Search Results | Heritage Burnaby

Burnaby Mountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38210

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1958 and 1965] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Centennial Park, Burnaby Mountain and Burrard Inlet looking east.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1958 and 1965] (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 ; 3.2 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-797

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Centennial Park, Burnaby Mountain and Burrard Inlet looking east.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Geographic Features - Inlets; Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Parks

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Burnaby Mountain, [between 1958 and 1965] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Interview with David Skulski

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19606

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, at…

1 document 1 audio

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: 2 sound recordings (wav) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: David Skulski Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 6 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 80 min., 38 sec. Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, attending school in New Westminster and Burnaby and Hebrew school in Vancouver. David recalls his early experiences in music, instruments that he played and describes some of his Jewish family traditions. 00:22:23 – 00:49:57 David talks about his experiences studying music at university and following his passion as a musician and oboist. He recalls his experiences of working with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Orchestra, Vancouver Society for Early Music, the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra, other musical ensembles and venues where he’s performed. 00:49:58 – 01:00:00 David talks about living in Burnaby in the Deer Lake neighbourhood. David describes some his experiences playing traditional music from different countries. 01:01:01 – 01:14:15 David comments on the changes that he’s seen in Burnaby over the years, some of his favourite places, activities, cultural amenities and development on the Fraser River. David talks about the Jewish community in Burnaby, his involvement with the Peretz Centre and examples of Jewish cuisine. 01:14:16 – 01:20:38 David talks about Yiddish being his first language, his language studies in Lithuania, the roots of the language and provides some examples of speaking Yiddish.

History: Interviewee biography: Murray "David" Skulski was born in 1942 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and moved to British Columbia with his parents in 1948. Skulski and his family settled in New Westminster before moving to Burnaby in the late 1950's. Skulski took piano lessons at an early age and began playing obo while attending junior high school in New Westminster. In 1960 at the age of 17 years, Skulski began performing with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as solo English horn and is the youngest player to ever be employed with the VSO. In 1991, Skulski started playing with the Vancouver Folk Orchestra and was the conductor between 1997 and 2004. Skulski has been the principal oboe player in many orchestras. In 1968, Skulski founded the Hortulani Musicae; in 1970, he founded the Vancouver Society for Early Music and in 1983 he founded Harmonie, an ensemble concentrating in classical wind music. In 2003, Skulski became president of the Pertez Centre for Secular Jewish Culture. In 2005, Skulski became principal oboist of the Philharmonic Orchestra and the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra and between 2009 and 2019 he was the principal oboist for the Pilgrim Orchestra under Pilwon Suk. David has served as president of the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture and since 2022, he’s served on the board of the Vancouver Chamber Music Society. Skulski has taught summer courses in Renaissance music in Austria (1972-1979), has been a music resident at Simon Fraser University (1973-1976), has lectured on the history of musical instruments at SFU and UBC and in 2008 began teaching at the Pacific Coast School of Music, Richmond School of Music and Oakridge Music Studios. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Education; Foods; Music; Musical Instruments; Occupations - Musicians; Performances - Concerts; Persons - Jewish Canadians; Religions - Judaism

Names: Burnaby Symphony Orchestra; Burnaby South High School; Burquest; Skulski, Murray "David"; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Vancouver Society for Early Music; Peretz Centre

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park

Accession Code: BV023.16.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

Documents

2023_0016_0010_004

Audio Tracks

Interview with David Skulski, [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/Hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0010_003.mp3

Personal material

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82732

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1978]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlai…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1978]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS167-008

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlain from Liverpool and a letter from the Office of the Mayor addressed to Mary Ann Simnett for her ninetieth birthday. Also included is a photograph (see item 559-001). Also included are newsclippings regarding Robert Burnaby and the "Bygones of Burnaby" book, a programme of the Robert Burnaby Commemorative Dinner, a photocopy of "The Argus" (Burnaby South High School's newspaper) from 1938, a programme from Madys Pridmore Brown's Variety Programme, "The Buzzer" Volume 40 Issue 16 advertising Vancouver street cars, New Vista Society certificate addressed to Hazel Simnett, an envelope of Fenwick Lansdowne bird prints from 1957 and a print of the Royal Family found in a cardboard envelope postmarked 1972.

Subjects: Arts - Paintings; Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers; Documentary Artifacts - Photographs; Performances - Concerts; Organizations - Societies and Clubs; Personal Symbols - Certificates; Transportation; Persons - Royalty

Names: Simnett, Hazel; Simnett, Frederick "Fred"; Simnett, Mary Ann; Lansdowne, James Fenwick

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Graphic Material

Notes: Title based on note accompanying file on folder ; The Argue was stapled together; Simnett personal papers series

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Exhibition Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51368

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of a crowd of people gathered near the entrance to the exhibition park at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) in Vancouver, BC. A banner at the top of the entrance reads "B.C. Centennial Year 1858-1958" and the marquis below the "Exhibition Park" sign reads "Water Follies of 58 / Shri…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 483-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2008-08

Scope and Content: Photograph of a crowd of people gathered near the entrance to the exhibition park at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) in Vancouver, BC. A banner at the top of the entrance reads "B.C. Centennial Year 1858-1958" and the marquis below the "Exhibition Park" sign reads "Water Follies of 58 / Shrine PNE Circus / Horse Racing." None of the people in the photograph are identified.

Subjects: Exhibitions; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Persons - Crowds

Names: Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Johnston, Harold H.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Gordon Presbyterian Church

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35113

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the sod for a new Gordon Presbyterian Church being turned. A crowd of men, women and children are standing outside with their heads bowed. A priest, woman and child are standing at the centre of the group near a patch of turned earth. There is snow on the ground.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gordon Presbyterian Church subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.2 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 193-014

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1987-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of the sod for a new Gordon Presbyterian Church being turned. A crowd of men, women and children are standing outside with their heads bowed. A priest, woman and child are standing at the centre of the group near a patch of turned earth. There is snow on the ground.

Subjects: Persons - Crowds; Occupations - Clergy

Names: Gordon Presbyterian Church

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Street Address: 7457 Edmonds Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Richmond Park Area

Images

Gordon Presbyterian Church, [195-] (date of original), copied 1987 thumbnail

Oakalla Clydesdale team

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38144

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Clydesdale horse team from Oakalla Prison Farm pulling a wagon inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome. A crowd is watching.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958] (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 ; 3.2 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-731

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Clydesdale horse team from Oakalla Prison Farm pulling a wagon inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome. A crowd is watching.

Subjects: Persons - Crowds; Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Wagons

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Images

Oakalla Clydesdale team

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38145

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 19.8 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Pete Connelly and the Clydesdale horse team from Oakalla Prison Farm (2nd team from right) with other teams inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958] (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 ; 3.2 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 19.8 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-732

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Pete Connelly and the Clydesdale horse team from Oakalla Prison Farm (2nd team from right) with other teams inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC.

Subjects: Persons - Crowds; Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Wagons

Names: Connelly, Pete; Oakalla Prison Farm; Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Images

Four men performing in a skit

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17397

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four unidentified men performing on a stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Three of the men are dressed in suits and hats and holding newspapers and one man is dressed in a white lab coat. A painted back drop with gauges is visible behind the group.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four unidentified men performing on a stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Three of the men are dressed in suits and hats and holding newspapers and one man is dressed in a white lab coat. A painted back drop with gauges is visible behind the group.

Subjects: Performances - Dramatic Performances

Names: Simpsons-Sears Limited

Accession Code: BV021.26.146

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1959

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Simpsons Sears Days / Spring 1959"; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera

Images

Four men performing in a skit, 1959 thumbnail

Four men performing on stage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17407

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four unidentified men performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four unidentified men performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".

Subjects: Performances - Dramatic Performances

Names: Simpsons-Sears Limited

Accession Code: BV021.26.156

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1959]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera

Images

Four men performing on stage, [1959] thumbnail

Group of performers on stage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17403

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentfied group of performers on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Four men in the front row all have stockings pulled down over their heads. A backdrop behind them resembles a space craft.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentfied group of performers on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Four men in the front row all have stockings pulled down over their heads. A backdrop behind them resembles a space craft.

Subjects: Performances - Dramatic Performances

Names: Simpsons-Sears Limited

Accession Code: BV021.26.152

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1959]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera

Images

Group of performers on stage, [1959] thumbnail

Haskell and woman dressed as an Indigenous person

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17408

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and an unidentified woman dressed up in cosutme as an indigenous person on stage during a skit. The woman has her hair in two braids and is wearing a head band with a feather poking out of the back. The performance was part of a skit…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and an unidentified woman dressed up in cosutme as an indigenous person on stage during a skit. The woman has her hair in two braids and is wearing a head band with a feather poking out of the back. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".

History: The use of costumes by non Indigenous peoples depicting Indigenous peoples are not neutral forms of entertainment. Damaging stereotypes of Indigenous peoples feeds injustice and racism towards Indigenous peoples.

Subjects: Performances - Dramatic Performances

Names: Simpsons-Sears Limited

Accession Code: BV021.26.157

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1959

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Birthday Sale [sic] 1959"

Images

Haskell and woman dressed as an Indigenous person, 1959 thumbnail

Man performing in Simpsons-Sears skit

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17409

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man on stage, performing in a skit. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S... BOYD'S BILIOUS BALM...".

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man on stage, performing in a skit. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S... BOYD'S BILIOUS BALM...".

Subjects: Performances - Dramatic Performances

Names: Simpsons-Sears Limited

Accession Code: BV021.26.158

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1959]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera

Images

Man performing in Simpsons-Sears skit, [1959] thumbnail

Man speaking into microphone

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17399

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man speaking into a microphone while standing on a stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. A painted back drop with gauges is visible behind him.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man speaking into a microphone while standing on a stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. A painted back drop with gauges is visible behind him.

Subjects: Performances - Dramatic Performances

Names: Simpsons-Sears Limited

Accession Code: BV021.26.148

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1959]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera

Images

Man speaking into microphone, [1959] thumbnail

Men dressed as women performing on stage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17406

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four unidentified men dressed in women's clothing while peforming on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four unidentified men dressed in women's clothing while peforming on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".

Subjects: Performances - Dramatic Performances

Names: Simpsons-Sears Limited

Accession Code: BV021.26.155

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1959]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera

Images

Men dressed as women performing on stage, [1959] thumbnail

Performers on stage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17410

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of group of performers on stage during a skit. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW". A man dressed in a cowboy hat is standing at a microphone and some of the performers behind them appear to be singing.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of group of performers on stage during a skit. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW". A man dressed in a cowboy hat is standing at a microphone and some of the performers behind them appear to be singing.

Subjects: Performances - Dramatic Performances

Names: Simpsons-Sears Limited

Accession Code: BV021.26.159

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1959]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera

Images

Pirates of Penzance photographs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97576

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1970]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w

Scope and Content: File consists of two photographs from a performance of Pirates of Penzance. One photograph is a cast portrait; the the other is a photograph taken mid-performance.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1970]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Clef Society subseries

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w

Description Level: File

Record No.: 142-010

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1985-12

Scope and Content: File consists of two photographs from a performance of Pirates of Penzance. One photograph is a cast portrait; the the other is a photograph taken mid-performance.

Subjects: Performances - Dramatic Performances; Recreational Activities - Theatre

Names: Burnaby Clef Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Note in pencil on verso of both photographs reads: "Please return to Nancy Gobis Burnaby Clef Society"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph 142-010-1 reads: "Pirates of Penzance"; Photographer's stamp on verso of photograph 142-010-2 reads: "L.C. Cailes"

Images

Pirates of Penzance photographs, [between 1950 and 1970] thumbnail

Simpsons-Sears staff in skit

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17355

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1954 or 1955]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of Simpsons-Sears employees performing in a skit on a make shift stage. A hanging gallows is set up on the stage and two men are wearing signs which read "Ottawa" and "Hamilton". T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby is identified standing on the far left. This e…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm

Material Details: scalloped edge

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of Simpsons-Sears employees performing in a skit on a make shift stage. A hanging gallows is set up on the stage and two men are wearing signs which read "Ottawa" and "Hamilton". T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby is identified standing on the far left. This event was part of Simpsons-Sears Days.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores; Performances - Dramatic Performances

Names: Simpsons-Sears Limited; Haskell, T. Boyd

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4750 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV021.26.104

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1954 or 1955]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera; note on verso of photograph reads: "SS Days"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "276E"

Images

Simpsons-Sears staff in skit, [1954 or 1955] thumbnail

T. Boyd Haskell at microphone

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17370

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1954]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby dressed in a costume, with a fake moustache and top hat. Haskell is speaking into a microphone at an unidentified event.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby dressed in a costume, with a fake moustache and top hat. Haskell is speaking into a microphone at an unidentified event.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Performances - Dramatic Performances

Names: Haskell, T. Boyd

Accession Code: BV021.26.120

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1954]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera

Images

T. Boyd Haskell at microphone

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17372

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1954]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby standing on a stage and speaking into a microphone at an unidentified event. A man dressed in black face is seated behind him.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby standing on a stage and speaking into a microphone at an unidentified event. A man dressed in black face is seated behind him.

History: The use of black face minstrel performances were not neutral forms of entertainment. Black face creates damaging stereotypes about black people and these same stereotypes underpin anti black racism that feeds injustice towards black people.

Subjects: Social Issues - Racism; Performances - Dramatic Performances

Names: Haskell, T. Boyd

Accession Code: BV021.26.122

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1954]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera

Images

T. Boyd Haskell in costume on stage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17369

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1954]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby dressed in a costume, with a fake moustache and standing on a stage at an unidentified event. Haskell is standing at a painted backdrop of a bar and an unidentified woman is leaning on the bar from the other side.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby dressed in a costume, with a fake moustache and standing on a stage at an unidentified event. Haskell is standing at a painted backdrop of a bar and an unidentified woman is leaning on the bar from the other side.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Performances - Dramatic Performances

Names: Haskell, T. Boyd

Accession Code: BV021.26.119

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1954]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera

Research

More like 'Hats Off Day'

Narrow Results By

Burnaby Mountain

Images

Interview with David Skulski

Documents

Audio Tracks

Personal material

Exhibition Park

Images

Gordon Presbyterian Church

Images

Oakalla Clydesdale team

Images

Oakalla Clydesdale team

Images

Four men performing in a skit

Images

Four men performing on stage

Images

Group of performers on stage

Images

Haskell and woman dressed as an Indigenous person

Images

Man performing in Simpsons-Sears skit

Images

Man speaking into microphone

Images

Men dressed as women performing on stage

Images

Performers on stage

Images

Pirates of Penzance photographs

Images

Simpsons-Sears staff in skit

Images

T. Boyd Haskell at microphone

Images

T. Boyd Haskell at microphone

Images

T. Boyd Haskell in costume on stage

Images