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Collision

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Field family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi

Scope and Content: Photograph of spectators surrounding a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram and a car.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Field family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi

Material Details: Item is a scan of a faded sepia photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 521-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of spectators surrounding a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram and a car.

Subjects: Accidents - Automobile Accidents; Accidents - Train Accidents

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Collision

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Field family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a car and the damage it suffered in a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Field family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi

Material Details: Item is a scan of a b&w photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 521-017

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of a car and the damage it suffered in a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram.

Subjects: Accidents - Automobile Accidents; Accidents - Train Accidents

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Bridge and trail in Robert Burnaby Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1933 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail in Robert Burnaby Park with a bridge in the middle ground and stairs leading to higher ground. The bridge and trail are surrounded by lush foliage and trees.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1933 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 581-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2014-34

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail in Robert Burnaby Park with a bridge in the middle ground and stairs leading to higher ground. The bridge and trail are surrounded by lush foliage and trees.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Trails

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

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Bridge and trail in Robert Burnaby Park, [between 1933 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014 thumbnail

Bridges in Robert Burnaby Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1933 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of bridges in Robert Burnaby Park. Photograph is taken from a bridge in the foreground looking onto lush foliage and trees with another bridge in the distance.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1933 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 581-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2014-34

Scope and Content: Photograph of bridges in Robert Burnaby Park. Photograph is taken from a bridge in the foreground looking onto lush foliage and trees with another bridge in the distance.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

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Bridges in Robert Burnaby Park, [between 1933 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014 thumbnail

Brunette River

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34771

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.6 x 12.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Cariboo Road Bridge over the Brunette River.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gerald Davy subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.6 x 12.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 133-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1985-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Cariboo Road Bridge over the Brunette River.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Davy, Gerald

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Brunette River

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Brunette River

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 12.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Caribou Road Bridge over the Brunette River.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gerald Davy subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 12.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 133-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1985-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Caribou Road Bridge over the Brunette River.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Davy, Gerald

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy print accompanying

Geographic Access: Brunette River

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Brunette River

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34773

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.1 x 12.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Caribou Road Bridge over the Brunette River.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gerald Davy subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.1 x 12.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 133-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1985-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Caribou Road Bridge over the Brunette River.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Davy, Gerald

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Brunette River

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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E.B. Wetenhall and Kitty Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38781

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1902]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of E.B. Wetenhall leading a horse to water. Kitty Hill is the foreground and a wooden trestle bridge spans Deer Lake Brook in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1902]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-100

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of E.B. Wetenhall leading a horse to water. Kitty Hill is the foreground and a wooden trestle bridge spans Deer Lake Brook in the background.

Subjects: Animals - Horses; Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"; Wetenhall, E.B.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Brook; Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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E.B. Wetenhall and Kitty Hill, [1902] thumbnail

Forth Bridge

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1930]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard shows Forth Bridge in Scotland.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1930]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-143

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard shows Forth Bridge in Scotland.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Postcard verso reads: "The Forth Bridge from South Queens Ferry. One of the greatest engineering glories of the age; was constructed by Sir William Arrol. Is about 1 1/2 miles in length, and its highest point is 450 feet from base. It took seven years to build (1883-1890) and cost 3 1/2 million pounds. It is on the main railway route of the L and N E Railway / New Color-crayon / Process from original drawing by Andrew Allan"

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Harrison Hotel Club House

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1935 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col. ; 16.5 x 24 cm [sight] matted in frame 24.5 x 32 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 'Harrison Hotel Club House' believed to be in the village of Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1935 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ettinger family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col. ; 16.5 x 24 cm [sight] matted in frame 24.5 x 32 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 428-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2002-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 'Harrison Hotel Club House' believed to be in the village of Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Rivers; Buildings - Commercial - Hotels and Motels

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title taken from note on verso of frame; Note on verso of frame reads: "Harrison Hotel / Club House"; 1 reference photograph accompanying; Note on verso of reference photograph reads: "Harrison / Club House / approx 1935-40"; 'Edmonds Studios' as possible photographer

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Harrison Hotel Club House, [between 1935 and 1940] thumbnail

Interview with Judy Hagen by Eric Damer November 7, 2012 - Track 6

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1944-2012

Length: 0:12:18

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Judith "Judy" (Robins) Hagen's memories of taking dance lessons and being in Girl Guides. She tells a story of seeing the Second Narrows Bridge collapse in 1958.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Judith "Judy" (Robins) Hagen's memories of taking dance lessons and being in Girl Guides. She tells a story of seeing the Second Narrows Bridge collapse in 1958.

Date Range: 1944-2012

Photo Info: Judith "Judy" Robins (later Hagen) posing in a dance costume, 1949. Item no. 549-036.

Length: 0:12:18

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Structures - Bridges

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: November 7, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Judith "Judy" (Robins) Hagen conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 7, 2012. Major theme discussed: the neighbourhood of Dover Street.

Biographical Notes: Judy Robins (later Hagen) was born in 1941 and grew up in South Burnaby. Her paternal grandfather, a master stone mason from Devon, moved to Vancouver in 1912 to find work before bringing over the rest of the family. He bought three lots in Burnaby and in 1918 moved his family to a small house on Dover Street (formerly Paul Street). Judy’s father, Jack, married, bought one of his father’s lots and built a new home for his family. Judy attended school and church nearby, took dance and piano lessons and participated actively in Girl Guides. After high school, she attended the University of British Columbia (UBC) and then Simon Fraser University (SFU), worked for a few years and then married in 1967 before moving to Courtaney, British Columbia.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 1:09:51

Interviewee Name: Hagen, Judith "Judy" Robins

Interview Location: Nanaimo Museum on Vancouver Island

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Audio Tracks

Track six of recording of interview with Judy Hagen

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Kitty on a footbridge

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill crossing a footbridge, behind the family home. The house, known as Brookfield, can be seen in the background. It belonged to Claude Hill and his wife Annie, Kitty's parents. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-150

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill crossing a footbridge, behind the family home. The house, known as Brookfield, can be seen in the background. It belonged to Claude Hill and his wife Annie, Kitty's parents. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges

Names: 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

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Roy Kivisto with Aili and Trudi Rintanen

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Roy Kivisto, Aili Rintanen, and Trudi Rintanen (later Tuomi) sitting on a rock together at the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown. Roy Kivisto was a family friend of the Rintanen's who enjoyed spending the summer on the waterfront. The first version of the Second Narrows …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Trudi Tuomi subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 337-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-20

Scope and Content: Photograph of Roy Kivisto, Aili Rintanen, and Trudi Rintanen (later Tuomi) sitting on a rock together at the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown. Roy Kivisto was a family friend of the Rintanen's who enjoyed spending the summer on the waterfront. The first version of the Second Narrows Bridge is visible in the background.

Subjects: Persons - Residents - Squatters; Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Inlets

Names: Tuomi, Trudi Rintanen; Topalian, Aili Rintanen; Kivisto, Roy

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Print is a colour copy of a sepia original

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Roy Kivisto with Aili and Trudi Rintanen, [between 1937 and 1945] thumbnail

Second Narrows Bridge

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1945 and 1949] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 5.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the original Second Narrow Bridge, taken from the railway tracks facing west, possibly near MacDonald Avenue. Squatters houses are visible in the foreground.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1945 and 1949] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 5.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-120

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the original Second Narrow Bridge, taken from the railway tracks facing west, possibly near MacDonald Avenue. Squatters houses are visible in the foreground.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential; Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Inlets; Transportation - Rail

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Second Narrows Bridge, [between 1945 and 1949] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Swing Bridge

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription28

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.4 x 8.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men, each in dark suits and bowler hats standing with one hand on the railing of the swing bridge at Capilano, North Vancouver.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.4 x 8.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men, each in dark suits and bowler hats standing with one hand on the railing of the swing bridge at Capilano, North Vancouver.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges

Accession Code: HV971.81.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-28

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption in blue ink on a separate label below the photograph reads, "Swing Bridge at / Capalano [sic] B.C."

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Young man leaning against a railing

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified young man wearing an overcoat over his suit and a hat, leaning against a railing on a bridge at an unidentified location.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified young man wearing an overcoat over his suit and a hat, leaning against a railing on a bridge at an unidentified location.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges

Accession Code: HV973.110.61

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-06

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Young man leaning against a railing, [190-] thumbnail

Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory507

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1947-1954

Length: 00:05:44

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system

Date Range: 1947-1954

Photo Info: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979

Length: 00:05:44

Subjects: Accidents - Automobile Accidents; Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 26, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown 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 Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 01:35:07

Interviewee Name: Brown, Donald N. "Don"

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 computerization in business 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

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track six of interview with Don Brown

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-016/MSS187-016_Track%206.mp3

Train wreck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74184

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 542-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-23

Scope and Content: Photograph of the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

Subjects: Accidents - Train Accidents

Names: Canadian National Railway; Great Northern Railway

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pen on border (recto) of photograph reads: "Head-On Collision - Between - "

Images

Train wreck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74185

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 542-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-23

Scope and Content: Photograph of the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

Subjects: Accidents - Train Accidents

Names: Canadian National Railway; Great Northern Railway

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pen on border (recto) of photograph reads: "CNR + GNR - July [?]4, 41"

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Train wreck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74186

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people viewing the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 542-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-23

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people viewing the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

Subjects: Accidents - Train Accidents

Names: Canadian National Railway; Great Northern Railway

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pen on border (recto) of photograph reads: "In - North - Road Cut."

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