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Horse jumping

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before 1950]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 34.5 cm print, mounted on foamcore 26.5 x 34.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of six members of the British Columbia Provincial Police Mounted Troop forming a human arch as a horse and rider jump though it.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 34.5 cm print, mounted on foamcore 26.5 x 34.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of six members of the British Columbia Provincial Police Mounted Troop forming a human arch as a horse and rider jump though it.

Subjects: Animals - Horses

Names: British Columbia Provincial Police

Accession Code: BV992.40.3

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [before 1950]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600 dpi

Scan Date: 1/6/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Horse jumping

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before 1950]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 34.5 cm print, mounted on foamcore 26.5 x 34.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of six members of the British Columbia Provincial Police Mounted Troop forming a human arch as a horse and rider jump though it.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 34.5 cm print, mounted on foamcore 26.5 x 34.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of six members of the British Columbia Provincial Police Mounted Troop forming a human arch as a horse and rider jump though it.

Subjects: Animals - Horses

Names: British Columbia Provincial Police

Accession Code: BV992.40.4

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [before 1950]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600 dpi

Scan Date: 1/6/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Hugo Redino on horseback

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Hugo Redino on horseback inside a show arena. His horse is wearing western tackle.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Lubbock family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 342-038

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Hugo Redino on horseback inside a show arena. His horse is wearing western tackle.

Subjects: Animals - Horses

Names: Redino, Hugo

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Hugo Redino on horseback, [1940] thumbnail

Interview with Reidun Seim by Kathy Bossort January 13, 2016 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1934-1990

Length: 0:15:30

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Reidun Seim talking about her father’s chicken farm. She describes the farm buildings, other animals on the farm, and how her father operated the chicken farm, especially his approach to keeping the chickens disease free. She also talks about cutting down the …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Reidun Seim talking about her father’s chicken farm. She describes the farm buildings, other animals on the farm, and how her father operated the chicken farm, especially his approach to keeping the chickens disease free. She also talks about cutting down the alder at the back of the property for the chicken run, and building rock walls and a driveway with rocks taken off the property. She also describes how the property was subdivided in the 1980s.

Date Range: 1934-1990

Length: 0:15:30

Subjects: Occupations - Farmers; Animals - Poultry

Geographic Access: Curtis Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lochdale Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: January 13, 2016

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Reidun Seim conducted by Kathy Bossort. Reidun Seim was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Reidun Seim’s memories about her parent’s farm on Curtis Street, events in her childhood, and the people who lived in or visited her neighborhood. She takes us on a tour of her neighborhood in the 1940s, telling us stories about families who lived on Curtis Street on and east of 7300 block, including people who lived on Burnaby Mountain in the old Hastings Grove subdivision above the end of municipal water service at Philips Avenue. She describes changes to Curtis Street, particularly after it provided access to Simon Fraser University in 1965. She also talks about her teaching career, and about how she values the green space and conservation area on Burnaby Mountain.

Biographical Notes: Reidun Seim was born in 1931 in Vancouver B.C. to Sjur and Martine Seim. Sjur and Martine Seim emigrated to Canada from Norway in 1930, and after settling in Vancouver, moved to an acre of land and a new home at the base of Burnaby Mountain in 1932. Sjur attended UBC to learn about poultry farming and began his own chicken and egg business in 1935. The farm animals and large garden also contributed to the family’s livelihood and self-sufficiency. The Curtis Street neighborhood was a lively place and extended well up Curtis Street on the west slope of Burnaby Mountain, where Reidun would babysit for families. Reidun attended Sperling Avenue Elementary School (Gr. 1-8), Burnaby North High School, and Vancouver Normal School for teacher training in 1950-1951. She began teaching primary grades in Port Coquitlam at James Park School. Most of her career was spent in North Delta, teaching at Kennedy and Annieville schools from 1954-1958, appointed Primary Consultant (1958-1960) and Primary Supervisor (1960-1985), before retiring in 1986. Reidun lived at home with her parents on Curtis Street, commuting to Delta, and continues to live in the original farmhouse.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 2:35:58

Interviewee Name: Seim, Reidun

Interview Location: Burnaby City Hall in the Law Library

Interviewer Bio: Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with Reidun Seim

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Jenny Nagy

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 25, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy holding a cat at the front door of an unidentified house with the street address "303."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 25, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-078

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy holding a cat at the front door of an unidentified house with the street address "303."

Subjects: Animals - Cats

Names: Nagy, Eugenia "Jenny" Haresomovych Carman

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "25 January 1947"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "25/1/47" and "25 Jan 1947"

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John Shaw

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of John Shaw in his air force uniform in front of a pig farm. An empty hay wagon and pig pen full of pigs are both visible in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Series: Military series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 485-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2005-15; 2006-01; 2007-18

Scope and Content: Photograph of John Shaw in his air force uniform in front of a pig farm. An empty hay wagon and pig pen full of pigs are both visible in the background.

Subjects: Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms; Agricultural Tools and Equipment; Agriculture - Farms; Animals - Pigs; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Shaw, John Horace "Jack"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso reads: "On a farm near Gl[?]"

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Joyce on horseback and girl with bike

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joyce (Stanley) Warner on horseback next to a girl standing with a bicycle. The horse appears to be grazing in a field.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joyce (Stanley) Warner on horseback next to a girl standing with a bicycle. The horse appears to be grazing in a field.

Subjects: Animals - Horses; Transportation - Bicycles

Names: Warner, Joyce Stanley

Accession Code: BV022.32.639

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-29

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:"JOYCE ON HORSE"; Note in white ink on album page reads: "JOYCE"

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Joyce on horseback and girl with bike, [194-] thumbnail

Joyce Stanley on ground with cat

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

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 Joyce (Stanley) Warner seated on the grass with a black cat outside of a house.

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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 Joyce (Stanley) Warner seated on the grass with a black cat outside of a house.

Subjects: Animals - Cats

Names: Warner, Joyce Stanley

Accession Code: BV022.32.448

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431); Note in white ink on album page reads: "Joyce"

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Joyce Stanley on ground with cat, [194-] thumbnail

Joyce Stanley watching man with baby bear

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of young Joyce Stanley and woman watching man with baby bear. Woman standing next to Joyce may be her mother Esther (Love) Stanley. Man is squating down next to baby bear that he has on a leash.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of young Joyce Stanley and woman watching man with baby bear. Woman standing next to Joyce may be her mother Esther (Love) Stanley. Man is squating down next to baby bear that he has on a leash.

Subjects: Animals - Bears

Names: Warner, Joyce Stanley

Accession Code: BV022.32.632

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-29

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: "JOYCE"; Note in white ink on album page reads:"JOYCE"

Images

Joyce Stanley watching man with baby bear, [194-] thumbnail

Lillian and Jenny at Stanley Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 23, 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko holding a bird in her hands while standing next to her mother Eugenia "Jenny" (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy at Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 23, 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-174

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko holding a bird in her hands while standing next to her mother Eugenia "Jenny" (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy at Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Subjects: Animals - Birds

Names: Nagy, Eugenia "Jenny" Haresomovych Carman; Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Mum + I / Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC Oct. 23/10 "; Note written on album page reads: "Stanley Park / 23 October 1949" and "'Mom + I'"; 1 duplicate photograph accompanying

Images

Lillian and Jenny at Stanley Park, October 23, 1949 thumbnail

Lillian Carman

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lelia Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko) holding a cat in her arms. She and the cat are outside an unidentified building in Nelson, British Columbia.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

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

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-106

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lelia Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko) holding a cat in her arms. She and the cat are outside an unidentified building in Nelson, British Columbia.

Subjects: Animals - Cats

Names: Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "Lil / Nelson 1948"

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Lillian feeding a calf from a bucket

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko feeding a calf milk from a bucket in Saskatchewan.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-160

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko feeding a calf milk from a bucket in Saskatchewan.

Subjects: Animals - Cows

Names: Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "Sask 1949'"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Feeding the calf skim milk / Sask. July/49"; 2 duplicate photographs accompanying; Note in black ink on verso of duplicate photograph reads: "Dinner! / Sask. July/49 / Lillian feeding the calf"; Third duplicate accompanying (housed later in album); Notes on verso of third (duplicate) photograph read: "Fred's - Bull 1948" and "Dinner!!! July, 1949 Lillian Yanko / Keilher, Sask"

Images

Lillian feeding a calf from a bucket, July 1949 thumbnail

Lillian milking a cow

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko milking 'Beauty' the cow in Saskatchewan.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-161

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko milking 'Beauty' the cow in Saskatchewan.

Subjects: Animals - Cows

Names: Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "Sask 1949'"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Milking the cow, Beauty!!! / Sask. July/49"; 2 duplicate photographs accompanying; Note in black ink on verso of duplicate photograph reads: "Milking time / Sask. July 1949"; Third duplicate accompanying (housed later in album); Notes on verso of third (duplicate) photograph read: "Milkin' Time / July 1949 / Sask"

Images

Lillian milking a cow, July 1949 thumbnail

Lubbock photographs from album

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1945-1988

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 130 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm or smaller

Scope and Content: Photographs of the Lubbock family, including their riding stables and horses, family events, their pets, and landscape and travel photographs. These photographs were originally housed in a photographic album.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1945-1988

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Lubbock family subseries

Physical Description: 130 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm or smaller

Description Level: File

Record No.: 342-046

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS1994-02

Scope and Content: Photographs of the Lubbock family, including their riding stables and horses, family events, their pets, and landscape and travel photographs. These photographs were originally housed in a photographic album.

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Animals - Horses; Recreational Activities - Horseback riding

Names: Lubbock, Ainsly; Lubbock, Beatrice "Bea"; Lubbock, Elizabeth; Lubbock, Gordon; Lubbock, John; Lubbock, John Barker; Lubbock, Mina

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Grandview Highway; Canada Way; Burris Street

Street Address: 7803 Burris Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Mary and Ina with young woman on pony

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mary (Stanley) Pearson (left) and Ina (Stanley) Shankie standing next to a woman seated on a pony. The group are standing in a field and there is a young boy standing 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 ; 6 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mary (Stanley) Pearson (left) and Ina (Stanley) Shankie standing next to a woman seated on a pony. The group are standing in a field and there is a young boy standing in the background.

Subjects: Animals - Horses

Names: Shankie, Ina Esther Stanley; Pearson, Mary Frances Stanley

Accession Code: BV022.32.647

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-29

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, _,INA"; Note in white ink on album page reads: "MARY, ?,INA"

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Mary and Ina with young woman on pony, [194-] thumbnail

Murdock and Lillian McMurray interview November 17, 1975 - Track 5

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1904-1975

Length: 0:09:26

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's memories of his first team of horses. Lillian (Wray) McMurray and her husband discuss their son Bob McMurray's volunteerism and professional activities.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's memories of his first team of horses. Lillian (Wray) McMurray and her husband discuss their son Bob McMurray's volunteerism and professional activities.

Date Range: 1904-1975

Photo Info: Emerson Doran (left) and Murdoch McMurray, 1917. Item no. 229-004

Length: 0:09:26

Names: McMurray, Bob

Subjects: Transportation - Sleighs; Animals - Horses

Interviewer: McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”

Interview Date: November 17, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Murdock McMurray and his wife Lillian (Wray) McMurray conducted by Pixie McGeachie on November 17, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Burnaby's development, the Wray Shoe store and Murdock McMurray's cordwood delivery business.

Biographical Notes: Murdock McMurray was born in Vancouver in 1892 to Wilhelmina May and Robert William McMurray. Other children in the family included older siblings John “Jack” and Margaret Lillian, younger siblings Minnie May born May 4, 1895 and Hampton born June 8, 1902. Murdock’s father Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) but retired shortly after moving his family to Burnaby in 1906. He bought six acres of land of what had been previously the Gilley Ranch, the base of operations for Gilley Bros. Ltd. at 2519 Windsor Street (later renumbered and renamed to the 6400 block Imperial Street). Murdock McMurray quit school early to apprentice as a printer. By sixteen he had left the trade and gone into partnership with his older brother Jack. With a team of horses, harness and a wagon, the brothers helped to macadamize roads, haul building supplies for new homes, deliver cord wood for heating, clear land and excavate basements. When Jack McMurray set off to serve overseas during World War I as a driver in the engineer corps, Murdock bought his team of horses and continued working, mainly in the Deer Lake district. In 1916 Murdoch McMurray partnered with Emerson Doran, nephew of the owner of Doran's Mill to buy Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard. As everything was geared towards the war effort, Murdock and Emerson soon ran out of work and had to sell the business. Murdock sold off his horses and equipment and went to work at the ship yard on Pitt River. By 1919 Jack McMurray had returned home from overseas and was working as a fireman at the Shull Lumber and Shingle Mill on the Fraser River. In 1921, he and Murdock teamed up with Emerson Doran and repurchased the Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard which they ran together until 1947. Murdock McMurray married Lillian Wray on September 17, 1925. Lillian was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wray, who came to settle in the Jubilee area of Burnaby in 1919. The family lived on Dow Road and Edward Wray operated Jubilee Shoe Store and Post Office. He was known throughout the district as "Wray - The Shoe Man." Mrs. Wray died in 1957 at the age of eight-six and Edward Wray died January 14, 1967 at age of ninety-three. Murdock and Lillian lived at Inverness Street (now Arcola) and raised three children together, Bob, Jack and Bessie. Murdock McMurray died in New Westminster on April 28, 1985 at the age of ninety-two. Lillian Ethel (Wray) McMurray died in Burnaby on February 28, 1986 at the age of eighty-seven.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 0:58:55

Interviewee Name: McMurray, Lillian Wray; McMurray, Murdoch

Interviewer Bio: Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. Pixie married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie and raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. Pixie served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." She also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine. On 24 September, 2011, the City of Burnaby dedicated the reading at the City Archives in honour of Pixie and formally named it the Pixie McGeachie Reading Room in recognition of her years of service to the community.

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.

Images

Emerson Doran (left) and Murdoch McMurray, 1917. Item no. 229-004 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track five of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray

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Raymond Carman

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Raymond "Ray" Carman feeding pigeons in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5.5 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-114

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Raymond "Ray" Carman feeding pigeons in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry

Names: Carman, Raymond "Ray"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "Raymond Vancouver / May 1949"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "To Mum + Dad / Raymond / Vanc. B.C. / May, 1949"

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Sarjit and Jagdis Kaur Siddoo

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-] (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 Jagdis and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo standing next to a cow in a field at Barnet. The Kapoor Sawmills Ltd. is visible in the background behind them.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Series: Kapoor Singh Siddoo family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jagdis and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo standing next to a cow in a field at Barnet. The Kapoor Sawmills Ltd. is visible in the background behind them.

Subjects: Animals - Cows; Persons - South Asian Canadians

Names: Siddoo, Jagdis Kaur; Siddoo, Sarjit Kaur; Kapoor Sawmills Limited

Accession Code: BV019.32.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [194-] (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; Photograph was originally obtained used in the publication: "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village"; Incorrect spelling of the name "Sarjeet Siddoo" in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea" has been corrected to "Sarjit Kaur Siddoo"

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Sarjit and Jagdis Kaur Siddoo, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Sperling Avenue and Douglas Road

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1938 and 1940] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Sperling Avenue and Douglas Road. World Bros. Hardware can be seen on the north side of Douglas Road, with the General Store across the street.There are four people on horseback. The photograph was taken from Sperling Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1938 and 1940] (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 ; 2.8 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-534

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Sperling Avenue and Douglas Road. World Bros. Hardware can be seen on the north side of Douglas Road, with the General Store across the street.There are four people on horseback. The photograph was taken from Sperling Avenue.

Subjects: Animals - Horses; Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Names: World Brothers Hardware

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Sperling Avenue; Douglas Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Sperling Avenue and Douglas Road, [between 1938 and 1940] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Sweeping off the stairway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Trudi Rintanen (later Tuomi) sweeping of the stairway at the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown, where she and her family lived. Her cat is sitting at her feet as she sweeps. The Burrard Inlet is visible in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Trudi Tuomi subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 337-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-20

Scope and Content: Photograph of Trudi Rintanen (later Tuomi) sweeping of the stairway at the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown, where she and her family lived. Her cat is sitting at her feet as she sweeps. The Burrard Inlet is visible in the background.

Subjects: Persons - Residents - Squatters; Animals - Cats

Names: Tuomi, Trudi Rintanen

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note on verso of print; Print is a colour copy of a sepia original

Geographic Access: Crabtown

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