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Scope and Content: File contains photographs of marathon swimmer Finn Donnelly at Fraser Foreshore Park after completing the second leg of the Swim for Salmon event as part of BC Rivers Day. Photographs depict Donnelly posing on the shore and helping unidentified members of his crew to move canoes out of the Fraser R…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-3346

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of marathon swimmer Finn Donnelly at Fraser Foreshore Park after completing the second leg of the Swim for Salmon event as part of BC Rivers Day. Photographs depict Donnelly posing on the shore and helping unidentified members of his crew to move canoes out of the Fraser River.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Swimming; Events; Environmental Issues

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a September 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-3346-1: "Marathon swimmer Finn Donnelly emerges from the Fraser River at Foreshare Park, after completing the second leg of his Swim for the Salmon to mark BC Rivers Day."; Caption from metadata for 535-3346-2: "Marathon swimmer Finn Donnelly helps bring ashore some of the voyageur canoes which accompanied him on the second leg of his Swim for the Salmon, on the Fraser River from New West Quay to Foreshore Park."

Geographic Access: Fraser River; Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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Finn Donnelly at the Swim for Salmon, [1999] thumbnail

First aid

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98022

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1960 and 1980]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of Boy Scouts participating in a first aid demonstration in front of a large audience.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1960 and 1980]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Scouts subseries

Physical Description: 4 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 631-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1994-05

Scope and Content: Photographs of Boy Scouts participating in a first aid demonstration in front of a large audience.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on content of photograph

Images

First aid, [between 1960 and 1980] thumbnail

Fish

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91687

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1982-1993

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 37 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of the Cariboo Dam situated along the Brunette River and Warner's fish lift located adjacent to the dam. Photographs depict the interior and exterior of the fish lift, the information sign for the lift, and a group of fisherman working in the river.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1982-1993

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 37 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of the Cariboo Dam situated along the Brunette River and Warner's fish lift located adjacent to the dam. Photographs depict the interior and exterior of the fish lift, the information sign for the lift, and a group of fisherman working in the river.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Rivers; Animals - Birds

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from binder divider photographs were originally housed behind.; Note in red ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-005-11 : 618-005-23 originally housed in read: "Burnaby Lake / Warner's Fish Lift".; Note in black ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-005-24 : 618-005-37 were originally housed in read: "Brunette River Dam".; One of the fishermen is identified as Joe Calks in photograph 618-005-4

Geographic Access: Brunette River; Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Forest Lawn Memorial Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98050

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of unidentified individuals at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, protesting the City's report on the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Master Plan. Photographs depict an individual amongst felled trees and an individual holding a sign that reads "Corporate Spite!" in front of the gates.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-3130

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of unidentified individuals at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, protesting the City's report on the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Master Plan. Photographs depict an individual amongst felled trees and an individual holding a sign that reads "Corporate Spite!" in front of the gates.

Subjects: Cemeteries; Protests and Demonstrations

Names: Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Collected by editorial for use in a March 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Geographic Access: Royal Oak Avenue

Street Address: 3789 Royal Oak Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Forest Lawn Memorial Park, [1999] thumbnail

Gardening Association papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57875

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1954

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records and 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: File contains papers pertaining to the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute, the Vancouver Rose Society, and the Vancouver Horticultural Society and Farmers Institute and the British Columbia Department of Agriculture. Also included in the file is a bulletin from the Pacifi…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1954

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: South Burnaby Garden Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records and 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS028-021

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1986-36

Scope and Content: File contains papers pertaining to the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute, the Vancouver Rose Society, and the Vancouver Horticultural Society and Farmers Institute and the British Columbia Department of Agriculture. Also included in the file is a bulletin from the Pacific National Exhibition and a photograph depicting "Cam's Pure Popcorn" stand which is decorated with a painting of a clown.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Notes on verso of photograph 488-001 reads: "Note on verso reads: "J. Campbell / R.R.5 Langley Prairie BC / ... / Disabled Veteran"

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Gardening Association papers, 1954 thumbnail

Geese / Egg Addling

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91692

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1994

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 12 photographs : col. negative ; 35 mm + 16 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of a group of men addling Canadian geese eggs on Burnaby Lake. Addling is a wildlife management practice used to limit flock growth and stabilize bird populations. Photographs depict the men transporting their canoe to the water, canoeing, agitating geese away from th…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1994

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 12 photographs : col. negative ; 35 mm + 16 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of a group of men addling Canadian geese eggs on Burnaby Lake. Addling is a wildlife management practice used to limit flock growth and stabilize bird populations. Photographs depict the men transporting their canoe to the water, canoeing, agitating geese away from their nests, and holding up eggs.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from slide sheet

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Geese - Egg Addling

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91693

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 18, 1993

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 20 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of two men addling Canadian geese eggs. Addling is a wildlife management practice used to limit flock growth and stabilize bird populations. Photographs depict the men agitating geese away from their nests, holding up eggs, and a pair of geese defending their nests. …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 18, 1993

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 20 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of two men addling Canadian geese eggs. Addling is a wildlife management practice used to limit flock growth and stabilize bird populations. Photographs depict the men agitating geese away from their nests, holding up eggs, and a pair of geese defending their nests. Neither of the men have been identified.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from slide sheet

Images

Geese - Egg Addling, April 18, 1993 thumbnail

Girl Guide scrapbook

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4593

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950-1969] (date of original), copied 2016

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 31 photographs : col. (tiffs))

Scope and Content: File consists of images of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and some original programs. Many pages of the scrapbook identify themes for newspaper articles such as: "Expansion in Douglas District"; "New Guides / - New Flag"; "Fly ups"; "Honours to Guides"; "Progress at Wilson Creek"; "1959…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 31 photographs : col. (tiffs))

Scope and Content: File consists of images of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and some original programs. Many pages of the scrapbook identify themes for newspaper articles such as: "Expansion in Douglas District"; "New Guides / - New Flag"; "Fly ups"; "Honours to Guides"; "Progress at Wilson Creek"; "1959 / Mrs McKee-Wilson meets Prince Phillip in Victoria"; "Mrs. Roper / becomes / Area Commissioner / 1962"; "Gold Cord to Marilyn Pringle / April 1964"; "Baden Powell Day"; "Fifty Years of C.G.G. / in Burnaby"; "Gold Cord Presentation"; "Guides Lend a Hand" and "An Active District" . Original programs are identified as: "Thinking Day Services / Feb. 1964"; "Thinking Day Service / Edmonds District Guides and Brownies / February 21st 1965"; "Thinking Day Ceremony / Edmonds Junior High School / February 26, 1961" and "Guider's Own Service / Christ Church Memorial Hall / Victoria, B.C. / Saturday April 4th, 1959".

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.165

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1950-1969] (date of original), copied 2016

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Images

Girl Guide scrapbook, [1950-1969] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail

Documents

2015_0035_0165_folded

Girl Guiding

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4588

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1939-1951

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook album (99 photographs+ textual records + other material)

Scope and Content: File consists of 18 loose pages of a scrapbook created by Ivy McGeachie (nee Ivy Oldham) who was involved in guiding in Burnaby between 1942 -1948. The front page of the scrapbook is titled “Girl / Guiding” and has a wood-burnt image of a camp fire and a singed photo of a flag pole. The scrapbook …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook album (99 photographs+ textual records + other material)

Scope and Content: File consists of 18 loose pages of a scrapbook created by Ivy McGeachie (nee Ivy Oldham) who was involved in guiding in Burnaby between 1942 -1948. The front page of the scrapbook is titled “Girl / Guiding” and has a wood-burnt image of a camp fire and a singed photo of a flag pole. The scrapbook contains photographs along with bits and pieces of ephemera. Included in the material is a four page, type-written diary of a Girl Guide camp held at Aldergrove Beach in August of 1963. Many of the photographs document the activities of the 2nd Burnaby Girl Guide Company and include photos of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in uniform on roller skates; Burnaby District Camp (Aldergrove, BC) / 1948; Hiking; Canadian Girl Guide Golden Jubilee; Open House at St. Alban’s church hall; a hand tinted photo of Ivy McGeachie 1939 and the 2nd Kamloops Folk Dance – Yale Cariboo Musical festival 1951.

Creator: McGeachie, Ivy Ashliegh

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: McGeachie, Ivy Ashliegh; Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.160

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1939-1951

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of file; Some photographs within scrapbook have been described at item level (BV015.35.191 to BV015.35.210)

Images

Documents

2015_0035_0160_folded

Great Blue Heron

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91695

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1983-1991

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 45 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs shot and compiled by Doreen Lawson of the great blue heron. Photographs depict the heron standing in the water, on a wooden pole, and along the banks of Burnaby Lake and Still Creek.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1983-1991

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 45 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs shot and compiled by Doreen Lawson of the great blue heron. Photographs depict the heron standing in the water, on a wooden pole, and along the banks of Burnaby Lake and Still Creek.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs; Note in blue ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-013-1 : 618-013-003 originally housed in read: "Burnaby Lake Herons."; Note in blue ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-013-4 : 618-013-21 originally housed in read: "Still Creek / Great Blue Heron / July 91"; Note in blue ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-013-22 : 618-013-30 originally housed in read: "Great Blue Heron / Still Creek / July 91"

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake; Still Creek

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Hats Off Day

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98119

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 12 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the annual Hats Off Day event and parade on Hastings Street in Burnaby Heights. Photographs depict the crowd and people attending, performers in the parade, and a Cioffi's Meat Market & Deli employee cooking sausages.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 12 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-3198

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the annual Hats Off Day event and parade on Hastings Street in Burnaby Heights. Photographs depict the crowd and people attending, performers in the parade, and a Cioffi's Meat Market & Deli employee cooking sausages.

Subjects: Events - Parades; Events; Persons - Crowds

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on original file name; Collected by editorial for use in a June 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Hats Off Day

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98121

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 9 photographs (tiff) : b&w and col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the annual Hats Off Day event and parade on Hastings Street in Burnaby Heights. Photographs depict members of the crowd, performers in the parade, and a barbecue on the sidewalk.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 9 photographs (tiff) : b&w and col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-3200

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the annual Hats Off Day event and parade on Hastings Street in Burnaby Heights. Photographs depict members of the crowd, performers in the parade, and a barbecue on the sidewalk.

Subjects: Events; Events - Parades; Persons - Crowds; Persons - Children

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on original file name; Collected by editorial for use in a June 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Heritage Village

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91713

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1985

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 20 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in the snow. Buildings depicted in the photographs include: Jubilee Music store, optometrist, Electric Theatre, real estate office, Chinese Herbalist store, church, and Village blacksmith. Also included in the file are photo…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1985

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 20 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-031

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in the snow. Buildings depicted in the photographs include: Jubilee Music store, optometrist, Electric Theatre, real estate office, Chinese Herbalist store, church, and Village blacksmith. Also included in the file are photographs of the Heritage Burnaby entrance sign and donation plaque for the Japanese Bathhouse.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from label on original slide cases

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Heritage Village, January 1985 thumbnail

High jumpers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98123

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of high jumpers in action during a high school track and field meet.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-3202

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of high jumpers in action during a high school track and field meet.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Sports

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Collected by editorial for use in a June 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Images

Hockey game

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98175

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of unidentified players in action during a youth hockey game between Vancouver and Mission.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-3253

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of unidentified players in action during a youth hockey game between Vancouver and Mission.

Subjects: Sports - Ice Hockey; Persons - Children

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Collected by editorial for use in a July 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Images

Hotel guys

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98195

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of two unidentified people standing inside of an emptied-out hotel room and posing in the parking lot in front of an unmarked building.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-3273

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of two unidentified people standing inside of an emptied-out hotel room and posing in the parking lot in front of an unmarked building.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Hotels and Motels; Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on original file name; Collected by editorial for use in a July 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Interview with Shirley Cohn

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19597

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (16 min., 57 sec.) (50 min., 36 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (50 min., 36 sec.)

Scope and Content: File consists of two recordings of oral history interviews with Shirley Cohn conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. The first interview was conducted on April 14, 2023 and the second interview was conducted on September 6, 2023. Summary of interview conducted on …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (16 min., 57 sec.) (50 min., 36 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (50 min., 36 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Shirley Cohn Location of Interviews: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Dates: April 14, 2023 and September 6, 2023 Total Number of Tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 67 min., 33 sec. Digital master recording (wav) of second interview (50 min., 36 sec.) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: File consists of two recordings of oral history interviews with Shirley Cohn conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. The first interview was conducted on April 14, 2023 and the second interview was conducted on September 6, 2023. Summary of interview conducted on September 6, 2023: 0:00 – 16:09 Shirley Cohn shares background information about her parents who immigrated to Detroit from Hungary in the 1930’s. Shirley recalls what it was like for her parents being Jewish during World War II and how many of their relations were killed in the Holocaust. Shirley talks about her Jewish Hungarian heritage, what it was like growing up in Detroit, the Jewish community in Detroit and the Jewish holidays and traditions that her family celebrated. Shirley recalls her high school and University education and experiences, starting her career in social work and how she met her future husband, Theodore “Ted” Cohn. 16:10 – 18:27 Shirley shares the story about her father in law, Dr. Daniel E. Cohn who was Harry Houdini’s doctor at the time of his death in Detroit on Oct. 31, 1926. Shirley explains that she donated some of Dr. Daniel E. Cohn’s original documents pertaining to this event to the New York Public Library. 18:28 – 26:04 Shirley describes her experiences living and working in London Ontario while her husband was a professor at University of Western Ontario and Shirley worked as a social worker in family services. Shirley recalls experiences of anti-Semitism while living in London. Shirley talks about moving to Burnaby in 1977 after her husband took a job as a professor at Simon Fraser University. Shirley describes her experiences living in Burnaby, raising a family and working as a social worker at Burnaby General Hospital. 26:05 – 26:18 Shirley talks about her interests outside of work, her family’s involvement in the Burquest Jewish Community Association and being a member of Temple Shalom. Shirley conveys information about other Jewish synagogues in Greater Vancouver, describes Reform Judaism at Temple Shalom and some Jewish cultural practices that her family has been involved with. 26:19 – 33:12 Shirley describes her family’s experiences living in the Garden Village nieghbourhood in Burnaby, her involvement sharing Jewish cultural traditions at her children’s school and recalls her children’s experiences attending school in Burnaby. 33:13 – 40:46 Shirley conveys the career paths that her children took and talks about what she likes about living in Burnaby including; the walking and hiking trails, the cultural and art performances and her involvement in local politics. Shirley talks about her and her husband’s involvement in the SFU retirees association and the SFURA walking and hiking group. Shirley reflects on her husband’s academic career, experiences teaching at SFU and the role of the Hillel Jewish Students Association at the Simon Fraser University. Shirley talks about the difficulties of discussing political views about the State of Israel. Shirley describes some traditional Jewish foods, the roles that they play and a local bakery that carries Jewish bake goods. 40:47 – 50:36 Shirley describes her current daily life in Burnaby; working one day a week as a social worker, gardening, her involvement at Temple Shalom and the Jewish Community Centre and how she travels in Burnaby. Shirley recalls the changes that she’s encountered in Burnaby and in her career over the years, shares a story about her husband losing his thesis and describes what Burnaby was like while she was raising her family. Shirley shares what she thinks about the areas of development in Burnaby and conveys the importance of having parks and affordable housing. In closing, Shirley reflects on what is like to be a Jewish person living in Burnaby.

History: Interviewee biography: Shirley Tanner was born in Detroit in 1947. Her parents were both Jewish. Her mother fled Hungary as a refugee in 1939, while her father emigrated from there in 1934. Shirley attended public schools in Detroit, and then studied social work at the University of Michigan. After marriage, Shirley and Ted Cohn moved to Ontario where Ted had a faculty appointment at the University of Western Ontario in political science. Six years later they moved to Burnaby for Ted’s teaching position in political science at Simon Fraser University. While living in Burnaby, Shirley took care of a growing family while also practicing social work, mainly at Burnaby Hospital. The family enjoyed Burnaby’s libraries and parks. Shirley helped out at her children’s schools, became a Block Watch captain, and the family joined Burquest Jewish Community Association. The Cohns later became members of Temple Sholom Synagogue in Vancouver, while remaining in Burnaby. Beginning in 2009, Ted started an informal hiking group for retired Simon Fraser University staff. This group has been open to others, so now has a wide variety of members. Shirley has also helped lead hikes in the region. 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.