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Louise with cherry blossoms

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1937] (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 Louise Irwin standing under a cherry tree that is in full bloom with cherry blossoms. The tree is in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Series: Irwin family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Louise Irwin standing under a cherry tree that is in full bloom with cherry blossoms. The tree is in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Plants - Flowers; Plants - Trees

Names: Barnet Mill; Barnet Lumber Company; Irwin, Louise

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV019.32.95

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1937] (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

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Louise with cherry blossoms, [1937] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Sperling and Broadway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of flowers beside the road at Sperling Avenue and Broadway.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-400

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of flowers beside the road at Sperling Avenue and Broadway.

Subjects: Plants - Flowers; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Sperling Avenue; Broadway

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sperling-Broadway Area

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Sperling and Broadway, [193-?] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Young woman in garden

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of young woman standing in a flower garden with foxgloves. A building is visible in a grove of trees in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of young woman standing in a flower garden with foxgloves. A building is visible in a grove of trees in the background.

Subjects: Plants - Flowers; Geographic Features - Gardens

Accession Code: BV022.32.592

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-22

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431); Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "MARY?"

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Alfred Bingham's writings - Track 9

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1919-1939

Length: 0:07:31

Summary: This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's continuation of reading his series of short stories. He reads; "The ICE AGE and other observations before Burnaby", "The Coming of the Great Trees in Burnaby", "AND THEN MODERN CIVILIZATION STRUCK BURNABY" each written in March of 1962.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's continuation of reading his series of short stories. He reads; "The ICE AGE and other observations before Burnaby", "The Coming of the Great Trees in Burnaby", "AND THEN MODERN CIVILIZATION STRUCK BURNABY" each written in March of 1962.

Date Range: 1919-1939

Photo Info: Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066

Length: 0:07:31

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Scope and Content: Recording is of Alfred Bingham's writings, as read by Alfred Bingham. Major themes discussed are: Pioneers, early days in Burnaby and the Co-op Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Aungus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.

Total Tracks: 12

Total Length: 1:38:06

Interviewee Name: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: MSS142-001 contains transcripts for each of the short stories

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track nine of recording of Alfred Bingham's writings

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Cherry tree at Barnet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-] (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 a cherry tree in blossom in the yard of the Irwin family at the Barnet Lumber Mill.A wooden picket fence borders the yard.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Series: Irwin family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cherry tree in blossom in the yard of the Irwin family at the Barnet Lumber Mill.A wooden picket fence borders the yard.

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Names: Barnet Mill; Barnet Lumber Company

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV019.32.81

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-] (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

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Cherry tree at Barnet, [193-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Coronation Tree planting ceremony

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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.

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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

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Coronation Tree planting ceremony

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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…

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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

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Coronation Tree planting ceremony

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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.

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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

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Cut wood

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-] (date of original), digitally copied 2012

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified girls sitting on top of a large pile of cuts. Archie Brown-John was believed to have cut this wood down for firewood.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-] (date of original), digitally copied 2012

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History project series

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 549-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-30

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified girls sitting on top of a large pile of cuts. Archie Brown-John was believed to have cut this wood down for firewood.

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Cut wood, [193-] (date of original), digitally copied 2012 thumbnail

Driveway at 3812 Deer Lake Avenue

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1937]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 15 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the driveway of 3812 Deer Lake Avenue covered in snow (old numbering system). This was the home of Claude and Annie Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1937]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 15 x 17.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-044

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the driveway of 3812 Deer Lake Avenue covered in snow (old numbering system). This was the home of Claude and Annie Hill.

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6570 Deer Lake Avenue; 3812 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Driveway at 3812 Deer Lake Avenue, [1937] thumbnail

E. Cary

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1930 and 1934] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.2 x 2.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of E. Cary sitting in front of a tree at the front of 311 Madison Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1930 and 1934] (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 ; 4.2 x 2.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-194

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of E. Cary sitting in front of a tree at the front of 311 Madison Avenue.

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Names: Cary, E.

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Madison Avenue

Street Address: 311 Madison Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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E. Cary, [between 1930 and 1934] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

From Mount Elma 22nd July 1938

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 22, 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of smoke billowing from the Campbell River fire, seen from Mount Elma. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials. George A. Grant was one of the climbers in the party.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 22, 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Grant subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 243-063

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of smoke billowing from the Campbell River fire, seen from Mount Elma. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials. George A. Grant was one of the climbers in the party.

Subjects: Plants - Trees; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Tait, Preston L.

Notes: Title taken from handwritten title on paper mount; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Forest fire of July 22nd which formed by a strong North wind threatened the towns of Comox & Courtney [sic] Vancouver Island and other villages. Photo taken from Mt. Elma 4600 ft. Forbidden Plateau 12 miles from the fire. Photo by P.L. Tait. Vancouver B.C."; Handwritten note on facing page reads: "Ordered out 22nd July 1938 ~ but 'the Plateau' was happily ordained 'forbidden' to the Campbell River fire."

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From Mount Elma 22nd July 1938, July 22, 1938 thumbnail

Henry Irwin with daughters at Barnet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1932] (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 Henry Stanley Irwin standing in the yard of the Irwin family home at Barnet mill with his daughters Louise (left) and Eleanor (right).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Series: Irwin family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Henry Stanley Irwin standing in the yard of the Irwin family home at Barnet mill with his daughters Louise (left) and Eleanor (right).

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Names: Barnet Mill; Barnet Lumber Company; Irwin, Louise; Irwin, Henry Stanley; Nelson, Eleanor Irwin

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV019.32.83

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1932] (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 48 of book, "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village" with caption "Top:Left to Right: Louise Irwin, Mr. Irwin and Eleanor Irwin dressed in their "Sunday Best", 1929"; Date of photograph based on birth dates for Eleanor and Louise Irwin

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Henry Irwin with daughters at Barnet, [1932] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Interview with Alfred Bingham June 10, 1975 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1917-1935

Length: 0:08:22

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's memories of tree felling in Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's memories of tree felling in Burnaby.

Date Range: 1917-1935

Photo Info: Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066

Length: 0:08:22

Subjects: Occupations - Lumberjacks; Plants - Trees

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: June 10, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with Alfred Bingham by SFU graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 10, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, Pioneers, and the Co-operative Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 1:57:27

Interviewee Name: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with Alfred Bingham

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Large palm tree outside building

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large palm tree on a boulevard in front of a large white building somewhere in California. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series

Subseries: Carousel photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large palm tree on a boulevard in front of a large white building somewhere in California. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Accession Code: BV022.2.38

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1996

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 2021-08-17

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #11; Photograph copied from Robertson family album

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Large palm tree outside building, [1936] (date of original), copied 1996 thumbnail

Looking west from Douglas Road

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1934

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 cm x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Roberts' house on 5118 Douglas Road, taken from across the street. Edward and Roland Roberts are seated on the lawn behind a hedge and in front of the house. To the left is the house located at 5106 Douglas Road, built by John W. Roberts and then subsequently sold.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1934

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 cm x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 620-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Roberts' house on 5118 Douglas Road, taken from across the street. Edward and Roland Roberts are seated on the lawn behind a hedge and in front of the house. To the left is the house located at 5106 Douglas Road, built by John W. Roberts and then subsequently sold.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from donor's notes; 5118 Douglas Road renumbered to 3131 Douglas Road in 1958 and to 5538 Dominion Street in 1970 or 1971; 5106 Douglas Road later subdivided into 5539 and 5545 Norfolk Street.; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Sept. 1934 / Our house on Douglas Road"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P9"

Street Address: 3131 Douglas Road; 5118 Douglas Road; 5538 Dominion Street; 5106 Douglas Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

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Looking west from Douglas Road, September 1934 thumbnail

Louise Irwin at Barnet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1930] (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 young Louise Irwin standing under a tree in the yard of the Irwin family home at Barnet Lumber Mill. The house is visible behind her.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Series: Irwin family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of young Louise Irwin standing under a tree in the yard of the Irwin family home at Barnet Lumber Mill. The house is visible behind her.

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Names: Barnet Mill; Barnet Lumber Company; Irwin, Louise

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV019.32.82

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1930] (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

Louise Irwin at Barnet, [1930] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Mr. Irwin with Eleanor, Louise and Dorothy on ladder

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1930] (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 Mr. Henry Irwin standing at the bottom of a ladder holding his daughter Eleanor and Louise Irwin and his neice Dorothy Irwin. Young Louise Irwin is standing near the top of the ladder, Dorothy Irwin is in the middle and Eleanor Irwin (Nelson) is near the bottom. The girls are picking …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Series: Irwin family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mr. Henry Irwin standing at the bottom of a ladder holding his daughter Eleanor and Louise Irwin and his neice Dorothy Irwin. Young Louise Irwin is standing near the top of the ladder, Dorothy Irwin is in the middle and Eleanor Irwin (Nelson) is near the bottom. The girls are picking cherries. The ladder is leaning against a cherry tree in the yard of the Irwin family home at Barnet mill.

Subjects: Plants - Trees; Agriculture - Fruit and Berries

Names: Irwin, Louise; Nelson, Eleanor Irwin; Irwin, Henry Stanley; Irwin, Dorothy

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV019.32.76

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1930] (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 47 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village" with caption "Picking cherries at Barnet. Top to Bottom: Louise Irwin, Cousin Dorothy Irwin, Eleanor Irwin and Mr. Irwin, 1929"; Date of photograph based on birth date for Louise Irwin (July 1927)

Images

Mr. Irwin with Eleanor, Louise and Dorothy on ladder, [1930] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

On Mt. Elma

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 13 x 8 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a nursing tree growing out of a stump on Mount Elma. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials. George A. Grant was one of the climbers in the party.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Grant subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 13 x 8 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 243-058

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a nursing tree growing out of a stump on Mount Elma. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials. George A. Grant was one of the climbers in the party.

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Tait, Preston L.

Notes: Continuation of title: "...Forbidden Plateau - Courtenay, B.C."; Handwritten note on facing page reads: "On Mount Elma 4700 ft. where we first saw the real snow."; Photographer identifies photograph as no. 889