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Mrs. Elizabeth Rood

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58954
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.3 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman identified as Mrs. Elizabeth Rood, holding bags inside of a shop. Bins of bulk food are in the background. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.3 x 17.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1399
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman identified as Mrs. Elizabeth Rood, holding bags inside of a shop. Bins of bulk food are in the background. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on recto reads: "Mrs. Rood / Elizabeth D"
Note on verso reads: "Burnaby / B-4 / 100% / Certainly ph[?] are better"
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Mrs. Margaret Bolster

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58953
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman identified as Mrs. Margaret Bolster. Bins of bulk food are in the background.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 18 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1398
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman identified as Mrs. Margaret Bolster. Bins of bulk food are in the background.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on recto reads: "Mrs Bolster / Margaret"
Note on verso reads: "Burnaby / B-4 / 100% / it's really quite a s[?]"
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Opening of the Knight and Day Restaurant at Boundary and Lougheed Highway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59215
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1982]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 18.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a sign advertising the new location of Knight & Day Restaurant opening in December. There is a long line of people lining up next to the restaurant in the background.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1982]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 18.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1530
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of a sign advertising the new location of Knight & Day Restaurant opening in December. There is a long line of people lining up next to the restaurant in the background.
Subjects
Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "PMT 100% / page 1 / Burnaby Today"
Geographic Access
Lougheed Highway
Boundary Road
Images
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People around the office

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58921
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1980
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of several people in an office with drinks. Boxes of Fleck first aid equipment and supplies are on the table, along with a scale and Canada Post boxes in the background.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1980
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1372
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of several people in an office with drinks. Boxes of Fleck first aid equipment and supplies are on the table, along with a scale and Canada Post boxes in the background.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Offices
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "page 2 / Burnaby Today / PMT 100%"
Images
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People around the office

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58932
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of a people socializing inside of an office. Four women are talking in the foreground.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1382
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of a people socializing inside of an office. Four women are talking in the foreground.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Offices
Celebrations
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Hodge, Craig
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "A-9 / Burnaby Today / PMT 100%"
Images
Less detail

People protesting in front of the Black Cat Video Store

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59202
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1982
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of protestors outside of Black Cat Video, demonstrating against the sale of pornography. They are walking and holding up signs. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1982
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 24 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1518
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of protestors outside of Black Cat Video, demonstrating against the sale of pornography. They are walking and holding up signs. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Stores
Protests and Demonstrations
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Hodge, Craig
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on recto reads: "Bby store"
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "PMT 70% / page 3 / Burnaby / Today"
Images
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"Prospero Centre" / 4361 Kingsway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93749
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989
Collection/Fonds
Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
24 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photographs of Prospero Centre, a commercial complex located at 4361 Kingsway.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989
Collection/Fonds
Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
Physical Description
24 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Description Level
File
Record No.
622-034
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2017-39
Scope and Content
Photographs of Prospero Centre, a commercial complex located at 4361 Kingsway.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial
Geographic Features - Roads
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from print envelope photographs were originally housed in
File no. 89-554-B
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4361 Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
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Royal Bank on Kingsway at Kathleen Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36468
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the east side of Royal Bank building on Kingsway at Kathleen Avenue. The high-rise in the background is across Kingsway, on the north side. The bank moved two blocks east from McKay Avenue to this new location.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Vera Jackson Pel subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
274-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1992-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the east side of Royal Bank building on Kingsway at Kathleen Avenue. The high-rise in the background is across Kingsway, on the north side. The bank moved two blocks east from McKay Avenue to this new location.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Banks
Names
Royal Bank of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Kathleen Avenue
Kingsway
Street Address
4370 Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
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Royal Bank on Kingsway at Kathleen Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36469
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Royal Bank building on Kingsway at Kathleen Avenue. The bank moved two blocks east from McKay Avenue to this new location.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Vera Jackson Pel subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
274-006
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1992-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Royal Bank building on Kingsway at Kathleen Avenue. The bank moved two blocks east from McKay Avenue to this new location.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Banks
Names
Royal Bank of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Kathleen Avenue
Kingsway
Street Address
4370 Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
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Royal Bank on Kingsway at McKay Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36464
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the front of the former Royal Bank building on Kingsway at McKay Avenue. Vera Jackson Pel worked at this branch of the Royal Bank from 1944 until 1952.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Vera Jackson Pel subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
274-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1992-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the front of the former Royal Bank building on Kingsway at McKay Avenue. Vera Jackson Pel worked at this branch of the Royal Bank from 1944 until 1952.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Banks
Names
Royal Bank of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Kingsway
McKay Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
Less detail

Royal Bank on Kingsway at McKay Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36465
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the former Royal Bank building on Kingsway at McKay Avenue, taken from Kingsway, looking up McKay Avenue. Vera Jackson Pel worked at this branch of the Royal Bank from 1944 until 1952.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Vera Jackson Pel subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
274-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1992-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the former Royal Bank building on Kingsway at McKay Avenue, taken from Kingsway, looking up McKay Avenue. Vera Jackson Pel worked at this branch of the Royal Bank from 1944 until 1952.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Banks
Names
Royal Bank of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Kingsway
McKay Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
Less detail

Royal Bank on Kingsway at McKay Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36466
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the east side of the former Royal Bank building on Kingsway at McKay Avenue. This side faces onto McKay Avenue. Vera Jackson Pel worked at this branch of the Royal Bank from 1944 until 1952.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Vera Jackson Pel subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
274-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1992-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the east side of the former Royal Bank building on Kingsway at McKay Avenue. This side faces onto McKay Avenue. Vera Jackson Pel worked at this branch of the Royal Bank from 1944 until 1952.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Banks
Names
Royal Bank of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Kingsway
McKay Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
Less detail

Royal Bank on Kingsway at McKay Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36467
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the back and east sides of the former Royal Bank building on Kingsway at McKay Avenue. A beige sedan is driving along McKay Avenue and a white pick-up truck is parked in the back parking lot of the Royal Bank. Vera Jackson Pel worked at this branch of the Royal Bank from 1944 until 19…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Vera Jackson Pel subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
274-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1992-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the back and east sides of the former Royal Bank building on Kingsway at McKay Avenue. A beige sedan is driving along McKay Avenue and a white pick-up truck is parked in the back parking lot of the Royal Bank. Vera Jackson Pel worked at this branch of the Royal Bank from 1944 until 1952.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Banks
Names
Royal Bank of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Kingsway
McKay Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
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Seafood Market

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59019
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a seafood market on Hastings Street and the market's employee. An individual is looking through the window at the seafood from the street.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1426
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of a seafood market on Hastings Street and the market's employee. An individual is looking through the window at the seafood from the street.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso reads: "Burnaby Today / Hastings page / 64%"
Images
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Store Owner - showing some ways to secure his store

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59049
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of man identified and the exterior of a store with bars over the windows and doors.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1455
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of man identified and the exterior of a store with bars over the windows and doors.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Stores
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Hodge, Craig
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on recto reads: "Goble shows some of the measures taken to secure his store"
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "100% / page 1 / Burnaby / Today"
Images
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Strata Lots 5 to 8 / 3965 Kingsway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93748
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989
Collection/Fonds
Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
19 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photographs of the exterior of the three-storey commercial building located at 3965 Kingsway.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989
Collection/Fonds
Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
Physical Description
19 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Description Level
File
Record No.
622-033
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2017-39
Scope and Content
Photographs of the exterior of the three-storey commercial building located at 3965 Kingsway.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial
Geographic Features - Roads
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from print envelope photographs were originally housed in
File no. 89-542-B
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
3965 Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
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Unidentified people enjoying wine

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59030
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three individuals at a party in an office. One person is pouring the other more wine.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 20.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1436
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of three individuals at a party in an office. One person is pouring the other more wine.
Subjects
Events - Parties
Buildings - Commercial - Offices
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso reads: "page A-11 / Burnaby / Today / 96%"
Images
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Women around a desk with a box full of toy donations

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59210
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1982
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of five women in an office. One woman is holding a doll up from a box of donated toys while the others watch.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1982
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 24 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1525
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of five women in an office. One woman is holding a doll up from a box of donated toys while the others watch.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Offices
Toys - Dolls
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "Donations"
Note on verso reads: "80-13-188 / PMT 100% / page 3 / Burnaby Today"
Related to 480-1504
Images
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Women around the office

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59183
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1982
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 19.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of five women in an office. One woman is holding a doll up from a box of donated toys while the others watch.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1982
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 19.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1504
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of five women in an office. One woman is holding a doll up from a box of donated toys while the others watch.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Offices
Toys - Dolls
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "page 3 / Burnaby / Today / PMT 100%"
Related to 480-1525
Images
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Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory464
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1911-1990
Length
00:05:22
Summary
This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Dep…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Department in 1911.
Date Range
1911-1990
Length
00:05:22
Subjects
Public Services - Fire Protection
Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
February 21, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon 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 the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
Total Tracks
8
Total Length
0:43:35
Interviewee Name
Nixon, Al
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.
Audio Tracks
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