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- Agriculture - Farms 1
- Animals - Horses 22
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- Clothing - Costumes 1
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- Exhibitions - Rodeos 1
- Organizations 2
- Personal Symbols - Trophies 2
- Recreational Activities - Horseback riding 1
- Transportation - Sleighs 1
Ainsly Lubbock with Pawnee
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription54858
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ainsly Lubbock in a cowboy hat, leaning on a railing next to his horse Pawnee.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 342-042
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ainsly Lubbock in a cowboy hat, leaning on a railing next to his horse Pawnee.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Names
- Lubbock, Ainsly
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Bea Lubbock on horseback
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37261
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bea Lubbock on horseback. She is astride an appaloosa, standing in an arena has been set up for show jumping.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 342-035
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bea Lubbock on horseback. She is astride an appaloosa, standing in an arena has been set up for show jumping.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Names
- Lubbock, Beatrice "Bea"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Bea Lubbock on horseback
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37262
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1957
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. (Kodacolor) ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bea Lubbock in an arena on horseback.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1957
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. (Kodacolor) ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 342-036
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bea Lubbock in an arena on horseback.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Names
- Lubbock, Beatrice "Bea"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on verso of print reads: "THIS IS A/ Kodacolor Print/ MADE ONLY BY KODAK./ WEEK OF AUG. 31 - 57/ RM"
Images
Burnaby Lake Saddle Club Ring
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35866
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-] (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 the Burnaby Lake Saddle Club ring built in 1948 at the Lubbock farm for rodeos and other kinds of horsemanship competitions.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-725
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Lake Saddle Club ring built in 1948 at the Lubbock farm for rodeos and other kinds of horsemanship competitions.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Organizations
- Names
- Burnaby Lake Saddle Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- A note with this photograph indicated that an old address for this property was 1 Arbor Lane
- Geographic Access
- Grandview Highway
- Canada Way
- Burris Street
- Street Address
- 7803 Burris Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Burnaby Lake Saddle Club Rodeo
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35864
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-] (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 a rodeo in a ring at the Lubbock farm. The Burnaby Lake Saddle Club was based there.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-723
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a rodeo in a ring at the Lubbock farm. The Burnaby Lake Saddle Club was based there.
- Names
- Burnaby Lake Saddle Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- A note with this photograph indicated that the old address of the farm was 1 Arbor Lane.
- Geographic Access
- Grandview Highway
- Canada Way
- Burris Street
- Street Address
- 7803 Burris Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Burnaby Winter Club
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34632
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 19.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Winter Club at 4990 Canada Way. Three sheep and a horse are standing in a field by a building.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 19.7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 068-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Winter Club at 4990 Canada Way. Three sheep and a horse are standing in a field by a building.
- Names
- Burnaby Winter Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4990 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Girl on horseback
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37265
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a girl on horseback, receiving an award during a competiton.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 342-039
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a girl on horseback, receiving an award during a competiton.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Events - Competitions
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Gordon Lubbock on horseback
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37254
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gordon Lubbock on horseback.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 342-028
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gordon Lubbock on horseback.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Names
- Lubbock, Gordon
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Croton Studio Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on recto of photograph reads: "PROOF ONLY"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Croton Photo Service/ 609 TWELFTH ST. - 1419 PACIFIC HWY./ PHONE 3419 R1"
Images
Horse jumping
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1135
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [before 1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 34.5 cm print, mounted on foamcore 26.5 x 34.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six members of the British Columbia Provincial Police Mounted Troop forming a human arch as a horse and rider jump though it.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 34.5 cm print, mounted on foamcore 26.5 x 34.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six members of the British Columbia Provincial Police Mounted Troop forming a human arch as a horse and rider jump though it.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Accession Code
- BV992.40.2
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [before 1950]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Scan Date
- 1/6/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Horse jumping
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1136
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [before 1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 34.5 cm print, mounted on foamcore 26.5 x 34.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six members of the British Columbia Provincial Police Mounted Troop forming a human arch as a horse and rider jump though it.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 34.5 cm print, mounted on foamcore 26.5 x 34.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six members of the British Columbia Provincial Police Mounted Troop forming a human arch as a horse and rider jump though it.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Accession Code
- BV992.40.3
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [before 1950]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Scan Date
- 1/6/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Horse jumping
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1137
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [before 1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 34.5 cm print, mounted on foamcore 26.5 x 34.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six members of the British Columbia Provincial Police Mounted Troop forming a human arch as a horse and rider jump though it.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 34.5 cm print, mounted on foamcore 26.5 x 34.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six members of the British Columbia Provincial Police Mounted Troop forming a human arch as a horse and rider jump though it.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Accession Code
- BV992.40.4
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [before 1950]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Scan Date
- 1/6/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Ian Taylor
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37808
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1952] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ian Taylor riding a paint-coloured pony on the 4200 block of Triumph Street. Ian Taylor is dressed in a cowboy outfit.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1952] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-396
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ian Taylor riding a paint-coloured pony on the 4200 block of Triumph Street. Ian Taylor is dressed in a cowboy outfit.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Costumes
- Animals - Horses
- Names
- Taylor, Ian
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Triumph Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
Interview with Jim and Linda Champion by Eric Damer October 21, 2012 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory318
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1951-1969
- Length
- 0:11:40
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Linda and Jim Champion's memories of living so close to the Oakalla Prison Farm. They also tell stories about changes to the neighbourhood, the family horse and living "a country life."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Linda and Jim Champion's memories of living so close to the Oakalla Prison Farm. They also tell stories about changes to the neighbourhood, the family horse and living "a country life."
- Date Range
- 1951-1969
- Length
- 0:11:40
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- October 21, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Jim Champion and his daughter Linda Champion conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 21, 2012. Major themes discussed are: raising a family in Burnaby as well as the experience of growing up in the area as it developed from farmland to suburbia.
- Biographical Notes
- Although Jim Champion was born in Burnaby in 1924, he grew up and attended school in White Rock. After serving in the navy during the war, Jim Champion came back to Vancouver, met and married Ethel (Danielson) Champion and began working for the Vancouver Fire Department. Jim and Ethel Champion's eldest daughter, Linda Champion, was born in 1948. In 1949, the Champions bought 1.8 undeveloped acres on Gilpin Street and began to build. By the time their house was built, they had become a family of six, so Jim and Ethel worked to built a larger house adjacent to the first. The Champions had chickens and a horse as their neighbourhood changed from farmland to suburbia. Jim has retired from the Vancouver Fire Department and his daughter Linda Champion is currently a City of Burnaby employee.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:41:09
- Interviewee Name
- Champion, Jim
- Champion, Linda
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track four of recording of interview with Jim and Linda Champion
Track four of recording of interview with Jim and Linda Champion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-007/MSS171-007_Track_4.mp3John Lubbock with a horse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37267
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Lubbock and a friend. The young friend is holding on to the briddle of a horse, who has his head resting over John Lubbock's shoulder.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 342-041
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Lubbock and a friend. The young friend is holding on to the briddle of a horse, who has his head resting over John Lubbock's shoulder.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Names
- Lubbock, John
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
John Lubbock with Rusty
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37234
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Barker Lubbock standing on a gravel road, leading his horse Rusty. John had five children with Elizabeth Lubbock.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 342-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Barker Lubbock standing on a gravel road, leading his horse Rusty. John had five children with Elizabeth Lubbock.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Names
- Lubbock, John Barker
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on back of photograph reads: "Rusty + Pop"
Images
Lubbock barnyard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37230
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958 or 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Lubbock barnyard, with cars from the 1930s and the 1950s parked along the side of the paddock and in front of the barn. Horses are visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958 or 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 342-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Lubbock barnyard, with cars from the 1930s and the 1950s parked along the side of the paddock and in front of the barn. Horses are visible in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Grandview Highway
- Canada Way
- Burris Street
- Street Address
- 7803 Burris Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Lubbock photographs from album
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64493
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1945-1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 130 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Lubbock family, including their riding stables and horses, family events, their pets, and landscape and travel photographs. These photographs were originally housed in a photographic album.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1945-1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 130 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm or smaller
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 342-046
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Lubbock family, including their riding stables and horses, family events, their pets, and landscape and travel photographs. These photographs were originally housed in a photographic album.
- Names
- Lubbock, Ainsly
- Lubbock, Beatrice "Bea"
- Lubbock, Elizabeth
- Lubbock, Gordon
- Lubbock, John
- Lubbock, John Barker
- Lubbock, Mina
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Grandview Highway
- Canada Way
- Burris Street
- Street Address
- 7803 Burris Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Murdock and Lillian McMurray interview November 17, 1975 - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory247
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1904-1975
- Length
- 0:09:26
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's memories of his first team of horses. Lillian (Wray) McMurray and her husband discuss their son Bob McMurray's volunteerism and professional activities.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's memories of his first team of horses. Lillian (Wray) McMurray and her husband discuss their son Bob McMurray's volunteerism and professional activities.
- Date Range
- 1904-1975
- Photo Info
- Emerson Doran (left) and Murdoch McMurray, 1917. Item no. 229-004
- Length
- 0:09:26
- Names
- McMurray, Bob
- Subjects
- Transportation - Sleighs
- Animals - Horses
- Interviewer
- McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”
- Interview Date
- November 17, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Murdock McMurray and his wife Lillian (Wray) McMurray conducted by Pixie McGeachie on November 17, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Burnaby's development, the Wray Shoe store and Murdock McMurray's cordwood delivery business.
- Biographical Notes
- Murdock McMurray was born in Vancouver in 1892 to Wilhelmina May and Robert William McMurray. Other children in the family included older siblings John “Jack” and Margaret Lillian, younger siblings Minnie May born May 4, 1895 and Hampton born June 8, 1902. Murdock’s father Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) but retired shortly after moving his family to Burnaby in 1906. He bought six acres of land of what had been previously the Gilley Ranch, the base of operations for Gilley Bros. Ltd. at 2519 Windsor Street (later renumbered and renamed to the 6400 block Imperial Street). Murdock McMurray quit school early to apprentice as a printer. By sixteen he had left the trade and gone into partnership with his older brother Jack. With a team of horses, harness and a wagon, the brothers helped to macadamize roads, haul building supplies for new homes, deliver cord wood for heating, clear land and excavate basements. When Jack McMurray set off to serve overseas during World War I as a driver in the engineer corps, Murdock bought his team of horses and continued working, mainly in the Deer Lake district. In 1916 Murdoch McMurray partnered with Emerson Doran, nephew of the owner of Doran's Mill to buy Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard. As everything was geared towards the war effort, Murdock and Emerson soon ran out of work and had to sell the business. Murdock sold off his horses and equipment and went to work at the ship yard on Pitt River. By 1919 Jack McMurray had returned home from overseas and was working as a fireman at the Shull Lumber and Shingle Mill on the Fraser River. In 1921, he and Murdock teamed up with Emerson Doran and repurchased the Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard which they ran together until 1947. Murdock McMurray married Lillian Wray on September 17, 1925. Lillian was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wray, who came to settle in the Jubilee area of Burnaby in 1919. The family lived on Dow Road and Edward Wray operated Jubilee Shoe Store and Post Office. He was known throughout the district as "Wray - The Shoe Man." Mrs. Wray died in 1957 at the age of eight-six and Edward Wray died January 14, 1967 at age of ninety-three. Murdock and Lillian lived at Inverness Street (now Arcola) and raised three children together, Bob, Jack and Bessie. Murdock McMurray died in New Westminster on April 28, 1985 at the age of ninety-two. Lillian Ethel (Wray) McMurray died in Burnaby on February 28, 1986 at the age of eighty-seven.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:55
- Interviewee Name
- McMurray, Lillian Wray
- McMurray, Murdoch
- Interviewer Bio
- Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. Pixie married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie and raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. Pixie served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." She also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine. On 24 September, 2011, the City of Burnaby dedicated the reading at the City Archives in honour of Pixie and formally named it the Pixie McGeachie Reading Room in recognition of her years of service to the community.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- 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.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track five of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray
Track five of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-010/MSS137-010_Track_5.mp3Oakalla Clydesdale horse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38142
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Clydesdale horse from Oakalla Prison Farm being presented with a trophy inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC. Pete Connelly (left) is standing with the head stallion.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-729
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Clydesdale horse from Oakalla Prison Farm being presented with a trophy inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC. Pete Connelly (left) is standing with the head stallion.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
Images
Oakalla Clydesdale horse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38143
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Clydesdale horse from Oakalla Prison Farm being presented with an award inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC. Pete Connelly (left) is standing with the head stallion.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-730
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Clydesdale horse from Oakalla Prison Farm being presented with an award inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC. Pete Connelly (left) is standing with the head stallion.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast