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Cabinet

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV021.3.1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV021.3.1
Description
Worn wooden cabinet made from Douglas Fir and cedar. The interior of the cabinet is painted a pale yellow. One third of the cabinet closest to the ground houses a large open shevling area with the back paneling visible. The middle of the cabinet has 5 slots for drawers with metal handles. One drawer is missing. The top third of the cabinet is split into 2 shelves with a yellow board bisecting the top shelf. Chinese characters are painted in black on the back of the shelving unit.
Object History
The cabinet was found in the Thrussell farmhouse on Marine Drive in Burnaby in the 1999.The Thrussell's land had been leased to Chinese tenant farmers by the Thrussell family and also previous owners. The City demolished the house, but they salvaged many items in the house before doing so. Of note are the Chinese characters and the joinery and construction of the cabinet. Chinese characters are painted in black on the back of the shelving unit The first two characters refer to pine wood and the last character is stem or branch.
Category
02. Furnishings
Classification
Household Accessories - - Storage & Display Accessories
Object Term
Cabinet
Colour
Brown
Yellow
Measurements
42” high x 42” wide x 14” width
Subjects
Agriculture - Farms
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Names
Thrussell, Annie
Thrussell, Ethel
Thrussell, Eva
Thrussell, Fredrick Thomas, 1901-1977
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Nelson Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
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Interview with Norman Dowad

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
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
1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
Material Details
Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
History
Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. 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
Agriculture - Farms
Education
Persons - South Asian Canadians
Migration
Sports
Sports - Football
Wars - World War, 1939-1945
Names
Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
Burnaby Central Secondary School
Douglas Road School
W. Dowad Limited
Responsibility
Damer, Eric
Geographic Access
Buckingham Avenue
Deer Lake
Street Address
5533 Buckingham Avenue
Accession Code
BV023.16.16
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Media Type
Sound Recording
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Transcription available
Images
Documents
Audio Tracks

Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

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L. Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby BC

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1906
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph looking towards the Pole Line Road (later Sperling Avenue) from the farm belonging to Claude Hill and known as Broadview on Buckingham Avenue. This property formerly belonged to Malcolm Nicholson. A fence can be seen dividing the garden from the field and two men are standing alongside…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1906
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-869
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph looking towards the Pole Line Road (later Sperling Avenue) from the farm belonging to Claude Hill and known as Broadview on Buckingham Avenue. This property formerly belonged to Malcolm Nicholson. A fence can be seen dividing the garden from the field and two men are standing alongside with a horse and carriage nearby. Four children are walking in the field - from left to right, Kitty Hill, Ed Clayton, Gerry Hill and Florence Hart . A house can be seen in the background, this is most likely the cottage belonging to Harriet Woodward which served as the first school and post office at Burnaby Lake. To the right of the Woodward house can be seen the roof of the Claude Hill house known as Brookfield which was at 6501 Deer Lake Avenue and above that is a house on a hill which was the George Clayton home (on what later became the Henry and Grace Ceperley Fairacres estate at 6344 Deer Lake Avenue).
Subjects
Agriculture - Farms
Geographic Features - Gardens
Names
Clayton, Edward
Godwin, Florence Hart
Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"
Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Cooksley, William Thomas
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Geographic Access
Deer Lake Avenue
Buckingham Avenue
Sperling Avenue
Street Address
6501 Deer Lake Avenue
5141 Sperling Avenue
5730 Buckingham Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
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Louis Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby, BC

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1909]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.6 cm mounted on cardboard 22.7 x 27.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a farm with men, a horse and wagon, and children in a field. An annotation on the back of one of the photos reads, "The foreground farm property stood at the corner of Sperling Avenue (formerly known as the Pole Line Road) and Buckingham. The white house in the left centre was the …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.6 cm mounted on cardboard 22.7 x 27.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a farm with men, a horse and wagon, and children in a field. An annotation on the back of one of the photos reads, "The foreground farm property stood at the corner of Sperling Avenue (formerly known as the Pole Line Road) and Buckingham. The white house in the left centre was the residence of Miss Woodward, her mother and sister. It was the first post office at 'Burnaby Lake' and the site of the kindergarten school of Miss Harriet Woodward. It later became the United Church. / The open field in the distance above the horse's head and people in the field is the field in front of the 'Manor House' which was built by Mr. Bateman in the 1920's. To the right of and beyond the white house partly hidden by the trees can be seen some of the buildings associated with the Hill farm on Deer Lake Ave. which by the date (1909) of this photo had been sold. The distant tall trees (center) stand on the site of the Municipal Buildings (DesBirsays Woods)." An annotation on the back of the other photograph reads, "Formerly belonging to Malcom Nicolson / App. 1908." Annotations at the bottom front of the photograph read, "L. Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby, BC."
Subjects
Agriculture - Crops
Agricultural Tools and Equipment
Animals - Horses
Occupations - Farmers
Agriculture - Farms
Geographic Access
Buckingham Avenue
Sperling Avenue
Accession Code
HV973.40.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1909]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-05-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w duplicate photograph accompanying
Text on first image "L Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby B C", incorporated into the image at the bottom edge of the photograph. "app 1909" pencilled in following above on the bottom edge of the image "L. Claude / Hill / Broadview", pencilled on the matt below the image. "The foreground farm property stood at the / Corner of Sperling Ave. (formerly known as Pole Line Road) / and Buckingham. The white house in the left / centre was the residence of Miss Woodward, her mother / and sister. It was the first post ofice at "Burnaby Lake" / and the site of the kindergarten school of Miss / Harriet Woodward. It later became the United / Church. / The open field in the distance above / the horses head and people in the field is / the field in front of the "Manse House" which / was built by Mr. Bateman in the 1920's. To the / right of and beyond the white house partly hidden / by the trees can be seen some of the buildings / associated with the Hill farm on Deer Lake Ave. / which by the date (1909) of this photo had been / sold. The distant tall trees (center) stand on the site of / the Municipal Buildings (DesBirsays Woods)", hand written in blue ink on the reverse side of the matt. It is not indicated who wrote the note. "OR MASTER / 973.40.4", pencilled in the lower right corner of reverse side of matt. "W. T. COOKSLEY / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."printed with very little contrast on the gray mattboard, below the lower right corner of the photograph Text on second image. "L Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby B C", incorporated into the image at the bottom edge of the photograph. "Claude surveying the haying", pencilled on the reverse side of the matt. "Formerly belonging to Malcolm Nicholson / app 1908", hand writen in blue ink on the reverse side of the matt. "H.V.973.40.4. OR. MASTER", hand printed on the bottom left corner of the reverse side of the matt. "W. T. COOKSLEY / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."printed with very little contrast on the gray mattboard, below the lower right corner of the photograph
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North Arm Dairy

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1905]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. Half a dozen cows are walking towards the barn as the children mingle around them. The large barn is in the center, and the North Arm Dairy wagon is visible in the background.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1905]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Thrussell family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
275-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-05
Scope and Content
Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. Half a dozen cows are walking towards the barn as the children mingle around them. The large barn is in the center, and the North Arm Dairy wagon is visible in the background.
Subjects
Agriculture - Farms
Animals - Cows
Names
North Arm Dairy
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Nelson Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Images
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North Arm Dairy

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36474
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1905]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. The family is standing in front of the garage that houses the North Arm Diary wagon. The younger Frederick is standing with his arm across his brow, blocking the sun. His two sisters Ethel and Mary Anne are beside him. Eva i…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1905]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Thrussell family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
275-006
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-05
Scope and Content
Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. The family is standing in front of the garage that houses the North Arm Diary wagon. The younger Frederick is standing with his arm across his brow, blocking the sun. His two sisters Ethel and Mary Anne are beside him. Eva is standing beside her mother Harriett, who has baby Edith in her arms. The elder Frederick is standing front and center. Another man stands off to the right. In the distance, half a dozen cows are walking towards the barn.
Subjects
Agriculture - Farms
Animals - Cows
Names
North Arm Dairy
Thrussell, Frederick T.
Thrussell, Ethel
Welsh, Mary Anne "Annie" Thrussell Phillips
Thrussell, Eva
Thrussell, Harriett Fenwick
Cleghorn, Edith Thrussell
Thrussell, Fredrick (1869-1909)
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Nelson Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Images
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North Arm Dairy

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36475
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. A young child is sitting on one of the horses that is harnessed to the dairy wagon. The other horse has no rider, but a girl is holding on to the riens and sitting in the dairy wagon. A man is standing beside the horse with …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Thrussell family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
275-007
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-05
Scope and Content
Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. A young child is sitting on one of the horses that is harnessed to the dairy wagon. The other horse has no rider, but a girl is holding on to the riens and sitting in the dairy wagon. A man is standing beside the horse with the rider, holding his reins. Two cows are standing in front of the barn, along with a woman who is holding a child in her arms.
Subjects
Agriculture - Farms
Animals - Cows
Animals - Horses
Names
North Arm Dairy
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Nelson Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Images
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Thrussell farm and barn

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36477
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1914]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Thrussell family farm, including the front gate and barn on Marine Drive, at Nelson Avenue.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1914]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Thrussell family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
275-009
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-05
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Thrussell family farm, including the front gate and barn on Marine Drive, at Nelson Avenue.
Subjects
Buildings - Industrial - Dairies
Agriculture - Farms
Names
North Arm Dairy
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Nelson Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Images
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Thrussell's farm

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36470
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the North Arm Dairy and the rest of the Thrussell family farm at Marine Drive and Nelson Avenue. Froggers Creek is visible on the left.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Thrussell family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
275-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-05
Scope and Content
Photograph of the North Arm Dairy and the rest of the Thrussell family farm at Marine Drive and Nelson Avenue. Froggers Creek is visible on the left.
Subjects
Buildings - Industrial - Dairies
Agriculture - Farms
Names
North Arm Dairy
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Nelson Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Images
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