"California" found 10 records

The Green Timbers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 7.5 cm on page 23.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking down a tree-lined road, and is labelled "The Green Timbers". An automobile is parked along the side of the road. The Green Timbers was a famous roadway that went through Surrey and by the 1920s it was known as the only remaining stretch of virgin forest all the way from Ca…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 7.5 cm on page 23.5 x 17.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking down a tree-lined road, and is labelled "The Green Timbers". An automobile is parked along the side of the road. The Green Timbers was a famous roadway that went through Surrey and by the 1920s it was known as the only remaining stretch of virgin forest all the way from California to British Columbia. In more recent years, this area in Surrey has been declared an urban forest park.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Jimmy Robertson leaning against a palm tree

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jimmy Robertson leaning against the trunk of a palm tree on a boulevard in California. Jimmy Robertson was the supervisor of amusement rides for Happyland. Photograph was taken while Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel t…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series

Subseries: Carousel photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jimmy Robertson leaning against the trunk of a palm tree on a boulevard in California. Jimmy Robertson was the supervisor of amusement rides for Happyland. Photograph was taken while Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.

Names: Robertson, James W. "Jimmy"

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV022.2.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1996

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 2021-08-17

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #4; Photograph copied from Robertson family album

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Jimmy Robertson leaning against a palm tree, [1936] (date of original), copied 1996 thumbnail

Kapoor sawmill being rebuilt

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 6 Aug. 1939 (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kapoor Sawmill being rebuilt in August 1939. Two unidentified men are standing on the second floor of the building under a block and tackle that is suspended from the beam above.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kapoor Sawmill being rebuilt in August 1939. Two unidentified men are standing on the second floor of the building under a block and tackle that is suspended from the beam above.

History: Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.

Subjects: Persons - South Asian Canadians; Construction; Industries - Logging/lumber

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited

Accession Code: BV019.32.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 6 Aug. 1939 (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Kapoor sawmill being rebuilt, 6 Aug. 1939 (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Large palm tree outside building

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large palm tree on a boulevard in front of a large white building somewhere in California. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series

Subseries: Carousel photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large palm tree on a boulevard in front of a large white building somewhere in California. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Accession Code: BV022.2.38

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1996

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 2021-08-17

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #11; Photograph copied from Robertson family album

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Large palm tree outside building, [1936] (date of original), copied 1996 thumbnail

San Francisco Trip

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1935 and 1952]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip ( 9 min., 43 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 18 and contains footage interchanging between colour and black and white, showing the Digney family trip to San Francisco and California. The footage starts off rather poor. It provides views of; the islands surrounding San Francisco; cactu…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1935 and 1952]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip ( 9 min., 43 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 18 and contains footage interchanging between colour and black and white, showing the Digney family trip to San Francisco and California. The footage starts off rather poor. It provides views of; the islands surrounding San Francisco; cactus gardens; the Pismo Beach zoo; a Circus; the Aurora Speedway in Seattle; a beach; garden sculptures; views from Telegraph Hill; clearing a California hwy and closes with Paul, Joyce and Dot Digney.

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

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

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Video

San Francisco Trip, [between 1935 and 1952]

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Standard Oil Company / Chevron

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1935

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue North

Associated Dates: 1935

Heritage Value: In 1935 the announcement that the California-based Standard Oil Company was going to build a huge "million dollar" refinery in Burnaby was greeted with cheers by residents who were eager for employment and good news during the Great Depression. The refinery, named Stanovan (aka: Standard Oil - Vancouver) was officially opened in 1936 with the ability to produce 2000 barrels per day. During World War Two, the capacity of the refinery doubled to assist in the war effort. In 1976, the company's name was changed to Chevron Canada Limited.

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Street Address: 355 Willingdon Avenue North

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Standing beside the bus

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1926 and 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside the rear end of a bus. The man is in his shirt sleeves with his tie tucked in his shirt front but wearing a hat. He is holding a small hacksaw and a pipe. In the background is an awning with the word “HOTEL”. The awning is similar to the awnings sho…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Material Details: Photograph has faded due to age

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside the rear end of a bus. The man is in his shirt sleeves with his tie tucked in his shirt front but wearing a hat. He is holding a small hacksaw and a pipe. In the background is an awning with the word “HOTEL”. The awning is similar to the awnings shown in The bus has the word "Pacific Sta __ / LTD" visible in the rear window (Pacific Stage Lines, owned by B.C. Electric Company, consolidated bus service in the Fraser Valley from July 1, 1926). This bus is a model built by the Fogel Bros, California and used by other transportation companies also owned by B.C. Electric.

Subjects: Transportation - Buses

Accession Code: HV975.33.3av

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1926 and 1930]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).; For related images see: HV975.33.3ad; HV975.33.3ay and HV975.33.3ao

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Standing beside the bus, [between 1926 and 1930] thumbnail

Two women with palm tree in California

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified women standing next to a large palm tree along an unidentified boulevard somewhere in California. Two automobiles are parked along the side of the road behind them. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series

Subseries: Carousel photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified women standing next to a large palm tree along an unidentified boulevard somewhere in California. Two automobiles are parked along the side of the road behind them. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased. The woman on the right could be Dora Robertson.

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Accession Code: BV022.2.37

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1996

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 2021-08-17

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #10; Photograph copied from Robertson family album

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Two women with palm tree in California, [1936] (date of original), copied 1996 thumbnail

Wally and friends at Verdugo Hills

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1935]

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Bob Peterson, Walter "Wally" Westerman, Gordon Jones and "Doc" Kersulis at the peak of Verdugo Hills, California.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Bob Peterson, Walter "Wally" Westerman, Gordon Jones and "Doc" Kersulis at the peak of Verdugo Hills, California.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains

Names: Westerman, Walter "Wally"; Jones, Gordon; Kersulis, "Doc"; Peterson, Bob

Accession Code: BV020.17.11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1935]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 22-Sep-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "LEFT TO RIGHT / BOB PETERSON / (SELF) / GORDON JONES / "DOC" KERSULIS / AT PEAK VERDUGO HILLS"

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Wally and friends at Verdugo Hills, [1935] thumbnail

Wally and friends outside of main entrance to Aero I.T.I.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1935 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 7.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Walter "Wally" Westerman (far left) standing next to friends Bob Foley (middle) and Jim Hajek outside of the visitor's main entrance to "Aero I.T.I." (Aero Industries Technical Institute) Los Angeles, California.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 7.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Walter "Wally" Westerman (far left) standing next to friends Bob Foley (middle) and Jim Hajek outside of the visitor's main entrance to "Aero I.T.I." (Aero Industries Technical Institute) Los Angeles, California.

Subjects: Transportation - Air

Names: Westerman, Walter "Wally"; Foley, Robert "Bob"; Hajek, Jim

Accession Code: BV020.17.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1935 and 1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 22-Sep-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "MAIN ENTRANCE / AERO I.T.I / LEFT TO RIGHT / (SELF) / BOB FOLEY / JIM HAJEK"

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The Green Timbers

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Jimmy Robertson leaning against a palm tree

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Kapoor sawmill being rebuilt

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Large palm tree outside building

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San Francisco Trip

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Standard Oil Company / Chevron

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Standing beside the bus

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Two women with palm tree in California

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Wally and friends at Verdugo Hills

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Wally and friends outside of main entrance to Aero I.T.I.

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