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Harry Pride and Barnet townsite
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96386
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Harry Pride at work on researching his book about Burnaby's Barnet townsite. Photographs depict Pride with Beatrice Woolsey-McMillan, a former resident of the community, on the shore of the Burrard Inlet, and Pride viewing historical photographs and one of the remaining…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2056
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Harry Pride at work on researching his book about Burnaby's Barnet townsite. Photographs depict Pride with Beatrice Woolsey-McMillan, a former resident of the community, on the shore of the Burrard Inlet, and Pride viewing historical photographs and one of the remaining structures from the Barnet sawmill.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Inlets
- Buildings - Industrial - Saw Mills
- Buildings - Industrial - Mills
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2056-1: "Harry Pride, who is working on a book about Burnaby's Barnet townsite, reminisces with Beatrice Woolsey-McMillan, who lived in the mill community along the Burrard Inlet from 1925-46."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2056-2: "Harry Pride sorts through some of the historical photos he's collected for a book he's working on about Burnaby's Barnet townsite, along the Burrard Inlet."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2056-3: "Harry Pride, who's working on a book about Burnaby's Barnet townsite, checks out one of the remaining structures from the sawmill that once bustled along the Burrard Inlet."
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Village
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
Race car driver Kaija Kalevala
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96404
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kaija Kalevala posing with memorabilia, including photographs and an autographed checkered flag, from her career as a race car driver in Finland and at the Digney Speedway in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2074
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kaija Kalevala posing with memorabilia, including photographs and an autographed checkered flag, from her career as a race car driver in Finland and at the Digney Speedway in Burnaby.
- Names
- Digney Speedway
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Kaija Kalevala, who's about to turn 80, reminisces about her career as a pioneer race car driver in the 1940s in Finland, and then at the old Digney Speedway in South Burnaby. She was the first woman to race at the Speedway and her fellow racers presented her with an autographed checkered flag when she retired to take up truck rodeo."
Images
Through the Lens of Andy Digney
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10099
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1934 and 1964] (date of original film), edited and narrated in 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (12 min., 17 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a short film featuring a compilation of film footage created by Andy Digney that was edited and narrated by the Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby resident Andy Digney captured footage of Burnaby and beyond from 1934 to 1964. Highlights within this film compilaton include the constru…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (12 min., 17 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
- Material Details
- Research and Narration: Lisa Codd
- Editing and Audio Recording: Matthew Ball
- Special thanks to Paul Digney
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a short film featuring a compilation of film footage created by Andy Digney that was edited and narrated by the Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby resident Andy Digney captured footage of Burnaby and beyond from 1934 to 1964. Highlights within this film compilaton include the construction and events held at the Oak Theatre; Royal visit motorcade of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth; Sports Day at Central Park; Gymcana event at Burnaby Lake Riding Stables; lawn bowling at Central Park; a Depression-era May Day workers’ parade in 1936; May Day celebrations in Burnaby; visits to locations throughout the Lower Mainland, including Stanley Park, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Grouse Mountain and boat trip up Burrard Inlet; the Digney Speedway; the Digney family at their home on Bonsor Avenue and the Digney Bowling Alley.
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Names
- Digney, Andy
- Digney Bowling Alley
- Digney Speedway
- Codd, Lisa
- Oak Theatre
- Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Central Park
- Street Address
- 6521 Bonsor Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV019.18.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1934 and 1964] (date of original film), edited and narrated in 2016
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Related Material
- See also the City of Burnaby Archives "Digney Family fonds" MI catalogue 562.003 for film masters
- Notes
- Title based on contents
- City of Burnaby Archives holds the original Digney film masters (562.003) that this narrated segment was disseminated from. See Digney family fonds
Images
Video
Through the Lens of Andy Digney, [between 1934 and 1964] (date of original film), edited and narrated in 2016
Through the Lens of Andy Digney, [between 1934 and 1964] (date of original film), edited and narrated in 2016
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2019_0018_0001_001.mp4