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Edmonds School United Nations flag

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34816
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Edmonds School United Nations flag. Four young women and two men are unfolding it. Identified: Jack Davy (left) and Bill Good (right).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Helen Davy subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
138-007
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1985-08
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Edmonds School United Nations flag. Four young women and two men are unfolding it. Identified: Jack Davy (left) and Bill Good (right).
Subjects
Symbols - Flags
Officials
Names
Davy, Jack
Edmonds Community School
Good, Bill
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Allan, Ray
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Stamp on back of photograph reads, "Ray Allan / The Allan Studios / 3763 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC / Phone: Dex. 5766"
Geographic Access
Edmonds Street
Street Address
7641 Edmonds Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Edmonds Area
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Edmonds School United Nations flag

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34817
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Edmonds School United Nations flag and officials. Identified (on back of photograph): Jack Davy, C.G. Brown, and Bill Good.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Helen Davy subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
138-008
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1985-08
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Edmonds School United Nations flag and officials. Identified (on back of photograph): Jack Davy, C.G. Brown, and Bill Good.
Subjects
Symbols - Flags
Officials
Names
Brown, Clifton Gilbert, 1889-1960
Davy, Jack
Edmonds Community School
Good, Bill
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Allan, Ray
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Stamp on back of photograph reads, "Ray Allan / The Allan Studios / 3763 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC / Phone: Dex. 5766"
Geographic Access
Edmonds Street
Street Address
7641 Edmonds Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Edmonds Area
Images
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Interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon July 9, 1975 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory94
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1932-1943
Length
0:07:55
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Charles and May Purdon's memories of the Burnaby government going into receivership. The Purdons discuss their neighbours' jobs and the employment situation at the time.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Charles and May Purdon's memories of the Burnaby government going into receivership. The Purdons discuss their neighbours' jobs and the employment situation at the time.
Date Range
1932-1943
Length
0:07:55
Subjects
Officials - Commissioners
Geographic Access
Edmonds Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Interviewer
Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
Interview Date
July 9, 1975
Scope and Content
Recording is a taped interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon by SFU graduate student Bettina Bradbury July 9, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression and Canadian politics. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
May Eliza was born in London, England in 1907. She came out to Regina with her family when she was eleven. Charles A. Purdon was born February 28, 1904 in London, England. He came to Canada in 1925 from China where he had been working as an accountant for the previous three years. Charles first came to Vancouver and joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) but within a week he was sent to Regina. This is where he met May. May and Charles got married in 1926 and Charles began working as an accountant for the Saskatchewan Wheat Growers, then for the Canadian Wool Growers before being laid off. In October of 1930, Charles and May left Regina for Vancouver Island. Charles drove himself out and May rode the train with her children; twin boys and a daughter, only one year apart. They settled at May’s parent’s second house in Coombs. The Purdons arrived in Burnaby in December of 1932 and rented a house on Edmonds Street. Charles was unable to do road work and instead found work through the Liberal Party and also with the Municipal engineers indoors on a number of projects. In 1938 the Purdons were able to get into a reverted house built by Ernie Winch at Maple Avenue (then Jubilee) and Nelson Avenue that had nine bedrooms. They paid ten dollars a month to the municipality for use of this property. May Eliza Purdon died April 6, 1983 at the age of seventy-six.
Total Length
1:40:03
Interviewee Name
Purdon, Charles A.
Purdon, May Eliza
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.
Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon

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Opening of the Royal Bank at Edmonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55611
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1955]
Collection/Fonds
Charles MacSorley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Reeve Charles MacSorley preparing to cut the ribbon to officially open the Royal Bank on Edmonds Street in Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1955]
Collection/Fonds
Charles MacSorley fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
486-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2005-14
Scope and Content
Photograph of Reeve Charles MacSorley preparing to cut the ribbon to officially open the Royal Bank on Edmonds Street in Burnaby.
Subjects
Events - Openings
Officials - Mayors and Reeves
Buildings - Commercial - Banks
Names
Linden, Charles
MacSorley, Charles W.
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Allan Studios
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Handwritten note on recto of photograph reads: "opening Royal Bank / Edmonds / Charles Linden / Mangr."
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "Edmonds Street. Burnaby."
Geographic Access
Edmonds Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
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Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, and Reeve Beamish

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36713
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1951 (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 9 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Reeve Beamish, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip at the Municipal Hall at Kingsway and Edmonds Street. Her bouquet is made of orchids from Burnaby Orchids Ltd.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1951 (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 ; 10 x 9 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
315-068
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of Reeve Beamish, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip at the Municipal Hall at Kingsway and Edmonds Street. Her bouquet is made of orchids from Burnaby Orchids Ltd.
Subjects
Officials - Mayors and Reeves
Events - Royal Visits
Names
Beamish, William Randolph "Ran"
Burnaby Orchids Limited
Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Edmonds Street
Street Address
7282 Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Stride Avenue Area
Images
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Reeve Beamish and Princess Elizabeth at Municipal Hall

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36712
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1951 (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 9 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Reeve Beamish and Princess Elizabeth at the Municipal Hall at Kingsway and Edmonds Street. Her bouquet is made of orchids from Burnaby Orchids Ltd.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1951 (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 ; 12.5 x 9 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
315-067
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of Reeve Beamish and Princess Elizabeth at the Municipal Hall at Kingsway and Edmonds Street. Her bouquet is made of orchids from Burnaby Orchids Ltd.
Subjects
Officials - Mayors and Reeves
Events - Royal Visits
Names
Beamish, William Randolph "Ran"
Burnaby Orchids Limited
Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph;
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Edmonds Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Stride Avenue Area
Images
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Royal Bank Opening

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55639
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1955]
Collection/Fonds
Charles MacSorley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of seven unidentified men in the new Royal Bank on Edmonds. This photograph appears to have been taken during the official opening of the bank.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1955]
Collection/Fonds
Charles MacSorley fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
486-033
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2005-14
Scope and Content
Photograph of seven unidentified men in the new Royal Bank on Edmonds. This photograph appears to have been taken during the official opening of the bank.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Banks
Events - Openings
Names
Royal Bank of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Allan Studios
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Geographic Access
Edmonds Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
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