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original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84141
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.42
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren. This piece is of a wood burning stove painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 26 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Reference
- Original artwork from Burnaby publication "Bygones of Burnaby"
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 12.0 cm W: 12.0 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84142
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.43
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren.This piece is of an interurban tram painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 37 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Reference
- Original artwork from Burnaby publication "Bygones of Burnaby"
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 15.0 cm W: 11.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84143
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.44
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren.This piece is of a traveling salesmen's wagon and horse. The wagon has a sign that says "Hardware". The illustration is painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 42 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Reference
- Original artwork from Burnaby publication "Bygones of Burnaby"
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 16.0 cm W: 10.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84144
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.45
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren.This piece is of a wooden wall phone with small writing board. The illustration is painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 48 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Reference
- Original artwork from Burnaby publication "Bygones of Burnaby"
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 11.0 cm W: 8.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84145
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.46
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren. This piece is of a man fishing by a lake. The illustration is painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 57 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Reference
- Original artwork from Burnaby publication "Bygones of Burnaby"
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 11.5 cm W: 11.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84146
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.47
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren. This piece is of a house with a man walking towards it carrying a pile of wood. The illustration is painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 70 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 18. cm W: 15.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84147
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.48
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren. This piece is of a forest painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was unused in the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 17.5 cm W: 16.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
In the shadow by the sea : recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5173
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282885
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
- Contributor
- Wolf, Jim
- Pride, Harry, 1925-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Industries--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Barnet Marine Park--Burnaby, B.C.
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Burrard Inlet
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246) and index.
- "edited by Harry Pride and Jim Wolf"
- Copy 2 of 2
Digital Books
Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
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Anthony R. Hurren — artwork
The Corporation of the District of Burnaby
The University of British Columbia Library
Simon Fraser University Archives
The Vancouver Public Library
British Columbia Hydro Library
�BYGONES OF BURNABY
PROLOGUE
For 22 years my love affair with Burnaby grew and strengthened
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Century Park Museum Association
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- 4 copies held: copy 4.
Digital Books
Tram memories : in celebration of the restoration of Interurban 1223
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5863
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
that FraserWilson learned the art of sign writing.
In fact, he eventually designed the masthead that was used on the B.C. Electric Company’s
publication“The Buzzer,” the first issue of which appeared in April 1916.
FRASER WILSON
(EXCERPTED FROM THE BOOK “BYGONES OF BURNABY”
BY PIXIE MCGEACHIE, 1975)
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Contributor
- Friends of Interurban 1223
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Printer
- City of Burnaby Printshop
- Physical Description
- 91 p. : ill., map ;,20 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electric railroads
- Local transit
- Street-railroads
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Name Access
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Notes
- Editor : Pixie McGeachie
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Digital Books
Murdock and Lillian McMurray interview November 17, 1975 - Track 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory249
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1975
- Length
- 0:03:18
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock and Lillian McMurray's opinions on Burnaby in 1975. As well, they discuss Lillian's expertise in flower gardening.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock and Lillian McMurray's opinions on Burnaby in 1975. As well, they discuss Lillian's expertise in flower gardening.
- Date Range
- 1975
- Photo Info
- Emerson Doran (left) and Murdoch McMurray, 1917. Item no. 229-004
- Length
- 0:03:18
- Interviewer
- McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”
- Interview Date
- November 17, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Murdock McMurray and his wife Lillian (Wray) McMurray conducted by Pixie McGeachie on November 17, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Burnaby's development, the Wray Shoe store and Murdock McMurray's cordwood delivery business.
- Biographical Notes
- Murdock McMurray was born in Vancouver in 1892 to Wilhelmina May and Robert William McMurray. Other children in the family included older siblings John “Jack” and Margaret Lillian, younger siblings Minnie May born May 4, 1895 and Hampton born June 8, 1902. Murdock’s father Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) but retired shortly after moving his family to Burnaby in 1906. He bought six acres of land of what had been previously the Gilley Ranch, the base of operations for Gilley Bros. Ltd. at 2519 Windsor Street (later renumbered and renamed to the 6400 block Imperial Street). Murdock McMurray quit school early to apprentice as a printer. By sixteen he had left the trade and gone into partnership with his older brother Jack. With a team of horses, harness and a wagon, the brothers helped to macadamize roads, haul building supplies for new homes, deliver cord wood for heating, clear land and excavate basements. When Jack McMurray set off to serve overseas during World War I as a driver in the engineer corps, Murdock bought his team of horses and continued working, mainly in the Deer Lake district. In 1916 Murdoch McMurray partnered with Emerson Doran, nephew of the owner of Doran's Mill to buy Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard. As everything was geared towards the war effort, Murdock and Emerson soon ran out of work and had to sell the business. Murdock sold off his horses and equipment and went to work at the ship yard on Pitt River. By 1919 Jack McMurray had returned home from overseas and was working as a fireman at the Shull Lumber and Shingle Mill on the Fraser River. In 1921, he and Murdock teamed up with Emerson Doran and repurchased the Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard which they ran together until 1947. Murdock McMurray married Lillian Wray on September 17, 1925. Lillian was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wray, who came to settle in the Jubilee area of Burnaby in 1919. The family lived on Dow Road and Edward Wray operated Jubilee Shoe Store and Post Office. He was known throughout the district as "Wray - The Shoe Man." Mrs. Wray died in 1957 at the age of eight-six and Edward Wray died January 14, 1967 at age of ninety-three. Murdock and Lillian lived at Inverness Street (now Arcola) and raised three children together, Bob, Jack and Bessie. Murdock McMurray died in New Westminster on April 28, 1985 at the age of ninety-two. Lillian Ethel (Wray) McMurray died in Burnaby on February 28, 1986 at the age of eighty-seven.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:55
- Interviewee Name
- McMurray, Lillian Wray
- McMurray, Murdoch
- Interviewer Bio
- Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. Pixie married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie and raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. Pixie served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." She also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine. On 24 September, 2011, the City of Burnaby dedicated the reading at the City Archives in honour of Pixie and formally named it the Pixie McGeachie Reading Room in recognition of her years of service to the community.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Audio Tracks
Track seven of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray
Track seven of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-010/MSS137-010_Track_7.mp3Century Park Museum Association correspondence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82739
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1976]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (8 p.)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence either written or received by Hazel Simnett regarding the "Bygones of Burnaby" book while she was acting as president of the Century Park Museum Association. One is addressed to the Mayor of Burnaby. Also included is information about the book.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1976]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (8 p.)
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS167-009
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence either written or received by Hazel Simnett regarding the "Bygones of Burnaby" book while she was acting as president of the Century Park Museum Association. One is addressed to the Mayor of Burnaby. Also included is information about the book.
- Names
- Simnett, Hazel
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying file
- Simnett political papers series
History of Burnaby Resource Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7492
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2019
Museum, by appointment: 971.133 MCG
Available at Burnaby Public Library: 971.133 McG
Bygones of Burnaby: An Anecdotal History.
Pixie McGeachie. Burnaby: Century Park Museum Association, 1976.
Available at the Burnaby Village Museum, by appointment: 971.133 MCG
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History of Burnaby and Vicinity. George
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV019.63.1
- Author
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 21 p. : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Directories
- Object History
- Created from research gathered by Burnaby Village Museum staff into the diverse History of Burnaby.
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Digital Books
Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
have continued to the present.
According to Pixie McGeachie in her
book ‘Bygones of Burnaby’, the first Burnaby
School Board consisted of three trustees (each
school had a school board) elected in 1892 by
early settlers who wanted a school built. Some
of their children were already in their teens
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
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