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Scope and Content: Photograph of William David "David" Bond (far left) and his wife Minnie Charolotte Sarah "Min" (O'Brien) Bond (centre) with five of their six children. From left; Minnie, Fred (seated) with Wally in his mother's lap, Frank and Bill Bond (seated).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1899 (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.: 204-690

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of William David "David" Bond (far left) and his wife Minnie Charolotte Sarah "Min" (O'Brien) Bond (centre) with five of their six children. From left; Minnie, Fred (seated) with Wally in his mother's lap, Frank and Bill Bond (seated).

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Bond, Bill; Bond, Frank; Bond, Fred; Bond, Minnie Charolotte Sarah "Min" O'Brien; Bond, Minnie; Bond, Wally; Bond, William David "David"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Bond family, 1899 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Buxton group - unidentified

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64633

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1895]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a group of unidentified members of the Buxton family. The location of the photograph is also unknown, but was probably taken in England prior to George Searby Buxton's move to Burnaby in 1911.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1895]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 513-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-05

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a group of unidentified members of the Buxton family. The location of the photograph is also unknown, but was probably taken in England prior to George Searby Buxton's move to Burnaby in 1911.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Media Type: Photograph

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Buxton group - unidentified, [1895] thumbnail

Family album

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37214

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1880 and 1900]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 album (43 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 10 cm or smaller) ; 28 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph album consisting of photographs that are likely of members of the Johnson family. Photographs are primarily studio portraits of unidentified individuals, taken in various locations including: Helena, MT; Toronto; Montreal; New Westminster; Fredrikshald, Norway; and Chicago and Roseland, …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1880 and 1900]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Andrew Johnson subseries

Physical Description: 1 album (43 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 10 cm or smaller) ; 28 x 20 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 335-018

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1997-16

Scope and Content: Photograph album consisting of photographs that are likely of members of the Johnson family. Photographs are primarily studio portraits of unidentified individuals, taken in various locations including: Helena, MT; Toronto; Montreal; New Westminster; Fredrikshald, Norway; and Chicago and Roseland, IL. Photographs depict a group of maids, individuals, children alone or with their parents, and families.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-2 reads: "Wadds Bros / Vancouver & Nelson B.C."; Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-3 reads: "J.H. Lemaitre & Co."; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-4 reads: "Gagen & Fraser / Toronto"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-5 reads: "Perkins / Toronto"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-6 reads: "Ahlborn / Chicago"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-7 reads: "From the studio of J. B. Cook / ... Toronto"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-8 reads: "Wadds Bros / Vancouver, B.C."; Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-9 reads: "Eldridge Stanton / ... Toronto"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-10 reads: "Dixon / ... Toronto"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-11 reads: "Perkins / Toronto"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-12 reads: "Wadds Bros / Vancouver, B.C."; 335-018-12 is mounted on a sheet of cardboard; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-14 reads: "Perkins / Toronto"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-15 reads: "Eldridge Stanton / ... Toronto"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-16 reads: "J.T. Lambly, / ... Montreal"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-17 reads: "Buchanan"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-18 reads: "Topley" and features an elaborate design; Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-19 reads: "Notman & Fraser" and "Toronto" and features an elaborate design; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-20 reads: "Farmer Brothers Photographers / Hamilton, Ont"; Handwritten note on verso of 335-018-20 reads: "I wish you a Merry Christmas"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-21 reads: "Perkins / Toronto"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-22 reads: "Perkins / Toronto"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-23 reads: "Dixon / ... Toronto"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-24 reads: "Simpson Bros / ... Toronto"; Caption on recto of 335-018-25 reads: "Toronto Photo Gallery"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-26 reads: "Simpson Bros / ... Toronto"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-28 reads: "H.R. Kiopman / Roseland, Ills."; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-29 reads: "J.G. Parks, Photo. Montreal"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-30 reads: "J.G. Parks / ... Montreal"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-32 reads: "S. J. Thompson, New Westminster B.C."; Handwritten note onv erso of 335-018-32 reads: "Yours truly - J. M. McLeod" and "1/18/96"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-33 reads: "From Burman's Photographic Rooms / ... Melbourne"; Caption on recto of 335-018-35 reads: "Sunbeam"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-36 reads: "Lemaitre ... Toronto"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-37 reads: "Olaf M. Madsen / ... Fredrikshald"; Date stamp on verso of 335-018-38 reads: "1883/4"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-38 reads: "Spencer & Hastings / ... Victoria, B.C"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-49 reads: "Olaf M. Madsen / Fredrikshald"; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-40 reads: "Olaf M. Madsen / Fredrikshald"; Caption on recto of 335-018-41 reads: "Sunbeam"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-42 reads: "Mrs. R. Maynard, / ... Victoria, B.C."; Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-43 reads: "Sunbeam, Galen Block, Helena, M.T."

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Family album, [between 1880 and 1900] thumbnail

Hill brothers and Nicolai Schou

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36081

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1891

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three Burnaby Lake district pioneers: Louis C. Hill, Nicolai Schou and Bernard Hill taken in a photographic studio.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1891

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Columbian Newspaper subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 222-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1989-19

Scope and Content: Photograph of three Burnaby Lake district pioneers: Louis C. Hill, Nicolai Schou and Bernard Hill taken in a photographic studio.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Schou, Nicolai; Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Hill, Bernard R.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Hill brothers and Nicolai Schou, June 1891 thumbnail

Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory221

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1860-1932

Length: 0:08:48

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.

Date Range: 1860-1932

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:08:48

Names: Foley, John

Subjects: Printing Tools and Equipment; Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 0:58:44

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

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.

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Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-4/MSS137-001-4_Track_5.mp3

Kitty Hill's first birthday

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38682

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 10, 1899

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14cm on mat 10.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of Kitty Hill on her first birthday. Her date of birth was October 10, 1898.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 10, 1899

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14cm on mat 10.5 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of Kitty Hill on her first birthday. Her date of birth was October 10, 1898.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits; Toys

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Easthope & Co.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Kitty Hill's first birthday, October 10, 1899 thumbnail

L. Claude Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38734

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1895]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 10 cm in glass and wood frame 6.5 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of L. Claude Hill. Claude was the husband of Annie Sara Kenrick and the father of Katherine Maude "Kitty" Hill (later Kitty Peers).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1895]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 10 cm in glass and wood frame 6.5 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-053

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of L. Claude Hill. Claude was the husband of Annie Sara Kenrick and the father of Katherine Maude "Kitty" Hill (later Kitty Peers).

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Russell Photo Studio

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss) taken in Caversham

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64644

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1892]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph is believed to be a portrait of Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss), taken around the time of her wedding in 1892. Mary was the wife of George Buxton who was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. They moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1892]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 513-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-05

Scope and Content: Photograph is believed to be a portrait of Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss), taken around the time of her wedding in 1892. Mary was the wife of George Buxton who was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. They 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.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Buxton, Mary Isabel Nattriss

Media Type: Photograph

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Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss) taken in Caversham, [1892] thumbnail

Peter Byrne

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37105

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1890]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Peter Byrne as a young man, taken in a photographic studio. Peter Byrne went on to serve as a member of Council from 1894 to 1895 and from 1898 to 1906, and was Reeve of Burnaby from 1906 to 1910. He was married to Priscilla Rowling Byrne.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1890]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Byrne family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 316-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1995-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Peter Byrne as a young man, taken in a photographic studio. Peter Byrne went on to serve as a member of Council from 1894 to 1895 and from 1898 to 1906, and was Reeve of Burnaby from 1906 to 1910. He was married to Priscilla Rowling Byrne.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Byrne, Peter

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Original photograph was housed in an oval frame

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Recording of John Burton - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory213

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1850-1950

Length: 0:09:14

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of the galley press and the proofing process. He also discusses job printing (now referred to as commercial printing).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of the galley press and the proofing process. He also discusses job printing (now referred to as commercial printing).

Date Range: 1850-1950

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:09:14

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers; Printing Tools and Equipment

Scope and Content: Recording is of John Burton discussing the history of the weekly newspaper and of the types of printing presses that have been used in Canada, as well as exactly how their parts function. John appears to be describing printing presses that are in the room with him.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 5

Total Length: 0:46:18

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

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.

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Audio Tracks

Track five of recording of John Burton

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-2/MSS137-001-2_Track_5.mp3

William W. Kenrick

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38690

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1895]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm on mat 10.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of William Kenrick, the uncle of Kitty Hill Peers. William served in the Indian Army Medical Corps.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1895]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm on mat 10.5 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of William Kenrick, the uncle of Kitty Hill Peers. William served in the Indian Army Medical Corps.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Kenrick, William W.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographers identified as Baliand, D.N., Rawalpindi, and Muree

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Young girl

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1890 and 1910] (date of original), copied 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young girl taken in a photographic studio as she sits on a tall wooden chair with her arm resting on a table beside an open book. She has gerber daisies on her lap and her legs are crossed at the ankles. A potted plant has been placed to her right, in front of the table, and behind …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1890 and 1910] (date of original), copied 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Byrne family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 316-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1995-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young girl taken in a photographic studio as she sits on a tall wooden chair with her arm resting on a table beside an open book. She has gerber daisies on her lap and her legs are crossed at the ankles. A potted plant has been placed to her right, in front of the table, and behind her is a sheer curtain.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Young girl, [between 1890 and 1910] (date of original), copied 1995 thumbnail

Bonfire at night

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37117

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1898]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bonfire at night. There are a number of people, barely visible, sitting on the other side of the fire.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1898]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Patterson family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 322-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1995-16

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bonfire at night. There are a number of people, barely visible, sitting on the other side of the fire.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Speech given by Florence Hart Godwin May 28, 1973 - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory282

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1898-1917

Length: 0:05:22

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.

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

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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

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