"Burnaby Historical Society" found 27 records

4200 Block Cambridge Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a dog on the sidewalk of the 4200 block of Cambridge Street. The photograph was taken facing east, and Capitol Hill is visible in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-408

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a dog on the sidewalk of the 4200 block of Cambridge Street. The photograph was taken facing east, and Capitol Hill is visible in the background.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Cambridge Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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4200 Block Cambridge Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a dog sitting beside the sidewalk on the 4200 block of Cambridge Street.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-409

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a dog sitting beside the sidewalk on the 4200 block of Cambridge Street.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Cambridge Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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4200 Block Cambridge Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37822

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1940] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a dog standing beside the sidewalk on the 4200 block of Cambridge Street. The back of a car can be seen on the right, and the road can be seen in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1940] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-410

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a dog standing beside the sidewalk on the 4200 block of Cambridge Street. The back of a car can be seen on the right, and the road can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Cambridge Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

4200 Block Cambridge Street, [ca. 1940] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Anne Le Grove and Lulu

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38022

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1947] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Anne Le Grove and her dog Lulu, seated in chairs outside at 2115 Waverley Avenue (later renumbered 7116 Waverley Avenue).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1947] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-609

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Anne Le Grove and her dog Lulu, seated in chairs outside at 2115 Waverley Avenue (later renumbered 7116 Waverley Avenue).

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Furniture

Names: Le Grove, Anne

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Waverley Avenue

Street Address: 7116 Waverley Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Anne Le Grove and Lulu, [1947] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Bob Ellis and Dog

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37751

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1940] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.4 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Ellis standing with his dog, Bill, at the back of 2313 Nelson Avenue (later renumbered 6926 Nelson Avenue).

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1940] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.4 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-339

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Ellis standing with his dog, Bill, at the back of 2313 Nelson Avenue (later renumbered 6926 Nelson Avenue).

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Names: Ellis, Robert "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Nelson Avenue

Street Address: 6926 Nelson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Images

Bob Ellis and Dog, [ca. 1940] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Bob Ellis and Dogs

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1942 or 1943] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Ellis, with a friend and the family dogs, at the back of 6926 Nelson Avenue.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1942 or 1943] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-307

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Ellis, with a friend and the family dogs, at the back of 6926 Nelson Avenue.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Names: Ellis, Robert "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Nelson Avenue

Street Address: 6926 Nelson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Images

Bob Ellis and Dogs, [1942 or 1943] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Children on Victory in Europe Day

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1945 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.2 x 3.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of children on V.E. Day (Victory in Europe Day). The Johnson children and Bobby Ellis (far right) are holding flags (Union Jacks and another) on the 2900 block of Silver Avenue (later renumbered as the 6100 block). The street and Ford Motor plant are visible in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1945 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.2 x 3.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-303

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of children on V.E. Day (Victory in Europe Day). The Johnson children and Bobby Ellis (far right) are holding flags (Union Jacks and another) on the 2900 block of Silver Avenue (later renumbered as the 6100 block). The street and Ford Motor plant are visible in the background.

Subjects: Celebrations; Animals - Dogs; Symbols - Flags

Names: Ellis, Bobby; Ford Motor Company; Johnson Family

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Silver Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Children on Victory in Europe Day, May 1945 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Children with Dog

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 193? (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four children holding a dog. The children are identified as Karl, Pete, Marv and Ella.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 193? (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-787

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of four children holding a dog. The children are identified as Karl, Pete, Marv and Ella.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Annotations on left side of photograph read, "Karl, Pete"; Annotations at bottom of photograph read, "Marv, Ella"

Images

Children with Dog, 193? (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Construction of the Community Hall

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the construction of the Capitol Hill Community Hall. The construction workers are all taking a break to look at the camera from their positions on the roof, the roof's ledge and the ground. A dog is also at the construction site.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 258-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1991-21

Scope and Content: Photograph of the construction of the Capitol Hill Community Hall. The construction workers are all taking a break to look at the camera from their positions on the roof, the roof's ledge and the ground. A dog is also at the construction site.

Subjects: Construction; Buildings - Recreational - Community Halls; Occupations - Labourers; Animals - Dogs

Names: Capitol Hill Community Hall

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Howard Avenue

Street Address: 361 Howard Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Images

Construction of the Community Hall, 1948 thumbnail

Davies family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mrs. Davies and her family (a girl and two boys) in the Central Park caretaker's garden. A dog is with them.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Davies family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 190-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1986-41

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mrs. Davies and her family (a girl and two boys) in the Central Park caretaker's garden. A dog is with them.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Geographic Features - Gardens

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Davies family, [194-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Davies son and his dog

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.4 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a son of the Davies family and a dog in the Central Park caretaker's garden.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Davies family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.4 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 190-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1986-41

Scope and Content: Photograph of a son of the Davies family and a dog in the Central Park caretaker's garden.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Davies son and his dog, [194-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Ellis family dog

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Ellis family dog, Joe, holding a dog toy at the back of 2924 Silver Avenue (later renumbered 6113 Silver Avenue). A baby carriage is also in the photograph.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-324

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Ellis family dog, Joe, holding a dog toy at the back of 2924 Silver Avenue (later renumbered 6113 Silver Avenue). A baby carriage is also in the photograph.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Transportation - Carriages

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Silver Avenue

Street Address: 6113 Silver Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Ellis family dog, [1941] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Gardner Family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1944 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Gardner family and other relatives. Identified: (front) Urban Gardner (brother) with pet dog, Toby; (2nd row, left to right) Will Swain (uncle visiting from Winnipeg), Hazel Gardner Willis (sister), Fred Willis (husband of Hazel); (back row, left to right) Nell Pentland (aunt vis…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1944 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-474

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Gardner family and other relatives. Identified: (front) Urban Gardner (brother) with pet dog, Toby; (2nd row, left to right) Will Swain (uncle visiting from Winnipeg), Hazel Gardner Willis (sister), Fred Willis (husband of Hazel); (back row, left to right) Nell Pentland (aunt visiting from Winnipeg), Sarah Gardner (mother), Harry Gardner (father), and an unidentified woman. This later became the site of Bonsor Park at 6550 Bonsor Avenue.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Names: Gardner, Harry Norman; Gardner, Sarah Ann Swain; Gardner, Urban; Pentland, Nell; Swain, Will; Willis, Fred; Willis, Hazel Gardner

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue

Street Address: 6550 Bonsor Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Images

Gardner Family, 1944 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Gerald Sims, Alan Johnson and Bobby Ellis

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1945] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.2 x 3.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Gerald Sims, Alan Johnson and Bobby Ellis, at the back of 2924 Silver Avenue (later renumbered 6113 Silver Avenue).

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1945] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.2 x 3.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-304

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Gerald Sims, Alan Johnson and Bobby Ellis, at the back of 2924 Silver Avenue (later renumbered 6113 Silver Avenue).

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Names: Ellis, Bobby; Johnson, Alan; Sims, Gerald

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Silver Avenue

Street Address: 6113 Silver Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Gerald Sims, Alan Johnson and Bobby Ellis, [1945] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Hiking on Snake Hill (Burnaby Mountain)

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1940 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.9 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Clarence Henshaw, Joe Wilmer (with Curly, the dog) Doug McCallum (with a 22 for hunting grouse, pheasant or pigeon), and Gordon Henshaw hiking to a cabin they had built on Snake Hill (now Burnaby Mountain) where Simon Fraser University is now located.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1940 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.9 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-270

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Clarence Henshaw, Joe Wilmer (with Curly, the dog) Doug McCallum (with a 22 for hunting grouse, pheasant or pigeon), and Gordon Henshaw hiking to a cabin they had built on Snake Hill (now Burnaby Mountain) where Simon Fraser University is now located.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Hiking; Animals - Dogs

Names: Henshaw, Clarence R. "Buzz"; Henshaw, Gordon; McCallum, Doug; Wilmer, Joe

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Hiking on Snake Hill (Burnaby Mountain), 1940 (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory507

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1947-1954

Length: 00:05:44

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system

Date Range: 1947-1954

Photo Info: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979

Length: 00:05:44

Subjects: Accidents - Automobile Accidents; Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Electric Railroads

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.

Images

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track six of interview with Don Brown

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-016/MSS187-016_Track%206.mp3

Joi Barber

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1947] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joi Barber with a dog at Burnaby Mountain.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1947] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-501

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joi Barber with a dog at Burnaby Mountain.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Animals - Dogs

Names: Pontifex, Joi Barber

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Joi Barber, [1947] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Knight family photographs

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948-1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 49 photographs (35 prints : b&w and col. and 14 negatives : b&w)

Scope and Content: Photographs of "the Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton and their properties, avaries, and pets. File also includes the couple's travel photographs, photograph's of Milton's antique clock and watch collection, and images of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948-1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Knight family subseries

Physical Description: 49 photographs (35 prints : b&w and col. and 14 negatives : b&w)

Description Level: File

Record No.: 510-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS1992-53

Scope and Content: Photographs of "the Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton and their properties, avaries, and pets. File also includes the couple's travel photographs, photograph's of Milton's antique clock and watch collection, and images of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Animals - Dogs; Occupations - Veterinarians

Names: Knight, Virginia; Knight, Milton; Lakeview Aviaries

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs; Stamp on verso of 510-001 reads: "Woodward's Advertising Photography"; Note on verso of 510-003 reads: "Taken at San Juan Capistrano. The minute you enter the place these pigeons light all over you and they sell you small bags of wheat to feed them." Other notes and date stamp on verso.; Note on verso of 510-010 reads: "Virgie + Sheila Joan (Easton) Mulliner / New Year's Eve / 1970-71"; 510-008, 510-009, 510-011, 510-012: Date stamp on verso reads "Jan 12, 1962"; Note on verso of 510-022 reads: "My little Saw-Whet Owl who was one of my patients. Fully recovered and hand tame."; 510-024 is five small photographs glued to a black paper album page; Handwritten notes on recto of 510-032, describing the clocks in the photograph.

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Street Address: 5255 Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Knight family photographs, 1948-1971 thumbnail

Morris daughters

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1942

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Morris daughters standing on a pathway at Marine Drive, in a row from eldest to youngest: Margaret Janet (eldest), Laura Elizabeth (Betty), Dorothy Rhoda Adelaide, Jessie Ellen, Gertrude Kathleen, to Mureil (youngest). Their dog Nemo is lying at their feet.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1942

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Morris family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 278-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-08

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Morris daughters standing on a pathway at Marine Drive, in a row from eldest to youngest: Margaret Janet (eldest), Laura Elizabeth (Betty), Dorothy Rhoda Adelaide, Jessie Ellen, Gertrude Kathleen, to Mureil (youngest). Their dog Nemo is lying at their feet.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Names: Sheldon, Margaret Janet Morris; Morris, Laura Elizabeth "Betty"; Morris, Dorothy Rhoda Adelaide; Morris, Jessie Ellen; Morris, Gertrude Kathleen; Morris, Muriel

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area; Sussex-Nelson Area

Images

Morris family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1942

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Morris family; Second eldest Laura Elizabeth (Betty), third eldest Dorothy Rhoda Adelaide, eldest Margaret Janet, and father Dr. Morris, along with youngest Muriel, mother Laura Maude Weegar Morris, third youngest Jessie Ellen, and second youngest Gertrude Kathleen standing beside…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1942

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Morris family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 278-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-08

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Morris family; Second eldest Laura Elizabeth (Betty), third eldest Dorothy Rhoda Adelaide, eldest Margaret Janet, and father Dr. Morris, along with youngest Muriel, mother Laura Maude Weegar Morris, third youngest Jessie Ellen, and second youngest Gertrude Kathleen standing beside a pathway at Marine Drive. Their dog Nemo is lying at Laura Elizabeth's feet. (Nemo was part police dog).

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Names: Morris, Laura Elizabeth "Betty"; Morris, Dorothy Rhoda Adelaide; Sheldon, Margaret Janet Morris; Morris, Dr. Wesley Gardier; Morris, Muriel; Morris, Laura Maude Weegar; Morris, Jessie Ellen; Morris, Gertrude Kathleen

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area; Sussex-Nelson Area

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