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Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's description of her family's stories of the New Westminster fire. She also mentions B.R. Hill and his three sons, Claude, Frank and Minard Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's description of her family's stories of the New Westminster fire. She also mentions B.R. Hill and his three sons, Claude, Frank and Minard Hill.

Date Range: 1898-1917

Photo Info: Arthur Morrow, Kingsley Hart, Florence Hart (later Godwin), and Katherine Maude "Kitty" Hill (later Peers) in the woods at the south side of Deer Lake photographed by W.T. Cooksley [1908]. Item no. HV976.139.3

Length: 0:05:22

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires

Interviewer: Burnaby Arts Council

Interview Date: May 28, 1973

Scope and Content: Recording is of a speech given by Florence Hart Godwin at a Burnaby Arts Council meeting held May 28, 1973. Major themes discussed are: pioneer families and early residences in the Burnaby Lake District.

Biographical Notes: Florence Hart was born in 1898 in New Westminster. Florence first saw Burnaby in April of 1905 on a trip made by horse and buggy from the family home in New Westminster where her father worked as a real estate agent. By 1911, he had built a permanent home for his family in Burnaby, building what is now known as the Hart house and is currently owned by the municipality. Frederick John “Fred” Hart married Alice Chapman in Yale BC on August 13, 1895. They had four children together; Kingsley Chapman born May 27, 1897, Florence Elizabeth born October 23, 1898, and ten years later, Edwyna and Jack. They followed their family nurse, Miss Maude Woodward to Burnaby and purchased thirteen acres of land at Deer Lake to build a summer cottage. Mrs Hill and the children spent the summer months there while Frederick continued working in New Westminster, joining his family on the weekends. Florence Hart attended Douglas Road School before boarding at Crofton House in Vancouver. Kingsley Hart had enlisted in the army on March 23, 1915 when he was only seventeen years old. He was killed in action on September 26, 1916. The Hart family then moved to Kerrisdale, Vancouver. Florence worked at the Carnegie Library. On August 7, 1922 Florence Hart married Harold “Hal” Godwin and moved back to Edmonds in Burnaby where they remained for their entire married lives. In 1929, Florence and Harold’s daughter, Elizabeth Godwin was born. Alice (Chapman) Hart died May 24, 1935 at the age of sixty-eight. Frederick John Hart died August 29, 1945 at the age of seventy-seven. Florence Hart Godwin was named Good Citizen of Burnaby in 1971 and received a life membership to the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) for her long tenure. Both Florence and her husband Harold were awarded life memberships from the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) for more than half a century of service. Harold Ward Godwin died December 12, 1962 at the age of sixty-six.

Total Tracks: 5

Total Length: 0:33:50

Interviewee Name: Godwin, Florence Hart

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

Images

Arthur Morrow, Kingsley Hart, Florence Hart (later Godwin), and Katherine Maude thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track five of speech given by Florence Hart Godwin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-005-1/MSS137-005-1_Track_5.mp3

A.C. Hill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [189-] (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 print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a one year old, dressed in a sailor shirt and pleated skirt, with boots, taken in a photographic studio. The inscription on the original photograph suggests the child is A.C. Hill, or Claude Hill, the son of Bernard Hill.

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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 print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a one year old, dressed in a sailor shirt and pleated skirt, with boots, taken in a photographic studio. The inscription on the original photograph suggests the child is A.C. Hill, or Claude Hill, the son of Bernard Hill.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Hill, Arthur Claude

Accession Code: HV977.123.41

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [189-] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Photographer: Atkinson, J.

Notes: Annotation on recto of the orginal photograph reads: "A.C. Hill," and printed on the card mount of the original is: "J. Atkinson" and "Jane St. / Workington."

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A.C. Hill, [189-] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Baby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [189-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.35 x 10.16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a baby wearing a lace trimmed dress. The baby is sitting on a sofa with cushions at her back. A person's hand is visible, holding up the baby. The inscription on the cardmount of the photograph identifies the baby as Berla or Bertha E. Beallie (sp?) at age 9 months. She was 23.5 lbs.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.35 x 10.16 cm

Material Details: printed on the card mount, recto, l.l. "HART'S,", l.r. "WATERTOWN, N. Y."; inscribed in pencil on the card mount, verso, t. "Berla [or Bertha] E. Beallie [sp?]/ 9months/ 23 1/2 lbs"; The photograph is mounted on a card supplied by the photo studio. The edges of the card are coloured gold

Scope and Content: Photograph of a baby wearing a lace trimmed dress. The baby is sitting on a sofa with cushions at her back. A person's hand is visible, holding up the baby. The inscription on the cardmount of the photograph identifies the baby as Berla or Bertha E. Beallie (sp?) at age 9 months. She was 23.5 lbs.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Beallie, Bertha

Accession Code: HV983.42.124

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [189-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-21

Scale: 100

Photographer: Hart's Studio

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Blanche Wilkinson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82374

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1896 and 1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Blanche Wilkinson.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1896 and 1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-024

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Blanche Wilkinson.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Wilkinson, Blanche

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Blanche Wilkinson / 1890's"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "Blanche Wilkinson / b. late 1890's"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "John Barron, / Photographer, / Sarnia."

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Blanche Wilkinson, [between 1896 and 1900] thumbnail

Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill and Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1897

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two girls identified from left to right as Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill and Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1897

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-032

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two girls identified from left to right as Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill and Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Charlotte Elizabeth 9 mos / Dorothy Kate - 2 yrs / Vidal 1897"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "1897"; Note in black pen on verso reads: "[Char]lotte Elizabeth Vidal age: 9m"

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Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill and Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis, 1897 thumbnail

Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory442

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1893-1944

Length: 00:05:35

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s parents’ history (Ethel Leer and Alfred Lewarne) and growing up in South Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s parents’ history (Ethel Leer and Alfred Lewarne) and growing up in South Burnaby.

Date Range: 1893-1944

Photo Info: Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012

Length: 00:05:35

Names: Lewarne, Ethel Leer

Subjects: Recreational Activities; Persons - Children

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: March 14, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 1:34:40

Interviewee Name: Lewarne, William A. "Bill"

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and business computerization in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

Images

Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track two of interview with Bill Lewarne

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_2.mp3

Julia "Jue" Jones Owens, Charlotte Vidal and Dorothy Vidal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1898 and 1890]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two girls identified as Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill and Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis and a woman, identified as Julia "Jue" Jones Owens feeding a dog.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1898 and 1890]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-037

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two girls identified as Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal Hill and Dorothy Kate Vidal Loomis and a woman, identified as Julia "Jue" Jones Owens feeding a dog.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Persons - Children

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Aunt Julia / Charlotte (L) / Dorothy Vidal (R)"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Aunt Julia / Mom / Aunt Dor / Chicago"

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M. G. Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of one man and five rows of boys. Identified fourth from the right in the back row is Minard G. Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-111

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of one man and five rows of boys. Identified fourth from the right in the back row is Minard G. Hill.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Buildings - Schools

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "M.G. Hill / (4th from right back row)"

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M. G. Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of one man and five rows of boys. Identified fourth from the right in the back row is Minard G. Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-112

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of one man and five rows of boys. Identified fourth from the right in the back row is Minard G. Hill.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Buildings - Schools

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "M.G. Hill / (4th from right back row)"

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Pictures of Hazel, throughout her life

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1897-2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 album (19 photographs ; b&w and col.) + 1 accompanying letter

Scope and Content: Photograph album containing photographs of Hazel Peterson throughout her life, from her childhood in San Francisco to her later years. The album also held a letter attesting to Hazel Peterson's vaccination in 1902; there is a lock of hair and a photographic button pinned to the letter.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1897-2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Hazel Peterson subseries

Physical Description: 1 album (19 photographs ; b&w and col.) + 1 accompanying letter

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 504-045

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2000-08

Scope and Content: Photograph album containing photographs of Hazel Peterson throughout her life, from her childhood in San Francisco to her later years. The album also held a letter attesting to Hazel Peterson's vaccination in 1902; there is a lock of hair and a photographic button pinned to the letter.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Peterson, Hazel; Peterson, Edwin

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title taken from handwritten note inside the original album; Note on verso of 504-045-1 reads: "hair light blond / eyes violet blue / Mrs Erickson / [?]"; Note on verso of 504-045-10 reads: "Hazel Peterson, Dennis & Irene / Aug 18 1994"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 504-045-18 reads: "Souvenir Snaps / 401 W. Hastings St. / Vancouver, B.C. / Extra copies by number"

Two unidentified girls

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860-1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two unidentified girls, one perhaps being Blanche Wilkinson.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860-1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-018

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two unidentified girls, one perhaps being Blanche Wilkinson.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "? and Blanche W.?"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Barron & Walker / Artist and Photographer / B & W"

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Unidentified girl

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860-1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified girl.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860-1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified girl.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Hill, Alice Maude Huggett "Maude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Maude?"

Images

Unidentified girl, [1860-1900] thumbnail

Loading Strawberries, BCERy, Douglas Road, Burnaby BC

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66211

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1894

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm on cardboard 22 x 27.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of farmers loading their crates onto a railway car. Identified (left to right), Bernard R. Hill, Louis Claude Hill, Charles Frederick Sprott, George E. Clayton, and Louis "Edgar" Sprott, who are loading up their strawberries on a street car. The farmers are lined up in a row,…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1894

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm on cardboard 22 x 27.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-938

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of farmers loading their crates onto a railway car. Identified (left to right), Bernard R. Hill, Louis Claude Hill, Charles Frederick Sprott, George E. Clayton, and Louis "Edgar" Sprott, who are loading up their strawberries on a street car. The farmers are lined up in a row, each sitting in their own horse and cart as they bring their strawberries to the station.

Subjects: Agriculture - Fruit and Berries; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Carts; Occupations - Farmers; Transportation - Wagons; Officials - Mayors and Reeves

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company; Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Hill, Bernard R.; Every-Clayton, George; Sprott, Louis "Edgar"; Sprott, Charles Frederick

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption on recto of photograph reads: "Loading Strawberries, B.C.E.Ry., Douglas Rd., Burnaby, B.C."

Geographic Access: Douglas Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Loading Strawberries, BCERy, Douglas Road, Burnaby BC, 1894 thumbnail

Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1891 and 1894]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w albumen print on card ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two streetcars at the Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co. Conductors, engineers and riders are posing with the streetcars. The fronts of the streetcars include painted signage reading "12" and "13" and the sides of the streetcars read "WESTMINSTER AND VANCOUVE…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w albumen print on card ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two streetcars at the Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co. Conductors, engineers and riders are posing with the streetcars. The fronts of the streetcars include painted signage reading "12" and "13" and the sides of the streetcars read "WESTMINSTER AND VANCOUVER TRAMWAY CO. LTD.".

History: Photographers Richard H. Trueman and Norman Caple operated out of Vancouver between 1891 and 1894. The photographers worked between Winnipeg and the west coast of Canada specializing in mountain and railway views, ranch scenes and Indigenous peoples. In 1890, two companies started building electric rail; the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co., which undertook the ambitious project of building the first real interurban line from New Westminster to Vancouver, and the Westminster Street Railway. By April 20, 1891, both companies merged to form the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company. Streetcar service began in June 1891, travelling on twelve miles of track between New Westminster and eastern Vancouver and running through Burnaby. The line was taken over by the B.C. Electric Railway Company in 1897 until the line was closed in October 1953.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Transportation - Public Transit

Names: Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company

Accession Code: BV021.29.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1891 and 1894]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2021-09-24

Scale: 100

Photographer: Trueman & Caple

Notes: Title taken from recto of photograph; Inscription on recto of photograph reads: "1138_Central Parkk Sideing of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co. _Trueman and Caple. Photo. Vancouver B.C."; Inscription in gold ink on board reads: "Trueman & Caple_Vancouver, B.C."

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Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co., [between 1891 and 1894] thumbnail

Claude and Kitty

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39578

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1892 and 1914]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man in a hat and a young child riding in a horse-drawn carriage; possibly Mr. L.C. Hill and Kitty Hill being pulled by Kitty's horse Tom.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1892 and 1914]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-897

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man in a hat and a young child riding in a horse-drawn carriage; possibly Mr. L.C. Hill and Kitty Hill being pulled by Kitty's horse Tom.

Subjects: Transportation - Carriages; Transportation - Horses

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Claude and Kitty, [between 1892 and 1914] thumbnail

John Hart

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35918

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1893 (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 John Hart (father of Florence Hart Godwin) driving a buggy. He was a real estate tycoon from New Westminster.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1893 (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.: 204-777

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of John Hart (father of Florence Hart Godwin) driving a buggy. He was a real estate tycoon from New Westminster.

Subjects: Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Carriages

Names: Hart, Frederick John (1884-1945)

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

John Hart, 1893 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

William Whiting hauling strawberries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34525

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1896]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.9 x 13.8 cm mounted on 17.8 x 22.7 cm cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Whiting seated in a horse-drawn wagon hauling strawberries from Burnaby to New Westminster.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1896]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.9 x 13.8 cm mounted on 17.8 x 22.7 cm cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 037-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Whiting seated in a horse-drawn wagon hauling strawberries from Burnaby to New Westminster.

Subjects: Agriculture - Fruit and Berries; Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Wagons

Names: Whiting, William

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on back of photograph reads, "Mr. W. Whiting taking load of stawberries into New West about 62 years ago (1958)."

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Edison Road Power House

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1893 (date of original), copied November 26, 1975

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 14 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Edison Road Power House, of the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co. Ltd., the first electric interurban street railway in North America. This power house stood between Vancouver Road (Kingsway) and the line to Vancouver. (Edison Road is now Griffiths Avenue).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1893 (date of original), copied November 26, 1975

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Columbian Newspaper subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 14 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 222-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1989-19

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Edison Road Power House, of the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co. Ltd., the first electric interurban street railway in North America. This power house stood between Vancouver Road (Kingsway) and the line to Vancouver. (Edison Road is now Griffiths Avenue).

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Powerhouses; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Griffiths Avenue; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

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