"Burnaby Historical Society" found 16 records

Murdock and Lillian McMurray interview November 17, 1975 - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory247

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1904-1975

Length: 0:09:26

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's memories of his first team of horses. Lillian (Wray) McMurray and her husband discuss their son Bob McMurray's volunteerism and professional activities.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's memories of his first team of horses. Lillian (Wray) McMurray and her husband discuss their son Bob McMurray's volunteerism and professional activities.

Date Range: 1904-1975

Photo Info: Emerson Doran (left) and Murdoch McMurray, 1917. Item no. 229-004

Length: 0:09:26

Names: McMurray, Bob

Subjects: Transportation - Sleighs; Animals - Horses

Interviewer: McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”

Interview Date: November 17, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Murdock McMurray and his wife Lillian (Wray) McMurray conducted by Pixie McGeachie on November 17, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Burnaby's development, the Wray Shoe store and Murdock McMurray's cordwood delivery business.

Biographical Notes: Murdock McMurray was born in Vancouver in 1892 to Wilhelmina May and Robert William McMurray. Other children in the family included older siblings John “Jack” and Margaret Lillian, younger siblings Minnie May born May 4, 1895 and Hampton born June 8, 1902. Murdock’s father Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) but retired shortly after moving his family to Burnaby in 1906. He bought six acres of land of what had been previously the Gilley Ranch, the base of operations for Gilley Bros. Ltd. at 2519 Windsor Street (later renumbered and renamed to the 6400 block Imperial Street). Murdock McMurray quit school early to apprentice as a printer. By sixteen he had left the trade and gone into partnership with his older brother Jack. With a team of horses, harness and a wagon, the brothers helped to macadamize roads, haul building supplies for new homes, deliver cord wood for heating, clear land and excavate basements. When Jack McMurray set off to serve overseas during World War I as a driver in the engineer corps, Murdock bought his team of horses and continued working, mainly in the Deer Lake district. In 1916 Murdoch McMurray partnered with Emerson Doran, nephew of the owner of Doran's Mill to buy Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard. As everything was geared towards the war effort, Murdock and Emerson soon ran out of work and had to sell the business. Murdock sold off his horses and equipment and went to work at the ship yard on Pitt River. By 1919 Jack McMurray had returned home from overseas and was working as a fireman at the Shull Lumber and Shingle Mill on the Fraser River. In 1921, he and Murdock teamed up with Emerson Doran and repurchased the Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard which they ran together until 1947. Murdock McMurray married Lillian Wray on September 17, 1925. Lillian was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wray, who came to settle in the Jubilee area of Burnaby in 1919. The family lived on Dow Road and Edward Wray operated Jubilee Shoe Store and Post Office. He was known throughout the district as "Wray - The Shoe Man." Mrs. Wray died in 1957 at the age of eight-six and Edward Wray died January 14, 1967 at age of ninety-three. Murdock and Lillian lived at Inverness Street (now Arcola) and raised three children together, Bob, Jack and Bessie. Murdock McMurray died in New Westminster on April 28, 1985 at the age of ninety-two. Lillian Ethel (Wray) McMurray died in Burnaby on February 28, 1986 at the age of eighty-seven.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 0:58:55

Interviewee Name: McMurray, Lillian Wray; McMurray, Murdoch

Interviewer Bio: Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. Pixie married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie and raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. Pixie served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." She also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine. On 24 September, 2011, the City of Burnaby dedicated the reading at the City Archives in honour of Pixie and formally named it the Pixie McGeachie Reading Room in recognition of her years of service to the community.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

Images

Emerson Doran (left) and Murdoch McMurray, 1917. Item no. 229-004 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track five of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-010/MSS137-010_Track_5.mp3

Ainsly Lubbock with Pawnee

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription54858

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 1963

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ainsly Lubbock in a cowboy hat, leaning on a railing next to his horse Pawnee.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 1963

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Lubbock family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 342-042

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1994-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ainsly Lubbock in a cowboy hat, leaning on a railing next to his horse Pawnee.

Subjects: Animals - Horses

Names: Lubbock, Ainsly

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Ainsly Lubbock with Pawnee, March 1963 thumbnail

Bea Lubbock on horseback

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37261

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bea Lubbock on horseback. She is astride an appaloosa, standing in an arena has been set up for show jumping.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Lubbock family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 342-035

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1994-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bea Lubbock on horseback. She is astride an appaloosa, standing in an arena has been set up for show jumping.

Subjects: Animals - Horses

Names: Lubbock, Beatrice "Bea"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Bea Lubbock on horseback, [1960] thumbnail

Burnaby Mountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38210

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1958 and 1965] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Centennial Park, Burnaby Mountain and Burrard Inlet looking east.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1958 and 1965] (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 ; 3.2 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-797

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Centennial Park, Burnaby Mountain and Burrard Inlet looking east.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Geographic Features - Inlets; Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Parks

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Burnaby Mountain, [between 1958 and 1965] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Burnaby Mountain Oil Storage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34704

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.2 x 19.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of oil storage tanks on Burnaby Mountain, possibly those of Trans Mountain Oil Pipe Line Co. at the top of Underhill Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.2 x 19.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 109-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of oil storage tanks on Burnaby Mountain, possibly those of Trans Mountain Oil Pipe Line Co. at the top of Underhill Avenue.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Industrial - Refineries

Names: Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area; Shellmont Street; Underhill Avenue

Planning Study Area: Lake City Area

Images

Burnaby Mountain Oil Storage, [1960] thumbnail

Burnaby Winter Club

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34632

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1963]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 19.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Winter Club at 4990 Canada Way. Three sheep and a horse are standing in a field by a building.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1963]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 19.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 068-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Winter Club at 4990 Canada Way. Three sheep and a horse are standing in a field by a building.

Subjects: Animals - Horses; Buildings - Recreational; Animals - Sheep

Names: Burnaby Winter Club

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

John Lubbock with a horse

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37267

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 1964

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of John Lubbock and a friend. The young friend is holding on to the briddle of a horse, who has his head resting over John Lubbock's shoulder.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 1964

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Lubbock family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 342-041

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1994-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of John Lubbock and a friend. The young friend is holding on to the briddle of a horse, who has his head resting over John Lubbock's shoulder.

Subjects: Animals - Horses

Names: Lubbock, John

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

John Lubbock with a horse, December 1964 thumbnail

Kingsway and Central Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34658

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [196-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 19.4 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Kingsway and Central Park.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [196-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 19.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 083-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Kingsway and Central Park.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Geographic Features - Parks; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Central Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Kingsway and Central Park, [196-] thumbnail

Lake City Industrial Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34703

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1962]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.2 x 19.6 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Lake City Industrial Park.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1962]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.2 x 19.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 108-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Lake City Industrial Park.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Industrial

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Planning Study Area: Lake City Area

Images

Lake City Industrial Park, [1962] thumbnail

Lubbock photographs from album

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64493

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1945-1988

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 130 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm or smaller

Scope and Content: Photographs of the Lubbock family, including their riding stables and horses, family events, their pets, and landscape and travel photographs. These photographs were originally housed in a photographic album.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1945-1988

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Lubbock family subseries

Physical Description: 130 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm or smaller

Description Level: File

Record No.: 342-046

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS1994-02

Scope and Content: Photographs of the Lubbock family, including their riding stables and horses, family events, their pets, and landscape and travel photographs. These photographs were originally housed in a photographic album.

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Animals - Horses; Recreational Activities - Horseback riding

Names: Lubbock, Ainsly; Lubbock, Beatrice "Bea"; Lubbock, Elizabeth; Lubbock, Gordon; Lubbock, John; Lubbock, John Barker; Lubbock, Mina

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Grandview Highway; Canada Way; Burris Street

Street Address: 7803 Burris Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Orchard Shopping Centre

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34634

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [196-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 20.4 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Old Orchard Shopping Centre on Kingsway.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [196-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 20.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 069-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Old Orchard Shopping Centre on Kingsway.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Commercial - Malls

Names: Old Orchard Shopping Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4469 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Orchard Shopping Centre, [196-] thumbnail

Pony at Lougheed Drive-In Theatre

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37897

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1960 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a child on a pony at the Lougheed Drive-In Theatre on the 4200 block of Lougheed Highway at Gilmore Avenue.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1960 (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 ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-485

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a child on a pony at the Lougheed Drive-In Theatre on the 4200 block of Lougheed Highway at Gilmore Avenue.

Subjects: Animals - Horses

Names: Lougheed Drive-In Theatre

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Lougheed Highway

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

Images

Pony at Lougheed Drive-In Theatre, 1960 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Sidney Roofing and Paper Company

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34676

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.7 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Sidney Roofing and Paper Company located in South Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.7 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 091-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Sidney Roofing and Paper Company located in South Burnaby.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Industrial

Names: Sidney Roofing and Paper Company Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Graphic Industries Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Bottom of photo has the "Sidney Products" logo and reads, "Sidney Roofing & Paper Co. Ltd."; Printed on back of cardboard "GIL: Graphic Industries Ltd. / Vancouver's Largest Commercial Photographers / 1201 Melville St., Vancouver 1, B.C. / Phone MUtual 1-4174 File No: 4601 3"; Annotation on back of photograph reads, "[illegible of Sid R. in Burnaby looking N/W / June 5 '58"

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

Images

Sidney Roofing and Paper Company

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34679

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Sidney Roofing and Paper Company, South Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 091-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Sidney Roofing and Paper Company, South Burnaby.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Industrial - Mills

Names: Sidney Roofing and Paper Company Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Graphic Industries Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Bottom of photo has the "Sidney Products" logo and reads, "Sidney Roofing & Paper Co. Ltd."; Stamped on back of photograph: "Photo by: Graphic Industries Ltd. / File No. 3921-2 / Vancouver, Canada / PAcific 4174"