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Bertha Shankie in garden with pets, [between 1930 and 1940] (date of original), copied [2016] thumbnail
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Bertha Shankie in garden with pets

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4125
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1930 and 1940] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie sitting on a bench in a garden. She is holding two cats and there is a dog sitting at her feet. The family's Barker Avenue home and yard is visible behind her.
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1 image
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in white on back of photograph reads: "Do you know Who this [?] / Looks pretty cranky".
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie sitting on a bench in a garden. She is holding two cats and there is a dog sitting at her feet. The family's Barker Avenue home and yard is visible behind her.
Subjects
Animals - Cats
Animals - Dogs
Names
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.25
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[between 1930 and 1940] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
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Bertha Shankie in garden with pets, [between 1930 and 1940] (date of original), copied [2016] thumbnail
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Icicles on Barker Avenue house, [196-] thumbnail
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Icicles on Barker Avenue house

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19084
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Earl and Adell Philips family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of icicles hanging from the roof of the Philips family home at 5877 Barker Avenue in Burnaby.
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1 image
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Earl and Adell Philips family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of icicles hanging from the roof of the Philips family home at 5877 Barker Avenue in Burnaby.
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5877 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV022.11.3
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[196-]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Barker Avenue / #81"
Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "033"
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Icicles on Barker Avenue house, [196-] thumbnail
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Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023 thumbnail
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Interview with Norman Dowad

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
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1 image 1 document 1 audio
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Museum Oral Histories series
Subseries
Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
Material Details
Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
History
Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. 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.
Creator
Burnaby Village Museum
Subjects
Agriculture - Farms
Education
Persons - South Asian Canadians
Migration
Sports
Sports - Football
Wars - World War, 1939-1945
Names
Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
Burnaby Central Secondary School
Douglas Road School
W. Dowad Limited
Responsibility
Damer, Eric
Geographic Access
Buckingham Avenue
Deer Lake
Street Address
5533 Buckingham Avenue
Accession Code
BV023.16.16
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Media Type
Sound Recording
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Transcription available
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Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023 thumbnail
Documents
2023_0016_0016_003 pdf thumbnail

2023_0016_0016_003

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Audio Tracks

Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

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Janet Shankie standing against side of house, [between 1940 and1950] (date of original), copied [2016] thumbnail
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Janet Shankie standing against side of house

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5600
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1940 and1950] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpg)
Scope and Content
Full length photograph of young woman, Janet Shankie Bower, standing besidde the Thomas and Bertha Shankie family home on Barker Avenue. Janet wears a plaid knee-length skirt, white blouse and waist-length cardigan. She wears pearl earrings.
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1 image
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpg)
Scope and Content
Full length photograph of young woman, Janet Shankie Bower, standing besidde the Thomas and Bertha Shankie family home on Barker Avenue. Janet wears a plaid knee-length skirt, white blouse and waist-length cardigan. She wears pearl earrings.
Names
Bower, Janet Shankie
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV015.40.33
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1940 and1950] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
300
Scan Date
09-Sep-18
Notes
Title based on annotations on digital file name
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
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Janet Shankie standing against side of house, [between 1940 and1950] (date of original), copied [2016] thumbnail
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Philips family in dining room at Christmas, [Jan. 1962] thumbnail
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Philips family in dining room at Christmas

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19083
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[Jan. 1962]
Collection/Fonds
Earl and Adell Philips family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Philips family seated around a table in their dining room of their house located at 5877 Barker Avenue, Burnaby. People are identified from left to right: Shannon McKeemen and Ann McKeemen, Bob Paterson, Earl Philips, Adell Philips, Lorayne Philips, Cory Philips, Lea Philips, Ju…
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1 image
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Earl and Adell Philips family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Philips family seated around a table in their dining room of their house located at 5877 Barker Avenue, Burnaby. People are identified from left to right: Shannon McKeemen and Ann McKeemen, Bob Paterson, Earl Philips, Adell Philips, Lorayne Philips, Cory Philips, Lea Philips, Judith Philips. Photograph was taken during Christmas, everyone is wearing a tissue paper hat and the table cloth has a pointsettia design.
Names
Philips, Adell Greenwood
Philips, Judith
Philips, Lea
Philips, Lorayne
Philips, Earl Gene
Philips, Cory
McKeeman, Ann
McKeeman, Shannon
Paterson, Bob
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5877 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV022.11.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[Jan. 1962]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Stamp along right edge of photo includes print date which reads: "JAN. 62"
Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Barker Ave. / Christmas 1961"
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