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Notes: "Includes index"; A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.; The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.

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Brick Houses under Construction

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64653

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w cabinet card ; 10 x 14.5 cm, mounted on card 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two brick houses under construction on High Street at Epping, Essex, England. These buildings were constructed by Ernest E. Winch.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w cabinet card ; 10 x 14.5 cm, mounted on card 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of two brick houses under construction on High Street at Epping, Essex, England. These buildings were constructed by Ernest E. Winch.

Subjects: Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Challoner-Courtenay, E.J.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Brick Houses under Construction

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w cabinet card ; 10 x 14.5 cm, mounted on card 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two brick houses under construction on High Street at Epping, Essex, England. These buildings were constructed by Ernest E. Winch.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w cabinet card ; 10 x 14.5 cm, mounted on card 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of two brick houses under construction on High Street at Epping, Essex, England. These buildings were constructed by Ernest E. Winch.

Subjects: Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Construction Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Labourers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Challoner-Courtenay, E.J.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Having tea

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39226

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 7.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman seated at a table, holding a cup. Plates and other tableware are laying on the table and a large cabinet is behind her.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 7.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-545

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman seated at a table, holding a cup. Plates and other tableware are laying on the table and a large cabinet is behind her.

Subjects: Furniture

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory287

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1910-1946

Length: 0:09:17

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.

Date Range: 1910-1946

Photo Info: Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.

Length: 0:09:17

Names: Brown-John, Victor Joseph Charles; Brown-John, Winnifred Douglas

Subjects: Land Clearing

Geographic Access: Napier Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: September 18, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.

Biographical Notes: Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 33:02

Interviewee Name: Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

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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Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail

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Track one of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell

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Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory288

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1916-1948

Length: 0:08:25

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's memories of a trip she and her mother and brothers took to the Cariboo region of British Columbia. She also discusses attendance records and photographs from her time as a student at Kitchener Street School. A neighbourhood stor…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's memories of a trip she and her mother and brothers took to the Cariboo region of British Columbia. She also discusses attendance records and photographs from her time as a student at Kitchener Street School. A neighbourhood storekeeper is also briefly mentioned.

Date Range: 1916-1948

Photo Info: Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.

Length: 0:08:25

Names: Brown-John, Winnifred Douglas; Kitchener Street School

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: September 18, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.

Biographical Notes: Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 33:02

Interviewee Name: Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

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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Track two of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_2.mp3

Jimmy Chow inside his property master truck

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2022

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpg)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jimmy Chow standing inside his property master truck parked near his warehouse located on Grant Street in Burnaby. Jimmy is leaning on supply cabinet and shelving filled with supplies inside his truck. Jimmy refurbished the truck so that he could take it on location and have everythin…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Series: Property master photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpg)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jimmy Chow standing inside his property master truck parked near his warehouse located on Grant Street in Burnaby. Jimmy is leaning on supply cabinet and shelving filled with supplies inside his truck. Jimmy refurbished the truck so that he could take it on location and have everything that he needed while working on a film.

Subjects: Industries - Film; Transportation - Trucks; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"

Accession Code: BV022.21.26

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 2022

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Fong, Denise

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Hipman "Jimmy" Chow also used the name "James H. Chow" as a propety master in the film industry and was often credited by this name

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Jimmy Chow's props inside warehouse

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2022

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpg)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a variety of props arranged on shelving and in metal cabinets inside property master Jimmy Chow's warehouse and studio space located on Grant Street in Burnaby. An arrangment of police officers' belts are hanging on the side of a metal cabinet with baskets stacked on top, back shelvin…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Series: Property master photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpg)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a variety of props arranged on shelving and in metal cabinets inside property master Jimmy Chow's warehouse and studio space located on Grant Street in Burnaby. An arrangment of police officers' belts are hanging on the side of a metal cabinet with baskets stacked on top, back shelving holds blankets and baskets. Metal cabinets have white paper signs adhered to the outside identifying contents within.

Subjects: Industries - Film

Accession Code: BV022.21.11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 2022

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Fong, Denise

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Hipman "Jimmy" Chow also used the name "James H. Chow" as a propety master in the film industry and was often credited by this name

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Men in three-piece suits

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37213

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph ; sepia cabinet card ; 19.5 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men in three piece suits, all of whom have moustaches and are wearing pocket watches. They are sitting and standing inside a photographer's studio.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Andrew Johnson subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph ; sepia cabinet card ; 19.5 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 335-017

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1997-16

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men in three piece suits, all of whom have moustaches and are wearing pocket watches. They are sitting and standing inside a photographer's studio.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Three men

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3354

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 14.4 x 10.4 cm mounted on cardboard 16.7 x 10.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified men, wearing vests and blazers over their shirts, with pocket watch chains hanging from their chests. The bottom of the card frame reads, "From Middletons' Art Studio / 181 King Street, Aberdeen." Additional studio advertising is on the back of the frame.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 14.4 x 10.4 cm mounted on cardboard 16.7 x 10.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified men, wearing vests and blazers over their shirts, with pocket watch chains hanging from their chests. The bottom of the card frame reads, "From Middletons' Art Studio / 181 King Street, Aberdeen." Additional studio advertising is on the back of the frame.

Accession Code: HV972.165.202b

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-18

Photographer: Middleton, E.M.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Printed text and graphic illustration in blue ink on verso of cabinet card, text reads: "NEGATIVES PERSERVED / COPIES MAY BE HAD / ENLARGEMENTS OF / THE HIGHEST / QUALITY / PORTRAITS & LANDSCAPE / Photographers / Middleton Brothers / Art Studio / 181 King Street / ABERDEEN".; The photograph was taped together from the back with photo HV972.165.202a and were recorded as one accession: HV972.165.202. Now they are separated and bear separate component numbers (a and b), but kept together

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Young man in a military uniform

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1914 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia cabinet card ; 13.9 x 9.3 cm mounted on cardboard 16.3 x 10.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified young man in a millitary uniform, standing outside in front of a building. "195" is embroidered on his collar. Embossed and silver leafed on the bottom of the card frame is "Cabinet Portrait."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia cabinet card ; 13.9 x 9.3 cm mounted on cardboard 16.3 x 10.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified young man in a millitary uniform, standing outside in front of a building. "195" is embroidered on his collar. Embossed and silver leafed on the bottom of the card frame is "Cabinet Portrait."

Subjects: Clothing - Uniforms

Accession Code: HV972.165.202a

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1914 and 1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-18

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Jimmy Chow's work space and prop supplies

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19156

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2022

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpg)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of property master Jimmy Chow's warehouse studio space located on Grant Street in Burnaby. View of workspace with table, shelving and cabinets with boxes of supplies and lanterns hanging from the ceiling.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Series: Property master photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpg)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of property master Jimmy Chow's warehouse studio space located on Grant Street in Burnaby. View of workspace with table, shelving and cabinets with boxes of supplies and lanterns hanging from the ceiling.

Subjects: Industries - Film

Accession Code: BV022.21.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 2022

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Fong, Denise

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Hipman "Jimmy" Chow also used the name "James H. Chow" as a propety master in the film industry and was often credited by this name

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Jimmy Chow's work space and prop supplies

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19157

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2022

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpg)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of property master Jimmy Chow's warehouse studio space located on Grant Street in Burnaby. View of interior of workspace with table in centre surrounded by shelving and cabinets holding supplies and props that Jimmy utilized as a Property Master working in the film indust…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Series: Property master photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpg)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of property master Jimmy Chow's warehouse studio space located on Grant Street in Burnaby. View of interior of workspace with table in centre surrounded by shelving and cabinets holding supplies and props that Jimmy utilized as a Property Master working in the film industry.

Subjects: Industries - Film

Accession Code: BV022.21.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 2022

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Fong, Denise

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Hipman "Jimmy" Chow also used the name "James H. Chow" as a propety master in the film industry and was often credited by this name

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Brick Houses under Construction

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Brick Houses under Construction

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Having tea

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Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 1

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Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 2

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Jimmy Chow inside his property master truck

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Jimmy Chow's props inside warehouse

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Men in three-piece suits

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Three men

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Young man in a military uniform

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Jimmy Chow's work space and prop supplies

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Jimmy Chow's work space and prop supplies

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