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Arthur Francis Peers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1927]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 11.8 cm on page 17.5 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Arthur Francis Peers standing near railway tracks at an unknown location. Snow can be seen covering the ground and Arthur is pictured wearing winter jacket, boots, hat and mittens. In his right hand he is holding a box camera and he is smoking a pipe. Throughout the late 1920s, Arthu…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1927]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 11.8 cm on page 17.5 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-171

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Arthur Francis Peers standing near railway tracks at an unknown location. Snow can be seen covering the ground and Arthur is pictured wearing winter jacket, boots, hat and mittens. In his right hand he is holding a box camera and he is smoking a pipe. Throughout the late 1920s, Arthur Peers travelled throughout the Fraser Valley, British Columbia during the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway and documented a lot of the work through his photographs. A caption to this picture reads: "Breaking camp."

Subjects: Photographic Tools and Equipment - Cameras; Occupations - Photographers

Names: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Barcelona

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 9.8 cm on page 17.5 x 24.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a ship docked alongside a pier crowded with people. The location is identified as Barcelona, Spain. A note written along the top of the page to which this picture is affixed reads "From the Young Doc's Camera" but it is not known to whom that refers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 9.8 cm on page 17.5 x 24.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a ship docked alongside a pier crowded with people. The location is identified as Barcelona, Spain. A note written along the top of the page to which this picture is affixed reads "From the Young Doc's Camera" but it is not known to whom that refers.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships; Structures - Piers and Wharves

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Boy Scouts at Granthams Landing

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Aug. 1926

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four Boy Scouts at Granthams Landing while attending New Westminster District Boy Scout camp. Three of the boys are looking at the camera while one in behind is looking away. Two of the boys are wearing kerchiefs on their heads

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four Boy Scouts at Granthams Landing while attending New Westminster District Boy Scout camp. Three of the boys are looking at the camera while one in behind is looking away. Two of the boys are wearing kerchiefs on their heads

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Accession Code: BV995.8.139

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Aug. 1926

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; hotograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 41

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Boy Scouts standing in formation

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.7 x 8.1 cm on page 17.5 x 22.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Boy Scouts Troop standing in formation on a bridge at an unknown location. The photograph was taken from behind the group and all are facing away from the camera. Each carries a pole and has a hatchet strapped to their belts.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.7 x 8.1 cm on page 17.5 x 22.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-032

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Boy Scouts Troop standing in formation on a bridge at an unknown location. The photograph was taken from behind the group and all are facing away from the camera. Each carries a pole and has a hatchet strapped to their belts.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys Societies and Clubs; Structures - Bridges

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Boys standing in the water

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9.7 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of four young men standing, posing for the camera, in the water at Yellow Point, British Columbia. All are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9.7 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-519

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of four young men standing, posing for the camera, in the water at Yellow Point, British Columbia. All are unidentified.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Charlotte Vidal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, standing on the deck of a ship and holding a camera.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-100

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, standing on the deck of a ship and holding a camera.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Mom"; Stamp on verso reads: "Gepruft / 42 / Gef.-Lager / Chemnitz"

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Charlotte Vidal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, holding a camera.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-102

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, holding a camera.

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Children on the beach

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of five children sitting on the beach. The girl in the middle is holding a box camera on her lap.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-589

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of five children sitting on the beach. The girl in the middle is holding a box camera on her lap.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Photographic Tools and Equipment - Cameras

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Chip and Roy at Hart House

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chip and Roy, two Australian soldiers or sailors, at Hart House. They are in uniform, and one of them is holding a camera.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-591

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chip and Roy, two Australian soldiers or sailors, at Hart House. They are in uniform, and one of them is holding a camera.

Subjects: Photographic Tools and Equipment - Cameras; Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Christina North and Violet Dunbar at the Beach

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Christina North (left) and Violet Dunbar (right) wearing bathing costumes and posing for the camera at an unidentified beach.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Eagles family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 404-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2000-4

Scope and Content: Photograph of Christina North (left) and Violet Dunbar (right) wearing bathing costumes and posing for the camera at an unidentified beach.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Sports - Swimming

Names: Eagles, Dr. Violet; North, Christina

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Christina North and Violet Dunbar at the Beach, 1921 thumbnail

Council minutes and agendas series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1892-2018

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of minutes and agendas of the meetings of Burnaby City Council. Minutes of open Council meetings reflect Council discussions and decisions regarding issues of municipal concern, including, but not limited to, public works, taxation, bylaw enforcement, land development, public healt…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1892-2018

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Council minutes and agendas series

Description Level: Series

File Class: 2430 09 (add. 2020)

Scope and Content: Series consists of minutes and agendas of the meetings of Burnaby City Council. Minutes of open Council meetings reflect Council discussions and decisions regarding issues of municipal concern, including, but not limited to, public works, taxation, bylaw enforcement, land development, public health, and administrative decisions. Series includes minutes of “in camera,” or closed, Council meetings in which confidential issues are discussed. Some of the early minute books contain minutes of Court of Revision proceedings as well.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Access to in camera minutes is restricted in accordance with Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act legislation. Contact the City Archives for details.

Dave Gray and Bob Wood

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1927 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dave Gray and Bob Wood on a hike to the Lions peaks in West Vancouver. Dave Gray has his pipe clenched in his teeth, as Bob Wood points a box camera at him. The third member of hiking party, Art Hilton (not pictured), took this photograph. Dave Gray, a famous baseball player and late…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1927 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-551

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dave Gray and Bob Wood on a hike to the Lions peaks in West Vancouver. Dave Gray has his pipe clenched in his teeth, as Bob Wood points a box camera at him. The third member of hiking party, Art Hilton (not pictured), took this photograph. Dave Gray, a famous baseball player and later teacher, was an all-round athlete who once taught Bob Wood. David Gray Park and swimming pool in South Burnaby were named after him.

Subjects: Photographic Tools and Equipment - Cameras; Geographic Features - Mountains

Names: Gray, David "Dave"; Wood, Robert "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hilton, Art

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Dave Gray and Bob Wood, May 1927 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Flag drill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jun 16, 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 6.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of unidentified guides from the 1st Burnaby Girl Guide Company and New Westminster gathered together for a Girl Guide rally at Queen's Park, New Westminster. The guides are performing a flag drill and are gathered around a flag pole . Most of the guides have their backs to the…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 6.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of unidentified guides from the 1st Burnaby Girl Guide Company and New Westminster gathered together for a Girl Guide rally at Queen's Park, New Westminster. The guides are performing a flag drill and are gathered around a flag pole . Most of the guides have their backs to the camera.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

Geographic Access: New Westminster

Accession Code: BV015.35.228

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jun 16, 1923

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 04-Jan-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on content of photograph; Note in black ink on scrapbook page reads: "Girl Guide Rally - New Westminster and / Burnaby - June 16, 1923"; Note in black ink underneath photograph on scrapbook page reads: "Flag Drill"; Note in pencil on verso of photogrqaph reads: "181" (circled in pencil); Photograph is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)

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Girls knitting

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.3 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of two girls sitting on the ground, knitting. Beach chairs can be seen in the background and a box camera is on a blanket in front of them. Both are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.3 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-681

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two girls sitting on the ground, knitting. Beach chairs can be seen in the background and a box camera is on a blanket in front of them. Both are unidentified.

Subjects: Crafts - Knitting

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Group at Campsite

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.2 x 7.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of seven posing for the camera at a campsite. All are unidentified but the location is given as Campbell River.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.2 x 7.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-671

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of seven posing for the camera at a campsite. All are unidentified but the location is given as Campbell River.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Camping

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Grouse Mountain hike

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1923 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Butcher children on a Grouse Mountain hike. Left to right: Thelma Butcher, Dorothy Butcher and Violet Butcher. The picture was taken by their friend, Alfie, who scared Violet by jumping from rock to rock for a better camera angle as the Butcher girls crossed the Capilano bridge e…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1923 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-540

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Butcher children on a Grouse Mountain hike. Left to right: Thelma Butcher, Dorothy Butcher and Violet Butcher. The picture was taken by their friend, Alfie, who scared Violet by jumping from rock to rock for a better camera angle as the Butcher girls crossed the Capilano bridge en route.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Hiking; Geographic Features - Mountains

Names: Butcher, Dorothy; Butcher, Thelma; Lynds, Violet Butcher

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Grouse Mountain hike, May 6, 1923 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Interviews with Bill and Albert Parker by Colin Stevens January 17, 1992

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1920-1930 (interview content), interviewed January 17, 1992 (date of original), digitized 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (53 min., 14 sec.) : col. , sd.

Scope and Content: Film footage documenting informal interviews with brothers William “Bill” and Albert Parker conducted by Burnaby Village Museum curator, Colin Stevens. The footage opens in the administration building of the Burnaby Village Museum where Bill Parker describes a pair of cross country skis that he is …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse oral history project subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (53 min., 14 sec.) : col. , sd.

Material Details: Interviewer: Colin Stevens; Interviewee:William (Bill) Parker; Albert Parker; Mrs. William Parker; Location of Interview: Jesse Love farmhouse at the Burnaby Village Museum; Camera: Susan Green and Colin Stevens

Scope and Content: Film footage documenting informal interviews with brothers William “Bill” and Albert Parker conducted by Burnaby Village Museum curator, Colin Stevens. The footage opens in the administration building of the Burnaby Village Museum where Bill Parker describes a pair of cross country skis that he is donating to the museum. Bill recollects how he constructed the skis out of cedar in the late 1920s when he was about 9 or 10 years old. Bill tells of how he skied in the neighbourhood of the Jesse Love farmhouse on Cumberland Road, using the skis until the mid to late 1930s. The film continues with a tour of the Jesse Love farmhouse which is under restoration on site of the Burnaby Village Museum. Curator Colin Stevens takes Albert and Bill Parker through various rooms inside of the house sharing details of what staff have discovered during the restoration process and gathers informative details by interviewing them. During the interviews, the brothers recollect what it was like living in the house in the 1920s. They provide details on the house’s construction, fixtures, heating and water systems along with particulars regarding furnishings and décor. Information that was gathered through interviews such as this, supported the restoration to be completed as accurately as possible.

History: Albert and William Charles “Bill” Parker are the sons of Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Parker. Sarah Parker was the daughter of Jesse and Martha Love and grew up in the Love farmhouse located at 1390 Cumberland Road in Burnaby. Sarah and William Parker and their three children (Albert, Bill and Elsie) moved into the Love farmhouse in about 1925, eventually buying it in 1928 following the death of Sarah’s father Jesse Love. Sarah continued to live in the house until after her husband William died and eventually sold the house to her daughter Elsie Hughes and her husband John Hughes in 1966.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Sports - Skiing; Buildings - Heritage

Names: Stevens, Colin; Parker, William "Bill" Charles; Parker, Albert "Bert"; Love Family

Accession Code: BV018.41.50

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1920-1930 (interview content), interviewed January 17, 1992 (date of original), digitized 2020

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Green, Susan; Stevens, Colin

Notes: Title based on contents of video; Video was digitized to mp4 in March 2020 from original VHS tape

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Interviews with Bill and Albert Parker by Colin Stevens January 17, 1992, 1920-1930 (interview content), interviewed January 17, 1992 (date of original), digitized 2020

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Interview with Julie Lee by Denise Fong February 6, 2020

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1920-1992] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 6, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:53:46 min.)

Scope and Content: Recording consists of an interview with Julie Lee conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong. Julie Lee shares information about her mother, Suey Ying Jung's (Laura's) experiences growing up as a Chinese Canadian on a farm in Burnaby during the 1920s and 1930s. She also shares some …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Chinese Canadians in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:53:46 min.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Denise Fong Interviewee: Julie Lee Location of Interview: Home of Julie and Cecil Lee Interview Date: February 6, 2020 Total Number of Tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 00:53:46

Scope and Content: Recording consists of an interview with Julie Lee conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong. Julie Lee shares information about her mother, Suey Ying Jung's (Laura's) experiences growing up as a Chinese Canadian on a farm in Burnaby during the 1920s and 1930s. She also shares some information about her father Puy Yuen Chan. 0:00- 01:47 Julie Lee provides background information on her families’ connection to Burnaby and conveys how her maternal grandparents farmed a five acre lot at Still Creek and Douglas Road. Her grandparents grew vegetable produce and operated a piggery at this location. Her mother, Suey Ying Jung (Laura) was the middle child between two older sisters, Maida and Annie and her two younger brothers Gordon and Harry. They were all born at home and educated at Edmonds Elementary School. 01:48- 11:47 Julie provides some background information about her mother, the friendships she made growing up, when she got married and places that she lived. She tells of her mother marrying in 1942 at age 30 years, moving to Fraser Mills and then onto Maillardville in 1958. There was easy access to the Interurban tram so her mother was able to have a social life with others in Vancouver’s Chinatown. She says that many of the only existing photographs of the family living on the farm at Still Creek and Douglas Road can be attributed to her mother’s friend Lil Mau [sic] who owned a camera. The farm was sold around 1949 when her grandparents moved to East Vancouver. While operating the farm, her grandparents only hired Chinese workers who spoke the same language and ate the same foods as them. Despite this, her grandparents made friends with the Collin’s family who assisted them in adjusting to the Canadian way of life. Julie tells that her mother’s sister Maida and brother in law lived with them at Fraser Mills. Her mother’s sister Maida had nine children so Julie’s mother helped her in raising them. 11:48 – 16:53 - Julie talks about racial prejudice towards the Chinese in Burnaby during the 1920s and 1930s. She says that for the most part, her mother’s family had a very insular life on the farm and mainly socialized only within the Chinese community. Julie tells of how she recently became aware of a memoir “The Way it Was”, written by Burnaby resident, Fannie Waplington. The memoir is held as part of the Burnaby Village Museum collection. In the memoir, Fannie Waplington tells of how she was forbidden from visiting Julie’s mother on their farm due to her ethnic background. Julie conveys that it seems like it was a missed friendship for both her mother and Fannie. 16:54 – 22:30 Julie describes what school life was like for her mother and what she may have done outside of school. Her mother attended Edmonds School in the 1920s up to Grade 7 or Grade 8. Julie explains that Asian girls were never offered the opportunity to pursue higher education while her mother’s brothers continued with their education attending Vancouver Technical School. Her mother continued to work on the farm until she was married cooking for workers and helping her mother. Outside of school, she may have helped with looking after nieces and nephews, played cards and mahjong. She says that her mother continued to play cards with her own children and was a skilled knitter into her 80s. 22:31 – 30: 53 Julie tells of what she knows about the Chinese workers on the farm and Fraser Mills and what they did on the weekends. She figures that many may have played card games to pass the time and at Fraser Mills gambling occurred. Fishing was a highlight for her father and she recalls him fishing sturgeon. Single workers may have gone into Vancouver on the weekends. Julie says that her parents had a hobby farm while living at Fraser Mills and that they grew enough garlic to sell in Chinatown. She thinks that before living at Fraser Mills, her mother must have went to Chinatown quite a bit, assisting with banking and enjoying a social life. Julie shares that her father, Puy Yuen Chan came to Canada from China at twelve years of age but working as a shingle packer, he never learned to speak English. She figures that her parents must have met at Fraser Mills while her mother was visiting her sister Maida. 30:54 – 37:33 Julie describes her mother as the cook, caregiver and the “one man show”. She says that her mother enjoyed cooking traditional Chinese recipes. Julie talks of her own cooking and gardening skills which she may have inherited from her parents including her large patch of garlic. 37:34- 40:23- Julie is asked as to whether her mother attended Chinese school and says that she had some Chinese schooling. She could read and write a little but didn’t attend a formal school as far as she knows. Julie shares some background information on her own husband Cecil, who grew up in East Vancouver. She shares that Cecil’s family went back to China from 1931 until 1939 when they returned to Queensborough. Cecil attended Chinese school in New Westminster. 40:24 – 42:19 Julie speaks briefly about what type of medical care her mother and her family had. She relates that all births took place at home and they accessed a Chinese herbalist in Chinatown. Hospitals were accessed in 1950s—1960s. The family did use Western doctors that were insured under the medical system. She recalls growing up and having to drink a particular herbal brew at least once a month to stay well. 42:20- 46:47 Julie describes how her parents stayed connected with their families in China. She says that her mother’s family didn’t stay in touch with relatives in China and that her uncles rejected anything to do with the past. On her father’s side they maintained a connection with cousins. She recalls that her father, Puy Yuen Chan supported some of his relatives back home in China and stayed in touch with some. Her mother, Laura travelled to China in 1991 and 1992 and connected with some relations on Julie’s father’s side. 46:48- 53:46 In this segment, Julie speaks of her mother’s character being very self-assured, independent and goal oriented. She feels that her mother valued being surrounded by her family and friends and felt very comfortable growing up in Burnaby and with the relationships that she had. She feels that her mother adapted to her roles being the last of four children on the farm and that she was very self-sufficient and determined.

History: Interviewee biography: Julie Lee (nee Chan) is the daughter of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) and Puy Yuen Chan. Her mother's family owned and operated a vegetable and piggery farm on Douglas Road near Still Creek in the early 1900s. Their farm was located in front of the Douglas Road interurban tram station. Her mother had two older sisters named Maida and Annie and two younger brothers Harry and Gordon. Her mother was born in 1912 and left the farm for Fraser Mills when she was married in 1942. Julie grew up with her parents and siblings on the Fraser Mills site during the 1940s and 1950s. 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: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agriculture - Farms; Education; Buildings - Schools

Names: Lee, Julie Cho Chan; Chan, Puy Yuen; Jung, Suey Ying "Laura"; Wong, Suey Fong "Maida" Jung; Jung, Suey Cheung "Harry"; Jung, Suey Yook "Gordon"; Jung, Gee Shee; Jung, Chung Chong; Jong, Suey Kin "Annie" Jung

Responsibility: Fong, Denise

Geographic Access: Douglas Road

Accession Code: BV020.6.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1920-1992] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 6, 2020

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Related Material: See also BV018.16.1

Scan Resolution: 1000

Scan Date: 01-Oct-2017

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on contents of interview; Photograph info: Suey Ying (Laura) with produce baskets [between 1940 and 1942]. BV017.24.27

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Interview with Julie Lee by Denise Fong February 6, 2020, [1920-1992] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 6, 2020

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2020_0006_0002_001.mp3

Kathleen Montgomery at the Cunningham's

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80160

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929 or 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green) sitting in a chair and making a face at the camera. This photograph was taken during her stay at Fred and Edna Cunningham's house on Douglas Road (this house was given heritage designation by the City of Burnaby in 1996).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929 or 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 554-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green) sitting in a chair and making a face at the camera. This photograph was taken during her stay at Fred and Edna Cunningham's house on Douglas Road (this house was given heritage designation by the City of Burnaby in 1996).