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Plans and Specifications for a House for H.B. Brown Under "Better Housing Act"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport81320
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 91311
- Meeting Date
- 15-Aug-1921
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 91311
- Meeting Date
- 15-Aug-1921
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Report of the Engineer re Foreman Ettinger and Wm. Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport80905
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 78548
- Meeting Date
- 14-Mar-1921
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 78548
- Meeting Date
- 14-Mar-1921
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Tank Site on North Road Offered to Messrs Connell and Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport67424
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58411
- Meeting Date
- 20-Aug-1928
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58411
- Meeting Date
- 20-Aug-1928
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Transfer of Mr. Brown from Assessor's Officer to Assistant Clerk Position
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport68429
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 72948
- Meeting Date
- 8-Sep-1924
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 72948
- Meeting Date
- 8-Sep-1924
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Wages to William Brown for Services as Driver of the Float in the Hudson's Bay Pageant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport71283
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 735836
- Meeting Date
- 5-Jul-1920
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 735836
- Meeting Date
- 5-Jul-1920
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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![Blasting stump, [1921 or 1922] (date of original), digitally copied 2012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-008.jpg?width=280)
Blasting stump
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription76891
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1921 or 1922] (date of original), digitally copied 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Brown-John family sitting and standing on the blasting stump. This stump was located near the corner of Gilmore Avenue and Napier Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1921 or 1922] (date of original), digitally copied 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 549-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2012-30
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Brown-John family sitting and standing on the blasting stump. This stump was located near the corner of Gilmore Avenue and Napier Street.
- Subjects
- Plants - Trees
- Names
- Brown-John, Victor Joseph Charles
- Brown-John, Archie
- Brown-John, Frank
- Brown-John, Roy
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- Brown-John, Clive
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Napier Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
Images
![Blasting stump, [1921 or 1922] (date of original), digitally copied 2012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-008.jpg)
![Blasting stump, [1920] (date of original), digitally copied 2012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-009.jpg?width=280)
Blasting stump
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription76892
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920] (date of original), digitally copied 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Brown-John children playing on the blasting stump that was located near the corner of Gilmore Avenue and Napier Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920] (date of original), digitally copied 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 549-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2012-30
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Brown-John children playing on the blasting stump that was located near the corner of Gilmore Avenue and Napier Street.
- Subjects
- Plants - Trees
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Napier Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
Images
![Blasting stump, [1920] (date of original), digitally copied 2012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-009.jpg)
![Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-001.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory287
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1910-1946
- Length
- 0:09:17
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.
- Date Range
- 1910-1946
- Photo Info
- Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
- Length
- 0:09:17
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Geographic Access
- Napier Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.
- Biographical Notes
- Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 33:02
- Interviewee Name
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- 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
Images
![Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-001.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track one of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
Track one of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_1.mp3
Division XIII at Kingsway West School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1373
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15.5 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division XIII at Kingsway West School, sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building. Standing in the back row (from left) are; Ernie Hughes, Alastair Grant, Melville McHale, Arthur Yeates, Bernard Dermott, Freddy Lloyd, Albert Walker, Leslie Watson, Reggie Coe and…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15.5 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division XIII at Kingsway West School, sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building. Standing in the back row (from left) are; Ernie Hughes, Alastair Grant, Melville McHale, Arthur Yeates, Bernard Dermott, Freddy Lloyd, Albert Walker, Leslie Watson, Reggie Coe and Robert McIntosh. Standing in the second row; Virginia Brown, Jean Griffiths, Sylvia Wright, Doreen Gravestock, Laura Chamberlain, Florence Brown, Mabel Gill and Peggy Chisholm. Sitting in the third row; Edna Mayhew, Viola Higgins, [Doreen Fenton], Verna Campbell, Eileen Oben, Hazel King, Mary McLean, Beulah Macmillan, Mandie Everett and [Doreen Fenton]. Sitting in the fourth row; Grant Armour, Arthur James, Freddy Eaglestone, Antony Hedger, Albert Savage, Jack Grocott, John Harding, Wilbert Hamilton, Frank Bailey, Jack Dalziel and Hugh Wilson. Sitting on the wood ground in the front row are; Roy Birtch, Eric Dogley, Gordon Taylor and Herbert Coe. Their teacher, Miss Annie Forrest is not pictured.
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Hughes, Ernest
- Grant, Alastair
- McHale, Melville
- Yeates, Arthur
- Dermott, Bernard
- Lloyd, Freddy
- Walker, Albert
- Watson, Leslie
- Coe, Reggie
- McIntosh, Robert
- Brown, Virginia
- Griffiths, Jean
- Wright, Sylvia
- Gravestock, Doreen
- Chamberlain, Laura
- Bevan, Florence Brown
- Gill, Mabel
- Chisholm, Peggy
- Mayhew, Edna
- Higgins, Viola
- Fenton, Doreen
- Potkins, Verna Campbell
- Oben, Eileen
- King, Hazel
- McLean, Mary
- Kennedy, Beulah MacMillan
- Everett, Mandie
- Armour, Grant
- James, Arthur
- Eaglestone, Freddy
- Hedger, Anthony
- Savage, Albert
- Grocott, Jack
- Harding, James
- Hamilton, Wilbert
- Bailey, Frank
- Dalziel, Jack
- Wilson, Hugh
- Birtch, Roy
- Dogley, Eric
- Taylor, Gordon
- Coe, Herbert
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.63
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1922
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 66
- Note in pencil on recto of photograph reads: "1922"
- Note in black ink on verso of card mount reads: "Div. XIII. Kingsway West School. Sept. - Oct. 1922 / 1st Top row. (Left to right) Ernie Hughes, Alastair Grant, Melville McHale, Arthur Yeates, Bernard Dermott, Freddy Lloyd, Albert Walker, Leslie Watson, Reggie Coe, Robert McIntosh / 2nd row. (left to right), Virginia Brown, Jean Griffiths, Sylvia Wright, Doreen Gravestock, Laura Chamberlain, Florence Brown, Mabel Gill, Peggy Chisholm / 3rd row. (left to right). Edna Mayhew, Viola Higgins, Doreen Fenton, Verna Campbell, Eileen Oben, Hazel King, Mary Mc.Lean, Beulah Macmillan, Mandie Everett, Doreen Fenton / 4th. row. (Left to right) Grant Armour, Arthur James, Freddy Eaglestone, Antony Hedger, Albert Savage, Jack Grocott, John Harding, Wilbert Hamilton, Frank Bailey, Jack Dalziel, Hugh Wilson / 5th row (Left to right). Roy Birtch, Eric Dogley, Gordon Taylor, Herbert Coe. / A. T. Forrest. (Teacher)"
Images
Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory288
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1916-1948
- Length
- 0:08:25
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's memories of a trip she and her mother and brothers took to the Cariboo region of British Columbia. She also discusses attendance records and photographs from her time as a student at Kitchener Street School. A neighbourhood stor…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's memories of a trip she and her mother and brothers took to the Cariboo region of British Columbia. She also discusses attendance records and photographs from her time as a student at Kitchener Street School. A neighbourhood storekeeper is also briefly mentioned.
- Date Range
- 1916-1948
- Photo Info
- Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
- Length
- 0:08:25
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.
- Biographical Notes
- Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 33:02
- Interviewee Name
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- 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
Images
Audio Tracks
Track two of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
Track two of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_2.mp3
Teaching Staff at Kingsway West School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1322
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b& w ; 10 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the teaching staff at Kingsway West School sitting and standing in two rows in front of a fence. Standing in the back row are (l to r); Miss Brice, Miss Morrow, Miss Brawn, Mr. Somerville, Miss Wells, Miss McGowan and Miss Wood. Seated in the front row (l to r); Miss Simpson, Miss Ann…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b& w ; 10 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the teaching staff at Kingsway West School sitting and standing in two rows in front of a fence. Standing in the back row are (l to r); Miss Brice, Miss Morrow, Miss Brawn, Mr. Somerville, Miss Wells, Miss McGowan and Miss Wood. Seated in the front row (l to r); Miss Simpson, Miss Annie Forrest, Mr. Brown, Miss Simmonds and Miss Gray.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Forrest, Annie Theresa
- Brice, Miss
- Brown, Marie Cornelia Morrow
- Somerville, Chester Eugene
- Wells, Miss
- Simpson, Miss
- Brown, Mr
- Gray, Miss
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- June 1922
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 02-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Bridgman's Studio Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's mark on verso of photograph reads: "Bridgman VANCOUVER"
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "June, 1922 / Left to right, Back row Misses Bure, Morrow, Brawn, Mr. Somerville, Misses Wells, McGowan, Wood / Front row. Misses Simpson, Forrest, Mr. Brown Misses Simmonds, Gray"
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Teaching Staff Kingsway West"
Images
![Historic photo of Cariboo Road, [190-] date of original, copied [198_] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0860_001.jpg?width=280)
Historic photo of Cariboo Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13516
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-] date of original, copied [198_]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 8.7 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a historic photograph of an unidentified man standing on a boardwalk on the corner of Cariboo Road in Burnaby. Historic photograph includes a label in the top corner that reads: "Cariboo Rd / Burnaby". The road is made of dirt and a two story house is visible across the road from the …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 8.7 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a historic photograph of an unidentified man standing on a boardwalk on the corner of Cariboo Road in Burnaby. Historic photograph includes a label in the top corner that reads: "Cariboo Rd / Burnaby". The road is made of dirt and a two story house is visible across the road from the man.
- Subjects
- Construction - Road Construction
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Geographic Access
- Cariboo Road
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.860
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [190-] date of original, copied [198_]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Brown, Cice Chandler
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Historic photo of Cariboo Road, [190-] date of original, copied [198_] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0860_001.jpg)
Burnaby South High School Annual Concert
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55588
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 7, 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 16 x 26 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of participants in the Burnaby South High School annual concert, February 7, 1927. The concert was held at the Burnaby Public Hall next to the old Municipal Hall, Edmonds and Kingsway. Identified: (back row, 11th from left) Una Patience; (12th from left) Ethel Beamish; (front row, from…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 7, 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Series
- Shaw family series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 16 x 26 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 485-063
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2005-15
- 2006-01
- 2007-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of participants in the Burnaby South High School annual concert, February 7, 1927. The concert was held at the Burnaby Public Hall next to the old Municipal Hall, Edmonds and Kingsway. Identified: (back row, 11th from left) Una Patience; (12th from left) Ethel Beamish; (front row, from right, behind piano) C.G. Brown (principal), Mr. Green, Mr. Smith and Mr. Black (teachers)
- Names
- Brown, Clifton Gilbert, 1889-1960
- Burnaby South High School
- Carlson, Una Patience
- Derrick, Ethel Beamish
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Thomson, Stuart
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7252 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Division 14 at Kingsway West School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36032
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16 cm mounted on heavyweight drawing paper
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division 14 at Kingsway West School standing in four rows on the front steps of the school building with their teacher (Miss) Annie Forrest (standing to the right). The student are, top row (l to r); Alfred Peacock, Al Harris, Howard Griffiths, Alfred Younger, Jack Pickwell, Gordon Ol…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- B. Keisler subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16 cm mounted on heavyweight drawing paper
- Material Details
- Some of the students were moving at the time of exposure causing their faces to blur
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 214-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-15
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division 14 at Kingsway West School standing in four rows on the front steps of the school building with their teacher (Miss) Annie Forrest (standing to the right). The student are, top row (l to r); Alfred Peacock, Al Harris, Howard Griffiths, Alfred Younger, Jack Pickwell, Gordon Oldaker, Harvey Knorr, Jimmy King, James Fraser, Austin Pelton and Robert Ferguson. Second row; Donald McKinnon, Wallace MacMillan, Bobby Featherstone, George Chamberlain, Lorna Wright Gladys Nuttall, Isabel McFadyen, Theresa Soda, Dorothy Barber, Maria Soda and James Murie. Third row; May Ford, Fila Bourach, Winnie Woodward, Doris Faulkner, Irene Vigar, Kathleen Burchell, Dorothy Guthrie, Peggy Pool, Elsie Brown and Patricia Hodgson. Front row; Margaret Mayhew, Dorothy McKenzie, Mildred Rutledge, Marjorie Jackson, Betty Gold, Priscilla Deane, Verna Crane, Audrey Browne, Lillabelle Moore and Gladys Would.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Forrest, Annie Theresa
- Peacock, Alfred
- Harris, Al
- Griffiths, Howard
- Younger, Alfred
- Pickwell, Jack
- Oldaker, Gordon
- Knorr, Harvey
- King, Jimmy
- Fraser, James
- Pelton, Austin
- Ferguson, Robert
- McKinnon, Donald
- MacMillan, Ronald
- Featherstone, Bobby
- Chamberlain, George
- Wright, Lorna
- Nuttall, Gladys
- McFadyen, Isabel
- Soda, Theresa
- Barber, Dorothy
- Soda, Maria
- Murie, James
- Ford, May
- Bourach, Fila
- Woodward, Winnie
- Faulkner, Doris
- Vigar, Irene
- Burchell, Kathleen
- Guthrie, Dorothy
- Pool, Peggy
- Nykyfork, Elsie Brown
- Hodgson, Patricia
- Mayhew, Margaret
- McKenzie, Dorothy
- Rutledge, Mildred
- Jackson, Marjorie
- Gold, Betty
- Deane, Priscilla
- Crane, Verna
- Browne, Audrey
- Schroyen, Lillabelle Evelyn Moore
- Would, Gladys
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Edmonds Street School Grade 6 Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37524
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.6 x 5.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an Edmonds Street School Grade 6 class. The teacher is Marie Morrow (nee Brown).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.6 x 5.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-112
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an Edmonds Street School Grade 6 class. The teacher is Marie Morrow (nee Brown).
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Street Address
- 7641 Edmonds Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory290
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1927-1938
- Length
- 0:08:14
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early memories of recreational activities and daily life as a young person in Burnaby (activities include swimming, skating and going to the movies). She mentions Frank Walsh's Garage and discusses photographs of Brown-John Truc…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early memories of recreational activities and daily life as a young person in Burnaby (activities include swimming, skating and going to the movies). She mentions Frank Walsh's Garage and discusses photographs of Brown-John Trucking, "the blasting stump" and Burns Acreage.
- Date Range
- 1927-1938
- Photo Info
- Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
- Length
- 0:08:14
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities - Swimming
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.
- Biographical Notes
- Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 33:02
- Interviewee Name
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- 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
Images
Audio Tracks
Track four of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
Track four of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_4.mp3
Kingsway West Division 14
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1323
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division 14 at Kingsway West School standing and sitting in five rows in front of the school building windows. Two boys sitting in the front row are holding up a chalk board which reads, "Kingsway West School/ Division 14." Standing in the top row (l to r) are; Audrey Browne, Joan Gol…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division 14 at Kingsway West School standing and sitting in five rows in front of the school building windows. Two boys sitting in the front row are holding up a chalk board which reads, "Kingsway West School/ Division 14." Standing in the top row (l to r) are; Audrey Browne, Joan Gold, Ida Wright, May Ford, Mabel Law, Dorothy Barber, Gladys Would and Isabel McFadyen. In the second row are; Betty Dermott, Maria Soda, Dorothy Guthrie, Pearl Rouse, Norma Moller, Marrion Hickenbotham, Priscilla Deane, Barbara Sleeth and Elsie Brown. In the third row are; Patricia Hodgson, Verna Crane, Gladys Nuttall, Muriel Iraine, Dorothy McKenzie, Doris Faulkner and Mildred Rutledge. Sitting in the fourth row are; James Murie, Bobby Shewan, Donald McKinnon, Howard Griffiths, Henry Nevin and Bobby Ferguson. In the front row are; Harvey Knorr, Alfred Younger, George Chamberlain (holding chalkboard), Ben Jacobson (holding chalkboard), Alex Walker and Garnet Eckard.
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Browne, Audrey
- Gold, Joan
- Wright, Ida
- Ford, May
- Law, Mabel
- Barber, Dorothy
- Would, Gladys
- McFadyen, Isabel
- Dermott, Betty
- Soda, Maria
- Guthrie, Dorothy
- Rouse, Pearl
- Mollar, Norma
- Hickenbotham, Marion
- Deane, Priscilla
- Sleeth, Barbara
- Brown, Elsie
- Hodgson, Patricia
- Crane, Verna
- Nuttall, Gladys
- Iraine, Muriel
- McKenzie, Dorothy
- Faulkner, Doris
- Rutledge, Mildred
- Murie, James
- Shewan, Bobby
- McKinnon, Donald
- Griffiths, Howard
- Nevin, Henry
- Ferguson, Robert
- Knorr, Harvey
- Younger, Alfred
- Chamberlain, George
- Jacobson, Ben
- Walker, Alex
- Eckard, Garnet
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.11
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- May 1927
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 02-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Bryce, Henry G.
- Notes
- Stamps on verso of photograph read: "25cents each. Please/ order number paid for" and "H. G. BRYCE, EDMONDS, B.C."
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Div 14. Kingsway W. May, 1927/ Top row - left to right Audrey Browne, Joan Gold, Ida Wright, May Ford, Mabel Law, Dorothy Barber, Gladys Would, Isabel McFadyen / 2nd row lt. to rt. Betty Dermott, Maria Soda, Patricia Hodgson, Dorothy Guthrie, Verna Crane, Pearl Rause, Gladys Nuttal, Norma Moller, Muriel Iraine, Marrion Hickenbotham, Dorothy McKenzie/ 3rd row Doris Faulkner, Barbara Sleeth, Priscilla Deane, Mildred Rutledge, Elsie Brawn, Boys. James Murie, Bobby Shewan, Donald McKinnon, Howard Griffiths, Henry Nevin, Bobby Ferguson/ 2nd row Harvey Knorr, Alfred Younger, George Chamberlain, Ben Jacobson, Alex Walker, Garnet Eckard"
Images
Kingsway West School Choir
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35373
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (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 Kingsway West School choir. Identified: (1st row, 7th from left) Laura Brown (later, Laura Francescini). She was one of eight Brown sisters, daughters of Ed Brown and Jane Brown (nee Birtch). Also identified is Florence Irene Lomas, in the third row from bottom, second person i…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (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.
- 204-230
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Kingsway West School choir. Identified: (1st row, 7th from left) Laura Brown (later, Laura Francescini). She was one of eight Brown sisters, daughters of Ed Brown and Jane Brown (nee Birtch). Also identified is Florence Irene Lomas, in the third row from bottom, second person in from the left.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Choirs
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Lloyd, Frank Ernest
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Kingsway West School Choir
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35419
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (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 Kingsway West School choir. Identified: (front row, 7th from left) Laura Brown (later Laura Francescini), one of eight Brown sisters, daughters of Ed Brown and Jane Brown (nee Birtch).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (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.
- 204-276
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kingsway West School choir. Identified: (front row, 7th from left) Laura Brown (later Laura Francescini), one of eight Brown sisters, daughters of Ed Brown and Jane Brown (nee Birtch).
- Subjects
- Organizations - Choirs
- Names
- Francescini, Laura Brown
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Kingsway West School Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35418
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (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 Division IX class, Kingsway West School. Identified: (back row, 7th from left) Laura Brown (later Laura Francescini), one of eight Brown sisters, daughters of Ed Brown and Jane Brown (nee Jane Birtch); and Florence Irene Lomas (back row, third in from left side). Teacher: Miss Black.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (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.
- 204-275
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division IX class, Kingsway West School. Identified: (back row, 7th from left) Laura Brown (later Laura Francescini), one of eight Brown sisters, daughters of Ed Brown and Jane Brown (nee Jane Birtch); and Florence Irene Lomas (back row, third in from left side). Teacher: Miss Black.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
