"Burnaby South High School" found 6 records

Description: Pin, high school; yellow, gold, maroon, black; writing in three black bars across front golden yellow panel; "HUGH M / FRASER / HIGH"; maroon and gold geometric shapes fan out behind it; screw fastener

Object History: Burnaby South High School was renamed Hugh M. Fraser High in 1941?, but was changed back to the original name a short time later. Hugh M. Fraser was appointed commissioner of the municipality of Burnaby when it was forced into receivership and at the end of 1932, after a dispute with the Provincial government about relief payments for the unemployed. A Provincial Commission stepped in to take over the governance of the city, under Hugh M. Fraser.

Marks/Labels: "HUGH M. / FRASER / HIGH", gold letters in three black bars across front panel

Subjects: Adornment; Adornment - Lapel Pins

Names: Burnaby South High School

Geographic Access: Rumble Street

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ring

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48591

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV005.35.18

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV005.35.18

Description: Ring, high school; yellow, gold, maroon, black; writing in three black bars across front yellow panel; maroon and gold geometric shapes fan out behind it; some chips and discolouration.

Object History: Burnaby South High School was renamed Hugh M. Fraser High in 1941?, but was changed back to the original name a short time later. Hugh M. Fraser was appointed commissioner of the municipality of Burnaby when it was forced into receivership and at the end of 1932, after a dispute with the Provincial government about relief payments for the unemployed. A Provincial Commission stepped in to take over the governance of the city, under Hugh M. Fraser.

Marks/Labels: "HUGH M. / FRASER / HIGH", gold letters in three black bars across front panel

Subjects: Adornment; Adornment - Jewelry

Names: Burnaby South High School

Geographic Access: Rumble Street

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crest

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact82220

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV010.18.1

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV010.18.1

Description: School crest in embroidered gold with black background. "B" overlapping "S" "BURNABY / SOUTH / REBELS"

Object History: Burnaby South High School athletic team crest

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Herbert Yee Law family fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18929

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1938-1959] (date of originals), 2017-2019 (date of duplication)

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiffs + jpgs)

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a collection of photographs of Herbert Yee Law, United Fruit Growers, his farm on Marine Drive and a scanned copy of a survey plan of District Lots 163, 162, 157, 158 and 165.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiffs + jpgs)

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a collection of photographs of Herbert Yee Law, United Fruit Growers, his farm on Marine Drive and a scanned copy of a survey plan of District Lots 163, 162, 157, 158 and 165.

History: Herbert (Yee) Law was born in New Westminster British Columbia in 1916. Between 1938 and 1945, Yee Law worked for the United Fraser Growers Limited in Vancouver. The company was a wholesaler that purchased produce from Chinese farmers. In 1948 Yee Law purchased land from another Chinese family along Marine Drive in the Big Bend Area of Burnaby. From this location, Yee Law operated a Chinese market garden. Yee Law and his wife Jean had five daughters who attended schools in the area including Riverway West School, McPherson Park School and Burnaby South High School. In 1954, Yee Law continued to live in the area but left his farm to work for a plastic bag company on Annacis Island. Herbert (Yee) Law died in 2003.

Creator: Law, Yee "Herbert"

Accession Code: BV017.40; BV019.11

Date: [1938-1959] (date of originals), 2017-2019 (date of duplication)

Media Type: Photograph; Cartographic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

measuring cup

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact15496

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV983.25.1

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV983.25.1

Description: Measuring cup made of aluminum with a red wood handle. The measures and lines are stamped on the sides.

Object History: Donor attended Edmonds school and graduated from Burnaby South high school. She trained as a teacher and worked in Burnaby at Nelson Avenue elementary school.

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purse

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact6428

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.54.1

3 images

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.54.1

Description: Evening bag, woman's, beaded with irridescent beads, fringe, metal frame features bird design.

Object History: Evening bag belonging to Catherine Bertha Rees. She was born in Greenwood, B.C. and came to Burnaby in 1919 with her father, Kingman Nott Rees, and her two brothers. The family settled at 3114 Neville Street, Burnaby (later re-numbered 5674 Neville Street). Catherine attended UBC, graduating with an Arts degree in 1923. She taught French and Latin for 35 years at Burnaby South High School, starting in 1929. Catherine was also a long-time volunteer at BVM.