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Doreen Lawson among purple loosestrife
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91719
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 19 cm x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Doreen Lawson posing with purple loosestrife plants with Burnaby Lake behind her.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 19 cm x 24 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 605-019
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-30
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Doreen Lawson posing with purple loosestrife plants with Burnaby Lake behind her.
- Names
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note is grey ink on verso of photograph reads: "Dec. 92 / From Ethel Chernesky & Cam Avery"
- Stamp of verso of photograph reads: "The News / [address] / [phone]"
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
Dorothy Rawlins
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38688
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.7 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of Dorothy Rawlins who was the cousin of Kitty (Hill) Peers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.7 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of Dorothy Rawlins who was the cousin of Kitty (Hill) Peers.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Names
- Rawlins, Dorothy
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Douglas Road, Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38514
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1908]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.8 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard taken looking northwest along Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Stanley Street. Two unidentified people are standing next to a wooden fence running alongside the road (above Lubbock's Creek) and a number of houses (including the Sprott house) are visible in the background. To…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1908]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.8 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 449-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard taken looking northwest along Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Stanley Street. Two unidentified people are standing next to a wooden fence running alongside the road (above Lubbock's Creek) and a number of houses (including the Sprott house) are visible in the background. To the right is Burnaby Lake. Stamped at the top of the postcard is "Douglas Road, Burnaby / New Westminster BC."
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Stanley Street
- Canada Way
- Deer Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Images
Early maps of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36450
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a display that included early maps of the Burnaby area as part of the opening of the Burnaby Community Archives at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 271-018
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-41
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a display that included early maps of the Burnaby area as part of the opening of the Burnaby Community Archives at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Maps
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Election 1990 photographs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91556
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. and b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm and 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs related to Doreen Lawson's 1990 election campaign. One photograph is a black and white portrait of Ms. Lawson and the second photograph depicts two municipal election signs posted in a resident's front yard.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. and b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm and 10 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 605-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-30
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs related to Doreen Lawson's 1990 election campaign. One photograph is a black and white portrait of Ms. Lawson and the second photograph depicts two municipal election signs posted in a resident's front yard.
- Names
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photographs
- Photographs separated from file MSS071-002
Images
Eli Maneer, Ab Wilson and Leonard Wilson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35422
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907 (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 Eli Egriphan Nimrod Sampson Joseph Jeffrey Maneer (who did gold leaf lettering, and developed "BCER" script for all B.C. Electric Railway vehicles), Leonard Wilson, and Adney "Ab" Wilson, in Vancouver.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-280
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Eli Egriphan Nimrod Sampson Joseph Jeffrey Maneer (who did gold leaf lettering, and developed "BCER" script for all B.C. Electric Railway vehicles), Leonard Wilson, and Adney "Ab" Wilson, in Vancouver.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Elise and George Grant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36291
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1906 or 1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm, mounted on board 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elise Grant and her son George A. Grant taken in a photographer's studio. She was a widow by this time and he was twenty-nine or thirty years old and working as a solicitor at Edinburgh.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1906 or 1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm, mounted on board 16 x 11 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-011
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elise Grant and her son George A. Grant taken in a photographer's studio. She was a widow by this time and he was twenty-nine or thirty years old and working as a solicitor at Edinburgh.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of print reads: "With my dear Mother Elsie- when she was a widow and I a practising solicitor at Edinburgh- she lived to 86 years of age GAG"
Images
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, …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- 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."
Images
Framed photographs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36436
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph a corner of a room with framed photographs hanging on the wall as well as lying on a table that has been covered with a white table cloth at the opening of the Burnaby Community Archives at the Burnaby Village Museum. There is another uncovered table in the room with pamphlets on it.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 271-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-41
- Scope and Content
- Photograph a corner of a room with framed photographs hanging on the wall as well as lying on a table that has been covered with a white table cloth at the opening of the Burnaby Community Archives at the Burnaby Village Museum. There is another uncovered table in the room with pamphlets on it.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Frank Macey
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38352
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905] date of original, copied [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 2.5 x 3.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a head and shoulders portrait of well-known architect, Frank Macey. Among many others, Macey designed the Hart House estate known as Avalon, in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905] date of original, copied [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Anne Macey subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 2.5 x 3.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 414-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-3
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a head and shoulders portrait of well-known architect, Frank Macey. Among many others, Macey designed the Hart House estate known as Avalon, in Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Names
- Macey, Frank W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 copy print (mounted) accompanying
Images
George A. Grant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36290
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1906 or 1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 7.5 cm, mounted on board 20 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George A. Grant at 29 or 30 years of age, taken in a photographer's studio. He is wearing a three-piece suit and is standing with his hands in his front pockets.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1906 or 1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 7.5 cm, mounted on board 20 x 11 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George A. Grant at 29 or 30 years of age, taken in a photographer's studio. He is wearing a three-piece suit and is standing with his hands in his front pockets.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Names
- Grant, George Alford
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographers mark embossed in the lower right corner of the mount reads: "J. Drumond Thiels EDINBURUGH"
Images
George A. Grant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36292
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 10 cm, mounted on board 17 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George A. Grant, Solicitor, taken in a photographic studio when he was working as a managing clerk for Scott & Gardner in Stonehaven Scotland. He is sitting cross-legged in a chair, with papers in his hand and wearing a solicitors gown over a suit. He was twenty-three years old at the…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 10 cm, mounted on board 17 x 11 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-012
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George A. Grant, Solicitor, taken in a photographic studio when he was working as a managing clerk for Scott & Gardner in Stonehaven Scotland. He is sitting cross-legged in a chair, with papers in his hand and wearing a solicitors gown over a suit. He was twenty-three years old at the time.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Names
- Grant, George Alford
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ross, A.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographers mark embossed in the lower right corner of the mount reads: "A. Ross Royal Studio Stonehaven", and has a large decorative R on the left
Images
George Every-Clayton
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34831
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900] (date of original), copied 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 8.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George Every-Clayton.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900] (date of original), copied 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Every-Clayton family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 8.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 141-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George Every-Clayton.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Names
- Every-Clayton, George
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identified as "Hacking"
Images
Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory464
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1911-1990
- Length
- 00:05:22
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Dep…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Department in 1911.
- Date Range
- 1911-1990
- Length
- 00:05:22
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 21, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon 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 the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:43:35
- Interviewee Name
- Nixon, Al
- 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
- 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.
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Al Nixon
Track one of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_1.mp3Jean Dyson and Birdie in Lake Winnipeg
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription299
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1905 and 1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 8.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two women in bathing suits, standing in a large body of water at a point where the water is up to their knees. Their bathing suits appear like sailor shirts with skirts and stockings, with caps over their heads. The inscription identifies the girl on the left as Jean Dyson, and the g…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 8.6 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, t. "
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two women in bathing suits, standing in a large body of water at a point where the water is up to their knees. Their bathing suits appear like sailor shirts with skirts and stockings, with caps over their heads. The inscription identifies the girl on the left as Jean Dyson, and the girl on the right is identified as Gloriana Bird (or Birdie). They are at a beach in Winnipeg. The inscription dates the photograph circa 1906 or 1907. However, other prints of the same image are dated circa 1905. Annotations on the back of the postcard read: "Taken 1906 or 1907 [erased and corrected dates. Previously written 1905 or 1906]" and "Jean & Birdie / in Lake Wpeg."
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Sports - Swimming
- Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Accession Code
- HV983.42.39
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1905 and 1907]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For other prints of this image, see HV983.42.38 - .41
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-09-26
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Jubilee Methodist Church
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36018
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the Jubilee Methodist Church.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 212-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-12
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the Jubilee Methodist Church.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sussex Avenue
- Street Address
- 6050 Sussex Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
Images
Leopold, Bernard and Mary Buxton
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64639
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1901]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows three of the children of George and Mary Buxton - Leopold, Bernard and Mary. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (190…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1901]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 513-011
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows three of the children of George and Mary Buxton - Leopold, Bernard and Mary. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951). The Buxton house remains a heritage landmark in Burnaby to this day. Leopold enlisted in the Canadian Infantry BC Regiment 7th Battlion during World War One. He died on April 24, 1915 and is buried at the Menin Gates (Ypres) memorial Belgium.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Media Type
- Photograph
Images
Leopold Buxton aged 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64602
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1901]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Leopold George Buxton at age eight. Leopold was the son of George Searby Buxton and Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss). Born 28 Feb 1893 in Reading England, he came to Canada with his parents in ca. 1911. He was a painter by trade and was educated at Kendrick School Reading and Queen Ma…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1901]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 513-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Leopold George Buxton at age eight. Leopold was the son of George Searby Buxton and Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss). Born 28 Feb 1893 in Reading England, he came to Canada with his parents in ca. 1911. He was a painter by trade and was educated at Kendrick School Reading and Queen Mary's School Basingstroke Hants. Leopold enlisted in the Canadian Infantry BC Regiment 7th Battlion during World War One. He died on April 24, 1915 and is buried at the Menin Gates (Ypres) memorial Belgium.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Names
- Buxton, Leopold George
- Media Type
- Photograph
Images
Lions Club Certificate of Appreciation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19081
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 21 Jun. 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an International Association of Lions Club Certificate of Appreciation presented to "Lion Larry Lee - Dragon Inn" by "District Governor, The Eye Care Committee and Lions Club in Multiple District 19 A" in appreciatoin of his generous donation for the "Low Vision Clinic Fund".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an International Association of Lions Club Certificate of Appreciation presented to "Lion Larry Lee - Dragon Inn" by "District Governor, The Eye Care Committee and Lions Club in Multiple District 19 A" in appreciatoin of his generous donation for the "Low Vision Clinic Fund".
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Certificates
- Accession Code
- BV022.19.10
- Date
- 21 Jun. 1990
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Images
Love farmhouse conservation work files subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9805
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1988-2000, predominant 1993-1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of conservation records pertaining to the acquistion, relocation, restoration, financing and preservation of the Love farmhouse at the Burnaby Village Museum. Records include copies of staff, department, commission, commitee and council reports; correspondence; research; budget s…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Material Details
- 32 cm of textual records + approx. 29 architectural drawings + 1 drawing + 1 photograph : col. laser print + 3 photographs : photocopies, hand col.
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of conservation records pertaining to the acquistion, relocation, restoration, financing and preservation of the Love farmhouse at the Burnaby Village Museum. Records include copies of staff, department, commission, commitee and council reports; correspondence; research; budget summaries; interior and exterior plans; contract agreements; proposals; interior and exterior finishing treatments including tin ceilings, paint and wallpaper and drainage issues.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Heritage
- Documentary Artifacts - Architectural Drawings
- Buildings - Residential
- Accession Code
- BV018.41
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1988-2000, predominant 1993-1997
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on content of subseries