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The Canadian readers, book IV
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6440
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.120.9
- Call Number
- 428.2 CAN 1883 Ver. 1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1883
- Series
- Canadian readers
- Physical Description
- 320 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Maggie Emily Patterson / 11th June 1895" [inside front cover]
- "Bought of MR BROWN" [inside front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
The Canadian readers, book IV
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6471
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- c1883
- Call Number
- 428.2 CAN 1883 Ver. 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.72.3
- Call Number
- 428.2 CAN 1883 Ver. 2
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1883
- Series
- Canadian readers
- Physical Description
- 320 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Horatio H_____" [inside front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
Canadian readers : book V
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1495
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3716.3
- Call Number
- 428.2 MEI Copy 1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage and Company
- Publication Date
- 1883
- Physical Description
- vii, 384 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Ernest Keyes 1333 Howe st. Van. BC" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown] "Dr. Purdy, P.M. East Selkirk" [stamped in purple ink on front pastedown] "Ernest Keyes" [handwritten in pencil on back pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers
- Readers--19th century
- Object History
- Ernest Leslie Keyes was born August 29 1902 to Richard and Isabella Keyes (nee McGregor) in Vancouver. Richard Keyes worked for the CPR. Ernest Keyes later married Beryl Edna Palmer in 1930. Ernest died in 1954 in Victoria. His cousin by marriage was BVM donor Alma Keyes.
- Notes
- "Based on the series prepared by J. M. D. Meiklejohn" --t.p.
- "And edited by Canadian educationists for use in the schools of Canada" --t.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Meiklejohn, J. M. D. (John Miller Dow), 1830-1902
The Ontario readers : fourth reader
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2928
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.69.1
- Call Number
- 428.6 CAN
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- Canada Publishing Company, Limited.
- Publication Date
- 1885
- Series
- The Ontario readers.
- Physical Description
- 344 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Eric Purris / Milveston / Ontario" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "donated to Heritage Village by Mrs. Constance Campion ne Purris" -- handwritten in pen on endpaper (front). "Eric Purris / Milveston / Ontario" -- handwritten in pencil on flyleaf. "If any body steals this book I will put them in jail. Eric Purris / If Connie" -- handwritten in pencil on flyleaf (back). drawing of horse in back H.M.S. "Cressy", H.M.S. "Mars" -- stickers on back.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- "Authorized for use in the public schools of Ontario by the Minister of Education."
- Includes index.
Gay Adventurers : book 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5035
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV009.4.5
- Call Number
- 428.4 DIC v.5
- Contributor
- Dickie, D. J., 1883-1972
- Kerr, Illingworth H.
- Place of Publication
- [Vancouver, B.C.]
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent and Sons (Canada) Limited
- Publication Date
- 1953
- Series
- Canadian parade readers
- Physical Description
- x, 438 p. : ill.(some col.) ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "GAY / ADVENTURERS" on cover. "CANADIAN PARADE READERS" on bottom of cover. "BOOK FIVE" on back of cover at bottom. "SUNCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / 4511 RUMBLE STREET / SOUTH BURNABY, B.C." stamped on endpaper (front). "SEP 8 1953" stamped on endpaper (front). Handwritten names in ink and pencil: "Knud Andrson" [sic], "Knud", "Douglas Anderson", "Grant Didmon", "Kenny Leo".
- "PRINTED AND BOUND IN CANADA / WRIGLEY PRINTING CO. LTD., VANCOUVER" on copyright page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Object History
- The artifacts are from the Robins family of Burnaby 1930's 1940'd
- Notes
- includes bibliographical references and index.
- Author's given name and dates: Dickie, D. J. (Donalda James), 1883-1972.
Preparatory French reader
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary309
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.170.20
- Call Number
- 448.6 SUP
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- D. C. Heath & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1890
- c1888
- Physical Description
- 236 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front end paper: S16 [in ink and crossed out in pencil] "Class 4" [handwritten in ink] "Robert Cummings" "3210 2nd Avenue" "Vancouver BC" "Canada" [handwritten in pencil] Back end paper: "1.00" [top left corner, printed in pencil] "THE BOOK SHOP" "C.S. Forsythe & Co." " Booksellers & Stationers" Vancouver, B.C." [blue stamp with gold lettering, bottom left corner]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- French language--Readers
- French language
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Super, O. B. (Ovando Byron), 1848-1935.
In the shadow by the sea : recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5173
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
......................................................................................... 228
In the Shadow by the Sea 1
AE.COLLECTIONS OF BIJRN'.HY"S URNET llllUG[
�2 In the Shadow by the Sea
RECOLLE.CTIOINS OF 8UANA.8Y'S IIARNET VILLAGE
�Preface
It is my pleasure to introduce this book to readers interested in learning more about the
early history of Burnaby's Barnet Village. Our city
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282885
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
- Contributor
- Wolf, Jim
- Pride, Harry, 1925-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Industries--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Barnet Marine Park--Burnaby, B.C.
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Burrard Inlet
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246) and index.
- "edited by Harry Pride and Jim Wolf"
- Copy 2 of 2
Digital Books
Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5465
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Call Number
- 971.1 BUR COPY 3
of Burnaby
�12 L a n d o f P r o m i s e
Note to readers:
This book contains transcriptions of the private correspondence of
Robert Burnaby. In the interests of providing readers and historians
with the most complete reference work possible, these letters are
presented with minimal editing. Robert
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282850
- 9780969282853
- Call Number
- 971.1 BUR COPY 3
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Physical Description
- 199 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby, Robert--Correspondence
- Merchants--British Columbia--Correspondence
- British Columbia--History--1849-1871
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190) and index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1179
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Call Number
- 971.1 PRI COPY 1
readers who were not yet
born in the first half of the 1900s . Therefore the reader will see that, although this book is
mainly about Life with the Moores of Hart House, it also touches on the life experiences of
some neighbours.
Harry Pride
S H O W N B E L O W F R O M L E F T T O RIGHT :
Joan
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282877
- Call Number
- 971.1 PRI COPY 1
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby, Community Heritage Commission
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- iv, 92 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "To Burnaby Village Museum / Harry Pride", handwritten in ink on title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Moore family
- Hart House (Burnaby, B.C.)--History
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Pioneers
- Historic buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 87) and index.
- Signed by the author.
- 2 copies held : copy 1.
Digital Books
Guess who
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5046
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X3234
- Call Number
- 428.6 GRA
- Contributor
- Dillon, Corinne Boyd
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Ill.
- Publisher
- Scott, Foresman and Company
- Publication Date
- c1951
- Series
- Curriculum foundation series
- Physical Description
- 95 p. : ill. (col.) ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Galder School" -- stamped multiple times through signature.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children's literature
- Reading (Preschool)
- Notes
- "The new basic readers."
- Includes index.
- "Illustrated by Corinne Boyd Dillon".
- Author's given name and dates: Gray, William S. (William Scott), 1885-1960
Burnaby Village Museum Fall Fair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97388
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Burnaby Village Museum's Fall Fair. Photographs depict four-year-old Jeffrey Dykstra during the watermelon eating contest and 12-year-old David Marino stuffing a scarecrow during another competition.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2763
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Burnaby Village Museum's Fall Fair. Photographs depict four-year-old Jeffrey Dykstra during the watermelon eating contest and 12-year-old David Marino stuffing a scarecrow during another competition.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2763-1: "Jeffrey Dykstra, 4, digs into a slice of watermelon, at the watermelon eating contest at Burnaby Village Museum's annual Fall Fair on Saturday. Other events at the traditional fair included a scarecrow building contest, tests of strength, a palm reader and a chance to "milk a cow.""
- Caption from metadata for 535-2763-2: "David Marino, 12, stuffs his scarecrow at a scarecrow building competition, one of the traditional Fall Fair events at Burnaby Village Museum's closing weekend celebration."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 4900 Deer Lake Avenue
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Leila Orman subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62945
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
- History
- A. Leila Orman was born June 2, 1901 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. She is the youngest daughter of Daisy Marie Orman, her sister Daisy Hilda Orman (later Targett) being three and a half years her senior. At five years old Leila began a long fight with a crippling type of rheumatoid arthritis. By the time she was thirteen, she experienced completely ankylosed joints. Her family travelled all over hoping to find a cure, but to no avail. In 1913 her father joined his two brothers in Calgary, and by 1915 the family had joined him. Leila developed an interest in painting and knitting, and composed her own poems. She began writing news articles for the Calgary Daily Herald in the 1930s, and her first sonnet was published in that paper on August 28, 1934. She had a strong interest in the arts, often writing about music and the visual arts. While living in Calgary, she became a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club as well as a member of the Canadian Author’s Association. When her father retired in 1938, the family moved to Rosewood Avenue in Burnaby. Leila wrote on a typewriter with two sticks to type out the letters. She was an avid reader and was able to turn the pages with a special stick with elastic bands wound around the ends. Canadian novelist Maida Parlow French became her lifelong friend and encouraged her to write her own autobiography, but she was not able to finish it. Leila wrote “The Giving Heart” in October of 1948. By 1952, she was writing the "Across the Board" column for the British Columbia Saturday Magazine with the intention of inspiring other “incapacitated folk” to live up to their full potential: “If [she] could reach a few people, and encourage them to reach up and out, [she] should feel the effort well worthwhile.” A member of the St. Alban’s Prayer Healing Fellowship group, Leila wrote the “Christian Manifesto for World Peace” in 1963. The Prayer Group met twice monthly at one of the members’ homes and undertook to pray daily for the sick and for world peace. After Leila’s mother died in 1955, Leila’s friend Jeanie Brown kept house for her and was her constant companion. Jeanie Brown and Leila lived together for over thirteen years until an accident sent Leila to hospital and later to nursing home where she died on February 16, 1976.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Orman, A. Leila
- Notes
- MSS104 and PC506
- Title based on content of subseries
The modern reader and speaker : a selection of poetry and prose from the writings of eminent authors, with copious extracts for recitation; preceded by the principles of elocution. comprising a variety of exercises, from the simplest articulation to the utmost extent of vocal expression : with a system of gesture, illustrated by diagrams and a plan of notation.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2421
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.251.15
- Call Number
- 808.5 BEL
- Edition
- 65th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Publisher
- M.H Gill & Son
- Publication Date
- 1885
- Physical Description
- 544 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "W. Grimes," [printed in black ink on a paper label adered to endpaper] "6H" [printed in green ink on a paper label adhered to endpaper with tape] Back endpaper: "W. Grimes," [printed in black ink on a paper label adered to endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Elocution
- Recitations
- Speeches, addresses, etc., English
- Names
- Grimes, Wilfred Thomas
- Object History
- Volume owned by Wilfred Thomas Grimes of Halley Avenue in South Burnaby, ca. 1890-1940.
- Notes
- "Revised and Enlarged" -- t.p.
Nora Manuel and Dr. Paul Saunders
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97608
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Nora Manuel, the 81-year-old recipient of a cornea transplant, and Dr. Paul Saunders, the Burnaby opthalmologist who performed Manuel's transplant surgery. Photographs include portraits of Manuel on a street, knitting, and reading, and Dr. Saunders with a model of an ey…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2924
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Nora Manuel, the 81-year-old recipient of a cornea transplant, and Dr. Paul Saunders, the Burnaby opthalmologist who performed Manuel's transplant surgery. Photographs include portraits of Manuel on a street, knitting, and reading, and Dr. Saunders with a model of an eye in his medical office.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2924-1: "Until Nora Manuel, 81, got a cornea transplant last year, she says she was afraid to cross busy streets near her home, like Kingsway, because she couldn't properly see the traffic."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2924-2: "Nora Manual, 81, says her life has improved immeasureably since she received her second cornea transplant last year. She says she now only needs glasses to see close-up."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2924-3: "When Nora Manuel, 81, received her second cornea transplant last year, she was able to resume many of her favorite activities, including knitting sweaters for her children and grandchildren."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2924-4: "An avid reader, Nora Manuel, 81, was able to enjoy her thrillers and science fiction books again after receiving her second cornea transplant last year."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2924-5: "Dr. Paul Saunders, a Burnaby opthamologist, performed the cornea transplants on Nora Saunders. He's trying to raise awareness about the procedure and the need for cornea donors."
Images
Reading outside Bob Prittie Metrotown Library
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96410
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified person reading a book outside of the Bob Prittie Library. A blossoming cherry tree is visible behind the reader.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2080
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified person reading a book outside of the Bob Prittie Library. A blossoming cherry tree is visible behind the reader.
- Names
- Burnaby Public Library
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "A good book, warm sunshine and blossoming trees make for a pleasant way to spend a Spring afternoon in the plaza at Burnaby's Bob Prittie Library on Monday."
- Geographic Access
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 6100 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Speed Watch at Wesburn Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97386
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Yvonne Petrachuk, a volunteer with the RCMP's Speed Watch program, recording notes on a clipboard on the side of a road near Wesburn Park and wearing a fluorescent safety vest. A car displaying a digital reading of the passing car's speed, set up in the back of a parked vehicle, and a…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2761
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Yvonne Petrachuk, a volunteer with the RCMP's Speed Watch program, recording notes on a clipboard on the side of a road near Wesburn Park and wearing a fluorescent safety vest. A car displaying a digital reading of the passing car's speed, set up in the back of a parked vehicle, and another volunteer are visible in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an August 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Yvonne Petrachuk, a Speed Watch volunteer, records vehicles at a speed zone near Wesburn Park in Burnaby. With schools reopening on Tuesday, Speed Watch and the RCMP are teaming up to to raise awareness about speeding with their "Two Strikes You're Out" program. At Strike One, the speed reader board displays a vehicle's speed, giving drivers the chance to slow down to the posted limit. If they don't, they risk Strike Two, a speeding ticket from a waiting police officer."
- Geographic Access
- Wesburn Park
- Parkwood Avenue
- Street Address
- 4781 Parkwood Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
Images
Westerman family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13679
- 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