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Allanson family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35794
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-] (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 the Allanson family home, 12 Warwick Avenue, Capitol Hill, North Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-652
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Allanson family home, 12 Warwick Avenue, Capitol Hill, North Burnaby.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Natural Phenomena - Snow
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Warwick Avenue
Street Address
12 Warwick Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Capitol Hill Area
Images
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Benson family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35581
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 the Benson family home at 3 Fell Avenue North at Dundas Street in Capitol Hill, with a child and a baby carriage on the porch. The house was built by a Swedish carpenter, Mr. Gustaad, in 1922 with lumber from an old Burnaby Lake sawmill. Mrs. Gustaad was well known mid-wife in North …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1926 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-439
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Benson family home at 3 Fell Avenue North at Dundas Street in Capitol Hill, with a child and a baby carriage on the porch. The house was built by a Swedish carpenter, Mr. Gustaad, in 1922 with lumber from an old Burnaby Lake sawmill. Mrs. Gustaad was well known mid-wife in North Burnaby.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Transportation - Carriages
Names
Benson, Robert "Bob"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Fell Avenue North
Street Address
3 Fell Avenue North
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Capitol Hill Area
Images
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Boberg family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35773
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1928 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photographs: b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Boberg family home, at 790 Springer Avenue and Union Street in Capitol Hill (the northeast corner of Springer and Union). The house was built by John Boberg (father), and the family moved here after being flooded out at their Burnaby Lake farm. Shown in doorway: Mrs. Elin Boberg…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1928 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photographs: b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-631
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Boberg family home, at 790 Springer Avenue and Union Street in Capitol Hill (the northeast corner of Springer and Union). The house was built by John Boberg (father), and the family moved here after being flooded out at their Burnaby Lake farm. Shown in doorway: Mrs. Elin Boberg (mother) and John Boberg (son). Note the roof overhang, surrounding garden and stand of timber in the background.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Names
Boberg, Elin Anderson
Boberg, John
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Springer Avenue
Street Address
790 Springer Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
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Holdom family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35551
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923 (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 Holdom family. Left to right: Walter Holdom (father), Jack Holdom (brother), Jim Holdom (brother), Queenie Holdom (sister), and Hetty Holdom (mother). This photograph was taken in the front yard of Holdom family home, 5206 Hastings, Capitol Hill. In the background is the Haig home on…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-409
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Holdom family. Left to right: Walter Holdom (father), Jack Holdom (brother), Jim Holdom (brother), Queenie Holdom (sister), and Hetty Holdom (mother). This photograph was taken in the front yard of Holdom family home, 5206 Hastings, Capitol Hill. In the background is the Haig home on the north side of Hastings.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Names
Holdom, Jack
Holdom, James E. Burnaby "Jim"
Holdom, Henrietta Mary "Hetty" Turner
Holdom, Walter John
Slawson, Queenie Holdom
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Hastings Street
Street Address
5206 Hastings Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Capitol Hill Area
Images
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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
Series
Community Archives Collection series
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

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Parliament family home, the Half-House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35527
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1928]
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 Parliament family home, the famous landmark "half-house" on the 5770 block of Hastings Street, Capitol Hill. The photograph was taken looking north to Capitol Hill and Capitol Hill School is visible at the left.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1928]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-385
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Parliament family home, the famous landmark "half-house" on the 5770 block of Hastings Street, Capitol Hill. The photograph was taken looking north to Capitol Hill and Capitol Hill School is visible at the left.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Buildings - Schools
Names
Capitol Hill School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Annotations on top and bottom of photograph read, "The 'Half House'" / "Taken from 'The Tree'"
Geographic Access
Hastings Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
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White family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35176
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920 (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 the White family home near the corner of Beta Avenue and Pender Street (506 Beta Avenue) in North Burnaby. The family moved their belongings here with wheelbarrows.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-033
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the White family home near the corner of Beta Avenue and Pender Street (506 Beta Avenue) in North Burnaby. The family moved their belongings here with wheelbarrows.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Geographic Features - Roads
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Beta Avenue
Street Address
506 Beta Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
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