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Interview with "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19608
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1970-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Jul. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (84 min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (62 min., 3 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. 00:00:00 – 00:05:26 Gurvinder “Gurv” Sihra and brother Harvinder “Harv’ Sihra introduce themselves, providing details on …
- 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
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (84 min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (62 min., 3 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Rajdeep Interviewees: "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 8, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:02:03 min Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby Photograph credit: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. 00:00:00 – 00:05:26 Gurvinder “Gurv” Sihra and brother Harvinder “Harv’ Sihra introduce themselves, providing details on where they were born and grew up (in Burnaby), names of their parents and provide details on their family history. They describe how their grandparents and other relatives continued to live in Punjab after their father and mother immigrated to Canada in the 1970’s, recall the reasons their parents decided to immigrate and details of their lives before and after arriving in Canada. 00:05:27 – 00:06:46 Gurvinder and Harvinder describe some of their experiences travelling through Vancouver airport and compare their experiences with their mother’s own experiences. Gurvinder and Harvinder describe the layout of the airport and how customs and immigration has changed over time. 00:06:47 – 00:09:21 Gurvinder and Harvinder provide details about their mother, Parveen Sihra. They share information regarding her education in India and how she was unable to get work related to her degree in biology after immigrating to Canada. They convey how she worked in the Burnaby City Hall cafeteria in the 1990’s and how she worked part time in order to take care of her children. They share how their parents were proud Canadians participating in events inside and outside the South Asian community and were both fluent in English but often spoke Punjabi at home. 00:09:22 – 00:16:06 Gurvinder and Harvinder recall their childhood experiences growing up in Burnaby. They talk about the sports that they were involved with including hockey and Taekwondo, family vacations spent travelling to India and their experiences attending Marlborough Elementary School and Moscrop Secondary School.They describe how they first became interested in watching wrestling and trying it out on their own in their family home. Gurvinder and Harvinder recall their own experiences of discrimination while growing up and playing sports. 00:16:07 – 00:27:37 Gurvinder and Harvinder reflect and recall events that lead them to their dream of becoming professional wrestlers. They talk about pivotal events including attending their first live wresting event at GM Place with their father in 1996, beginning their training in Calgary in 2004, travelling across the country to participate in minor wrestling events, wrestling in Rogers Arena in 2017 and 2020 and getting their first call to join WWE. They talk about the support that they’ve had along the way to getting them where they are today and comment on why they want to be wrestlers in the WWE. 00:27:38 – 00:29:25 Gurvinder and Harvinder provide background information on their various wrestling personas and names in the world of professional wrestling including the Singh Brothers and the Bollywood Boyz. 00:29:26 – 00:38:43 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about their experiences wrestling in India and the support and expectations of family members in becoming successful. Gurvinder and Harvinder recall and reflect on the experience of being fired from the WWE when cutbacks were made during the COVID pandemic. 00:38:44 – 00:42:53 Gurvinder and Harvinder describe what a day in their lives looks like now. They talk about how they’re still very passionate and focused on their wrestling careers and describe their experiences of having support and enthusiasm from fans and their parents. They talk about travelling across the country to particpate in different wrestling events. 00:42:54 – 00:47:18 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about their training regimen including exercise and diet and describe areas in Burnaby where they like to train in gyms and the outdoors. 00:47:19 – 00:49:49 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about neighbourhoods in Burnaby including Metrotown and Deer Lake and how they’ve seen them change over the years. 00:49:50 – 00:54:27 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about their highest and lowest points in their wrestling careers, highlighting specific events. They talk about the physical stamina it takes for wrestling and compare their sport with the sport of Kabaddi (a contact team sport between two teams originating in India). 00:54:28 – 00:59:01 Gurvinder and Harvinder reflect on what toughness means to them, and what keeps them motivated to do what they do. 00:59:02 – 01:01:31 Gurvinder and Harvinder impart their words of wisdom to younger kids in chasing their passions and dreams and talk about their favourite Bollywood films and actors.
- History
- Interviewees' biographies: The Bollywood Boyz are a Canadian professional wrestling tag team composed of brothers Gurvinder "Gurv" Sihra (born in 1984) and Harvinder "Harv" Sihra (born in 1987). The pair are best known for their time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where Gurvinder and Harvinder performed under the ring names Sunil Singh and Samir Singh. They were both born and raised in Burnaby by their parents Harjeet and Parveen Sihra and attended Moscrop Secondary School. Gurvinder graduated from Douglas College where he studied criminology and has worked in loss prevention and has a third degree black belt in Taekwondo. Harvinder attended Douglas College with studies in history and has worked as a model and an actor. Both Gurvinder and Harvinder Sihra are Sikhs. Interviewer biography: Rajdeep was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and is of Punjabi (South Asian) descent. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She is a student in the Restoration of Natural Systems program at the University of Victoria. Rajdeep works at Simon Fraser University as a Program Assistant and as a researcher with the City of Burnaby. At Burnaby Village Museum, Rajdeep contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Education
- Migration
- Pandemics - COVID-19
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Religions - Sikhism
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Discrimination
- Social Issues - Racism
- Sports
- Sports - Martial Arts
- Sports - Wrestling
- Sports - Ice Hockey
- Travel
- Names
- The Bollywood Boyz
- Sihra, Guvinder "Gurv"
- Sihra, Harvinder "Harv"
- Sihra, Harjeet
- Sihra, Parveen
- World Wrestling Entertainment "WWE"
- Moscrop Secondary School
- Marlborough Elementary School
- Metrotown
- Responsibility
- Rajdeep
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Park
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1970-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Jul. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Photographer
- World Wrestling Entertainment "WWE"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available upon request - contact Burnaby Village Museum
Images
Audio Tracks
Interview with
![Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel Highlights, [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0004_0033_001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel Highlights
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12343
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (2 min., 9 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col. , sd.
- Scope and Content
- Film footage highlights about the Burnaby Village Museum and Carousel. Film opens with title “Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel / Step back in time” followed by a montage of various events, programs and exhibits taking place at the museum. Montage is supported with background music and choral singi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (2 min., 9 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col. , sd.
- Scope and Content
- Film footage highlights about the Burnaby Village Museum and Carousel. Film opens with title “Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel / Step back in time” followed by a montage of various events, programs and exhibits taking place at the museum. Montage is supported with background music and choral singing, there is no narration.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Responsibility
- City of Burnaby
- Accession Code
- BV020.4.33
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Related Material
- See also: BV020.4.36; BV020.4.38; BV929.4.29b
- Notes
- Transcribed title from film
Images
![Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel Highlights, [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0004_0033_001.jpg)
Video
Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel Highlights, [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020
Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel Highlights, [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0004_0033_001.m4v
Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel - promotional footage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13063
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2000 (date of original), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (29 min. , 33 sec.) : Betacam SP, 29 fps, col., sd.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of promotional film footage for the Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel". Film footage includes glimpses of the Burnaby Village Museum site with visitors touring the various exhibits and programs through museum's interpreters including Heritage Christmas, Easter Weekend, Labour Day Week…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (29 min. , 33 sec.) : Betacam SP, 29 fps, col., sd.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of promotional film footage for the Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel". Film footage includes glimpses of the Burnaby Village Museum site with visitors touring the various exhibits and programs through museum's interpreters including Heritage Christmas, Easter Weekend, Labour Day Week, Fall Fair Event and a final versions with highlights. Summary of Content: 00:00-00:27 Blank screen 00:28-00:48 SMPTE colour bar screen reads "Property of: / Burnaby Village Museum / and Carousel / copyright 2000". 00:49-00:58 Blank screen 00:59-12:44 Heritage Christmas with entertainers, Father Christmas, Print Shop, Blacksmith Shop, Seaforth School, Elworth House, Herbalist, Village exteriors, Christmas Carolers, Love Farmhouse and the C.W. Parker Carousel. 12:45-15:29 Easter Weekend: Entertainment, Ice Cream Parlour, Speeches, Easter Bonnet Parade, bunnies and chicks. 15:30-22:40 Canada Day Celebrations and Labour Day Week: Visitors arriving, flag waving, singing O'Canada, cake cutting and entertainment. 22:41-24:18 Fall Fair Event: harvest displays, potatoe sack races, baking and preserves competition, fortune telling, 24:19- 24:25 Blank screen 24:26-26:45 Highlight Video: "Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel / Step back in time...". Includes compiled footage some gathered from previous content. This footage is followed by edited promotional footage "Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel / Step back in time" which includes some of the previous film footage. 26:46-29:33 Blank screen
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publisher
- Voice of the Fraser Productions Inc. 2000
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
- Burnaby Art Gallery
- C.W. Parker no. 119 Carousel
- Responsibility
- Burnaby Village Museum - City of Burnaby
- Accession Code
- BV020.4.36
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 2000 (date of original), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Related Material
- See also: BV020.4.33; BV020.4.29b; BV929.4.38
- Notes
- Transcribed title from film content
- Label inside videocassette case reads: Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel / Promotional footage: / 00:01:00:00 Heritage Christmas... / 00:12:50:00 Easter Weekend... / 00:15:43:00 Canada Day Celebrations ... / 00:20:17:00 Labour Day Week / 00:21:54:00 Fall Fair Event.../ 00:24:28:00 Highlight Video / (2:00)"
Images
Video
Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel - promotional footage, 2000 (date of original), digitized in 2020
Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel - promotional footage, 2000 (date of original), digitized in 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0004_0036_001.mp4
The C.W. Parker Carousel at the Burnaby Village Museum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10328
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 5, 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. digital
- Scope and Content
- Fully restored carousel at Burnaby Village Museum. Carousel is pictured lit up from one side and is shown at its full height. The horses are riderless.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Subseries
- Carousel photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. digital
- Scope and Content
- Fully restored carousel at Burnaby Village Museum. Carousel is pictured lit up from one side and is shown at its full height. The horses are riderless.
- History
- Taken at the Carousel 100th Anniversary event held on May 5, 2012 at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Accession Code
- BV019.21.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- May 5, 2012
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 240
- Scan Date
- March 24, 2019
- Scale
- 96
- Photographer
- Scherp, Leanne
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![C.W. Parker Carousel no. 119, [between 1913 and 1915] (date of original) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500630001.jpg?width=280)
C.W. Parker Carousel no. 119
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1950
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1913 and 1915] (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 18 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Parker Carousel no. 119. Adults and children are riding the carousel and a crowd of people has gathered to watch (many of whom are holding umbrellas). This carousel originally belonged to Fred Kirk Leggett from Houston, Texas (owner of the Lone Star circus).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 18 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Parker Carousel no. 119. Adults and children are riding the carousel and a crowd of people has gathered to watch (many of whom are holding umbrellas). This carousel originally belonged to Fred Kirk Leggett from Houston, Texas (owner of the Lone Star circus).
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Accession Code
- BV005.63.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1913 and 1915] (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 11-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- The carousel belonged to Fred Legget, in Texas, 1913-1915. This image is a copy of the original, and has itself been copied in an 8 x 10" format
- 1 b&w; large format copy negative accompanying
Images
![C.W. Parker Carousel no. 119, [between 1913 and 1915] (date of original) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500630001.jpg)
![Fred Leggett at ticket booth, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1993/1993_0051_0003_001.jpg?width=280)
Fred Leggett at ticket booth
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1175
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Fred Leggett standing at a ticket booth in front of a carousel at an unidentified location. Fred's father, Fred Kirk Leggett was the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119 (although it is uncertain if the carousel pictured is Parker Carousel no. 119).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Fred Leggett standing at a ticket booth in front of a carousel at an unidentified location. Fred's father, Fred Kirk Leggett was the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119 (although it is uncertain if the carousel pictured is Parker Carousel no. 119).
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Names
- Leggett, Fred
- Accession Code
- BV993.51.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-04-23
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-3"
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying
Images
![Fred Leggett at ticket booth, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1993/1993_0051_0003_001.jpg)
Grant family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36867
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Grant brothers; eldest Bill, (above), with George and Harry on a teeter totter outside the family home at 2540 Marlborough Avenue (renumbered 6591 Marlborough Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 12.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-325
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Grant brothers; eldest Bill, (above), with George and Harry on a teeter totter outside the family home at 2540 Marlborough Avenue (renumbered 6591 Marlborough Avenue).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Marlborough Avenue
- Street Address
- 6591 Marlborough Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
Images
![Leggett children at the Lone Star circus, [between 1900 and 1919] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200400940002.jpg?width=280)
Leggett children at the Lone Star circus
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1780
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (from left) Leon Leggett, Norvie Leggett, Dedie Leggett and Fred Leggett J standing in front of a mechanical ride. The man standing at the back with the black hat is the children's father, Fred Kirk Leggett from Houston, Texas (the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119). He owned …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (from left) Leon Leggett, Norvie Leggett, Dedie Leggett and Fred Leggett J standing in front of a mechanical ride. The man standing at the back with the black hat is the children's father, Fred Kirk Leggett from Houston, Texas (the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119). He owned the Lone Star circus and the airship was part of the circus attraction.
- Accession Code
- BV004.94.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Children standing by Airship"
Images
![Leggett children at the Lone Star circus, [between 1900 and 1919] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200400940002.jpg)
![Leggett family on carousel, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1993/1993_0051_0005_001.jpg?width=280)
Leggett family on carousel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1177
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Norvie Leggett and three of her children on a carousel. Her daughter Norvie is sitting on the horse, Fred is standing to the left and Leon is standing in front (to the right). These are the children of Norvie and Fred Kirk Leggett, the original owners of Parker Carousel no. 119 (altho…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Norvie Leggett and three of her children on a carousel. Her daughter Norvie is sitting on the horse, Fred is standing to the left and Leon is standing in front (to the right). These are the children of Norvie and Fred Kirk Leggett, the original owners of Parker Carousel no. 119 (although it is uncertain if the carousel pictured is Parker Carousel no. 119).
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Names
- Leggett, Fred
- Leggett, Leon
- Leggett, Norvie
- Frame, Norvie Leggett
- C.W. Parker no. 119 Carousel
- Accession Code
- BV993.51.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-04-23
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-5"
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying
- 1 photograph : sepia slide ; 35 mm accompanying
Images
![Leggett family on carousel, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1993/1993_0051_0005_001.jpg)
![Leon Leggett on a carousel, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1993/1993_0051_0008_001.jpg?width=280)
Leon Leggett on a carousel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1180
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Leon Leggett riding on a carousel horse. He has a shirt and pants on (that are rolled up past the knee) and he isn't wearing any shoes. Leon Leggett was a son of Fred Kirk Leggett, the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119 (although it is uncertain if the carousel pictured is Park…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Leon Leggett riding on a carousel horse. He has a shirt and pants on (that are rolled up past the knee) and he isn't wearing any shoes. Leon Leggett was a son of Fred Kirk Leggett, the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119 (although it is uncertain if the carousel pictured is Parker Carousel no. 119).
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Accession Code
- BV993.51.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-04-23
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-8"
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying
- 1 photograph : sepia slide ; 35 mm accompanying
Images
![Leon Leggett on a carousel, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1993/1993_0051_0008_001.jpg)
![Love farmhouse swing, [ca. 1918] (date of original), copied 1989 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2018/2018_0041_0192_001.jpg?width=280)
Love farmhouse swing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10012
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [ca. 1918] (date of original), copied 1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an an unidentified woman sitting on a large wood framed swing with a group of unidentified children sitting at her feet.The swing is in the yard of the Love farmhouse. There is a tall tree to the right and several trees in the background, the ground is covered in tall grass.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Subseries
- Love family photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an an unidentified woman sitting on a large wood framed swing with a group of unidentified children sitting at her feet.The swing is in the yard of the Love farmhouse. There is a tall tree to the right and several trees in the background, the ground is covered in tall grass.
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Street Address
- 7651 Cumberland Street
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.192
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [ca. 1918] (date of original), copied 1989
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 4-Mar-2019
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy print accompanying
Images
![Love farmhouse swing, [ca. 1918] (date of original), copied 1989 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2018/2018_0041_0192_001.jpg)
![Man hanging on tree swing, [1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-088.jpg?width=280)
Man hanging on tree swing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38769
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 6.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man hanging by his feet from a tree swing.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 6.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-088
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man hanging by his feet from a tree swing.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Swings
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Man hanging on tree swing, [1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-088.jpg)
![Man swinging on a rope swing, [1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-089.jpg?width=280)
Man swinging on a rope swing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38770
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man swinging on a rope swing.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-089
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man swinging on a rope swing.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Swings
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Man swinging on a rope swing, [1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-089.jpg)
Pitman children
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35066
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 10.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Pitman children on a lawn swing, at McKay Avenue. Identified (on the back of the photograph) are left to right, in the back row: Marjorie, Gwen and Dorothy. The boy, in front, is Cliff. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads; "On the swing at Mr. and Mrs. Ed Phillips j…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pitman family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 10.7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 186-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-35
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Pitman children on a lawn swing, at McKay Avenue. Identified (on the back of the photograph) are left to right, in the back row: Marjorie, Gwen and Dorothy. The boy, in front, is Cliff. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads; "On the swing at Mr. and Mrs. Ed Phillips just next to the Lumber Yard facing the track at McKay. / 1916."
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Swings
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Step Back in Time at the Burnaby Village Museum and Carousel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12339
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2000 (date of original), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (29 min. , 59 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col., sd.
- Scope and Content
- Film titled “Step Back in Time at the Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel” includes narration by Archie Miller. The film opens with historical background regarding land settlement and development in Burnaby supported with historical images. The film then transverses into contemporary images and foota…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (29 min. , 59 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col., sd.
- Material Details
- Sponsored in part by: The Burnaby Historical Society; Poetry Written by: Don Benson; Voices: Arlie Mason; Tom Worledge
- Scope and Content
- Film titled “Step Back in Time at the Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel” includes narration by Archie Miller. The film opens with historical background regarding land settlement and development in Burnaby supported with historical images. The film then transverses into contemporary images and footage of the Burnaby Village Museum which opened in Burnaby on November 19, 1971 in commemoration of British Columbia joining the confederation of Canada. The film’s title text, “Step Back / In Time / at the Burnaby Village / Museum & Carousel” appears a few minutes past the opening footage. Narration continues throughout the film along with interviews with various staff members and museum interpreters. The film is divided into various segments containing titles in order of appearance: “Deer Lake Park” provides glimpses of and information about Deer Lake Park, its heritage buildings and cultural facilities including The Burnaby Art Gallery, The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and Burnaby Village Museum. “A Living Museum” takes you on a tour of some of the museum’s exhibits and programs through the museum’s interpreters. “The Magical Carousel” provides background on the historic C.W. Parker Carousel #119 that was restored and opened on the site in 1993. “Keeping History Alive” speaks to the interpretive, artifact and archival collection of the Burnaby Village Museum with information provided by Curator Colin Stevens, Assistant Curator Steve Turnbull and Assistant Director of Cultural Services, Denis Nokony. “A Step Back in Time” speaks to the various 1920s highlights and features that the museum has to offer. “Something Special / is Always Happening” tells of the annual events that the museum offers to capture the interests of visitors. “A Day at the / Burnaby Village / Museum & Carousel” includes Denis Nokony speaking about the importance of the museum and what it means to visitors and the community.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publisher
- Voice of the Fraser Productions Inc. 2000
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
- Burnaby Art Gallery
- C.W. Parker no. 119 Carousel
- Responsibility
- Burnaby Village Museum - City of Burnaby
- Accession Code
- BV020.4.29b
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 2000 (date of original), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Related Material
- See also: BV020.4.33; BV020.4.36; BV929.4.38
- Notes
- Transcribed title from film content
Images
Video
Step Back in Time at the Burnaby Village Museum and Carousel, 2000 (date of original), digitized in 2020
Step Back in Time at the Burnaby Village Museum and Carousel, 2000 (date of original), digitized in 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0004_0029b_001.mp4![Three men beside carousel, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1993/1993_0051_0007_001.jpg?width=280)
Three men beside carousel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1179
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified men standing beside a carousel. Two of them are wearing light-coloured shirts with dark pants and suspenders. The third man is wearing a dark shirt, dark pants and a cowboy hat. The location has not been identified.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified men standing beside a carousel. Two of them are wearing light-coloured shirts with dark pants and suspenders. The third man is wearing a dark shirt, dark pants and a cowboy hat. The location has not been identified.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Accession Code
- BV993.51.7
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-04-23
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-7"
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying
- 1 photograph : sepia slide ; 35 mm accompanying
Images
![Three men beside carousel, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1993/1993_0051_0007_001.jpg)
Woman and children on swing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39195
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman with three children seated on a wooden swing. A tent can be seen in the background and the location of the photograph is Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-514
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman with three children seated on a wooden swing. A tent can be seen in the background and the location of the photograph is Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Swings
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
The Campers, Parksville
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66277
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a group of thirteen people posed in front of a tent and holding a pole with a line of fish strung acrossed it. A label accompanying the photograph reads: "The campers, Parksville." Identified in the photograph are, standing (l to r): Francis Peers, Mr. Robert Travers, Mrs. Robert…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-989
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a group of thirteen people posed in front of a tent and holding a pole with a line of fish strung acrossed it. A label accompanying the photograph reads: "The campers, Parksville." Identified in the photograph are, standing (l to r): Francis Peers, Mr. Robert Travers, Mrs. Robert Travers, Mike Peers, unidentified man, Bob Peers, unidentified woman, Betty Peers. Seated in front on the left is Maude Travers, second from the right is Dick Peers, and to his right is Robbie Travers the son of Robert. This photograph was taken while the Peers family and friends were camping in Parksville, Vancouver Island.
- Names
- Peers, Francis J.
- Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
- Peers, William John "Bob"
- Freebairn-Smith, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Peers
- Peers, Richard Dominic "Dick"
- Travers, Alice
- Travers, Maude
- Travers, Robert
- Travers, Robbie
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
The Campers, Parksville
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66279
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a group of thirteen people posed in front of a tent and holding a pole with a line of fish strung acrossed it. A label accompanying the photograph reads: "The campers, Parksville." Identified in the photograph are, standing (l to r): Francis Peers, Mr. Robert Travers, two women u…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-991
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a group of thirteen people posed in front of a tent and holding a pole with a line of fish strung acrossed it. A label accompanying the photograph reads: "The campers, Parksville." Identified in the photograph are, standing (l to r): Francis Peers, Mr. Robert Travers, two women unidentified - one is Mrs. Alice Travers, Mike Peers, unidentified man, Bob Peers, Annie Elizabeth Peers, Betty Peers. Seated in front is Maude Travers, second from the right is Dick Peers and to his right is Robbie Travers. This photograph was taken while the Peers family and friends were camping in Parksville, Vancouver Island.
- Names
- Peers, Francis J.
- Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
- Peers, William John "Bob"
- Freebairn-Smith, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Peers
- Peers, Richard Dominic "Dick"
- Peers, Annie Elizabeth Frisby
- Travers, Robert
- Travers, Alice
- Travers, Maude
- Travers, Robbie
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
![Charlotte Vidal and others in boats, [between 1915 and 1934] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-075.jpg?width=280)
Charlotte Vidal and others in boats
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82495
- 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 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows three women (the middle one identified as Charlotte Vidal) and three unidentified boys. They are in two boats on a lake and some of them are holding crabs.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1934]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-075
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows three women (the middle one identified as Charlotte Vidal) and three unidentified boys. They are in two boats on a lake and some of them are holding crabs.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Charlotte Vidal and others in boats, [between 1915 and 1934] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-075.jpg)