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British Columbia Electric Railway train

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38096
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway Company train, just west of MacPherson Ave, on the Central Park Interurban line.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-] (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 ; 3.1 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-683
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway Company train, just west of MacPherson Ave, on the Central Park Interurban line.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Transportation - Public Transit
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
MacPherson Avenue
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Jubilee station

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38095
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1952] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jubilee Station of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company on the Central Park Interurban line. A woman can be seen on the left.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1952] (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 ; 3.0 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-682
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jubilee Station of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company on the Central Park Interurban line. A woman can be seen on the left.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Transportation - Public Transit
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
Central Park Interurban line
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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Tram 1223

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37044
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-] (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 12.0 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Central Park Interurban line, tram no. 1223.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-] (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 12.0 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
315-507
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of Central Park Interurban line, tram no. 1223.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Transportation - Public Transit
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Central Park Interurban line
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Tram 1223 parked at Edmonds Loop

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36098
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1955]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 19 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram 1223 parked at Edmonds Loop. The no. 52 Nelson bus stop is visible on the right-hand side.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1955]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Columbian Newspaper subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 19 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
222-021
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1989-19
Scope and Content
Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram 1223 parked at Edmonds Loop. The no. 52 Nelson bus stop is visible on the right-hand side.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Transportation - Public Transit
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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PCC streetcar number 431

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2880
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
22 Apr. 1955
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) streetcar 431. The running board reads "14 HASTINGS EAST". There is a bow tie paint job on the front of the car.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) streetcar 431. The running board reads "14 HASTINGS EAST". There is a bow tie paint job on the front of the car.
Subjects
Transportation - Public Transit
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Accession Code
BV012.18.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
22 Apr. 1955
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
13-Mar-2018
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "16th Ave Barns / Friday April 22 1955 / 4:22 AM"
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Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory443
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1930-1990
Length
00:07:58
Summary
This portion of the interview is about the interurban tram service in Burnaby, how it was used, the interurban routes, reasons for closing the interurban and later building Skytrain, and attempts to purchase an old tram car for Heritage Village
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about the interurban tram service in Burnaby, how it was used, the interurban routes, reasons for closing the interurban and later building Skytrain, and attempts to purchase an old tram car for Heritage Village
Date Range
1930-1990
Photo Info
Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012
Length
00:07:58
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Transportation - Skytrain
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
March 14, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.
Total Tracks
14
Total Length
1:34:40
Interviewee Name
Lewarne, William A. "Bill"
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and business computerization in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with Bill Lewarne

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Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 8

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory509
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1947-1990
Length
00:11:47
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Don Brown identifying old businesses and stores on Kingsway, and talking about the operation of the interurban, the lack of cars after the war, and the two vehicles used by the Burnaby police in 1948. He talks about the expansion of Burnaby in the 1950‘s and t…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Don Brown identifying old businesses and stores on Kingsway, and talking about the operation of the interurban, the lack of cars after the war, and the two vehicles used by the Burnaby police in 1948. He talks about the expansion of Burnaby in the 1950‘s and the attempts to preserve heritage buildings and trees, historic records, and green space
Date Range
1947-1990
Photo Info
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979
Length
00:11:47
Subjects
Public Services - Policing
Transportation - Automobiles
Buildings - Commercial
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Marlborough Area
Maywood Area
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
February 26, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.
Total Tracks
14
Total Length
01:35:07
Interviewee Name
Brown, Donald N. "Don"
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks
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Children with bicycles

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17384
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two unidentified children holding bicycles and crowd gathered outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. The crowd is gathered around a Ford Model A [ca. 1930] automobile.
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 9 cm
Material Details
perforated right edge of photo with two holes punched
Scope and Content
Photograph of two unidentified children holding bicycles and crowd gathered outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. The crowd is gathered around a Ford Model A [ca. 1930] automobile.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Bicycles
Names
Haskell, T. Boyd
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4750 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV021.26.133
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1958]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2021-09-21
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was removed small paper album titled "Album Prints" pasted within original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "A_860"
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Child with bicycle and crowd

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17383
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified child, holding a bicycle and crowd gathered outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. The crowd is gathered around a Ford Model A [ca. 1930] automobile.
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 9 cm
Material Details
perforated right edge of photo with two holes punched
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified child, holding a bicycle and crowd gathered outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. The crowd is gathered around a Ford Model A [ca. 1930] automobile.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Bicycles
Names
Haskell, T. Boyd
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4750 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV021.26.132
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1958]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2021-09-21
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was removed small paper album titled "Album Prints" pasted within original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "A_860"
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Haskell with woman and children outside of Simpsons-Sears

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17381
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby and an unidentified woman standing with two children outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. Haskell and the woman are standing next to a Ford Model A. automobile [ca. 1930] …
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 9 cm
Material Details
perforated right edge of photo with two holes punched
Scope and Content
Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby and an unidentified woman standing with two children outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. Haskell and the woman are standing next to a Ford Model A. automobile [ca. 1930] and the two children are standing next to bicycles.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Bicycles
Persons - Children
Names
Haskell, T. Boyd
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4750 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV021.26.130
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1958]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2021-09-21
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was removed from small paper album titled "Album Prints" pasted within original scrapbook. Handwritten inscription on small album reads "Back to school / 1958?"
Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "A_860"
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Haskell with woman and children outside of Simpsons-Sears

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17385
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby and an unidentified woman standing with two children outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. Haskell and the woman are standing next to a Ford Model A. automobile [ca. 1930] …
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 9 cm
Material Details
perforated right edge of photo with two holes punched
Scope and Content
Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby and an unidentified woman standing with two children outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. Haskell and the woman are standing next to a Ford Model A. automobile [ca. 1930] and the two children are standing next to bicycles.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Bicycles
Persons - Children
Names
Haskell, T. Boyd
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4750 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV021.26.134
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1958]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2021-09-21
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was removed from small paper album titled "Album Prints" pasted within original scrapbook. Handwritten inscription on small album reads "Back to school / 1958?"
Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "A_860"
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Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory507
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1947-1954
Length
00:05:44
Summary
This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system
Date Range
1947-1954
Photo Info
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979
Length
00:05:44
Subjects
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
February 26, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.
Total Tracks
14
Total Length
01:35:07
Interviewee Name
Brown, Donald N. "Don"
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks
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Interview with Robert Lowe by Eric Damer November 5, 2012 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory355
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1939-1972
Length
0:10:04
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Robert "Bob" Lowe's memories of growing up in Burnaby. He discusses transportation in Burnaby, including the first cars in his family. Bob talks about recreational activities available to Burnaby residents in the late nineteen-thirties and early nineteen-fo…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Robert "Bob" Lowe's memories of growing up in Burnaby. He discusses transportation in Burnaby, including the first cars in his family. Bob talks about recreational activities available to Burnaby residents in the late nineteen-thirties and early nineteen-forties, as well as changes that he has seen from his time growing up to the time of raising his own children.
Date Range
1939-1972
Photo Info
Robert "Bob" Lowe (at center) and friends riding soap box race cars, [1939]. Item no. 549-041.
Length
0:10:04
Subjects
Transportation - Buses
Transportation - Automobiles
Agriculture - Farms
Interviewer
Damer, Eric
Interview Date
November 5, 2012
Scope and Content
Recording is an interview with Robert "Bob" Lowe conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 5, 2012. Major theme discussed: the rise of the automobile and its effect on development in Burnaby.
Biographical Notes
Robert "Bob" Lowe has lived his entire life in Burnaby. During his childhood, Bob’s family lived at several addresses near Royal Oak and what is now Canada Way. He attended Douglas Road Elementary and South Burnaby High Schools. After graduating, Bob worked for a few years before enrolling in Normal School for a teaching certificate. He began teaching in Vancouver, married in 1952, and started a family. The Lowes moved to Government Road in 1961 and began a hobby farm, while Bob upgraded his formal education and became an administrator in the new college system.
Total Tracks
4
Total Length
0:36:54
Interviewee Name
Lowe, Robert "Bob"
Interview Location
Interviewee's residence
Interviewer Bio
Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
Collection/Fonds
Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
Series
Burna-Boom Oral History Project series
Transcript Available
None
Media Type
Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks

Track three of recording of interview with Bob Lowe

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Parade on Kingsway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38168
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 ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a float in a parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway. The photo was taken looking southward, and the Kelly Douglas and Co. warehouse can be seen in the background.
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 ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-755
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of a float in a parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway. The photo was taken looking southward, and the Kelly Douglas and Co. warehouse can be seen in the background.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Parade Floats
Events - Parades
Names
Kelly Douglas and Company
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Date at top of photograph reads, "Aug 58"
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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Parade on Kingsway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38170
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 ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway with two people on old-fashioned bicycles. The photograph was taken looking south, and a vacant lot at Sussex Avenue and Kingsway can be seen in the background.
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 ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-757
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway with two people on old-fashioned bicycles. The photograph was taken looking south, and a vacant lot at Sussex Avenue and Kingsway can be seen in the background.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Events - Parades
Transportation - Bicycles
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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Parade on Kingsway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38171
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 ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway showing a decorated car. The photo was taken looking south, and a vacant lot at Sussex Avenue and Kingsway can be seen in the background.
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 ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-758
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway showing a decorated car. The photo was taken looking south, and a vacant lot at Sussex Avenue and Kingsway can be seen in the background.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Parade Floats
Events - Parades
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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Parade on Kingsway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38172
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 ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway showing a decorated car. The photo was taken looking south, and a vacant lot at Sussex Avenue and Kingsway can be seen in the background.
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 ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-759
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway showing a decorated car. The photo was taken looking south, and a vacant lot at Sussex Avenue and Kingsway can be seen in the background.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Parade Floats
Events - Parades
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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Simpsons-Sears engine display

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17336
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
5 May 1954
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of car and truck engines on display inside of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby during the opening on May 5, 1954. Four engines are visible in the photograph.
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 ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of car and truck engines on display inside of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby during the opening on May 5, 1954. Four engines are visible in the photograph.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Trucks
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4750 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV021.26.86
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
5 May 1954
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2021-09-21
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
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T. Boyd Haskell shaking hands with child

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17382
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby shaking hands with an unidentified child outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby.
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 9 cm
Material Details
perforated right edge of photo with two holes punched
Scope and Content
Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby shaking hands with an unidentified child outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Bicycles
Persons - Children
Names
Haskell, T. Boyd
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4750 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV021.26.131
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1958]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2021-09-21
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was removed from small paper album titled "Album Prints" pasted within original scrapbook. Handwritten inscription on small album reads "Back to school / 1958?"
Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "A_860"
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4674 Southlawn Drive

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37874
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[ca. 1954] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the view from 4674 Southlawn Drive, facing north. A car and houses across the street can be seen. Capitol Hill is visible in the distance.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[ca. 1954] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.7 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-462
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the view from 4674 Southlawn Drive, facing north. A car and houses across the street can be seen. Capitol Hill is visible in the distance.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
Southlawn Drive
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
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