56 records – page 3 of 3.

Jesse Love farmhouse

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1900 and 1905] (date of original), copied 1998
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 25 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women standing by the wooden picket fence that surrounds the Jesse Love Farmhouse (very high pickets have been used for part of the fence).The Love farmhouse was located at 1390 Cumberland Road (after 1960- address was changed to 7651 Cumberland Street). The Love farmhouse was rel…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Series
Love family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 25 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women standing by the wooden picket fence that surrounds the Jesse Love Farmhouse (very high pickets have been used for part of the fence).The Love farmhouse was located at 1390 Cumberland Road (after 1960- address was changed to 7651 Cumberland Street). The Love farmhouse was relocated to the site of the Burnaby Village Museum in 1988 where it was restored to the 1920s era.
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Structures - Fences
Geographic Access
Cumberland Street
Street Address
7651 Cumberland Street
Accession Code
BV000.45.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[between 1900 and 1905] (date of original), copied 1998
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Jesse Love Farmhouse Burnaby BC"
See also photograph: BV018.41.146
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John Alfred Rumble

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1905] (date of original)
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 300 ppi
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Alfred Rumble wearing a sailor suit and standing on a chair in the Imperial photographic studio on Carroll Street in Vancouver.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 300 ppi
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Alfred Rumble wearing a sailor suit and standing on a chair in the Imperial photographic studio on Carroll Street in Vancouver.
Names
Rumble, John Alfred Jr.
Accession Code
BV004.115.8
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1905] (date of original)
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Savard, Alphonse Odilon
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Embossed on bottom of card stock of original photograph: "Imperial Studio/ A. S. Ward Photographer / 25 Carroll St. Vancouver BC"
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Johnson family at Stanley Park

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1909]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen ; 11.5 x 17 cm, mounted on board 19.5 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Johnson family in a horse and carriage at the hollow tree in Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1909]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Andrew Johnson subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen ; 11.5 x 17 cm, mounted on board 19.5 x 24.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
335-006
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1997-16
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Johnson family in a horse and carriage at the hollow tree in Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC.
Subjects
Plants - Trees
Transportation - Horses
Transportation - Carriages
Names
Johnson, Andrew Martin "Andy"
Johnson, Andrew Sloane
Johnson, Margaret Sloane
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Stanley Park Photographers
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso of mount reads: "FROM/ The Stanley Park Photographers./ HEAD OFFICE. 61 Cordova Street,/ Vancouver, B.C./ When ordering duplicates of this photo, mention negative No. 6623"
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
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Kirby Cottage

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1892
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 9.4 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cottage identified as the Kirby cottage in Whonnock, BC. A fence is seen in the foreground and cleared land can be seen in the background.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1892
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 9.4 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-898
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cottage identified as the Kirby cottage in Whonnock, BC. A fence is seen in the foreground and cleared land can be seen in the background.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Cabins
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
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Leopold, Bernard and Mary Buxton

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1901]
Collection/Fonds
Buxton Family collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph shows three of the children of George and Mary Buxton - Leopold, Bernard and Mary. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (190…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1901]
Collection/Fonds
Buxton Family collection
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Description Level
Item
Record No.
513-011
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2010-05
Scope and Content
Photograph shows three of the children of George and Mary Buxton - Leopold, Bernard and Mary. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951). The Buxton house remains a heritage landmark in Burnaby to this day. Leopold enlisted in the Canadian Infantry BC Regiment 7th Battlion during World War One. He died on April 24, 1915 and is buried at the Menin Gates (Ypres) memorial Belgium.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Buxton, Leopold George
Buxton, Mary Isabel
Buxton, Bernard Willian John
Media Type
Photograph
Images
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Leopold Buxton aged 8

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1901]
Collection/Fonds
Buxton Family collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Leopold George Buxton at age eight. Leopold was the son of George Searby Buxton and Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss). Born 28 Feb 1893 in Reading England, he came to Canada with his parents in ca. 1911. He was a painter by trade and was educated at Kendrick School Reading and Queen Ma…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1901]
Collection/Fonds
Buxton Family collection
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Description Level
Item
Record No.
513-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2010-05
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Leopold George Buxton at age eight. Leopold was the son of George Searby Buxton and Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss). Born 28 Feb 1893 in Reading England, he came to Canada with his parents in ca. 1911. He was a painter by trade and was educated at Kendrick School Reading and Queen Mary's School Basingstroke Hants. Leopold enlisted in the Canadian Infantry BC Regiment 7th Battlion during World War One. He died on April 24, 1915 and is buried at the Menin Gates (Ypres) memorial Belgium.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Buxton, Leopold George
Media Type
Photograph
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The man from Glengarry: a tale of the Ottawa

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Connor, Ralph, 1860-1937
Publication Date
1901
Call Number
813.5 CON
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV996.3.1
Call Number
813.5 CON
Author
Connor, Ralph, 1860-1937
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
The Westminster Company Limited
Publication Date
1901
Physical Description
473 p.
Inscription
"MITCHELL'S CONFECTIONERY / 2950 McKay Ave. - Carl. 1028-O / Used Magazines - Ice Cream & School Supplies", hand-stamped in green inside front cover "15-", in pencil inside front cover "Cicely Chandler", handwritten in pencil inside front cover and on front endpaper "2535 Elizabeth Ave / New Westminster BC", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper "THOMSON / STATIONERY / COMPANY / LTD. / VANCOUVER", on label inside back cover "2896", in pencil inside back cover
Library Subject (LOC)
Fiction--20th century
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Methodist hymn and tune book

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
c1894
Call Number
783.9 MET Ver.2
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV974.121.18
Call Number
783.9 MET Ver.2
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
Methodist Book and Pub. House
Publication Date
c1894
Printer
Methodist Book and Pub. House
Physical Description
xix, 530 p. ; 19 cm.
Inscription
"C. C. Hockridge Cedarville Ont. 1900" "910.19 _____ Vancouver BC." [handwritten in black ink on endpaper opposing title page] "C. C. Hockridge"[written in pencil in the middle of title page] "1894" [written in pen on the bottom of title page] various numbers written in pencil on back pastedown
Library Subject (LOC)
Methodist Church
Hymns, English
Object History
Donor's father inscribed his name and address inside book.
Notes
"Compiled and published by authority of the General Conference of the Methodist Church."
Includes index.
music and lyrics in English
Version 2 of 2
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Mills Burning at Barnet

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 6, 1909
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of the line of buildings burning at the North Pacific Lumber Company, with flames and smoke visible rising from the structures. A caption stamped at the top of the postcard reads: "Mills burning at Barnet BC. 1:30a.m. May 6th, 1909."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 6, 1909
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Charles Lee subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13.4 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
411-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2000-13
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of the line of buildings burning at the North Pacific Lumber Company, with flames and smoke visible rising from the structures. A caption stamped at the top of the postcard reads: "Mills burning at Barnet BC. 1:30a.m. May 6th, 1909."
Subjects
Natural Phenomena - Fires
Buildings - Industrial - Mills
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Names
Barnet Mill
Media Type
Photograph
Geographic Access
Barnet Village
Texaco Drive
Street Address
8059 Texaco Drive
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
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The modern baker confectioner and caterer : a practical and scientific work for the baking and allied trades, vol. iv

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1908
Call Number
641 KIR v.4
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV989.29.1
Call Number
641 KIR v.4
Contributor
Kirkland, John, 1958-
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
The Gresham Publishing Company
Publication Date
1908
Physical Description
x, 152p. 1-8, : ill. plates.
Library Subject (LOC)
Baking
Bread
Cake
Cake decorating
Pastry
Confectionery
Caterers and catering
Object History
Antique Dealer is from Courtenay BC. He had acquired this book in that area. The rest of the set was missing. This single volume was spotted in a Burnaby Antique Show by Curator Colin Stevens at a table rented by Bluechicken Antiques of Courtenay. After determining that it was identical to the volume missing from our set, it was purchased. The set we have is HV975.70, and was acquired from Ivan Sayers. He had acquired his set in Alberta. His set was missing Volume 4. [CMS 1991 FEB 20]
Notes
"Edited by John Kirkland"
With contributions from leading specialists and trade experts"
Includes index
"Divisional Vol. IV"
Volume 4 of 6
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Norah Code subseries

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1904-1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Photographs and textual records
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of photographs taken and compiled by Norah Code during the course of her work as editor of the Burnaby Courier newspaper. Photographs depict Central Park and various 1958 BC Centennial events and people. Also included are photographs and news clippings related to the old Bonsor …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1904-1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Norah Code subseries
Physical Description
Photographs and textual records
Description Level
Subseries
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1997-05
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of photographs taken and compiled by Norah Code during the course of her work as editor of the Burnaby Courier newspaper. Photographs depict Central Park and various 1958 BC Centennial events and people. Also included are photographs and news clippings related to the old Bonsor Hall and scrapbooks about the Burnaby Rhythm Rascals seniors' music troupe.
History
Norah Code was the editor of the Burnaby Courier newspaper.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Code, Norah
Notes
Title based on creator of subseries
PC345, MSS126
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Preparatory French reader

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Super, O. B. (Ovando Byron), 1848-1935
Edition
6th ed.
Publication Date
1890
c1888
Call Number
448.6 SUP
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV971.170.20
Call Number
448.6 SUP
Edition
6th ed.
Author
Super, O. B. (Ovando Byron), 1848-1935
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
D. C. Heath & Co.
Publication Date
1890
c1888
Series
Heath's Modern Language Series
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.
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The sea-wolf

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
London, Jack, 1876-1916
Publication Date
1909
Call Number
813.5 LON
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV986.53.41
Call Number
813.5 LON
Author
London, Jack, 1876-1916
Contributor
Aylward, W. J. (William James), 1875-1956
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Publication Date
1909
Printer
Norwood Press
Physical Description
366, [12] p. : ill.
Inscription
"Violet Mae Trodden / New Westminster / BC.", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper
Library Subject (LOC)
Fiction--20th century
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Specimens of the short story

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
c1901
Call Number
823.01 NET
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV977.3.19
Call Number
823.01 NET
Contributor
Nettleton, George Henry, 1874-1959
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Publication Date
c1901
Physical Description
vi, 229 p. ; 18 cm.
Inscription
Front endpaper: "Gruhlobeon" "Class V BHS" [written in black ink] "Eino Eskola" [written and underlined in pencil] "G Dobson" "1747 Grant Street" "Vancouver BC" "Britannia High" [written in black ink] "Class V" [written in green ink] "This book is the cat's knuckles." "Miss Brown" "Per F. Len" [written in pencil] Back endpaper: "Carried in stock by The Vanc___ ___tioners, [Vancouver Stationers] Limited. Phone _____ 683 Granville St. Vancouver, B.C." [stamped in purple ink]
Library Subject (LOC)
Short stories, English
Short stories, American
Notes
edited with introductions and notes by George Henry Nettleton, Ph.D
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Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1908-1975
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) wh…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) while the shop was in operation at 1620 Government Street in the 1940s. Some of the records are written in English while a portion are written in Cantonese and haven't been translated. Most of the photographs document the content of the original shop at the time of aquistion in 1975. Some photographs of unidentified people may be related to the owner or proprietor of the shop. A collection of other photographs document various Chinese Canadian organizations that were in operation in Victoria. Records are arranged into the following series: 1) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series 2) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series
History
The Chinese Herbalist shop "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" operated in Victoria, BC from about 1905 until [1968]. The meaning of "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" can be translated as "Collection, Life, Source, Alive, Shop" although many interpretations can be taken since each Chinese character can have several meanings. Contents of the shop were purchased by the Burnaby Village Museum in 1975 and reassembled as a permanent display in the Burnaby Village Museum. The shop’s original owner was Ng Chee Fong who opened the shop ca.1905. In 1921, Ng returned to Hong Kong and sold the business to Lam Yuen and Wong Ying who were from Vancouver. Lam Yuen and Wong Ying employed Lum Chuck Yue to operate the shop. Lum Chuck Yue had formerly operated a small herbal counter in a Chinese apothecary store on the south side of Fisgard Street, Victoria. In 1924 Lam Yuen and Wong Ying purchased Wah Sun & Co. from Lee S. Yew and Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. moved into the Wah Sun premises at 1620 Government Street in the Lee Block . The furnishings and fixtures of both stores were combined, with the more elaborate fixtures from WSYWK remaining as part of the public part of the shop and the plainer fixtures of Wah Sun moved into the workroom and basement. In the 1930s Lum Chuck Yue took over the business and became the proprietor. In about 1934, Tan Yi Tang purchased the business and the shop reopened as Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. following renovations with Lum Yew Jong as the shop's proprietor. Lum Yew Jong continued to operate the shop until his death in 1967 at the age of 68 years. Following Lum’s death, the property and contents of the shop were purchased by Mr. J. Watson Marles, a local owner operator of an antique store at 1714 Government Street. The shop and contents went through a few more private owners including Rodney Pain before it was purchased by the Heritage Village Museum in 1975 with funds made available by the Vancouver Foundation and the Province of British Columbia. Contents of the original shop were reasembled in a reconstructed building as a permanent display on site at the Burnaby Village Museum.
Creator
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
Accession Code
HV975.5
BV985.5331
BV017.7
Access Restriction
Restricted access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1908-1975
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Architectural Drawing
Related Material
See also Artifacts under Accessions HV975.5; BV985.5331 and BV017.7
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
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Ernest Winch fonds

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1898-1961
Collection/Fonds
Ernest Winch fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
15 cm of textual records and 31 photographs
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs, political leaflets, postcards, publications, correspondence and a scrapbook documenting the political careers of Ernest and Harold Winch.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1898-1961
Collection/Fonds
Ernest Winch fonds
Physical Description
15 cm of textual records and 31 photographs
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2010-06
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs, political leaflets, postcards, publications, correspondence and a scrapbook documenting the political careers of Ernest and Harold Winch.
History
Ernest Edward (Ernie) Winch was born at Harlow, Essex, England on March 22, 1879. Ernest was one of seven children; Walter, Albert, Alfred, Horace, Ernest, Emma and Caroline (Carrie). In 1898, when he was 19 years old, Ernest immigrated to Canada with his friend Jack Holttum to work on a farm in Saskatchewan. Ernest’s brother Alfred followed soon after and together the Winch brothers worked in British Columbia, then in Australia. Unfortunately the country was at the height of a heavy drought and so Ernest returned to Harlow and followed in his father's footsteps, apprenticing as a bricklayer. In 1905 Ernest Winch met and married Australian born Linda Marian Hendy. While in England they had Harold, born June 18, 1907, and Eileen, born in 1908. Ernest sailed back to Canada alone in 1910, his young family following him months later. He quickly became a member of the Bricklayers and Masons International Union No. 1, Vancouver Branch. Ernest began studying socialism in 1910 and joined the Social-Democratic Party of Canada in 1911. The Burnaby local of the Social-Democratic Party nominated Ernest Winch as a candidate for School Trustee in 1914. He received seven votes. In 1915 he and his eldest son Harold left the rest of the family at their home in White Rock and went to Mission to establish a homestead. While living in the Dewdney area, he organized a small Social-Democratic group in Mission and became its Secretary. However, he did not stay long in Dewdney. In the summer of 1918, Ernest left the Social-Democratic Party to join the Socialist Party. Once back in Burnaby, now 38 years old and looking for a way to support his family, Ernest answered a call for new workers from the Longshoremen’s Union. He joined the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) Auxiliary and soon was elected its Secretary. By 1917, he was a part of the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council, serving as its President by 1918. In 1919, he joined the B.C. Loggers Union (later the Lumber-Workers Industrial Unit), serving as Secretary. Ernest endorsed both the Vancouver General Strike in 1918 and the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 and was active in his support of the One Big Union (O.B.U). After two and a half years, Ernest left the ILA and rejoined the Longshoremen’s Union along with his former O.B.U. brother, William A. Pritchard. Soon after, a strike broke out and its unsuccessful end caused Winch to go back to bricklaying. By this time, the four youngest Winch children had been born: Charlie, Grace, Alan and Eric. Ernest re-founded the Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) in 1932 and, with it, joined the new Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. In the 1933 provincial election he, his son Harold Winch, and five others became the first CCF Members of Legislative Assembly. As a CCF MLA for Burnaby, Ernest became a resolute advocate for immediate reform, exposing abuses and inadequacies in BC's social welfare and correctional institutions (including Oakalla) and taking a special interest in the problems of the aged. One of his many notable contributions was the creation of the New Vista Society, first developed to ease the problem of overcrowding in mental hospitals at the time. Ernest Winch held his seat in the legislature continuously until his death on January 11, 1957. One of his legacies left to the people of Burnaby are the New Vista Society senior citizens homes. He also founded the New Westminster branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (S.P.C.A.). Ernest and Linda’s eldest son Harold Edward, an electrician by trade, married Dorothy Ada Hutchinson on May 11, 1929. At 26 years old, he was elected CCF MLA for Vancouver East (in 1933) and became provincial party leader by 1938, serving as leader of the Opposition from 1941 to 1953. When the CCF was defeated in the controversial election of 1953, which saw W.A.C. Bennet come to power, Harold abandoned provincial politics for the House of Commons, where he represented Vancouver East until his retirement in 1972.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Winch, Ernest "Ernie"
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
MSS129, photo catalogue 514
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