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- Accidents 5
- Accidents - Automobile Accidents 26
- Accidents - Train Accidents 4
- Advertising Medium 5
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards 84
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- Agricultural Tools and Equipment 4
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment - Gardening Equipment 2
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment - Plows 9
- Agriculture 2
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Car salesperson Jarrett Morrey
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96236
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of car salesperson Jarrett Morrey, posing with his arms crossed next to a line of Nissan cars on a lot.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1920
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of car salesperson Jarrett Morrey, posing with his arms crossed next to a line of Nissan cars on a lot.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Jarrett Morrey is part of the Morrey family, who've been selling cars in Burnaby for 26 years."
- Geographic Access
- Still Creek Drive
- Street Address
- 4450 Still Creek Drive
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
Images
Fire fighters at a car accident
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96197
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2006]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Burnaby fire fighters assisting in the aftermath of an automobile accident that occurred when a driver lost control and hit two cars in the parking lot of the Metrotown Mazda at Kingsway and Imperial.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2006]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1894
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Burnaby fire fighters assisting in the aftermath of an automobile accident that occurred when a driver lost control and hit two cars in the parking lot of the Metrotown Mazda at Kingsway and Imperial.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Accidents - Automobile Accidents
- Buildings - Commercial - Automobile Dealerships
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2006 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1894-1: "Burnaby firefighters prepare the driver of a Lexus that lost control at Kingsway and Imperial and smashed into two cars on the lot at Metrotown Mazda for transport to hospital on Thursday."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1894-2: "A Burnaby firefighter works to secure a Lexus that lost control at Kingsway and Imperial on Thursday, smashing into two brand new Mazdas on the lot at Metrotown Mazda. The driver of the Lexus was transported to hospital with undertermined minor injuries."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Walsh Motors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36678
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12.0 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Walsh Motors, opened by Frank Walsh in the early 1930s at 4161 Hastings Street. In 1948, the site of Walsh Motors became Eagle Motors.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12.0 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-033
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Walsh Motors, opened by Frank Walsh in the early 1930s at 4161 Hastings Street. In 1948, the site of Walsh Motors became Eagle Motors.
- Names
- Walsh Motors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 4161 Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
Car show at Middlegate Honda
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78572
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 4, 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 23.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a car show at Middlegate Honda with a crowd of people.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 4, 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 23.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a car show at Middlegate Honda with a crowd of people.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Langdeau, Brian
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby p. 10 Brian 2734A / 62%"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
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Dueck Middlegate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79254
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows cars in the lot of Dueck Middlegate at 7112 Kingsway.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-223
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows cars in the lot of Dueck Middlegate at 7112 Kingsway.
- Names
- Dueck Middlegate
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ross, Martha
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7112 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Jim Pattison Courtesy Chevrolet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79252
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 9, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows cars in the lot of the Jim Pattison Courtesy Chevrolet at 5405 Kingsway. The building was originally Dueck's and was built in 1958 by Thompson, Berwick and Pratt.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 9, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-222
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows cars in the lot of the Jim Pattison Courtesy Chevrolet at 5405 Kingsway. The building was originally Dueck's and was built in 1958 by Thompson, Berwick and Pratt.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- McCarron, John
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 5405 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
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Ron Lawless
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80670
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 28, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ron Lawless, general manager of Jim Pattison Chevrolet Oldsmobile on Kingsway outside of the dealership.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 28, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0938
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ron Lawless, general manager of Jim Pattison Chevrolet Oldsmobile on Kingsway outside of the dealership.
- Names
- Lawless, Ron
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Langdeau, Brian
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "2194 Bby Brian / Bby - 1 69%"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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United Motors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97614
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [196-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of United Motors and Chevron located at 3995 East Hastings Street in North Burnaby. Photograph is taken from across the street, looking towards the dealership.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [196-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 366-029
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of United Motors and Chevron located at 3995 East Hastings Street in North Burnaby. Photograph is taken from across the street, looking towards the dealership.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on content of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
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Crossing Royal Oak & Rumble Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93686
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 19, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the intersection of Royal Oak Avenue and Rumble Street. Cars and pedestrians are crossing the intersection, and the signs for businesses TD Bank, Standard Oil/Chevron gas station, Gulf gas station, and Baxter's Market are visible. The photograph is taken from a corner of the intersect…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 19, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-643
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2017-57
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the intersection of Royal Oak Avenue and Rumble Street. Cars and pedestrians are crossing the intersection, and the signs for businesses TD Bank, Standard Oil/Chevron gas station, Gulf gas station, and Baxter's Market are visible. The photograph is taken from a corner of the intersection, facing southeast.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Buildings - Commercial
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- van Mannen, Mark
- Notes
- Title taken from project information form
- Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)
- BPL no. 91
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Rumble Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
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Crossing Royal Oak & Rumble Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93687
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 19, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the intersection of Royal Oak Avenue and Rumble Street. Cars and pedestrians are crossing the intersection, and the signs for businesses Grace United Pharmacy, Standard Oil/Chevron gas station, Gulf gas station, and Royal Meats are visible. The photograph is taken from the Gulf gas st…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 19, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-644
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2017-57
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the intersection of Royal Oak Avenue and Rumble Street. Cars and pedestrians are crossing the intersection, and the signs for businesses Grace United Pharmacy, Standard Oil/Chevron gas station, Gulf gas station, and Royal Meats are visible. The photograph is taken from the Gulf gas station parking lot, facing northwest.
- Subjects
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Buildings - Commercial
- Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- van Mannen, Mark
- Notes
- Title taken from project information form
- Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)
- BPL no. 92
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Rumble Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
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On On Wonton House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98670
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the On On Wonton House restaurant, located at 5640 Kingsway. The photograph is taken from across Kingsway at night. The building, which was constructed in 1959, is lit up with lights and a bright sign, and several cars are parked in the lot in front of the restaurant.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 634-017
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2022-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the On On Wonton House restaurant, located at 5640 Kingsway. The photograph is taken from across Kingsway at night. The building, which was constructed in 1959, is lit up with lights and a bright sign, and several cars are parked in the lot in front of the restaurant.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Cheung, Nakita
- Notes
- Title taken from the associated blog post
- Associated blog post: https://disappearingburnaby.wordpress.com/2022/06/06/on-on-wonton-house/
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 5640 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
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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
- 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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Audio Tracks
Track six of interview with Don Brown
Track six of interview with Don Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-016/MSS187-016_Track%206.mp3Edmonds Interurban station
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34038
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912] (date of original), copied [between 1975 and 1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 8.2 x 10.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an automobile at the Edmonds Interurban Station. A man appears to be changing the car tires, and three men are on the station platform.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912] (date of original), copied [between 1975 and 1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Stride family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 8.2 x 10.8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 001-014
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an automobile at the Edmonds Interurban Station. A man appears to be changing the car tires, and three men are on the station platform.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy print accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
Images
Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory505
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1954-1963
- Length
- 00:05:41
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s memories of what familiar places were like in 1954 and how they had changed when he returned to Burnaby in 1963, particularly mentioning Kingsway, Grandview, and the Lake City industrial park on Burnaby Mountain
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s memories of what familiar places were like in 1954 and how they had changed when he returned to Burnaby in 1963, particularly mentioning Kingsway, Grandview, and the Lake City industrial park on Burnaby Mountain
- Date Range
- 1954-1963
- Photo Info
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979
- Length
- 00:05:41
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Buildings - Commercial - Drive-In Theatres
- Industries
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lake City Area
- Douglas-Gilpin 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
- 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 four of interview with Don Brown
Track four of interview with Don Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-016/MSS187-016_Track%204.mp3A vendor and his daughter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription70279
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified vendor standing behind his wares with a young girl at his side at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. Both the girl and the vendor are facing the camera.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 528-013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified vendor standing behind his wares with a young girl at his side at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. Both the girl and the vendor are facing the camera.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Jeffries, Bill
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- 1 b&w print (12.5 x 17.5 cm) accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
Images
Boxes of kitchenware
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription70280
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of cardboard boxes filled with kitchenware at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor is barely visible sitting behind the cardboard boxes.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 528-014
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of cardboard boxes filled with kitchenware at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor is barely visible sitting behind the cardboard boxes.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Jeffries, Bill
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- 1 b&w print (12.5 x 17.5 cm) accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
Images
Eating french fries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription70270
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified vendors eating french fries behind their table of household goods at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 528-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified vendors eating french fries behind their table of household goods at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Jeffries, Bill
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- 1 b&w print (12.5 x 17.5 cm) accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
Images
Lougheed Drive-in swap meet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription70286
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of customers and vendors at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 528-019
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of customers and vendors at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Jeffries, Bill
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
Images
Racecar driver Marc De Vellis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95718
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of racecar driver Marc De Vellis. Photographs depict De Vellis in a garage, polishing his racecar and adjusting part of the car with a wrench.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1576
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of racecar driver Marc De Vellis. Photographs depict De Vellis in a garage, polishing his racecar and adjusting part of the car with a wrench.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1576-1: "Burnaby's Marc DeVellis puts a final shine on his newly-acquired Formula Mazda race car, which he'll be racing in this season's Best Western Mazda Racing series."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1576-2: "Burnaby racer Marc DeVellis has been busy rebuilding a recently-acquired Formula Mazda racing car in his dad's auto shop in New Westminster. He'll be racing the car in this season's Best Western Mazda racing series, a support event to the American LeMans racers."
Images
Radios, paintings and sunglasses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription70282
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table filled with radios and sunglasses at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. Paintings have been propped against a pickup truck behind the table and two unidentified vendors are behind the table with potential customers out in front.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 528-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table filled with radios and sunglasses at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. Paintings have been propped against a pickup truck behind the table and two unidentified vendors are behind the table with potential customers out in front.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Arts - Paintings
- Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Radios
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Jeffries, Bill
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- 1 b&w print (12.5 x 17.5 cm) accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area