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Interview with Charles B. Brown May 21, 1975 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1909-1938

Length: 00:07:15

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Charles Boyer Brown's early days working at Burnaby's Municipal Hall, first as an office boy.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Charles Boyer Brown's early days working at Burnaby's Municipal Hall, first as an office boy.

Date Range: 1909-1938

Photo Info: Charles Boyer Brown, by photographer Nicholas Rossmo [1950]. Item no. 307-008

Length: 00:07:15

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: May 21, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with Charles B. Brown by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury May 21, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, the Commissioner and municipal politics in general. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: Charles Boyer Brown was born on June 16, 1894 in the town of Ongar, Essex, England. He came to Canada as a young child with his parents Jean and Percy Brown. In 1903, the family settled in New Westminster and by 1911, Charles had joined the Burnaby municipal staff working as an office boy. The outbreak of World War One interrupted Charlie’s career as he immediately enlisted with the Royal Engineers and served from 1915 to 1918. While overseas he met and married Lillian Bernice Bryan and they returned to Canada together after the war and Charles resumed his position in municipal administration. For a short time, Charles was appointed as the Municipal Assessor, but in 1927 he became the Assistant Municipal Clerk. In 1933, Charles was made Municipal Clerk, a post he held until he retired in 1959. Charles has also been credited with playing a significant role in administering the city while it was under the rule of the provincial commission from 1932-1942. Recognized for his expertise in civic affairs, Charles was appointed by the provincial government to a committee formed to review and revise the Municipal Act. He was also a member of the BC Municipal Officers’ Association from its formation in 1936 and was made its chair in 1953. While these civic duties occupied much of his time, Charles still managed to participate as a volunteer on many sport and youth clubs in the city and served as the secretary for the Kingsway Rotary Club. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to Burnaby, both paid and volunteer, Charles was presented with the Gold Key award in 1959, the same year he finally retired from municipal administration. During Charles’ lifetime, many changes took place in the Municipality that he loved. He saw Burnaby grow in population and progress and he could be proud of the significant part he played in that growth and development. Charles Brown died on August 11, 1981.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 0:58:01

Interviewee Name: Brown, Charles B. "Charlie"

Interview Location: Walker Avenue

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: None

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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Charles Boyer Brown, by photographer Nicholas Rossmo [1950]. Item no. 307-008 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Charles B. Brown

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B. R. Hill home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 17 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a wood house, identified as Bernard Hill's home, situated beside a road identified as Douglas Road.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 17 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-122

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a wood house, identified as Bernard Hill's home, situated beside a road identified as Douglas Road.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Hill, Bernard R.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "B R Hill Home - Douglas Road, near Deer Lake / 1910 Burnaby"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "B R Hill home / Burnaby"

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Deer Lake

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

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Interview with Marianne May Bateman February 22, 1978 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1910-1935

Length: 0:03:23

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Marianne May Bateman's memories of her family.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Marianne May Bateman's memories of her family.

Date Range: 1910-1935

Photo Info: Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman with his four daughters; Marianne May is sitting on a chair beside her father, [1903}. Item no. BV992.29.1

Length: 0:03:23

Names: Bateman, Mary Dale; Bateman, Edwin W.

Interviewer: Stevens, Colin

Interview Date: February 22, 1978

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Marianne May "May" Bateman conducted by Colin Stevens, February 22, 1978. Major themes discussed are: Elworth.

Biographical Notes: May Bateman was born in 1894 in Portage LaPrairie, Manitoba to Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and Cassie (Dale) Bateman. May's father, Edwin Bateman was born in 1859 in Sandbach, Cheshire, to James and Caroline Mary Wettenhall Bateman (their home in Sandbach was called Elworth Cottage). When he was twenty-one, E.W. Bateman immigrated to Manitoba, Canada where he met Catherine “Cassie” Dale, daughter of George and Sarah Gillon Dale. They were married in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba on November 9, 1886. Edwin and Cassie had seven children, the eldest Edna Caroline Annie (Corner) born in 1889, George, Mamie (McWilliams) born in 1892, Marianne May “May” Bateman born in 1894, Jessie (Fox Kemp), Carey, and the youngest Warren Stafford born in 1901.Cassie (Dale) Bateman died in Portage La Prairie in 1909. Edwin was transferred to Vancouver by the Canadian Pacific Railway where he married Cassie’s younger sister Mary Dale, born 1865, and moved his six children to Vancouver. The Bateman family first lived at 7th and Balsam in a large new house. It wasn’t until 1920 that they decided to move to the quieter atmosphere of the Burnaby Lake- Deer Lake area. By this time Edwin Wettenhall Bateman was a retired CPR executive. He moved his wife and daughter May to Deer Lake and commissioned 'Elworth' house, designed by English-born and trained architect Enoch Evans. The house was completed by contractor William Dodson in 1922 and located at the site of what would become Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Avenue. The Batemans lived here for seventeen years before moving back to Vancouver in May of 1935. Mary Bateman died July 5, 1935. Edwin Wettenhall Bateman died on November 25, 1957 at the age of ninety-seven. Marianne May Bateman died in 1990.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:30:44

Interviewee Name: Bateman, Marianne May

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

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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Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman with his four daughters; Marianne May is sitting on a chair beside her father, [1903}. Item no. BV992.29.1 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with May Bateman

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Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1910-1946

Length: 0:09:17

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.

Date Range: 1910-1946

Photo Info: Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.

Length: 0:09:17

Names: Brown-John, Victor Joseph Charles; Brown-John, Winnifred Douglas

Subjects: Land Clearing

Geographic Access: Napier Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: September 18, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.

Biographical Notes: Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 33:02

Interviewee Name: Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track one of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell

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Dugald Campbell Patterson, Sr

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1910 and 1914] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Dugald Campbell Patterson, Sr.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Dugald Campbell Patterson, Sr.

History: Dugald Campbell Patterson Sr. arrived in Burnaby in 1894. He worked for Armstrong Morrison & Balfour and later became foreman boilermaker for the Vancouver Engineering Works. He was the first postmaster of Edmonds in 1909, and was elected a school trustee in 1912. He was a Director of the British Columbia Electric and Water Heat Company and was a member of the New Westminster Board of Trade. He founded an insurance and real estate company in Burnaby and New Westminster. Dugald Campbell Patterson Sr. was born in Partick, Scotland on January 2, 1860. He attended the Glasgow common school, and worked as a ship joiner at Barclay Curle & Company (founded in 1818) in Whiteinch, Scotland. After some years of study, he was employed in the Anchor Line Shipyards (founded in 1856) in Partick. Dugald arrived in Canada on July 1, 1884, and would soon add a second "T" to the spelling of his last name (changing it from "Paterson" to "Patterson"). He married Frances Mabel Webb on February 7, 1891. Together they helped form the Central Park Horticultural Society.Known for his expertise in the field of engineering, Dugald accepted a unique commission at the beginning of World War One. He travelled overseas to supervise a group of Canadians in the construction of submarines on the Clyde River in Glasgow. It was here that he sustained an injury which left him in a wheel chair. Upon his return home, he remained active in both municipal affairs and the arts. He developed a plan that would preserve ravines as parks in Burnaby, and he published a book of poetry. Dugald also served his communty through his membership in the Knights of Pythias,the Canadian Order of Forresters and the Home Reunion Association. Dugald died in Vancouver, BC on June 25, 1931. [Biography provided by Raymond Reitsma].

Names: Patterson, Dugald Campbell, 1860-1931

Accession Code: HV977.99.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1910 and 1914] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-11

Photographer: Ritchie, Samuel J.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "B. Paterson's [sic] father (Dougal [sic] Campbell Patterson). Owner Vulcan Iron Works, New Westminster, B.C. (He also started real estate business at Edmonds and K'way [Kingsway]."; For more information on D.C. Patterson's family, see Michael Sone's book, "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby," pg. 60.; The photographer Samuel J. Ritchie was active in New Westminster from 1910 to 1914. For reference, see David Mattison's Camera Workers: The British Columbia Photographic Directory, 1858-1950 - R - Volume 2 (1901-1950)

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Dugald Campbell Patterson, Sr, [between 1910 and 1914] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Fraser Valley Nurseries

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the grounds of the Fraser Valley Nurseries. The grounds are fenced with wire and wooden posts.There is a large sign on the left of the photograph that reads "The Fraser Valley Nurseries, Ltd." There are a few barns or sheds on the nursery grounds. Behind the nursery can be seen a la…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the grounds of the Fraser Valley Nurseries. The grounds are fenced with wire and wooden posts.There is a large sign on the left of the photograph that reads "The Fraser Valley Nurseries, Ltd." There are a few barns or sheds on the nursery grounds. Behind the nursery can be seen a large body of water, most likely Burnaby Lake. The accession register and the inscription on the photograph identify the location as just off Douglas Road (now Canada Way). The annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Located off Canada Way."

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms

Names: Fraser Valley Nurseries

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way; Nursery Street; Burnaby Lake

Accession Code: HV977.99.17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [191-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

Related Material: For the right side of the two part panorama of the nurseries, see HV977.99.19

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-11

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Fraser Valley Nurseries

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-?] (date of original), copied 1977

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 grounds of the Fraser Valley Nurseries. The grounds are fenced with wire and wooden posts. There are a few barns or sheds on the nursery grounds. Behind the nursery can be seen a large body of water, most likely Burnaby Lake. The accession register identifies the location as j…

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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 grounds of the Fraser Valley Nurseries. The grounds are fenced with wire and wooden posts. There are a few barns or sheds on the nursery grounds. Behind the nursery can be seen a large body of water, most likely Burnaby Lake. The accession register identifies the location as just off Douglas Road (now Canada Way). An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "View Fraser Valley Nurseries."

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms

Names: Fraser Valley Nurseries

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way; Nursery Street; Burnaby Lake

Accession Code: HV977.99.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [191-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

Related Material: For the left side of the two part panorama of the nurseries, see HV977.99.17

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-11

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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B.R. Hill house

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w photogravure ; 8.1 x 10.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is photogravure printed on paper of a house on the side of a path. The area appears wooded. The inscription and the accession register identify the house as the residence of Mr. and Mrs. B.R. Hill on Douglas Road, built about 1892, with an addition to the house built about 1905.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w photogravure ; 8.1 x 10.7 cm

Material Details: An annotation in pencil is written on the back of the photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph is photogravure printed on paper of a house on the side of a path. The area appears wooded. The inscription and the accession register identify the house as the residence of Mr. and Mrs. B.R. Hill on Douglas Road, built about 1892, with an addition to the house built about 1905.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Geographic Access: Canada Way; Douglas Road

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Accession Code: HV976.51.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1910]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-20

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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First Central Park B.P. Boy Scouts, Central Park, BC

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.3 x 17.8 cm mounted on cardboard 22.0 x 27.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the First Central Park Troop of Boy Scouts. They are wearing uniforms and posed outside in front of bleachers at Central Park. There are 28 boys ranging in age from about seven to twelve, and four adults. A boy in the back row is holding a Union Jack with a circle in the middle in whi…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.3 x 17.8 cm mounted on cardboard 22.0 x 27.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the First Central Park Troop of Boy Scouts. They are wearing uniforms and posed outside in front of bleachers at Central Park. There are 28 boys ranging in age from about seven to twelve, and four adults. A boy in the back row is holding a Union Jack with a circle in the middle in which is written, "B.P.B.S. / 1st / Central Park / Troop." A caption printed on the bottom front of the frame reads, "First Central Park B.P. Boy Scouts, Central Park, B.C." A annotation on the back of the photo reads, "Mr. Robertson."

Subjects: Organizations - Boys Societies and Clubs; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Geographic Access: Imperial Street; Central Park

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Accession Code: HV973.152.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1910]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: See HV973.152.2 for another photograph of the first central park BP boy scouts.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-06

Notes: Title based on caption of photograph

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First Central Park B.P. Boy Scouts, Central Park, BC, [1910] thumbnail

First Central Park B.P. Boy Scouts, 1910

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.1 x 17.3 cm mounted on cardboard 22.0 x 27.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the First Central Park troop of Boy Scouts. All but two of them are in uniform, standing at attention. There are 22 boys and 7 men. A man in the centre is holding a flagpole with a Union Jack attached. The Boy Scouts are standing on a cleared field behind which is a building and fores…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.1 x 17.3 cm mounted on cardboard 22.0 x 27.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the First Central Park troop of Boy Scouts. All but two of them are in uniform, standing at attention. There are 22 boys and 7 men. A man in the centre is holding a flagpole with a Union Jack attached. The Boy Scouts are standing on a cleared field behind which is a building and forest growth. The location may be Central Park. A caption printed on the bottom front of the frame reads, "First Central Park / B.P. Boy Scou [sic] / 1910." Printed on the lower right front of the frame, "W. Brown, Photo. / New Westminster, B.C."

Subjects: Organizations - Boys Societies and Clubs; Geographic Features - Parks; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Accession Code: HV973.152.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1910

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: See HV973.152.1 for another photograph of the first central park BP boy scouts.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-06

Photographer: Brown, William Thomas

Notes: Title based on caption of photograph

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First Central Park B.P. Boy Scouts, 1910, 1910 thumbnail

Bernard M. Humble

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-] date of original, copied [198-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 12 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of portrait of Bernard Maynard Humble taken from Volume IV of "British Columbia from the Earliest Times to the Present" by Howay and Schofield, published in 1914. An enlarged photograph originating from this negative was printed and displayed inside a frame on the wall inside the Royal…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Royal Bank exhibit series

Subseries: Royal Bank exhibit photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 12 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of portrait of Bernard Maynard Humble taken from Volume IV of "British Columbia from the Earliest Times to the Present" by Howay and Schofield, published in 1914. An enlarged photograph originating from this negative was printed and displayed inside a frame on the wall inside the Royal Bank building inside Burnaby Village Museum. In this volume, Bernard Humble is described as a prominent member of the Vancouver Club and other men's clubs in Canada between 1884 and 1914, served in a military capacity in the Northwest rebellion 1885-1886 and was a member of the firm Lowen and Harvey which became Lowen, Harvey and Humble until he retired in 1913.

Names: Humble, Bernard Maynard

Accession Code: BV022.1.34

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-] date of original, copied [198-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 1200

Scan Date: 2022-04-11

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Enlarged print of photograph is hanging inside frame accessioned BV985.121.1a

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Bernard M. Humble, [191-] date of original, copied [198-] thumbnail

George Searby Buxton Clearing Land

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton clearing land on which he built his family home in Burnaby. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 513-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-05

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton clearing land on which he built his family home in Burnaby. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951).. The Buxton house remains a heritage landmark in Burnaby to this day.

Subjects: Land Clearing

Names: Buxton, George Searby

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Buxton Street

Street Address: 4807 Buxton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

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George Searby Buxton Clearing Land, [1911] thumbnail

George Searby Buxton in front of house

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911] (date of original), digitized 2010

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton in front of the house he was building in Burnaby. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Ma…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911] (date of original), digitized 2010

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 513-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-05

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton in front of the house he was building in Burnaby. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951). The Buxton house remains a heritage landmark in Burnaby to this day.

Subjects: Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Buildings - Heritage

Names: Buxton, George Searby

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Buxton Street

Street Address: 4807 Buxton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

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George Searby Buxton

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?)…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 513-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-05

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951).

Subjects: Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Buxton, George Searby

Media Type: Photograph

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

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George Searby Buxton by a cabin

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton standing in front of a cabin. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alic…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 513-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-05

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton standing in front of a cabin. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951).; In 1911, George built the Buxton family home on what is now Buxton Street in Burnaby. The Buxton house remains a heritage landmark to this day. This cabin may have been his residence during the period of construction on the house.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Cabins

Names: Buxton, George Searby

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Buxton Street

Street Address: 4807 Buxton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

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George Searby Buxton by a cabin, [1911] thumbnail

St. Albans Church and Rectory

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of St. Albans Church and Rectory on Douglas Road (at Canada Way and Edmonds).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Disney family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 325-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of St. Albans Church and Rectory on Douglas Road (at Canada Way and Edmonds).

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Churches

Names: St. Alban's Anglican Church

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Disney, John Harold "Jack"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: 19th Avenue

Street Address: 7717 19th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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St. Albans Church and Rectory, [between 1911 and 1919] thumbnail

Douglas Road School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School, taken from a distance, and including the two large trees in the front playing field.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Disney family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 325-037

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School, taken from a distance, and including the two large trees in the front playing field.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Names: Douglas Road School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Disney, John Harold "Jack"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4861 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Douglas Road School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the back of Douglas Road School, and the back field.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Disney family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 325-038

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the back of Douglas Road School, and the back field.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Names: Douglas Road School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Disney, John Harold "Jack"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4861 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Burnaby Lake Store

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911] (date of original), copied ca. 2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 26 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men standing outside the Burnaby Lake Store on Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (old street naming system, this portion of Douglas Road is now Canada Way).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911] (date of original), copied ca. 2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 26 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 475-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2005-7

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men standing outside the Burnaby Lake Store on Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (old street naming system, this portion of Douglas Road is now Canada Way).

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - General Stores

Names: Burnaby Lake Store

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way; Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Burnaby Lake Store, [1911] (date of original), copied ca. 2004 thumbnail

Open meeting with William Pritchard and Norman Penner July / August 1973 - Track 2

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1911-1919

Length: 0:09:09

Summary: This portion of the meeting pertains to William Pritchards' speech and his experiences at the trial for the Winnipeg General Strike as well as his stories from his early twenties and the beginnings of his own socialist leanings.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the meeting pertains to William Pritchards' speech and his experiences at the trial for the Winnipeg General Strike as well as his stories from his early twenties and the beginnings of his own socialist leanings.

Date Range: 1911-1919

Photo Info: William A. Pritchard, Burnaby Reeve 1930-1932 and council member 1928-1930. Item no. 459-016

Length: 0:09:09

Subjects: Political Theories

Interview Date: July / August 1973

Scope and Content: Recording is of a open meeting with William Pritchard and writer Norman Penner. Norman Penner is the editor of the book "Winnipeg 1919" about the strike from the striker's perspective. William Pritchard wrote the speech that was included in the book. Audience members were invited to ask Pritchard questions. Major theme discussed is: The Winnipeg General Strike. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: William "Bill" Arthur Pritchard was born on April 3, 1888 in Salford, England, the son of a miner and factory worker. In May 1911, Bill moved to British Columbia and within a week of arriving became an active member of the Socialist Party of Canada. From 1914 to 1917, he served as editor of the Western Clarion – the SPC newspaper. He became such a well-known socialist figure that when he travelled to Winnipeg to participate in the General Strike in 1919, he was one of only seven people arrested and imprisoned for his participation in the event despite the fact that he was in no way directly involved in its planning nor development. In 1922, Bill and his family settled in North Burnaby in the Capitol Hill District. Almost immediately after his arrival, Bill began to advocate for change and a planned development scheme for the municipality. Pritchard ran successfully for the position of Reeve and held the post until the end of 1932. One of Reeve Pritchard’s highest priorities while in office was to attempt to provide work for as many unemployed as possible all the while trying to elicit more support from the provincial and federal governments. Bill was a strong advocate of the belief that relief work should be focused on projects that would see a comprehensive development scheme for Burnaby – including planned sewers, roads and water supply. Despite Bill's best efforts, however, Burnaby was forced into receivership and at the end of 1932, a Provincial Commission stepped in to take over the governance of the city. Reeve Pritchard, having done all he could as a champion of the unemployed, stepped down as Reeve but left behind an undeniable legacy of courage and determination. He was rewarded for his enormous contributions to the city in 1975 when he was chosen to be made a Freeman of Burnaby. William Pritchard died on October 23, 1981. Norman Penner was born in Winnipeg in 1921 to Rose and Jacob Penner and brother to Roland, Ruth and Walter. Their father Jacob was a leading member of the Communist Party and popular Winnipeg Alderman. Norman graduated from high school in 1937 but did not begin university until much later, preferring to begin his adult life from 1938 to 1941 as a full-time officer of the Winnipeg branch of the Communist Party of Canada. From 1941 to 1946 he served with the Canadian Army which included two-and-a-half years of overseas combat duty. On his return to Canada in 1947 he again returned to his duties as a full-time officer with the communist Labour-Progressive Party (formed in 1941 after the Canadian Communist Party was officially banned). After the abortive Hungarian revolution in 1956, Norman Penner resigned from the party and instead worked as a self-employed manufacturer’s sales representative until 1971. In 1964 he decided to go back to school part time and graduated with a BA from the University of Toronto in 1969. He took an MA in 1971 and a PhD in 1975 from the same institution. Penner was hired as a lecturer at York University's Glendon College in 1972 and soon became a professor, continuing to teach until 1995. He wrote extensively on the Canadian left. Penner edited and introduced "Winnipeg 1919: The Strikers' Own History of the Winnipeg General Strike" in 1973, published "The Canadian Left: A Critical Analysis" in 1977 and contributed three chapters to as well as editing "Keeping Canada Together Means Changing Our Thinking" in 1978. He published "Canadian Communism: The Stalin Years and Beyond" in 1988 and "From Protest to Power: Social Democracy in Canada 1900 to Present" in 1992 as well as numerous articles, reviews and book chapters. Norman Penner was married to Norma Lipes for sixty-seven years. The couple had four children: Steve (Mary Ellen Marus); Joyce (Herman Parsons); Gary (Marlene Kadar); and Bob (Shaena Lambert). Norman Penner died April 16, 2009 at the age of eighty-eight.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 1:03:00

Interviewee Name: Pritchard, William A.; Penner, Norman

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

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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William A. Pritchard, Burnaby Reeve 1930-1932 and council member 1928-1930. Item no. 459-016 thumbnail

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Track two of open meeting with William Pritchard and Norman Penner

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