13 records – page 1 of 1.

Congratulations card from T. Eaton Co. Limited

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17331
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 1954
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 card
Scope and Content
Item consists of a congratulations card from T. Eaton Co. Limited on the occasion of the grand opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby on May 4, 1954. Card may have been sent with flowers to the management of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 card
Scope and Content
Item consists of a congratulations card from T. Eaton Co. Limited on the occasion of the grand opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby on May 4, 1954. Card may have been sent with flowers to the management of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Accession Code
BV021.26.79
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
May 1954
Media Type
Textual Record
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2021-09-21
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Item was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
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Interview with Tony and Hazel Padula by Eric Damer November 27, 2012 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory373
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1940-1965
Length
0:10:25
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Tony Padula and Hazel (Bongea) Padula's memories of night life the nineteen-forties and fifties. Tony and Hazel discuss Italian restaurants and dance halls in Vancouver and Tony mentions playing in a dance orchestra in the nineteen-forties. Tony and Hazel m…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Tony Padula and Hazel (Bongea) Padula's memories of night life the nineteen-forties and fifties. Tony and Hazel discuss Italian restaurants and dance halls in Vancouver and Tony mentions playing in a dance orchestra in the nineteen-forties. Tony and Hazel mention department stores in that era as well.
Date Range
1940-1965
Photo Info
Hazel (Bongea) Padula standing on the steps of her home at High Lawn, [195-]. Item no. 549-052.
Length
0:10:25
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Interviewer
Damer, Eric
Interview Date
November 27, 2012
Scope and Content
Recording is an interview with Tony Padula and Hazel (Bongea) Padula conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 27, 2012. Major themes discussed are: neighbourhoods and family heritage.
Biographical Notes
Tony Padula’s family came to Vancouver from Italy in 1926, the year Tony was born. After graduating from school, Tony entered the shoe industry as a salesman. Hazel Bongea (later Padula) was born in 1931 in Saskatchewan and moved to Vancouver with her family when she was ten years old. After graduating from school, Hazel found work with Standard Oil in Vancouver. Tony Padula and Hazel (Bongea) Padula married in 1951. By 1953 they had bought property in the Brentwood neighbourhood of Burnaby where they built a home and began a family. The Padulas moved away in 1959 but returned five years later to a new home in central Burnaby, where they lived for twenty-two years before moving again, this time to North Vancouver. After six years in North Vancouver, Tony and Hazel retired to New Westminster.
Total Tracks
8
Total Length
1:09:21
Interviewee Name
Padula, Hazel Bongea
Padula, Tony
Interview Location
Burnaby Village Museum
Interviewer Bio
Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
Collection/Fonds
Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
Series
Burna-Boom Oral History Project series
Transcript Available
None
Media Type
Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks

Track three of recording of interview with Tony and Hazel Padula

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Letter to T.B. Haskell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17281
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
17 May 1954
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page letter written to T. Boyd Haskell (Burnaby Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby) from Charles Luther Burton of the Robert Simpson Company Limited congratulating him on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page letter written to T. Boyd Haskell (Burnaby Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby) from Charles Luther Burton of the Robert Simpson Company Limited congratulating him on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Haskell, T. Boyd
Accession Code
BV021.26.51
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
17 May 1954
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Item was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
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Pages from May Aikenhead scrapbook

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5245
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1930-1935]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records : 1 p. + 1 illustration : col. ; graphite and watercolour + 1 digital file : col. (pdf) + 10 photographs : col. (tiffs)
Scope and Content
File consists of pages from a scrapbook created by May Aitkenhead. Pages include an illustration of a Girl Guide in uniform done in pencil and watercolour along with two pages (double sided) of clippings from newspapers, magazines and a programme. The illustration page includes the name "Mabel McIn…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records : 1 p. + 1 illustration : col. ; graphite and watercolour + 1 digital file : col. (pdf) + 10 photographs : col. (tiffs)
Scope and Content
File consists of pages from a scrapbook created by May Aitkenhead. Pages include an illustration of a Girl Guide in uniform done in pencil and watercolour along with two pages (double sided) of clippings from newspapers, magazines and a programme. The illustration page includes the name "Mabel McIntyre / Cl. 16" handwritten in pencil at the top of the page along with a sticker of a wreath. The newspaper clippings page is titled "Guide News" and includes selected clippings about the 5th Burnaby Girl Guides, while two other pages include information titled "Patrol Portfolio Chart No. 9 _ Digging"; "The Aims of the Girl Guides" and "Girl Guiding" with photographic images of Mrs. Alan Morkill (Provincial Commissioner for British Columbia); Countess Bessborough (Honourary President of the Canadian Girl Guide Association); His Excellency Rt. Hon. the Earl of Bessborough (Governor General and Commander in Chief of the Dominion of Canada- Chief Scout of Canada) as well as Lady and Lord Baden Powell. The last page is clipped and pasted from a programme and/or poster "Grand Rally / Scouts / and / Guides / April 15th 1935 / Hastings Park / Vancouver BC" and includes a page of the programme.
Creator
Aitkenhead, May
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Arts - Paintings
Names
Girl Guides of Canada
Accession Code
BV015.35.168
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1930-1935]
Media Type
Textual Record
Graphic Material
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Digital images were created of the scrapbook prior to selective retention of original records
Selected pages were removed from original scrapbook and were retained under BV015.35.168
Selected photographs were removed from scrapbook prior and are described at item level (BV015.35.292 to BV015.35.300)
Images
Documents
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Personal material

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82732
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910-1978]
Collection/Fonds
Hazel Simnett collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlai…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910-1978]
Collection/Fonds
Hazel Simnett collection
Series
Simnett personal papers series
Physical Description
9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS167-008
Accession Number
2013-22
Scope and Content
File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlain from Liverpool and a letter from the Office of the Mayor addressed to Mary Ann Simnett for her ninetieth birthday. Also included is a photograph (see item 559-001). Also included are newsclippings regarding Robert Burnaby and the "Bygones of Burnaby" book, a programme of the Robert Burnaby Commemorative Dinner, a photocopy of "The Argus" (Burnaby South High School's newspaper) from 1938, a programme from Madys Pridmore Brown's Variety Programme, "The Buzzer" Volume 40 Issue 16 advertising Vancouver street cars, New Vista Society certificate addressed to Hazel Simnett, an envelope of Fenwick Lansdowne bird prints from 1957 and a print of the Royal Family found in a cardboard envelope postmarked 1972.
Subjects
Arts - Paintings
Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
Performances - Concerts
Organizations - Societies and Clubs
Personal Symbols - Certificates
Transportation
Persons - Royalty
Names
Simnett, Hazel
Simnett, Frederick "Fred"
Simnett, Mary Ann
Lansdowne, James Fenwick
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Graphic Material
Notes
Title based on note accompanying file on folder ; The Argue was stapled together
Simnett personal papers series
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Clinton-Glenwood Area
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Telegram to general manager of Simpsons-Sears

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17280
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
4 May 1954
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram to the General Manager of Simpsons-Sears from J. Markin, Vancouver Colonial Motel expressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph with letterhead reading "personally yours / A / Canadian Pacific / Telegram"
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram to the General Manager of Simpsons-Sears from J. Markin, Vancouver Colonial Motel expressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph with letterhead reading "personally yours / A / Canadian Pacific / Telegram"
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Accession Code
BV021.26.43
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
4 May 1954
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Item was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
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Telegram to manager of Simpsons-Sears

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17332
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[May 1954]
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram to manager of Simpsons-Sears from Steel Co. of DCA Limited D.A. Leedaleexpressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to page, colourful letterhead at top with illustrations and the words "Greet…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram to manager of Simpsons-Sears from Steel Co. of DCA Limited D.A. Leedaleexpressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to page, colourful letterhead at top with illustrations and the words "Greetings", bottom of telegram reads "Canadian National Telegraphs". Handwritten note in red pencil on telegram reads: "Helga Placknowledge".
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Accession Code
BV021.26.80
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[May 1954]
Media Type
Textual Record
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2022-07-08
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Item was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
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Telegram to Simpsons-Sears fur department

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17278
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 1954
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram to Simpsons-Sears Fur Department (Burnaby) from I. Kerbel, Middlewest Fur expressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to page, colourful letterhead at top with illustrations and the words "G…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram to Simpsons-Sears Fur Department (Burnaby) from I. Kerbel, Middlewest Fur expressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to page, colourful letterhead at top with illustrations and the words "Greetings", bottom of telegram reads "Canadian National Telegraphs".
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Accession Code
BV021.26.41
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
May 1954
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Item was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
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Telegram to Simpsons-Sears fur department

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17279
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[May 1954]
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram to Simpsons-Sears Fur Department (Burnaby) from National Fur Manufacturing, expressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to page, colourful letterhead at top with illustrations and the words "…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram to Simpsons-Sears Fur Department (Burnaby) from National Fur Manufacturing, expressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to page, colourful letterhead at top with illustrations and the words "Greetings", bottom of telegram reads "Canadian National Telegraphs".
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Accession Code
BV021.26.42
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[May 1954]
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Item was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
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Telegram to T.B. Haskell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17275
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
5 May 1954
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram, dated May 5, 1954 to T.B. Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby from P.L. Gasbarino, Manager Allstate Insurance Co. expressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to page, colourful lette…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram, dated May 5, 1954 to T.B. Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby from P.L. Gasbarino, Manager Allstate Insurance Co. expressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to page, colourful letterhead at top with illustrations and the words "Greetings", bottom of telegram reads "Canadian National Telegraphs".
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Haskell, T. Boyd
Accession Code
BV021.26.25
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
5 May 1954
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Item was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
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Telegram to T.B. Haskell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17276
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
5 Apr. 1954
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram, dated April 5, 1954 to T.B. Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby from H.F. Smith, Manager Bata Shoe store, 153 West Hastings, Vancouver expressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram, dated April 5, 1954 to T.B. Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby from H.F. Smith, Manager Bata Shoe store, 153 West Hastings, Vancouver expressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to page, colourful letterhead at top with illustrations and the words "Greetings", bottom of telegram reads "Canadian National Telegraphs".
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Haskell, T. Boyd
Accession Code
BV021.26.26
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
5 Apr. 1954
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Item was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
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Telegram to T.B. Haskell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17277
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
4 May 1954
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram, dated May 4, 1954 to T.B. Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby from Homer H Bland, General Sales Manager Belding Concrete Ltd. expressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to page, col…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram, dated May 4, 1954 to T.B. Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby from Homer H Bland, General Sales Manager Belding Concrete Ltd. expressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to page, colourful letterhead at top with illustrations and the words "Greetings", bottom of telegram reads "Canadian National Telegraphs".
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Haskell, T. Boyd
Accession Code
BV021.26.27
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
4 May 1954
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Item was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
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Welcome to Simpsons-Sears from South Burnaby Board of Trade

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17333
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 1954
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 poster board
Scope and Content
Item consists of a hand painted sign on poster board reading "A cordial and hearty welcome / to / Simpsons-Sears Limited / their / Executive and Staff / South Burnaby Board of Trade." Sign was created in honour of the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby in May 1954.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 poster board
Scope and Content
Item consists of a hand painted sign on poster board reading "A cordial and hearty welcome / to / Simpsons-Sears Limited / their / Executive and Staff / South Burnaby Board of Trade." Sign was created in honour of the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby in May 1954.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Accession Code
BV021.26.78
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
May 1954
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Item was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
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