser University"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-104:633-003-109 reads: "Lunch at SFU"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-110:633-003-144 reads: "Awards Banquet - Burnaby Lake Pavilion"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-144 reads: "Four Burnaby Ladies / Joan Bellinger, Florence Hart Godwin, Helen Brown and Winn Roff relax before the Awards Banquet"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-145:633-003-151 reads: "Hart House Tea June 17/92"
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-152:633-003-154 reads: "Discovery Day 1994"
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-155:633-003-158 reads: "BHS receives first Burnaby Heritage Award 1993"
Identification key for 633-003-155 available in accession file
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-158 reads: "front row (l to r) Hazel L'Estrange, Mary Coe, Kay Moore / 2nd row (l to r) Una Carlson, Helen Street / 3rd row (l to r) Margaret Matorich, Pixie McGeachie"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-159:633-003-178 reads: "Official opening of the garden and restored Jubilee Arch Central Park 1994"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-180:633-003-235 reads: "Burnaby Historical Society June 25, 1997 40th Anniversary"
Letter from the Beckleys, photographers of 633-003-236:633-003-239 available in accession file. Identification key for 633-003-237:633-003-238 available in accession file. Identification key for 633-003-239 available in accession file. Photographs depict 1989 sod turning ceremony for administration building at Burnaby Village Museum.
Note accompanying 633-003-240 available in accession file
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-241:633-003-242 reads: "Burnaby Discovery Day Shadbolt Centre 1998"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-243:633-033-246 reads: "BHS field trip to Kilby General Store and Farm June, 1998"
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-247:633-003-249 reads: "Fraser Wilson Room Archives"
Identification key for 633-003-252 available in accession file
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-253:633-003-257 reads: "Heritage Award"
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-258:633-003-261 reads: "BCHF Conference May, 1999 Merritt, B.C."
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-262:633-003-264 reads: "Burnaby "Hero" 2002"
633-003-267 is annotated: "Catherine Rees 90th Birthday Party". Photo is an inkjet print on paper.
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Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 10

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1952-1990
Length
00:07:45
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s activities with the Parks and Recreation Commission, the relationship between community groups and the Commission, and the development of Central Park. He lists membership in other community groups such as the Historical Society. He also continues …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s activities with the Parks and Recreation Commission, the relationship between community groups and the Commission, and the development of Central Park. He lists membership in other community groups such as the Historical Society. He also continues to describe the activities of the South Burnaby Men’s Club and its change of name to South Burnaby Metrotown Club to include women
Date Range
1952-1990
Photo Info
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979
Length
00:07:45
Names
South Burnaby Men's Club
Burnaby Historical Society
Subjects
Recreational Activities
Organizations - Men's Societies and Clubs
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
February 26, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.
Total Tracks
14
Total Length
01:35:07
Interviewee Name
Brown, Donald N. "Don"
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
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Negatives of BHS picnic at Mission Seminary June, 1972 / Taken by Dorothy McKenzie

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98455
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 1972
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
12 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs from the Burnaby Historical Society picnic at Mission Seminary in June 1972.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 1972
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Administration series
Physical Description
12 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-010
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
File contains photographs from the Burnaby Historical Society picnic at Mission Seminary in June 1972.
Subjects
Recreational Activities - Picnics
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
McKenzie, Dorothy
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from original envelope
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Tram car plaque

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2374
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1971]
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the dedication plaque mounted on Interurban tram car no. 1223. The plaque reads: "This interurban tram car was built in 1913 be the St. Louis Car Co. for The British Columbia Electric Railway Co. and operated over that company's three lines in Burnaby until abandonment, November 17th …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the dedication plaque mounted on Interurban tram car no. 1223. The plaque reads: "This interurban tram car was built in 1913 be the St. Louis Car Co. for The British Columbia Electric Railway Co. and operated over that company's three lines in Burnaby until abandonment, November 17th 1956. Throughout the nearly fifty years of its existence this tram and seventy similar cars carried many thousands of settlers and commuters and helped to build Burnaby into a thriving community of over 80,000." / "Dedicated and placed here by Burnaby Historical Society, Nov. 30th 1958." The tram was displayed at the Edmonds Bus Loop at Edmonds Street and Kingsway.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Accession Code
BV005.54.420
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1971]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Stride Avenue Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
August 11, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Visit to Irving House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98453
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
September 30, 2006
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
20 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm and 1 postcard : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs from the Burnaby Historical Society's visit to Irving House in New Westminster on September 30th, 2006. File also contains one blank postcard with an image of Captain William Irving.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
September 30, 2006
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Administration series
Physical Description
20 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm and 1 postcard : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-008
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
File contains photographs from the Burnaby Historical Society's visit to Irving House in New Westminster on September 30th, 2006. File also contains one blank postcard with an image of Captain William Irving.
Subjects
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of album
Photographs were originally contained in a photograph album and removed by Archives staff for preservation purposes. Original order of photographs within the album is maintained.
Note in black ink on verso of 633-008-2 reads: "Burnaby Historical Society trip to Irving House. New Westminster. 30th September, 2006"
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City of Burnaby Archives

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark783
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
2001
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Albert Street
Associated Dates
2001
Heritage Value
The City of Burnaby Archives officially opened on Saturday, November 10, 2001. The Archives is Burnaby's first municipal archives, and is located in the McGill Branch Library. The City Archives functions as a branch of the Office of the City Clerk and operates as the official repository of Burnaby's municipal records, containing records dating back to Burnaby's incorporation in 1892. In 2007, the City of Burnaby Archives expanded its collection mandate to include private as well as public records. On February 14, 2007 an agreement was signed with the Burnaby Historical Society and, as a result, the Archives accepted into its custody the collection of community records that had been maintained and managed by the Historical Society since the 1950s. In the Spring of 2007, these records were transferred from the Burnaby Village Museum to their permanent home in the Archives facility.
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Capitol Hill Area
Street Address
4595 Albert Street
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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H.T. Ceperley Estate 'Fairacres' Greenhouse Foundation Wall

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
The original rubble stone walls that formed the foundation for a greenhouses adjacent to the Steam Plant Building provided heat to several greenhouses on the estate propoerty. The Root House, which is to the north of the Greenhouse Foundation Wall, provided storage for the farm operation.
Associated Dates
1908
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Deer Lake Avenue
Associated Dates
1908
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Enactment Type
Bylaw No. 140665
Enactment Date
23/11/1992
Description
The original rubble stone walls that formed the foundation for a greenhouses adjacent to the Steam Plant Building provided heat to several greenhouses on the estate propoerty. The Root House, which is to the north of the Greenhouse Foundation Wall, provided storage for the farm operation.
Heritage Value
The outbuildings at 'Fairacres' are a rare surviving architecturally-designed ensemble of agricultural structures that exist in complementary harmony with the main estate house. Architect Robert Mackay Fripp (1858-1917), an outspoken advocate of Arts and Crafts design, was retained by the Ceperleys to design several original outbuildings on their estate, which was designed as a country estate with a working farm that included over 10 acres of productive berry and vegetable fields, with a large kitchen garden, a root house to store food, an orchard, and greenhouses heated by steam. The agricultural potential of the Deer Lake area made it one of the first parts of the municipality to attract settlement. In 1909, the Ceperleys built three large greenhouses heated by an adjacent steam plant (Fairacres Steam Plant). The greenhouses featured granite foundation walls, including this one which remains intact. The Ceperleys employed a large staff to manage the estate's agricultural production, including Chinese farm labourers. Produce was grown for use at the estate, and for sale at local markets. Agricultural use of the estate continued when a Catholic order of Benedictine monks purchased the estate as part of the Priory of St. Joseph and the Seminary of Christ the King, and continued to farm the land until 1953.
Defining Elements
Key elements that define the heritage character of the ‘Fairacres’ Steam Plant Building include its: - overall spatial arrangement of the Greenhouse Foundation Wall in relation to the Steam Plant Building and the Root House - original rubble stone walls reflecting the Arts and Crafts design aesthetic of the estate buildings.
Locality
Deer Lake Park
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
Architect
Robert Mackay Fripp
Function
Primary Historic--Outbuilding
Community
Burnaby
Cadastral Identifier
P.I.D. No. 004-493-311 Legal Description: Block 3 Except: Part subdivided by Plan 26865, District Lot 79, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 536
Boundaries
‘Fairacres’ is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6344 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.
Area
17,065.00
Contributing Resource
Landscape Feature
Remains
Ownership
Public (local)
Other Collection
Burnaby Historical Society, Community Archives: Ceperley Photograph Album
Documentation
Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2
Names
Ceperley, Grace
Ceperley, H.T.
Fripp, Robert Mackay
Subjects
Buildings - Agricultural
Building Components
Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses
Street Address
6344 Deer Lake Avenue
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H.T. Ceperley Estate 'Fairacres' Root House

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
The ‘Fairacres’ Root House is a long, low one-storey masonry building, measuring 4.6 metres by 9.1 metres, with massively buttressed concrete walls and foundations. Built into sloping ground adjacent to the location of the former greenhouses, the surviving orchard and the kitchen entrance of the ma…
Associated Dates
1908
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Deer Lake Avenue
Associated Dates
1908
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Enactment Type
Bylaw No. 9807
Enactment Date
23/11/1992
Description
The ‘Fairacres’ Root House is a long, low one-storey masonry building, measuring 4.6 metres by 9.1 metres, with massively buttressed concrete walls and foundations. Built into sloping ground adjacent to the location of the former greenhouses, the surviving orchard and the kitchen entrance of the main house, 'Fairacres,' this functional structure was used as a frost-free store for fruit and vegetables for the family's use.
Heritage Value
The outbuildings at 'Fairacres' are a rare surviving architecturally-designed ensemble of agricultural structures that exist in complementary harmony with the main estate house. Architect Robert Mackay Fripp (1858-1917), an outspoken advocate of Arts and Crafts design, was retained by the Ceperleys to design several original outbuildings on their estate. The Root House is important as a rare surviving, and exceptionally large, example of this building type in the Vancouver region. Unusual in the fact that an architect designed a building of such modest aspirations, it is also remarkable in its method of construction. The use of concrete as a structural material is one of the earliest in the region and extraordinary for its use on such a modest vernacular outbuilding; root cellars were typically built of loose stone. Built in 1908, the Root House was significantly altered in the 1960s and restored to its original design in 2000. The building is significant as an indicator of the market gardening activity in the area around Deer Lake and of the country-house self-sufficiency practiced by the Ceperley family. The Root House illustrates the cultural, aesthetic, and lifestyle values of the Ceperleys in constructing such a large building for storing their own produce.
Defining Elements
The outbuildings at 'Fairacres' are a rare surviving architecturally-designed ensemble of agricultural structures that exist in complementary harmony with the main estate house. Architect Robert Mackay Fripp (1858-1917), an outspoken advocate of Arts and Crafts design, was retained by the Ceperleys to design several original outbuildings on their estate. The Root House is important as a rare surviving, and exceptionally large, example of this building type in the Vancouver region. Unusual in the fact that an architect designed a building of such modest aspirations, it is also remarkable in its method of construction. The use of concrete as a structural material is one of the earliest in the region and extraordinary for its use on such a modest vernacular outbuilding; root cellars were typically built of loose stone. Built in 1908, the Root House was significantly altered in the 1960s and restored to its original design in 2000. The building is significant as an indicator of the market gardening activity in the area around Deer Lake and of the country-house self-sufficiency practiced by the Ceperley family. The Root House illustrates the cultural, aesthetic, and lifestyle values of the Ceperleys in constructing such a large building for storing their own produce.
Locality
Deer Lake Park
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
Architect
Robert Mackay Fripp
Function
Primary Historic--Outbuilding
Secondary Historic--Food Storage
Community
Burnaby
Cadastral Identifier
P.I.D. No. 004-493-311 Legal Description: Block 3 Except: Part subdivided by Plan 26865, District Lot 79, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 536
Boundaries
‘Fairacres’ is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6344 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.
Area
17,065.00
Contributing Resource
Building
Landscape Feature
Ownership
Public (local)
Other Collection
Burnaby Historical Society, Community Archives: Ceperley Photograph Album
Documentation
Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2
Names
Ceperley, Grace
Ceperley, H.T.
Fripp, Robert Mackay
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Buildings - Agricultural
Street Address
6344 Deer Lake Avenue
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H.T. Ceperley Estate 'Fairacres' Steam Plant Building

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Designed in the British Arts and Crafts style, the ‘Fairacres’ Steam Plant Buiding is a single-storey wood frame building with a gabled roof that originally housed the apparatus for climate control in the greenhouses, formerly located to its north. The original rubble stone walls that formed the fo…
Associated Dates
1908
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Deer Lake Avenue
Associated Dates
1908
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Enactment Type
Bylaw No. 9807
Enactment Date
23/11/1992
Description
Designed in the British Arts and Crafts style, the ‘Fairacres’ Steam Plant Buiding is a single-storey wood frame building with a gabled roof that originally housed the apparatus for climate control in the greenhouses, formerly located to its north. The original rubble stone walls that formed the foundation for the greenhouses stand adjacent. The Steam Plant Building stands as a pendant to the Root House, which is to the north of the former greenhouses.
Heritage Value
The outbuildings at 'Fairacres' are a rare surviving architecturally-designed ensemble of agricultural structures that exist in complementary harmony with the main estate house. Architect Robert Mackay Fripp (1858-1917), an outspoken advocate of Arts and Crafts design, was retained by the Ceperleys to design several original outbuildings on their estate. The Ceperleys operated 'Fairacres' with staff, a farm manager and workers, including Chinese, to grow produce for themselves and for sale at local markets. The Steam Plant Building illustrates the market gardening activity of the area around Deer Lake and its importance to the Ceperley family, which valued a year-round supply of fresh fruit and vegetables for the kitchen and flowers for the house. It also illustrates the cultural and aesthetic values of the Ceperleys in retaining an architect to design a functional outbuilding using an accepted and contemporary architectural style. Built in 1908, the Steam Plant Building was significantly altered in the 1960s and restored to its original design in 2000.
Defining Elements
Key elements that define the heritage character of the ‘Fairacres’ Steam Plant Building include its: - overall spatial arrangement of the Steam Plant Building in relation to the former greenhouses and the Root House - side gable roof with cedar shingle cladding. - tall brick chimney indicitive of the building's original function. - distinctive Arts and Crafts architectural features such as the shingle wall cladding with decorative shingling under window sills, deep eaves, and pebble-dashed concrete foundation walls - six-paned wooden-sash casement windows - simple functional interior features - rubble stone walls that formed the foundation for the greenhouses
Locality
Deer Lake Park
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
Architect
Robert Mackay Fripp
Function
Primary Historic--Outbuilding
Community
Burnaby
Cadastral Identifier
P.I.D. No. 004-493-311 Legal Description: Block 3 Except: Part subdivided by Plan 26865, District Lot 79, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 536
Boundaries
‘Fairacres’ is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6344 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.
Area
17,065.00
Contributing Resource
Building
Landscape Feature
Ownership
Public (local)
Other Collection
Burnaby Historical Society, Community Archives: Ceperley Photograph Album
Documentation
Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2
Names
Ceperley, Grace
Ceperley, H.T.
Fripp, Robert Mackay
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses
Buildings - Agricultural
Street Address
6344 Deer Lake Avenue
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Tram memories : in celebration of the restoration of Interurban 1223

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5863
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
Publication Date
c2007
Call Number
388.460971 TRA
for the B.C.Electric Railway Company,interur- ban car 1223 was operated as a passenger car on the electric interurban lines of Burnaby and the Lower Mainland until 1958. It was rescued from destruction and dedicated as a historic monument by The Burnaby Historical Society in 1958 at Edmonds and Kingsway and in 1971
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Digital Reference Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
Call Number
388.460971 TRA
Author
McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
Contributor
Friends of Interurban 1223
Place of Publication
Burnaby
Publisher
City of Burnaby
Publication Date
c2007
Printer
City of Burnaby Printshop
Physical Description
91 p. : ill., map ;,20 cm
Library Subject (LOC)
Electric railroads
Local transit
Street-railroads
Transportation
Subjects
Transportation
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Name Access
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Notes
Editor : Pixie McGeachie
Images
Digital Books
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