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Vancouver Terminus of tramway to New Westminster

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 12 cm on 12 x 14.5 cm backing

Scope and Content: Photograph of four people and a few teams of horses standing in the street next to an interurban car. A caption with the photograph reads: "Vancouver terminus of tramway to New Westminster."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 12 cm on 12 x 14.5 cm backing

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 445-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of four people and a few teams of horses standing in the street next to an interurban car. A caption with the photograph reads: "Vancouver terminus of tramway to New Westminster."

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Carriages; Transportation - Horses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption

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Vegetable display

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [September 1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.4 x 21.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a vegetable display with a sign that reads, "GROWN FROM/ RENNIE'S/ SEEDS" and another sign indicating that the display is "Not for Competition/ Burnaby Production/ by/ Wm. Baily [illegible]". This is most likely at the 14th Annual Exhibition of the Central Park Agricultural Associati…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.4 x 21.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a vegetable display with a sign that reads, "GROWN FROM/ RENNIE'S/ SEEDS" and another sign indicating that the display is "Not for Competition/ Burnaby Production/ by/ Wm. Baily [illegible]". This is most likely at the 14th Annual Exhibition of the Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmers' Institute that took place from 17th to 19th of September 1914. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that the agricultural fair was held between 1902 to 1921 in the Central Park Agricultural Hall built in 1902 in Central Park on Kingsway and the B.C.E.R. tracks.

Subjects: Agriculture - Crops; Exhibitions - Agricultural

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Accession Code: HV972.11.17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [September 1914]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: For another photograph of a vegetable display at the agricultural exhibition, see HV972.11.3. For a photograph of flower displays at the exhibition, see HV972.11.20

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 14/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w contact print accompanying copy negative

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Vegetable display, [September 1914] thumbnail

Vertical boiler and engine operator

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man wearing overalls with a short-sleeved shirt underneath standing in front of a small vertical boiler and engine set, used to power American-made merry-go-rounds.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man wearing overalls with a short-sleeved shirt underneath standing in front of a small vertical boiler and engine set, used to power American-made merry-go-rounds.

Subjects: Musical Instruments

Accession Code: BV993.51.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-04-23

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-6"; 1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying

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Vertical boiler and engine operator, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail

Victoria Cricket Week

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby residents at Victoria's Cricket Week. Men, women and children are seated or lying on the ground. A woman is seated in a car behind them. All are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 012-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby residents at Victoria's Cricket Week. Men, women and children are seated or lying on the ground. A woman is seated in a car behind them. All are unidentified.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption of photograph; Annotation on back of photograph reads, "Victoria Cricket Week"

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Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-1978

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 143 cm of textual records (14 boxes) and 74 photographs (23 med. sepia prints; 15 small sepia prints; 6 small b&w prints; 7 med b&w print; 21 med. col. prints).

Scope and Content: Records consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, minute books, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, promotional materials, membership lists, bylaws and scrapbooks related to the history and work of the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) in Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-1978

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Physical Description: 143 cm of textual records (14 boxes) and 74 photographs (23 med. sepia prints; 15 small sepia prints; 6 small b&w prints; 7 med b&w print; 21 med. col. prints).

Description Level: Fonds

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: Records consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, minute books, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, promotional materials, membership lists, bylaws and scrapbooks related to the history and work of the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) in Burnaby.

History: The Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) for Canada is a non-profit charitable organization created for the purposes of home care and social services established in 1898 to perpetuate the memory of Victoria the Good. Lady Aberdeen, founding president of the National Council of Women (and wife of Canadian Governor General Lord Aberdeen) was a great believer in the need for a nursing service in Canada, particularly for the less fortunate and recommended the organization be established. The Burnaby Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses was established in 1912 with Miss Colhoun as its first nurse.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby scrapbook

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-1931

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook

Scope and Content: Item is a scrapbook "... depicting the History, growth and work of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby, British Columbia." Complied by the South Burnaby Auxiliary, this scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, 43 photographs and text. Also included are fiftieth anniversary napkins and loose pap…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-1931

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS021-052

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: Item is a scrapbook "... depicting the History, growth and work of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby, British Columbia." Complied by the South Burnaby Auxiliary, this scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, 43 photographs and text. Also included are fiftieth anniversary napkins and loose papers containing personnel polices.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Vidal family at Lake Huron

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two women and a man in the foreground. Behind them are six people in the water.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-048

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two women and a man in the foreground. Behind them are six people in the water.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Clothing; Sports - Swimming

Names: Vidal, Herbert Penrose; Vidal, Louisa Sophia "Lou" Jones

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note on album page in pencil reads: "Herbert Vidal / Louisa Vidal / Lake Huron"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Lake Huron / Grandad - Gan & the Aunts"

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Vidal family at Lake Huron, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Vidal family in a boat

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three women, a man and a dog identified from left to right as Louisa, Alexander, "Happy", Dorothy and Charlotte Vidal. They are in a boat on a lake.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-074

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three women, a man and a dog identified from left to right as Louisa, Alexander, "Happy", Dorothy and Charlotte Vidal. They are in a boat on a lake.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Recreational Activities - Boating

Names: Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal; Vidal, Alexander E. E. "Bill"; Vidal, Louisa Sophia "Lou" Jones; Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "LSV, AV, 'Happy', DV, CV"

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Vidal family in a boat, [between 1915 and 1934] thumbnail

Vidal family portrait

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two women and one man sitting on the porch of a house. Identified from left to right are Dorothy Vidal, Charlotte Vidal and Alexander Vidal.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-043

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two women and one man sitting on the porch of a house. Identified from left to right are Dorothy Vidal, Charlotte Vidal and Alexander Vidal.

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal; Vidal, Alexander E. E. "Bill"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Charlotte / Dorothy / Alex"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Uncle? / Mom / Aunt Dor"

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Vidal family portrait, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Visit of the Prince of Wales

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 29, 1919 (date of original), copied [between 1975 and 1985]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 8.1 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the motorcade of Edward VIII, Prince of Wales, at Central Park during his 1919 visit to Canada. There are automobiles driving under the arch and flags displayed on top of the arch.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 29, 1919 (date of original), copied [between 1975 and 1985]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Stride family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 8.1 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 001-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the motorcade of Edward VIII, Prince of Wales, at Central Park during his 1919 visit to Canada. There are automobiles driving under the arch and flags displayed on top of the arch.

Subjects: Symbols - Flags; Events - Royal Visits; Structures - Arches; Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Imperial Street; Central Park

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Visit of the Prince of Wales, September 29, 1919 (date of original), copied [between 1975 and 1985] thumbnail

The Wai Kaua

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Wai Kaua. Harold Pendygrasse came home to Vancouver on this ship after he was injured while loading coal. Harold was the son of John Pendygrasse and Mary Pendygrasse, of 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights. He served on a number of transport ships during World War One. He had one …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-155

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Wai Kaua. Harold Pendygrasse came home to Vancouver on this ship after he was injured while loading coal. Harold was the son of John Pendygrasse and Mary Pendygrasse, of 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights. He served on a number of transport ships during World War One. He had one brother, George Pendygrasse.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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The Wai Kaua, 1917 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Walker family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Walker family living in a tent at Eton Street and Ingleton Avenue. Families often pitched a tent on their lot while their house was being built.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-291

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Walker family living in a tent at Eton Street and Ingleton Avenue. Families often pitched a tent on their lot while their house was being built.

Subjects: Structures - Tents

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Eaton, Dr. Carl

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eton Street; Ingleton Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Walker family, [191-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Walker family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the William George Walker house at Edmonds and Kingsway, 7328 Edmonds Street, built in 1909. The houses in the background are on Linden Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-229

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the William George Walker house at Edmonds and Kingsway, 7328 Edmonds Street, built in 1909. The houses in the background are on Linden Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street; Linden Avenue

Street Address: 7328 Edmonds Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Richmond Park Area

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Walker family home, [1912] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Wally Westerman

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1917]

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Studio portrait of Walter "Wally" Westerman as a young child. He is standing on a chair.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Studio portrait of Walter "Wally" Westerman as a young child. He is standing on a chair.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Westerman, Walter "Wally"

Accession Code: BV020.17.13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1917]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 22-Sep-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil in blue ink on verso of photgraph reads: "Wally Westerman"

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Walter Henry Ford and Laura Mabel Sealey Ford

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: July 6, 1911 (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm copy print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a married couple identified by the donor as her parents, Walter Henry Ford and Laura Mabel Sealey Ford, taken on their wedding day. Walter Ford is wearing a suit, and Laura Ford is wearing her wedding gown and glasses. She is seated on a wicker chair, holding roses, and Walter Ford is…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm copy print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a married couple identified by the donor as her parents, Walter Henry Ford and Laura Mabel Sealey Ford, taken on their wedding day. Walter Ford is wearing a suit, and Laura Ford is wearing her wedding gown and glasses. She is seated on a wicker chair, holding roses, and Walter Ford is standing by her side. The backdrop is a painted forest scene. The Ford's came to live in Burnaby around the time of their marriage, and had four children: Margaret, Sherwood D., Florence, and Dorothy.

Subjects: Ceremonies - Weddings

Names: Ford, Laura Mabel Sealey; Ford, Walter Henry

Accession Code: HV977.61.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: July 6, 1911 (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph in pencil reads: "LAURA MABEL SEALEY / WALTER HENRY FORD / MARRIED JULY 6TH 1911. / CHILDREN / MARGARET / DUNNSDON / *FLORENCE_BROUGHT WEDDING GOWN & PHOTOGRAPHS TO VILLAGE / DOROTHY / * MRS NIMMO"

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Walter Henry Ford and Laura Mabel Sealey Ford, July 6, 1911 (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Waplington and Fleming families album series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1900-2004]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 1 album (88 photographs, textual records, graphic material)

Scope and Content: Series consists of an album about the Waplington and Fleming families. The album contains photographs, family documents, stories, poems, biographies and genealogy about family members.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 1 album (88 photographs, textual records, graphic material)

Scope and Content: Series consists of an album about the Waplington and Fleming families. The album contains photographs, family documents, stories, poems, biographies and genealogy about family members.

Date: [1900-2004]

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record; Graphic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Waplington children at Sapperton Interurban station

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) John Waplington (brother), Grace Waplington (sister) and Frances Louise Waplington (sister) at Sapperton Interurban station on the Burnaby Lake line. Some central Burnaby residents attended St. Mary's Anglican church in Sapperton.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-619

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) John Waplington (brother), Grace Waplington (sister) and Frances Louise Waplington (sister) at Sapperton Interurban station on the Burnaby Lake line. Some central Burnaby residents attended St. Mary's Anglican church in Sapperton.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations

Names: Fleming, Frances Waplington; Waplington, John; British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Waplington children at Sapperton Interurban station, 1917 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Waplington family fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1911-2004

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 album (88 photographs + textual records) + 2 photographs in frames

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records documenting the lives of both the Waplington and Fleming families who resided at 3813 Deer Lake. Records include a family photograph album; two framed portraits: one of John Waplington and Doris Waplington (nee Caswell) (possibly on their wedding day) and Frances (nee Wapl…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 album (88 photographs + textual records) + 2 photographs in frames

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records documenting the lives of both the Waplington and Fleming families who resided at 3813 Deer Lake. Records include a family photograph album; two framed portraits: one of John Waplington and Doris Waplington (nee Caswell) (possibly on their wedding day) and Frances (nee Waplington) and Ray Fleming; a copy of a handwritten memoir "The Way it Was / 1913-1925"; as well as a computer printed copy of "In and Out of / A Cedar Shake Shack" / "The life of a little girl from World War I / to Canada's Diamond Jubilee" both written by Frances L. Fleming (nee Waplington). Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Waplington and Fleming families album series 2) Frances Fleming manuscripts series 3) Waplington family documents series 4) Waplington family photographs series

History: John (Jack) Waplington emigrated from Nottingham, England in 1904, arriving in Quebec City and continuing on to Ontario before eventually settling in British Columbia. Somewhere on his journey his right hand was crushed in an industrial accident and amputated. Following his recovery, Jack continued to work his way across Canada until he found employment at Stave Falls, B.C. and married Sarah Alice Cogswell (nee Nickerson). Jack and Sarah (nicknamed Cutie) Waplington had three children; Frances Louise Waplington (1913-2004), John Hazen Waplington and Grace Bancroft Waplington. In 1916, the Waplingtons rented the Walker house at Hill Station on the Burnaby Lake Interurban Line and in 1920 Jack built a cedar shack on 5 acres of land at 4925 Douglas Road (northwest corner of Douglas and Laurel). According to a memoir by Frances Waplington, life was rough living in the cedar shack on Douglas Road with no electricity or running water and by 1925 the family was lucky to purchase "Brookfield", the former home of Louis Claude Hill located at 3813 Deer Lake Avenue. The home was not in good shape having been empty for some time but was located on ¾ of an acre and purchased at a fair price of $1000. The house was surrounded by grass and flowers gone wild and very tall fir trees. The house had running water, electricity and was heated by a wood burning stove in the kitchen and hall and a fireplace in the living room. There was no refrigeration other than the ice box. The three Waplington children, Frances, John and Grace continued to attend Douglas Road School. The family renovated and restored the house at Deer Lake as well as the grounds, adding in flower and vegetable gardens. The large area of grass which formerly housed a tennis court was rolled flat and reseeded. Jack Waplington continued to work for the power company which became B.C. Electric Company and eventually B.C. Power and Hydro. The Waplingtons continued to live at 3813 Deer Lake until 1946 when they sold their home to their daughter Frances who married Ray Fleming. Jack and Sarah Waplington retired and moved to Lasquiti island. Frances "Fanny" Waplington married Reyland "Ray" Fleming October 11, 1935. Ray and Frances Fleming had three children; John (Jack) Reyland, Edith (Edie) Louise and Sara Maureen. In 1941 Ray was hired by the B.C. Electric Company to work at Buntzen Lake hydro station. There was no housing at the hydro station so the family lived on a 42’ coastal boat, the Cohoe Bay tied up to the dock at Buntzen Lake. Since it was war time, there was fear that the two hydro plants at Stave Falls and Buntzen Lake could be targeted for bombing so the Fleming family had to learn about air raid sirens, bunkers, helmets and gas masks. The children attended a one room classroom at Buntzen Lake and participated in school drills when the air raid siren sounded. By 1947 the Fleming family moved to the Waplington home at 3813 Deer lake Avenue after purchasing it from Frances’ parents. Ray continued to work for B.C. Electric and eventually B.C. Power and B.C. Hydro. The children walked or rode bicycles to and from Douglas Road School. At the time the family moved into their home there were no buses only the Interurban streetcar to take them to Vancouver. Douglas Road station was the nearest stop to Deer Lake on the Burnaby Lake Line. The closest neighbours were the Oakalla Prison farm (located off of Royal Oak hill overlooking Deer Lake) and the Ceperley mansion. Prison breaks were common and both the Waplington and Fleming families would often hear air raid sirens blare to warn them. The neighbourhood would go on high alert and the children would immediately run home to safety. Mr. Fleming was well prepared with his 22 rifle nearby should it be needed. After Sarah Waplington died, Jack Waplington returned to Deer Lake to live in a house trailer on the property that was owned by the Flemings. In 1959, after the Fleming children had grown and moved on, Ray and Frances Fleming sold the property to the Municipality of Burnaby. The Municipality rented it out for several years prior to its demolition around 1970 to make way for Burnaby’s Heritage Village. Frances Louise Fleming received her teaching degree from the Vancouver Normal School at the end of World War II but found it extremely difficult to secure a permanent teaching position as a woman. Between 1944 and 1954, Frances was hired and fired eight times from teaching positions despite excellent reports. Finally in 1954, she was invited to teach in an adjoining district with a permanent teaching appointment to follow. Over the years, Frances taught in Vancouver, Burnaby, Pender Harbour and served as vice principal at Magee Secondary. In the early 1970s Frances was appointed provincial superintendent of schools at Quesnel and then moved to Victoria to be assistant superintendent of integrated and supportive services and then in 1973, she became assistant superintendent of the department of public intstruction. Frances retired from teaching soon after, moving to the Sunshine Coast with her husband Ray. Frances was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 1997, was an accomplished writer who regularly contributed articles to the Vancouver Sun newspaper and othe publications. Ray Fleming died in 2002 and Frances Fleming died in 2004.

Creator: Fleming, Frances "Fanny" Waplington; Ehlers, Edith "Edie" Fleming

Accession Code: BV016.46

Date: 1911-2004

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Arrangement: Series arrangement is based on physical arrangement of records by donor. Family album was scanned in it's original order and items from within family album were removed and described at item and file level.

Notes: Title based on content of fonds

The Waplingtons and Flemings

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1911] - 2002

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 album (77 photographs + textual records + ephemera)

Scope and Content: File consists of an album about the Waplington and Fleming families. The album contains photographs, original family documents; including marriage and birth certificates and school awards, report cards and diplomas, a family tree as well as histories, stories, poems and biographies about the family…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 album (77 photographs + textual records + ephemera)

Scope and Content: File consists of an album about the Waplington and Fleming families. The album contains photographs, original family documents; including marriage and birth certificates and school awards, report cards and diplomas, a family tree as well as histories, stories, poems and biographies about the family. John (Jack) Bancroft Waplington and Sarah Alice Cogswell Waplington (nee Nickerson) were the owners of the house and property located at 3813 Deer Lake Avenue from 1925 to 1946. Ray and Frances Louise Fleming (nee Waplington) owned the home from 1947 to 1958. In 1959 the Burnaby Municipality purchased the Fleming property at this location and rented it out for several years prior to it's demolition around 1970 to make way for Burnaby Heritage Village.

Names: Waplington, John "Jack"; Waplington, Sarah Alice Cogswell Nickerson "Cutie"; Fleming, John Reyland "Ray"; Fleming, John "Jack" Reyland; Ehlers, Edith "Edie" Fleming; Fleming, Frances "Fanny" Waplington

Accession Code: BV016.46.52

Date: [1911] - 2002

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Photographs are described at item level. Photographs and documents were removed from Family history album for conservation purposes