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Baseball Team

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of 16 unidentified men posing for a picture with a trophy and two basball bats arranged on the ground in front of them. The location of the photograph is unknown. This team may have been the Broadview area baseball team known as the Moosomin team that formed in the 1930s.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Margaret McCallum subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 14.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 375-027

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-42

Scope and Content: Photograph of 16 unidentified men posing for a picture with a trophy and two basball bats arranged on the ground in front of them. The location of the photograph is unknown. This team may have been the Broadview area baseball team known as the Moosomin team that formed in the 1930s.

Subjects: Sports - Baseball; Sports - Team Sports; Personal Symbols - Trophies

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

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Burnaby Cougars lacrosse team

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1934 (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 30.5 x 35.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Cougar Girls lacrosse team, the winners of Reeve Grauer Cup in 1934. There are twenty girls in their uniforms, some holding lacrosse sticks, two men (coach and team manager) dressed in suits, and a young girl (team mascot) standing beside a tall trophy in front of the team…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 30.5 x 35.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Cougar Girls lacrosse team, the winners of Reeve Grauer Cup in 1934. There are twenty girls in their uniforms, some holding lacrosse sticks, two men (coach and team manager) dressed in suits, and a young girl (team mascot) standing beside a tall trophy in front of the team. Standing in the back row (from left) are; Bill Bayley (Coach), Hilda Higham, Elsie Thornton, Doris Elliot, Inez Brown and Bill Fowler (Manager). In the second row; Elsie Brown, Joan Bullock, Edna Winter, Phyllis Bayley, Betty Elliot, Edie Gilmore, Margaret Robertson and Laura Brown. In the third row; Irma Matthew, Dolly Atkinson, Doris MacLean, Florence Brown (Goalie), Bernice MacMillan, Dot Spring, Kay MacMillan and Alice Would. Audrey Elliot (Mascot) is standing at the front.

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Trophies; Sports - Lacrosse; Sports - Team Sports; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Atkinson, Dolly; Bayley, Bill; Bayley, Phyllis; Nykyfork, Elsie Brown; Bevan, Florence Brown; Ervin, Inez Brown; Burnaby Cougars; Fowler, William "Bill"; Page, Hilda Higham; Dinsmore, Bernice MacMillan; Isherwood, Doris MacLean; Murphy, Margaret Robertson; Spring, Dorothy Austin; Johannson, Edna Winter; Francescini, Laura Brown; Steele, Joan Bullock; MacFarlane, Audrey Elliott; Curle, Betty Elliott; McInnis, Doris Elliott; Johnson, Edie Gilmore; Dodd, Kay MacMillan; Dyer, Irma Matthew; Scambler, Alice Would

Accession Code: HV973.34.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1934 (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600 dpi

Scan Date: 1/6/2010

Scale: 100

Photographer: Campbell Studios Limited

Notes: Photograph is reproduced in Pixie McGeachie's book, Bygones of Burnaby, p. 105; Photograph mount bears printed information on the bottom of the mount card, identifying each team member by name. Also, the photographer's signature is on the photograph, front, lower left

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Burnaby Cougars lacrosse team, 1934 (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

Burnaby North High School soccer champions

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.5 x 20.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby North High School soccer team with their championship trophy. The seven team members and the two coaches are all unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: North Burnaby Board of Trade subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.5 x 20.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 476-015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2005-8

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby North High School soccer team with their championship trophy. The seven team members and the two coaches are all unidentified.

Subjects: Sports - Team Sports; Sports - Soccer; Personal Symbols - Trophies

Names: Burnaby North High School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Charlton and Rathburn

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Pandora Street

Street Address: 4375 Pandora Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Burnaby North High School soccer champions, 1930 thumbnail

Capitol Hill PTA Hanbury Cup Winners 1954

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1954 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.6 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Capitol Hill PTA Hanbury Cup Winners 1954 soccer team. Coaches (left to right): Cecil Shantz, Jim Greer, and Angus MacDonald.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1954 (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 ; 3.6 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-147

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Capitol Hill PTA Hanbury Cup Winners 1954 soccer team. Coaches (left to right): Cecil Shantz, Jim Greer, and Angus MacDonald.

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Trophies; Sports - Soccer

Names: Greer, Jim; MacDonald, Angus; Shantz, Cecil

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Photographer identified as "Layton"

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Capitol Hill PTA Hanbury Cup Winners 1954, 1954 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

North Burnaby Lions

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1956 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the North Burnaby Lions S.S. 3rd Div. League Champs 1955-6 (Soccer). Identified: (right) Jim Greer, coach.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1956 (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 ; 3.4 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-148

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the North Burnaby Lions S.S. 3rd Div. League Champs 1955-6 (Soccer). Identified: (right) Jim Greer, coach.

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Trophies; Sports - Soccer

Names: Greer, Jim; North Burnaby Lions

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

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North Burnaby Lions, 1956 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Sunday School Soccer League Trophy Presentation

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1957] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Sunday School soccer league trophy presentation. Identified, back row, left to right: Mr. Whittaker, Hugh Greer, and Jim Greer.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1957] (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 ; 2.9 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-284

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Sunday School soccer league trophy presentation. Identified, back row, left to right: Mr. Whittaker, Hugh Greer, and Jim Greer.

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Trophies; Sports - Soccer

Names: Greer, Hugh; Greer, Jim

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Sunday School Soccer League Trophy Presentation

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1957 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Val Roach presenting a cup to Dunc McInnis as part of a Sunday School soccer league trophy presentation.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1957 (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 ; 3.4 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-285

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Val Roach presenting a cup to Dunc McInnis as part of a Sunday School soccer league trophy presentation.

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Trophies; Sports - Soccer

Names: McInnis, Dunc; Roach, Val

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Sunday School Soccer League Trophy Presentation, 1957 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Award winning pianists

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three boys in front of a piano, holding trophies. The two boys seated in front are identified only as the Mandy brothers and the third is unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Norah Code subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 345-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1997-05

Scope and Content: Photograph of three boys in front of a piano, holding trophies. The two boys seated in front are identified only as the Mandy brothers and the third is unidentified.

Subjects: Musical Instruments - Pianos; Personal Symbols - Trophies

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Code, Norah

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.; Photographs in this collection were taken and compiled by Norah Code, former editor of the "Burnaby Courier" newspaper during the course of her work for the newspaper.

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Bob Blake and Phyllis Grendahl

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1959

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of YMCA movie club president Bob Blake presenting a trophy to Phyllis Grendahl.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1959

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 9.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1557

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of YMCA movie club president Bob Blake presenting a trophy to Phyllis Grendahl.

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Trophies; Organizations - Societies and Clubs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso reads: "2 [?] / Fri AM / 6""

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Bob Blake and Phyllis Grendahl, May 1959 thumbnail

Nancy Hansen holding her winnings

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1954, published September 1, 1954

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 19.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Nancy Hansen, winner of both Miss Burnaby and Miss PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) 1954, holding her winnings, which included a gold Oscar and a bouquet of flowers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1954, published September 1, 1954

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 19.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-136

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Nancy Hansen, winner of both Miss Burnaby and Miss PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) 1954, holding her winnings, which included a gold Oscar and a bouquet of flowers.

Subjects: Events - Pageants; Personal Symbols - Trophies

Names: Hansen, Nancy

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Atlee, Bob

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Nancy Hansen holding her winnings, 1954, published September 1, 1954 thumbnail

Oakalla Clydesdale horse

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Clydesdale horse from Oakalla Prison Farm being presented with a trophy inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC. Pete Connelly (left) is standing with the head stallion.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958] (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 ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-729

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Clydesdale horse from Oakalla Prison Farm being presented with a trophy inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC. Pete Connelly (left) is standing with the head stallion.

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Trophies; Animals - Horses

Names: Connelly, Pete; Oakalla Prison Farm; Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

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Oakalla Clydesdale horse

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Clydesdale horse from Oakalla Prison Farm being presented with an award inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC. Pete Connelly (left) is standing with the head stallion.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958] (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 ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-730

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Clydesdale horse from Oakalla Prison Farm being presented with an award inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC. Pete Connelly (left) is standing with the head stallion.

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Trophies; Animals - Horses

Names: Connelly, Pete; Oakalla Prison Farm; Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

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Backyard of 6131 Silver Avenue

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 1954 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the backyard of 6131 Silver Avenue, facing the back of McKay Avenue. Two people are in a wading pool and houses are in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 1954 (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 ; 4.1 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-245

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the backyard of 6131 Silver Avenue, facing the back of McKay Avenue. Two people are in a wading pool and houses are in the background.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Buildings - Recreational - Outdoor Swimming Pools

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Silver Avenue

Street Address: 6131 Silver Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Backyard of 6131 Silver Avenue, August 1954 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Outdoor Pool at Mcpherson Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1934

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.0 x 27.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of children in the Mcpherson Park outdoor swimming pool. A sign beside the pool reads, "Warning Dogs Forbidden / By Order / Health [Officer]."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1934

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.0 x 27.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 055-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of children in the Mcpherson Park outdoor swimming pool. A sign beside the pool reads, "Warning Dogs Forbidden / By Order / Health [Officer]."

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Buildings - Recreational - Outdoor Swimming Pools

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: McPherson Park; Rumble Street

Street Address: 5485 Rumble Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

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Outdoor Pool at Mcpherson Park, 1934 thumbnail

Burnaby and Digney recreational events

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1934 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 30 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized colour and black and white film segment identified as Reel 3. The film segment opens with footage of Digney family automobile travels and of Pelican Lake, Alberta where the family spent their summer, the footage switches to footage of a parade somewhere in the Rockies (B…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1934 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 30 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized colour and black and white film segment identified as Reel 3. The film segment opens with footage of Digney family automobile travels and of Pelican Lake, Alberta where the family spent their summer, the footage switches to footage of a parade somewhere in the Rockies (Banff) which begins in black and white and changes to colour format. This is followed by colour footage of car racing at the Digney Speedway located on 10 acres of property on MacPherson Ave. Jelopy stock car racing is seen taking place with crowds of people looking on.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Events - Parades; Persons - Children; Persons - Crowds; Sports - Automobile Racing

Names: Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney Speedway

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: MacPherson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

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Video

Burnaby and Digney recreational events, [between 1934 and 1938]

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Graduation records

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930-1941]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of two envelopes and one dictionary. One envelope is empty and is addressed to: "To Whom it May Concern" and is from: "Hugh M. Fraser High School / 2350 Kingsway / New Westminster, BC". It most likely contained the reference letter from May 12, 1941 written by the principal of Hugh M.…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930-1941]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS167-013

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: File consists of two envelopes and one dictionary. One envelope is empty and is addressed to: "To Whom it May Concern" and is from: "Hugh M. Fraser High School / 2350 Kingsway / New Westminster, BC". It most likely contained the reference letter from May 12, 1941 written by the principal of Hugh M. Fraser Senior and Junior High Schools. The second envelope is addressed to "Miss Hazel Simnett / 4019 Kingsway / New Westminster, BC" from the Department of Education in Victoria, BC. It contains the reference letter as discussed previously, a University Entrance Examination certificate, a High School Graduation certificate from Burnaby South High School, a Grade Twelve Examination Junior Matriculation certificate and a purple and gold ribbon. The dictionary is a Nelson's "Highroads" English Dictionary. Inside an inscription reads: "Hazel Simnett / 4019 Kingsway / Burnaby / BSHS / Hazel Simnett / Kingsway West School".

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Certificates

Names: Simnett, Hazel

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Simnett personal papers series

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Personal material

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1978]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlai…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1978]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS167-008

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlain from Liverpool and a letter from the Office of the Mayor addressed to Mary Ann Simnett for her ninetieth birthday. Also included is a photograph (see item 559-001). Also included are newsclippings regarding Robert Burnaby and the "Bygones of Burnaby" book, a programme of the Robert Burnaby Commemorative Dinner, a photocopy of "The Argus" (Burnaby South High School's newspaper) from 1938, a programme from Madys Pridmore Brown's Variety Programme, "The Buzzer" Volume 40 Issue 16 advertising Vancouver street cars, New Vista Society certificate addressed to Hazel Simnett, an envelope of Fenwick Lansdowne bird prints from 1957 and a print of the Royal Family found in a cardboard envelope postmarked 1972.

Subjects: Arts - Paintings; Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers; Documentary Artifacts - Photographs; Performances - Concerts; Organizations - Societies and Clubs; Personal Symbols - Certificates; Transportation; Persons - Royalty

Names: Simnett, Hazel; Simnett, Frederick "Fred"; Simnett, Mary Ann; Lansdowne, James Fenwick

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Graphic Material

Notes: Title based on note accompanying file on folder ; The Argue was stapled together; Simnett personal papers series

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

All-Stars soccer team

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930 or 1931] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the All-Stars soccer team made up of students from Gilmore Avenue, Kitchener Street and Capitol Hill Schools. The location of the photograph is unknown.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930 or 1931] (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 ; 3.5 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-189

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the All-Stars soccer team made up of students from Gilmore Avenue, Kitchener Street and Capitol Hill Schools. The location of the photograph is unknown.

Subjects: Sports - Soccer; Sports - Team Sports

Names: Capitol Hill School; Gilmore Avenue School; Kitchener Street School

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

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All-Stars soccer team, [1930 or 1931] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Boys playing lacrosse

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of boys getting ready to commence a lacrosse game. An older man is holding the lacrosse ball in the middle, with two boys kneeling with their sticks on either side of the ball. They are inside a circle roughly drawn in a court with a high wire fence. Some of the boys are in East Burnab…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of boys getting ready to commence a lacrosse game. An older man is holding the lacrosse ball in the middle, with two boys kneeling with their sticks on either side of the ball. They are inside a circle roughly drawn in a court with a high wire fence. Some of the boys are in East Burnaby Owls Lacrosse team sweaters.