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Burnaby, Vancouver and the north shore

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85238
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1937 and 1938]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 film clip (5 min., 21 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
Scope and Content
Item is a silent digitized film segment identified as Reel 6. The film segment opens with colour footage of people lawn bowling at Burnaby's Central Park. Dot Digney, Sid and Connie Swan can be seen bowling. This footage is followed with Andy Digney and Charles E. Jones at the Bird's of Paradise b…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1937 and 1938]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Physical Description
1 film clip (5 min., 21 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
562-003-6
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 film segment identified as Reel 6. The film segment opens with colour footage of people lawn bowling at Burnaby's Central Park. Dot Digney, Sid and Connie Swan can be seen bowling. This footage is followed with Andy Digney and Charles E. Jones at the Bird's of Paradise bird sanctuary followed by footage of Stanley Park. The footage continues and interchanges between black and white and colour as the Digney's take a ferry ride to North Vancouver where they visit the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Fishermen's Cove. The reel closes with footage of skiers on Grouse Mountain and a fire at Pier D in 1938.
Subjects
Animals - Birds
Sports - Lawn Bowling
Sports - Skiing
Names
Digney, Andy
Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
Jones, Charles E.
Digney, Dorothy
Media Type
Moving Images
Photographer
Digney, Andy
Creator
Digney, Andy
Notes
Title based on contents of film
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Video

Burnaby, Vancouver and the north shore, [between 1937 and 1938]

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Coronation Tree planting ceremony

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36039
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 11, 1937
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm, mounted on heavyweight drawing paper 20 x 23.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the tree planting ceremony that took place at the Burnaby South High School to mark the Coronation of King George the 6th. One man in a suit lays down dirt, while two others stand behind him, looking on.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 11, 1937
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
B. Keisler subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm, mounted on heavyweight drawing paper 20 x 23.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
214-009
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-15
Scope and Content
Photograph of the tree planting ceremony that took place at the Burnaby South High School to mark the Coronation of King George the 6th. One man in a suit lays down dirt, while two others stand behind him, looking on.
Subjects
Events
Plants - Trees
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Item no. 214-010 and 214-011 are of the same event
Geographic Access
Southoaks Crescent
Street Address
6650 Southoaks Crescent
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
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Coronation Tree planting ceremony

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36040
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 11, 1937
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm, mounted on heavyweight drawing paper 20 x 23.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the tree planting ceremony that took place at the Burnaby South High School to mark the Coronation of King George the 6th. A man in a suit lays down dirt. A young girl can be seen in the background waving a flag behind the fence, as another man stands watching, wearing a fedora. A thi…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 11, 1937
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
B. Keisler subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm, mounted on heavyweight drawing paper 20 x 23.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
214-010
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-15
Scope and Content
Photograph of the tree planting ceremony that took place at the Burnaby South High School to mark the Coronation of King George the 6th. A man in a suit lays down dirt. A young girl can be seen in the background waving a flag behind the fence, as another man stands watching, wearing a fedora. A third man is standing off to the right, also watching.
Subjects
Events
Plants - Trees
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Item no. 214-009 and 214-011 are of the same event
Geographic Access
Southoaks Crescent
Street Address
6650 Southoaks Crescent
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
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Coronation Tree planting ceremony

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36041
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 11, 1937
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm, mounted on heavyweight drawing paper 20 x 23.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the tree planting ceremony that took place at the Burnaby South High School to mark the Coronation of King George the 6th. A man in a suit smooths out the dirt around the tree, as another man stands watching from behind a fence, wearing a fedora.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 11, 1937
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
B. Keisler subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm, mounted on heavyweight drawing paper 20 x 23.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
214-011
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-15
Scope and Content
Photograph of the tree planting ceremony that took place at the Burnaby South High School to mark the Coronation of King George the 6th. A man in a suit smooths out the dirt around the tree, as another man stands watching from behind a fence, wearing a fedora.
Subjects
Events
Plants - Trees
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Item no. 214-009 and 214-010 are of the same event
Geographic Access
Southoaks Crescent
Street Address
6650 Southoaks Crescent
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
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Galiano Island, Oak Theatre and Calgary

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85241
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1939 and 1941]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 film clip (9 min., 51 sec.) : digital, col., si.
Scope and Content
Item is a silent digitized colour film segment identified as Reel 7. The film segment opens with footage of the shores of Galiano Island and soon switches to a game of table tennis and a boat ride up Burrard Inlet with Grannie Swan and company. The boat ride continues to the marina at Horseshoe Bay…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1939 and 1941]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Physical Description
1 film clip (9 min., 51 sec.) : digital, col., si.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
562-003-7
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 film segment identified as Reel 7. The film segment opens with footage of the shores of Galiano Island and soon switches to a game of table tennis and a boat ride up Burrard Inlet with Grannie Swan and company. The boat ride continues to the marina at Horseshoe Bay where the family goes ashore. This footage is followed with a dark segment of footage of a paegant at the Oak Theatre in 1941 and the gardens of the Oak Theatre. The film has a break and continues with footage of the Digney family travels to the Calgary Breweries, Calgary Zoo, and the Calgary Stampede parade and fairgrounds, Alberta, closing with footage of the Rockies and Rogers Pass.
Subjects
Animals - Birds
Events - Parades
Names
Digney, Andy
Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
Digney, Alice
Media Type
Moving Images
Photographer
Digney, Andy
Creator
Digney, Andy
Notes
Title based on contents of film
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Video

Galiano Island, Oak Theatre and Calgary, [between 1939 and 1941]

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