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Willingdon Heights Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

Heritage Value: Willingdon Heights was another new subdivision developed in Burnaby during the post-World War Two building boom. A brochure about the development published in 1948 proclaimed "the Willingdon Heights 500 home development project in Burnaby fulfills its promise to provide a self-contained community for former members of the armed services and their families...the largest single veteran housing project in Canada as far as homes for individual ownership is concerned, Willingdon Heights development was planned by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation...At this date the earlier built rows of homes have passable roads and the owners are improving lawns and gardens in spare time...eventually additional stores and professional services will be installed and recreational projects will add to the amenities of a community of congenial residents..."

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Willingdon Heights Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: The convenient location of Willingdon Heights to the Trans Canada Highway, Lougheed Highway and Hastings Street has fostered its development as a primarily residential commuter neighbourhood. Characterised in the post-World War Two period by predominantly single-family developments, the neighbourhood has retained this identity despite some higher density apartment buildings now found there.

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Willingdon Heights United Church

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Church building.

Associated Dates: 1951

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Parker Street

Associated Dates: 1951

Description: Church building.

Heritage Value: This church was built to serve a 500-home subdivision known as Willingdon Heights–Canada’s largest single veteran’s housing project created by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation and constructed by the Whitsell Construction Company in 1948. The church building was designed as a simplified Gothic Revival church with a tall front tower and Gothic pointed-arch stained glass window and entrance. This church was designed by Vancouver architects Twizell & Twizell. Both Robert Twizell (1875-1964) and younger brother George Twizell (1885-1957) articled at Newcastle, England’s Hicks & Charlewood before arriving in Vancouver in late 1907 or early 1908, with George working for Robert until they established a partnership a few years later. Their firm lasted for nearly half a century and was well known for its numerous church designs.

Locality: Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Architect: Twizell & Twizell

Area: 1808.82

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 4304 Parker Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of Willingdon Heights United Church, 2013.. West elevation.. thumbnail

Historic view of the Willingdon Heights United Church, 1952. (Exterior view of Willingdon Heights United Church at 4304 Parker Street. Historic Photo.) Copyright: City of Burnaby. Photo ID 370-291. thumbnail

Historic view of the Willingdon Heights United Church (with addition), 1957. (Exterior view of Willingdon Heights United Church at 4304 Parker Street with an addition on the side. Historic Photo.) Copyright: City of Burnaby. Photo ID 370-292. thumbnail

Wilson Creek

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1965]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Wilson Creek with a view from Burnaby camp. A beach scattered with logs is in the foreground and a large body of water and the shoreline in the distance. Wilson Creek is near Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast.

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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 : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Wilson Creek with a view from Burnaby camp. A beach scattered with logs is in the foreground and a large body of water and the shoreline in the distance. Wilson Creek is near Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Recreational Activities - Camping

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.36.110

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1965]

Media Type: Photograph

Arrangement: Loose photographs and slides arranged by Kathryn Raadsheer nee Hardy.

Notes: Title based on content of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of slides reads: Slide 1-"Wilson_Creek_(view_from / Burnaby_Camp)"; Slide 2- "Burnaby_Camp,_Wilson_Creek"; Slide 3- Chapel_entrance_Wilson / Creek__May_65" ; Slide 4- "Burnaby_Camp,_Wilson_Creek"

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Wilton Avenue Parksite - Proposed Amendment to Canada Way - Clayton Avenue Area Plan

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 66633

Meeting Date: 21-Aug-2006

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Item No.: 11

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

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 66633

Meeting Date: 21-Aug-2006

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Item No.: 11

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

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Report 66633

21-Aug-2006 Meeting Minutes

Winners of parade float

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of uniformed 5th Burnaby Brownies and their leaders gathered together with a trophy as first place winners for their float in the Community Day parade. Brownies and leaders are identified in the Back Row L to R: Dorothy Sloan, June Reimer, Betty Colelough, Patsy Coram, Barbara Bain, Marl…

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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 : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Material Details: Handwritten annotations beside photograph read: "Winning Brownies at the 1949 float - with cup." Notes beside photograph read: "Back Row / L-R / Dorothy Sloan / June Reimer / Betty Colelough / Pasty Coram / Barbara Bain / Marlene Grant / Diane Homewood / Jacqueline Howcroft / Second Row / L-R / Mrs. Hebron (Brown) / Eleanor Barons / Dianne Smith / Maureen O'shea / Beverly Wright / Sandra Williams / Mrs. Reimer (Tawny / Front Row / L - R / Judy Beatty / Marilyn Cooper / June Walker / Bonnie Burke / Joane Pate."; Handwritten annotations below photograph read: "Winning Brownies at the 1949 float- with cup"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Capitol Studios / & Photo Services / 4164 Hastings St. / Vancouver, B.C."

Scope and Content: Photograph of uniformed 5th Burnaby Brownies and their leaders gathered together with a trophy as first place winners for their float in the Community Day parade. Brownies and leaders are identified in the Back Row L to R: Dorothy Sloan, June Reimer, Betty Colelough, Patsy Coram, Barbara Bain, Marlene Grant, Diane Homewood, Jacqueline Howcroft; Second Row L to R: Mrs. Hebron (Brown owl) , Eleanor Barons, Dianne Smith, Maureen O'Shea, Beverly Wright, Sandra Williams, Mrs. Reimer (Tawny owl); Front Row L to R: Judy Beatty, Marilyn Cooper, June Walker, Bonnie Burke and Joan Bate.

Other Title Information: Title based on contents of photograph

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Events - Parades

Names: Girl Guides of Canada; 5th Burnaby Brownie Pack; Hebron, Kathleen Billingham; Beatty, Judy; Howecroft, Jacqueline; Steele, Lorna; Cooper, Marilyn; Walker, June; Reimer, June; Colelough, Betty; Bate, Joan; Sloan, Dorothy; Coram, Patsy; Bain, Barbara; Grant, Marlene; Homewood, Diane; Barons, Eleanor; Smith, Dianne; O'Shea, Maureen; Wright, Beverly; Williams, Sandra; Burke, Bonnie

Accession Code: BV015.35.181

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1949

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Capitol Studios

Notes: Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "5th Brownie Pack" 1948-1965 Item BV015.35.156

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The winning of popular government : a chronicle of the union of 1841, v.27

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: MacMechan, Archibald, 1862-1933

Publication Date: 1916

Call Number: 971 CHR v.27

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV004.106.14

Call Number: 971 CHR v.27

Author: MacMechan, Archibald, 1862-1933

Contributor: Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948; Langton, H. H. (Hugh Hornby), 1862-1953

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Glasgow, Brook & Company

Publication Date: 1916

Series: Chronicles of Canada, 27

Printer: T. and A. Constable

Physical Description: xi, 172 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 19 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Canada--History

Notes: "Edited by George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton"; "In thirty-two volumes"; "Part VII The Struggle for Political Freedom"; Includes bibliographic references and index.; Author's given names and dates: MacMechan Archibald McKellar, 1862-1933; Editor's given names and dates: Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948; Editor's given names and dates: Langton, H.H. (Hugh Hornby), 1862-1953

Winter Hollyburn

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1974

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of Burnaby Royal Chalet log cabin on Hollyburn Mountain (Cypress). There are two people standing in the front portico of the log cabin with several log stumps scattered on the ground in front of the cabin.

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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 : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of Burnaby Royal Chalet log cabin on Hollyburn Mountain (Cypress). There are two people standing in the front portico of the log cabin with several log stumps scattered on the ground in front of the cabin.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Recreational Activities - Camping

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.214

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1974

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title

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Winter on the farm

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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

Wire rope and fittings : catalogue no. W.R. 42

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Canada Wire and Cable Company Limited

Edition: 2nd ed.

Publication Date: 1950

Call Number: 670 CAN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 670 CAN

Edition: 2nd ed.

Author: Canada Wire and Cable Company Limited

Place of Publication: Toronto, [Ont.]

Publisher: Canada Wire and Cable Company Limited

Publication Date: 1950

Series: Catalogue no. W.R. 42

Physical Description: 285 p., 2 unnumbered p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Wire rope

Notes: "Canada Wire" -- title page.; "Canada Tru-Lay -- title page.; "Steel wire rope for every purpose" -- title page.; Includes index.

Wise Counsel on Social Etiquette

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.360.14

Physical Description: 4, 9, 12 p. ; 18 cm

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Object History: Some books in this accession are marked: "Mr. Chan Y. Leong, 111 Pender St. E., Vancouver B.C., Canada, North America, Western H."; Sam Kee & Company merchants is the business located at 111 Pender St. E. Vancouver - originally owned by Chan Toy (many alternative names including Chang Toy) which was later run by Chang Yat Leong - presumably the same person as Chan Y. Leong.

Notes: Chinese language book; On double leaves, East Asian binding

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Woman sitting by barrels

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July , 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting between barrels at Burnaby Village Museum's Canada Day celebration.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July , 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0339

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting between barrels at Burnaby Village Museum's Canada Day celebration.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Langdeau, Brian

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "07/03 Bby p. 3 51% / 1727 Bby Brian C"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Women 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 ; 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…

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

Women's dress in the 1920's : an outline of women's clothing in Canada during the "roaring twenties"

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Collard, Eileen, 1912-

Publication Date: c1981

Call Number: 391 COL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

ISBN: 0969055277

Call Number: 391 COL

Author: Collard, Eileen, 1912-

Place of Publication: Burlington, Ont.

Publisher: Eileen Collard

Publication Date: c1981

Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Costume--Canada--History--20th century

wooden storage case with inner drawer

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV012.14.154

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV012.14.154

Description: Wooden homemade storage case for Barbie dolls and Barbie clothes. Outside is painted brown, inside is white. Has brown plastic carrying handle. It is intended to look like a wardrobe when it is open. There are two hanging racks for costumes on hangers and two compartments for Ken and Barbie. Measures 32 cm. h x 24.5 cm. l x 16 cm. w. and contains inner small innner drawer with handle.

Object History: From the Yanko family home in Burnaby. Storage case made by John Yanko, father, Barbie clothes made by Lillian Yanko, mother. Toys used by daughters Rhonda and Charmaine Yanko. Annie D. Basiuk (later Yanko) was born on February 25, 1902 in Sheho, Saskatchewan (formerly Sheho, North West Territories). Daniel "Dan" Yanko was born in Kobilnicha, Ukraine in 1887 and immigrated to Canada in May or June of 1905. Daniel Yanko married Annie D. Basiuk and had thirteen children together. Their son, John Ivan Yanko was born on the family farm, near Kelliher, Saskatchewan, on June 27, 1923. In grade six, John was pulled out of school to help support the family. Eugenia “Jenny” Haresomovych (later Carman) was born August 8, 1904 in Galecia, Austria. She came to Canada in 1928, when her parents sent her to live with the Austrian consular in Halifax. A year later, she was in The Pas with Albert Edward Carman, with whom she would have three children. Their daughter, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman was born in The Pas, Manitoba March 24, 1929. Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) Carman later re-married Joseph Nagy who was born in Hungary in October 3, 1900. Jenny, Joseph and the children moved to Nelson, British Columbia, where Joseph worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway. At the age of twenty, John Yanko met his future wife Lillian Doris Carman while visiting relatives in Burnaby. Lillian received a rail pass because of her dad’s employment with the CPR and at fourteen had gone to visit her Godmother in Burnaby. John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman were married October 16, 1948 in Nelson, British Columbia and moved into the basement of John’s sister’s house on Union Street. Lillian began working at the downtown Woodward’s store as a cashier in 1948. In 1950, the young couple bought property at 7385 (later renumbered 7391) Broadway in Burnaby and began constructing a house as they could afford it. Knowing she’d be let go if she was pregnant, when Lillian was expecting her first child, Jenny sewed her several versions of the same outfit; they all used the same material, but each was a little bit larger than the last to accommodate her expanding girth. Rhonda, born in 1953 and Charmaine, born in 1955, grew up in the Broadway home. They attended school at Sperling Elementary, and later at Burnaby North high school. Lillian left her job to be a stay-at-home mom when Rhonda was born, but that changed in 1963 when John and Charmaine were in a car accident that left John temporarily unable to work. Joseph Nagy died April 20, 1962; his wife Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy passed away August 14, 1985. Daniel "Dan" Yanko died in 1976; his wife Annie D. (Basiuk) Yanko died in 1997. John Yanko later returned to work, establishing his own tile setting business and working until age eighty-two. John and Lillian lived out the rest of their married lives on the Broadway property. John Ivan Yanko passed away in 2010; his wife Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (Carman) Yanko passed away in 2011.

Names: Yanko Family; Yanko, John Ivan; Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman; Yanko, Rhonda; Bayntun, Charmaine "Sherrie" Yanko

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work basket

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV974.119.2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV974.119.2

Description: Rectangular coiled cedar root basket with cedar slat foundation and remnants of a loopwork rim. The shiny appearance of this grass suggests it is canary grass. Black dyed and red cherry bark are used for the zigzag designs. Coast Salish: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh?

Object History: The donor reported that the baskets were traded in the early 1920s for clothes by the donor's mother, who lived in North Vancouver. Her mother told her the "Capilano Indians" used to go door to door with their baskets in North Vancouver.; Zig zags are sometimes referred to as lightening or snake tracks.

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: British Columbia

Culture: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh

Subjects: Persons; Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Container; Container - Baskets

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work basket

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV009.1.2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV009.1.2

Description: Oval shaped coiled cedar root basket with cedar slat foundation. Overcast rim with remnants of a loopwork border. Decorated with vertical stripes of imbricated designs in canary grass and black dyed cherry bark. Cherry bark can be distinguished by the small eyes in the surface of the bark. If the basket maker is skilled the bark has a shiny appearance, if it has not been scraped properly it has a greyish tinge. Canary grass is differentiated from cattail and bear grass by its shiny appearance according to a Stó:lō/Stl’atl’imx elder and basket maker from Mount Currie, who was married into Upper Sḵwx̱wú7mesh.

Object History: Basket, ca. 1895-1910, from the collection of the L. Claude Hill family, who owned the property that became the Burnaby Village Museum. According to the Hill family, L. Claude's wife Anne Sarah Hill (nee Kendrick) traded blankets for baskets, although it is not known if this particular basket was obtained in this manner. Indigenous people travelled the trail that crossed Deer Lake Brook (Douglas Road / Canada Way).

Measurements: Measurements: width 31.5 cm and length 51.5 cm and depth 19.5 cm all measured from top edge to outside of basket, not including trim.

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: British Columbia

School/Style: Coast Salish

Culture: First Nations

Subjects: Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Baskets

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick

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Work group from the Bay

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1920 and 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of staff who worked at the "Mirror Room" which was the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons (nee Smith) is identified in the third row, third person from the left.

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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 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of staff who worked at the "Mirror Room" which was the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons (nee Smith) is identified in the third row, third person from the left.

History: Flossie Maude Parsons (nee Smith) was born to George Henry Smith, a farm labourer, and Harriet Ann Savage on February 13, 1896 in Ealing, England. She immigrated to Canada with some of her family members in the early 1920s. They lived in Winnipeg for a few years as an older brother had settled there in 1912. She married Herbert Russell Parsons on June 23, 1928. They first lived in Vancouver and finally bought a home at 7091 Jubilee Avenue, South Burnaby in the early 1930s. In 1943, Flossie was certified in Home Nursing. Herbert Parsons was active during the Second World War as a volunteer for Civil Defence in Burnaby and worked as a salesman for Woodwards. The couple had no children. Herbert passed away on May 23rd, 1957 (age 84) and Flossie passed away on April 6, 1996 (age 100).