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Burnaby South School yearbook : 1925-1926

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1926
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1926
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV020.7.1
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1926
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Burnaby South Secondary School
Publication Date
1926
Printer
Lionel Ward & Co. Ltd.
Inscription
"Loretta S. Roberts"
Library Subject (LOC)
School yearbooks--1920-1929
Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
School yearbooks
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Windsor Area
Geographic Access
Rumble Street
Street Address
5455 Rumble Street
Names
Burnaby South High School
Object History
This yearbook belonged to Lauretta Roberts.
Notes
High school annual for Burnaby South
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1926-1927

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1927
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1927
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV020.7.2
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1927
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Burnaby South Secondary School
Publication Date
1927
Printer
Lionel Ward & Co. Ltd.
Library Subject (LOC)
School yearbooks--1920-1929
Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
School yearbooks
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Windsor Area
Geographic Access
Rumble Street
Street Address
5455 Rumble Street
Names
Burnaby South High School
Object History
This yearbook belonged to Lauretta Roberts.
Notes
High school annual for Burnaby South
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1927-1928

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1928
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1928
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV005.79.1
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1928
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Burnaby South Secondary School
Publication Date
1928
Printer
Lionel Ward & Co. Ltd.
Physical Description
48 p. : ill., ports. ; 16 x 23 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
School yearbooks--1920-1929
Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
School yearbooks
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Windsor Area
Geographic Access
Rumble Street
Street Address
5455 Rumble Street
Names
Burnaby South High School
Notes
High school annual for South Burnaby High School
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1928-1929

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1929
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1929
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV005.79.2
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1929
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Burnaby South Secondary School
Publication Date
1929
Printer
Ward & Phillips
Physical Description
59 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
School yearbooks--1920-1929
Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
School yearbooks
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Windsor Area
Geographic Access
Rumble Street
Street Address
5455 Rumble Street
Names
Burnaby South High School
Notes
High school annual for South Burnaby High School
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1928-1929

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1929
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1929
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV020.7.3
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1929
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Burnaby South Secondary School
Publication Date
1929
Printer
Ward & Phillips
Physical Description
60 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
School yearbooks--1920-1929
Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
School yearbooks
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Windsor Area
Geographic Access
Rumble Street
Street Address
5455 Rumble Street
Names
Burnaby South High School
Object History
This yearbook belonged to Lauretta Roberts.
Notes
High school annual for South Burnaby High School
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1930-1931

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1931
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1931
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV005.79.3
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1931
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Burnaby South Secondary School
Publication Date
1931
Printer
[Ward & Phillips]
Physical Description
58 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
School yearbooks--1930-1939
Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
School yearbooks
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Windsor Area
Geographic Access
Rumble Street
Street Address
5455 Rumble Street
Names
Burnaby South High School
Notes
High school annual for South Burnaby High School
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1934-1935

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1935
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1935
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV005.79.4
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1935
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publication Date
1935
Series
Burnaby South Secondary School
Printer
Columbian Co. Ltd.
Physical Description
80 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
School yearbooks--1930-1939
School yearbooks
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Windsor Area
Geographic Access
Rumble Street
Street Address
5455 Rumble Street
Names
Burnaby South High School
Notes
High school annual for South Burnaby High School
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1935-1936

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1936
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1936
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV005.79.5
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1936
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Burnaby South Secondary School
Publication Date
1936
Printer
Columbian Co.
Physical Description
88 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
School yearbooks--1930-1939
School yearbooks
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Windsor Area
Geographic Access
Rumble Street
Street Address
5455 Rumble Street
Names
Burnaby South High School
Notes
High school annual for South Burnaby High School
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1936-1937

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1937
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1937
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV005.79.6
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1937
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Burnaby South Secondary School
Publication Date
1937
Printer
Columbian Co.
Physical Description
90 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
School yearbooks--1930-1939
School yearbooks
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Windsor Area
Geographic Access
Rumble Street
Street Address
5455 Rumble Street
Names
Burnaby South High School
Notes
High school annual for South Burnaby High School
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1937-1938

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1938
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1938
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV005.79.7
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1938
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Burnaby South Secondary School
Publication Date
1938
Printer
Columbian Co. Ltd.
Physical Description
96 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
School yearbooks--1930-1939
Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
School yearbooks
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Windsor Area
Geographic Access
Rumble Street
Street Address
5455 Rumble Street
Names
Burnaby South High School
Notes
High school annual for South Burnaby High School
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1938-1939

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1939
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1939
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV005.79.8
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1939
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Burnaby South Secondary School
Publication Date
1939
Printer
[Columbian Co. Ltd.]
Physical Description
96 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
School yearbooks--1930-1939
Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
School yearbooks
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Windsor Area
Geographic Access
Rumble Street
Street Address
5455 Rumble Street
Names
Burnaby South High School
Notes
High school annual for South Burnaby High School
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Clarion annual

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1938
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1938
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV021.25.1
Call Number
373.71 BUR 1938
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Students of Burnaby North High School
Publication Date
1938
Physical Description
52 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Inscription
There are various signatures on pages 26, 27, and 52
Library Subject (LOC)
Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
School yearbooks
Names
Burnaby North High School
Object History
The donor and her siblings attended North Burnaby High School (decades after 1938), and the donors parents lived in the Burnaby Heights area from 1963-1993. Their father passed in 2002 and their mother in 2010. The yearbook formerly belonged to the donors parents, though it is not known how they obtained it as the parents did not attend Burnaby North for high school.
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Machine sewing : a treatise on the care and use of family sewing machines and their attachments : specially prepared for teachers of home economics

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1925
c1924
Call Number
646.2 SIN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV001.11.4
Call Number
646.2 SIN
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Publication Date
1925
c1924
Series
Singer educational publications
Physical Description
159 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Inscription
"Ruth Bryson" [handwritten in orange pencil on front pastedown] "Burnaby North Secondary School 751 Hammarskjold Drive Burnaby, B.C. V5B 4A1" [stamped in purple ink on front and back pastedowns] "369 Granville Street Vancouver, B.C." [stamped in purple ink on series page]
Library Subject (LOC)
Sewing machines--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Machine sewing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Names
Burnaby North High School
Notes
Includes index.
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Narrative English poems

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV999.62.1
Call Number
821 MAC
Author
MacDonald, Wilbert Lorne, 1879-1966
Walker, Francis C. (Francis Cox), 1873-1934
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
J. M. Dent & Sons Limited
Publication Date
1926
Printer
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited
Physical Description
xiv, 274 p. ; 18 cm.
Inscription
"L.C. Lloyd Cary BNHS 9th Grade Com Burnaby North High School L.C." [handwritten in black ink on front cover] "still is satler" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown beneath drawing of human head] "first four chapters comp" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown] "Lloyd Cary is a big nut" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper. "is a big nut" is crossed out] "Lloyd Cary" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "If my name you wish to find turn the page on hundred" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "1 Picture no food in wigwam" [handwitten in faded dark ink on front endpaper with a drawing of two stick figures and wigwam] "2 Phonetics Be lief" [handwritten in faded dark ink on front endpaper with a drawing of a bee and leaf] "3 Alphabet D=" [handwritten in faded dark ink on front endpaper with a drawing] "The song of the open road - W. Wittman Balder Dead - Mathew [sic] Arnold" [handwritten in black ink on page before t.p.] "The ship is becalmed" [handwritten in black ink on back pastedown] "Ballads -- Sands of Dee -- refrain __ has it Rime of the ancient mariner" [handwritten in pencil on back pastedown] Handwritten notes through out book
Library Subject (LOC)
English literature--Textbooks
Names
Burnaby North High School
Notes
"Collected by W.L. MacDonald and F.C. Walker" --cover
"Edited by W.L. MacDonald and F.C. Walker" --t.p.
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Tested recipes as compiled by Wo-He-Lo Y.W.A. Henderson United Church

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1920
Call Number
641.59 WOH
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV004.55.13
Call Number
641.59 WOH
Place of Publication
[Burnaby]
Publisher
Wo-He-Lo Y.W.A. Henderson United Church
Publication Date
1920
Printer
R.W. Amess Mimeographing
Physical Description
33 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Cooking, Canadian
Cookbooks--British Columbia--Burnaby
Cookbooks--1920-1929
Notes
Includes index.
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Recipes for home economics classes

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Saskatchewan, Department of Education
Publication Date
1926
Call Number
641.1 REC
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV019.37.6
Call Number
641.1 REC
Author
Saskatchewan, Department of Education
Place of Publication
Regina, [Sask.]
Publisher
Province of Saskatchewan, Department of Education
Publication Date
1926
Series
Home economics bulletin no. 5
Printer
J.W. Reid
Physical Description
48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Inscription
Handwritten text in black ink on front cover reads: "Reta Boyd".
Library Subject (LOC)
Home economics
Nutrition
Home economics--North America--History
Cookbooks--1920-1929
Cooking, Canadian
Juvenile literature
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts
Documentary Artifacts - Books
Object History
Elmer Wilson Martin was a professional engineer who lived much of his life in Burnaby. He married Ellen Renetta "Reta" (Boyd) Martin in approx. 1930 and the couple moved to Burnaby in 1931 for him to attend UBC. He later enlisted in the RCAF during WWII where he served as a pilot and wing commander. Elmer ran Martin's Auto Villa at 6604 East Hastings Street (later 6574 East Hastings Street) and was heavily involved in local Burnaby politics and with the North Burnaby Board of Trade. The donor states that he ran for Burnaby mayor in 1959 and also donated land to S.F.U. in the late 1960's. He had many businesses throughout his life including Paneloc Buildings, a pre-fab building manufacturing company. His last position was as Director with the construction company Webb & Knapp Canada Ltd.
Notes
"Authorized by the Minister of Education" - title page. "Printed by J.W. Reid, King's Printer" -- title page Includes index
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Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - D.D. Coolers Scrubbers and Settling Tanks with Pumps

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1928]
Collection/Fonds
Nichols Chemical Company fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75.5 x 105 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of technical drawing "D.D. Coolers Scrubbers and Settling Tanks with Pumps", "Nichols Chemical Co. LTD."; "Drawing No. 6314".
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Nichols Chemical Company fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75.5 x 105 cm
Material Details
Scale 1:.25
Scope and Content
Item consists of technical drawing "D.D. Coolers Scrubbers and Settling Tanks with Pumps", "Nichols Chemical Co. LTD."; "Drawing No. 6314".
Subjects
Buildings - Industrial - Factories
Names
Nichols Chemical Company Limited
Responsibility
General Chemical Company
Geographic Access
Barnet Road
Street Address
8655 Barnet Road
Accession Code
BV998.23.16
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1928]
Media Type
Technical Drawing
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Scan Resolution
300
Scan Date
2022-05-10
Notes
Title based on contents of item
"Scale 1/4" = 1'
Stamp in lower left corner reads: "Private Design", "This Property Exclusively of General Chemical Company"
Stamp on lower right reads: "Jul 12, 1946"
Images
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Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 6312

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1928]
Collection/Fonds
Nichols Chemical Company fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 73.5 x 104.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of technical "Drawing No. 6312" "Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd.".
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Nichols Chemical Company fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 73.5 x 104.5 cm
Material Details
Scale 1:.25
Scope and Content
Item consists of technical "Drawing No. 6312" "Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd.".
Subjects
Buildings - Industrial - Factories
Names
Nichols Chemical Company Limited
Responsibility
General Chemical Company
Geographic Access
Barnet Road
Street Address
8655 Barnet Road
Accession Code
BV998.23.10
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1928]
Media Type
Technical Drawing
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Scan Resolution
300
Scan Date
2022-05-10
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Hand-stamped horizontally is "MAR 12 1946"
Stamp on back reads: "Private Design", "The Property Exclusively of General Chemical Company"
"Scale 1/4" = 1'
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The marriage of Nannette : a comic opera in three acts

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Peterson, Agnes Emelie
Publication Date
1930
Call Number
782.7 PET
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV997.34.4
Call Number
782.7 PET
Author
Peterson, Agnes Emelie
Contributor
Curtis, Louis Woodson, 1885-
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Publisher
Theodore Presser Co.
Publication Date
1930
Physical Description
1 vocal score (203 p). ; 32 cm.
Inscription
Front cover: "(1931-1932.) Elsie B. Wilson Pianist Edmonds, West Burnaby + North Burnaby Choral Societies" [written in black ink] Throughout book: Performance notes written in pencil.
Library Subject (LOC)
Operas--Vocal scores with piano
Subjects
Music
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Names
Wilson, Elsie
Object History
Elsie Wilson - The material in the donation is from her estate. Miss Wilson was a Burnaby resident and music teacher. The brass plaque was on her fathers home "Penrith Castle" on Blenheim St. in Burnaby
Notes
Vocal score with piano.
book and lyrics by Agnes Emelie Peterson
music by Louis Woodson Curtis
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Small family fonds

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1922-2016
Collection/Fonds
Small family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
75 photographs : b&w & col. + 1 plan
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs documenting the transformation of the Burnaby Lake area of Burnaby, B.C. from semi-rural in the 1920s to urbanized in 2016. Photographs depict the land and houses located on the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street as the property was rezoned and its density quad…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1922-2016
Collection/Fonds
Small family fonds
Physical Description
75 photographs : b&w & col. + 1 plan
Description Level
Fonds
Access Restriction
Open access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2017-01
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs documenting the transformation of the Burnaby Lake area of Burnaby, B.C. from semi-rural in the 1920s to urbanized in 2016. Photographs depict the land and houses located on the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street as the property was rezoned and its density quadrupled. Fonds also includes photographs of the Small family house being moved to 5496 Dominion Street and the original landscape plan for 5118 Douglas Road.
History
In 1915, John W. Roberts and his wife Mary Allen Roberts moved from the United States to Canada along with their daughter, Lauretta. On first moving to Canada, the family lived in a rented house in Vancouver and John worked as a movie projectionist in the city. The couple had three more children, all sons: John A., Edward, and Roland. Circa 1921, John purchased a large parcel of land at the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street in Burnaby. This parcel encompassed the equivalent of at least six 66-foot lots along the south side of Dominion Street and the same along the north side of Norfolk Street. On their property, a barn and small living quarters were built. The family moved in, raising goats and growing potatoes to supplement their income. They also planted cherry, apple, and pear trees; hazelnut and walnut trees; raspberries; and a large vegetable garden, the fruits of which Mary preserved for year-round use. At this time, agricultural activities were common for families in the area: the Roberts' neighbours kept chickens for personal use and for selling eggs; grew mushrooms for commercial sale; and sold manure from an old buckboard drawn by Clydesdale horses. John built a new house in the middle of the Roberts’ lots on the southwest corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street. The house faced Douglas Road and overlooked a large, well-landscaped front yard to the east and a full-sized, clay tennis court to the north. The family moved into this new house in 1925. When the Roberts ceased raising goats, the barn and original living quarters were reduced to a double-car garage with storage space plus a sawdust-insulated “root cellar”. John also built a house on the northwest corner of the lot at Douglas Road and Dominion Street (3093 Douglas Road), which was purchased by the Hardy family. In 1957, part of this property (3071 Douglas Road) was sold to the Brocklebanks who built a house and lived there. In addition, John built a house at the northwest corner of Douglas Road and Norfolk Street (5106 Douglas Road). The original purchaser of this house is unknown, but in 1949, it was bought by the Meyers family. In 1952 or 1953, the Meyers sold part of this property and the Manahans built a house on it, facing Douglas Road. Several other lots that John owned were also sold off over the years. By the 1950s, John owned only five 66-foot lots from Douglas Road west, along the south side Dominion Street. In 1954, John sold the lot furthest from Douglas Road (5486 Dominion Street) to a builder who built a “ranch-style” house and put it up for sale. John retired from his career as a movie projectionist in the 1950s. He, Mary, and Lauretta retained their US citizenship all their lives, although they never returned to the USA except for brief visits. John A., Edward, and Roland who, as children of US citizens, also had US citizenship, eventually moved to the US, where they remained for the rest of their lives. In 1945, Lauretta married Frederick Small. The couple lived in a rented house in Vancouver for a few years before moving in with John and Mary in Burnaby. The couple had four children: Elizabeth, Kathryn, Charles, and Martin. In 1955, Frederick purchased the rancher at 5486 Dominion Street and the family moved in. The Small children grew up enjoying the freedom of having their grandparent’s large property in addition to their parent’s yard to play in. The back lane that ran between Dominion Street and Norfolk Street was filled with trees and bushes, creating a narrow bit of “forest” to explore. In 1957, John died. Mary died in 1969, as did Frederick. Lauretta was executor for her mother’s and husband’s estates. After much consideration, she decided to sell the house at 5486 Dominion Street and move back into her childhood home. By doing so, she was able to settle her mother’s estate to the satisfaction of her brothers. Elizabeth married and moved away. Over the next few years, the “Roberts” house was home to Lauretta, Kathryn, Charles, and Martin, with the three grown children moving in and out several times during the 1970s. In 1981, Lauretta died. Her children discussed at length how to divide up the property, which consisted of four 66-foot lots, according to her will. None of her children wanted to see the old family house destroyed but the house straddled two lots. They finally decided that if one of them wanted to pay to move the house to sit on one of the lots, the “value” of the house would not enter into the settlement of the estate. Kathryn chose to do this. In 1982, the old house was moved to 5496 Dominion Street and Kathryn continued to live in it. Martin died in 1982. Elizabeth and Charles each inherited one lot and the last lot, which would have gone to Martin, was sold, the funds divided equally between Elizabeth, Kathryn, and Charles. The three lots between 5496 Dominion Street and Douglas Road were subdivided into 33-foot lots and six new houses were built. In 1993, the Meyers property and the Manahan property were subdivided into 33-foot lots facing Norfolk Street and the old houses were torn down and four new houses were built.
Media Type
Photograph
Technical Drawing
Creator
Small family
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