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Burnaby South High School performance

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1920 and 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Group shot of the cast of a Burnaby South High School performance by students at a community hall. Student musicians are holding musical instruments and seated in front of the stage and five rows of student performers are dressed in costumes standing on the stage behind.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Group shot of the cast of a Burnaby South High School performance by students at a community hall. Student musicians are holding musical instruments and seated in front of the stage and five rows of student performers are dressed in costumes standing on the stage behind.

Subjects: Performances - Concerts; Performances - Dramatic Performances; Persons - Students

Names: Burnaby South High School

Accession Code: BV008.59.26

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1920 and 1930]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-03-08

Photographer: Campbell Studios Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "CAMPBELL STUDIO / 569 Granville Street / VANCOUVER, - B.C. / Sey. 2830".

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Burnaby South High School performance, [between 1920 and 1930] thumbnail

May Queen's car

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1925

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.7 x 11.7 cm on page 17.5 x 24.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a May Day parade on Edmonds Street. This photograph was taken during the first Burnaby May Day celebrations when a large group of Boy Scouts lead a parade of people and cars down Edmonds Street. The first car pictured is carrying the May Queen, Ruth Bearn.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1925

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.7 x 11.7 cm on page 17.5 x 24.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-026

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a May Day parade on Edmonds Street. This photograph was taken during the first Burnaby May Day celebrations when a large group of Boy Scouts lead a parade of people and cars down Edmonds Street. The first car pictured is carrying the May Queen, Ruth Bearn.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Events - May Day; Events - Parades; Clothing - Uniforms; Symbols - Flags

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada; Whittaker, Ruth Lavinia Bearn

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 6 Oct. 1966

Collection/Fonds: Quon Lip Lee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee on October 6, 1966. The back of the certificate includes vitial information including date of birth, marital status and date of issue.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Quon Lip Lee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee on October 6, 1966. The back of the certificate includes vitial information including date of birth, marital status and date of issue.

Creator: Government of Canada

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Documentary Artifacts - Certificates

Names: Lee, Quon Lip

Accession Code: BV021.18.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 6 Oct. 1966

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: April 8, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

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Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee, 6 Oct. 1966 thumbnail

Head tax certificate issued to Dung Way How

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1922-1934 (date of original), copied 2021

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Document collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 certificate (tiff) : col. ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the Interior to Dung Way How (Dong Howe). The certificate was first issued on March 18, 1922 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Dung Way How. Certifi…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Document collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 certificate (tiff) : col. ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the Interior to Dung Way How (Dong Howe). The certificate was first issued on March 18, 1922 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Dung Way How. Certification stamps on the verso of the certificate were issued by Chinese Immigration authorities between 1922 and 1934. Information on the front of the certificate reads "...This Certifies That / Dung Way How whose photograph is attached / hereto arrived or landed at Vancouver B.C. / on the 23rd day of January 1922 / ex "Empress of Asia" / and upon representations made has been / admitted as exempt from head tax under the / provisions of the Chinese Immigration Act. / The above mentioned party claims / to be a native of Bark Choon Jong in the District of Pon Yue of the age of 20 years. The declaration in this case is C.I.4. No. 3715 Date at Vancouver on March 18, 1922" signed by "Controller of Chinese Immigration". Printed text on verso of certificate reads "IMPORTANT / IT IS NECESSARY THAT THIS / CERTIFICATE BE CAREFULLY / PRESERVED AS IT IS OF VALUE / AS A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION".

History: Dung Way How (Dong Howe) arrived from Bak Chun (North Village), Guangdong in 1922 as a paper son. He had two sons during his first marriage, but the sons remained in China and one died at a young age. He married his second wife Chow Goon Pang through an arranged marriage. She was married twice previously and had a son from each marriage, but neither of them survived. Chow was from Nam Chun (South Village) and arrived in Canada as a paper daughter around the late 1930s or early 1940s. Both Dong and Chow spoke a Poon Yue dialect. The couple raised one daughter Vivian Dong (Dong Jing Yu) in Canada. The Dong family leased and operated the New Fountain hotel in Vancouver located at Abbott Street and Cordova Street. The family later went on to purchase farmland in Burnaby in 1957. The Dong family moved to Burnaby and operated a three acre market garden located at 6220 14th Avenue until 1972. They grew European staples including celery, radishes, green onions, beets, lettuces, endives, as well as Chinese vegetables such as gai lan (Chinese broccoli). There were two Chinese families in the area, including the Wong family who operated the Wong Chew market gardens 6325 14th Avenue. Dong Howe passed away in 1978. Chow Goon Pang passed away in 2000. Their daughter Vivian grew up in Burnaby and attended Riverside Elementary, McPherson Junior High School and Burnaby South Secondary School.

Creator: Government of Canada

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Documentary Artifacts - Certificates; Migration

Names: Howe, Dong

Accession Code: BV021.13.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1922-1934 (date of original), copied 2021

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: March 25, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Head tax certificate issued to Dung Way How, 1922-1934 (date of original), copied 2021 thumbnail

Head tax certificate issued to Lee Quon Lep [Quan Lip Lee]

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021

Collection/Fonds: Quon Lip Lee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the (Interior) issued to Lee Quon Lep [sic] [Quon Lip Lee]. The certificate was first issued on December 12, 1921 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Q…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Quon Lip Lee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the (Interior) issued to Lee Quon Lep [sic] [Quon Lip Lee]. The certificate was first issued on December 12, 1921 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Quan Lip Lee. Certification stamps on the verso of the certificate were issued by Canadian and Chinese Immigration authorities between 1924 and 1949. Information on the front of the certificate reads "DOMINION OF CANADA / IMMIGRATION BRANCH - DEPARTMENT.../ RECEIVED FRO.../ Lee Quon Lep whose photograph is attached / hereto on the date and at the place hereunder mentioned the sum / of five Hundred Dollars being the head tax due under the / provisions of the Chinese Immigration Act. / The above mentioned party claims / to be a native of Gong Doey Lee / in the district of Sun Way / of the age of 12 years arrived or landed / at Vancouver on the 28th day of / November 1921 ex Empress [sic] of Asia / The declaration in this case is C.I.4 No. 3716 / Dated at Vancouver on Dec 12, 1921_19_/ (signature) / CONTROLLER OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION". Printed text on verso of certificate reads "IMPORTANT / IT IS NECESSARY THAT THIS / CERTIFICATE BE CAREFULLY / PRESERVED AS IT IS OF VALUE / AS A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION" along with Chinese language characters printed vertically below.

Creator: Government of Canada

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Documentary Artifacts - Certificates; Migration

Names: Lee, Quon Lip

Accession Code: BV021.18.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: April 8, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

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Head tax certificate issued to Lee Quon Lep [Quan Lip Lee], 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021 thumbnail

2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts album

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1913-1925, predominant 1923-1925

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 album (151 photographs + ephemera + textual records)

Scope and Content: File consists of a sixty page photograph album titled "2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts" with photographs and ephemera pasted onto fourty one pages. The album includes photographs of the Burnaby Boy Scouts at various events, camps and hikes, the Burnaby Girl Guides and May Day events in Burnaby and New…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 album (151 photographs + ephemera + textual records)

Material Details: 41 pages of album have pasted content; 19 pages at the back of the album are blank

Scope and Content: File consists of a sixty page photograph album titled "2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts" with photographs and ephemera pasted onto fourty one pages. The album includes photographs of the Burnaby Boy Scouts at various events, camps and hikes, the Burnaby Girl Guides and May Day events in Burnaby and New Westminster.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Events - May Day; Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada; Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV995.8.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1913-1925, predominant 1923-1925

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-20

Notes: Transcribed title from cover of photograph album; Sticker on lower left of back cover reads, "No. D", "Glendale Album", "Made in Canada by Canadian Kodak Co., Limited. Toronto"; Individual photographs + ephemera within album are numbered BV995.8.2 to BV995.8.153 - item level descriptions available

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2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts album, 1913-1925, predominant 1923-1925 thumbnail

Documents

1995_0008_0001_001

Yue Shan Society

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : 17 x 27 cm mounted on matt in frame 22 x 37.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the Yue Shan Society gathered together in front of building on Fisgard Strett, Victoria, B.C. Society members are arranged together into four rows in front of building with a large banner with Chinese characters hanging above. A group of ten children are seated on the curb …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Series: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : 17 x 27 cm mounted on matt in frame 22 x 37.5 cm

Material Details: guilded wood frame is chipped and scratched; glass is missing

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the Yue Shan Society gathered together in front of building on Fisgard Strett, Victoria, B.C. Society members are arranged together into four rows in front of building with a large banner with Chinese characters hanging above. A group of ten children are seated on the curb in front of society members.

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Organizations; Organizations - Societies and Clubs

Names: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company

Geographic Access: Victoria

Accession Code: HV975.5.1456

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of frame reads: "Yue Shan Society / on Fisguard St."

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2nd Burnaby Boy Scouts in row boat

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Assistant Scout Master Jack Allen of the 1st New Westminster Boy Scout Troop and Scoutmaster William Mundy of the 2nd Deptford Troop in a row boat in the Fraser River near Sunbury. The 2nd Burnaby Boy Scout troop went on a hike on Easter weekend down the Fraser River from New Westmins…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Assistant Scout Master Jack Allen of the 1st New Westminster Boy Scout Troop and Scoutmaster William Mundy of the 2nd Deptford Troop in a row boat in the Fraser River near Sunbury. The 2nd Burnaby Boy Scout troop went on a hike on Easter weekend down the Fraser River from New Westminster to Sunbury (North Delta). The troop was accompanied by Assistant Scout Master Jack Allen of the 1st New Westminster Troop and Scoutmaster William Mundy of the 2nd Deptford Troop, London, England.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Transportation - Boats

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada; Mundy, William; Allen, Jack

Accession Code: BV995.8.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1925

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 5; Inscription in white ink on page of album reads: "EASTER HIKE TO SUNBURY - 1925 / YOU'LL HAVE TO / ASK BRUCE & JIGGS /WHO THEIR / FRIENDS ARE"

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2nd Burnaby Boy Scouts in row boat, 1925 thumbnail

A good turn done

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four Boy Scouts dressed in uniforms, standing in front of a car on Mothers Day in 1925. Three of the Boy Scouts are holding flowers.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four Boy Scouts dressed in uniforms, standing in front of a car on Mothers Day in 1925. Three of the Boy Scouts are holding flowers.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Transportation - Automobiles

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Accession Code: BV995.8.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1925

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Notes: Transcribed title; Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 2; Inscription below photograph on page of photograph album BV995.8.1 reads: "A Good Turn Done / Mothers Day 1925"

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A tub of nuts

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the 2nd Burnaby Boy Scout troop in a row boat on the Fraser River near Sunbury. The 2nd Burnaby Boy Scout troop went on a hike on Easter weekend down the Fraser River from New Westminster to Sunbury (North Delta). The troop was accompanied by Assistant Scout Master Jack Al…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the 2nd Burnaby Boy Scout troop in a row boat on the Fraser River near Sunbury. The 2nd Burnaby Boy Scout troop went on a hike on Easter weekend down the Fraser River from New Westminster to Sunbury (North Delta). The troop was accompanied by Assistant Scout Master Jack Allen of the 1st New Westminster Troop and Scoutmaster William Mundy of the 2nd Deptford Troop, London, England.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Transportation - Boats

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Accession Code: BV995.8.24

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1925

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 6; Inscription in white ink on page of album reads: "EASTER HIKE / 1925 / A TUB OF NUTS"

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Girl Guides on ship

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jul 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia; 11 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of unidentified Burnaby Girl Guides in uniform on the deck of the ship, Lady Evelyn heading to camp at Granthams Landing on the Sunshine Coast. The Girl Guides are seated on a set of stacked wooden crates.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia; 11 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of unidentified Burnaby Girl Guides in uniform on the deck of the ship, Lady Evelyn heading to camp at Granthams Landing on the Sunshine Coast. The Girl Guides are seated on a set of stacked wooden crates.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Recreational Activities - Camping; Transportation - Ships

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.272

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jul 1923

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: January 6, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "263" (circled in pencil); Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Girl / Guide / Camp -1923"; Annotations in black ink on page of scrapbook read: "Girl Guide Camp / Grantham's / Landing / July 1923"; Photograph is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)

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The smile that won't wear off

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three Boy Scouts dressed in uniforms, standing in front of a car on Mothers Day in 1925.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three Boy Scouts dressed in uniforms, standing in front of a car on Mothers Day in 1925.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Transportation - Automobiles

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Accession Code: BV995.8.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1925

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Notes: Transcribed title; Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 2; Inscription on page of photograph in album BV995.8.1 reads: "Mothers Day 1925 / The Smile that won't wear off"

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The smile that won't wear off, 1925 thumbnail

Bob Peers reading a newspaper

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1922]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.7 x 9.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Peers laying in a hammock, reading a newspaper, the "Daily Mirror."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1922]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.7 x 9.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-651

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Peers laying in a hammock, reading a newspaper, the "Daily Mirror."

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers

Names: Peers, William John "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Bob Peers reading a newspaper, [1922] thumbnail

Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1920-1949

Length: 0:09:21

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of a court case between the Sun and the Province newspapers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of a court case between the Sun and the Province newspapers.

Date Range: 1920-1949

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:09:21

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 0:58:44

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-4/MSS137-001-4_Track_3.mp3

Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 5

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1860-1932

Length: 0:08:48

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.

Date Range: 1860-1932

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:08:48

Names: Foley, John

Subjects: Printing Tools and Equipment; Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 0:58:44

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Audio Tracks

Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr

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Recording of John Burton - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1920-1929

Length: 0:07:53

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of early newspapers including their advertising and reporting practices.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of early newspapers including their advertising and reporting practices.

Date Range: 1920-1929

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:07:53

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers

Scope and Content: Recording is of John Burton discussing the history of the weekly newspaper and of the types of printing presses that have been used in Canada, as well as exactly how their parts function. John appears to be describing printing presses that are in the room with him.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 5

Total Length: 0:46:18

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Track one of recording of John Burton

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Recording of John Burton - Track 2

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1920-1937

Length: 0:09:26

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of national advertising in early weekly newspapers, with mentions of the Burnaby Post and the Burnaby Broadcast. He also describes the flatbed cylinder press and relates a story of a group of handpress workers who demolish a flatbe…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of national advertising in early weekly newspapers, with mentions of the Burnaby Post and the Burnaby Broadcast. He also describes the flatbed cylinder press and relates a story of a group of handpress workers who demolish a flatbed cylinder press in order to save their jobs.

Date Range: 1920-1937

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:09:26

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers; Printing Tools and Equipment

Scope and Content: Recording is of John Burton discussing the history of the weekly newspaper and of the types of printing presses that have been used in Canada, as well as exactly how their parts function. John appears to be describing printing presses that are in the room with him.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 5

Total Length: 0:46:18

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Track two of recording of John Burton

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Recording of John Burton - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1920-1959

Length: 0:09:54

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of how various presses work, and their use by daily and weekly papers. He describes a press shop, most likely at the Burnaby Village Museum.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of how various presses work, and their use by daily and weekly papers. He describes a press shop, most likely at the Burnaby Village Museum.

Date Range: 1920-1959

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:09:54

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers; Printing Tools and Equipment

Scope and Content: Recording is of John Burton discussing the history of the weekly newspaper and of the types of printing presses that have been used in Canada, as well as exactly how their parts function. John appears to be describing printing presses that are in the room with him.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 5

Total Length: 0:46:18

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Track three of recording of John Burton

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-2/MSS137-001-2_Track_3.mp3

Recording of John Burton - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory213

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1850-1950

Length: 0:09:14

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of the galley press and the proofing process. He also discusses job printing (now referred to as commercial printing).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of the galley press and the proofing process. He also discusses job printing (now referred to as commercial printing).

Date Range: 1850-1950

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:09:14

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers; Printing Tools and Equipment

Scope and Content: Recording is of John Burton discussing the history of the weekly newspaper and of the types of printing presses that have been used in Canada, as well as exactly how their parts function. John appears to be describing printing presses that are in the room with him.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 5

Total Length: 0:46:18

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Track five of recording of John Burton

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Burnaby May Day

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 26, 1928

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the procession to the retiring Queen at Burnaby May Day, at Robert Burnaby Park. The retiring May Queen is escorted by a gentleman in suit holding his hat. There are boys in uniforms lined up along both sides of the procession, with a large crowd gathered behind them.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the procession to the retiring Queen at Burnaby May Day, at Robert Burnaby Park. The retiring May Queen is escorted by a gentleman in suit holding his hat. There are boys in uniforms lined up along both sides of the procession, with a large crowd gathered behind them.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Persons - Crowds; Events - May Day; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Geographic Access: Wedgewood Street; Robert Burnaby Park

Street Address: 8155 Wedgewood Street

Accession Code: HV972.204.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: May 26, 1928

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

Related Material: For other photographs from the same album, see HV972.204.3 - .14

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-25

Photographer: Lloyd, Frank Ernest

Notes: Inscribed on the negative and printed on the photograph reads: "34 / Burnaby May Day / 26. 5. 28 / Lloyd Studio, McKay B.C."

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