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Bill Lewarne and curator eating beetles
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13022
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1976]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby councillor Bill Lewarne and Heritage Village Museum John Adams curator eating dried beetles at the opening of the Chinese herbalist shop "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby councillor Bill Lewarne and Heritage Village Museum John Adams curator eating dried beetles at the opening of the Chinese herbalist shop "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company".
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.658
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1976]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See contact sheet: BV020.5.705
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 9-Apr-21
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Yunge-Bateman, Nick
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Photograph by / Nick Yunge-Bateman"
- Note in red marker on verso of photograph reads: "50402.2.24"
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Heritage Christmas
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12911
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Dec. 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Publicity photograph for Heritage Christmas at Heritage Village Museum. Beverly MacPherson is dressed in a period costume and is being helped out of a sleigh by John Adams who is also dressed in costume and wearing a top hat. The man holding a tree in the background is identified as Fred Hicks. The…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Publicity photograph for Heritage Christmas at Heritage Village Museum. Beverly MacPherson is dressed in a period costume and is being helped out of a sleigh by John Adams who is also dressed in costume and wearing a top hat. The man holding a tree in the background is identified as Fred Hicks. The ground is covered in snow and it is snowing. The log cabin is visible in the background.
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.588
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Dec. 1977
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 9-Apr-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in verso in pencil reads: "Heritage Christmas publicity photo- Dec. 1977 L to R Fred Hicks / Beverly macPherson / John Adams"
Images
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Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory289
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1939-2012
- Length
- 0:07:05
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early years of marriage while also a member of the work force. She talks about her own children; their early years spent in South Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early years of marriage while also a member of the work force. She talks about her own children; their early years spent in South Burnaby.
- Date Range
- 1939-2012
- Photo Info
- Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
- Length
- 0:07:05
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.
- Biographical Notes
- Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 33:02
- Interviewee Name
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
![Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-001.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track three of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
Track three of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_3.mp3
Irvine house being moved
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1874
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- April 6, 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tom Irvine's house being moved to Heritage Village (now the Burnaby Village Museum) through a gate in a barbwire fence by a gooseneck trailer that has been hitched to a pickup truck. The bearded man in the foreground is Burnaby Village Museum curator/director John Adams.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tom Irvine's house being moved to Heritage Village (now the Burnaby Village Museum) through a gate in a barbwire fence by a gooseneck trailer that has been hitched to a pickup truck. The bearded man in the foreground is Burnaby Village Museum curator/director John Adams.
- Names
- Irvine, Tom
- Adams, John
- Accession Code
- BV005.14.28
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- April 6, 1975
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 11-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "April/75"
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