"Occupations" found 10 records

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a July 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "The bass player for the Twisters belts it out on stage during the Burnaby Blues Festival at Deer Lake Saturday afternoon."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Park; Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Burnaby Blues Festival, [2003] thumbnail

Cleaning the banner poles in Deer Lake Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98353

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified city worker in a boom lift using a power washer to clean a flag pole. The flag pole features banners for Deer Lake Park and a tree with autumn foliage is in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3363

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified city worker in a boom lift using a power washer to clean a flag pole. The flag pole features banners for Deer Lake Park and a tree with autumn foliage is in the background.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers; Geographic Features - Parks

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an October 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "With the leaves changing color, it's time for the light standards and banners around Deer Lake Park to get their annual cleaning, as city workers wash off the summer's accumulation of dirt and rust."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Cleaning the banner poles in Deer Lake Park, [1999] thumbnail

Finboard

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95821

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 the Finboard, a recreational water vehicle invented by Thomas Tomosy. The photographs show a close up of the Finboard and Tomosy demonstrating on Deer Lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-1644

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the Finboard, a recreational water vehicle invented by Thomas Tomosy. The photographs show a close up of the Finboard and Tomosy demonstrating on Deer Lake.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Occupations - Entrepreneurs

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-1644-1: "Thomas Tomosy explains how his Finboard, which he invented and built, works, after taking it for a trial run on Deer Lake. By bobbing up and down to oscillate a pair of large fins at the back of the board, Tomosy is able to propel himself forward much like a whale or dolphin."; Caption from metadata for 535-1644-2: "Thomas Tomosy demonstrates the Finboard he invented and built, at Deer Lake beach. By bobbing up and down to oscillate a pair of large fins at the back of the board, Tomosy is able to propel himself forward much like a whale or dolphin."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Park; Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Interview with David Skulski

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19606

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…

1 document 1 audio

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

2023_0016_0010_004

Audio Tracks

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

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/Hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0010_003.mp3

Jazz duo in Deer Lake rhododendron garden

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96719

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Michael and Don Fraser, a father-son jazz duo, posing with their musical instruments in the rhododendron garden at Deer Lake Park.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2324

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Michael and Don Fraser, a father-son jazz duo, posing with their musical instruments in the rhododendron garden at Deer Lake Park.

Subjects: Occupations - Musicians; Persons - Families; Geographic Features - Gardens

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an April 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Micheal and Don Fraser are framed by some of the early bloomers at Deer Lake Park's rhododendron gardens. But the father-son jazz duo hope to be surrounded by flowers when they play at Burnaby's Rhododendron Festival, on May 5."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Jazz duo in Deer Lake rhododendron garden, [2002] thumbnail

Knight family photographs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64501

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948-1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 49 photographs (35 prints : b&w and col. and 14 negatives : b&w)

Scope and Content: Photographs of "the Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton and their properties, avaries, and pets. File also includes the couple's travel photographs, photograph's of Milton's antique clock and watch collection, and images of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948-1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Knight family subseries

Physical Description: 49 photographs (35 prints : b&w and col. and 14 negatives : b&w)

Description Level: File

Record No.: 510-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS1992-53

Scope and Content: Photographs of "the Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton and their properties, avaries, and pets. File also includes the couple's travel photographs, photograph's of Milton's antique clock and watch collection, and images of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Animals - Dogs; Occupations - Veterinarians

Names: Knight, Virginia; Knight, Milton; Lakeview Aviaries

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs; Stamp on verso of 510-001 reads: "Woodward's Advertising Photography"; Note on verso of 510-003 reads: "Taken at San Juan Capistrano. The minute you enter the place these pigeons light all over you and they sell you small bags of wheat to feed them." Other notes and date stamp on verso.; Note on verso of 510-010 reads: "Virgie + Sheila Joan (Easton) Mulliner / New Year's Eve / 1970-71"; 510-008, 510-009, 510-011, 510-012: Date stamp on verso reads "Jan 12, 1962"; Note on verso of 510-022 reads: "My little Saw-Whet Owl who was one of my patients. Fully recovered and hand tame."; 510-024 is five small photographs glued to a black paper album page; Handwritten notes on recto of 510-032, describing the clocks in the photograph.

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Street Address: 5255 Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Knight family photographs, 1948-1971 thumbnail

Men skating on Deer Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37925

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men, all of whom are Burnaby firefighters, with hockey sticks on Deer Lake. Left to right: Basil Pontifex, Ivan Derinzy, Bill Menzies, Malcolm McCallum, Harvey McDonald, Gordie Williamson.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948 (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 ; 2.7 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-513

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men, all of whom are Burnaby firefighters, with hockey sticks on Deer Lake. Left to right: Basil Pontifex, Ivan Derinzy, Bill Menzies, Malcolm McCallum, Harvey McDonald, Gordie Williamson.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Occupations - Fire Fighters; Sports - Ice Hockey

Names: Derinzy, Ivan; McCallum, Malcolm; McDonald, Harvie; Menzies, William "Bill"; Pontifex, Basil; Williamson, Gordon "Gordie"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Men skating on Deer Lake, 1948 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

NewsLeader staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97797

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of the NewsLeader staff posing with a Christmas tree and superimposed on to a background of Deer Lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3049

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the NewsLeader staff posing with a Christmas tree and superimposed on to a background of Deer Lake.

Subjects: Occupations - Journalists; Holidays - Christmas

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a December 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Outdoor ampitheatre at Deer Lake Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96399

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of guitarist Rich Rabinett posing with a guitar on the slope of the lawn at Deer Lake Park that is also an outdoor ampitheatre. The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is visible behind Rabnett.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2069

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of guitarist Rich Rabinett posing with a guitar on the slope of the lawn at Deer Lake Park that is also an outdoor ampitheatre. The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is visible behind Rabnett.

Subjects: Occupations - Musicians; Geographic Features - Parks

Names: Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Rich Rabnett, the guitarist for his own jazz quintet, The Rabnett 5, may soon have a new venue for live music in Burnaby, as the city transforms the slope in Deer Lake Park, behind the Shadbolt Center, to an outdoor amphitheater."