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signal flag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29040
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.41.116
- Description
- B.C.E.R. white signal flag on wooden pole. The flag is discoloured and torn. The pole is tapered at the bottom end. The flag is attached to the pole via a vertical slit in the pole. Four screws pass through the pole, flag and slit. Pole: Length: 63 cm Diameter: 2.5 cm Flag: Length: 43.5 cm Width: 33 cm
- Object History
- Flags or signal lamps on the front of the tram communicated information about the train to passengers and workers. Two white flags (or white lights at night) on the front indicated that the tram was a “special” (not a regularly scheduled train).
- Marks/Labels
- "1207" Collectors previous number "BCER 1207-B39".
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Symbols
- Symbols - Flags
Images
signal flag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact86596
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV016.44.1
- Description
- signal flag; BCER tram "special" running flag. White signal flag on short wooden pole. The pole is tapered at the bottom end. The flag is attached to the pole via a vertical slit in the pole. Four screws pass through the pole, flag and slit. The pole fits in a socket on the front of the tram car. Used to indicate an unscheduled, special run, usually a lacrosse game or race track run. Flag is very discoloured/stained. Pole: Length: 62.5 cm Diameter: 2.5 cm Flag: Length: 41.0 cm Width: 40.5 cm
- Object History
- Donor purchased these items at an antique fair. The dealer had acquired them from the family of a BCER employee who was part of the crew that destroyed the trams when they were decommissioned.
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Symbols
- Symbols - Flags
Images
flag; pennant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44836
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.52.2
- Description
- Flag, paper, stapled to white stick. Flag commemorates the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952 - 2002. Flag has white background, crown above semi-circle of maple leaves below in red, brown, and green. Both sides are the same.
- Marks/Labels
- "E II R" "50" in leaves
Images
Pennant flag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90935
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.4.8
- Description
- White B.C. Games Pennant hand flag on black plastic stick. "BRITISH COLUMBIA" in red followed by "Games" in green with green games logo with torch and dogwood flower. Attached to stick with 2 metal staples.
- Object History
- Item pertaining to BC Summer Games which took place in Burnaby July 19-22, 1984.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Ceremonial Artifacts - - Organizational Objects
- Object Term
- Flag, Pennant
- Colour
- White
- Green
- Red
- Black
- Measurements
- 30 cm high x 17 cm wide
- Subjects
- Sports
- Recreational Activities
- Symbols - Flags
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Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 10
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory450
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1930-1990
- Length
- 00:05:53
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Burnaby and New Westminster May Days and how geography and poor transportation affects municipal east-west and north-south connections
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Burnaby and New Westminster May Days and how geography and poor transportation affects municipal east-west and north-south connections
- Date Range
- 1930-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012
- Length
- 00:05:53
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Transportation
- 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
- 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.
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Track ten of interview with Bill Lewarne
Track ten of interview with Bill Lewarne
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_10.mp3bookmark
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91076
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1800
- Description
- Bookmark; red and blue ink printed on white card stock; text reads: "Dominion Day / JULY 1 1867 / CELEBRATING THE / CONFEDERATION / OF CANADA / BURNABY VILLAGE MUSEUM--6501 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby, B.C."; image of Canadian Red Ensign flag with union Jack and emblem of provinces to left of text
- Object History
- Item was found in the Burnaby Post printshop along with other Heritage Village / Burnaby Villagee Museum ephemera that was created between 1971 and [2020]. Bookmark was printed on the Platen Press in the Burnaby Post print shop inside Burnaby Village
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Accessories
- Object Term
- bookmark
- Measurements
- 7.5 x 18 cm
- Maker
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Publication Date
- [198-]
- Subjects
- Events
- Holidays - Canada Day
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
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cape
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact45873
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV003.58.12
- Description
- Cape, white, for May Queen; white fur around collar, white braided tassel sewn into cape under collar hangs three-quarters of the way down the front of the cape; lined with white silky fabric.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes
- Events - May Day
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lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47237
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.50.43
- Description
- Pin, vertical rectangle, enamelled brass, white ground. At top in gold, "B.C. SUMMER", then vertical "GAMES" in wide lettering in gold, black, and shades of grey in rectangles of contrasting shades of same colours, then "1997" in white on gold bar, "PARTICIPANT" in gold at bottom. Up left side perpendicular to other print is "BURNABY" in same colours as 'Games'. Gold border around outside edge, gold outlines on 'Games' and 'Burnaby'. Clear coating. Reverse is shiny brass with some scratches, post and butterfly clutch fastener. Post is set on round base with stop. Clutch is brass, tarnished. Clear coat on front has some wear.
- Object History
- The B.C. Games were established in 1977, and the first summer games were held in 1978. Commemorative pin for the 1997 B.C. Summer Games held in Burnaby [for participants].
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Memorabilia
- Object Term
- Commemorative
- Marks/Labels
- Burnaby / B.C. Summer Games / 1997 / Participant
- Measurements
- L: 2.5 cm x W: 1.7 cm
Images
lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47238
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.50.44
- Description
- Pin, vertical rectangle, enamelled brass, white ground. At top in gold, "B.C. SUMMER", then vertical "GAMES" in wide lettering in gold, black, and shades of grey in rectangles of contrasting shades of same colours, then "1997" in white on gold bar, "PARTICIPANT" in gold at bottom. Up left side perpendicular to other print is "BURNABY" in same colours as 'Games'. Gold border around outside edge, gold outlines on 'Games' and 'Burnaby'. Clear coating. Reverse is shiny brass with some scratches, post and butterfly clutch fastener. Post is set on round base with stop. Clutch is brass, tarnished. Clear coat on front has some wear.
- Object History
- The B.C. Games were established in 1977, and the first summer games were held in 1978. Commemorative pin for the 1997 B.C. Summer Games held in Burnaby [for participants].
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Memorabilia
- Object Term
- Commemorative
- Marks/Labels
- Burnaby / B.C. Summer Games / 1997 / Participant
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lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47239
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.50.45
- Description
- Pin, vertical rectangle, grey metal with raised lettering and borders. At top, "B.C. SUMMER", then vertically arranged "GAMES" in wide letters in alternately positive and negative print, then "1997" at bottom in raised bar. "BURNABY" up left side, "VOLUNTEER" up right side, both perpendicular to other print. Back of pin is textured grey metal with post and butterfly clutch fastener. Post is set in round base with stop. Near edge of pin is "R" in circle, "ARTISS / REGINA / CANADA". Clutch is shiny silver metal with stamped "BALLOU REG'D / 130 YEARS".
- Object History
- The B.C. Games were established in 1977, and the first summer games were held in 1978. Commemorative pin for the 1997 B.C. Summer Games held in Burnaby [for volunteers].
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Memorabilia
- Object Term
- Commemorative
- Marks/Labels
- Burnaby / B.C. Summer Games / Volunteer / 1997
- Colour
- Silver
- Measurements
- L: 2.2 cm x W: 1.8 cm
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Events - Competitions
- Personal Symbols - Pins
- Sports
- Persons - Volunteers
Images
lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47240
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.50.46
- Description
- Pin, vertical rectangle, grey metal with raised lettering and borders. At top, "B.C. SUMMER", then vertically arranged "GAMES" in wide letters in alternately positive and negative print, then "1997" at bottom in raised bar. "BURNABY" up left side, "VOLUNTEER" up right side, both perpendicular to other print. Back of pin is textured grey metal with post and butterfly clutch fastener. Post is set in round base with stop. Near edge of pin is "R" in circle, "ARTISS / REGINA / CANADA". Clutch is shiny silver metal with stamped "BALLOU REG'D / 130 YEARS".
- Object History
- The B.C. Games were established in 1977, and the first summer games were held in 1978. Commemorative pin for the 1997 B.C. Summer Games held in Burnaby [for volunteers].
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Memorabilia
- Object Term
- Commemorative
- Marks/Labels
- Burnaby / B.C. Summer Games / Volunteer / 1997
- Colour
- Silver
- Measurements
- L: 2L: 2.2 cm x W: 1.8 cm
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Events - Competitions
- Personal Symbols - Pins
- Sports
- Persons - Volunteers
Images
badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91810
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.31.49
- Description
- Pin or badge for Royal Canadian Air Force - Operations Badge. the badge is gold in colour in the shape of a set of feathered wings with an "O" in the middle.
- The back has two threaded posts and a back plate.
- Object History
- Item belonged to Joseph “Joe” Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie who served as a Navigator for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) between 1942 and 1945. He went on to be a BC Provincial MLA and later a Burnaby Municipal Council Member along with various other pursuits. See Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds for full biography.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols
- Object Term
- Insignia
Images
award
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87430
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.50
- Description
- award, Girl Guides; All Round Cord; blue and white twisted silken cord with blue tassels at either end. Worn threaded through the right tab epaulet of the uniform dress and then hooked behind the button of the right breast pocket flap.
- Reference
- http://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/ON/Archives/Guide%20Badges%20A%20to%20G%20v3.pdf
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Ribbons
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
award
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87431
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.51
- Description
- award, Pathfinders; Canda Cord; red and white twisted silken cord with red tassels at either end. Worn threaded through the right tab epaulet of the uniform dress and then hooked behind the button of the right breast pocket flap.
- Reference
- http://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/ON/Archives/pdf_archives_badges_pathfinders.pdf
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Ribbons
Images
badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44066
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.21.18
- Description
- Badge, round; yellow, green, black; yellow background with black edging, six black circles each with green stiched design, clockwise from top: sun and sunbeams, whale, E=mc2, dog, moon, centre: log and axe with lettering
- Marks/Labels
- "GILLWELL 1990", stitched, green in centre of badge "BURNABY REGION", stitched, green in centre of badge "E=mc2", stiched, green in one of the circles
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badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44491
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.32.1
- Description
- Badge, round; brown, yellow, green, off-white; machine-embroidered; picture in centre of sailing ship with scout logo on sail.
- Marks/Labels
- "FIRST BURNABY JAMBOREE", stitched, green at top "CAMP BYNG", stitched, green at bottom "1970", stitched, brown at bottom "DISCOVERY", stitched, white on boat
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
Images
badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48258
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.13.41
- Description
- Badge, cloth, circular; yellow, green, white, red, blue; scene of mountains, river and field with a yellow bar across bottom with red lettering.
- Object History
- Scouts Canada
- Marks/Labels
- "BURNABY LAKE (smaller) DISTRICT", stitching, red
- Subjects
- Organizations
- Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Badges
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake
Images
badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48259
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.13.42
- Description
- Badge, cloth; orange and black; in the shape of a football with a helmet in the centre.
- Marks/Labels
- "SOUTH BURNABY / FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION", printed "1971", printed, bold
Images
badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48261
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.13.43
- Description
- Badge, cloth; white and green; in centre is logo with two baseball bats crossing with two baseballs on right and left and dogwood flower at top.
- Marks/Labels
- "BURNABY AMATEUR SOFTBALL LEAGUE", in green printing along edge "CHAMPIONS", in green printing at bottom "1965", outlined in green in centre
Images
badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48262
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.13.44
- Description
- Badge, cloth; white and green; in centre is logo with two baseball bats crossing with two baseballs on right and left and dogwood flower at top.
- Marks/Labels
- "BURNABY AMATEUR SOFTBALL LEAGUE", in green printing along edge "CHAMPIONS", in green printing at bottom "1965", outlined in green in centre