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Map of proposed provincial exhibition site at Burnaby Lake

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1929 and 1931]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : photostat print ; 3 parts 45 x 33.7 cm totalling 45 x 101 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a tri-part folding map of a proposed Provincial Exhibition site located along the southern and western shore of Burnaby Lake. Exhibtion site on map identifies proposed locations for a golf course, pier, hydroplane landing ramp, sports ground, one-mile horse racing track and various…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : photostat print ; 3 parts 45 x 33.7 cm totalling 45 x 101 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:1800]

Scope and Content: Item consists of a tri-part folding map of a proposed Provincial Exhibition site located along the southern and western shore of Burnaby Lake. Exhibtion site on map identifies proposed locations for a golf course, pier, hydroplane landing ramp, sports ground, one-mile horse racing track and various buildings for mechanical, agricultural and botanical displays.

Subjects: Exhibitions

Accession Code: BV017.2.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1929 and 1931]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on contents of map; Scale on map reads: "150 feet to 1 inch"; Overall measurements when fully opened: L: 98.0 cm x H: 45.3 cm ; Individual map parts: L: 32.7 cm x H: 45.0 cm; Commercially printed label on front of portfolio card reads "PLOWRIGHT PRINTING COMPANY / TELEPHONE N.W. 1942 / 39 McKENZIE STREET NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. / TO: [illegible writing in pencil]" in blue ink. Red typewritten text reads: "PHOTOSTAT OF BURNABY LAKE".

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Blair range

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1936]

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of man peering through the sight on a rifle at the Blair rifle range in North Vancouver. The man's military uniform hat and jacket are lying on the ground in front.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of man peering through the sight on a rifle at the Blair rifle range in North Vancouver. The man's military uniform hat and jacket are lying on the ground in front.

Subjects: Armament - Firearms; Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Accession Code: BV996.6.121

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1936]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-02-06

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption beneath photograph reads: "Blair Range 1936"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Burnaby firemen display new uniforms

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven men standing in front of a fire truck, dressed in what has been described as the Burnaby Fire Department's new uniforms. The fire truck is parked in front of the Burnaby Public Hall, Burnaby's first municipal hall.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven men standing in front of a fire truck, dressed in what has been described as the Burnaby Fire Department's new uniforms. The fire truck is parked in front of the Burnaby Public Hall, Burnaby's first municipal hall.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Transportation - Fire Trucks; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Burnaby Fire Department; Burnaby Public Hall

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 7282 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.55.23

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1939

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Related Material: For a copy print of this photograph, see BV999.55.24

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on caption of photograph

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Burnaby firemen display new uniforms, 1939 thumbnail

Chief Gordon Waddell and Pal

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before July 1939] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chief Gordon Waddell of the Burnaby Fire Department in uniform, standing beside a partially visible fire truck parked inside a garage. The fire department's "faithful mascot" Pal is standing next to him. Pal was Firefighter Killer's wire-haired terrier who would come to work with Kill…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm print

Material Details: Item was exposed with the area between the officer and the dog covered, thus this area appears blank

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chief Gordon Waddell of the Burnaby Fire Department in uniform, standing beside a partially visible fire truck parked inside a garage. The fire department's "faithful mascot" Pal is standing next to him. Pal was Firefighter Killer's wire-haired terrier who would come to work with Killer and even learned to climb ladders during drills.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Clothing - Uniforms; Animals - Dogs

Names: Waddell, Gordon; Burnaby Fire Department

Accession Code: BV998.31.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [before July 1939] (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 02-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Typed sticker on verso of photograph reads: "Chief Gordon Waddell and PAL. 1939 BURNABY FIRE DEPARTMENT"; Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "MR & MRS F BLAKE 4165 PANDORA ST BURNABY BC V5C 2B2"

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Chief Gordon Waddell and Pal, [before July 1939] (date of original) thumbnail

Crichton Hawkshaw and Bob Waston

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw and Bob Watson in uniform at Sarcee Barracks, Canadian Forces Base, Calgary. Bob Watson was the Sergeant-Major.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw and Bob Watson in uniform at Sarcee Barracks, Canadian Forces Base, Calgary. Bob Watson was the Sergeant-Major.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms; Occupations - Military Personnel

Names: Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"; Watson, Bob

Accession Code: BV996.6.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1935

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/9/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption for photograph reads: " 'I' Bob Watson / 'S.M.' / '85th' "; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Crichton Hawkshaw and Bob Waston, 1935 thumbnail

Firefighters Albert Killer and Fred Blake

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1939 (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 15 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Firefighters Albert Killer and Fred Blake lying down on their beds and reading (in the dormitory during the night shift) at No. 1 Burnaby Fire Hall at Carleton Avenue and Eton Street. Fire boots (with fire resistant pants gathered over them) are visible at the side of Fred Blake's bed.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 15 cm print

Material Details: .

Scope and Content: Photograph of Firefighters Albert Killer and Fred Blake lying down on their beds and reading (in the dormitory during the night shift) at No. 1 Burnaby Fire Hall at Carleton Avenue and Eton Street. Fire boots (with fire resistant pants gathered over them) are visible at the side of Fred Blake's bed.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Clothing - Uniforms; Buildings - Civic - Fire Halls

Names: Burnaby Fire Department; Blake, Frederick "Fred"; Killer, Albert "Abe"

Geographic Access: Carleton Avenue; Eton Street

Accession Code: BV998.31.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1939 (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 02-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Typed sticker on verso of photograph reads: "Night shift at No.1 Hall/ Carleton Ave. and Eton St. (L) Albert Killer (R) Fred Blake 1939"; Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "MR & MRS F BLAKE 4165 PANDORA ST BURNABY BC V5C 2B2"

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Firefighters Albert Killer and Fred Blake, 1939 (date of original) thumbnail

Florence Jackson

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1939 and 1945] (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 ; 12.7 x 8.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-107

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.

Subjects: Occupations - Nurses; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Jackson, Florence Colocott; Canadian Red Cross

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Cassie Avenue

Street Address: 6457 Cassie Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Florence Jackson, [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Harry W. Deacon

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1938]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm on mat 10.2 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Harry W. Deacon in full Royal Field Artillery uniform. Harry was the cousin of Kitty (Hill) Peers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1938]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm on mat 10.2 x 14 cm

Material Details: A photographer's signature is visible on the mat, and looks to be: "Harrods"

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Harry W. Deacon in full Royal Field Artillery uniform. Harry was the cousin of Kitty (Hill) Peers.

Subjects: Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Deacon, Harry W.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer identified as "Harrods"

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Mr. Frost in RCMP uniform

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man identified as "Mr. Frost" dressed in an RCMP uniform and standing in front of a house.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man identified as "Mr. Frost" dressed in an RCMP uniform and standing in front of a house.

Subjects: Occupations - Police Officers; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Accession Code: BV996.6.113

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1936

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-02-06

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption beneath photograph reads: "Mr. Frost"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Mr. Frost in RCMP uniform, 1936 thumbnail

Royal Visit

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a parade during the Royal Visit in 1939.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-430

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a parade during the Royal Visit in 1939.

Subjects: Animals - Horses; Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms; Events - Parades

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Royal Visit

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a parade during the Royal Visit in 1939.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-431

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a parade during the Royal Visit in 1939.

Subjects: Animals - Horses; Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms; Events - Parades

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Royal Visit

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39113

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a parade during the Royal Visit in 1939.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-432

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a parade during the Royal Visit in 1939.

Subjects: Animals - Horses; Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms; Events - Parades

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Burnaby Sports Day

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1936 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (8 min., 37 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the annual Sports Day events held at Burnaby Central Park. The film opens with an unidentified dedication ceremony and tree planting in an unknown location and switches to students marching into Central Park. Hundreds of child…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1936 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (8 min., 37 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-002-3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2012-15

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the annual Sports Day events held at Burnaby Central Park. The film opens with an unidentified dedication ceremony and tree planting in an unknown location and switches to students marching into Central Park. Hundreds of children and Youth are showcased in sporting field events and competitions such as track and field sports, acrobatics, gymnastics, dancing, leap frog, skipping, rugby.

Subjects: Events - Parades; Occupations; Occupations - Labourers; Organizations - Mens' Societies and Clubs; Organizations - Womens' Societies and Clubs

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film; Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'May Day Events'

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Central Park

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Burnaby Sports Day, [between 1936 and 1939]

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District Chief Bill Banks

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1935 and 1937]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bill Banks, Officer in Charge of Fire Area no. 1 in South Burnaby, sitting behind the steering wheel of Burnaby Fire Department fire truck no. 2. Bill Banks was the owner of Burnaby Garage where he built and serviced fire trucks for the municipality.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bill Banks, Officer in Charge of Fire Area no. 1 in South Burnaby, sitting behind the steering wheel of Burnaby Fire Department fire truck no. 2. Bill Banks was the owner of Burnaby Garage where he built and serviced fire trucks for the municipality.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Transportation - Fire Trucks; Occupations - Mechanics

Names: Burnaby Fire Department; Banks, William "Bill"

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 7282 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.55.20

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [between 1935 and 1937]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "fire chief Banks"

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District Chief Bill Banks, [between 1935 and 1937] thumbnail

Interview with Eileen Kernaghan by Rod Fowler April 10, 1990 - Track 7

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1939-1990

Length: 00:09:08

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s childhood, her education and teaching career, her marriage to Pat Kernaghan and their move to Burnaby, his work at Oakalla Prison, the opening of their Neville Street bookstore, and changes in their neighbourhood

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s childhood, her education and teaching career, her marriage to Pat Kernaghan and their move to Burnaby, his work at Oakalla Prison, the opening of their Neville Street bookstore, and changes in their neighbourhood

Date Range: 1939-1990

Photo Info: Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014

Length: 00:09:08

Subjects: Education; Occupations - Teachers; Occupations - Entrepreneurs

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: April 10, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.

Total Tracks: 11

Total Length: 1:26:27

Interviewee Name: Kernaghan, Eileen

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

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Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track seven of interview with Eileen Kernaghan

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Interview with Sev Morin by Rod Fowler April 4, 1990 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1938-1990

Length: 00:04:02

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s friendship and business partnership with CKNW broadcaster Jack Cullen; the entertainment people Sev Morin met; and a brief description of his early education at the Jesuit College in Edmonton

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s friendship and business partnership with CKNW broadcaster Jack Cullen; the entertainment people Sev Morin met; and a brief description of his early education at the Jesuit College in Edmonton

Date Range: 1938-1990

Photo Info: Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712

Length: 00:04:02

Names: Gai Paree Supper Club

Subjects: Occupations - Entertainers; Education; Occupations - Entrepreneurs

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: April 4, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Severin "Sev" Morin, conducted by Rod Fowler. Sev Morin was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Sev Morin’s banquet hall, restaurant and night club business on Kingsway, originally named the “Gai Paree Supper Club” (1947-1976) and later “Severin’s” (1976-1985) and “Diego’s” (1985-1994), its function as a Burnaby landmark, and the entertainment and political people he met through his business. He also describes his many volunteer activities in Burnaby, including member of the SFU Senate, Rotary Club, Variety Club and Telethon, fund raising for Burnaby Hospital, and tourism related groups, and his political work for the federal Liberal party. He talks about his parents’ origins, the lives of his brothers Rudy and Rene, and the family’s involvement in establishing the “Gai Paree”. He also shares his views about the business and cultural development of Burnaby. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Severin “Sev” Rene Morin was born September 21, 1927, in Bonneville, Alberta, to Rene Pierre Morin (1878-1963) and Anne Marie (nee Lachiver) Morin (1886-1956). Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morin and their son Rene Francois (1905-1954) immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, from France in 1913, where Rene Pierre Morin worked for the C.N.R. and a second son Adolphe “Rudy” Ferdinand (1922-1969) was born, followed by their third son Severin. In 1943, after R.P. Morin retired, the family moved to Burnaby to a house on Sperling Avenue. Sometime earlier the two older Morin brothers found work in Trail at the smelter and developed musical careers. In 1946/47 the Morin family purchased property on Kingsway and built a banquet hall, the “Gai Paree Supper Club”. Sev and Rudy Morin managed the club and Rene F. Morin moved to Burnaby to join them with his band. The supper club, with its live music and dance floor, became a popular meeting place and wedding venue, eventually expanding into a restaurant and nightclub in the 1970s. The “Gai Paree” was renamed “Severin’s” in 1976 and “Diego’s” in 1985, closing finally in 1994. Sev Morin’s business life included three record stores which he owned with his friend Jack Cullen. Through these businesses Sev Morin was well known in the entertainment and hospitality industry. He and his restaurant also hosted political and social events that made the restaurant a community landmark. Sev Morin contributed many volunteer hours to community and charitable organizations, including an appointment to the SFU Senate, fundraising for the Burnaby Hospital, Director of the Variety Club and Rotary Club, and consultant for a variety of tourism related ventures. He also was active in the federal Liberal Party. Sev Morin and his wife Pauline married in 1950 and had three children. Sev Morin died at age 86 on March 28, 2014.

Total Tracks: 10

Total Length: 00:56:44

Interviewee Name: Morin, Severin "Sev"

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

Images

Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with Sev Morin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-021/MSS187-021_Track%204.mp3

Labour parade

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85205

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1936 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (4 min, 23 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of a May Day labour parade for International Worker's Day. Men, women and children are seen marching with banners held high interspersed with a marching band with bagpipes. Some of the banners are identified as; The Communist Pa…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1936 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (4 min, 23 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-002-4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2012-15

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of a May Day labour parade for International Worker's Day. Men, women and children are seen marching with banners held high interspersed with a marching band with bagpipes. Some of the banners are identified as; The Communist Party of Canada, the Scandinavian Worker's Club, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Ex-Servicemen's League, Canadian League Against War and Fascism, Fishermen's Legislative Program, Sailor's Union, B.C. Maritime Workers, Amalgamated Building Workers Union, Bakery and Confectionary Workers International Union of America and The Women's Labour League. Some of the banners in the parade read as follows; 'Support the White Lunch Strike', 'Abolish Deferred Pay', 'Builders of British Columbia- Bill Bennett', 'Communist Party of Canada', 'Free Grange and Molland'.

Subjects: Events - Parades; Occupations; Occupations - Labourers; Organizations - Mens' Societies and Clubs; Organizations - Womens' Societies and Clubs

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film; Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'Labour Parade'