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![Blythe Eagles in the garden, [1930] (date of original), copied 1996 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/331-001.jpg?width=280)
Blythe Eagles in the garden
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37183
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 10 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Blythe Eagles with his shirt off, working in the garden.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Eagles family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 10 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 331-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-21
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Blythe Eagles with his shirt off, working in the garden.
- Names
- Eagles, Dr. Blythe
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 5655 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Blythe Eagles in the garden, [1930] (date of original), copied 1996 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/331-001.jpg)
![Frances Fleming and Jack Waplington, [1934] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/2016_0046_0083_001.jpg?width=280)
Frances Fleming and Jack Waplington
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5128
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1934]
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frances Fleming (nee Waplington) with her father, Jack Waplington. They are standing outside an unidentified house and Frances is holding a shovel while Jack is holding a pickaxe and smoking a pipe.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 6.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph is pasted to a small page from a notebook with photograph above overlapping the top left hand corner of the photo.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frances Fleming (nee Waplington) with her father, Jack Waplington. They are standing outside an unidentified house and Frances is holding a shovel while Jack is holding a pickaxe and smoking a pipe.
- Accession Code
- BV016.46.83
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1934]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Aug-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was attached to a small sheet of lined paper along with another photograph with handwritten text below and on back of page. Item is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52
- Handwritten entry by Frances Waplington on verso of page is dated "Oct. 11, 1915" and refers to her wedding day when she married Ray Fleming.
Images
![Frances Fleming and Jack Waplington, [1934] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/2016_0046_0083_001.jpg)
Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory470
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1936-1990
- Length
- 00:04:34
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.
- Date Range
- 1936-1990
- Length
- 00:04:34
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 21, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon 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 the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:43:35
- Interviewee Name
- Nixon, Al
- 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
- 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.
Audio Tracks
Track seven of interview with Al Nixon
Track seven of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_7.mp3![John McCalburn, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/318-001.jpg?width=280)
John McCalburn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37108
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5. x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John McCalburn working for Burnaby as a labourer. He is cutting the grass along the side of the road with a one-horse mower.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5. x 8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 318-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1995-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John McCalburn working for Burnaby as a labourer. He is cutting the grass along the side of the road with a one-horse mower.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Horses
- Occupations - Labourers
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment - Gardening Equipment
- Names
- McCalburn, John
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten note on verso of photograph reads: "John working for Burnaby, 1 horse mower 1930s / Found this in my treasures + thought you would like to have it. Does this bring back memories or what?"
Images
![John McCalburn, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/318-001.jpg)