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Annie Hill riding a horse

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39560
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1910
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph ; b&w ; 5.5 x 9 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman (most likely Annie Hill) sitting on a horse in a field next to the woods. A small wooden building can be seen in the background. The photograph was probably taken on the Hill property known as Broadview on Buckingham Avenue.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1910
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph ; b&w ; 5.5 x 9 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-879
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman (most likely Annie Hill) sitting on a horse in a field next to the woods. A small wooden building can be seen in the background. The photograph was probably taken on the Hill property known as Broadview on Buckingham Avenue.
Subjects
Animals - Horses
Names
Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Buckingham Avenue
Street Address
5730 Buckingham Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
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Annie Hill riding Tom

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38749
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Annie Hill riding sidesaddle in a field.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-068
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Annie Hill riding sidesaddle in a field.
Subjects
Animals - Horses
Names
Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Brown family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46475
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1912]
Collection/Fonds
Ed Brown Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w jpg.
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Brown family standing in front of a large tree. Identified are Ed Brown (next to horse) with his wife Jennie and one of their children (in a baby carriage).The man to the left is unknown.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1912]
Collection/Fonds
Ed Brown Family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w jpg.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
298-013
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2008-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Brown family standing in front of a large tree. Identified are Ed Brown (next to horse) with his wife Jennie and one of their children (in a baby carriage).The man to the left is unknown.
Subjects
Plants - Trees
Animals - Horses
Names
Brown, Jennie Birtch
Brown, Ed
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Royal Oak Avenue
Images
Less detail

Dick Wirick on horseback

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37477
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
August 1, 1945 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 3.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dick Wirick riding his horse, Bus, on the 5700 block of Hastings Street. The horse is rearing. Capitol Hill School can be seen in the background.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
August 1, 1945 (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 ; 4.6 x 3.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-065
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dick Wirick riding his horse, Bus, on the 5700 block of Hastings Street. The horse is rearing. Capitol Hill School can be seen in the background.
Subjects
Animals - Horses
Names
Wirick, Dick
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Geographic Access
Hastings Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Capitol Hill Area
Images
Less detail

Digney family at Bonsor Avenue and family outings

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85309
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1946 and 1947]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 film clip (13 min., 10 sec.) : digital,col., si.
Scope and Content
Item is a digitized silent colour film segment identified as Reel 15. Film footage opens with Andy and Alice Digney in the yard of the Digney family home on Bonsor Avenue and their son Ernest Frank (Dig) and his wife Dorothy (Dot) with thier infant son Paul at age 6 months and later as a toddler wi…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1946 and 1947]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Physical Description
1 film clip (13 min., 10 sec.) : digital,col., si.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
562-003-15
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2014-04
Scope and Content
Item is a digitized silent colour film segment identified as Reel 15. Film footage opens with Andy and Alice Digney in the yard of the Digney family home on Bonsor Avenue and their son Ernest Frank (Dig) and his wife Dorothy (Dot) with thier infant son Paul at age 6 months and later as a toddler with a variety of family members. Footage also includes a view of Prince George, family members with Elephants and ponies from the Bible Brothers Circus, the Crystal Pool and Butchart Gardens in Victoria. The film closes with Paul, grandpa Dig and the family dog, Nero back in the yard of their home on Bonsor Avenue.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Animals
Animals - Horses
Animals - Dogs
Names
Digney, Andy
Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
Digney, Paul
Digney, Dorothy
Digney, Alice
Media Type
Moving Images
Photographer
Digney, Andy
Creator
Digney, Andy
Notes
Title based on contents of film
Geographic Access
Bonsor Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
Video

Digney family at Bonsor Avenue and family outings, [between 1946 and 1947]

Digney family at Bonsor Avenue and family outings, [between 1946 and 1947]

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E.B. Wetenhall riding Maggie

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38753
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of E.B. Wetenhall riding horseback, most likely near his home in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-072
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of E.B. Wetenhall riding horseback, most likely near his home in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Animals - Horses
Names
Wetenhall, E.B.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Gordon Lubbock on horseback

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37239
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1940]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gordon Lubbock on horseback.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1940]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Lubbock family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
342-013
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1994-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gordon Lubbock on horseback.
Subjects
Animals - Horses
Names
Lubbock, Gordon
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Horseback Riding on Snake Hill (Burnaby Mountain)

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35863
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[194-] (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 Ainsly Lubbock and members of the Burnaby Lake Saddle Club horseback riding on Snake Hill (later known as Burnaby Mountain).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[194-] (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.
204-722
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ainsly Lubbock and members of the Burnaby Lake Saddle Club horseback riding on Snake Hill (later known as Burnaby Mountain).
Subjects
Animals - Horses
Organizations
Names
Lubbock, Ainsly
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
Less detail

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
Names
British Columbia Provincial Police
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
Less detail

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
Names
British Columbia Provincial Police
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
Less detail

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
Names
British Columbia Provincial Police
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
Less detail

Hugo Redino on horseback

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37264
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1940]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Hugo Redino on horseback inside a show arena. His horse is wearing western tackle.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1940]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Lubbock family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 11 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
342-038
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1994-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Hugo Redino on horseback inside a show arena. His horse is wearing western tackle.
Subjects
Animals - Horses
Names
Redino, Hugo
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Interior of a blacksmith shop

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1138
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[before 1921]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 17.5 cm mounted on board 18 x 22.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the interior of a blacksmith shop. A man in a long jacket is moving next to the furnace at the front of the shop and a farrier (a specialist in equine hoof care) is holding the reins of a horse. The horse appears to be agitated and is kicking out with his hind leg. A third man is visi…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 17.5 cm mounted on board 18 x 22.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the interior of a blacksmith shop. A man in a long jacket is moving next to the furnace at the front of the shop and a farrier (a specialist in equine hoof care) is holding the reins of a horse. The horse appears to be agitated and is kicking out with his hind leg. A third man is visible walking through the doorway wearing protective equipment of some kind.
Subjects
Occupations - Blacksmiths
Animals - Horses
Accession Code
BV992.45.21
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[before 1921]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Kitty Hill and a friend riding horses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39567
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1910
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitty Hill in a dress riding sidesaddle, while her friend rides western in a field next to the woods. The photograph was likely taken at Kitty's home, known as Broadview, on Buckingham Avenue in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1910
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-886
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitty Hill in a dress riding sidesaddle, while her friend rides western in a field next to the woods. The photograph was likely taken at Kitty's home, known as Broadview, on Buckingham Avenue in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Animals - Horses
Names
Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Buckingham Avenue
Street Address
5730 Buckingham Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Less detail

Kitty Hill and friend on horseback

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38752
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitty Hill (right) and Florence Hart riding on horseback.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-071
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitty Hill (right) and Florence Hart riding on horseback.
Subjects
Animals - Horses
Names
Hill Family
Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
Godwin, Florence Hart
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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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
Series
Community Archives Collection series
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.
Subjects
Agriculture - Farms
Animals - Horses
Recreational Activities - Horseback riding
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
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Men with horses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46472
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1915]
Collection/Fonds
Ed Brown Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w jpg.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of six men holding on to the reins of twelve horses, lined up in a row in a field. Ed Brown has been indentified as one of the men. The rest are unknown.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1915]
Collection/Fonds
Ed Brown Family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w jpg.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
298-014
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2008-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of six men holding on to the reins of twelve horses, lined up in a row in a field. Ed Brown has been indentified as one of the men. The rest are unknown.
Subjects
Animals - Horses
Names
Brown, Ed
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Murdoch McMurray with horses

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1911
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.8 x 15.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Murdoch McMurray in a suit with a tie, standing between two horses as he holds on to their reins. There is a barn in the back on the left of the photograph. The area looks wooded with tall grasses growing to the right of the photograph. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.8 x 15.4 cm
Material Details
inscribed in blue ballpoint pen, verso, t. "Picture taken at the Old Ranch. Year- 1911/ My first team of horses- Barny + Frank."
Scope and Content
Photograph of Murdoch McMurray in a suit with a tie, standing between two horses as he holds on to their reins. There is a barn in the back on the left of the photograph. The area looks wooded with tall grasses growing to the right of the photograph. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Pictures taken at the old ranch, year 1911 / My first team of horses - Barney and Frank." The ranch is the old Gilley Brothers Ranch that his father purchased in 1906.
Subjects
Animals - Horses
Names
McMurray, Murdoch
Accession Code
HV981.3.3
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1911
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-09-12
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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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
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.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track five of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray

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Race track on circus grounds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1176
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
Collection/Fonds
Fred K. Leggett family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a racetrack on circus grounds, with a man saddling up a horse in the foreground. The location has not been identified.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Fred K. Leggett family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a racetrack on circus grounds, with a man saddling up a horse in the foreground. The location has not been identified.
Subjects
Transportation - Horses
Animals - Horses
Exhibitions
Accession Code
BV993.51.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-4"
1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying
Images
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