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Manager's residence at Barnet Mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15239
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1935] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the manager's residence at the Barnet Mill. Henry Stanley Irwin, his wife Elsie May, their children Eleanor and Louise and Elsie's mother, Elizabeth Taylor lived in this house between 1924 and 1939. A picket fence encloses the large yard with a garden and cherry trees. The forested sl…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the manager's residence at the Barnet Mill. Henry Stanley Irwin, his wife Elsie May, their children Eleanor and Louise and Elsie's mother, Elizabeth Taylor lived in this house between 1924 and 1939. A picket fence encloses the large yard with a garden and cherry trees. The forested slope of Burnaby mountain is visible behind the house.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.58
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1935] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- See page 52 of book, "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village" with caption "The Irwin's house had been built as the Manager's residence. It was surrounded by a beautiful garden and cherry tree, which arein full blossom in this photo, c. 1935."
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Manager's residence at Barnet Mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15240
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1935] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the manager's residence at the Barnet Mill. Henry Stanley Irwin, his wife Elsie May, their children Eleanor and Louise and Elsie's mother, Elizabeth Taylor lived in this house between 1924 and 1939. A picket fence encloses the large yard with a garden and cherry trees. The forested sl…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the manager's residence at the Barnet Mill. Henry Stanley Irwin, his wife Elsie May, their children Eleanor and Louise and Elsie's mother, Elizabeth Taylor lived in this house between 1924 and 1939. A picket fence encloses the large yard with a garden and cherry trees. The forested slope of Burnaby mountain is visible behind the house. The house, grounds and trees are covered with snow.
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.59
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1935] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Manager's residence at Barnet Mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15241
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1935] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the manager's residence at the Barnet Mill. Henry Stanley Irwin, his wife Elsie May, their children Eleanor and Louise and Elsie's mother, Elizabeth Taylor lived in this house between 1924 and 1939. A picket fence encloses the large yard with a garden and cherry trees. The forested sl…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the manager's residence at the Barnet Mill. Henry Stanley Irwin, his wife Elsie May, their children Eleanor and Louise and Elsie's mother, Elizabeth Taylor lived in this house between 1924 and 1939. A picket fence encloses the large yard with a garden and cherry trees. The forested slope of Burnaby mountain is visible behind the house.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.60
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1935] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Martin family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66708
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1933 and 1940] (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- William Martin family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Martin family picking raspberries on their property. From left are Barbara (in a sun hat), Nita and their mother, Ellen Martin.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1933 and 1940] (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- William Martin family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 525-014
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Martin family picking raspberries on their property. From left are Barbara (in a sun hat), Nita and their mother, Ellen Martin.
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Martin, William
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Spruce Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
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McLean family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36757
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 8.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the McLean family. Back row, left to right: Mr. McLean (father), Peggy and Mrs. McLean (mother). Front row, left to right: Dora, Barbara and Bill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 8.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-112
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the McLean family. Back row, left to right: Mr. McLean (father), Peggy and Mrs. McLean (mother). Front row, left to right: Dora, Barbara and Bill.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Mr. and Mrs. Orville E. Butler with his daughter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3027
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.8 x 8.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an elderly couple standing in front of the Butler house with a young woman wearing a hat and a skirt and shirt ensemble. The people are identified as Mr. and Mrs. Orville E. Butler with his daughter. Mr. Orville is wearing glasses, suspenders and a pocket watch by his waist.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.8 x 8.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an elderly couple standing in front of the Butler house with a young woman wearing a hat and a skirt and shirt ensemble. The people are identified as Mr. and Mrs. Orville E. Butler with his daughter. Mr. Orville is wearing glasses, suspenders and a pocket watch by his waist.
- History
- Orval (or Orville) Elsworth Butler married Florena (or Floriana) Birdin 1928. He worked as a a cabinet maker and carpenter while she worked as a clerk until her marriage at age 44. Orval's first wife was named Catharine and is likely the mother of his daughter, Mrs. Easton. Orval and Florena moved to Burnaby in the 1930s. Orval died at age 79 in 1941. Florena died in 1973 at age 90. Orval Butler likely built a house at 8006 Government Rd with his first wife, Catherine. Florena later lived in the house.
- Accession Code
- HV983.42.4a
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See HV983.42.4b & 4c
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-09-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Peers family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66143
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a picture of (left to right) Anne Peers (later Latham), her mother Kitty Peers (nee Hill) and sister Babs (later Jeffrey). The picture was taken at Point Grey, Vancouver. Written on the back of the photograph is the caption "Anne, Self, Babs - Bob in Winnipeg - At Vancouver W. Point…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-908
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a picture of (left to right) Anne Peers (later Latham), her mother Kitty Peers (nee Hill) and sister Babs (later Jeffrey). The picture was taken at Point Grey, Vancouver. Written on the back of the photograph is the caption "Anne, Self, Babs - Bob in Winnipeg - At Vancouver W. Point Grey 1939."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Stamp on verso reads: "Vancouver Drug Co. Ltd. / Jan 21 1939 / Nu-Gloss"
Images
Peers family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39057
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitty Peers (seated) holding her daughter Anne and draping an arm around her son, Robert. Kitty's mother, Annie Hill stands to the left.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-376
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitty Peers (seated) holding her daughter Anne and draping an arm around her son, Robert. Kitty's mother, Annie Hill stands to the left.
- Names
- Latham, Anne Peers
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Peers, Robert C.K.
- Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Rainbow Falls, Harrison Hot Springs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3021
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1936]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 11.1 x 7.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of Rainbow Falls at Harrison Hot Springs. The postcard was sent to Winnie Westhead (perhaps Mrs. Winifred Whiteford before marriage?) in Buena Vista, Burnaby, from Mrs Nine or Nive in Harrison Hot Springs. The postcard was mailed with two one-cent stamps and postmarked "Harri…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 11.1 x 7.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of Rainbow Falls at Harrison Hot Springs. The postcard was sent to Winnie Westhead (perhaps Mrs. Winifred Whiteford before marriage?) in Buena Vista, Burnaby, from Mrs Nine or Nive in Harrison Hot Springs. The postcard was mailed with two one-cent stamps and postmarked "Harrison Hot Springs, B.C. / Jul. 25 / 36." The note on the back of the postcard reads: "Dear Winnie, you will see we got away. Very sorry I could not get down had so much-to-do. Hope things are all right with you by this time - give my regards to Mother. Yours, Mrs. Nine [or Nive]." On the back of the postcard is printed: "Rainbow Falls, Harrison Hot Springs, B.C. Canada."
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Waterfalls
- Accession Code
- HV984.51.69
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1936]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-11-07
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Rinsing the wash
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37217
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sisters; Trudi and Aili Rintanen rinsing the wash in the Burrard Inlet with their mother, Aune Rintanen. The Rintanen family lived on the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Trudi Tuomi subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 337-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-20
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sisters; Trudi and Aili Rintanen rinsing the wash in the Burrard Inlet with their mother, Aune Rintanen. The Rintanen family lived on the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown.
- Subjects
- Persons - Residents - Squatters
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on note on verso of print
- Print is a colour copy of a sepia original
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Crabtown
Images
Rorison family home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35379
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (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 William Rorison family home at 3907 River Road (later becoming 4593 Marine Drive at Strathern Avenue) in the South Slope area. William Rorison built this house next to another for his mother-in-law. The Rorison family consisted of William Rorison, his wife Alma Rorison (nee Cropl…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (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.
- 204-236
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the William Rorison family home at 3907 River Road (later becoming 4593 Marine Drive at Strathern Avenue) in the South Slope area. William Rorison built this house next to another for his mother-in-law. The Rorison family consisted of William Rorison, his wife Alma Rorison (nee Cropley) and their children: Kay (later Kay North), Evelyn, Bill, Hugh, and John.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4593 Marine Drive
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Silvanovicz family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36850
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1934
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the first Silvanovicz family home at 2109 Willard Street (old street numbering system). Members of the Sivanovicz family are in front, left to right: Helen (daughter), Mary (mother), and Alex (son).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1934
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-308
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the first Silvanovicz family home at 2109 Willard Street (old street numbering system). Members of the Sivanovicz family are in front, left to right: Helen (daughter), Mary (mother), and Alex (son).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Willard Street
- 12th Avenue
- 10th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
Stark family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37022
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.6 x 10.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Stark family mother and daughters. Left to right: Elizabeth "Bessie", Mrs. Stark, and Helen.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.6 x 10.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-485
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Stark family mother and daughters. Left to right: Elizabeth "Bessie", Mrs. Stark, and Helen.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Three women and baby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1533
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 1, 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of elderly woman sitting on a chair on the lawn. There are two younger women standing behind the woman, and a baby held standing up on a chair beside her. Behind the group of women and baby is a small dog walking towards the front. According to the inscription on the photograph, it was t…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Material Details
- inscribed in black ink, verso, t. "From 1 yeare [sic]/ to 9[0] yeares [sic]/ the baby is one/ yeare [sic] and I have/ 90 yeares [sic]", in a different hand, "Mothers 90th/ Birthday. Etty/ Eva + Baby/ July 1/36"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of elderly woman sitting on a chair on the lawn. There are two younger women standing behind the woman, and a baby held standing up on a chair beside her. Behind the group of women and baby is a small dog walking towards the front. According to the inscription on the photograph, it was taken on the seated woman's 90th birthday on July 1st, 1936, and the names of the younger women are Etty and Eva. In another photograph, the elderly woman is identified as Mother Laugley or Langley.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Celebrations
- Accession Code
- BV985.5901.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- July 1, 1936
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For other photographs of the elderly woman, see BV985.5901.2 and .
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Valerie Stanley on bicycle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19836
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Sep. 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Valerie Stanley on bicycle with her mother or female relation standing next to her. Valerie has a stuffed animal in a wicker carrier basket on her bike. There is a building visible in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Valerie Stanley on bicycle with her mother or female relation standing next to her. Valerie has a stuffed animal in a wicker carrier basket on her bike. There is a building visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Bicycles
- Names
- Stanley, Valerie
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.258
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Sep. 1936
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-25
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Sept. 1936"
- Annotation in white below photograph on album page reads: "1936"
Images
Westerman family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13679
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1917-1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Westerman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his lat…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Westerman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his later years outside of his home in Burnaby.
- History
- Walter "Wally" William Westerman was born in London, Ontario in 1916. A few years later he moved with his parents to Vancouver. Around 1921 his parents, Albert Edwin and Louisa (nee Williams) Westerman bought a double lot at 4797 Georgia Street in District Lot 122 in Burnaby. On the lot they built a house and bowling green. Wally's father Albert worked as a proof reader for the Daily Province newspaper and retired in 1938. Walter attended Gilmore Avenue school and North Burnaby High School. After graduating from highschool he enrolled in engineering school in Glendale, California. Wally was married to Margot Florence Patry from 1943 to 1952. When World War II began, Wally joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. Wally suffered from arthritis and after being declared unfit for combat he was discharged. He returned to Burnaby and became a foreman in the engineering department of Boeing Aircraft of Canada. In 1944, while employed by Boeing, Wally was recoginized with awards for his ingenuity of "Jig Design for Bomb Torpedo Adaptors" and "Bomb Release Scissors". When Wally's father Albert became ill and had to have his leg amputated, Wally attended to his needs and sold the family's Georgia Street house to a buy a house at 5277 Spencer Street in Vancouver. Wally's father died in 1944 and his mother died in 1966. Following his first marriage, Wally met Gwendolyn "Gwen" Brocklesby and they developed a long term relationship eventually marrying in 1969. Gwen had a daughter named Barbara from her first marriage and Wally became her step father. Between 1960 and 1963, Wally was admitted to membership in the Canadian Power Squadrons with qualifications in seamanship, engine maintenance and weather and Gwen was awarded a certificate of qualification in piloting and seamanship. In 1969 Gwen, Wally and Barbara moved to a brand new home at 2171 Duthie Avenue in Burnaby which was within walking distance to Lenkurt Electric on Lougheed Highway where Wally worked. Wally was a machinist and foreman of the sheet metal shop at Lenkurt and later at Microtel. Walter Westerman died in Burnaby in 2000 and his wife Gwen died in Burnaby in 2016.
- Responsibility
- Westerman, Walter "Wally"
- Accession Code
- BV020.17
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1917-1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Woman and her dog
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription567
- 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 an elderly woman standing beside a small dog (terrier) in a garden. She is wearing short sleeved shirt, and a skirt with two front pockets. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Mother. / Not Burnaby picture."
- 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 an elderly woman standing beside a small dog (terrier) in a garden. She is wearing short sleeved shirt, and a skirt with two front pockets. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Mother. / Not Burnaby picture."
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Accession Code
- HV977.99.9
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [193-?] (date of original), copied 1977
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-11
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Wood Family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35690
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (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 Wood mother and son, (left to right) Bob Wood and Esther Wood. Mrs. Wood was a pioneer and one-time secretary of the Burnaby School Board. She loved dogs.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (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.
- 204-548
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Wood mother and son, (left to right) Bob Wood and Esther Wood. Mrs. Wood was a pioneer and one-time secretary of the Burnaby School Board. She loved dogs.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Small family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91819
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922-2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 75 photographs : b&w & col. + 1 plan
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs documenting the transformation of the Burnaby Lake area of Burnaby, B.C. from semi-rural in the 1920s to urbanized in 2016. Photographs depict the land and houses located on the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street as the property was rezoned and its density quad…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922-2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Physical Description
- 75 photographs : b&w & col. + 1 plan
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2017-01
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs documenting the transformation of the Burnaby Lake area of Burnaby, B.C. from semi-rural in the 1920s to urbanized in 2016. Photographs depict the land and houses located on the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street as the property was rezoned and its density quadrupled. Fonds also includes photographs of the Small family house being moved to 5496 Dominion Street and the original landscape plan for 5118 Douglas Road.
- History
- In 1915, John W. Roberts and his wife Mary Allen Roberts moved from the United States to Canada along with their daughter, Lauretta. On first moving to Canada, the family lived in a rented house in Vancouver and John worked as a movie projectionist in the city. The couple had three more children, all sons: John A., Edward, and Roland. Circa 1921, John purchased a large parcel of land at the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street in Burnaby. This parcel encompassed the equivalent of at least six 66-foot lots along the south side of Dominion Street and the same along the north side of Norfolk Street. On their property, a barn and small living quarters were built. The family moved in, raising goats and growing potatoes to supplement their income. They also planted cherry, apple, and pear trees; hazelnut and walnut trees; raspberries; and a large vegetable garden, the fruits of which Mary preserved for year-round use. At this time, agricultural activities were common for families in the area: the Roberts' neighbours kept chickens for personal use and for selling eggs; grew mushrooms for commercial sale; and sold manure from an old buckboard drawn by Clydesdale horses. John built a new house in the middle of the Roberts’ lots on the southwest corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street. The house faced Douglas Road and overlooked a large, well-landscaped front yard to the east and a full-sized, clay tennis court to the north. The family moved into this new house in 1925. When the Roberts ceased raising goats, the barn and original living quarters were reduced to a double-car garage with storage space plus a sawdust-insulated “root cellar”. John also built a house on the northwest corner of the lot at Douglas Road and Dominion Street (3093 Douglas Road), which was purchased by the Hardy family. In 1957, part of this property (3071 Douglas Road) was sold to the Brocklebanks who built a house and lived there. In addition, John built a house at the northwest corner of Douglas Road and Norfolk Street (5106 Douglas Road). The original purchaser of this house is unknown, but in 1949, it was bought by the Meyers family. In 1952 or 1953, the Meyers sold part of this property and the Manahans built a house on it, facing Douglas Road. Several other lots that John owned were also sold off over the years. By the 1950s, John owned only five 66-foot lots from Douglas Road west, along the south side Dominion Street. In 1954, John sold the lot furthest from Douglas Road (5486 Dominion Street) to a builder who built a “ranch-style” house and put it up for sale. John retired from his career as a movie projectionist in the 1950s. He, Mary, and Lauretta retained their US citizenship all their lives, although they never returned to the USA except for brief visits. John A., Edward, and Roland who, as children of US citizens, also had US citizenship, eventually moved to the US, where they remained for the rest of their lives. In 1945, Lauretta married Frederick Small. The couple lived in a rented house in Vancouver for a few years before moving in with John and Mary in Burnaby. The couple had four children: Elizabeth, Kathryn, Charles, and Martin. In 1955, Frederick purchased the rancher at 5486 Dominion Street and the family moved in. The Small children grew up enjoying the freedom of having their grandparent’s large property in addition to their parent’s yard to play in. The back lane that ran between Dominion Street and Norfolk Street was filled with trees and bushes, creating a narrow bit of “forest” to explore. In 1957, John died. Mary died in 1969, as did Frederick. Lauretta was executor for her mother’s and husband’s estates. After much consideration, she decided to sell the house at 5486 Dominion Street and move back into her childhood home. By doing so, she was able to settle her mother’s estate to the satisfaction of her brothers. Elizabeth married and moved away. Over the next few years, the “Roberts” house was home to Lauretta, Kathryn, Charles, and Martin, with the three grown children moving in and out several times during the 1970s. In 1981, Lauretta died. Her children discussed at length how to divide up the property, which consisted of four 66-foot lots, according to her will. None of her children wanted to see the old family house destroyed but the house straddled two lots. They finally decided that if one of them wanted to pay to move the house to sit on one of the lots, the “value” of the house would not enter into the settlement of the estate. Kathryn chose to do this. In 1982, the old house was moved to 5496 Dominion Street and Kathryn continued to live in it. Martin died in 1982. Elizabeth and Charles each inherited one lot and the last lot, which would have gone to Martin, was sold, the funds divided equally between Elizabeth, Kathryn, and Charles. The three lots between 5496 Dominion Street and Douglas Road were subdivided into 33-foot lots and six new houses were built. In 1993, the Meyers property and the Manahan property were subdivided into 33-foot lots facing Norfolk Street and the old houses were torn down and four new houses were built.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Technical Drawing
- Creator
- Small family