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![Old Curly at Camp G, [August 19 1911] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/201600520011_001.jpg?width=280)
Old Curly at Camp G
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4226
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [August 19 1911] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" at Camp G, Salmon River. Four men sitting on front of train with forest in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" at Camp G, Salmon River. Four men sitting on front of train with forest in the background.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.52.11
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [August 19 1911] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Mar-15
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Scanned from photograph negative
Images
![Old Curly at Camp G, [August 19 1911] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/201600520011_001.jpg)
![Old Curly at Hastings Mill, [1916] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/201600520002_001.jpg?width=280)
Old Curly at Hastings Mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4040
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1916] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" at rest at Hastings Mill in Vancouver. The locomotive is labelled on the side as no. "2". William Surgenor is standing to the right of the locomotive, holding a long spouted oil can. There is an unidentified man sitting on the front of the loc…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" at rest at Hastings Mill in Vancouver. The locomotive is labelled on the side as no. "2". William Surgenor is standing to the right of the locomotive, holding a long spouted oil can. There is an unidentified man sitting on the front of the locomotive. The mill is visible in the background.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV016.52.2
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1916] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Mar-15
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Scan of photograph negative
Images
![Old Curly at Hastings Mill, [1916] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/201600520002_001.jpg)
![Old Curly from behind, [191-] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/2016_0052_0012_001.jpg?width=280)
Old Curly from behind
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4227
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" from behind. Four men and two dogs are visible near train. Two lines of train track are visible. Shed and forest in background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" from behind. Four men and two dogs are visible near train. Two lines of train track are visible. Shed and forest in background.
- Other Title Information
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV016.52.12
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Mar-15
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Scanned from photograph negative
Images
![Old Curly from behind, [191-] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/2016_0052_0012_001.jpg)
![Old Curly from behind, [191-] (date of original), copied 2018 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/2016_0052_0014_001.jpg?width=280)
Old Curly from behind
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4229
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 2018
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" from behind. Two men on train. The number "2" is visible on train. Building visible in background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" from behind. Two men on train. The number "2" is visible on train. Building visible in background.
- Other Title Information
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.52.14
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 2018
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Mar-15
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Scan of photograph negative
Images
![Old Curly from behind, [191-] (date of original), copied 2018 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/2016_0052_0014_001.jpg)
![Old Curly on track, [1916] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/201600520007_001.jpg?width=280)
Old Curly on track
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4222
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1916] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" on a train track. Train bears the number "3" in paint on the front. There are two men on either side of train. Man in foreground holding an oil can is donor's grandfather, William Surgenor. Buildings surround the train in background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" on a train track. Train bears the number "3" in paint on the front. There are two men on either side of train. Man in foreground holding an oil can is donor's grandfather, William Surgenor. Buildings surround the train in background.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.52.7
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1916] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Mar-15
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Scan of photograph print
Images
![Old Curly on track, [1916] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/201600520007_001.jpg)
Old Curly with "A" frame shed
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4225
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" under "A" frame shed. Engine has been identified as No.5. Trees in background. Two men in front of train.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" under "A" frame shed. Engine has been identified as No.5. Trees in background. Two men in front of train.
- Other Title Information
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.52.10
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Mar-15
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Scanned from photograph negative
Images
![Old Curly with shed and crew, [191-] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/201600520009_001.jpg?width=280)
Old Curly with shed and crew
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4224
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" with shed and crew. Shingle shed with train part-way underneath. Five men sitting or standing at front of train. Location is either Salmon River or Granite Bay.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" with shed and crew. Shingle shed with train part-way underneath. Five men sitting or standing at front of train. Location is either Salmon River or Granite Bay.
- Other Title Information
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.52.9
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Mar-15
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Scanned from photograph negative
Images
![Old Curly with shed and crew, [191-] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/201600520009_001.jpg)
![Steam engine on tracks, 1912 (date of original), copied [1997] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/350-018.jpg?width=280)
Steam engine on tracks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37324
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 (date of original), copied [1997]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steam engine at an unspecified location. A group of railroad labourers are working on the track.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 (date of original), copied [1997]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Jim Wolf subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 350-018
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-09
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steam engine at an unspecified location. A group of railroad labourers are working on the track.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Steam engine on tracks, 1912 (date of original), copied [1997] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/350-018.jpg)
Steam Locomotive number "5"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4230
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 2019
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steam locomotive engine no. 5 on track hauling log booms. Two men in train and two men sitting on logs.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steam locomotive engine no. 5 on track hauling log booms. Two men in train and two men sitting on logs.
- Other Title Information
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.52.15
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 2019
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Mar-15
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Scanned from photograph negative
Images
![Car Track at Oakalla, [1915] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-688.jpg?width=280)
Car Track at Oakalla
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38101
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the rails of a car track at Oakalla Prison Farm.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-688
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the rails of a car track at Oakalla Prison Farm.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Caption at top of photograph reads, "Car Track at Oakalla"
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
![Car Track at Oakalla, [1915] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-688.jpg)
Construction of the Hastings Streetcar line extension
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57733
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- J.W. Phillips fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company labourers constructing the Hastings Streetcar line extension along Hastings Street at Holdom. The Dunsford House, home of the Holdom family is visible on the left along with a wooden plank roadway and sidewalk, with the Holdom family standing …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- J.W. Phillips fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Material Details
- Emulsion measures 11 x 15.5 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 12 x 16 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 487-031
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2008-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company labourers constructing the Hastings Streetcar line extension along Hastings Street at Holdom. The Dunsford House, home of the Holdom family is visible on the left along with a wooden plank roadway and sidewalk, with the Holdom family standing on their front porch. Walter Holdom built Tea Rooms (partially visible on the far left) on his property to entertain prospective real estate buyers. This photograph was taken looking east towards Burnaby Mountain.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Transportation - Rail
- Occupations - Railroad Labourers
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Phillips, James William "Jim"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Howard Avenue
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 5206 Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![CPR Depot, Barnet, BC, [191-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/540-002.jpg?width=280)
CPR Depot, Barnet, BC
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription73594
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- LaFavor Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard depicting a train at the C.P.R. Depot in Barnet Village, Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- LaFavor Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 540-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-03
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard depicting a train at the C.P.R. Depot in Barnet Village, Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Transportation - Rail
- Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Canadian Photo Company
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Village
- Barnet Road
- Street Address
- 8181 Barnet Road
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
![CPR Depot, Barnet, BC, [191-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/540-002.jpg)
![Derailed train, [191-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0158_001.jpg?width=280)
Derailed train
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19736
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of derailed train with men standing next to the locomotive.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of derailed train with men standing next to the locomotive.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Accidents
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.158
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [191-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-04
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
Images
![Derailed train, [191-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0158_001.jpg)
![Great Northern Railway crossing, [1914] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/197200110009.jpg?width=280)
Great Northern Railway crossing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3095
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1914]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 20.2 x 15.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Great Northern Railway crossing meeting a road that appears to have run parellel to the railway on a bluff. On the left side of the photograph is a small hut beside a sign that reads, "Railway Crossing." Two unidentified men are standing outside of the hut. An earlier catalogue re…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 20.2 x 15.8 cm
- Material Details
- Inscribed on negative, and printed backwards on contact print, l.r. "G.N.RAILWAY......../SHEWI [rest of the word illegible] INTERSECTION). CROSSING.../ [illegible word] ROAD. LOOKING NORTH"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Great Northern Railway crossing meeting a road that appears to have run parellel to the railway on a bluff. On the left side of the photograph is a small hut beside a sign that reads, "Railway Crossing." Two unidentified men are standing outside of the hut. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that the crossing street is North Road, and the photograph was taken looking northwest into Burnaby. Inscribed on negative, lower right: "G.N. Railway /Shewi [rest of the word illegible] Intersection) Crossing / [illegible word] Road. Looking North."
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Geographic Access
- North Road
- Accession Code
- HV972.11.9
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1914]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 14/8/2006
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative
Images
![Great Northern Railway crossing, [1914] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/197200110009.jpg)
Interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon July 9, 1975 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory91
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1904-1932
- Length
- 0:08:08
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Charles A. Purdon's employment history and first years of marriage to May E. Purdon.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Charles A. Purdon's employment history and first years of marriage to May E. Purdon.
- Date Range
- 1904-1932
- Length
- 0:08:08
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- July 9, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon by SFU graduate student Bettina Bradbury July 9, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression and Canadian politics. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- May Eliza was born in London, England in 1907. She came out to Regina with her family when she was eleven. Charles A. Purdon was born February 28, 1904 in London, England. He came to Canada in 1925 from China where he had been working as an accountant for the previous three years. Charles first came to Vancouver and joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) but within a week he was sent to Regina. This is where he met May. May and Charles got married in 1926 and Charles began working as an accountant for the Saskatchewan Wheat Growers, then for the Canadian Wool Growers before being laid off. In October of 1930, Charles and May left Regina for Vancouver Island. Charles drove himself out and May rode the train with her children; twin boys and a daughter, only one year apart. They settled at May’s parent’s second house in Coombs. The Purdons arrived in Burnaby in December of 1932 and rented a house on Edmonds Street. Charles was unable to do road work and instead found work through the Liberal Party and also with the Municipal engineers indoors on a number of projects. In 1938 the Purdons were able to get into a reverted house built by Ernie Winch at Maple Avenue (then Jubilee) and Nelson Avenue that had nine bedrooms. They paid ten dollars a month to the municipality for use of this property. May Eliza Purdon died April 6, 1983 at the age of seventy-six.
- Total Length
- 1:40:03
- Interviewee Name
- Purdon, Charles A.
- Purdon, May Eliza
- 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
- 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.
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon
Track one of interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-19/100-13-19_Track_1.mp3
Munitions - New Westminster 1917
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39153
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman standing near a pile of debris at a railway yard identified by the caption as "Munitions - New Westminster 1917."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-472
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman standing near a pile of debris at a railway yard identified by the caption as "Munitions - New Westminster 1917."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Munitions - New Westminster 1917
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39157
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a railroad yard, with industrial buildings in the background. The photograph has been captioned as "Munitions - New Westminster 1917."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-476
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a railroad yard, with industrial buildings in the background. The photograph has been captioned as "Munitions - New Westminster 1917."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Munitions - New Westminster 1917
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39158
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified people standing on a railway car. The photograph has been captioned as "Munitions - New Westminster 1917."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-477
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified people standing on a railway car. The photograph has been captioned as "Munitions - New Westminster 1917."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Munitions - New Westminster 1917
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39159
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unknown man and woman seated near some debris at a railroad yard in New Westminster. The photograph has been captioned as "Munitions - New Westminster 1917."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-478
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unknown man and woman seated near some debris at a railroad yard in New Westminster. The photograph has been captioned as "Munitions - New Westminster 1917."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
![Railway embankment, [1914] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/197200110004.jpg?width=280)
Railway embankment
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1057
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1914]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 14.8 x 19.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a railway embankment. The railway is winding out of the picture frame with the road lined with electric posts running almost parallel to the rail tracks. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that this is the view of the Great Northern Railway and cut along North Road just nort…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 14.8 x 19.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a railway embankment. The railway is winding out of the picture frame with the road lined with electric posts running almost parallel to the rail tracks. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that this is the view of the Great Northern Railway and cut along North Road just north of the Brunette River, looking southeast toward Coquitlam from Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Geographic Access
- North Road
- Accession Code
- HV972.11.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1914]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
- Related Material
- for another view of the same railway embankment, see HV972.11.2
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 14/8/2006
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative
Images
![Railway embankment, [1914] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/197200110004.jpg)