"Burnaby Village Museum" found 20 records

Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recordings (wav) (121min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (121 min., 13 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong on September 25, 2023. The interview is divided into four sections: early life of Harry Toy, the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser M…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recordings (wav) (121min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (121 min., 13 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Denise Fong Interviewees: Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy Location of Interview: Residence of Harry Toy Interview Date: September 25, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 02:01:13 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong on September 25, 2023. The interview is divided into four sections: early life of Harry Toy, the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants’ Association and Harry's daughters, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy's memories of growing up in Burnaby. 00:00:00 – 00:23:53 Harry Toy shares biographical information about himself and his ancestors. Harry provides information about his migration to Canada and his life in Manitoba, attending school, working at the family restaurant and teaching high school. 00:23:53 – 00:41:16 Harry talks about moving his family to Burnaby and his experiences owning and operating the Canada Way Food Market. 00:41:17 – 00:54:19 Harry talks about his involvement with the Fraser Merchants Association (FMA) and provides some history about the organization. 00:54:20 – 1:22:44 Harry talks about running the Canada Way Food Market and the alterations that he made to the store over the years. Harry and his daughters comment as they look through photographs of Harry and his store and the Fraser Merchants Association. 1:22:45 – 2:01:14 Beverley and Christina talk about their early childhood in Manitoba and growing up in Burnaby. They recall what it was like growing up and working in the family owned store.

History: Interviewee biography: Harry Wee Koon Toy was born in February 9, 1936 in Taikong, Toisan county, Guangdong, China. Harry's father William Toy came to Canada in the early 1920s when he was ten years old. Harry arrived in Vancouver, Canada on September 9, 1950. After staying in Vancouver for one night, he joined his father in Neepawa, Manitoba where the family operated a cafe business (Royal Cafe). Harry grew up in Neepawa and graduated from the University of Manitoba and teacher's college. He became a high school teacher and worked at schools in Minnedosa and Gladstone, Manitoba teaching various subjects including, science, business, geography, history and physical education. Harry and his wife, had three daughters, Melinda, Beverley and Christina who were all born in Neepawa. When the family decided to move to the west coast, Harry was introduced to the grocery store business through an uncle who was a store operator. Around 1970, Harry purchased a grocery store at 4694 Canada Way in Burnaby which he named "Canada Way Food Market" and Harry and his daughters made their home at the back of the store. Harry owned and operated the store for approximately 40 years between 1970 and 2010. Around 1986, Harry purchased the butcher shop next door (4692 Canada Way) which was no longer in operation, expanding his store and adding a second storey to use a residence. Harry's children helped him operate the store throughout their childhood. In the early 1970s, corner stores were threatened by the spread of small chain-operated convenience stories from Eastern Canada to Vancouver. Formed in April 1972, the Fraser Merchants’ Association was established to protect the rights of corner store operators. With no paid legal help, the association was incorporated in Victoria, BC for the cost of 56 cents. The benefits of being a member of the association included warehouse and group purchasing, common advertising and other advantages of being part of an association. Founded by Gary Lee Ling and five others, Fraser Merchants’ Association’s first member was Graham Grocery. By 1978, the association represented over 200 corner stores in the Lower Mainland (Delta, Surrey, White Rock, Langley, Coquitlam, and New Westminster) and Fraser Valley. The association remained active into the 1980s and 1990s. Harry has served as President of the Fraser Merchants' Association from 1992 to present. Interviewer biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of BVM’s “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Education; Migration; Occupations - Teachers; Occupations - Grocers; Organizations; Organizations - Business Associations; Persons - Chinese Canadians; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores

Names: Toy, Christina; Toy, Harry Wee Koon "Harry"; Babey, Beverley; Canada Way Food Market; Fraser Merchants' Association

Responsibility: Fong, Denise

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4694 Canada Way

Accession Code: BV023.16.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Related Material: See also: BV023.25 - Harry Toy fonds

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

Documents

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Audio Tracks

Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy, [1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0019_002.mp3

Pioneer Days interviews September 22, 1971 - Track 2

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1899-1905

Length: 0:06:43

Summary: This portion of the recording includes Ada Evelyn (Lewis) Groves memories of her family life during the early days of Burnaby. She mentions the East Burnaby Fruit Farm (her family's farm) and the George Leaf General Store. She also talks about her brothers and her father, the first typesetter for t…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording includes Ada Evelyn (Lewis) Groves memories of her family life during the early days of Burnaby. She mentions the East Burnaby Fruit Farm (her family's farm) and the George Leaf General Store. She also talks about her brothers and her father, the first typesetter for the Columbian newspaper. Ada is being interviewed in front of an audience at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum).

Date Range: 1899-1905

Length: 0:06:43

Names: George Leaf General Store; Columbian newspaper

Geographic Access: 12th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Interview Date: September 22, 1971

Scope and Content: Recording is of interviews with Lillian May (Davies) Jones, Ada Evelyn (Lewis) Groves, Lillian Frederica (Lewis) Porter, and Elsie Wilson during the Pioneer Days celebration at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) on September 22, 1971. Major themes discussed are: personal memories and occupations of interviewees family members.

Biographical Notes: Lillian May Davies was born June 28, 1891 to George and Rachel (Mills) Davies. She was one of four children. George Davies married Rachel Mills September 12, 1888 in Winnipeg and headed west to make their home. George’s brother Richard Davies had already bought property at the corner of 16th Street and 3rd Avenue (now 12th Avenue) when Rachel and George moved in and built a house next door. George Davies went to work for Gilley Bros. Logging Co. in Burnaby. Lillian May Davies married John Henry Jones on July 29, 1909 at the Methodist Church in Burnaby which had opened only a few weeks before (the Joneses were the first couple to be married there). Their reception was held in the Davies’ family garden. On June 3, 1910, Lillian and John’s first child, Arnold Jones was born. In 1919 they adopted their second child, John Sheldon Jones whose birth parents had died of influenza. John and Lillian built a home on the lot next to Lillian’s parents and lived there for forty-eight years. After her husband’s death in 1956, Lillian moved one lot over and remained living there for over twenty years. Lillian May (Davies) Jones died in Surrey on June 24, 1981 at the age of eighty-nine for over twenty years. Lillian May (Davies) Jones died in Surrey on June 24, 1981 at the age of eighty-nine. Ada Evelyn Lewis was born on September 11, 1899. She was one of nine Lewis children. Ada's father came to Victoria BC from San Francisco. He met his wife in Victoria and moved to New Westminster where he was a typesetter on the first edition of the Columbian newspaper. He continued to work for the Columbian until his retirement. Her family owned the East Burnaby Fruit Farm at 17th Avenue between 2nd and 4th Street where they harvested apples, plums and pears. Ada attended East Burnaby School in 1905 and remembers being a pupil of Miss Draper. Ada E. Lewis married and became Mrs. Ada Evelyn Groves. Lillian Frederica “Lillie” Lewis was born in 1896 to William Henry and Emma (Smith) Lewis at the family farm at 4th Street and 18th Avenue. The family grew to nine, eldest to youngest; Albert, Lizzie, Minnie, Walter, Ernest, Lillie and Evelyn. Lillie’s mother, Emma (Smith) had the distinction of being the first girl of European descent to be born at Fort Victoria. Lillie’s father, William Henry Lewis helped to print the very first edition of the Vancouver Province in 1898. Lillie attended Douglas Road School and remembers being a pupil of Ellen Lister. Lillian Frederica “Lillie” Lewis married Bertie Blaine Porter at Lulu Island on November 7, 1918. They lived in Vancouver for a short time before returning to Burnaby to raise their four children. For most of his working life Bert operated a steam roller for the municipality. Lillian Frederica (Lewis) Porter died May 18, 1988 at the age of ninety-two. Elsie Wilson was born August 16, 1898 to Annie and her second husband William Wilson. Annie’s first husband Samuel W Walmsley died December 20, 1895 at the age of thirty-five, leaving Annie a widow at twenty-seven with two young children Annie age four and Samuel age six. Annie Walmsley married her second husband William Wilson on April 17, 1897. Elsie attended West Burnaby public school (later Kingsway West elementary) and remembers picking raspberries at various Burnaby farms for seven seasons.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:24:19

Interviewee Name: Jones, Lillian May Davies; Wilson, Elsie; Porter, Lillie Lewis; Groves, Ada Evelyn Lewis

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: None

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.

Audio Tracks

Track two of recording of Pioneer Days interviews

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-020/MSS137-020_Track_2.mp3

Cleared land

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the cleared land which appears to be the Sprott family property. There are stumps and felled trees on the lot. Across a small dirt road and behind a wooden fence, the Haszard house is visible to the extreme right of the photograph.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the cleared land which appears to be the Sprott family property. There are stumps and felled trees on the lot. Across a small dirt road and behind a wooden fence, the Haszard house is visible to the extreme right of the photograph.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Plants - Trees

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Accession Code: HV978.1.16

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-01

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Cleared land, [190-](date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

Clearing Douglas Road

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of men in work clothes clearing Doulgas Road. A group of men to the right side of the photograph have shovels in their hands and are clearing rocks from the road. There is a small girl in a blouse and skirt standing beside two horses pulling a cart. Behind her is a group of men in wor…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of men in work clothes clearing Doulgas Road. A group of men to the right side of the photograph have shovels in their hands and are clearing rocks from the road. There is a small girl in a blouse and skirt standing beside two horses pulling a cart. Behind her is a group of men in work clothes as well. There is fenced land to the right of the photograph, and electric power poles and trees line both sides of the road. The accession register and inscription on the photograph identify this as Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way). An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Working on Douglas Road on hill above Burnaby Lake. No Date."

Subjects: Transportation - Horses; Construction Tools and Equipment; Construction - Road Construction

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way

Accession Code: HV977.99.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-11

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Clearing Douglas Road, [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Couple sitting on the steps

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young couple sitting together on the steps to a house that appears to be Bernard Hill home on Douglas Road near Deer Lake. The couple appears to be Arthur Rowe and his wife Winnie Hill Rowe (daughter of Bernard Hill). There is a person standing on the patio in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young couple sitting together on the steps to a house that appears to be Bernard Hill home on Douglas Road near Deer Lake. The couple appears to be Arthur Rowe and his wife Winnie Hill Rowe (daughter of Bernard Hill). There is a person standing on the patio in the background.

Names: Rowe, Arthur; Rowe, Winnifred L. "Winnie" Hill

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Accession Code: HV977.123.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-18

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Couple sitting on the steps, [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

From Brookfield

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking north from the home of Claude Hill (known as Brookfield). Claude can be seen at the far right of the photograph. A road (probably Douglas Road) can be seen in the background. This property is currently the site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-152

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking north from the home of Claude Hill (known as Brookfield). Claude can be seen at the far right of the photograph. A road (probably Douglas Road) can be seen in the background. This property is currently the site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Deer Lake Avenue; Canada Way

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Gathering by a house

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large gathering of people, men, women and children, in fine dresses and suits by a house with a picket fence. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies the photograph as taken on "sister's wedding" (possibly Winnie Hill Rowe) waiting to go into reception at B.R. Hill's (…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large gathering of people, men, women and children, in fine dresses and suits by a house with a picket fence. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies the photograph as taken on "sister's wedding" (possibly Winnie Hill Rowe) waiting to go into reception at B.R. Hill's (Bernard Richard Hill) house.

Subjects: Ceremonies - Weddings

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Accession Code: HV977.123.28

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Gathering by a house, [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Haszard house

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house in a clearing just on the outskirts of densely wooded area. There is a wooden fence around the property, and in front of the house is a dirt road. There are small piles of logs along the road side. An earlier catalogue record identifies this house as the Haszard house that was…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house in a clearing just on the outskirts of densely wooded area. There is a wooden fence around the property, and in front of the house is a dirt road. There are small piles of logs along the road side. An earlier catalogue record identifies this house as the Haszard house that was located across the street from the property of the Sprott Farm. The photograph was taken from Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way). It is also noted that the Sprott family lived in the Haszard house while their home, named "Dovecote" was being completed.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Land Clearing

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way

Accession Code: HV978.1.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Haszard house, [190-](date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

Having tea on the porch

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription619

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family having tea on the porch.There are two tables with tea and snacks, and some wicker chairs. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies the elderly man sitting on the rail as B.R. (Bernard Richard) Hill, and the man and the boy by the other side of the rail as Claude …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family having tea on the porch.There are two tables with tea and snacks, and some wicker chairs. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies the elderly man sitting on the rail as B.R. (Bernard Richard) Hill, and the man and the boy by the other side of the rail as Claude (son of Bernard Hill) and his son Kenneth. One of the women, unclear which one, is identified as "Maude's mother."

Subjects: Furniture

Names: Hill, Bernard R.; Hill, Arthur Claude; Hill, Kenneth

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Accession Code: HV977.123.25

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Having tea on the porch

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family having tea on a porch. There are three women and a young man who is sitting on a wicker chair. The women are pouring tea by the table. The location has been identified as the Bernard Hill family veranda.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family having tea on a porch. There are three women and a young man who is sitting on a wicker chair. The women are pouring tea by the table. The location has been identified as the Bernard Hill family veranda.

Subjects: Furniture

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Accession Code: HV977.123.26

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Hill brothers on a hay wagon

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of three boys and a dog riding on a mound of hay on a wagon. There is a man leading the horse pulling the wagon. This photograph was reproduced in Michael Sone's book, "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby," pg. 31. The caption reads: "Hill brothers and pet dog hitching ride on hay wagon on father…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of three boys and a dog riding on a mound of hay on a wagon. There is a man leading the horse pulling the wagon. This photograph was reproduced in Michael Sone's book, "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby," pg. 31. The caption reads: "Hill brothers and pet dog hitching ride on hay wagon on father's farm. Chap leading horse is probably remittance man often hired in those days." The description for photo 204-789, a cropped copy of this photo, identifies the boys as the Hill brothers Frank, Claude and Gerry and their pet dog riding on hay wagon on their father's farm.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Agriculture - Farms; Agriculture - Crops; Occupations - Agricultural Labourers; Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Wagons

Names: Hill, Arthur Claude; Hill, Francis Leonard "Frank"; Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Accession Code: HV977.123.27

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Hill brothers on a hay wagon, [190-] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Land clearing

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cleared property with a thick wooded area just behind it. There is a house in the back to the extreme left of the photograph that has been identified as the Haszard house where the Sprott family stayed while building their farmhouse known as "Dovecote." There are unidentified men i…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cleared property with a thick wooded area just behind it. There is a house in the back to the extreme left of the photograph that has been identified as the Haszard house where the Sprott family stayed while building their farmhouse known as "Dovecote." There are unidentified men in the cleared field.

Subjects: Land Clearing

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Accession Code: HV978.1.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-01

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Land clearing, [190-] (date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

Looking down north Poleline Hill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph looking north along the Pole Line Road (later Sperling Avenue). To the far left is Deer Lake and at the top right is Burnaby Lake. The smoke and debris from land clearing is a result of logging operations being carried out by the Doran Brothers logging company, the Deer Lake Mill Company…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm print

Material Details: inscribed in pencil, verso, l.l. "Looking down north Poleline Hill (now Sperling) Deer Lake at left. "

Scope and Content: Photograph looking north along the Pole Line Road (later Sperling Avenue). To the far left is Deer Lake and at the top right is Burnaby Lake. The smoke and debris from land clearing is a result of logging operations being carried out by the Doran Brothers logging company, the Deer Lake Mill Company. Above Deer Lake, Douglas Road is visible with Claude Hill's Brookfield property (later 6501 Deer Lake Avenue) on the south side of the road and Bernard Hill's home on the north side (later 4990 Canada Way). Just northeast of Brookfield is the George Every-Clayton farm (amongst the trees) on what would later become the Henry and Grace Ceperley estate grounds known as Fairacres. The house in the centre of the picture is the Walker house (later 5255 Sperling Avenue). Mountains can be seen to the north.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Geographic Features - Roads; Industries - Forestry; Industries - Logging/lumber

Geographic Access: Sperling Avenue; Deer Lake; Douglas Road; Canada Way

Accession Code: HV976.139.47

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1908]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Looking down north Poleline Hill, [1908] thumbnail

Looking south from Bernard Hill's house

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39527

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1906

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.8 x 17 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the fields and farmland looking southeast from the home of Bernard Hill down Douglas Road towards Deer Lake Brook. In the foreground view can be seen what is the present-day Kensington Avenue freeway entrance and No. 1 Firehall site on Sperling Avenue. The cabin that can be seen to …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1906

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.8 x 17 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-846

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the fields and farmland looking southeast from the home of Bernard Hill down Douglas Road towards Deer Lake Brook. In the foreground view can be seen what is the present-day Kensington Avenue freeway entrance and No. 1 Firehall site on Sperling Avenue. The cabin that can be seen to the left in the background is an unknown residence further along Douglas Road near Rayside Drive and the cabin that is just visible in the centre background of the photograph (between treeline split) belonged to Mr. Nicholson. It was later torn down when Bernard Hill's brother Claude Hill built his home, Broadview at that location. To the extreme right of the picture on the opposite side of Douglas Road is the property of Claude Hill's first Burnaby home also known as Brookfield (the current location of the Burnaby Village Museum).

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way; Deer Lake Brook

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Looking south from Bernard Hill's house, 1906 thumbnail

Mayfield farm

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription450

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a two-storey farmhouse with a large patio, and a ladder on the roof. There is a foot path leading to the house through the garden, and a lake in the background. A catalogue record from 1978 indicates that the farmhouse depicted in the photograph is "Mayfield," the original farmhouse o…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a two-storey farmhouse with a large patio, and a ladder on the roof. There is a foot path leading to the house through the garden, and a lake in the background. A catalogue record from 1978 indicates that the farmhouse depicted in the photograph is "Mayfield," the original farmhouse of the Sprott family. The woman standing in the garden is identified as Mrs. Edgar Sprott, and the lake in the background is Burnaby Lake.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Agriculture - Farms

Names: Sprott, Helen Louise Faith Nicholls

Geographic Access: Canada Way; Burnaby Lake

Accession Code: HV978.1.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Mayfield farm, [190-](date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sprott

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription455

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young couple sitting on a felled tree on land that is being cleared. There are upturned trees, stumps, etc. The woman is wearing a coat with leg-o-mutton sleeves and a flat brimmed hat, and the man is in three piece suit, and has a pocket watch. An earlier catalogue record identifie…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young couple sitting on a felled tree on land that is being cleared. There are upturned trees, stumps, etc. The woman is wearing a coat with leg-o-mutton sleeves and a flat brimmed hat, and the man is in three piece suit, and has a pocket watch. An earlier catalogue record identifies the couple as Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sprott, on the land that is being cleared for their home, "Mayfield." The lake in the background is identified as Burnaby Lake.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Plants - Trees

Names: Sprott, Louis "Edgar"; Sprott, Helen Louise Faith Nicholls

Geographic Access: Canada Way; Burnaby Lake

Accession Code: HV978.1.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-01

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sprott, [190-](date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

On the steps

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription614

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of people sitting together on the steps to a house. It appears to be the Bernard Hill home on Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Deer Lake. There are four men, three women and one girl. The couple sitting in the back to the right side of the photograph is Arthur Rowe and Winnie Hill Ro…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of people sitting together on the steps to a house. It appears to be the Bernard Hill home on Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Deer Lake. There are four men, three women and one girl. The couple sitting in the back to the right side of the photograph is Arthur Rowe and Winnie Hill Rowe (daughter of Bernard Hill). The girl in a sailor shirt and pleated skirt sitting in the front appears to be Kitty Hill.

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"; Rowe, Arthur; Rowe, Winnifred L. "Winnie" Hill

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Accession Code: HV977.123.20

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Related Material: For another photograph of the same group of women on the steps, see HV977.123.21

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-18

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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On the steps, [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Tramline tracks

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3361

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 25.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway Company tramline track on Sixth Street and Twelfth Avenue. George Leaf's General Store, located at 7745 Sixth Street is visible on the left and Cliff's Car Factory located at 7730 Sixth Street is visible on the right. George Leaf's store burned down…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 25.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway Company tramline track on Sixth Street and Twelfth Avenue. George Leaf's General Store, located at 7745 Sixth Street is visible on the left and Cliff's Car Factory located at 7730 Sixth Street is visible on the right. George Leaf's store burned down in 1913. The Car factory was established in 1902 and sometime in the 1920s, it became James Brookes Woodworking Plant.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Buildings - Commercial - General Stores; Buildings - Industrial - Factories

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: 6th Street; 12th Avenue

Street Address: 7730 6th Street; 7745 6th Street

Accession Code: BV995.10.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1905]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Winter on the farm

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription458

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1901] (date of original), copied 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Sprott farm property in the middle of winter, with trees, fields, buildings, and fences covered in snow. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "On Mayfield farm in the middle of winter / looking towards Burnaby Lake."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Sprott farm property in the middle of winter, with trees, fields, buildings, and fences covered in snow. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "On Mayfield farm in the middle of winter / looking towards Burnaby Lake."

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Accession Code: HV978.1.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1901] (date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-01

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy print accompanying

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Winter on the farm, [1901] (date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

Women on the steps

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription615

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of women sitting together on the steps to a house that appears to be Bernard Hill home on Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Deer Lake. The three women, including Winnie Hill Rowe (daughter of Bernard Hill) on the right are sitting on the step just behind a girl in a sailor sh…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of women sitting together on the steps to a house that appears to be Bernard Hill home on Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Deer Lake. The three women, including Winnie Hill Rowe (daughter of Bernard Hill) on the right are sitting on the step just behind a girl in a sailor shirt and pleated skirt sitting in the front, who appears to be Kitty Hill.

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"; Rowe, Winnifred L. "Winnie" Hill

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Accession Code: HV977.123.21

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Related Material: For another photograph of the same group of women on the steps, see HV977.123.20

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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