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![Horse drawn carriage driving by church at Heritage Village, [between 1974 and 1979] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/201700460004_001.jpg?width=280)
Horse drawn carriage driving by church at Heritage Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4373
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1974 and 1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : colour ; 11.2 cm x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a horse drawn carriage driving by the church building at the Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). The carriage has three passengers and a driver. There are several other individuals in the photograph who are on horseback. Everyone appears to be wearing period costumes.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : colour ; 11.2 cm x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a horse drawn carriage driving by the church building at the Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). The carriage has three passengers and a driver. There are several other individuals in the photograph who are on horseback. Everyone appears to be wearing period costumes.
- History
- Donor was a volunteer with the Burnaby Village Museum for years and was in attendance on the day the Heritage Village Museum opened.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Drive
- Accession Code
- BV017.46.4
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1974 and 1979]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 03-Apr-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Horse drawn carriage driving by church at Heritage Village, [between 1974 and 1979] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/201700460004_001.jpg)
Horse Grazing at 6861 Kitchener Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78996
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 4, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a horse grazing at 6861 Kitchener Street near Cliff Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 4, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-080
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a horse grazing at 6861 Kitchener Street near Cliff Avenue.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Born, A. J.
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kitchener Street
- Street Address
- 6861 Kitchener Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
Images
Horses and carriage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13241
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 20 July 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 a team of horses pulling a carriage as part of the Centennial celebration event "The Day We Joined - a Confederation Celebration 1871 - 1977" held at Empire Stadium, Vancouver. The horses are decorated in feather plumes and blankets with a sign "1870'.
- 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 a team of horses pulling a carriage as part of the Centennial celebration event "The Day We Joined - a Confederation Celebration 1871 - 1977" held at Empire Stadium, Vancouver. The horses are decorated in feather plumes and blankets with a sign "1870'.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.255
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 20 July 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 23, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![John Lubbock with two horses, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/342-024.jpg?width=280)
John Lubbock with two horses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37250
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Lubbock with a horse on either side of him, standing in front of his family's farmhouse. He is holding both horses by their halters.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 7.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 342-024
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Lubbock with a horse on either side of him, standing in front of his family's farmhouse. He is holding both horses by their halters.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Names
- Lubbock, John
- 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
![John Lubbock with two horses, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/342-024.jpg)
![Joyce on pony, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0338_001.jpg?width=280)
Joyce on pony
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19916
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Joyce Stanley riding a pony (or minature horse) on a farm in Alberta.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Joyce Stanley riding a pony (or minature horse) on a farm in Alberta.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Names
- Warner, Joyce Stanley
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.338
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [193-]
- 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 white ink on album page reads: "Joyce"
Images
![Joyce on pony, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0338_001.jpg)
Kneale family home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36939
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the Kneale family home at 6726 Broadway (at Sperling Avenue). A woman, boy and horse are standing in front of the house together.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-397
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the Kneale family home at 6726 Broadway (at Sperling Avenue). A woman, boy and horse are standing in front of the house together.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Broadway
- Street Address
- 6726 Broadway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway 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
Lubbock's farm yard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36518
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lubbock's farm yard and riding stable. Three horses are tied to the paddock fence, partially tacked up. Another horse is still inside the paddock, and in the background three people are standing around a horse just outside one of the three barns visible on the property. In the foregou…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 289-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-24
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lubbock's farm yard and riding stable. Three horses are tied to the paddock fence, partially tacked up. Another horse is still inside the paddock, and in the background three people are standing around a horse just outside one of the three barns visible on the property. In the foregound, one dog is following another as they crawl under a car. Both the Burnaby Lake Riding Academy and the Burnaby Lake Saddle Club operated out of the Lubbock farm.
- 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's riding stable
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36519
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Lubbock riding stable. A number of horses tied on the outside of the outdoor paddock, watch as a chestnut horse gets lunged inside the paddock. Both the Burnaby Lake Riding Academy and the Burnaby Lake Saddle Club operated out of the Lubbock farm.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 289-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-24
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Lubbock riding stable. A number of horses tied on the outside of the outdoor paddock, watch as a chestnut horse gets lunged inside the paddock. Both the Burnaby Lake Riding Academy and the Burnaby Lake Saddle Club operated out of the Lubbock farm.
- 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
![Man with horses, [193-?] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-399.jpg?width=280)
Man with horses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36941
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-?] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man with a mare and a colt.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-?] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-399
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man with a mare and a colt.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Man with horses, [193-?] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-399.jpg)
![Mary and Ina Stanley on horse, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0216_001.jpg?width=280)
Mary and Ina Stanley on horse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19794
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mary Stanley and Ina Esther (Stanley) Shankie riding a horse with an older unidentified woman standing next to them. The woman could be their grandmother Mary Conquest Stanley. A wood pile is visible behind them.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mary Stanley and Ina Esther (Stanley) Shankie riding a horse with an older unidentified woman standing next to them. The woman could be their grandmother Mary Conquest Stanley. A wood pile is visible behind them.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Persons - Children
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.216
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [193-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-18
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
Images
![Mary and Ina Stanley on horse, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0216_001.jpg)
Mary Picken
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35470
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (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 Mary Picken (later Mary Healy) with her favourite riding horse, Foxy. Mary was the daughter of Stanley B. Picken and Isabel Picken.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (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.
- 204-328
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mary Picken (later Mary Healy) with her favourite riding horse, Foxy. Mary was the daughter of Stanley B. Picken and Isabel Picken.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Names
- Healy, Mary Picken
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Cariboo Road
- Street Address
- 6825 Cariboo Road
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
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.mp3![Oak Theatre, [between 1937 and 1936] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-002-1.jpg?width=280)
Oak Theatre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85202
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1936]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (9 min., 26 sec.) : digital, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the construction of the Oak Theatre in 1936, the opening of the theatre held on August 4, 1937, the theatre with snow in the winter and the Digney family home and neighborhood . Andy Digney moved with his family from Manitoba …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1936]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (9 min., 26 sec.) : digital, col., si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-002-1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2012-15
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the construction of the Oak Theatre in 1936, the opening of the theatre held on August 4, 1937, the theatre with snow in the winter and the Digney family home and neighborhood . Andy Digney moved with his family from Manitoba to Burnaby in 1936 and purchased 2 acres of land where he settled with his family and built the Oak Theatre which was located at 5000 Kingsway (Marlborough & Kingsway). The theatre was located on a 2 acre parcel of land and had a 350 seat capacity and offered valet parking. Construction crews with men and horses can be seen laying the foundation and erecting the walls of the theatre and crowds of people and cars are seen arriving outside the theatre on opening day.
- Subjects
- Events - Openings
- Buildings - Commercial - Theatres
- Recreational Activities - Theatre
- Animals - Horses
- Names
- Oak Theatre
- Digney, Andy
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'Oak Theatre'
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Oak Theatre, [between 1937 and 1936] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-002-1.jpg)
Video
Oak Theatre, [between 1937 and 1936]
Oak Theatre, [between 1937 and 1936]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-002-1.m4v
Pasture at Lubbock's farm
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36521
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the horse pasture at Lubbock's farm. The barn and surrounding shrubbery are visible on the left, and there is a horse grazing on the grass. Both the Burnaby Lake Riding Academy and the Burnaby Lake Saddle Club operated out of the Lubbock farm.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 289-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-24
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the horse pasture at Lubbock's farm. The barn and surrounding shrubbery are visible on the left, and there is a horse grazing on the grass. Both the Burnaby Lake Riding Academy and the Burnaby Lake Saddle Club operated out of the Lubbock farm.
- 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
![Plateau east of Itcha Mountain, [August 1921 or 1931] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198557620001.jpg?width=280)
Plateau east of Itcha Mountain
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1389
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [August 1921 or 1931]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men on horseback on a grassy field, with a dog sitting between the horses. There is a portion of caribou skull and antlers a few steps in front of the two men. The inscription on the photograph written by "Lacey" identifies the location as "Pleateau east of Itcha Mountain".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men on horseback on a grassy field, with a dog sitting between the horses. There is a portion of caribou skull and antlers a few steps in front of the two men. The inscription on the photograph written by "Lacey" identifies the location as "Pleateau east of Itcha Mountain".
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Animals - Dogs
- Accession Code
- BV985.5762.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [August 1921 or 1931]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-02
- Notes
- Title based on inscription
- Inscribed in pencil on verso of photograph: "Plateau east of Itcha Mt./ Alt 62000 Caribou Antlers/ & portion of skull in foreground/ Aug 1921 [or 1931 ?]/ Lacey"
Images
![Plateau east of Itcha Mountain, [August 1921 or 1931] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198557620001.jpg)
Royal Visit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39111
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a parade during the Royal Visit in 1939.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-430
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a parade during the Royal Visit in 1939.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Events - Parades
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Royal Visit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39112
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a parade during the Royal Visit in 1939.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-431
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a parade during the Royal Visit in 1939.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Events - Parades
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Royal Visit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39113
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a parade during the Royal Visit in 1939.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-432
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a parade during the Royal Visit in 1939.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Events - Parades
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Sperling Avenue and Douglas Road, [between 1938 and 1940] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-534.jpg?width=280)
Sperling Avenue and Douglas Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37947
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1938 and 1940] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sperling Avenue and Douglas Road. World Bros. Hardware can be seen on the north side of Douglas Road, with the General Store across the street.There are four people on horseback. The photograph was taken from Sperling Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1938 and 1940] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-534
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sperling Avenue and Douglas Road. World Bros. Hardware can be seen on the north side of Douglas Road, with the General Store across the street.There are four people on horseback. The photograph was taken from Sperling Avenue.
- Names
- World Brothers Hardware
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Douglas Road
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Sperling Avenue and Douglas Road, [between 1938 and 1940] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-534.jpg)