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Helen 'The Swinging Girl' Neon Sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark591
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Commercial building.
- Associated Dates
- 1956
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Helen's Childrens Wear Sign
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Helen's Childrens Wear Sign
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Associated Dates
- 1956
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 12771
- Enactment Date
- 19/04/2010
- Description
- Commercial building.
- Heritage Value
- While the building here is of some importance as the former North Burnaby municipal office, its primary importance is its delightful neon sign that has become a North Burnaby landmark. Helen Arnold opened Helen’s Childrens Wear shop in the building next door to the old Municipal offices in 1948. In 1955, when North Burnaby moved out, she moved into the vacated building. As part of the renovations, Helen enlisted the assistance of her good friend Jimmy Wallace, owner of Vancouver’s Wallace Neon Company, to create a new sign for her expanded business. One of the company’s designers, Reeve Lehman, created the swinging neon girl that was installed in 1956. Designed in two parts, one section of the sign is cloud shaped and reads ‘Helen’s’ while the other section is a moving representation of a little girl on a swing. The sign is nine feet six inches high and nine feet wide, and the lower section is animated with an internal motor and gears. It immediately became a landmark on Hastings Street, and recently the sign’s design fame has spread far and wide as one of the best surviving examples of kinetic neon art in North America.
- Locality
- Vancouver Heights
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Community
- Burnaby
- Names
- Helen's Childrens Wear
- Street Address
- 4142 Hastings Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Governor General Roland Michener and officials at Heritage Village opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13569
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 19 November 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of officials at the opening ceremony for Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum). Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee member Sandy Stewart (in yellow jacket) is standing next to Mayor Bob Prittie and Governor General Roland Michener (centre, in black suit). A man is holding a telev…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of officials at the opening ceremony for Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum). Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee member Sandy Stewart (in yellow jacket) is standing next to Mayor Bob Prittie and Governor General Roland Michener (centre, in black suit). A man is holding a television camera on his shoulder and filming the event.
- Subjects
- Events - Openings
- Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Televisions
- Photographic Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Prittie, Robert W. "Bob"
- Michener, Daniel Roland "Roland"
- Stewart, A.B. "Sandy"
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.461
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 19 November 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- August 11, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Governor General Roland Michener and officials at Heritage Village opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13570
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 19 November 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of officials at the opening ceremony for Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum). Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee chair James Barrington is speaking from a microphone. Mayor Bob Prittie and Governor General Roland Michener are standing to the right. A man is holding a televisio…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of officials at the opening ceremony for Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum). Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee chair James Barrington is speaking from a microphone. Mayor Bob Prittie and Governor General Roland Michener are standing to the right. A man is holding a television camera on his shoulder and filming the event.
- Subjects
- Events - Openings
- Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Televisions
- Photographic Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Prittie, Robert W. "Bob"
- Michener, Daniel Roland "Roland"
- Barrington, James Alfred "Jim"
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.462
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 19 November 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- August 11, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Heritage Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79792
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 17, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a wooden public telephone in Heritage Village.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 17, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-438
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a wooden public telephone in Heritage Village.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gardiner, Robert
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Anik-B educational television system
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45456
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 22.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Education Minister Pat McGreer delivering the first message with the Anik-B educational television system which connected fourteen classrooms around the province and in the Northwest Territories to the originating studio at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 22.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-351
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Education Minister Pat McGreer delivering the first message with the Anik-B educational television system which connected fourteen classrooms around the province and in the Northwest Territories to the originating studio at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "ON THE AIR ... The Anik-B educational television system went on the air live Monday as Education Minister Pat McGreer delivered the first message. The system connects some 14 classrooms around the province and in the Northwest Territories to the originating studio at BCIT. The lessons are beamed via sattelite [sic] to the classrooms, most of which have the capacity to talk back to the instructor during the lesson."
- Note on recto of photograph reads: "CAMERA IS AT TOP ON PHOTO."
- Geographic Access
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 3700 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Automatic equipment being installed
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34707
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men working with rows of equipment at the British Columbia Telephone Company Glenburn Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Automatic equipment being installed in the new Glenburn exchange. / B.C. Telephone Company…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 111-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men working with rows of equipment at the British Columbia Telephone Company Glenburn Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Automatic equipment being installed in the new Glenburn exchange. / B.C. Telephone Company."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Williams Brothers Photographers Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp and annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Williams Bros. Photographers Ltd. / 413 Granville St. Vancouver 2, B.C. / Phone Tatlow 8588 / 06569-7"
- Geographic Access
- Delta Avenue
- Parker Street
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
Images
BCTV Television Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79344
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows BCTV Television Centre on Enterprise Street in the Lake City Industrial Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-254
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows BCTV Television Centre on Enterprise Street in the Lake City Industrial Park.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- McCarron, John
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Enterprise Street
- Planning Study Area
- Lake City Area
Images
BCTV Television Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79346
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Tony Parsons, the anchor man on the BCTV six o'clock evening news, in the newsroom of BCTV Television Centre on Enterprise Street in the Lake City Industrial Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-255
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Tony Parsons, the anchor man on the BCTV six o'clock evening news, in the newsroom of BCTV Television Centre on Enterprise Street in the Lake City Industrial Park.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- McCarron, John
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Enterprise Street
- Planning Study Area
- Lake City Area
Images
BCTV Television Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79347
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Tony Parsons and other members of the BCTV news staff at a line-up meeting to determine what order the enws of the day will be in on the evening show.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-256
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Tony Parsons and other members of the BCTV news staff at a line-up meeting to determine what order the enws of the day will be in on the evening show.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- McCarron, John
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Enterprise Street
- Planning Study Area
- Lake City Area
Images
BCTV Television Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79348
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows BCTV cameramen and newsman Tony Parsons in the studio just prior to going on the air with the six o'clock evening news.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-257
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows BCTV cameramen and newsman Tony Parsons in the studio just prior to going on the air with the six o'clock evening news.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- McCarron, John
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Enterprise Street
- Planning Study Area
- Lake City Area
Images
BCTV Television Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79349
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows monitors in the switching booth in the BCTV news studio just prior to the news broadcast going on the air.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-258
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows monitors in the switching booth in the BCTV news studio just prior to the news broadcast going on the air.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- McCarron, John
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Enterprise Street
- Planning Study Area
- Lake City Area
Images
Ernest E. Winch
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64652
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 12, 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch holding a telephone receiver up to his ear to receive the election results as he smiles at the camera.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 12, 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 514-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2010-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch holding a telephone receiver up to his ear to receive the election results as he smiles at the camera.
- Names
- Winch, Ernest "Ernie"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten note on recto of photograph reads: "Ernest E. Winch M.L.A. / Burnaby June 12 1952 / 1933 - 34 - 41- 45 - 49 - 52"
- Note on verso of (destroyed) copy print read: "Ernest Winch Aged 73, Receiving Election Results in 1952"
Images
Looking southwest from corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91877
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 cm x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of trees and a telephone pole situated at the southwest corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street. The large oak, hemlock, and fir to the left of the telephone pole were planted as part of the original landscaping of the Roberts' property in the 1920s. The photograph was taken from th…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 cm x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 620-058
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2017-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of trees and a telephone pole situated at the southwest corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street. The large oak, hemlock, and fir to the left of the telephone pole were planted as part of the original landscaping of the Roberts' property in the 1920s. The photograph was taken from the Douglas Road and Dominion Street intersection.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from donor's notes
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P.20"
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Photo 1978"
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Looking at S.W. corner of Douglas Rd and Dominion Street, from intersection / Oak tree, hemlock tree, and fir tree, Japanese Plum Tree"
- The oak tree is the same tree as in photographs 620-007, 620-014, 620-015, and 620-016
- Geographic Access
- Dominion Street
- Douglas Road
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
Images
Radios, paintings and sunglasses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription70282
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table filled with radios and sunglasses at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. Paintings have been propped against a pickup truck behind the table and two unidentified vendors are behind the table with potential customers out in front.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 528-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table filled with radios and sunglasses at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. Paintings have been propped against a pickup truck behind the table and two unidentified vendors are behind the table with potential customers out in front.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Arts - Paintings
- Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Radios
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Jeffries, Bill
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- 1 b&w print (12.5 x 17.5 cm) accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
Images
Radios, toasters and other electronic devices
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription70267
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table filled with radios, toasters, sound equipment and other electronic devices at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor is standing at the table, looking away from the camera.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 528-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table filled with radios, toasters, sound equipment and other electronic devices at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor is standing at the table, looking away from the camera.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Radios
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Jeffries, Bill
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
Images
Telephone Booth
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79932
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 24, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows telephone booth at Kingsway and Griffiths Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 24, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-503
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows telephone booth at Kingsway and Griffiths Avenue.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Born, A. J.
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Griffiths Avenue
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
Images
Telephone Pole
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79867
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a jumble of wires on a telephone pole in Century Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-469
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a jumble of wires on a telephone pole in Century Park.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gardiner, Robert
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6450 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Watching television, [1953] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-628.jpg?width=280)
Watching television
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38041
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1953] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (left to right) Beth Le Grove, an unidentified neighbour, and Ida Le Grove, watching television at 1007 Gilley Avenue (later renumbered 8416 Gilley Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1953] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-628
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (left to right) Beth Le Grove, an unidentified neighbour, and Ida Le Grove, watching television at 1007 Gilley Avenue (later renumbered 8416 Gilley Avenue).
- Names
- Le Grove, Beth
- Le Grove, Ida
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Gilley Avenue
- Street Address
- 8416 Gilley Avenue
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Hill Area
Images
![Watching television, [1953] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-628.jpg)
Interview with Georgia and Alex Chronakis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20395
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recordings (wav) (41 min., 57 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (41 min., 57 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Georgia Chronakis and her son Alex Chronakis conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 8, 2023. 00:00:00 - 00:08:39 Georgia and her son share biographical details about Georgia and her husband Louis Chronak…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recordings (wav) (41 min., 57 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (41 min., 57 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: James Binks Interviewees: Alex Chronakis and Georgia Chronakis Location of Interview: Fraser Wilson Room, Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: November 8, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 41:57 Digital master recordings (wav) were converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Georgia Chronakis and her son Alex Chronakis conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 8, 2023. 00:00:00 - 00:08:39 Georgia and her son share biographical details about Georgia and her husband Louis Chronakis, including their Greek background, migration to Canada, marriage, children, Louis’ career as a mechanic and gas station owner and owning restaurants in White Rock and Burnaby. 00:08:40 - 00:13:59 Georgia and her son Alex recall the great memories of owning and operating their restaurant Mionas Taverna and share details of their family life in Burnaby and White Rock. 00:14:00 - 00:19:15 Alex and Georgia talk about Louis Chronakis' work experience and how he became involved in the restaurant business. They share their experiences of operating Minoas Taverna including their opening in 1986. 00:19:16 - 00:36:59 Alex and Georgia describe some of the foods that were on the menu of Minoas Taverna, the design of the restaurant, the Minoan history that it’s based on, memories of running the restaurant and why they decided to close. 00:37:00 – 00:41:52 Alex talks about his involvement with Greek festivals in Vancouver and Alex and Georgia reflect on their life in the future now that the restaurant has closed.
- History
- Interviewees biographies: Georgia Giannias Chronakis was born in Selassia, Sparta, Greece in 1941 and when she was sixteen years of age she moved to Athens. In 1964 Georgia immigrated to Canada and lived in Montreal before moving to Vancouver a few years later. In 1966, while living in Vancouver, she met and married Ilias "Louis" Chronakis who was born in Crete, Greece. Soon after marrying, Georgia and Louis Chronakis bought a house located at 3823 Kingsway and welcomed their first child, Anna. Four years later, Georgia and Louis moved to White Rock but continued to own their house on Kingsway and rented it out. While living in White Rock, they had three more children named Virginia, Alex and Ellie. Louis was a trained mechanic working independently and for various companies including CP Air, BC Ferries and Esso before deciding to get into the restaurant business. He partnered with another businessman to open a Mr. Mike's franchise and later a cafe and Greek restaurant in White Rock. In 1986, Georgia, Louis and family moved back to Burnaby and moved into a house on Sandall Street and began converting their former home on Kingsway into a restaurant which they named Minoas Greek Taverna (Minoas Taverna). They opened the restaurant on May 1, 1986, just one day before Expo '86 was opened. In 2023, after 37 years of running their restaurant they sold their business but continued to own the land and building on Kingsway. Alex Chronakis is the son of Georgia and Louis Chronakis and was born in 1972. Alex has spent time working with his family running their restaurant and has been involved in the Greek Day Festival in Vancouver. Interviewer biography: James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Foods
- Occupations
- Occupations - Entrepreneurs
- Occupations - Mechanics
- Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
- Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations
- Migration
- Persons - Greek Canadians
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Smith Avenue
- Street Address
- 3823 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.21
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Georgia and Alex Chronakis, [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023
Interview with Georgia and Alex Chronakis, [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0021_002.mp3![Blacksmith shops, [194-?] (date of originals), copied [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200000180008.jpg?width=280)
Blacksmith shops
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1947
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-?] (date of originals), copied [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w composite ; 26 x 30.5 cm, mounted on cardboard 32 x 39 cm
- Scope and Content
- Composite photograph of various aspects of unidentified blacksmith shops including interiors, equipment and exteriors.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w composite ; 26 x 30.5 cm, mounted on cardboard 32 x 39 cm
- Material Details
- Composite is comprised of ten photographs
- Scope and Content
- Composite photograph of various aspects of unidentified blacksmith shops including interiors, equipment and exteriors.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV000.18.8
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [194-?] (date of originals), copied [1971]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Record appears to be a part of the Burnaby Centennial Committee or the Century Park Museum Associaton. Jon Newby was a board member of either of these committees.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1/8/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Blacksmith shops, [194-?] (date of originals), copied [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200000180008.jpg)