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Application for Diversion of a Drainage Course North of Alberta Street in the 4600 Block

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48124
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
47613
Meeting Date
2-May-1949
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
47613
Meeting Date
2-May-1949
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Application for Permission to Establish a Chemical Plant on the Property in the Vicinity of the South End of Alberta Street

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
47958
Meeting Date
31-Oct-1949
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
47958
Meeting Date
31-Oct-1949
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Application for Purchase of Property at the Corner of Alberta Avenue and Hurst Street - With Relation to Ocean View Development Ltd.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48328
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
48651
Meeting Date
29-Nov-1948
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
48651
Meeting Date
29-Nov-1948
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Banff, Alberta

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1944]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the bus station and surrounding area at Banff, Alberta. Mount Lougheed is visible in the background.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the bus station and surrounding area at Banff, Alberta. Mount Lougheed is visible in the background.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Bus Stations
Geographic Features - Mountains
Accession Code
BV005.30.12
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1944]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Date
1/19/2010
Photographer
Battersby, Frank
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Banff, Alberta

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1944]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mount Lougheed, taken looking north, from the main street in Banff.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mount Lougheed, taken looking north, from the main street in Banff.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Roads
Geographic Features - Mountains
Accession Code
BV005.30.33
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1944]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Date
1/19/2010
Photographer
Battersby, Frank
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Harvest in Champion, Alberta

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19905
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1930
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman, two children and a dog in a field with harvest binders and tractor. Woman is identified as Orrie Sommers' mother and children are identified as Irene Sommeres (standing) and Myrna Sommers. Location is identified as Champion, Alberta.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman, two children and a dog in a field with harvest binders and tractor. Woman is identified as Orrie Sommers' mother and children are identified as Irene Sommeres (standing) and Myrna Sommers. Location is identified as Champion, Alberta.
Subjects
Agriculture
Agriculture - Farms
Names
Sommers Family
Lawrence, Myrna Sommers
Cool, Irene Dorothy Rae Sommers
Accession Code
BV022.32.327
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1930
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-06-09
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "This was 1930 / harvesting here at / home with the / binders. One binder / flew to pieces before/ they got finished. / I guess it was / travelling too fast. / Orries mother / Irene / Myrna & / the pup"
Note in ink on lower recto of photograph reads: "HARVEST_1930"
Note in white ink on album page reads: "Champion, ALTA"
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Highways map of British Columbia, Alberta and adjacent states

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1930]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 map : col. lithographic print ; both sides ; 89.5 x 58 cm, folded to 11.5 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Double sided road map published by Imperial Oil, Ltd. and featuring the main travelled highway routes of British Columbia, Alberta and the Northwestern-most states of the United States of America. The map is a colour lithograph. The main map is green, with the highways highlighted in red. The litho…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
Series
Maps of British Columbia and Canada series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 map : col. lithographic print ; both sides ; 89.5 x 58 cm, folded to 11.5 x 20 cm
Material Details
Scale 1 inch = 20 miles
A.R. THOMSON / CHIEF CARTOGRAPHER
Scope and Content
Double sided road map published by Imperial Oil, Ltd. and featuring the main travelled highway routes of British Columbia, Alberta and the Northwestern-most states of the United States of America. The map is a colour lithograph. The main map is green, with the highways highlighted in red. The lithograph was created in Canada by Rolph Clark Stone Ltd in Toronto. The opposite side of the map features inset maps of the following: the Trans-Canada Highway, the highway between Prince Rupert and Prince George, the highway through the Canadian Rockies, and the highway through the Peace River District. Small city plan maps of highways through major cities, as well as advertisements for Imperial Oil products, are also found on the opposite side of the main map. This map is one of four produced by Imperial Oil that covered the most populated areas of Canada from coast to coast and paralleled Imperial Oil's distribution service.
Creator
Thomson, A.R.
Publisher
Imperial Oil Limited
Accession Code
HV977.37.187
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1930]
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-11-10
Notes
Title based on content of map
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Highways map of British Columbia, Alberta and adjacent states, [1930] thumbnail

Highways map of British Columbia, Alberta and adjacent states, [1930]

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On porch in Alberta

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[193-]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of group posing together on porch of farm house in Champion, Alberta. People are identified as (left to right); Caroline "Carrie" Sommers, Esther (Love) Stanley, Frank Charles "Stan" Stanley (seated on steps), Frank Conquest Stanley (seated on steps) and Orrie Sommers.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of group posing together on porch of farm house in Champion, Alberta. People are identified as (left to right); Caroline "Carrie" Sommers, Esther (Love) Stanley, Frank Charles "Stan" Stanley (seated on steps), Frank Conquest Stanley (seated on steps) and Orrie Sommers.
Names
Stanley, Frank Charles "Stan", 1891-1975
Stanley, Frank Conquest
Stanley, Esther Love
Stanley Family
Sommers, Orrie Earl
Sommers, Caroline "Carrie" Potter
Sommers Family
Accession Code
BV022.32.347
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[193-]
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
See also BV022.32.339 for similar photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-06-09
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
Note in white ink on page of photograph album reads: "Carrie, Esther, Orrie, Stan"
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Petition of Ocean View Burial Park Company to Abandon to the Ocean View Burial Park Company Portion of Alberta Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport54709
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
70808
Meeting Date
8-May-1940
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
70808
Meeting Date
8-May-1940
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Removal of Street Light at Imperial Street between Alberta Street and Patterson Avenue to East Side of BCE Track at Central Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport54178
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
70264
Meeting Date
5-Jul-1943
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
70264
Meeting Date
5-Jul-1943
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Request for Hard Surfacing of Roads Leading to Bloedel Stewart and Welch Plant at the Foot of Alberta Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48987
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
49023
Meeting Date
6-Oct-1947
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
49023
Meeting Date
6-Oct-1947
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Street Light on Imperial Street Midway between Patterson and Alberta Avenues

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
70010
Meeting Date
20-Nov-1944
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
70010
Meeting Date
20-Nov-1944
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Water Main on Scott Street and Alberta Street

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
71734
Meeting Date
4-Oct-1933
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
71734
Meeting Date
4-Oct-1933
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Alma, Jack and George F. Nichols

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38175
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 ; 2.8 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photorgraph of (left to right) Alma, Jack and George F. Nichols in the garden at 4016 Kingsway (later renumbered 4548 Kingsway). The family lived behind the Nichols Family Meat Market on Kingsway.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1942] (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 ; 2.8 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-762
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photorgraph of (left to right) Alma, Jack and George F. Nichols in the garden at 4016 Kingsway (later renumbered 4548 Kingsway). The family lived behind the Nichols Family Meat Market on Kingsway.
Subjects
Occupations - Butchers
Names
Nichols Family Meat Market
Nichols, Alma Alberta MacPhaden
Nichols, George Frederick
Nichols, Jack
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4548 Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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Capitol Hill neighborhood children

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1936 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Capitol Hill neighbourhood children after swimming in Burrard Inlet at Confederation Park. Front row, left to right: Eleanor Hoag, Harold Runnings, Charlie Hoag, and George Newsham. 2nd row, left to right: Millie Westerback, Lloyd Runnings, an unidentified child, and Alberta Runnings.…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1936 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-649
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Capitol Hill neighbourhood children after swimming in Burrard Inlet at Confederation Park. Front row, left to right: Eleanor Hoag, Harold Runnings, Charlie Hoag, and George Newsham. 2nd row, left to right: Millie Westerback, Lloyd Runnings, an unidentified child, and Alberta Runnings. 3rd row, left to right: Margaret Neilson, Vera McLean and Edith Allanson. Back row, left to right: an unidentified child, Grace Eshelby and Winnifred Eshelby. They are standing on Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) railway tracks.
Subjects
Sports - Swimming
Names
Allanson, Edith
Eshelby, Grace
Eshelby, Winnifred
Hoag, Charlie
Hoag, Eleanor
McLean, Vera
Neilson, Margaret
Newsham, George
Runnings, Alberta
Runnings, Harold
Runnings, Lloyd
Westerback, Millie
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Warwick Avenue
Confederation Park
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Capitol Hill Area
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Nichols Family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38151
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1940 and 1944] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left to right) George Nichols, Jack Nichols and Alma Nichols, in the yard at the back of Nichols Meat Market at 4016 Kingsway (later renumbered 4548 Kingsway). Jack Nichols is wearing a uniform.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1940 and 1944] (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 ; 2.6 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-738
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left to right) George Nichols, Jack Nichols and Alma Nichols, in the yard at the back of Nichols Meat Market at 4016 Kingsway (later renumbered 4548 Kingsway). Jack Nichols is wearing a uniform.
Subjects
Occupations - Butchers
Buildings - Commercial - Stores
Clothing - Uniforms
Names
Nichols Meat Market
Nichols, Alma Alberta MacPhaden
Nichols, George Frederick
Nichols, Jack
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4548 Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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Nichols Family and Friends

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1940 and 1944] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left to right) George Nichols, Jack Nichols, Alma Nichols, Mickey McGuire, and Clara in the yard at the back of Nichols Meat Market at 4016 Kingsway (later renumbered 4548 Kingsway).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1940 and 1944] (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 ; 2.6 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-739
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left to right) George Nichols, Jack Nichols, Alma Nichols, Mickey McGuire, and Clara in the yard at the back of Nichols Meat Market at 4016 Kingsway (later renumbered 4548 Kingsway).
Subjects
Occupations - Butchers
Buildings - Commercial - Stores
Names
McGuire, Mickey
Nichols Meat Market
Nichols, Alma Alberta MacPhaden
Nichols, George Frederick
Nichols, Jack
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
Caption at bottom of photograph reads, "Dad, Jack, Mom, Micky and Clara"
Clara has been alternatively identified as Clara McGuire
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4548 Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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History of Burnaby and vicinity

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Green, George, 1872-1955
Publication Date
1947
Call Number
971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Digital Reference Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV017.17.1
Call Number
971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
Author
Green, George, 1872-1955
Place of Publication
[S.l.]
Publisher
[s.n.]
Publication Date
1947
Printer
Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch
Physical Description
233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Inscription
"Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
Library Subject (LOC)
Burnaby (B.C.)--History
Burnaby (B.C.)
Biography
Name Access
Green, George
Notes
Autographed by author
"By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
Copy 2 of 2
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History of Burnaby Resource Guide

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
2019
government to lay off all Japanese workers. The family was eventually displaced as part of the Federal government’s removal of Japanese Canadians from the coast. After being placed to work on a sugar beet farm in Iron Spring, Alberta for three years, the family eventually settled permanently in Kingston
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Digital Reference Collection
Material Type
Digital Resource
Accession Code
BV019.63.1
Author
Burnaby Village Museum
Place of Publication
Burnaby, BC
Publisher
City of Burnaby
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
21 p. : ill.
Library Subject (LOC)
Burnaby (B.C.)--History
Directories
Object History
Created from research gathered by Burnaby Village Museum staff into the diverse History of Burnaby.
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Digital Books
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Richard Hardy family fonds

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1912] (date of original) -1989
Collection/Fonds
Richard Hardy family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records; 27 b&w prints; 1 col. prints; 7 b&w neg.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of the Ward and Hardy famillies in their daily lives and work, including photographs of teachers and students at South Burnaby High School, and special events such as the Burnaby Civic employees union picnic, the Diamond Jubilee Parade, Princess Margaret's visit and Ma…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1912] (date of original) -1989
Collection/Fonds
Richard Hardy family fonds
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records; 27 b&w prints; 1 col. prints; 7 b&w neg.
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2014-16
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of the Ward and Hardy famillies in their daily lives and work, including photographs of teachers and students at South Burnaby High School, and special events such as the Burnaby Civic employees union picnic, the Diamond Jubilee Parade, Princess Margaret's visit and May Day at Central Park. The fonds also includes ephemera documenting Katherine (Hardy) Raasheer's student life at a variety of Burnaby schools and programs from the opening of the Burnaby Municipal Hall in 1956 and a Corporation of Burnaby Service Awards ceremony in 1964.
History
Richard Hardy was born in Fishborn, Alberta, on November 3, 1910. In 1922, his family moved to the home of his maternal grandparents at 1127 Edmonds Avenue in Burnaby. His parents, John Harrison Hardy and Gertrude Hephezebarh (nee Ward) moved to Burnaby with their four children: Edith; Richard "Dick"; Geoffrey; and John Edward "Jack". Gertrude was born in Barrie, Ontario. John Harrison Hardy was born in Yorkshire, England, and came to Canada in 1899, settling at Pincer Creek area of Southern Alberta. In about 1910, Richard's grandparents, Col. James Edward Ward and his wife Hephzibah (nee Hale) moved from Alberta to Burnaby. Col. Ward was the postmaster in the Lozell's area of Burnaby and was a city councillor for the District of Burnaby in 1915. Dick was enrolled at Edmonds Street School for his elementary school years, and later attended Burnaby South High School for two years, taking a commercial course. The family attended St. Alban's Anglican Church. While Richard was a student, he and his brother Geoff delivered newspapers in the area, making about $12 per month. In 1911, Dick joined the Burnaby Boy Scouts and continued to be involved for the next 40 years. In 1927, at the age of 17 years, Dick began work for the Corporation of the District of Burnaby as an office boy in the Treasurer's Department and retired as Tax Collections Supervisor in 1973 after 45 years of service. From September 1942 until his discharge in 1946, Dick served in WWII in the Canadian Army. His brother, Jack, served in the Canadian Air Force and was killed in April 1943. In 1933, Dick's parents moved back to Alberta with three of their children, leaving him in the family home on Edmonds Street. In 1939, after courting, he and Mabel Lilian "Mabs" Young of New Westminster married. Prior to her marriage, Mabs was employed as a teacher at the Burnaby South High School. Mabs and Dick had two daughters, Lynne (b. 1941) and Katherine (b. 1947). The family lived on Edmonds Street until 1947 when they moved into their second home in Burnaby at 2006 Buller Avenue (now 7185 Buller Avenue). In 1960, Mabs and Dick moved to their third Burnaby home, located at 4337 Wildwood Crescent. Mabs died in 1980. Dick continued to live in Wilwood Crescent house until 1983, when he moved to an apartment for one year but, missing his garden, he bought a small house with a large yard located at 8452 16th Avenue. He stayed in this house from 1985 until 1998 when he could no longer live independently. He moved to assisted living at Canada Way Lodge then to the nearby George Derby Centre where he lived for a few months before dying in August 2001. Dick loved to hike and camp and enjoyed his family and his garden.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Notes
MSS183, photo catalogue 570
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