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Scope and Content: Photograph of the laying of the cornerstone of West Burnaby United Church. The cornerstone reads, "West Burnaby United Church Erected to the Glory of God 1948."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1948] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-109

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the laying of the cornerstone of West Burnaby United Church. The cornerstone reads, "West Burnaby United Church Erected to the Glory of God 1948."

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Churches; Occupations - Clergy; Ceremonies

Names: West Burnaby United Church

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Sussex Avenue; Kingsway

Street Address: 6050 Sussex Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Images

West Burnaby United Church, [1948] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Westerman family fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1917-1959]

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 17 photographs

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his lat…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 17 photographs

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his later years outside of his home in Burnaby.

History: Walter "Wally" William Westerman was born in London, Ontario in 1916. A few years later he moved with his parents to Vancouver. Around 1921 his parents, Albert Edwin and Louisa (nee Williams) Westerman bought a double lot at 4797 Georgia Street in District Lot 122 in Burnaby. On the lot they built a house and bowling green. Wally's father Albert worked as a proof reader for the Daily Province newspaper and retired in 1938. Walter attended Gilmore Avenue school and North Burnaby High School. After graduating from highschool he enrolled in engineering school in Glendale, California. Wally was married to Margot Florence Patry from 1943 to 1952. When World War II began, Wally joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. Wally suffered from arthritis and after being declared unfit for combat he was discharged. He returned to Burnaby and became a foreman in the engineering department of Boeing Aircraft of Canada. In 1944, while employed by Boeing, Wally was recoginized with awards for his ingenuity of "Jig Design for Bomb Torpedo Adaptors" and "Bomb Release Scissors". When Wally's father Albert became ill and had to have his leg amputated, Wally attended to his needs and sold the family's Georgia Street house to a buy a house at 5277 Spencer Street in Vancouver. Wally's father died in 1944 and his mother died in 1966. Following his first marriage, Wally met Gwendolyn "Gwen" Brocklesby and they developed a long term relationship eventually marrying in 1969. Gwen had a daughter named Barbara from her first marriage and Wally became her step father. Between 1960 and 1963, Wally was admitted to membership in the Canadian Power Squadrons with qualifications in seamanship, engine maintenance and weather and Gwen was awarded a certificate of qualification in piloting and seamanship. In 1969 Gwen, Wally and Barbara moved to a brand new home at 2171 Duthie Avenue in Burnaby which was within walking distance to Lenkurt Electric on Lougheed Highway where Wally worked. Wally was a machinist and foreman of the sheet metal shop at Lenkurt and later at Microtel. Walter Westerman died in Burnaby in 2000 and his wife Gwen died in Burnaby in 2016.

Responsibility: Westerman, Walter "Wally"

Accession Code: BV020.17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1917-1959]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

What A Ride We Had

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1944]

Collection/Fonds: Steve Jensen fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph shows nine people posing on or near a car. The photograph was taken facing north off Beresford Street, half a block east of Royal Oak Avenue. Identified in the photograph are Molly Jensen (nee Carpenter) who is sitting in the back seat wearing glasses; Ernie Carpenter Jr. in the driver's…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1944]

Collection/Fonds: Steve Jensen fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 494-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows nine people posing on or near a car. The photograph was taken facing north off Beresford Street, half a block east of Royal Oak Avenue. Identified in the photograph are Molly Jensen (nee Carpenter) who is sitting in the back seat wearing glasses; Ernie Carpenter Jr. in the driver's seat; and their mother Edith Carpenter sitting on the bonnet with her hand on the windshield. The rest are unidentified.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Carpenter, Ernie Jr.; Carpenter, Edith; Jensen, Molly Carpenter

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Jensen, Steve

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Royal Oak Avenue; Beresford Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Images

What's cooking : 101 short-cuts with Tea-Bisk

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Scott, Anna Lee

Publication Date: 1948

Call Number: 641.59 SCO

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV002.65.8

Call Number: 641.59 SCO

Author: Scott, Anna Lee

Place of Publication: [Toronto]

Publisher: Maple Leaf Milling Co. Ltd.

Publication Date: 1948

Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) ; 22 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Cooking, Canadian; Baking; Food mixes; Pastry; Cookbooks--1940-1949

What you should know about your new Mercury : owner's manual

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1948

Call Number: 629.2 MER

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.35.95

Call Number: 629.2 MER

Publisher: Mercury and Lincoln Division of Ford Motor Co. of Canada

Publication Date: 1948

Physical Description: 52 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Inscription: "J. H. Robins 3525 Dover St Burnaby BC" [handwritten in blue ink on cover] "1949" [handwritten in blue ink on cover]

Library Subject (LOC): Automobiles--Maintenance and repair; Ford automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Ford Motor Company of Canada

Notes: Includes index.

Wheels of the CP 5900

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of wheels and corresponding mechanisms on Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 5900 (no. 5900 was built in 1929).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of wheels and corresponding mechanisms on Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 5900 (no. 5900 was built in 1929).

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Accession Code: BV985.6114.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [after 1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-12

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "Power - a CP 5900 class"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "831F"

Images

Wheels of the CP 5900, [after 1929] thumbnail

Whitechurch Hardware building

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1940 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Maurice (Maury) Whitechurch standing at the door of Whitechurch Hardware Store with his mother in-law's springer spaniel, Peggy. Whitechurch Hardware was located at 1316 Sixth Street (later, 7685 Sixth Street) and in operation between 1937 and 1973. The building formerly housed Bell's…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 5.5 cm

Material Details: Border of photograph has scalloped edges

Scope and Content: Photograph of Maurice (Maury) Whitechurch standing at the door of Whitechurch Hardware Store with his mother in-law's springer spaniel, Peggy. Whitechurch Hardware was located at 1316 Sixth Street (later, 7685 Sixth Street) and in operation between 1937 and 1973. The building formerly housed Bell's Dry Goods store until 1937 (with address 1314 Sixth Street) when it was moved slightly north to make room for a two storey building that was built on the corner, maintaining the address of 1314 Sixth Street. In 1974, this building was relocated to Burnaby Village Museum and restored to the former Bell's Dry Goods store.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Hardware Stores

Names: Whitechurch Hardware

Geographic Access: 6th Street

Street Address: 7685 6th Street; 7695 6th Street

Accession Code: BV995.29.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1940 and 1945]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-05-22

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "early 1940's"

Images

Whitechurch Hardware building, [between 1940 and 1945] thumbnail

Whitsell's Daughter's Home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 29 Jun. 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Whitsell's (the general contractor's) daughter's home on the 4200 Block of Napier Street. The house is completed and landscaping has been done around the house, but no landscaping has been done outside of the yard. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 29 Jun. 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-127

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Whitsell's (the general contractor's) daughter's home on the 4200 Block of Napier Street. The house is completed and landscaping has been done around the house, but no landscaping has been done outside of the yard. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.