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Bud Pope and Bill Stewart on Interurban tram 1224

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1953] (date of original), copied 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.7 x 12.6 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of two men, identified as Bud Pope (conductor) and Bill Stewart (motorman), standing on the front of Interurban tram #1224 at Horne-Payne Siding. Faintly visible in the background are transmission towers. According to the accession register and notes in the accession file, the photograph…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.7 x 12.6 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of two men, identified as Bud Pope (conductor) and Bill Stewart (motorman), standing on the front of Interurban tram #1224 at Horne-Payne Siding. Faintly visible in the background are transmission towers. According to the accession register and notes in the accession file, the photograph was taken on the last day of the Burnaby Lake line run.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Pope, Bud
Stewart, Bill
Accession Code
BV985.328.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1953] (date of original), copied 1985
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
West Central Valley Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
16-Jan-24
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
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Interview with Ted Burnham by Eric Damer September 19, 2012 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory313
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1946-1986
Length
0:10:42
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Edward Lewis "Ted" Burnham's memories of the interurban tram. He mentions getting his driver's license and goes on to discuss more of his work history; in the computer industry, then in the medical industry.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Edward Lewis "Ted" Burnham's memories of the interurban tram. He mentions getting his driver's license and goes on to discuss more of his work history; in the computer industry, then in the medical industry.
Date Range
1946-1986
Photo Info
Edward Lewis "Ted" Burnham, [195-]. Item no. 549-021.
Length
0:10:42
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Interviewer
Damer, Eric
Interview Date
September 19, 2012
Scope and Content
Recording is an interview with Edward Lewis "Ted" Burnham conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 19, 2012. Major theme discussed: the role of the municipal worker in the nineteen-fifties and nineteen-sixties.
Biographical Notes
E.L. "Ted" Burnham was born in 1930 and grew up in East Burnaby. He attended Armstrong Street and Edmonds Schools and then Trapp Technical High School before beginning work at a range of occupations in the late nineteen-forties. Ted studied business administration at the University of British Columbia and worked from 1953 to about 1958 for the municipality of Burnaby in the engineering and welfare departments, then briefly for Remington-Rand computers, and then at the Hannah Medical Clinic until 1973. After marrying in 1957, Ted and his wife moved from McKay Avenue to Kaymar Drive and raised two daughters. In the ninteen-seventies and later, Ted became involved in municipal politics, the Heritage Village, and in his own real estate and insurance business.
Total Tracks
3
Total Length
0:29:27
Interviewee Name
Burnham, Edward Lewis "Ted"
Interview Location
Burnaby Village Museum
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 two of recording of interview with Ted Burnham

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