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Land Sale - Steele-Johnson Amusements Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport40871
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 36737
- Meeting Date
- 25-Apr-1960
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 16
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 36737
- Meeting Date
- 25-Apr-1960
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 16
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Lease to Steel-Johnson Amusements Limited of 13.005 Acres of Portion of Lot 68, Group 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53585
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69670
- Meeting Date
- 17-Dec-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69670
- Meeting Date
- 17-Dec-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Early pleasures & pastimes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary858
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0865050252
- 0865050244
- Call Number
- 790 KAL
- Author
- Kalman, Bobbie
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Crabtree Pub.
- Publication Date
- c1983
- Physical Description
- 95 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Recreation--History
- Amusements
- Juvenile literature
- Notes
- Includes index.
Kate Greenaway's book of games : with twenty-four full-page plates
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1087
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901
- Publication Date
- 1974
- Call Number
- 796.1 GRE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 796.1 GRE
- Author
- Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Merrimack
- Publication Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 63 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Games
- Amusements
- Juvenile literature
- Notes
- "Replica of the antique original [i.e. 1889]."
Sports that kill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2850
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.126.2
- Call Number
- 170.202 TAL
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Wakefield, Yorkshire
- Publisher
- William Nicholson and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1875
- Printer
- A. Miller and Co.
- Physical Description
- 151 p. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mary E. Urquhart" -- handwritten in ink on endpaper (front).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Conduct of life
- Theater--Moral and ethical aspects
- Amusements
- Christian ethics
- Notes
- A. Miller and Co., Toronto.
- Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, D. D.
- Phonographically reported and revised.
- Includes index
Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
History of Burnaby Resource Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7492
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2019
for more amusements. Thanks to increased personal
income, residents flocked to bowling allies like the Westminster Rollerway
on Edmonds Street, nightclubs like the Gai Paree on Kingsway or the Flame
Supper Club on Grandview Highway, and drive-in theatres like the Cascade
on Grandview Highway. The Astor Hotel
- 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
Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5465
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282850
- 9780969282853
- Call Number
- 971.1 BUR COPY 3
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Physical Description
- 199 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby, Robert--Correspondence
- Merchants--British Columbia--Correspondence
- British Columbia--History--1849-1871
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190) and index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
Bylaw Number: 1481 - Cabaret Regulation Bylaw 1934
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21984
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1481
- Final Adoption
- 1934 Jun 20
- Format
- Bylaws - Repealed
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 1481
- Final Adoption
- 1934 Jun 20
- Format
- Bylaws - Repealed
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
carousel horse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact37489
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.50.19
- Description
- Part of the 1912 C.W. Parker Carousel. Carousel horse No. 18, "Bingo." "Hunter's Pride" style horse. Jumper with reached mane, back legs slightly extended, front legs bent, erect arched neck, head forward and slightly down, ears erect facing back, mouth open. This horse was painted to resemble "Big Ben," a Champion Canadian jumping horse. Colour: Chestnut with white socks on rear legs and white blaze. Trappings: Wedgwood blue stippled light racing saddle, and chincha with gold border and silver chincha ring. Fish behind cantle. Wedgwood blue neck collar bordered and buckled in gold. Gold bridle with wedgwood blue inset on brow band, silver concho.
- Object History
- Carousel horse. Part of the C.W. Parker Carousel on display at the Burnaby Village Museum. Sponsor: Gordon Robson. Name: To honour "Bingo Hauser," owner of West Coast Amusements, who supplied the two vans and eight men for two days to move the horses from the PNE. "To honour a great showman."
- Maker
- C. W. Parker Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Kansas
- Site/City Made
- Leavenworth
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Names
- C.W. Parker Company
- Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)
- Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel
Images
Centre pole of Parker no. 119 carousel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14919
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Feb. 20, 1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Faye Diamond fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the installation of the centre pole for the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel inside the Don Wrigley Carousel Pavilion at the Burnaby Village Museum. A temporary winch was installed by Westcoast Amusements to raise the pole inside the pavilion.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Faye Diamond fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the installation of the centre pole for the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel inside the Don Wrigley Carousel Pavilion at the Burnaby Village Museum. A temporary winch was installed by Westcoast Amusements to raise the pole inside the pavilion.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Accession Code
- BV003.44.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- Feb. 20, 1993
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Arrangement by Faye Diamond
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 26-Jan-2021
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Diamond, Faye Stebner
- Notes
- Title based on content of photograph ; 1 col. copy negative accompanying
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The home library of entertainment instruction and amusement
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1700
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Meek, Thomas Sheppard
- Publication Date
- 1902
- Call Number
- 032 MEE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.12.4
- Call Number
- 032 MEE
- Author
- Meek, Thomas Sheppard
- Place of Publication
- St. Louis
- Publisher
- N.D. Thompson Pub. Co
- Publication Date
- 1902
- Physical Description
- xxiv, 544 p. [80] leaves of plates ; front., ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper" "Mr. Shei__" [written in blue ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Readers and speakers--1870-
- Notes
- Contents: Book I. Fireside gems from our popular poets -- Book II. The model speaker and reciter -- Book III. Games, amusements and sports -- Book IV. The songs we love to sing -- Book V. The home book of etiquette -- Book VI. Wonderful and remarkable things and facts -- Book VII. Biography anecdote of the great
- "richly embellished with over 100 duograph and half-tone engravings"
Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
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Digital Books
Amusement park ride
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13197
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an amusement park ride at the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival at Century Park.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an amusement park ride at the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival at Century Park.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.175
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- May 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 21, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Amusement park ride
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13198
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people standing next to an amusement park ride at the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival at Century Park.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people standing next to an amusement park ride at the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival at Century Park.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.176
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- May 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 21, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Amusement park rides at Happyland
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18103
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of amusement park rides at Happyland including the "Big Dipper" roller coaster and signs for "Shoot the Chute" inside Hastings Park, Vancouver. A few unidentified people are standing in front of the rides. Photograph is from a photograph album belonging to Jimmy Robertson who was the sup…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Subseries
- Carousel photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of amusement park rides at Happyland including the "Big Dipper" roller coaster and signs for "Shoot the Chute" inside Hastings Park, Vancouver. A few unidentified people are standing in front of the rides. Photograph is from a photograph album belonging to Jimmy Robertson who was the supervisor of rides at Happyland.
- Accession Code
- BV022.2.33
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1996
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-17
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #6
- Photograph copied from Robertson family album
Images
Child on amusement park ride
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2126
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of child on amusement park ride at the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival at Century Park.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of child on amusement park ride at the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival at Century Park.
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.174
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- May 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 21, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Dora Robertson standing in front of amusement ride
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18110
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1936 and 1940] (date of original), copied 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dora Robertson standing in front of the Big Dipper roller coaster ride inside Happyland in Hastings Park, Vancouver. Dora's husband, Jimmy Robertson was the supervisor of amusement rides for Happyland.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Subseries
- Carousel photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dora Robertson standing in front of the Big Dipper roller coaster ride inside Happyland in Hastings Park, Vancouver. Dora's husband, Jimmy Robertson was the supervisor of amusement rides for Happyland.
- Names
- Robertson, Dora
- Accession Code
- BV022.2.40
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1936 and 1940] (date of original), copied 1996
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-17
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #13
- Photograph copied from Robertson family album
Images
Woman on amusement park ride
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13199
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman standing next to a horse on a small carousel amusement park ride at the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival at Century Park. The Rhodendron Festival was part of the Burnaby Centennial '71 celebrations.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman standing next to a horse on a small carousel amusement park ride at the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival at Century Park. The Rhodendron Festival was part of the Burnaby Centennial '71 celebrations.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.177
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- May 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 21, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Amusement park operaters at Happyland
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18100
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1950] (date of original), copied 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified amuseument park operators dressed in uniforms and standing in front of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel at Happyland in Hastings Park, Vancouver. One of these men could be Jimmy Robertson who was the supervisor of amusement park rides at Happyland.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Subseries
- Carousel photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified amuseument park operators dressed in uniforms and standing in front of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel at Happyland in Hastings Park, Vancouver. One of these men could be Jimmy Robertson who was the supervisor of amusement park rides at Happyland.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Accession Code
- BV022.2.30
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1950] (date of original), copied 1996
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-17
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #1
- Photograph copied from Robertson family album