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Interior of Model Grocery
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1007
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1914] date of original, copied [1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Model Grocery store that stood at 2nd Street and 15th Ave, Burnaby. Three men (employees) are standing among the display of goods. An annotation on the back of the photograph identifies them as, left to right, Bill Moore, James Scott and Bill Hay. Some of the pr…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Model Grocery store that stood at 2nd Street and 15th Ave, Burnaby. Three men (employees) are standing among the display of goods. An annotation on the back of the photograph identifies them as, left to right, Bill Moore, James Scott and Bill Hay. Some of the products in view are fresh vegetables and fruits, White Swan Soaps, Robin Hood Porridge Oats, Royal Crown Soaps, Salada tea.
- Geographic Access
- 2nd Street
- 15th Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV973.98.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1914] date of original, copied [1973]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
- Related Material
- According to catalogue record from 1976 and inscription on the back of the photograph, a taped interview with James Scott and Write up about the store are available in the BVM files.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- The photograph is a master print from negative HV973.98.4.
- Related materials: According to an annotation on the back of the photograph, a taped interview with James Scott [from 1975?] and a write-up about this store are in the Burnaby Village Museum archives
- 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
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Interview with Jack McGeachie June 18, 1975 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory35
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1914-1922
- Length
- 0:09:27
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie's early childhood including the reasons why his family moved to Burnaby, the small pox house at the border of New Westminster and stories of the unfinished family home at Formby Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie's early childhood including the reasons why his family moved to Burnaby, the small pox house at the border of New Westminster and stories of the unfinished family home at Formby Street.
- Date Range
- 1914-1922
- Photo Info
- McGeachie family; John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie is the eldest child, standing second from the right, 1925 (date of original). Item no. 204-464
- Length
- 0:09:27
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residences - Houses
- Geographic Access
- Formby Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
- Second Street Area
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- June 18, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with John A."Jack" McGeachie by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 18, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) and farming in Burnaby. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- John Aloysius “Jack” McGeachie was born January 14, 1914 in Little Mountain, Vancouver to Helen and John McGeachie. Helen and John had four children; John Aloysius “Jack”, Florence Mary, Thomas Joseph “Tom” and Roderick Noel “Rod.” In 1922 the McGeachie family moved from Vancouver to East Burnaby where the children attended Edmonds School. John Sr. became ill and died, leaving the eldest Jack as the main breadwinner of the family when he was still just a teenager. He began his working life at a chicken farm, later learning his trade while working for the Hudson Bay Company. Jack McGeachie married Burnaby Historian Doreen Pixie Johnson. He and Pixie raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:51:13
- Interviewee Name
- McGeachie, John Aloysius "Jack"
- Interview Location
- Rosewood
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Jack McGeachie
Track one of interview with Jack McGeachie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-10/100-13-10_Track_1.mp3Model Grocery
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3069
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1914] (date of original), copied [1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.1 x 25.1 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bill Hay (on left) and James Scott standing at the front entrance to the Model Grocery Store, situated at 2nd Street and 15th Avenue in Burnaby. The store has wooden shiplap siding all around and a peaked roof with a tall false front with a wide cornice at the top. The righthand side …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.1 x 25.1 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bill Hay (on left) and James Scott standing at the front entrance to the Model Grocery Store, situated at 2nd Street and 15th Avenue in Burnaby. The store has wooden shiplap siding all around and a peaked roof with a tall false front with a wide cornice at the top. The righthand side of the eaves show, and the details of the gutter and downspout are clearly visible. The bottom front of the building is all one store. Display windows fill the front in three sections. On the extreme left and right are two wide windows. In the centre is another narrower window. Between these windows are two doors, set in about five feet. A canvas awning (furled) spans the store over the windows. Inside the windows, displays are visible. In the right hand window are stacks of tinned goods. In the centre, flats of fruit set up to face outwards. In the left window is a large display of White Swan soap. Below the right and left windows are small enamelled signs advertising Fleischman's Yeast. No other sign or advertising is visible on the exterior. In the right hand doorway is a display of washboard and corn brooms. A canvas covered horse drawn delivery wagon with a "308 6th St. Model Grocery" sign is positioned to the right rear of the store.
- Geographic Access
- 2nd Street
- 15th Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV973.98.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1914] (date of original), copied [1973]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
- Related Material
- According to catalogue record from 1976, a taped interview with James Scott and Write up about the store are available in the BVM files.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- See HV973.98.2 for original negative associated with this copy print
- Related materials: According to a note with the photograph, a taped interview with James Scott (1975) and a write-up about this store are in the Burnaby Village Museum archives
Images
Model Grocery store
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2651
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1916 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 300 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Model Grocery store in East Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 300 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Model Grocery store in East Burnaby.
- Names
- Model Grocery
- Geographic Access
- 2nd Street
- 15th Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV004.115.26
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- 1916 (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph