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Douglas Road School class

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1925 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 cm print on contact sheet 20 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students in grades one and two at Douglas Road School standing on the steps of their school in rows. The teacher standing at the back is Annie Adair and Elsie Dawkins is on the far right in the first row.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1925 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 cm print on contact sheet 20 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-281
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of students in grades one and two at Douglas Road School standing on the steps of their school in rows. The teacher standing at the back is Annie Adair and Elsie Dawkins is on the far right in the first row.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Adair, Annie T.
Douglas Road School
Norman, Elsie Dawkins
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Street Address
4861 Canada Way
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
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Douglas Road School class photograph

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1927
Collection/Fonds
William Martin family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16. 5 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students sitting and standing in rows outside Douglas Road School. Annie Adair, is standing behind her students, towards the centre. Standing in the back row, left to right, are; John Waplington, Albert Dawkins, Bob Pontifex, Jean [last name unknown], Eva Scott, [unidentified], Leona …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1927
Collection/Fonds
William Martin family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16. 5 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
525-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2006-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of students sitting and standing in rows outside Douglas Road School. Annie Adair, is standing behind her students, towards the centre. Standing in the back row, left to right, are; John Waplington, Albert Dawkins, Bob Pontifex, Jean [last name unknown], Eva Scott, [unidentified], Leona Smith, Ying Jung, Bernice Woods, Montague "Monty" Moore and Carl Banning. Seated in the middle row are; [unidentified], Betty Turner, Nancy [last name unknown], Betty Blott, Winona Woods, Margaret Turner, Cora [last name unknown], Greg Waplington, Ella Larson, Mary Lee, Margaret Martin (later Greenall) (later Andrusiak), Scott Johnston, Bobby Foster. Seated in the front row are; [unidentified], Jack Lort, Douglas Henderson, Clive Cunningham, [unidentified], John Moore, Jack Scott, [unidentified], George Tyre, [unidentified], Victor Donnell and Ken Blott.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Adair, Annie T.
Waplington, John
Dawkins, Albert
Pontifex, Bob
Scott, Eva
Smith, Leona
Woods, Bernice
Moore, A.G. "Al"
Moore, Montague Hutchings "Monty"
Banning, Carl
Turner, Betty
Blott, Betty
Woods, Winona
Turner, Margaret
Waplington, Greg
Larsen, Ella
Lee, Mary
Andrusiak, Margaret Martin Greenall
Johnston, Scott
Foster, Bobby
Lort, Jack
Henderson, Douglas
Cunningham, Clive
Moore, John Gifford
Scott, Jack
Tyre, George
Donnell, Victor
Blott, Ken
Jung, Suey Ying "Laura"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Street Address
4861 Canada Way
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
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Interview with David Skulski

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
2 sound recordings (wav) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, at…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Museum Oral Histories series
Subseries
Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
2 sound recordings (wav) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)
Material Details
Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: David Skulski Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 6 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 80 min., 38 sec. Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, attending school in New Westminster and Burnaby and Hebrew school in Vancouver. David recalls his early experiences in music, instruments that he played and describes some of his Jewish family traditions. 00:22:23 – 00:49:57 David talks about his experiences studying music at university and following his passion as a musician and oboist. He recalls his experiences of working with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Orchestra, Vancouver Society for Early Music, the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra, other musical ensembles and venues where he’s performed. 00:49:58 – 01:00:00 David talks about living in Burnaby in the Deer Lake neighbourhood. David describes some his experiences playing traditional music from different countries. 01:01:01 – 01:14:15 David comments on the changes that he’s seen in Burnaby over the years, some of his favourite places, activities, cultural amenities and development on the Fraser River. David talks about the Jewish community in Burnaby, his involvement with the Peretz Centre and examples of Jewish cuisine. 01:14:16 – 01:20:38 David talks about Yiddish being his first language, his language studies in Lithuania, the roots of the language and provides some examples of speaking Yiddish.
History
Interviewee biography: Murray "David" Skulski was born in 1942 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and moved to British Columbia with his parents in 1948. Skulski and his family settled in New Westminster before moving to Burnaby in the late 1950's. Skulski took piano lessons at an early age and began playing obo while attending junior high school in New Westminster. In 1960 at the age of 17 years, Skulski began performing with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as solo English horn and is the youngest player to ever be employed with the VSO. In 1991, Skulski started playing with the Vancouver Folk Orchestra and was the conductor between 1997 and 2004. Skulski has been the principal oboe player in many orchestras. In 1968, Skulski founded the Hortulani Musicae; in 1970, he founded the Vancouver Society for Early Music and in 1983 he founded Harmonie, an ensemble concentrating in classical wind music. In 2003, Skulski became president of the Pertez Centre for Secular Jewish Culture. In 2005, Skulski became principal oboist of the Philharmonic Orchestra and the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra and between 2009 and 2019 he was the principal oboist for the Pilgrim Orchestra under Pilwon Suk. David has served as president of the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture and since 2022, he’s served on the board of the Vancouver Chamber Music Society. Skulski has taught summer courses in Renaissance music in Austria (1972-1979), has been a music resident at Simon Fraser University (1973-1976), has lectured on the history of musical instruments at SFU and UBC and in 2008 began teaching at the Pacific Coast School of Music, Richmond School of Music and Oakridge Music Studios. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
Creator
Burnaby Village Museum
Subjects
Education
Foods
Music
Musical Instruments
Occupations - Musicians
Performances - Concerts
Persons - Jewish Canadians
Religions - Judaism
Names
Burnaby Symphony Orchestra
Burnaby South High School
Burquest
Skulski, Murray "David"
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Vancouver Society for Early Music
Peretz Centre
Responsibility
Damer, Eric
Geographic Access
Deer Lake
Deer Lake Park
Accession Code
BV023.16.10
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023
Media Type
Sound Recording
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks

Interview with David Skulski, [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023

Interview with David Skulski, [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023

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Students at Douglas Road School

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students on the steps of Douglas Road School with their teacher, Annie Adair, standing in the centre at the very back. The boy standing on the extreme left at the back row is identified as Arthur Blomberg and the boy standing 4th from the left in the middle row is Harold Moore. The ot…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students on the steps of Douglas Road School with their teacher, Annie Adair, standing in the centre at the very back. The boy standing on the extreme left at the back row is identified as Arthur Blomberg and the boy standing 4th from the left in the middle row is Harold Moore. The other students are not identified.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Douglas Road School
Adair, Annie T.
Blomberg, Arthur
Moore, Harold Frederick
Geographic Access
Canada Way
Street Address
4861 Canada Way
Accession Code
BV989.28.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
1925
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer identifies photograph as no. 42
Notes on recto of photograph read: "Douglas Rd. school / Teacher Anne Adair / ARTHUR BLOMBERG / HAROLD MOORE" and "1925"
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