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Building a snowman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36432
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1938
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two young children building a snowman on the Martin family property in the winter. The property was at 2671 McKay Avenue (renumbered 6408 McKay Avenue - this area has since been further sub-divided).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1938
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Martin family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 270-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-39
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two young children building a snowman on the Martin family property in the winter. The property was at 2671 McKay Avenue (renumbered 6408 McKay Avenue - this area has since been further sub-divided).
- Subjects
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- 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
![Children at Forster house, [1925] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/168-009.jpg?width=280)
Children at Forster house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34974
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of children seated on the steps of the Forster family's second house on McKay Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Forster family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 168-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-17
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of children seated on the steps of the Forster family's second house on McKay Avenue.
- 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
![Children at Forster house, [1925] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/168-009.jpg)
Dan, Bea, Eddie, and John Matheson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37647
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 2.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Matheson family siblings in the front yard of 2890 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6149 McKay Avenue) in the snow. Clockwise from top: Dan, Bea, Eddie, and John Matheson.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 2.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-235
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Matheson family siblings in the front yard of 2890 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6149 McKay Avenue) in the snow. Clockwise from top: Dan, Bea, Eddie, and John Matheson.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6149 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Eddie and Bea Matheson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37649
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 3.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of siblings Eddie and Bea Matheson in the snow in the backyard of 2890 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6149 McKay Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 3.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-237
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of siblings Eddie and Bea Matheson in the snow in the backyard of 2890 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6149 McKay Avenue).
- Names
- Matheson, Bea
- Matheson, Eddie
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6149 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Eddie Matheson in the snow
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37648
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 2.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Eddie Matheson in the snow in the backyard of 2890 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6149 McKay Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 2.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-236
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Eddie Matheson in the snow in the backyard of 2890 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6149 McKay Avenue).
- Names
- Matheson, Eddie
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6149 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Forster Family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36788
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Forster and likely her two oldest children, Vera and Mary, sitting on the running board of a car which looks to be a Hudson Phantom. They are in front of the Wilson Forster plumbing and electrical business and Forster family home at 2849 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6038 McKay …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-245
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Forster and likely her two oldest children, Vera and Mary, sitting on the running board of a car which looks to be a Hudson Phantom. They are in front of the Wilson Forster plumbing and electrical business and Forster family home at 2849 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6038 McKay Avenue). A sign on the building reads, "Wilson-Forster / Plumber & Electrician."
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Buildings
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6208 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Forster family house and store, [1924] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/168-007.jpg?width=280)
Forster family house and store
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34972
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1924] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Wilson Forster's plumbing and electrical business and the Forster family home at 2849 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6208 McKay Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1924] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Forster family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 168-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-17
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Wilson Forster's plumbing and electrical business and the Forster family home at 2849 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6208 McKay Avenue).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6208 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Forster family house and store, [1924] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/168-007.jpg)
![Forster family house and store, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/168-008.jpg?width=280)
Forster family house and store
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34973
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Wilson Forster's plumbing and electrical business and the Forster family home at 2849 McKay Avenue after a snowfall (later renumbered 6208 McKay Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Forster family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 168-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-17
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Wilson Forster's plumbing and electrical business and the Forster family home at 2849 McKay Avenue after a snowfall (later renumbered 6208 McKay Avenue).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6208 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Forster family house and store, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/168-008.jpg)
Forster House and Business
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36789
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.0 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Forster family home at 2849 McKay Avenue (old street number) also housing Wilson Forster's plumbing and electrical business. A group of girls are sitting on the front steps.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.0 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-246
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Forster family home at 2849 McKay Avenue (old street number) also housing Wilson Forster's plumbing and electrical business. A group of girls are sitting on the front steps.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6208 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Forster House and Business, [193-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-247.jpg?width=280)
Forster House and Business
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36790
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Forster family home at 2849 McKay Avenue (old street number) with Wilson Forster's plumbing and electrical shop attached. Originally the business was located in the residence. A group of adults and children are on the front steps of the house.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-247
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Forster family home at 2849 McKay Avenue (old street number) with Wilson Forster's plumbing and electrical shop attached. Originally the business was located in the residence. A group of adults and children are on the front steps of the house.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6208 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Forster House and Business, [193-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-247.jpg)
Gordon and Murial Morash
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36930
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.9 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of brother and sister Gordon (younger) and Murial (older) Morash outside their family home at 2560 McKay Avenue (now 6635 McKay Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.9 x 12.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-388
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of brother and sister Gordon (younger) and Murial (older) Morash outside their family home at 2560 McKay Avenue (now 6635 McKay Avenue).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6635 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Interview with Edith Wight July 21, 1975 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory143
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1936-1938
- Length
- 0:05:14
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Edith Mary (Hall) Wight's personal memories of house repairs taken on during the 1930s.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Edith Mary (Hall) Wight's personal memories of house repairs taken on during the 1930s.
- Date Range
- 1936-1938
- Length
- 0:05:14
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- McLeod, Ross S.
- Interview Date
- July 21, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Edith Mary (Hall) Wight by Ross S. McLeod, July 21, 1975 at Edith's home on McKay Avenue, Burnaby. Major themes discussed are: the Depression and working outside the home. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- Edith Mary (Hall) Wight arrived in Burnaby in September of 1920 from England, a self-described war bride. Her mother, Fanny (Carnelly) was an accomplished seamstress and her father, Robert Hall a hobbyist painter and carpenter. Edith and her husband Gordon Edward Wight lived at 420 McKay (later renumbered 6060 McKay) throughout their married lives. Within a year of moving to Burnaby, Edith got her first job sewing bedspreads for a large company, launching her career as an interior designer. She also started making dresses on commission. Gordon had a job at a fertilizer plant, which included delivering fruit trees and fertilizer door to door. He would often suggest new curtains or other material goods to the householders he visited, generating clients for Edith. Edith opened an Interior Design studio at South Granville in the first week of September, 1930 with her husband Gordon and Mrs. Ferguson, a previous client who ran a gift shop at the Georgia Hotel. Unfortunately, in 1932 Mrs. Ferguson became ill and was never to return to the studio. Edith and Gordon had two children; Clifford “Cliff” Wight born August 22, 1921 and Eulie Fanny Wight born in 1925. Clifford attended Kingsway West School in 1925 and was a graduate of Burnaby South High School. Eulie Fanny Wight graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia in 1957. Clifford also graduated from the University of British Columbia and was among the handful of students who first established the School of Architecture at UBC. Clifford later married Mary (Berryman) Wight. Gordon Edward Wight died July 30, 1945, his wife Edith Mary (Hall) Wight died November 11, 1986. Eulie Fanny Wight died June 19, 1998. Clifford Wight died February 27, 2005.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:07:46
- Interviewee Name
- Wight, Edith
- Interview Location
- McKay Avenue, Burnaby
- 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 six of interview with Edith Wight
Track six of interview with Edith Wight
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-23/100-13-23_Track_6.mp3
Interview with W.H. O'Brien July / August 1975 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory23
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1932-1938
- Length
- 0:09:14
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the Army of the Common Good Cooperative stores and their beginnings. Harry mentions the Credit Union.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the Army of the Common Good Cooperative stores and their beginnings. Harry mentions the Credit Union.
- Date Range
- 1932-1938
- Photo Info
- Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005
- Length
- 0:09:14
- Subjects
- Organizations
- Persons - Volunteers
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- July / August 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with W.H. "Harry" O'Brien by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury. Major themes discussed are: the Army of the Common Good, the Union of the Unemployed and the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union). To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- W.H. “Harry” O’Brien was born in the coal mining town of Nanaimo, British Columbia on October 20, 1914. He came to Burnaby with his parents and five siblings in 1927. Harry’s mother, a school teacher, wanted her children to live closer to school in order to obtain a better education, so the O’Brien family settled at Inman Avenue, Burnaby. Harry's mother, Mary Anne Crossan, was Gilmore Avenue School's first teacher. Harry left school in June of 1929. Harry’s father worked as the caretaker at Central Park around this time and Harry helped him to clear brush, plant trees and enforce the land clearing and wood cutting permit regulations held by men who were on script. Although too young to vote by just over a week, Harry O'Brien worked as a scrutineer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) during the 1935 Federal Election. On October 12, 1940 Harry O'Brien married Gertrude Sutherland at St. John the Divine in Burnaby. The Sutherland family came to Burnaby from Winnipeg in 1933 and settled at Nelson Avenue. Harry began his involvement with the Unemployment Organization in Burnaby by participating in an organised protest against the municipality for homeowner evictions brought on by unpaid taxes. The South Burnaby Union of the Unemployed organised in order to protest rules around receiving Relief. Harry became involved, eventually becoming one of the spearheads of the organization, taking over as secretary by 1936. Harry was an original member of the Army of the Common Good, helping to produce over one hundred and twenty-five tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed Burnaby citizens suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The members of the Army of the Common Good who cut wood for consumption or worked in the gardens were given credit for their work through LU (Labour Units) which they could then use to buy groceries and that at the Army's Cooperative stores, one of which was at McKay Avenue, where Harry began working as Manager of Groceries in 1937. The Credit Union movement of British Columbia was also organized by Harry O'Brien and his fellow Army of the Common Good members. W.H. "Harry" O'Brien died July 1, 1992.
- Total Tracks
- 9
- Total Length
- 1:17:56
- Interviewee Name
- O'Brien, Harry
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track six of interview with W.H.
Track six of interview with W.H.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-25/100-13-25_Track_6.mp3![Jackson family, [1936 or 1937] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-093.jpg?width=280)
Jackson family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36738
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.4 x 12.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson, her children, Vera and Ron and their dog Dinty Moore who was part Alsatian and part Airedale, in the snow. This photograph was taken on Trafalgar Street (now Maywood) looking west toward Central Park from between Telford Avenue and McKay Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.4 x 12.2 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-093
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson, her children, Vera and Ron and their dog Dinty Moore who was part Alsatian and part Airedale, in the snow. This photograph was taken on Trafalgar Street (now Maywood) looking west toward Central Park from between Telford Avenue and McKay Avenue.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Maywood Street
- McKay Avenue
- Central Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Jackson family, [1936 or 1937] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-093.jpg)
King family home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37008
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 11.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the King family home at 2680 McKay Avenue (old street number). It had 22 rooms. Three women are standing in the doorway.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 11.9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-471
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the King family home at 2680 McKay Avenue (old street number). It had 22 rooms. Three women are standing in the doorway.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6425 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Kingsway West School in "Goldenhair & the Three Bears"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1056
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1923]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19.4 x 24.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the cast of the Kingsway West School's production of "Goldenhair and the Three Bears." The costumed students, varying in grades and ages, are posed in front of a painted backdrop on a stage. Inscribed on the negative and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "Kingsway West School…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19.4 x 24.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the cast of the Kingsway West School's production of "Goldenhair and the Three Bears." The costumed students, varying in grades and ages, are posed in front of a painted backdrop on a stage. Inscribed on the negative and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "Kingsway West School in 'Goldenhair & the Three Bears.'" and "Stuart Thomson / Vancouver / B.C." In a letter written to the museum in 1973, the donor states, "This Kingsway West School concert was held fifty odd years ago, I believe in the then 'Phillips Hall' at the corner of McKay Avenue and the old interurban line."
- Subjects
- Performances - Concerts
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6285 McKay Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV973.158.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1923]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-06
- Photographer
- Thomson, Stuart
- Notes
- Title based on caption of photograph
Images
Martin family home in winter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36430
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Martin family home in the winter, covered in snow. The house was at 2671 McKay Avenue (renumbered 6408 McKay Avenue - this area has since been further sub-divided).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Martin family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 270-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-39
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Martin family home in the winter, covered in snow. The house was at 2671 McKay Avenue (renumbered 6408 McKay Avenue - this area has since been further sub-divided).
- 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
![Matheson Children and Car, [ca. 1929] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-239.jpg?width=280)
Matheson Children and Car
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37651
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1929] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (left to right): Helen Matheson, Myrtle Matheson, Beatrice Mengel, and Johnny Matheson, sitting on the running board of a car in front of 2890 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6149 McKay Avenue). Angus Matheson may be at the wheel.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1929] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-239
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (left to right): Helen Matheson, Myrtle Matheson, Beatrice Mengel, and Johnny Matheson, sitting on the running board of a car in front of 2890 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6149 McKay Avenue). Angus Matheson may be at the wheel.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6149 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Matheson Children and Car, [ca. 1929] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-239.jpg)
![Matheson family, [1929] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-240.jpg?width=280)
Matheson family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37652
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.6 x 2.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Matheson family standing in front of 2890 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6149 McKay Avenue). Left to right: Dan (son), Angus (father) and Fanny (mother).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.6 x 2.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-240
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Matheson family standing in front of 2890 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6149 McKay Avenue). Left to right: Dan (son), Angus (father) and Fanny (mother).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6149 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Matheson family, [1929] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-240.jpg)
Matheson family home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37667
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 5.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Matheson family home at 6149 McKay Avenue (formerly numbered 2890 McKay Avenue). It was built in the spring of 1926.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 5.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-255
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Matheson family home at 6149 McKay Avenue (formerly numbered 2890 McKay Avenue). It was built in the spring of 1926.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Street Address
- 6149 McKay Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
