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Boal family home

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1938 or 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. The photo is face on to the house looking west(?), the whole house is shown. Mr and Mrs Boal (William Ewart Boal and Ethel May Boal, nee Jackson) are standing on the front porch.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm

Material Details: Stamped numeral on back of photograph reads: "305".

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. The photo is face on to the house looking west(?), the whole house is shown. Mr and Mrs Boal (William Ewart Boal and Ethel May Boal, nee Jackson) are standing on the front porch.

History: Material belonged to Glen and Ann Boal (nee Lockhart), who grew up in Burnaby and attended Burnaby South High School. They met and became engaged and married in 1954.

Names: Boal, William Ewart; Boal, Ethel May Jackson; Boal, Glen

Geographic Access: Norland Avenue

Street Address: 4319 Norland Avenue

Accession Code: BV017.28.20

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1938 or 1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Boal family home

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1938 or 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. The photo is face on to the house looking west(?), the whole house is shown. Mr and Mrs Boal (William Ewart Boal and Ethel May Boal, nee Jackson) are standing on the front porch.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm

Material Details: Stamped numeral on back of photograph reads: "51".

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. The photo is face on to the house looking west(?), the whole house is shown. Mr and Mrs Boal (William Ewart Boal and Ethel May Boal, nee Jackson) are standing on the front porch.

History: Material belonged to Glen and Ann Boal (nee Lockhart), who grew up in Burnaby and attended Burnaby South High School. They met and became engaged and married in 1954.

Names: Boal, William Ewart; Boal, Ethel May Jackson; Boal, Glen

Geographic Access: Norland Avenue

Street Address: 4319 Norland Avenue

Accession Code: BV017.28.21

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1938 or 1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Burnaby South High School students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of grade eleven (or twelve) students from Burnaby South High School sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building with their teacher. Glen Boal standing at far right, second row, wearing a patterned sweater and tie. 15 girls and 16 boys. Many students have signed the …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of grade eleven (or twelve) students from Burnaby South High School sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building with their teacher. Glen Boal standing at far right, second row, wearing a patterned sweater and tie. 15 girls and 16 boys. Many students have signed the back.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Burnaby South High School; Reagh, Doreen; Milne, Leona; Adlem, Joan; Whittle, Pat; Boal, Glen; Bunyan, Tom; Easterbrook, Calvin; Duckett, Gladys; Masecar, Joan; Galbraith, J.; Powell, G.; Cameron, Betty; Kruse, Kay

Geographic Access: Southoaks Crescent

Street Address: 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Accession Code: BV017.28.24

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten text on back of photograph reads: "Lea Milne / Joan Adlem / Betty Cameron / RE Dunn / Tom Bunyan / Doreen Reagh / Gladys Duckett / Calvin Easterbrooke / J. Galbraith / Pat Whittle / G. Powell / Kay Kruse / Joan Masecar / Inez Carson [sic] / Glen Boal / standing far Right"

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Burnaby South High School students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1943 and 1946]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from Burnaby South High School sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building with their teacher. Glen Boal seated on a stone wall, third from the right, back row, wearing a collared shirt and plain sweater. There are 10 girls in the first two rows, and 15 …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Material Details: Handwritten text on back of photograph reads: "Glen / BOAL 3rd from Right / Back Row".

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from Burnaby South High School sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building with their teacher. Glen Boal seated on a stone wall, third from the right, back row, wearing a collared shirt and plain sweater. There are 10 girls in the first two rows, and 15 boys in the back two rows.

Names: Burnaby South High School; Boal, Glen

Geographic Access: Southoaks Crescent

Street Address: 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Accession Code: BV017.28.26

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1943 and 1946]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Burnaby South High School students, [between 1943 and 1946] thumbnail

Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1945-1946

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1946

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1946

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV017.28.5

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1946

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Burnaby South Secondary School

Publication Date: 1946

Printer: Columbian Co.

Physical Description: 84 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.

Inscription: "Glen Boal" [handwritten top right of front cover]

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1940-1949; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby; School yearbooks

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

Geographic Access: Rumble Street

Street Address: 5455 Rumble Street

Names: Burnaby South High School; Boal, Glen

Object History: Material belonged to Glen and Ann Boal (nee Lockhart), who grew up in Burnaby and attended Burnaby South High School. They met and became engaged and married in 1954.

Notes: High school annual for South Burnaby High School

Douglas Road school class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1949]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade five class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as N. Holob (top row far left). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade five class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as N. Holob (top row far left). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Douglas Road School

Accession Code: BV016.46.160

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Photographer: Layton

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Item is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "LAYTON PORTRAIT / 2311 YEW ST. VANCOUVER, B.C."; Handwritten note in green on verso of photograph reads: "DRS / 1949"

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Douglas Road school class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade two class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as H. Lenheiser (top row far left). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade two class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as H. Lenheiser (top row far left). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Douglas Road School

Accession Code: BV016.46.159

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1946

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Photographer: Layton

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Item is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "LAYTON PORTRAIT / 2311 YEW ST. VANCOUVER, B.C."

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Douglas Road school class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade four class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as M.A. Wells (standing in top row). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade four class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as M.A. Wells (standing in top row). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Douglas Road School

Accession Code: BV016.46.161

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Photographer: Layton

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Item is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "LAYTON PORTRAIT / 2311 YEW ST. VANCOUVER, B.C."

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Douglas Road school class, [1948] thumbnail

Douglas Road School students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1940 and 1942]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from Douglas Road School, possibly grade seven or eight class. Students and a male teacher are standing and sitting in front of a outside wooden staircase. There are 10 female students and 11 male students. Glen Boal is seated in the front row, third from the right.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Material Details: Handwritten text on back of photograph reads: 'Glen Boal seated front row / 3d from right".

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from Douglas Road School, possibly grade seven or eight class. Students and a male teacher are standing and sitting in front of a outside wooden staircase. There are 10 female students and 11 male students. Glen Boal is seated in the front row, third from the right.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Douglas Road School; Boal, Glen

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4861 Canada Way

Accession Code: BV017.28.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1940 and 1942]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Douglas Road School students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1938 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from Douglas Road School, elementary grade. This is possibly a combined class as there are two teachers in the photo and 51 students. The students are in four rows with a male teacher at either end of the third row. Glen Boal is at the left end of the third row standing next …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Material Details: Handwritten text on back of photograph reads: 'Glen Boal / 3d Row far left beside teacher".

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from Douglas Road School, elementary grade. This is possibly a combined class as there are two teachers in the photo and 51 students. The students are in four rows with a male teacher at either end of the third row. Glen Boal is at the left end of the third row standing next to a teacher.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Douglas Road School; Boal, Glen

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4861 Canada Way

Accession Code: BV017.28.32

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1938 and 1940]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Douglas Road School students, [between 1938 and 1940] thumbnail

Glen Boal and Ann Lockhart

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1945 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ann Lockhart and Glen Boal standing together in front of farm buildings in Abbotsford.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 15 x 10 cm

Material Details: Handwritten text in ink on back reads: "Ann Lockhart & Glen Boal. / Picture taken in Abbotsford late 1940's / 1946?".

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ann Lockhart and Glen Boal standing together in front of farm buildings in Abbotsford.

Names: Boal, Glen; Boal, Ann Lockhart

Accession Code: BV017.28.40

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1945 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Glen Boal and Ann Lockhart, [between 1945 and 1949] thumbnail

Glen Boal and his cousin Bob

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1943 and 1947]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Glen Boal and his cousin Bob, standing in a road. Glen Boal is holding a bow and arrow. The road may be Norland Avenue.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 10 x 15 cm

Material Details: Handwritten text in ink on back reads: ""Glen Boal & cousin Bob / Norland Ave. Burnaby / mid1940's".

Scope and Content: Photograph of Glen Boal and his cousin Bob, standing in a road. Glen Boal is holding a bow and arrow. The road may be Norland Avenue.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Hunting

Names: Boal, Glen

Geographic Access: Norland Avenue

Accession Code: BV017.28.43

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1943 and 1947]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Glen Boal and his cousin Bob, [between 1943 and 1947] thumbnail

Glen Boal and Tom Boal

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1935 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom and Glen Boal, sitting in an old tree in the back yard of their home on Norland Avenue. The back of the Boal house and raspberry canes are in the background. 4319 Norland Ave

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 10 x 15 cm

Material Details: Handwritten text in ink on back reads: "Tom & Glen Boal Norland Ave. / late 1930's. They grew raspberries & / shipped them by train back East & / grew bulbs (daffodils) & sold to Forest Lawn / Glen's dad had lost an eye in the 1st WW / & had TB. Spent time in sanitorium of / TRANQUILLE" .

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom and Glen Boal, sitting in an old tree in the back yard of their home on Norland Avenue. The back of the Boal house and raspberry canes are in the background. 4319 Norland Ave

Names: Boal, Glen; Boal, Thomas "Tom"

Geographic Access: Norland Avenue

Accession Code: BV017.28.41

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1935 and 1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Glen Boal and Tom Boal

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1935 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom and Glen Boal, sitting on a stone pile on Norland Avenue.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 10 x 15 cm

Material Details: Handwritten text in ink on back reads: "Glen Boal & Tom Boal Norland Ave. / Burnaby late 1930's".

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom and Glen Boal, sitting on a stone pile on Norland Avenue.

Names: Boal, Glen; Boal, Thomas "Tom"

Geographic Access: Norland Avenue

Accession Code: BV017.28.42

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1935 and 1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Intermediate progress card

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 30 Jun. 1948

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 card

Scope and Content: Item consists of a British Columbia Public Schools Intermediate Progress Card for Edith Fleming, grade four, Douglas Road School. Progress card is signed by her mother, Frances L. Fleming, her father Ray Fleming and her teacher, M.A. Wells.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 card

Scope and Content: Item consists of a British Columbia Public Schools Intermediate Progress Card for Edith Fleming, grade four, Douglas Road School. Progress card is signed by her mother, Frances L. Fleming, her father Ray Fleming and her teacher, M.A. Wells.

Names: Douglas Road School

Accession Code: BV016.46.164

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 30 Jun. 1948

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Item is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52

Intermediate progress card

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 30 Jun. 1949

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 card

Scope and Content: Item consists of a British Columbia Public Schools Intermediate Progress Card for Edith Fleming, grade five, Douglas Road School. Progress card is signed by her mother, Frances L. Fleming and her teacher, N. Holob.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 card

Scope and Content: Item consists of a British Columbia Public Schools Intermediate Progress Card for Edith Fleming, grade five, Douglas Road School. Progress card is signed by her mother, Frances L. Fleming and her teacher, N. Holob.

Names: Douglas Road School

Accession Code: BV016.46.166

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 30 Jun. 1949

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Item is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:04:56 min)

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s school activities, recreation, responsibilities, and his jobs. Bob grew up in the area of Central Burnaby known as Skunk Hollow, and talks of living near Norfolk and Douglas Road in his early childhood, and then on Government Road. He recalls…

1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Growing Up in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:04:56 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Bob Lowe Date of interview: May 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total length of all Tracks: 0:43:36

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s school activities, recreation, responsibilities, and his jobs. Bob grew up in the area of Central Burnaby known as Skunk Hollow, and talks of living near Norfolk and Douglas Road in his early childhood, and then on Government Road. He recalls attending Douglas Road School and Burnaby South High School. Bob describes his extracurricular activities in school, organized and informal. He mentions the games he played with his friends. Bob discusses his family chores, and his first job, which was a newspaper route for the Vancouver Province. He describes his later jobs, one at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, working for Mr. Arnold, and then for Mr. Robertson at Burnaby Lake Nurseries.

History: Recording of an interview with Robert "Bob" Lowe recording by Tom Gooden in 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Lowe, Robert "Bob"; Douglas Road School; Burnaby South High School; Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Geographic Access: Norfolk Street; Douglas Road; Government Road

Accession Code: BV017.45.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on content of item

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 1, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0006_001.mp3

Interview with Norman Dowad

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …

1 image 1 document 1 audio

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: 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.

History: Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. 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: Agriculture - Farms; Education; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Migration; Sports; Sports - Football; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"; Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"; Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"; Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David; Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen; Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"; Rideout, Dr. John Anthony; Burnaby Central Secondary School; Douglas Road School; W. Dowad Limited

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue; Deer Lake

Street Address: 5533 Buckingham Avenue

Accession Code: BV023.16.16

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

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Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

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Lions Gate Bridge from Prospect Point in Stanley Park

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1938 or 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Lions Gate bridge, looking northeast towards the north shore mountains in North Vancouver from Prospect Point in Stanley Park, Vancouver.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 12 cm

Material Details: "12" stamped on back.

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Lions Gate bridge, looking northeast towards the north shore mountains in North Vancouver from Prospect Point in Stanley Park, Vancouver.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges

Names: Boal, Glen

Accession Code: BV017.28.36

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1938 or 1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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My spelling : grade seven

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3251

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Yoakam, Gerald Alan, 1887-1963; Daw, Seward E.

Publication Date: [1942]

Call Number: 372.42 YOA v.1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.195.123

Call Number: 372.42 YOA v.1

Author: Yoakam, Gerald Alan, 1887-1963; Daw, Seward E.

Contributor: Paus, Herbert

Place of Publication: Toronto, Ont.

Publisher: Ginn and Company

Publication Date: [1942]

Series: My spelling

Physical Description: 128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.

Inscription: "Douglas Road Elem. School / Grandview Hwy. at Douglas Road / Burnaby 2, B.C." -- stamped on endpaper (front). "s20" -- handwritten and crossed-out in pen on endpaper (front). "P. Mak" - handwritten in pen on flyleaf.

Library Subject (LOC): Spellers; English language--Orthography and spelling

Subjects: Education

Names: Douglas Road School

Notes: Revised for Canadian schools; Includes index.; Author's given name and date: Yoakam, Gerald A. (Gerald Alan), 1887-; Author's given name and date: Daw, Seward E. (Seward Emerson), 1886-.; "Illustrated by Herbert Paus; Volume 1 of 2

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