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Bellinger and Baker children
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35166
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bellinger children and friends. From left: Marion Bellinger, Christine Bellinger holding Robert "Bob" Bellinger, and two Baker children. Taken in front of Bellinger home at 6296 Earl Avenue, now called Pearl Avenue. Note the plank sidewalk.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-023
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bellinger children and friends. From left: Marion Bellinger, Christine Bellinger holding Robert "Bob" Bellinger, and two Baker children. Taken in front of Bellinger home at 6296 Earl Avenue, now called Pearl Avenue. Note the plank sidewalk.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Pearl Avenue
- Street Address
- 6296 Earl Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
Images
Bellinger and Baker children
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37475
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929 or 1930] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five children standing on the board sidewalk in front of 2827 Earl Avenue (later 6296 Pearl Avenue). Left to right: Marion Bellinger, Christine Bellinger, Robert Bellinger, Barbara Baker, and Barbara's sister. Adults are seated on the porch behind them.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929 or 1930] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-063
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five children standing on the board sidewalk in front of 2827 Earl Avenue (later 6296 Pearl Avenue). Left to right: Marion Bellinger, Christine Bellinger, Robert Bellinger, Barbara Baker, and Barbara's sister. Adults are seated on the porch behind them.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bellinger, Bernard
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Pearl Avenue
- Street Address
- 6296 Pearl Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
Images
Bellinger family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35167
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Bellinger family children. Back row: Bernard Bellinger, Christine Bellinger and David Bellinger. Middle row: Marion Bellinger and James Bellinger. Front row: Robert "Bob" Bellinger. Taken in front of the Bellinger family home at 6296 Earl Avenue, now called Pearl Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-024
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Bellinger family children. Back row: Bernard Bellinger, Christine Bellinger and David Bellinger. Middle row: Marion Bellinger and James Bellinger. Front row: Robert "Bob" Bellinger. Taken in front of the Bellinger family home at 6296 Earl Avenue, now called Pearl Avenue.
- Names
- Bellinger, Bernard
- Bellinger, Christine
- Bellinger, David
- Bellinger, James
- Bellinger, Marion
- Bellinger, Robert "Bob"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Pearl Avenue
- Street Address
- 6296 Earl Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
Images
Bellinger family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37476
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 3.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Bellinger family standing on a board sidewalk on Earl Avenue (later renamed Pearl Avenue). At left are Jack and Ellen Bellinger. The Bellinger children were: Bernard, Christine, David, Marion, James and Robert.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 3.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-064
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Bellinger family standing on a board sidewalk on Earl Avenue (later renamed Pearl Avenue). At left are Jack and Ellen Bellinger. The Bellinger children were: Bernard, Christine, David, Marion, James and Robert.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Sidewalks
- Names
- Bellinger, Bernard
- Bellinger, Christine
- Bellinger David
- Bellinger, Elizabeth Ellen Fraser
- Bellinger, Jack
- Bellinger, James
- Bellinger, Marion
- Bellinger, Robert "Bob"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bellinger, Bernard
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Pearl Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
Images
First Burnaby Company
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4590
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1934-1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 photographs + illustrations + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a scrapbook with sixteeen double sided pages with handwritten journal notations, poems, hand drawn illustrations and photographs documenting 1st Burnaby Girl Guide activities including meetings, hiking, camping and various outings. Many of the journal entries describe hiking around…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 photographs + illustrations + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a scrapbook with sixteeen double sided pages with handwritten journal notations, poems, hand drawn illustrations and photographs documenting 1st Burnaby Girl Guide activities including meetings, hiking, camping and various outings. Many of the journal entries describe hiking around Burnaby including areas such as Deer Lake, Brunette River, Willingdon and the Gilley Avenue Ravine while photographs document a garden party at the Municipal Hall at Edmonds in 1936. Photograph BV015.35.162.1 is titled "Garden Party / 1936" with Brown Owls identified L to R as: Mrs. Gowan, Miss May Dumas and Miss Kay Crossfield. Photograph BV015.35.162.2 is titled " Folk-dancing team / 1936 / Garden Party, Municipal Hall, Edmonds" with people identified in the top row L to R as: Phyllis Lockhart, Margaret Wilson, Marion Bellinger, Betty Martin and Peggy Urquhart and bottom row L to R as: Joan Warburton, Kay Lambert and Joan Mortimer. The scrapbook may have been a collective project by Marion Bellinger, Jean Atcheson, Margaret Wilson and Connie Benning.
- Names
- Atcheson, Jean
- Wilson, Margaret
- Bellinger, Marion
- Dumas, May
- Crossfield, Kay
- Lockhart, Phyllis
- Martin, Betty
- Urquhart, Peggy
- Warburton, Joan
- Lambert, Kay
- Mortimer, Joan
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.162
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1934-1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of scrapbook
- Two photographs are described at item level (BV015.35.162.1 & BV015.35.162.2)
Images
Documents
Folk dancing team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4861
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.2 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the 1st Burnaby Girl Guide company folk dancing team at a garden party at the Municipal Hall at Edmonds in 1936. The guides are dressed in white bonnets and dresses and are identified in the top row L to R: Phyllis Lockhart, Margaret Wilson, Marion Bellinger, Betty Martin and Peggy U…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.2 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the 1st Burnaby Girl Guide company folk dancing team at a garden party at the Municipal Hall at Edmonds in 1936. The guides are dressed in white bonnets and dresses and are identified in the top row L to R: Phyllis Lockhart, Margaret Wilson, Marion Bellinger, Betty Martin and Peggy Urquhart and bottom row L to R : Joan Warburton, Kay Lambert and Joan Mortimer.
- Names
- Lockhart, Phyllis
- Wilson, Margaret
- Bellinger, Marion
- Martin, Betty
- Urquhart, Peggy
- Blair, Betty Warburton Atkinson
- Lambert, Kay
- Mortimer, Joan
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.219
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1936
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- February 2, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Photograph is part of scrapbook BV015.35.162
Images
Interview with Maninder Arora
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19351
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (67 min., 25 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (66 min., 45 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Maninder Arora conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Museum Registrar James Binks. 0:00 – 07:33 Interview opens with introductions. Maninder Arora shares her immigration story and how she came to emigrate from India to Canada…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (67 min., 25 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (66 min., 45 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewers: Anushay Malik Co interviewer: James Binks Interviewee: Maninder Arora Location of Interview: In Burnaby at the home of Maninder Arora Interview Date: December 7, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: (01:07:25) Digital master recordings (wav) were edited into one recording and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Maninder Arora conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Museum Registrar James Binks. 0:00 – 07:33 Interview opens with introductions. Maninder Arora shares her immigration story and how she came to emigrate from India to Canada at 16 years of age with her mother, her older sister (18 yrs) and her younger brother (11 yrs) in 1974. Maninder explains how her sister immigrated first after marrying a South Asian Canadian and subsequently was able to sponsor members of her family to immigrate about one year later. Arora describes what life was like for her and her family in the northern part of Punjab in India prior to immigration to Canada. Arora describes her family composition with her being the second youngest of eight children and how at the time of immigrating, four of her elder siblings (three sisters and one brother) stayed behind. 07:34 – 16:23 As a new immigrant to Canada at the age of 16 years of age, Maninder Arora recalls the many challenges that she faced. Maninder describes how she attended Vancouver Technical School and then worked at a restaurant on Friday nights and weekends. She recollects how she got her first job through the Sikh community from the Akali Singh Sikh Gurdwara on Fraser Street. Maninder recalls that during the first five months in Canada, Maninder, her mother, sister and brother lived with her elder sister, her husband and child before finding a place of their own. Arora recalls where her family shopped for traditional Indian spices and foods. 16:24 – 25:50 Maninder Arora describes the next home that her family moved to and how she and her brother attended David Thompson Secondary School. Maninder explains that she dropped out of school in Grade 12 to go to work full time to help her family repay the debt that they owed for their immigration expenses. Around 1981, her mother was able to purchase a house at Marine Drive and Ross Street and her mother got work at the same restaurant that Maninder was working. Maninder shares and reflects on a disturbing encounter of racism that she and her older sister faced while taking local transit. 25:51 – 34:17 Maninder Arora talks about her past work experience. Maninder describes how with the help of her sister, she began working as a nurses' aide at care homes and private hospitals. Maninder reflects on how she intended to get a job in a unionized care home where she can make a better living wage. Maninder describes some of the places that she worked before obtaining certification as a nurse’s aide from Kwantlen College. 34;18 – 51:15 Maninder Arora describes the events that led to her marrying her future husband in 1986 and how it wasn’t an easy decision for her. Maninder describes where she and her family lived after her marriage and how her hard work led her to obtaining full time employment as a nurses' aide in Richmond. 51:16 - 56:16 Maninder Arora tells of how she decided to move to Burnaby where her sister and extended family were living. Maninder recalls what lead to her decision to move from Surrey to Burnaby in 1992. 56:17 - 1:04:23 Maninder Arora shares some experiences of her life in Burnaby. Maninder further reflects on her decisions for moving to Burnaby including providing what she thought would be a safer environment and education for her children. Maninder conveys how racism is still very much prevalent in society and recounts a personal encounter that she experienced while shopping for shoes at Metrotown. 1:04:24 – 1:06:45 The interviewer asks Maninder Arora what she would like to see conveyed as a message for younger people in an upcoming exhibit at Burnaby Village Museum on South Asian history. Maninder conveys that she would like all Canadian citizens living in Burnaby to make the environment better by not littering, living peacefully together and not causing people grief or struggle for nothing, “Be kind to each other”. In closing Arora shares the transportation route she took when emigrating from India to Canada.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Maninder Arora was born in the northern part of Punjab, India. Her sister immigrated to Canada in 1974 after marrying a South Asian Canadian. In 1975, after her father died, her sister was able to bring her mother, her 11 year old brother and Maninder at 16 years of age. After arriving in British Columbia, they first lived with her sister and family before finding a place of their own. Maninder attended Vancouver Technical School and later David Thompson Secondary School and worked in a restaurant on weekends to help her family out. Maninder and her family were members of the Sikh community and attended Akali Singh Sikh Gurdwara on Fraser Street. Maninder left school in Grade 12 to work full time to help her family repay the debt that they owed for their immigration expenses. In the early 1980’s Maninder’s family moved to a house near Marine Drive and Ross Street that her mother was able to purchase. With the help of her sister, Maninder got work as a nurses’ aide at care homes and private hospitals which eventually led her to obtaining certification from Kwantlen College. Maninder married in 1986 and had two children while living in Richmond. Around 1992, she moved from Surrey to Burnaby to be closer to her sister and to provide as safer environment for her children. Interviewers' biographies: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”. James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Occupations
- Occupations - Nurses
- Migration
- Names
- Arora, Maninder
- Responsibility
- Malik, Anushay
- Binks, James
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Maninder Arora, [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
Interview with Maninder Arora, [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0006_003.mp3Lady Baden Powell's visit to Vancouver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4836
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Provincial Girl Guide Commissioner Mrs. Quinnell receiving 'The Beaver Award' from Lady Baden Powell (World Chief Guide). Area Commissioner, Mrs. Vick is standing to the left of Mrs. Quinnell.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Material Details
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Delmar Portrait Studio / 817 Granville St. - Vancouver, B.C."
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Provincial Girl Guide Commissioner Mrs. Quinnell receiving 'The Beaver Award' from Lady Baden Powell (World Chief Guide). Area Commissioner, Mrs. Vick is standing to the left of Mrs. Quinnell.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.185
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1950]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- March 9, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Delmar Portrait Studio
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "5th Brownie Pack" 1948-1965 Item BV015.35.156
Images
Letter to Mrs Fowler from Olave Baden-Powell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14279
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Nov. 5, 1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a one page typewritten letter dated November 5, 1961 to Mrs. Fowler from Olave Baden-Powell.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a one page typewritten letter dated November 5, 1961 to Mrs. Fowler from Olave Baden-Powell.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.347
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- Nov. 5, 1961
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- January 6, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Typewritten history is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV015.35.164)