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- Migration 1
- Persons - South Asian Canadians 1
- Recreational Activities - Picnics 1
- Sports 1
- Sports - Football 1
- Sports - Tennis 3
Person / Organization
- Burnaby Central Secondary School 1
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- Dowad, Kathleen "Kay" 1
- Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen 1
- Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David 1
- Dowad, Norman W. "Norm" 1
- Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam" 1
- Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf" 1
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty" 2
- Rideout, Dr. John Anthony 1
- W. Dowad Limited 1
Clayton house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38896
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the gardens in front of the Clayton House, on Buckingham Avenue in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-215
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the gardens in front of the Clayton House, on Buckingham Avenue in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Clayton house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38900
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the gardens in front of the Clayton House, as well as the home's exterior, on Buckingham Avenue in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-219
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the gardens in front of the Clayton House, as well as the home's exterior, on Buckingham Avenue in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Kitty Hill wading in Deer Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39424
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitty Hill wading in a small shallow creek. She has her feet submerged, and is dipping her hand in the water while looking up at the photographer. Just behind her is a small log bridge built over the creek, behind which can be seen a street lined with power poles, and a house in the …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 10 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-743
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitty Hill wading in a small shallow creek. She has her feet submerged, and is dipping her hand in the water while looking up at the photographer. Just behind her is a small log bridge built over the creek, behind which can be seen a street lined with power poles, and a house in the far distance, identified as "Broadview". An annotation on the back of the photo reads, "Kitty Hill 1910."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 5730 Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Kitty in front of Broadview
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39556
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.6 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitty Hill standing in the field in front of her family home, known as Broadview on Buckingham Avenue. This was the second Hill family home in the Burnaby Lake area and it was built around 1907. The first Hill home, Brookfield was on Deer Lake Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.6 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-875
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitty Hill standing in the field in front of her family home, known as Broadview on Buckingham Avenue. This was the second Hill family home in the Burnaby Lake area and it was built around 1907. The first Hill home, Brookfield was on Deer Lake Avenue.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Street Address
- 5730 Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_001.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Norman Dowad
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Education
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Migration
- Sports
- Sports - Football
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
- Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
- Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
- Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
- Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
- Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
- Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Douglas Road School
- W. Dowad Limited
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 5533 Buckingham Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Images
![Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_001.jpg)
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Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3
Tennis at Broadview
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39425
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.9 x 7.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman playing tennis at Broadview, the home of Claude Hill. A tent is visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.9 x 7.9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-744
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman playing tennis at Broadview, the home of Claude Hill. A tent is visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Sports - Tennis
- Structures - Tents
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Street Address
- 5730 Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Tennis players, [1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-062.jpg?width=280)
Tennis players
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38743
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people playing tennis and picnicking on the grounds of Broadview, the Claude Hill family home. Clayton House on Buckingham Avenue can be seen in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-062
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people playing tennis and picnicking on the grounds of Broadview, the Claude Hill family home. Clayton House on Buckingham Avenue can be seen in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Street Address
- 5730 Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Tennis players, [1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-062.jpg)
![Tennis players at Broadview, [1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-082.jpg?width=280)
Tennis players at Broadview
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38763
- 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 10.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people in the background playing tennis and gathering on the lawns of a home, most likely the home of the Claude Hill family, known as Broadview.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-082
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people in the background playing tennis and gathering on the lawns of a home, most likely the home of the Claude Hill family, known as Broadview.
- Subjects
- Sports - Tennis
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Street Address
- 5730 Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Tennis players at Broadview, [1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-082.jpg)