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- Dowad, Norman W. "Norm" 1
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Hugh Bonner at Deer lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52975
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 27.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Hugh Bonner swinging a bat at Deer lake. Deborra Reid is also identified as being in the photograph, although the information is not clear. There is a grove of large trees and a swing set in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Tinkerbell Kindergarten subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 246-015
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Hugh Bonner swinging a bat at Deer lake. Deborra Reid is also identified as being in the photograph, although the information is not clear. There is a grove of large trees and a swing set in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten note on paper mount reads: " Visit to Deer lake / 1960 - 1961 / Hugh Bonner / Deborra Reid"
- Stamp on recto of photograph reads: "JUL 1961"
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Deer Lake Park
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Interview with Norman Dowad
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Education
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Migration
- Sports
- Sports - Football
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
- Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
- Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
- Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
- Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
- Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
- Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Douglas Road School
- W. Dowad Limited
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 5533 Buckingham Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Images
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3Kindergarters playing on the swings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52978
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 27.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kindergarters from Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten playing on the swings at Deer lake.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Tinkerbell Kindergarten subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 246-018
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kindergarters from Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten playing on the swings at Deer lake.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Recreational Devices - Playgrounds
- Recreational Devices - Swings
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten note on paper mount reads: "Deer Lake / 1960 - 1961"
- Stamp on recto of photograph reads: "JUL 1961"
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Deer Lake Park
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Louise Emmonds at Deer lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52979
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 27.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Louise Emmonds swinging a bat at Dear lake. She is wearing a white dress with a black belt. Children can be seen swinging on a large swing set (with the help of adults) in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Tinkerbell Kindergarten subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 246-019
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Louise Emmonds swinging a bat at Dear lake. She is wearing a white dress with a black belt. Children can be seen swinging on a large swing set (with the help of adults) in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten note on paper mount reads: "Deer Lake / 1960 - 1961 / mis [sic] Louise Emmonds"
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Deer Lake Park
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Visit to Deer lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52976
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 27.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten class on a field trip to Deer lake. They are sitting on blankets, eating a snack.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Tinkerbell Kindergarten subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 246-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten class on a field trip to Deer lake. They are sitting on blankets, eating a snack.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten note on paper mount reads: " Visit to Deer lake / 1960 - 1961 / CLIFFORD / Deborra / Blake / Donna / Stevie / Mrs. Brown / Kindergarten Group"
- Note on recto of photograph reads: "1959 - 60"
- Stamp on recto of photograph reads: "JUL 1960"
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Deer Lake Park
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area