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Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's employment just as the Depression hit. Alfred tells antecdotes, both amusing and disturbing, about working at a ranch out in Coquitlam.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's employment just as the Depression hit. Alfred tells antecdotes, both amusing and disturbing, about working at a ranch out in Coquitlam.

Date Range: 1928-1929

Photo Info: Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066

Length: 0:09:46

Subjects: Occupations

Historic Neighbourhood: British Columbia - Coquitlam

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: June 10, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with Alfred Bingham by SFU graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 10, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, Pioneers, and the Co-operative Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 1:57:27

Interviewee Name: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

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.

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Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track six of interview with Alfred Bingham

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-20-1/100-13-20-1_Track_6.mp3

100 years of British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009, vol. 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: British Columbia Women's Institute

Publication Date: 2008

Call Number: 305.406 BRI Vol 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9780980911404; 0980911400

Call Number: 305.406 BRI Vol 1

Author: British Columbia Women's Institute

Place of Publication: Kamloops, British Columbia

Publisher: British Columbia Women's Institute

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): British Columbia Women's Institute--History; British Columbia Women's Institute; Women--British Columbia; Biography

Notes: Contents: [1] 100 years of British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009 -- [2] 100 Women of the British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009. Includes index.

100 years of British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009, vol. 2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: British Columbia Women's Institute

Publication Date: 2008

Call Number: 305.406 BRI Vol 2

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9780980911411; 0980911419

Call Number: 305.406 BRI Vol 2

Author: British Columbia Women's Institute

Place of Publication: Kamloops, British Columbia

Publisher: British Columbia Women's Institute

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): British Columbia Women's Institute--History; British Columbia Women's Institute; Women--British Columbia; Biography

Notes: Contents: [1] 100 years of British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009 -- [2] 100 Women of the British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009.; Includes index.

2009 Twinning Program for the British Columbia Asia Pacific Initiative

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport55895

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 72267

Meeting Date: 23-Mar-2009

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 72267

Meeting Date: 23-Mar-2009

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 72267

23-Mar-2009 Meeting Minutes

Agreement between His Majesty the King in the Right of the Province of British Columbia and the Corporation of the District of Burnaby re Allotment Under the Better Housing Act

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport70938

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 735290

Meeting Date: 12-Apr-1920

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 735290

Meeting Date: 12-Apr-1920

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 735290

12-Apr-1920 Meeting Minutes

Agreement between the Province of British Columbia and the Corporation of the District of Burnaby for the Loan of Funds to Cover the Municipal Portion of Unemployment Relief Costs

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 72032

Meeting Date: 23-Oct-1935

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 72032

Meeting Date: 23-Oct-1935

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 72032

23-Oct-1935 Meeting Minutes

Agreement Concerning the Policing of the Municipality - Replacement of Burnaby Police Force by the British Columbia Provincial Police

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 71501

Meeting Date: 20-Mar-1935

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 71501

Meeting Date: 20-Mar-1935

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 71501

20-Mar-1935 Meeting Minutes

Alexandra Bridge in British Columbia

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col. ; 17.5 x 24.5 cm [sight] matted in frame 24.5 x 32 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Alexandra Bridge in British Columbia. The Alexander Bridge crosses the Fraser Canyon, along the Cariboo Highway, two kilometres north of Spuzzum.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ettinger family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col. ; 17.5 x 24.5 cm [sight] matted in frame 24.5 x 32 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 428-007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2002-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Alexandra Bridge in British Columbia. The Alexander Bridge crosses the Fraser Canyon, along the Cariboo Highway, two kilometres north of Spuzzum.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Canyons

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Edmonds Studio

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of frame reads: "Spuzzum Bridge / Fraser Canyon"; Note on recto of matte reads: "Edmonds Studio 1936"

Images

Alexandra Bridge in British Columbia

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Alexandra Bridge in British Columbia. The Alexander Bridge crosses the Fraser Canyon, along the Cariboo Highway, two kilometres north of Spuzzum.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ettinger family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 428-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2002-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Alexandra Bridge in British Columbia. The Alexander Bridge crosses the Fraser Canyon, along the Cariboo Highway, two kilometres north of Spuzzum.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Canyons

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Alexander [sic] Bridge / 1933"

Images

Alexandra Bridge in British Columbia, 1933 thumbnail

Beautiful Burnaby, British Columbia

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1108

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1921; 1927

Call Number: 971.1 BEA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Call Number: 971.1 BEA

Place of Publication: New Westminster, B.C.

Publisher: Jackson Printing Co.

Publication Date: 1921; 1927

Physical Description: 40 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Burnaby (B.C.)--Description and travel

British Columbia Asia Pacific Initiative - BC Asia Local Government Twinning Relationships

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49833

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 67404

Meeting Date: 10-Mar-2008

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 67404

Meeting Date: 10-Mar-2008

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 67404

10-Mar-2008 Meeting Minutes

British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65842

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Scope and Content: Item is a thirty-nine page booklet describing and illustrating British Columbia Electric Railway Company operations and development in the Lower Mainland between 1910 and 1923.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ephemera subseries

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 42697

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Item is a thirty-nine page booklet describing and illustrating British Columbia Electric Railway Company operations and development in the Lower Mainland between 1910 and 1923.

Media Type: Textual Record

British Columbia Electric Railway Company line car

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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 the L.6BCER, a British Columbia Electric Railway line car, used to repair overhead power lines along interurban tracks. Photographed near Jubilee Station, between Imperial and Nelson.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (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.: 204-373

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the L.6BCER, a British Columbia Electric Railway line car, used to repair overhead power lines along interurban tracks. Photographed near Jubilee Station, between Imperial and Nelson.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Maintenance Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Railroad Labourers

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Central Park Interurban line

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

British Columbia Electric Railway Company line car, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

British Columbia Electric Railway Company trams no. 1225 and 1230

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1657

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1939] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w photocopy ; 16.5 x 27.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company trams no. 1225 and 1230 linked together and going through an intersection. The destination board at the front reads, "BURNABY LK", indicating it is the Burnaby Lake line. There are street signs on the lamppost on the street corner at the left …

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w photocopy ; 16.5 x 27.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company trams no. 1225 and 1230 linked together and going through an intersection. The destination board at the front reads, "BURNABY LK", indicating it is the Burnaby Lake line. There are street signs on the lamppost on the street corner at the left but only the crossing street sign, "5th AVE" is visible. There are hand painted advertisements for "COAL/ SAWDUST/ WOOD" and "FUEL" in the background.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake Interurban line

Accession Code: BV003.24.1

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1939] (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Copy print is a digital reproduction of an original photograph

Images

British Columbia Electric Railway Company trams no. 1225 and 1230, [1939] (date of original) thumbnail

British Columbia Government and Service Employees' Union Resolution on Home Support

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport1726

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 65420

Meeting Date: 5-Jul-2004

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 19

Item No.: 1

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 65420

Meeting Date: 5-Jul-2004

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 19

Item No.: 1

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 65420

5-Jul-2004 Meeting Minutes

British Columbia Heritage Properties

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport2799

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 64359

Meeting Date: 25-Nov-2002

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 64359

Meeting Date: 25-Nov-2002

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 64359

25-Nov-2002 Meeting Minutes

British Columbia Institute of Technology radiation therapy lab

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of student Trina La Berge and instructor Jerry Cannon posing next to a row of desktop computers displaying images of scans in BCIT's radiation therapy lab.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3028

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of student Trina La Berge and instructor Jerry Cannon posing next to a row of desktop computers displaying images of scans in BCIT's radiation therapy lab.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges; Medical and Psychological Tools and Equipment; Science and Technology Tools and Equipment

Names: British Columbia Institute of Technology

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Joseph, Boaz

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a December 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Student Trina La Berge and instructor Jerry Cannon at BCIT's radiation therapy lab."