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Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Charlotte"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Mom"; Stamp on verso reads: "Gepruft / 42 / Gef.-Lager / Chemnitz"

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Charlotte Vidal

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82526

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, standing on the deck of a ship and holding a camera.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-100

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, standing on the deck of a ship and holding a camera.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Mom"; Stamp on verso reads: "Gepruft / 42 / Gef.-Lager / Chemnitz"

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Charlotte Vidal and two unidentified men

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82525

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, sitting on the deck of a ship. Two unidentifed men are looking on.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-099

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, sitting on the deck of a ship. Two unidentifed men are looking on.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso reads: "What do you think of my cure for sea sickness?"; Stamp on verso reads: "Gepruft / 42 / Gef.-Lager / Chemnitz"

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Charlotte Vidal and two unidentified men, [between 1915 and 1925] thumbnail

Charlotte Vidal and unidentified others on the S.S. New Delta

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82499

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows one woman identified as Charlotte Vidal standing behind an unidentified woman and an unidentified man.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 10 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-077

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows one woman identified as Charlotte Vidal standing behind an unidentified woman and an unidentified man.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "On the 'SS New Delta' "

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Charlotte Vidal and unidentified others on the S.S. New Delta, [between 1915 and 1934] thumbnail

Crichton Hawkshaw on ship deck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19130

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1917]

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 9 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw standing against the railing on the deck of a ship.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 9 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw standing against the railing on the deck of a ship.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships

Names: Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"

Accession Code: BV996.6.285

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1917]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 1200

Scan Date: 2023-02-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Negative is housed at back of photograph album BV996.6.1; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Crichton Hawkshaw on ship deck, [1917] thumbnail

Group portrait on the S.S. Luz Blanca

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82444

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal, D Trapp, Nora Dockrill, P Rosebruch, T Dockrill, Dora Vidal and N Trapp with other unidentified men and women. Charlotte Vidal is the third woman from the right in the front, wearing a sailor cap. Dorothy Vidal is standing to the left of her.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-056

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal, D Trapp, Nora Dockrill, P Rosebruch, T Dockrill, Dora Vidal and N Trapp with other unidentified men and women. Charlotte Vidal is the third woman from the right in the front, wearing a sailor cap. Dorothy Vidal is standing to the left of her.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal; Trapp, D.; Trapp, N.; Rosebruch, P.; Dockrill, Nora

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "D Trapp / Nora Dockrill / P Rosebruch / T Dockrill / Dora Vidal / C Vidal / N Trapp / on the SS Luz Blanca"

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Group portrait on the S.S. Luz Blanca, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Kirkcudbright

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: September 2, 1919

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a ship docked in the town of Kirkcudbright, Scotland. Tom Irvine's niece, Eva wrote a letter to her uncle on the back of the postcard.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a ship docked in the town of Kirkcudbright, Scotland. Tom Irvine's niece, Eva wrote a letter to her uncle on the back of the postcard.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships

Accession Code: HV975.33.3ak

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: September 2, 1919

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Handwritten on verso of photograph: “Kirkcudbright / Sept. 2, 1919. / Dear Uncle Tom, Just a card to let you know / we are all well + / enjoying ourselves. This / is a very pretty place / but I like Van. best. / We started school / this morning but / cannot tell how I / will be [sic] get on. I / wish you were here / we could have fine / times. Goodbye don’t / forget us. I will write / a long letter soon, / with love, / from / Eva.”; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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Kirkcudbright, September 2, 1919 thumbnail

The Mai-Tai

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915] (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 Harold Pendygrasse's first ship, the Mai-Tai. This ship steamed from San Francisco to Tahiti to transport New Zealand troops to Gallipoli during First World War. Harold was the son of John Pendygrasse and Mary Pendygrasse, of 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights. He served on a numb…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915] (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.: 204-153

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Harold Pendygrasse's first ship, the Mai-Tai. This ship steamed from San Francisco to Tahiti to transport New Zealand troops to Gallipoli during First World War. Harold was the son of John Pendygrasse and Mary Pendygrasse, of 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights. He served on a number of transport ships during World War One. He had one brother, George Pendygrasse.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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The Mai-Tai, [1915] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Ship at Barnet Mill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910] (date of original), copied [1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a ship docked next to the mill at Barnet. The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910] (date of original), copied [1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jim Wolf subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 363-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1998-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of a ship docked next to the mill at Barnet. The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships

Names: Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Texaco Drive

Street Address: 8059 Texaco Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Ship at Barnet Mill, [1910] (date of original), copied [1998] thumbnail

Sinking ship

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3528

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a partially sunken ship in an unidentified waterway.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a partially sunken ship in an unidentified waterway.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships

Accession Code: HV975.33.3as

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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SnapShots album

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93394

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 album (118 photographs ; b&w and sepia) ; 18 x 29.5 cm

Scope and Content: Album contains photographs of Hazel Peterson and her family. Many appear to document a family trip to Alaska on a steam ship ca.1915.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Hazel Peterson subseries

Physical Description: 1 album (118 photographs ; b&w and sepia) ; 18 x 29.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 504-047

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2000-08

Scope and Content: Album contains photographs of Hazel Peterson and her family. Many appear to document a family trip to Alaska on a steam ship ca.1915.

Subjects: Travel; Transportation - Ships

Names: Peterson, Hazel

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title taken from cover of album

The SS Aparima

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35297

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916 (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 the S.S. Aparima. Harold Pendygrasse sailed on this troop ship from Wellington, New Zealand, during the First World War. Harold was the son of John Pendygrasse and Mary Pendygrasse, of 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights. He served on a number of transport ships during World War One. …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916 (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.: 204-154

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the S.S. Aparima. Harold Pendygrasse sailed on this troop ship from Wellington, New Zealand, during the First World War. Harold was the son of John Pendygrasse and Mary Pendygrasse, of 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights. He served on a number of transport ships during World War One. He had one brother, George Pendygrasse.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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The SS Aparima, 1916 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Steamboats in the ocean

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82570

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1930]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard shows two steamships in the ocean at sunrise or sunset.

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 : sepia postcard ; 7 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-141

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard shows two steamships in the ocean at sunrise or sunset.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black pen on verso reads: "How do you like this scenery? Doesn't it make you think of the 'Blue Danube'? Hastily Dora / Mrs. W J McDonald / Pullman Wash / 1000 Thatuna St"; Stamp on verso reads: ... "Minn."

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Steamboats in the ocean, [1900-1930] thumbnail

The Wai Kaua

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35298

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917 (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 the Wai Kaua. Harold Pendygrasse came home to Vancouver on this ship after he was injured while loading coal. Harold was the son of John Pendygrasse and Mary Pendygrasse, of 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights. He served on a number of transport ships during World War One. He had one …

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917 (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.: 204-155

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Wai Kaua. Harold Pendygrasse came home to Vancouver on this ship after he was injured while loading coal. Harold was the son of John Pendygrasse and Mary Pendygrasse, of 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights. He served on a number of transport ships during World War One. He had one brother, George Pendygrasse.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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The Wai Kaua, 1917 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Edmonds Interurban station

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34038

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (date of original), copied [between 1975 and 1985]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 8.2 x 10.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an automobile at the Edmonds Interurban Station. A man appears to be changing the car tires, and three men are on the station platform.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (date of original), copied [between 1975 and 1985]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Stride family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 8.2 x 10.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 001-014

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of an automobile at the Edmonds Interurban Station. A man appears to be changing the car tires, and three men are on the station platform.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Automobiles

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Richmond Park Area

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Edmonds Interurban station, [1912] (date of original), copied [between 1975 and 1985] thumbnail

Fire hall no. 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1299

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1947 (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Fire Hall No. 1 at Willingdon and Hastings, the first purpose built fire hall in Burnaby. The hall is a two storey modern concrete building with three large bays. Fire trucks are parked in front of the hall, along with two cars.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Fire Hall No. 1 at Willingdon and Hastings, the first purpose built fire hall in Burnaby. The hall is a two storey modern concrete building with three large bays. Fire trucks are parked in front of the hall, along with two cars.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Fire Halls; Transportation - Fire Trucks; Transportation - Automobiles

Names: Burnaby Fire Department

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue; Hastings Street

Accession Code: BV998.31.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1947 (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Typed sticker on verso of photograph reads: "First new Burnaby firehall [sic] No. 1 Willingdon & Hastings 1947"; Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "MR & MRS F BLAKE 4165 PANDORA ST BURNABY BC V5C 2B2"

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Fire hall no. 1, 1947 (date of original) 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.

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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

Interview with Robert Lowe by Eric Damer November 5, 2012 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory355

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1939-1972

Length: 0:10:04

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Robert "Bob" Lowe's memories of growing up in Burnaby. He discusses transportation in Burnaby, including the first cars in his family. Bob talks about recreational activities available to Burnaby residents in the late nineteen-thirties and early nineteen-fo…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Robert "Bob" Lowe's memories of growing up in Burnaby. He discusses transportation in Burnaby, including the first cars in his family. Bob talks about recreational activities available to Burnaby residents in the late nineteen-thirties and early nineteen-forties, as well as changes that he has seen from his time growing up to the time of raising his own children.

Date Range: 1939-1972

Photo Info: Robert "Bob" Lowe (at center) and friends riding soap box race cars, [1939]. Item no. 549-041.

Length: 0:10:04

Subjects: Transportation - Buses; Transportation - Automobiles; Agriculture - Farms

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: November 5, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Robert "Bob" Lowe conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 5, 2012. Major theme discussed: the rise of the automobile and its effect on development in Burnaby.

Biographical Notes: Robert "Bob" Lowe has lived his entire life in Burnaby. During his childhood, Bob’s family lived at several addresses near Royal Oak and what is now Canada Way. He attended Douglas Road Elementary and South Burnaby High Schools. After graduating, Bob worked for a few years before enrolling in Normal School for a teaching certificate. He began teaching in Vancouver, married in 1952, and started a family. The Lowes moved to Government Road in 1961 and began a hobby farm, while Bob upgraded his formal education and became an administrator in the new college system.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:36:54

Interviewee Name: Lowe, Robert "Bob"

Interview Location: Interviewee's residence

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 three of recording of interview with Bob Lowe

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-016/MSS171-016_Track_3.mp3

May Day Parade

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35090

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1986

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 a decorated car float in a May Day Parade on Patterson Avenue at a railway crossing. The automobile has "Rose Dress Shop" spelled along its side.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Davies family subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 190-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1986-41

Scope and Content: Photograph of a decorated car float in a May Day Parade on Patterson Avenue at a railway crossing. The automobile has "Rose Dress Shop" spelled along its side.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Parade Floats; Events - May Day; Events - Parades

Names: Rose Dress Shop

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Patterson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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May Day Parade, [194-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Seven people on road with automobile and bikes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women and five men with Model T Ford automobile and bicycles on a road or bridge. Two women and man are seated in the automobile and a man is standing and leaning alongside. Two men are standing next to the car with bicylces.Tall trees are visible in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women and five men with Model T Ford automobile and bicycles on a road or bridge. Two women and man are seated in the automobile and a man is standing and leaning alongside. Two men are standing next to the car with bicylces.Tall trees are visible in the background.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Bicycles

Accession Code: BV022.32.355

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-09

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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