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Chamberlain Chicken Coop

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1920] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the Chamberlain family chicken coop. The coop was originally a house. A man and three cows are seen outside it. This may be 6389 Elgin Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1920] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Chamberlain family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 179-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-27

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the Chamberlain family chicken coop. The coop was originally a house. A man and three cows are seen outside it. This may be 6389 Elgin Avenue.

Subjects: Animals - Cows; Buildings - Agricultural

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Street Address: 6389 Elgin Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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Chamberlain Chicken Coop, [ca. 1920] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Edwin Wettenhall Bateman at the farm

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman standing between a draft horse and a milking cow on his property. The horse is being held by his muzzle with Edwin's left hand and they are both facing the cow. The cow is being held by her halter with Edwin's right hand and her lead is hanging loosely to the …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Series: Bateman family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman standing between a draft horse and a milking cow on his property. The horse is being held by his muzzle with Edwin's left hand and they are both facing the cow. The cow is being held by her halter with Edwin's right hand and her lead is hanging loosely to the ground at their feet. The photograph was taken on the Elworth property at the hobby farm just east of the main house.

Subjects: Animals - Cows; Animals - Horses

Names: Bateman, Edwin W.

Geographic Access: Douglas Road

Accession Code: BV986.21.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-04-02

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Edwin Bateman with horse + cow On Hobby farm located just east of Elworth on Douglas Rd." and "# 3"

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Edwin Wettenhall Bateman at the farm, [192-] thumbnail

Ella Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col ; 6.5 x 5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ella Street standing next to a cow - probably at the Street family home on Cumberland Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Helen Street subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col ; 6.5 x 5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 217-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1989-6

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ella Street standing next to a cow - probably at the Street family home on Cumberland Street.

Subjects: Animals - Cows

Names: Street, Ella

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 col. copy negative accompanying; Note in pencil on verso reads: "1205 Cumberland"; Ella Jane Street (nee Bryson) was born in Allen's Corner, Chateauguay County, Quebec on December 5, 1873 to John Alexander Bryson and Mary Ann Grant.; Ella married Ernest Street in Saskatoon on March 17, 1909. The couple had one child, Frank Bryson Street, born in Young, Saskatchewan on January 27, 1910.; Additional Street family biographical information available in accession file.

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

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Ernest and Frank Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1920 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 6 x 11 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest Street and his son Frank feeding the animals at the family farm on Cumberland Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1920 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Helen Street subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 6 x 11 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 217-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1989-6

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest Street and his son Frank feeding the animals at the family farm on Cumberland Street.

Subjects: Animals - Cows; Animals - Poultry; Agriculture - Farms

Names: Street, Ernest; Street, Frank

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 col. copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

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Ernest and Frank Street, [between 1920 and 1925] thumbnail

E.W. Nicholson farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1921]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of cattle grazing in the field on the farm belonging to E.W. Nicholson Farm. The Roman Catholic Boys' School can be seen faintly in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1921]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Margaret McCallum subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 375-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-42

Scope and Content: Photograph of cattle grazing in the field on the farm belonging to E.W. Nicholson Farm. The Roman Catholic Boys' School can be seen faintly in the background.

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Animals - Cows

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Boundary Road

Street Address: 2550 Boundary Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Girlie Love raking hay

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Hannah Victoria "Girlie" (Love) Barnes holding a hay rake while standing in a field next to a pile of hay. Girlie is dressed in overalls and wearing a straw hat.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Hannah Victoria "Girlie" (Love) Barnes holding a hay rake while standing in a field next to a pile of hay. Girlie is dressed in overalls and wearing a straw hat.

Subjects: Agriculture; Geographic Features - Fields

Names: Barnes, Hannah Victoria "Girlie" Love

Accession Code: BV022.32.271

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-14

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1); Note in white ink on album page beneath photograph reads: "Girlie"

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Girlie Love raking hay, [192-] thumbnail

Hensley family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920

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 Hensley family home, 515-12th Street, New Westminster. Shown are the Hensley sisters: Frances (milking a cow) and Mary (holding a calf).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920

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.: 204-719

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Hensley family home, 515-12th Street, New Westminster. Shown are the Hensley sisters: Frances (milking a cow) and Mary (holding a calf).

Subjects: Animals - Cows

Names: Broadack, Frances Hensley Warne; Hensley, Mary

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Interview with Maureen Olofson by Kathy Bossort October 14, 2015 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1906-1950

Length: 0:09:08

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s parents immigration to Saskatchewan, her mother Kerstin in 1912 and father Axel in 1928, Maureen’s birth on a trip to Sweden in 1938, and her family’s move to Burnaby in 1942 and the start of their mink ranch, the GAK Fur Farm, near Curtis Av…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s parents immigration to Saskatchewan, her mother Kerstin in 1912 and father Axel in 1928, Maureen’s birth on a trip to Sweden in 1938, and her family’s move to Burnaby in 1942 and the start of their mink ranch, the GAK Fur Farm, near Curtis Avenue in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on Burnaby Mountain.

Date Range: 1906-1950

Length: 0:09:08

Names: Olofson, Axel; GAK Fur Farm; Skofteby, Gus; Ericksson, Karin

Subjects: Agriculture

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Westridge Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: October 14, 2015

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Maureen Olofson conducted by Kathy Bossort. Maureen Olofson was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Maureen Olofson’s memories of growing up on her parent’s Burnaby Mountain mink ranch between 1942 and 1950 and about the operation of the farm. She also talks about her parents’ history, her teaching career, and her thoughts about the beauty and value of Burnaby Mountain’s natural area.

Biographical Notes: Maureen Olofson was born 1938 in Glote, Harjedalen, Sweden, to Axel (1906-1998) and Kerstin Margareta (1906-1980). Axel and Kerstin Olofson, who had separately immigrated to Canada in 1928 and 1913 respectively, married in Canada and then returned to Sweden where Maureen was born. They moved to Burnaby in 1942 with their daughters Maureen and Anita Lea, and bought land and a mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain with their partners Gus Skofteby and Karin Ericksson (Kerstin’s sister). The GAK Fur Farm, located in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on 4th Avenue near Curtis Street, was one of the largest mink ranches in BC, an award winning operation with over 1200 mink animals. In 1950 the partners sold the land and the Olofson family moved to rented homes on Sperling Avenue. In 1952 Axel sold the last of his minks and opened a sporting goods store on Hastings Street. In 1954 the family moved to North Vancouver where Axel Olofson reestablished his sports business. Maureen attended Sperling Avenue School from Gr. 1 to Gr. 8 and Burnaby North High School to Gr. 11, completing school in North Vancouver, before going to UBC where she trained as a teacher. She returned to Burnaby in 1977 to teach, retiring in 1997. She is a volunteer with the Swedish Canadian Rest Home Association and the Dania Homes Society. Maureen continues to enjoy activities on Burnaby Mountain and works toward preserving the natural beauty of the mountain.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 1:19:04

Interviewee Name: Olofson, B. Maureen

Interview Location: Maureen Olofson's home in Burnaby

Interviewer Bio: Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Maureen Olofson

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Livestock Parade

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 27.6 x 35.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a livestock parade at the Provincial Exhibition. People are standing with animals, including goats, horses and cattle, in a field in front of a building.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 27.6 x 35.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 053-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a livestock parade at the Provincial Exhibition. People are standing with animals, including goats, horses and cattle, in a field in front of a building.

Subjects: Animals - Cows; Exhibitions - Agricultural; Animals - Goats; Animals - Horses; Events - Parades

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption underneath the photograph reads, "Live stock [sic] parade at the Provincial Exhibition, 1920. New Westminster, B.C."

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Phillips Dairy Farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (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 dairy cows on the Phillips farm leased by the family. The farm covered 500 acres at the foot of Byrne Road near Mandeville in the Big Bend area of South Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (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.: 204-515

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of dairy cows on the Phillips farm leased by the family. The farm covered 500 acres at the foot of Byrne Road near Mandeville in the Big Bend area of South Burnaby.

Subjects: Animals - Cows; Agriculture - Farms

Names: J.E. Phillips Victory Dairy

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Pioneer Tales describes the amount of land leased as 100 acres

Geographic Access: Byrne Road

Street Address: 5670 Byrne Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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Phillips Dairy Farm, [192-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Thould family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (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 Thould family. Back, left to right: Grace Dommett Thould (wife) and Lionel "Judge" Thould (husband). Front left to right: Eileen Thould (daughter), Margaret Thould (daughter), and pet dog, Jack. This photograph was taken at the family's home and farm, 5665 Portland Street in Al…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (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.: 204-626

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Thould family. Back, left to right: Grace Dommett Thould (wife) and Lionel "Judge" Thould (husband). Front left to right: Eileen Thould (daughter), Margaret Thould (daughter), and pet dog, Jack. This photograph was taken at the family's home and farm, 5665 Portland Street in Alta Vista.