"Burnaby Historical Society" found 34 records

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Loynes family home at 1855 18th Avenue (later renumbered as the 7000 block of 18th Avenue), with a car parked in front. The photo was taken from across the street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1973] (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 3.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-260

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Loynes family home at 1855 18th Avenue (later renumbered as the 7000 block of 18th Avenue), with a car parked in front. The photo was taken from across the street.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: 18th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Car in front of Loynes Family Home, [ca. 1973] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Fantasy Castle

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 1976 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Mathers house decorated as a Fantasy Castle. This was a joint effort of Scouts, Guides, Rangers, Venturers, and Rovers. It was open for one week and close to 10,000 children visited it.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 1976 (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 ; 3.1 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-763

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Mathers house decorated as a Fantasy Castle. This was a joint effort of Scouts, Guides, Rangers, Venturers, and Rovers. It was open for one week and close to 10,000 children visited it.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada; Girl Guides of Canada

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6490 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Fantasy Castle, December 1976 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

From 1855 18th Avenue

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1972 or 1973] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph taken from the back porch of 1855 18th Avenue (later renumbered as the 7000 block of 18th Avenue) looking west. Houses and mountains are visible.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1972 or 1973] (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 ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-262

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph taken from the back porch of 1855 18th Avenue (later renumbered as the 7000 block of 18th Avenue) looking west. Houses and mountains are visible.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: 18th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Images

From 1855 18th Avenue

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1972 or 1973] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 3.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph taken from the front of 1855 18th Avenue (later renumbered as the 7000 block of 18th Avenue), looking north down the street in the snow.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1972 or 1973] (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 3.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-263

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph taken from the front of 1855 18th Avenue (later renumbered as the 7000 block of 18th Avenue), looking north down the street in the snow.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: 18th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Hart House

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 23, 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Hart House and street lights.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 23, 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Columbian Newspaper subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 222-048

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1989-19

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Hart House and street lights.

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Basil

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping glued to verso of photograph reads: "Old-world elegance is a key feature of Deer Lake Park's latest aquisiton, the Riley House."; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "COLUMBIAN PHOTO BY BASIL KING"

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Hastings Street house

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1965 and 1970]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house located at 3925 Hastings Street (old street number). A note on the back of the photograph reads: "3935 Hastings Street (lot 17) from lane looking east."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1965 and 1970]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 366-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1998-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house located at 3925 Hastings Street (old street number). A note on the back of the photograph reads: "3935 Hastings Street (lot 17) from lane looking east."

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Hastings Street house, [between 1965 and 1970] thumbnail

Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1947-1990

Length: 00:06:00

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s education and career in forensics in the RCMP, and the changes he saw in Burnaby between 1954 to 1975, which were emphasized by absences from Burnaby in this period. He talks about the appearance of the first high rises and the difference in devel…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s education and career in forensics in the RCMP, and the changes he saw in Burnaby between 1954 to 1975, which were emphasized by absences from Burnaby in this period. He talks about the appearance of the first high rises and the difference in development between north and south Burnaby

Date Range: 1947-1990

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

Length: 00:06:00

Subjects: Public Services - Policing; Education; Buildings

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.