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Photocopy of Albert Parker album
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9953
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1900-1960] (date of originals), copied 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (photocopies)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopies from a photograph album owned by Albert Parker with notes that were added by Lisa Langlet as she went through the content with Albert. Photocopies of photos mostly pertain to Albert Parker and family along with a few of the Love family and farmhouse including: Albert's …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Subseries
- Love family photographs subseries
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (photocopies)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopies from a photograph album owned by Albert Parker with notes that were added by Lisa Langlet as she went through the content with Albert. Photocopies of photos mostly pertain to Albert Parker and family along with a few of the Love family and farmhouse including: Albert's early childhood; Albert's cousins from his mother's side (the Stanleys); Albert's cousins from his father's side (the Parkers); exterior of Love farmhouse; house at 1390 Newcombe Street; Love farmhouse porch and garden with Love family members (ca. 1900); swing at farmhouse; William Parker's half brothers and their families (Deacon); Bill Parker and his family at Christmas in the farmhouse; Pioneer day with Sarah (Love) and William Parker dressed in costume; Albert and Margaret (Peggy) Parker; Elsie (nee Parker) Hughes and family including children's class photos and Love farmhouse in winter.
- History
- Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Parker lived in the Jesse Love farmhouse with their children: Albert, Bill and Elsie from 1925. Elsie married John Hughes in 1942 and they had three children; Brent, Anne and John. Sarah Parker sold the Love farmhouse to her daughter Elsie and husband John Hughes in 1966. Elsie and John Hughes had four children; John Jr., Ann, Brent and Merle. They lived in the Love farmhouse with their son Brent until 1971.
- Names
- Parker, Albert "Bert"
- Hughes, Elsie Roberta Parker
- Parker, Sarah Maria Love
- Parker, Margaret "Peggy"
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.205
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1900-1960] (date of originals), copied 1998
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Photograph of 7580 Burris Street, Burnaby.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5188
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1930-1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w ; copy print ; 8.7 cm x 12.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Mawhinney family home at 908 Burris Street (later 6011 Buckingham), Burnaby. Home has evergreens in front of the front windows. There is a large shrub in flower on the front lawn, possibly a hydrangea or a lilac.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w ; copy print ; 8.7 cm x 12.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Mawhinney family home at 908 Burris Street (later 6011 Buckingham), Burnaby. Home has evergreens in front of the front windows. There is a large shrub in flower on the front lawn, possibly a hydrangea or a lilac.
- History
- Local farmers William Alexander Mawhinney (1870-1953) and Annie Josephine Mawhinney (née Sutcliff, 1871-1956) built this residence as their retirement home. It was the last of several houses built in the immediate vicinity by members of the Mawhinney family between 1909 and 1930. Born in Ireland, William Mawhinney first came to Burnaby to help his brother Isaiah establish his fruit farm. Due to his farm management experience, in 1908 William became foreman of the Avalon estate at Deer Lake that was owned by F.J. Hart. When he retired in 1930, William had fifty years of experience as a fruit and grain farmer.This house is situated on its lot at an angle, rather than parallel to the street, to take advantage of the view of wooded Buckingham Creek that runs through the northeast section of the property.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.48.61
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1930-1950
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Apr-18
Images
Photograph of William and Annie Mawhinney on their golden anniversary.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5189
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1940-1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w ; copy print ; 17 cm x 12 cm.
- Scope and Content
- Professional photograph of William and Annie Mawhinney to celebrate their golden anniversary.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w ; copy print ; 17 cm x 12 cm.
- Material Details
- Written in pencil: "Mr and Mrs W.A. Mawhinney / 3530 Cambie / Golden Wedding" / "Social / Thurs Isld / 1 col x 3"
- Scope and Content
- Professional photograph of William and Annie Mawhinney to celebrate their golden anniversary.
- History
- William and Annie Mawhinney were prominent fruit farmers in the Buckingham area of Burnaby.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.48.62
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1940-1950
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Apr-18
- Photographer
- Filion, Harry Francis
Images
![Plymouth taxi and ambulance, [after 1936] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199200450047.jpg?width=280)
Plymouth taxi and ambulance
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1156
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1936]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man standing with one foot on the running board of a 1936 Plymouth which was used as a Dexter Cab and an ambulance.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man standing with one foot on the running board of a 1936 Plymouth which was used as a Dexter Cab and an ambulance.
- Accession Code
- BV992.45.47
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [after 1936]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "1936 Plymouth/ Taxi + Ambulance"
Images
![Plymouth taxi and ambulance, [after 1936] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199200450047.jpg)
Polishing Burnaby Fire Truck no. 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1603
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- January 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firemen (from left) Roy Gaudette, Harvey Merritt, Gordon Williamson, and Ken Bridges polishing Burnaby Fire Truck no. 7 (1955 American LaFrance 710 Empire Triple Combination Pumper) with polishing cloths inside the bay at the fire hall.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firemen (from left) Roy Gaudette, Harvey Merritt, Gordon Williamson, and Ken Bridges polishing Burnaby Fire Truck no. 7 (1955 American LaFrance 710 Empire Triple Combination Pumper) with polishing cloths inside the bay at the fire hall.
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Gaudette, Roy
- Merritt, Harvey
- Williamson, Gordon "Gordie"
- Bridges, Ken
- Accession Code
- BV002.10.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- January 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "..W BURNABY FIRE TRUCK will get lots of attention from firemen / ...at new $26, 000 machine will vastly improve efficiency of department. / ...ry chemical extinguisher, a deluge gun which can throw water 100 feet. / ...lines will allow truck to whip fires with five tons of water per minute. / ...truck the once-over are (from left), Roy Gaudette, 308 Fifteenth / ...arvey Merritt, 2920 Southeast Marine; Gordon Williamson, 430 Graham avenue, and Ken Bridges, 3104 Sixth street." and stamp reads: "Jan 11 1959"
- Note on border of photograph reads: "[vertically] 1956"
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "3x/ Burnaby/ fire truck"
Images
Pond and bridge at New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13531
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of pond and bridge at New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of pond and bridge at New Haven Correctional Centre located on Marine Drive in Burnaby.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.875
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Portrait of Sui Ha Hong, Pauline Hong and Chan Kow Hong
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10569
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Portrait of Sui Ha Hong, Pauline Hong, and Chan Kow Hong. Pauline Hong met her father Chan Kow Hong for the first time at the age of eight when the family reunited in Canada.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Portrait of Sui Ha Hong, Pauline Hong, and Chan Kow Hong. Pauline Hong met her father Chan Kow Hong for the first time at the age of eight when the family reunited in Canada.
- History
- The Hong family run Hop-On Farm on Marine Drive in Burnaby. Many Hong family members worked on the farm including parents Sui Ha Hong and Chan Kow Hong, grandfather Gay Tim Hong, and uncles. The Hong family's great-grandfather was Sui Wing Hong The Hong family had seven children, oldest to youngest: Pauline, Josephine, Catherine, Norine, Gary, Darlene, and Marlene.
- Accession Code
- BV019.10.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1958
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Feb-2019
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Quon Lip Lee fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16725
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1921-1988 (date of originals), copied 2021
- Collection/Fonds
- Quon Lip Lee fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 8 photograph (tiffs)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to personal records of Quon Lip Lee including his immigration and citizenship documents, his family, business and involvement as a member with Lee's Benevolent Associaton of Canada.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Quon Lip Lee fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 8 photograph (tiffs)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to personal records of Quon Lip Lee including his immigration and citizenship documents, his family, business and involvement as a member with Lee's Benevolent Associaton of Canada.
- History
- Quon Lip Lee immigrated to Canada in 1921 from Sun Woy county, Guangdong at the age of 12 and found work as a housekeeper. In his adult years, Lee travelled back to China several times and fathered two sons and two daughters in China, including Tim Lee who was born in 1949. Quon Lip Lee purchased two acres of farmland in Richmond and operated a poultry farm in the No.3 Road and Williams Road area. He brought his wife and most of his children from China to Canada in 1952, with the exception of one daughter who was already married. When the poultry industry began to decline, Lee purchased a grocery store business in Burnaby and the Lee family moved to Burnaby in 1962. The shop was named C&L Grocery, which stood for Cheng (his son-in-law’s surname) and Lee. The property was located at 6912 Kingsway on the corner of Kingsway and Griffiths and had three store fronts and a house in the back where the family lived. The family grocery store sold groceries and canned goods and was in operation for approximately fifteen years. Quon Lip Lee was a member of Lee's Benevolent Association of Canada. In 1988, Quon Lip, received a service award for his many contributions as an advisory board member and board secretary of Lee's Benevolent Association magazine. As a child, Tim Lee attended Stride Avenue School, Edmonds School and Burnaby South Secondary School. Tim co-owned an architectural mill work company named New Image Millwork Ltd. in Surrey for 30 years before his retirement. The company renovated locations including the Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby’s Winners store, and other businesses. Tim sold the business and retired in 2019.
- Creator
- Lee, Quon Lip
- Accession Code
- BV021.18
- Date
- 1921-1988 (date of originals), copied 2021
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Road and entrance to New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13526
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance gate and road to New Haven Correctional Centre on Marine Drive.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance gate and road to New Haven Correctional Centre on Marine Drive.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.870
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
![Royal Oak Apartments, [1950] (date of original), copied [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900180002.jpg?width=280)
Royal Oak Apartments
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1382
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950] (date of original), copied [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph Edward Tarling running his tractor to plow the snow aside in front of the Royal Oak Apartments.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph Edward Tarling running his tractor to plow the snow aside in front of the Royal Oak Apartments.
- Names
- Tarling, Edward
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV999.18.2
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1950] (date of original), copied [1999]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue pen on verso of photograph reads: "BURNABY HOTEL 1950 CHANGE TO ROYAL OAK APT. BURNABY TAXI IN BACKGROUND INTERCITY LUMBER VERY OWNED MR. DIXON / SOLD TO WAS HANDY MAN of HANDY-PAK-THEM BEAVER LUMBER."
Images
![Royal Oak Apartments, [1950] (date of original), copied [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900180002.jpg)
Sarah Marie Parker (nee Love)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9856
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1913 (date of original)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of several pages of biographical and genealogical information about Sarah Marie Parker (nee Love). File includes printed "Family Group Sheets" pertaining to the Love family. Sarah Marie Parker is the daughter of Jesse and Martha Love and was married to William Michael Norton Parker.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Subseries
- Love farmhouse research files subseries
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of several pages of biographical and genealogical information about Sarah Marie Parker (nee Love). File includes printed "Family Group Sheets" pertaining to the Love family. Sarah Marie Parker is the daughter of Jesse and Martha Love and was married to William Michael Norton Parker.
- Names
- Parker, Sarah Maria Love
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.67
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1913 (date of original)-[1998]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Date
- 2019-05-21
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Seaforth School fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18824
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1922-1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Seaforth School fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan + 4 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records from Seaforth School in Burnaby including a Register of Pupils (1922-1924); a Visitors' Book (1922-1972) and a survey plan from 1957.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Seaforth School fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan + 4 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records from Seaforth School in Burnaby including a Register of Pupils (1922-1924); a Visitors' Book (1922-1972) and a survey plan from 1957.
- History
- Seaforth school was built in 1922 in District Lot 42 on the corner of Piper and Goverment Streets in Burnaby. The school was named after its sponsor, the Seaforth Chapter of the Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire. Bowman and Cullerne, the architects for the Burnaby School Board, designed the one room schoolhouse which was constructed by local contractor, Alphonse J. Toebaert. The school was moved to Burnaby Village Museum in 1983, and was opened to the public after extensive restoration in 1987.
- Creator
- Seaforth School
- Names
- Seaforth School
- Accession Code
- BV987.2
- Date
- 1922-1972
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
![Sectional map and street directory of Vancouver : Dial map of greater Vancouver including adjacent municipalities, [ca. 1950] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Cartographic_Material/2000/2000_0003_0011_001%20WEB.jpg?width=280)
Sectional map and street directory of Vancouver : Dial map of greater Vancouver including adjacent municipalities
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription8697
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 maps and 1 p. of textual records on 1 sheet : lithographic prints, col. ; 55.5 x 75 cm + 2 dials and 25 x 72 cm + directory on sheet 55.5 x 75 cm, folded to 28.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a sectional map and street directory titled "Dial Map of Greater Vancouver and adjacent Municipalities" with a map on one side titled "Dial Map of Greater Vancouver and Suburbs" including Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver and Burnaby and includes street car and bus lines, railways,…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 maps and 1 p. of textual records on 1 sheet : lithographic prints, col. ; 55.5 x 75 cm + 2 dials and 25 x 72 cm + directory on sheet 55.5 x 75 cm, folded to 28.5 x 12.5 cm
- Material Details
- Scales 1:42240, 1:144823
- 2 alphabetic dials on narrow strips of paper attached to map by grommets
- Scope and Content
- Item is a sectional map and street directory titled "Dial Map of Greater Vancouver and adjacent Municipalities" with a map on one side titled "Dial Map of Greater Vancouver and Suburbs" including Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver and Burnaby and includes street car and bus lines, railways, hospitals, parks, block nos. and street indexes with two alphabetic dials, one for Vancouver, the other for New Westminster. The other side of the map includes a map of "Fraser Valley" along with a directory of Vancouver street car and bus routes, business blocks, public buildings, hospitals, bathing beaches, locations of Vancouver fire halls and Vancouver city schools.
- Creator
- Dominion Map and Blueprint Co.
- Publisher
- Sectional Map and Street Directory Company
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV000.3.11
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Scan Resolution
- 380
- Scan Date
- 22-Dec-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of map
Images
![Sectional map and street directory of Vancouver : Dial map of greater Vancouver including adjacent municipalities, [ca. 1950] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Cartographic_Material/2000/2000_0003_0011_001%20WEB.jpg)
Sidewalk and grounds of New Haven
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13543
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sidewalk, buildings and grounds of New Haven Correctional Centre. Photograph is taken looking from the main building.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5.3 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sidewalk, buildings and grounds of New Haven Correctional Centre. Photograph is taken looking from the main building.
- History
- In 1937 New Haven Correctional Centre was established as the British Columbia Training School on the southeast side of Marine Drive in Burnaby (4250 Marine Drive). Sections of Sussex and Patterson Avenues bordered the estate. Originally, the facility housed nineteen inmates with two staff and was one of the first initiatives in Canada to segregate young adult inmates into a separate institution apart from adults. This was part of the Borstal system that started in England whereby young male offenders between the ages of sixteen and twenty one were trained to earn an honest living. Alterations and additions to the estate took place between December 1937 and October 1939 so that more inmates could be accomodated. Five new cottages were built that could hold up to forty people. Except for the plastering and lighting, all work on the new cottages was done by the inmates. On October 29, 1939, the Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber formally opened the New Haven Borstal School. World War II interrupted full development of the intstitution and it was closed in 1941 when the inmates were were conscripted into the army. Between 1941 and 1947 the Deaf and Blind Institute were housed at New Haven. In 1947, the New Haven Borstal School returned to the estate. New additions were added to old buildings and new additional buildings were erected on the site over the years including a warden's house on the east grounds and a barn and gymnasium. In the 1970s an equipment shed was added along with another dormitory and a variety of small sheds and storage buildings. The correctional centre officially closed in March 2001.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.886
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jan. 2001
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph processing stamp on front of photograph reads: "'01_1_13"
- Historical information based on notes from Mary Forsyth's research notes "New Haven" MSS185-018
Images
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17413
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1954-1959, predominant 1954-1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 114 photographs + 15 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from a scrapbook documenting the early years of the Simpsons-Sears store located at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959 - 4750 Kingsway) in Burnaby including the opening day and staff events. Many of the photographs depict, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby,…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 114 photographs + 15 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from a scrapbook documenting the early years of the Simpsons-Sears store located at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959 - 4750 Kingsway) in Burnaby including the opening day and staff events. Many of the photographs depict, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby, T. Boyd Haskell and include photographs regarding activities of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association in which T. Boyd Haskell was president 1958-1959. Textual records within fonds include a financial ledger (1954-1956) as well as congratulatory telegrams and cards addressed to Simpsons-Sears staff and managers regarding the Simpsons-Sears store opening in May 1954 along with lists of names of Simpsons-Sears and Sears-Roebuck executive members who visited the store. Records are arranged into the following series: 1) Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series 2) Burnaby Simpsons-Sears adminstrative records series
- History
- In 1952, U.S. Chairman of Sears-Roebuck and Company, General Robert E.Wood, contacted President of Robert Simpson Company, Edgar G. Burton proposing a partnership between the two companies to serve the Canadian retail market. In September 1952, a merger was signed between the two to create Simpsons-Sears Limited. The terms of the agreement were 50-50. The two main objectives were to expand the Simpsons’ mail order business which was sold to the new company and to build new retail stores across Canada that were modelled on the Sears, Roebuck’s design. In early 1953, operations began with the first Simpsons-Sears Spring/Summer catalogue that was delivered to 300,00 homes across Canada. In September 1953, the first Simpsons-Sears retail store opened in Stratford Ontario and in December 1953 the second store opened in Kamloops, B.C. In 1953, with a 7.6 million dollar investment, construction began on the Simpsons-Sears store located at 3660 Kingsway in Burnaby. This was the second Simpsons-Sears store to be built in British Columbia. The store was designed by two Vancouver architectural firms Sharp, Thompson, Berwick and Pratt and Gardiner and Thornton. The new Burnaby Simpsons-Sears was touted as the most modern mall in Canada with the facing of the store consisting of Travertine marble imported from Italy and the main floor included fourty eight miles of brass strips incorporated in the terrazzo floor which was made from marble chips mixed with white Portland concrete. An exterior promenade, built from British Columbia fir and bolted with copper and brass was built around the exterior of the store. The promenade provided an outdoor display area for garden furniture and other large items. The retail store officially opened on May 5, 1954 with Simpsons-Sears executive members, managers and the Reeve of Burnaby in attendance. T. Boyd Haskell, from Spokane, Washington was hired as the Burnaby retail store manager and C.W. Jaggs, former Simpsons' general manager for British Columbia became manager of the Simpsons-Sears mail order business in British Columbia. A ribbon cutting ceremony took place during the opening event with Burnaby Reeve Charles W. MacSorley in attendance along with other dignitaries from Simpsons-Sears including President of Simpsons-Sears, E.G. Burton; Chairman of the board of Simpsons-Sears, Charles W. Burton; Vice President of Simpsons-Sears, G.F. Trotter; Mail Order Manager for Simpsons-Sears, B.C., C.W. Jaggs and Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby, T. Boyd Haskell. Over 10,000 people attended the opening of the store at 11:00 a.m. and it is believed that throughout the day, over 75,000 people went through the new store. T. Boyd Haskell was manager of the Burnaby Simpsons-Sears store between 1953 and 1962. After graduating from college, Haskell joined the Sears-Roebuck department store chain. In 1953 he moved to Vancouver from Washington State to set up the new store in Burnaby. In 1962, Haskell left Simpsons-Sears in Burnaby and transferred to the Sears store in Los Angeles. During his time in British Columbia, Haskell served as the President of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association (1958-1959), President of the Community Chest and Councils of Greater Vancouver (1960) and was also a member of the board of directors of the B.C. Lions football team. Haskell died in Arizona in 1969 at the age of 54 years. In 1978, the Hudson’s Bay Company purchased “Simpsons” and converted many of the department stores into The Bay, including the store in downtown Toronto. Sears stores continued to carry the name “Simpsons-Sears” until 1984 when the named changed to “Sears Canada”. The Simpsons-Sears store (later named "Sears") located at 4750 Kingsway (Metropolis at Metrotown) closed it's doors in 2018.
- Creator
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26
- BV022.17
- Date
- 1954-1959, predominant 1954-1955
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See also: memorial program for T.B. Haskell in Burnaby Village Museum artifact collection BV021.26.166
- Arrangement
- Arrangement of records is based on original order of scrapbook and financial ledger by creator(s). Photographs and textual records were described in the order that they were arranged within original scrapbook prior to being removed.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
![Songbook - music journal, [between 1954 and 1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Artifacts/2020/2020_0041_0010_001.jpg?width=280)
Songbook - music journal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15354
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1954 and 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handmade songbook - music journal that was created by Susanne Hughes while a student at Seaforth School in Burnaby. The booklet consists of six pages of cartridge paper bound together with staples. The booklet includes copies of mimiographed song lyrics pasted to the pages along …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Material Details
- last three pages of booklet are blank
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handmade songbook - music journal that was created by Susanne Hughes while a student at Seaforth School in Burnaby. The booklet consists of six pages of cartridge paper bound together with staples. The booklet includes copies of mimiographed song lyrics pasted to the pages along with hand written entries in pencil and a copy of sheet music for "B.C. Land of Our Fathers" adhered to one page.
- Creator
- Hughes, Susanne
- Accession Code
- BV020.41.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1954 and 1959]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- March 25, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Images
![Songbook - music journal, [between 1954 and 1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Artifacts/2020/2020_0041_0010_001.jpg)
![Staff at Windsor Street School, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2007/2007_0026_0019_001.jpg?width=280)
Staff at Windsor Street School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2838
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Scope and Content
- Photograph: Windsor Street School staff photograph taken in 1959. The school principal, Mr. John Prior, is one of two men standing in the center of the back row. seated in the front row on the far left, Jill allder seated in the front row, fourth from left, Lillian Ghill seated in the front row, …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Scope and Content
- Photograph: Windsor Street School staff photograph taken in 1959. The school principal, Mr. John Prior, is one of two men standing in the center of the back row. seated in the front row on the far left, Jill allder seated in the front row, fourth from left, Lillian Ghill seated in the front row, seventh from left, Gwen Langill
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Accession Code
- BV007.26.19
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 29-Nov-2018
- Scale
- 96
Images
![Staff at Windsor Street School, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2007/2007_0026_0019_001.jpg)
Staff out front of the Valley Bakery
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5800
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [August 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : colour ; copy scan
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified women, standing in front of the Valley Bakery shops, in uniform including blue aprons.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : colour ; copy scan
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified women, standing in front of the Valley Bakery shops, in uniform including blue aprons.
- History
- Valley Bakery was started in Burnaby in 1957 by Gerardus "George" Jacobus Kuyer. George started as an apprentice baker in Holland at age 13 and came from the Netherlands to Canada in 1954. He originally opened Valley Bakery at 4059 Hastings Street, near Gilmore Avenue. The bakery later moved to four other premises over the years, before opening at the present location at 4058 East Hastings Street. Valley Bakery brought European baking to the Burnaby area. Son Jack Kuyer bought the bakery from his father in 1979. Jack was an early adopter of using computers to track inventory in the bakery. As a strong community advocate, Jack was one of a few business owners that worked to halt a Department of Highways plan to rid Hastings Street of all street level parking. He was also integral in launching Hats Off Day, a festival designed for local merchants to show their appreciation for their customers. As of 2019, Hats Off Day is Burnaby's largest street festival. In 2015, the Burnaby Board of Trade inducted Valley Bakery into the Burnaby Business Excellence Awards Hall of Fame. The bakery has been in business for over 60 years as of 2019.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content of photograph
- Names
- Valley Bakery
- Kuyer, Jack
- Accession Code
- BV018.31.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [August 1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 27-Sep-2018
- Scale
- 96
![Staff reunion party, [between 1940 and 1950] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0038_0011_001.jpg?width=280)
Staff reunion party
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a staff reunion floor party for employees of the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons can be seen seated near the centre of the photograph in the white sweater.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a staff reunion floor party for employees of the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons can be seen seated near the centre of the photograph in the white sweater.
- History
- Flossie Maude Parsons (nee Smith) was born to George Henry Smith, a farm labourer, and Harriet Ann Savage on February 13, 1896 in Ealing, England. She immigrated to Canada with some of her family members in the early 1920s. They lived in Winnipeg for a few years as an older brother had settled there in 1912. She married Herbert Russell Parsons on June 23, 1928. They first lived in Vancouver and finally bought a home at 7091 Jubilee Avenue, South Burnaby in the early 1930s. In 1943, Flossie was certified in Home Nursing. Herbert Parsons was active during the Second World War as a volunteer for Civil Defence in Burnaby and worked as a salesman for Woodwards. The couple had no children. Herbert passed away on May 23rd, 1957 (age 84) and Flossie passed away on April 6, 1996 (age 100).
- Other Title Information
- Title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV017.38.11
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 26-Mar-2018
Images
![Staff reunion party, [between 1940 and 1950] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0038_0011_001.jpg)
![Street clearing, [195-] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1974/197602510027.jpg?width=280)
Street clearing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1622
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Grandview ramp off of the Trans Canada Highway in Burnaby that is cleared, possibly in preparation for the highway. The clearing for the street is several lanes wide, and in the distance, an overpass bridge can be seen. There are houses and along both sides of the cleared street.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Grandview ramp off of the Trans Canada Highway in Burnaby that is cleared, possibly in preparation for the highway. The clearing for the street is several lanes wide, and in the distance, an overpass bridge can be seen. There are houses and along both sides of the cleared street.
- Accession Code
- HV976.251.27
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1976
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 22/8/2006
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- The print is made as a black and white print from a colour negative film
Images
![Street clearing, [195-] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1974/197602510027.jpg)