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![Duraisamy family, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2977-1.jpg?width=280)
Duraisamy family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97702
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Duraisamy family, who moved to Canada from Sri Lanka, displaying how they blend Christian Christmas and Hindu traditions in their home.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2977
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Duraisamy family, who moved to Canada from Sri Lanka, displaying how they blend Christian Christmas and Hindu traditions in their home.
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Religions - Christianity
- Religions - Hinduism
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a December 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2977-1: "Siva and Kanges Duraisamy, originally from Sri Lanka, have been gradually melding their Hindu and Christian Christmas traditions."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2977-2: "The Duraisamy family, originally from Sri Lanka, have been gradually melding Hindu and Christian Christmas traditions since moving to Canada in 1999."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2977-3: "Niroo Duraisamy, 8, shows off the letter to Santa Claus he composed on his home computer. Since moving to Canada from Sri Lanka in 1999, his family has gradually incorporated western Christmas traditions into their holiday."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2977-4: "Siva Duraisamy tries to figure out why the family's Frosty the Snowman decoration won't light up."
Images
![Duraisamy family, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2977-1.jpg)
![Edwin Wettenhall Bateman at the farm, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1986/1986_0021_0003_001.jpg?width=280)
Edwin Wettenhall Bateman at the farm
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription144
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [192-]
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman standing between a draft horse and a milking cow on his property. The horse is being held by his muzzle with Edwin's left hand and they are both facing the cow. The cow is being held by her halter with Edwin's right hand and her lead is hanging loosely to the …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman standing between a draft horse and a milking cow on his property. The horse is being held by his muzzle with Edwin's left hand and they are both facing the cow. The cow is being held by her halter with Edwin's right hand and her lead is hanging loosely to the ground at their feet. The photograph was taken on the Elworth property at the hobby farm just east of the main house.
- Subjects
- Animals - Cows
- Animals - Horses
- Names
- Bateman, Edwin W.
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Accession Code
- BV986.21.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [192-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-04-02
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Edwin Bateman with horse + cow On Hobby farm located just east of Elworth on Douglas Rd." and "# 3"
Images
![Edwin Wettenhall Bateman at the farm, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1986/1986_0021_0003_001.jpg)
![Ella Street, [after 1925] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/217-003.jpg?width=280)
Ella Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36071
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [after 1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col ; 6.5 x 5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ella Street standing next to a cow - probably at the Street family home on Cumberland Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [after 1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Helen Street subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col ; 6.5 x 5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 217-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-6
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ella Street standing next to a cow - probably at the Street family home on Cumberland Street.
- Subjects
- Animals - Cows
- Names
- Street, Ella
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 col. copy negative accompanying
- Note in pencil on verso reads: "1205 Cumberland"
- Ella Jane Street (nee Bryson) was born in Allen's Corner, Chateauguay County, Quebec on December 5, 1873 to John Alexander Bryson and Mary Ann Grant.
- Ella married Ernest Street in Saskatoon on March 17, 1909. The couple had one child, Frank Bryson Street, born in Young, Saskatchewan on January 27, 1910.
- Additional Street family biographical information available in accession file.
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
![Ella Street, [after 1925] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/217-003.jpg)
![Ernest and Frank Street, [between 1920 and 1925] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/217-004.jpg?width=280)
Ernest and Frank Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36072
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 6 x 11 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ernest Street and his son Frank feeding the animals at the family farm on Cumberland Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Helen Street subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 6 x 11 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 217-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-6
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ernest Street and his son Frank feeding the animals at the family farm on Cumberland Street.
- Names
- Street, Ernest
- Street, Frank
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 col. copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
![Ernest and Frank Street, [between 1920 and 1925] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/217-004.jpg)
![E.W. Nicholson farm, [1921] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/375-005.jpg?width=280)
E.W. Nicholson farm
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38244
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1921]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of cattle grazing in the field on the farm belonging to E.W. Nicholson Farm. The Roman Catholic Boys' School can be seen faintly in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1921]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Margaret McCallum subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 375-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-42
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of cattle grazing in the field on the farm belonging to E.W. Nicholson Farm. The Roman Catholic Boys' School can be seen faintly in the background.
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Animals - Cows
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Boundary Road
- Street Address
- 2550 Boundary Road
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
Images
![E.W. Nicholson farm, [1921] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/375-005.jpg)
fan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91699
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.4.1
- Description
- Pakhi is a hand held fan. Tha fan has a pole like centre where a paddle is attached and swings freely around the pole. The bottom of the pole has a handle, and the top of the pole is painted fuchsia pink.
- The paddle part of the fan is made of brown and green plasticized strips woven into a diamond pattern. The edge of the paddle is covered in a pleated white fabric trim.
- Object History
- These are items that belonged to the donors as household items in their home in Burnaby between 1976 and 2023.
- Pakhi was made by donor before immigrating to Canada.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Assistive Artifacts
- Object Term
- Fan, Hand
Images
![Farm workers, [1908] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-949.jpg?width=280)
Farm workers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66236
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1908]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 8 cm (oval, sight) on sheet 15 x 22.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified farm workers at the farm of Claude Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1908]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 8 cm (oval, sight) on sheet 15 x 22.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-949
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified farm workers at the farm of Claude Hill.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Street Address
- 5730 Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Farm workers, [1908] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-949.jpg)
Fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15202
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a devasting fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. The ground is covered with snow and smoke and flames are visible rising from the buildings.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a devasting fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. The ground is covered with snow and smoke and flames are visible rising from the buildings.
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmills Limited
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.23
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on Tuesday, January 14, 1947
- See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but toolate to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."
Images
Fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15206
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fire at Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fire at Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947.
- Subjects
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Natural Phenomena - Fires
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.27
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on January 14, 1947
- See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but too late to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."
Images
Fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15207
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Jan.1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. A group of bystanders are looking on while firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department fight the blaze.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. A group of bystanders are looking on while firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department fight the blaze.
- Subjects
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Natural Phenomena - Fires
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.28
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 14 Jan.1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on Tuesday January 14, 1947
- See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but too late to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."
Images
Fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15209
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Jan.1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fire at the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. Mill buildings are engulfed in flames. There is snow on the ground.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fire at the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. Mill buildings are engulfed in flames. There is snow on the ground.
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.29
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 14 Jan.1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on Tuesday January 14, 1947
Images
Fire fighters battling fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15203
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department battling the fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. Water was pumped from Burrard Inlet to fight the fire.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department battling the fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. Water was pumped from Burrard Inlet to fight the fire.
- Subjects
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Natural Phenomena - Fires
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.24
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on January 14, 1947
- See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but too late to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."
Images
Fire fighters battling fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15204
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department battling the fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. Water was pumped from Burrard Inlet to fight the fire.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department battling the fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. Water was pumped from Burrard Inlet to fight the fire.
- Subjects
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Natural Phenomena - Fires
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.25
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on January 14, 1947
- See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but too late to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."
Images
Fire fighters battling fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15205
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department battling the fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. Water was pumped from Burrard Inlet to fight the fire.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department battling the fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. Water was pumped from Burrard Inlet to fight the fire.
- Subjects
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Natural Phenomena - Fires
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.26
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on January 14, 1947
- See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but too late to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."
Images
![Fleet of Kapoor Sawmills trucks, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0011_001.jpg?width=280)
Fleet of Kapoor Sawmills trucks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15190
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fleet of trucks for Kapoor Sawmills Limited.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fleet of trucks for Kapoor Sawmills Limited.
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmills Limited
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.11
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- See page 62 in book "In the Shadow by the Sea - recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The fleet of Kapoor Sawmill trucks, c. 1940s"
Images
![Fleet of Kapoor Sawmills trucks, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0011_001.jpg)
flyer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91716
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.7.7
- Description
- Communication Gap - Flyer -- [1990]. Single sheet, double sided flyer distributed by the Vancouver Sath advertising an event discussing the communication gap between First and Second Generation Indo-Canadians. The event was held on Sunday, May 13 1990 at the East Richmond Community Centre in Richmond.
- One side of the flyer is printed in English, and the other side is printed in Punjabi
- The flyer was printed on blue paper with black ink.
- Object History
- These items are a selection from the donor's collection and ephemera that inspired them throughout their activism and community work in Burnaby and the Lower Mainland.
- Measurements
- Height: 28.5 cm
- Width: 22 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
Images
flyer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91717
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.7.8
- Description
- Vancouver Sath - Flyer -- 1992. Single sheet flyer distributed by the Vancouver Sath advertising an event that took place on August 9, 1992.
- The flyer is printed in Punjabi on dark yellow paper with black ink. There is an illustration of a figure covered in leaves or a vine on the left side of the page. There is a checkered border around the outside of the page with an oval in the centre for the event information.
- Object History
- These items are a selection from the donor's collection and ephemera that inspired them throughout their activism and community work in Burnaby and the Lower Mainland.
- Measurements
- Height: 28.5 cm
- Width: 22 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
Images
flyer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91718
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.7.9
- Description
- Vancouver Sath - Flyer -- 1992. Single sheet flyer distributed by the Vancouver Sath advertising an Fundraiser Dinner and Dance that took place on Friday, June 19, 1992 at the Mughul Garden Restaurant in Vancouver.
- The flyer is printed in English and Punjabi on pink paper with black ink. There is an illustration of a group people in the centre of flyer.
- The flyer was prepared by Sadhu Binning.
- Object History
- These items are a selection from the donor's collection and ephemera that inspired them throughout their activism and community work in Burnaby and the Lower Mainland.
- Measurements
- Height: 28.5 cm
- Width: 22 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
Images
flyer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91719
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.7.10
- Description
- In Our Own Voices - Flyer -- 1990. Single sheet flyer distributed by the Vancouver Sath advertising a call for submissions for its English magazine. The closing date for submissions was Friday, November 23, 1990.
- The flyer is printed in English white paper with black ink. There is an illustration of a group people in the centre of flyer.
- Object History
- These items are a selection from the donor's collection and ephemera that inspired them throughout their activism and community work in Burnaby and the Lower Mainland.
- Measurements
- Height: 28.5 cm
- Width: 22 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
Images
flyer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91720
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.7.11
- Description
- Two New Plays - Flyer -- 1987. Single sheet flyer distributed by the Vancouver Sath advertising the performance of Two New Plays to be performed on Sunday, March 8, 1987 at Van Tech School in Vancouver.
- The flyer is printed in English and Punjabi[?] on orange paper with black ink. There is an illustration of a group people at the top left of flyer.
- Object History
- These items are a selection from the donor's collection and ephemera that inspired them throughout their activism and community work in Burnaby and the Lower Mainland.
- Measurements
- Height: 28.5 cm
- Width: 22 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
Images
