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![Eagles house and landscaping, [1939] (date of original), copied 1996 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/331-010.jpg?width=280)
Eagles house and landscaping
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37192
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1939] (date of original), copied 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 17 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles standing outside of their house with two other couples.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1939] (date of original), copied 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Eagles family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 17 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 331-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-21
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles standing outside of their house with two other couples.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 5655 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
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![Eagles house and landscaping, [1939] (date of original), copied 1996 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/331-010.jpg)
Interview with Jack McGeachie June 18, 1975 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory36
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1927-1930
- Length
- 0:08:22
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie's teen years including the early passing of his father.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie's teen years including the early passing of his father.
- Date Range
- 1927-1930
- Photo Info
- McGeachie family; John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie is the eldest child, standing second from the right, 1925 (date of original). Item no. 204-464
- Length
- 0:08:22
- Geographic Access
- Formby Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- June 18, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with John A."Jack" McGeachie by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 18, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) and farming in Burnaby. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- John Aloysius “Jack” McGeachie was born January 14, 1914 in Little Mountain, Vancouver to Helen and John McGeachie. Helen and John had four children; John Aloysius “Jack”, Florence Mary, Thomas Joseph “Tom” and Roderick Noel “Rod.” In 1922 the McGeachie family moved from Vancouver to East Burnaby where the children attended Edmonds School. John Sr. became ill and died, leaving the eldest Jack as the main breadwinner of the family when he was still just a teenager. He began his working life at a chicken farm, later learning his trade while working for the Hudson Bay Company. Jack McGeachie married Burnaby Historian Doreen Pixie Johnson. He and Pixie raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:51:13
- Interviewee Name
- McGeachie, John Aloysius "Jack"
- Interview Location
- Rosewood
- 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.
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Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Jack McGeachie
Track one of interview with Jack McGeachie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-10/100-13-10_Track_2.mp3
Violet Dunbar at King Beach farm
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38319
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 6.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Violet Dunbar at King Beach farm (Dewdney, BC) working in the garden.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Eagles family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 6.5 x 8.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 404-012
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2000-4
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Violet Dunbar at King Beach farm (Dewdney, BC) working in the garden.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Gardens
- Names
- Eagles, Dr. Violet
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
Images
![Violet Eagles in the garden, [1939] (date of original), copied 1996 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/331-006.jpg?width=280)
Violet Eagles in the garden
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37188
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1939] (date of original), copied 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 17 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Violet Eagles standing in the garden at the Eagles Estate with a another woman and a child and a dog.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1939] (date of original), copied 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Eagles family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 17 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 331-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-21
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Violet Eagles standing in the garden at the Eagles Estate with a another woman and a child and a dog.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Gardens
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Buildings - Heritage
- Animals - Dogs
- Names
- Eagles, Dr. Violet
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 5655 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Violet Eagles in the garden, [1939] (date of original), copied 1996 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/331-006.jpg)
Violet Eagles outside her home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38323
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm + 1 b&w negative ; 6 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Violet Eagles and a friend standing on the lower lawn in front of the Eagles' estate at Deer Lake.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Eagles family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm + 1 b&w negative ; 6 x 5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 404-015
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2000-4
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Violet Eagles and a friend standing on the lower lawn in front of the Eagles' estate at Deer Lake.
- Names
- Eagles, Dr. Violet
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 5655 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
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