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Digney family home at Christmas
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85470
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (1min., 18 sec.) : digital, col. ; si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment of the Digney family at Christmas. Film opens with views of a rhododendrun bush and moves into footage showing the outside and inside their home at Christmas time.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (1min., 18 sec.) : digital, col. ; si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-002-6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2012-15
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment of the Digney family at Christmas. Film opens with views of a rhododendrun bush and moves into footage showing the outside and inside their home at Christmas time.
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Names
- Digney, Andy
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'Royal Visit'
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
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Video
Digney family home at Christmas, 1939
Digney family home at Christmas, 1939
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-002-6.m4vEllis Family at Christmas, 1941
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37707
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1941 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.4 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1941. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: James Ellis, Annie King-Ellis, Sarah Ellis, Bob Ellis, Harry Ellis, and Jim Ellis. The baby is Bobby Ellis.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1941 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.4 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-295
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1941. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: James Ellis, Annie King-Ellis, Sarah Ellis, Bob Ellis, Harry Ellis, and Jim Ellis. The baby is Bobby Ellis.
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Names
- Ellis, Annie King
- Ellis, Robert "Bob"
- Ellis, Bobby
- Ellis, Dr. Harry M.
- Ellis, James
- Ellis, Jim
- Ellis, Sarah
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Ellis Family at Christmas, 1942
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37708
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.4 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1942. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Standing, left to right: Harry Ellis, Annie Ellis, and Bobby Ellis. Seated, left to right: Sarah Ellis, Grandpa Ellis, Bob Ellis, Mrs. and Mr. Ellis, and Bobby Ellis.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.4 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-296
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1942. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Standing, left to right: Harry Ellis, Annie Ellis, and Bobby Ellis. Seated, left to right: Sarah Ellis, Grandpa Ellis, Bob Ellis, Mrs. and Mr. Ellis, and Bobby Ellis.
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Ellis Family at Christmas, 1943
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37709
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1943 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.4 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1943. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: Bobby Ellis, Mrs. and Mr. Ellis, Jim Ellis, Annie Ellis, Harry Ellis, and Bob Ellis.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1943 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.4 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-297
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1943. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: Bobby Ellis, Mrs. and Mr. Ellis, Jim Ellis, Annie Ellis, Harry Ellis, and Bob Ellis.
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Ellis Family at Christmas, 1944
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37710
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1944. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: Mrs. and Mr. Ellis, Bobby Ellis, Harry Ellis, Annie Ellis, and Jim Ellis (home on leave, in uniform).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-298
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1944. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: Mrs. and Mr. Ellis, Bobby Ellis, Harry Ellis, Annie Ellis, and Jim Ellis (home on leave, in uniform).
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Ellis Family at Christmas, 1945
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37711
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1945 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.4 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1945. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: Dave Gray, Annie Ellis, Don Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis, Bobby Ellis, and Bob Ellis.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1945 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.4 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-299
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1945. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: Dave Gray, Annie Ellis, Don Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis, Bobby Ellis, and Bob Ellis.
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Ellis Family at Christmas, 1946
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37712
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1946. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: Jim Ellis, Audrey Ellis, Sarah Ellis, David Ellis, Bobby Ellis, Mr. Ellis, Annie Ellis, and Bob Ellis.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-300
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1946. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: Jim Ellis, Audrey Ellis, Sarah Ellis, David Ellis, Bobby Ellis, Mr. Ellis, Annie Ellis, and Bob Ellis.
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Names
- Ellis, Annie King
- Ellis, Audrey
- Ellis, Robert "Bob"
- Ellis, Bobby
- Ellis, David
- Ellis, Jim
- Ellis, Sarah
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Ellis Family at Christmas, 1947
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37713
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1947. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: Harry Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis, Bobby Ellis, David Ellis, Annie Ellis, Bob Ellis, Audrey Ellis, and Jim Ellis.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-301
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1947. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: Harry Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis, Bobby Ellis, David Ellis, Annie Ellis, Bob Ellis, Audrey Ellis, and Jim Ellis.
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Names
- Ellis, Annie King
- Ellis, Audrey
- Ellis, Robert "Bob"
- Ellis, Bobby
- Ellis, David
- Ellis, Dr. Harry M.
- Ellis, Jim
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Ellis Family at Christmas, 1951
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37714
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.4 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1951. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: Mr. Ellis, Bobby Ellis, Annie Ellis, Audrey Ellis, Bob Ellis, Harry Ellis, Jim Ellis, David Ellis, and Sarah Ellis.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.4 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-302
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family, Christmas 1951. The photo was taken in the Ellis house at 6926 Nelson Avenue. Left to right: Mr. Ellis, Bobby Ellis, Annie Ellis, Audrey Ellis, Bob Ellis, Harry Ellis, Jim Ellis, David Ellis, and Sarah Ellis.
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Names
- Ellis, Annie King
- Ellis, Audrey
- Ellis, Robert "Bob"
- Ellis, Bobby
- Ellis, David
- Ellis, Dr. Harry M.
- Ellis, Jim
- Ellis, Sarah
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory502
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1947-1950
- Length
- 00:05:23
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s three years working for the BC Provincial Police in Burnaby. He describes the communication and transportation challenges that separated neighbourhoods in Burnaby, and what the area looked like around his first house on Portland Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s three years working for the BC Provincial Police in Burnaby. He describes the communication and transportation challenges that separated neighbourhoods in Burnaby, and what the area looked like around his first house on Portland Street.
- Date Range
- 1947-1950
- Photo Info
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979
- Length
- 00:05:23
- Subjects
- Public Services - Policing
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 26, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.
- Total Tracks
- 14
- Total Length
- 01:35:07
- Interviewee Name
- Brown, Donald N. "Don"
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Don Brown
Track one of interview with Don Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-016/MSS187-016_Track%201.mp3Ricky Ellis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37755
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 2.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ricky Ellis standing behind table set for a Christmas gathering inside the Ellis family home at 6926 Nelson Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 2.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-343
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ricky Ellis standing behind table set for a Christmas gathering inside the Ellis family home at 6926 Nelson Avenue.
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Furniture
- Names
- Ellis, Ricky
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Copied from col. photograph
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area