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Capitol Hill Elementary School class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35530
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Capitol Hill Elementary School Grade 1 class. Identified: (front row, 4th from left) Pat Parliament. Not shown: Mrs. Minnie Scott (school principal) and Mrs. Towler (janitor), and Miss Nellie Pearse, a popular exchange teacher from Bristol, England.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-388
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Capitol Hill Elementary School Grade 1 class. Identified: (front row, 4th from left) Pat Parliament. Not shown: Mrs. Minnie Scott (school principal) and Mrs. Towler (janitor), and Miss Nellie Pearse, a popular exchange teacher from Bristol, England.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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Capitol Hill Elementary School Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35532
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Capitol Hill Elementary School, Grade 8 class. Identified: (3rd row, far left) Bill Kask; (3rd row, 3rd from left) Bob Parliament (Bill's brother-in-law to be). Teacher: Mrs. Minnie Scott (who was also the school principal).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-390
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Capitol Hill Elementary School, Grade 8 class. Identified: (3rd row, far left) Bill Kask; (3rd row, 3rd from left) Bob Parliament (Bill's brother-in-law to be). Teacher: Mrs. Minnie Scott (who was also the school principal).
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Capitol Hill Elementary School
- Parliament, Bob
- Scott, Minnie
- A & H Plastering and Stucco
- Kask, William "Bill", 1916-2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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Capitol Hill school
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38665
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Capitol Hill School on Holdom Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- North Burnaby Board of Trade subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 476-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-8
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Capitol Hill School on Holdom Avenue.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Names
- Capitol Hill School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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Capitol Hill School class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34926
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1927 or 1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.7 x 13.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class outside at Capitol Hill School. Front row, left to right: Hazel Healy, Irene Stern, Etta Pirie, Nelly Rowland, [unidentified], Marie Parliament, [unidentified], and Vera Drake. 2nd row: Thais Bonnett, Edith Cawker, Ruby Wilson, [unidentified], Isobel Whittington, Valera Step…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1927 or 1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Marjorie Coe subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.7 x 13.7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 161-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class outside at Capitol Hill School. Front row, left to right: Hazel Healy, Irene Stern, Etta Pirie, Nelly Rowland, [unidentified], Marie Parliament, [unidentified], and Vera Drake. 2nd row: Thais Bonnett, Edith Cawker, Ruby Wilson, [unidentified], Isobel Whittington, Valera Stephans, Ethel Sims, Vivian Drake, and Ethel Leper [or LePere]. 3rd row: Winnie Jackson, Althea Braithewate, Ethel Easthope, Alice Marsh, Edna Stern, Marjorie Mason, Irene Jackson, and Marie Rowland. 4th row: [unidentified], Roy Nicklasson, Gilbert Pritchard, Lorne Davis, [one of the Norman family sons?], George McMaster, Dudley Alanson, Jack Atchison, David McDonald, and Eddie Hay.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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Capitol Hill School Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35367
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 27, 1929
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Grade 1 class at Capitol Hill School. Identified are: (back row, 3rd from left) Winnifred Eshelby and beside her, is teacher, Miss Nellie Pearse. Miss Pearse was an English exchange teacher from Bristol who later kept in touch with her Capitol Hill pupils.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 27, 1929
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-224
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Grade 1 class at Capitol Hill School. Identified are: (back row, 3rd from left) Winnifred Eshelby and beside her, is teacher, Miss Nellie Pearse. Miss Pearse was an English exchange teacher from Bristol who later kept in touch with her Capitol Hill pupils.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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Capitol Hill School Division 3 class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36896
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Capitol Hill School class, Division 3. This is probably a Grade 6 class.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-354
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Capitol Hill School class, Division 3. This is probably a Grade 6 class.
- Names
- Capitol Hill School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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Capitol Hill School Grade 1 class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36890
- 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 ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Capitol Hill School Grade 1 class. Front row: Mildred Pritchard, [unknown], Betty McLeod, Madeline LaPointe, Mabel Belton, Thais Bonnett, Marg Finlay, Vera Drake, and Lillian Bradley. Second row: Ethel Sims, Gladys Singleton, Marjorie Warner, Althea Braithwaite, Ethel LePere, Doro…
- 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 ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-348
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Capitol Hill School Grade 1 class. Front row: Mildred Pritchard, [unknown], Betty McLeod, Madeline LaPointe, Mabel Belton, Thais Bonnett, Marg Finlay, Vera Drake, and Lillian Bradley. Second row: Ethel Sims, Gladys Singleton, Marjorie Warner, Althea Braithwaite, Ethel LePere, Dorothea Smith, Queenie Holdom, Belle Wittingham, and Vivian Drake. Third row: Len Holland, Roy Mickelson, David McDonald, Edwin Burgess, Doug Moore, and Rod Beaton. Back row: Rennie Hay, Tom Sutherland, Doug Payne, Eddie Hay, Gilbert Prtichard, Bob McMillan, and [first name unknown] Braithwaite.
- Names
- Beaton, Rod
- Belton, Mabel
- Bradley, Lillian
- Braithwaite, Althea
- Burgess, Edwin
- Capitol Hill School
- Drake, Vera
- Drake, Vivian
- Finlay, Marg
- Halford, Thais S. Bonnett
- Hay, Eddie
- Hay, Rennie
- Holdom, Queenie
- Holland, Len
- LaPointe, Madeline
- LePere, Ethel
- McDonald, David
- McLeod, Betty
- McMillan, Bob
- Mickelson, Roy
- Moore, Doug
- Payne, Doug
- Pritchard, Gilbert
- Pritchard, Mildred
- Sims, Ethel
- Singleton, Gladys
- Smith, Dorothea
- Sutherland, Tom
- Warner, Marjorie
- Wittingham, Belle
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph;
- Two boys in the third row are not identified, but it is unclear which ones
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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Capitol Hill School Grade 4 class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36893
- 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 ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Capitol Hill School Grade 4 class.
- 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 ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-351
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Capitol Hill School Grade 4 class.
- Names
- Capitol Hill School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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Capitol Hill School Grade 5 class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36895
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Capitol Hill School Grade 5 class.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-353
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Capitol Hill School Grade 5 class.
- Names
- Capitol Hill School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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Emerson Doran and Murdoch McMurray delivering cordwood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription711
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1925] (date of original), copied 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men in work clothes and hats leaning against a truck loaded with bundled fire wood. An accompanying note identifies the photograph as: Emerson Doran and Murdoch McMurray who owned Edmonds Wood and Coal Yard situated at Kingsway and Edmonds. They are standing beside their TRAFFIC …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men in work clothes and hats leaning against a truck loaded with bundled fire wood. An accompanying note identifies the photograph as: Emerson Doran and Murdoch McMurray who owned Edmonds Wood and Coal Yard situated at Kingsway and Edmonds. They are standing beside their TRAFFIC truck which is loaded with cordwood about to be hauled from the Capitol Hill School grounds to the Edmonds Street School for use in heating the school. Edmonds Wood Yard had a contract with the Burnaby schools at this time to supply cordwood.
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV976.41.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1925] (date of original), copied 1976
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-13
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Interview with Kathleen Rose July 14, 1975 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory146
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1897-1934
- Length
- 0:10:37
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.
- Date Range
- 1897-1934
- Length
- 0:10:37
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residences - Houses
- Geographic Access
- Albert Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- July 14, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Kathleen Rose by SFU (Simon Fraser University) student Bettina Bradbury, July 14, 1975. Major theme discussed is: the Depression.
- Biographical Notes
- Kathleen Rose was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1897 and immigrated to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1907 with her family. Kathleen lived on the Prairie for eighteen years before getting married in 1923 and moving to Burnaby to be with her husband. The couple moved to the 4600 block of Albert Street in North Burnaby, where Kathleen’s husband cleared all of the land by hand. The Roses had help putting in the foundation but otherwise built their house themselves. Kathleen’s husband was a longshoreman at that time. They had a son, born in 1925, who suffered from rheumatic fever during the Depression.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:35:42
- Interviewee Name
- Rose, Kathleen
- 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 Kathleen Rose
Track one of interview with Kathleen Rose
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-21/100-13-21_Track_1.mp3Murdoch McMurray and a co-worker
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36153
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Murdoch McMurray (left) and a co-worker standing in front of Beatons Garage. They were hauling cordwood from the Capitol Hill school grounds, which was just opposite this garage. The wood would then go to the Edmonds Street School to be used as firewood. Edmonds Wood Yard had a contra…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 229-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-22
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Murdoch McMurray (left) and a co-worker standing in front of Beatons Garage. They were hauling cordwood from the Capitol Hill school grounds, which was just opposite this garage. The wood would then go to the Edmonds Street School to be used as firewood. Edmonds Wood Yard had a contract with the Burnaby schools at this time to supply cordwood.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area