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BCER 1233 at Horne-Payne siding

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2883
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1952]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway car 1233 at Horne-Payne siding awaiting the passing of the west bound train on the Burnaby Lake line. Gordin Gregg is identified as the motor man at the front.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway car 1233 at Horne-Payne siding awaiting the passing of the west bound train on the Burnaby Lake line. Gordin Gregg is identified as the motor man at the front.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Gregg, Gordin
Accession Code
BV012.18.7
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1952]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
13-Mar-2018
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "On a warm summer afternoon, in 1952, east bound / B.C.E.R. #1233 pulls into passig siding at the / Horne-Payne subbstation to await the passing of the / west bound train on th eBurnaby Lake Line."
Typewritten note on verso reads: "Gordin Gregg - Motor man"
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Brentwood Div 2 Gr 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36065
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Division 2, Grade 6 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teachers. Miss Wadden is standing on the far right.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Grace Dickie subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
215-023
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1989-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Division 2, Grade 6 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teachers. Miss Wadden is standing on the far right.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Brentwood Park School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Photographer identified as "Layton"
Geographic Access
Delta Avenue
Street Address
1455 Delta Avenue
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
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Brentwood Gr 4 Div 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36060
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1957
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Grade 4, Division 4 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teachers; Mrs. M. DeRidder is on the right.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1957
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Grace Dickie subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
215-018
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1989-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Grade 4, Division 4 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teachers; Mrs. M. DeRidder is on the right.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Brentwood Park School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Photographer identified as "Layton"
Geographic Access
Delta Avenue
Street Address
1455 Delta Avenue
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
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Brentwood Gr 5 Div 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36061
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1957
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Grade 5, Division 2 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teacher (sitting- far right).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1957
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Grace Dickie subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
215-019
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1989-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Grade 5, Division 2 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teacher (sitting- far right).
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Brentwood Park School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Photographer identified as "Layton"
Geographic Access
Delta Avenue
Street Address
1455 Delta Avenue
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
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Brentwood Park Div 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36064
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Division 3 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teacher, Mr. Rahrick (standing on the left).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Grace Dickie subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
215-022
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1989-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Division 3 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teacher, Mr. Rahrick (standing on the left).
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Brentwood Park School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Photographer identified as "Layton"
Geographic Access
Delta Avenue
Street Address
1455 Delta Avenue
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
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Brentwood Park Div 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36063
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Division 5 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teacher (standing on the left).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Grace Dickie subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
215-021
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1989-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Division 5 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teacher (standing on the left).
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Brentwood Park School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Photographer identified as "Layton"
Geographic Access
Delta Avenue
Street Address
1455 Delta Avenue
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
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Brentwood Park Gr 2- 3 Div 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36057
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1956
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Grade 2-3, Division 3 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teacher, Mrs. M. DeRidder (far left).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1956
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Grace Dickie subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
215-015
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1989-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Grade 2-3, Division 3 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teacher, Mrs. M. DeRidder (far left).
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Brentwood Park School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Photographer identified as "Layton"
Geographic Access
Delta Avenue
Street Address
1455 Delta Avenue
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
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Brentwood Park Gr 4 Div 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36058
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1956
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Grade 4, Division 3 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teacher, Miss Joan Beauchamp (far left).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1956
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Grace Dickie subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
215-016
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1989-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Grade 4, Division 3 class at Brentwood Park School sitting and standing in rows outside of their school with their teacher, Miss Joan Beauchamp (far left).
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Brentwood Park School
Beauchamp, Joan
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Photographer identified as "Layton"
Geographic Access
Delta Avenue
Street Address
1455 Delta Avenue
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
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Brentwood School Staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36066
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the staff members at Brentwood Park School, sitting and standing in rows outside of the school.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Grace Dickie subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
215-024
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1989-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the staff members at Brentwood Park School, sitting and standing in rows outside of the school.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Brentwood Park School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Hadwritten note on verso of photograph identifies the staff members by listing them: "Mr. Harris, Mr. Kaye, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. McGregor (Nurse), Mrs. Hune, Mrs. Schawalder, Mrs. McCanty, Mrs. Kulla, Miss Gray, Mrs. Guggishberg, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. DeRidder, Mrs. Tweedy, Miss Johnstone, Miss Wadden, Mrs. Cook"
Photographer identified as "Layton"
Geographic Access
Delta Avenue
Street Address
1455 Delta Avenue
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
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Brentwood Staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36062
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the staff members at Brentwood Park School, sitting and standing in rows outside of the school. A hand-written note on verso of print indentifies the staff members in a list: Mr. Rahrick, Mr. Robinson, Mrs. Hune, Mrs. Schawalder, Mrs. Guggisberg, Mrs. McCanty, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Matheson…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Grace Dickie subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Material Details
Photographer wrote their name, photograph's title and the date on the negative, making all three white on the photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
215-020
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1989-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the staff members at Brentwood Park School, sitting and standing in rows outside of the school. A hand-written note on verso of print indentifies the staff members in a list: Mr. Rahrick, Mr. Robinson, Mrs. Hune, Mrs. Schawalder, Mrs. Guggisberg, Mrs. McCanty, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Kay, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Pervis, Miss Ginny (?), Mrs. Lewis, Miss \, Mrs. Lloyd, Miss Wadden, Mrs. Kulla, Mrs. Weir, Mrs. Smith"
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Brentwood Park School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Second note on verso of photograph reads: D.A. Rahrick
Photographer identified as "Layton"
Geographic Access
Delta Avenue
Street Address
1455 Delta Avenue
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
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Clearing for shopping centre

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85130
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Ben Bradley collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of land being cleared for the Brentwood Mall with Burnaby mountain in the background.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Ben Bradley collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
564-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2013-30
Scope and Content
Photograph of land being cleared for the Brentwood Mall with Burnaby mountain in the background.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial
Land Clearing
Names
Brentwood Shopping Centre
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Note on verso reads: "Clearing for shopping centre"
Street Address
4567 Lougheed Highway
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
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Clearing for shopping centre

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85131
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Ben Bradley collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph with tree stumps, rocks and dirt of land being cleared for the Brentwood Mall.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Ben Bradley collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
564-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2013-30
Scope and Content
Photograph with tree stumps, rocks and dirt of land being cleared for the Brentwood Mall.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial
Land Clearing
Names
Brentwood Shopping Centre
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Street Address
4567 Lougheed Highway
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
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Clearing for shopping centre

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85133
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Ben Bradley collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph with tree stumps, rocks and dirt of land being cleared for the Brentwood Mall.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Ben Bradley collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
564-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2013-30
Scope and Content
Photograph with tree stumps, rocks and dirt of land being cleared for the Brentwood Mall.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial
Land Clearing
Names
Brentwood Shopping Centre
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Note on verso reads: "Clearing for shopping centre"
Street Address
4567 Lougheed Highway
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
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Clearing for the shopping centre

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85125
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Ben Bradley collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of children climbing on a large tree stump on land being cleared for the Brentwood Mall.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Ben Bradley collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
564-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2013-30
Scope and Content
Photograph of children climbing on a large tree stump on land being cleared for the Brentwood Mall.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial
Land Clearing
Names
Brentwood Shopping Centre
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Note on verso reads: "Clearing for shopping centre"
Street Address
4567 Lougheed Highway
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
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Construction at 4674 Southlawn Drive

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37892
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1987 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the renovation and construction at 4674 Southlawn Drive, with the front of the house.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1987 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.9 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-480
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the renovation and construction at 4674 Southlawn Drive, with the front of the house.
Subjects
Construction
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Occupations - Labourers
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Copied from col. photograph
Geographic Access
Southlawn Drive
Street Address
4674 Southlawn Drive
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
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Construction at 4674 Southlawn Drive

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37893
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1987 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of renovation of the house at 4674 Southlawn Drive. A man is working on the back porch.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1987 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.9 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-481
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of renovation of the house at 4674 Southlawn Drive. A man is working on the back porch.
Subjects
Construction
Occupations - Labourers
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Copied from col. photograph
Geographic Access
Southlawn Drive
Street Address
4674 Southlawn Drive
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
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Glenburn Telephone Exchange

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34706
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the exterior of the Glenburn Telephone Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Glenburn Automatic Exchange at Delta and Parker streets. To be cutover in March, 1959. / B.C. Telephone Company."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.7 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
111-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the exterior of the Glenburn Telephone Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Glenburn Automatic Exchange at Delta and Parker streets. To be cutover in March, 1959. / B.C. Telephone Company."
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial
Names
British Columbia Telephone Company
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Graphic Industries Limited
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Caption at bottom of photograph reads, "British Columbia Telephone Company"
Stamp on back of photograph reads, "Photo by Graphic Industries Ltd. / File No. 3841-2 / Vancouver, Canada Mutual 1-4174"
Geographic Access
Delta Avenue
Parker Street
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
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Hazel Padula standing on the steps

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription75553
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1952 and 1958] (date of original), digitally copied 2012
Collection/Fonds
Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
Scope and Content
Photograph of Hazel Padula (nee Bongea) standing on the steps of her home in Brentwood.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1952 and 1958] (date of original), digitally copied 2012
Collection/Fonds
Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
Series
Burna-Boom Oral History project series
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
Description Level
Item
Record No.
549-052
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2012-30
Scope and Content
Photograph of Hazel Padula (nee Bongea) standing on the steps of her home in Brentwood.
Names
Padula, Hazel Bongea
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
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Interview with Bill Gruenthal

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19636
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business,…
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
2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
Material Details
Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Bill Gruenthal Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business, his knowledge and interest in Judaism, places that he and his wife lived before moving to Burnaby, family life in Burnaby and his political involvement in running for the Burnaby school board. 00:27:02 – 00:42:50 Bill Gruenthal talks about the Burquest Jewish Community Association, it’s background and his involvement, experiences of discrimination in his career, a brief history of the Jewish people and some cultural traditions. 00:42:51 – 00:56:04 Bill Gruenthal mentions some of the charities that he supports including Burnaby Hospital, his volunteer work within the community and community organizations including the Nikkei Place Foundation and shares more details on his insurance career. 00:56:05 – 01:14:37 Bill Gruenthal shares information about his Burnaby neighbourhood and Jewish funeral customs and provides his impressions of new development at Brentwood, Burnaby Council and other development projects in Burnaby.
History
Interviewee biography: Bill Gruenthal was born in the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1935 after his parents had fled Germany in advance of the then worsening political situation. Bill’s father died in 1942; some years later his mother remarried to an Irish-born senior civil servant in that government. He had a difficult and somewhat dangerous job. Soon after marriage, the family, including Bill’s older brother, Martin, immigrated to Canada in January 1947 on the strength of his step-father’s British Passport. They traveled via New York, where Bill’s uncle and his family resided and who put up the family. Later that month, the parents travelled by CP rail from Montreal to Vancouver, followed by Bill and his brother in March 1947 who travelled from New York to White Rock on an American railroad. While passing through the Fraser Valley Bill’s parents took an interest in Silverdale, a small hamlet west of Mission where the four eventually settled. Bill finished High School in Mission and soon joined the insurance industry. Bill connected with the Jewish Community in Vancouver where he met his soon-to-be wife. Upon marriage they were transferred to Calgary; after five years suffering its cold weather they were transferred back to Vancouver. They settled in Burnaby in 1966 as an affordable neighbourhood with easy access to his office downtown Vancouver. Outside work, Bill helped raise his family of three daughters who all graduated Burnaby High School (Alpha). They joined Temple Sholom in Vancouver, and he volunteered and still volunteers for a number of non-profits, including The Jewish Museum and Archives and Nikkei Place Foundation (Burnaby). He was an early long-term supporter and a past president of Burquest Jewish Community Association, mostly involving persons from Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area (hence the name). He ran for political office in Burnaby in 1976 but was not elected. He delivers food in Burnaby for the Food Bank and is a donor to many worthy causes including Burnaby General Hospital. 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
Migration
Persons - Jewish Canadians
Transportation
Transportation - Rail
Religions - Judaism
Cemeteries
Organizations
Elections
Names
Gruenthal, Bill
Gruenthal, Noemi Yadlow
O'Connor, Herta Ingrid Gruenthal
O'Connor, John
Burquest
Jacobson, Max Alec
Temple Shalom
Brentwood Shopping Centre
Brentwood Park School
Alpha Secondary School
Burnaby School Board
Responsibility
Damer, Eric
Accession Code
BV023.16.14
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
Media Type
Sound Recording
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks

Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0014_003.mp3
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Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory518
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1969-1990
Length
00:04:54
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita and her family’s move to Burnaby in 1969 to an apartment near Brentwood Mall. She tells about continuing to demonstrate origami in schools and teach Ikebana in the community.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita and her family’s move to Burnaby in 1969 to an apartment near Brentwood Mall. She tells about continuing to demonstrate origami in schools and teach Ikebana in the community.
Date Range
1969-1990
Length
00:04:54
Subjects
Persons - Volunteers
Arts
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
February 27, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.
Total Tracks
11
Total Length
01:34:10
Interviewee Name
Miyashita, Toki
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with Toki Miyashita

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50 records – page 2 of 3.