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Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory222
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1485-1814
Length
0:09:45
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's explanation of the connection between printers and unions throughout history. He also tells the story of the cylinder press being smashed by handpress workmen to protect their jobs at the London Times as well as his own experiences learning on…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's explanation of the connection between printers and unions throughout history. He also tells the story of the cylinder press being smashed by handpress workmen to protect their jobs at the London Times as well as his own experiences learning on the Linotype.
Date Range
1485-1814
Photo Info
Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
Length
0:09:45
Subjects
Printing Tools and Equipment
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.
Biographical Notes
John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
Total Tracks
7
Total Length
0:58:44
Interviewee Name
Burton, John
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Oral history subseries
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Track six of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr

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Costco

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95083
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 13, 2020
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a family waiting in line to enter a Costco store. Everyone in the line is wearing face masks. In the background, an employee in a high visibility vest rearranges shopping carts.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 13, 2020
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
623-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-10
Scope and Content
Photograph of a family waiting in line to enter a Costco store. Everyone in the line is wearing face masks. In the background, an employee in a high visibility vest rearranges shopping carts.
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Gervan, Bonnie
Notes
Transcribed title
Photographer's caption: "A family keeps their distance while waiting to enter the store."
Geographic Access
Still Creek Avenue
Street Address
4500 Still Creek Avenue
Planning Study Area
Dawson-Delta Area
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House with Christmas lights

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98655
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
2021
Collection/Fonds
Disappearing Burnaby collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the exterior of a house with an unknown address, located in the area of Inman and Cascade Heights Elementary Schools and near Smith Avenue. The photograph depicts the house at night and lit up with Christmas lights and other holiday decorations. Snow is covering the house's front lawn.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
2021
Collection/Fonds
Disappearing Burnaby collection
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
634-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2022-14
Scope and Content
Photograph of the exterior of a house with an unknown address, located in the area of Inman and Cascade Heights Elementary Schools and near Smith Avenue. The photograph depicts the house at night and lit up with Christmas lights and other holiday decorations. Snow is covering the house's front lawn.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Buildings - Residential
Holidays - Christmas
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Cheung, Nakita
Notes
Title taken from the associated blog post
Associated blog post: https://disappearingburnaby.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/christmas-ho-ho-ho/
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cascade-Schou Area
Garden Village Area
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