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Scope and Content: Photograph of three boys on their soap box race cars at Norfolk Street near Royal Oak. Robert "Bob" Lowe is the child in the middle.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1939] (date of original), digitally copied 2012

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History project series

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 549-041

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-30

Scope and Content: Photograph of three boys on their soap box race cars at Norfolk Street near Royal Oak. Robert "Bob" Lowe is the child in the middle.

Subjects: Recreational Activities

Names: Lowe, Robert "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Norfolk Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Soap box race cars, [1939] (date of original), digitally copied 2012 thumbnail

David Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1939 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a man in a military uniform, identified as David Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1939 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-251

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a man in a military uniform, identified as David Hill.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Hill, David O. E. "Dave"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph and note accompanying photograph; Accompanying newspaper article attached to album page states: " 'Killed' Soldier is War Prisoner / Pte. David Hill, 22 son of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Hill, 1281 Burnaby and Yellow Point Lodge, listed as killed while serving with the Seaforth Highlanders in Italy January 3, is a prisoner of war, his parents learned today. Born at Burnaby Lake, he attended school at Ladysmith. He has been overseas two and one-half years. He enlisted with the Canadian Scottish at Nanaimo and then transferred to the Seaforths. A sister, Lesley Hill, is with the W.R.C.N.S. at Halifax."

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David Hill, [between 1939 and 1940] thumbnail

Digney family in Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1939 and 1959]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (5 min., 17sec.) : digital, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized film colour segment identified as Reel 12. The film is a compilation of Digney family events. The film opens with children Paul and Bruce Digney running around the Digney family yard at their home on Bonsor Avenue with Andy and Ernest (Dig) Digney looking on. This is followed by…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1939 and 1959]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (5 min., 17sec.) : digital, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized film colour segment identified as Reel 12. The film is a compilation of Digney family events. The film opens with children Paul and Bruce Digney running around the Digney family yard at their home on Bonsor Avenue with Andy and Ernest (Dig) Digney looking on. This is followed by interspersed footage of the family's pet dog Nero and puppies along with some brief glimpses of the Royal visit (King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) and cavilicade in 1939 along Kingsway. The film then switches to footage of Digney family Christmas festivities, a cat playing with a fish in a bowl and summer time at Pelican Lake in the 1940s and ends with a dog playing with a ball.

Subjects: Events - Parades; Animals - Dogs; Holidays - Christmas; Animals - Cats

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney, Bruce; Digney, Paul

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Digney family in Burnaby, [between 1939 and 1959]

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Burnaby Lodge

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939, predominant 1992-[2004]

Collection/Fonds: Mary Forsyth fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a typewritten paper titled "Burnaby Lodge" by Mary Forsyth; a party invitation for Miss Mabel Miles and Miss Alice Parslow at the Burnaby Lodge and a handwritten letter to Mary Forsyth about the history of the "Shangrila Club".

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939, predominant 1992-[2004]

Collection/Fonds: Mary Forsyth fonds

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS185-041

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: 2014-27

Scope and Content: File consists of a typewritten paper titled "Burnaby Lodge" by Mary Forsyth; a party invitation for Miss Mabel Miles and Miss Alice Parslow at the Burnaby Lodge and a handwritten letter to Mary Forsyth about the history of the "Shangrila Club".

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Transcribed title

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Bylaw Number: 1684 - District of Burnaby National Housing Act Bylaw 1939

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Formation of a Red Cross Society in Burnaby

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Bingo Game Proposal for Fundraising to Assist the North Burnaby Library Association Building Fund

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Carnival at St. Nicholas Hall, North Burnaby, to be Held for the Purpose of Raising Funds for the New Library Building

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Building Fund for New Library - North Burnaby Public Library Association

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Application for Waiver of the Burnaby Building Bylaw to Permit the Erection of a Garage on the N 50 feet of Lot 10, Block 11, DL 99

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Clinics Held in Burnaby - Medical Health Unit

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Visit of the General Manager of the Royal Bank of Canada to Burnaby

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Bylaw Number: 1669 - Burnaby Vancouver and Districts Joint Sewerage and Drainage Board Interest Account Payment Extension Bylaw 1939

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Relief Conditions in Burnaby

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Death of B.R. Hill, former Councilor for Burnaby

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Request for Permission to Hold Sunrise Service at the Municipal Hall Grounds - South Burnaby Interdenominational Young People's Song Service Committee

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Lease to the North Burnaby Public Library Association

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Bus Petition - North Burnaby Board of Trade

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Estimates for Burnaby School Board

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Work Order for $250.00 for Work on Playing Fields in Burnaby

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Soap box race cars

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David Hill

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Digney family in Burnaby

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Burnaby Lodge