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Scope and Content: Photograph of a cat in a diorama box, with a mouse and two kittens cuddling by her side. Annotations on the front of the photo read: "Happy Family" and "Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year 1904 by John Johnson; Vancouver B.C. at the Department of Agriculture."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.8 x 12.4 cm mounted on cardboard 13.8 x 16.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cat in a diorama box, with a mouse and two kittens cuddling by her side. Annotations on the front of the photo read: "Happy Family" and "Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year 1904 by John Johnson; Vancouver B.C. at the Department of Agriculture."

Subjects: Animals - Cats

Accession Code: HV972.117.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1904]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-18

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Interior of a Kingsway Store

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm, mounted on card 17.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of what has been identified by the accession register as a Kingsway Store. Inside the store, there is a woman wearing an apron standing by the counters who has been identified as Mrs. C.B. Button. Behind the counter, a large cash register can be seen. There are weights…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm, mounted on card 17.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of what has been identified by the accession register as a Kingsway Store. Inside the store, there is a woman wearing an apron standing by the counters who has been identified as Mrs. C.B. Button. Behind the counter, a large cash register can be seen. There are weights, various tin cans, Rennie's seeds, Christie's biscuits, etc. on display. There is a cat sitting on a stool in front of the counter. The interior has hardwood finishing on the floor, walls and ceiling.

Subjects: Animals - Cats; Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Nelson Avenue

Street Address: 4920 Kingsway

Accession Code: HV976.153.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Interior of a Kingsway Store, [190-] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

Interview with Norman Dowad

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …

1 image 1 document 1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.

History: Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Education; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Migration; Sports; Sports - Football; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"; Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"; Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"; Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David; Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen; Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"; Rideout, Dr. John Anthony; Burnaby Central Secondary School; Douglas Road School; W. Dowad Limited

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue; Deer Lake

Street Address: 5533 Buckingham Avenue

Accession Code: BV023.16.16

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

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Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023 thumbnail

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Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3

Kit and Kitties

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38842

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 10 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill holding two kittens, most likely at the family home known as Brookfield, in the Burnaby Lake area. A grindstone can be seen in the background.

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 : sepia ; 7 x 10 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-161

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill holding two kittens, most likely at the family home known as Brookfield, in the Burnaby Lake area. A grindstone can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Animals - Cats; Woodworking Tools and Equipment

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying 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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Kitten

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38836

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 a kitten playing in the grass.

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.: 477-155

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a kitten playing in the grass.

Subjects: Animals - Cats

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Kitty Hill with cat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38788

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill sitting in a chair in front of the Hill family home, Brookfield, which was located in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. Kitty is holding a cat, wrapped in a blanket. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-107

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill sitting in a chair in front of the Hill family home, Brookfield, which was located in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. Kitty is holding a cat, wrapped in a blanket. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Animals - Cats

Names: Hill Family; 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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Kitty Hill with cat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38790

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill sitting in a chair in front of the Hill family home, Brookfield, which was located in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. Kitty is holding a cat, wrapped in a blanket, seated on her lap. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-109

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill sitting in a chair in front of the Hill family home, Brookfield, which was located in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. Kitty is holding a cat, wrapped in a blanket, seated on her lap. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Animals - Cats

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

Images

Kitty in front of Brookfield

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38787

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

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 standing in the yard in front of the Hill family home, Brookfield, in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

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.: 477-106

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill standing in the yard in front of the Hill family home, Brookfield, in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Animals - Cats; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Hill Family; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Kitty in front of Brookfield, [1905] thumbnail

Lewis family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34822

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904] (date of original), copied 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Lewis family in the orchard of their home at 4th Street and 18th Avenue. "Pioneer Tales" identifies them as, left to right, Emma Lewis (mother) and children: Lillie (later, Lillie Porter), Evelyn, Ernest, Lizzie, and Albert.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904] (date of original), copied 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Lewis family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 140-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1985-10

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Lewis family in the orchard of their home at 4th Street and 18th Avenue. "Pioneer Tales" identifies them as, left to right, Emma Lewis (mother) and children: Lillie (later, Lillie Porter), Evelyn, Ernest, Lizzie, and Albert.

Subjects: Agriculture - Orchards

Names: Lewis, Albert; Lewis, Emma; Lewis, Ernest; Lewis, Evelyn; Lewis, Lizzie; Porter, Lillie Lewis

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: 4th Street; 18th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

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