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![Burnaby Village Museum carousel tour, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2676.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Village Museum carousel tour
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97271
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Garnett Reynolds, of the Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities, and Mildred Reynolds speaking with Steve Alderson, the carousel operator at the Burnaby Village Museum. Alderson is dressed in a period costume and is standing on the inside of the barrier around the old carou…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2676
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Garnett Reynolds, of the Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities, and Mildred Reynolds speaking with Steve Alderson, the carousel operator at the Burnaby Village Museum. Alderson is dressed in a period costume and is standing on the inside of the barrier around the old carousel, and some of the carousel horses are visible in the background.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Dr. Garnett Reynolds, of Port Alberni, and his wife, Mildred, admire the pins worn by Burnaby Village Museum's carousel operator, Steve Alderson. Reynolds is a life member of the Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities, and he was on a tour of the museum with a group of port administrators from around the world."
- Street Address
- 4900 Deer Lake Avenue
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Burnaby Village Museum carousel tour, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2676.jpg)
![Carousel at Burnaby Village Museum, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3135.jpg?width=280)
Carousel at Burnaby Village Museum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98055
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified child riding the carousel at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3135
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified child riding the carousel at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on original file name
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 4900 Deer Lake Avenue
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Carousel at Burnaby Village Museum, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3135.jpg)
Carousel horses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36445
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young girl touching one of the carousel horses as her mom looks on. They are at the opening of the Burnaby Community Archives at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 271-013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-41
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young girl touching one of the carousel horses as her mom looks on. They are at the opening of the Burnaby Community Archives at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Carousel Opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91712
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 27, 1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of the Burnaby Centennial Park Carousel grand opening on March 27, 1993 at the Burnaby Village Museum. Individuals depicted riding the carousel include City Councillor Derek Corrigan, City Manager Bob Moncur, and City staff member Denis Nokony.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 27, 1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 618-030
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of the Burnaby Centennial Park Carousel grand opening on March 27, 1993 at the Burnaby Village Museum. Individuals depicted riding the carousel include City Councillor Derek Corrigan, City Manager Bob Moncur, and City staff member Denis Nokony.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from label on slide sleeve
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Carousel ride at Burnaby Village Museum, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1723.jpg?width=280)
Carousel ride at Burnaby Village Museum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95953
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young child riding the carousel at Burnaby Village Museum during the Burnaby Multicultural Festival. The child's parent stands next to them and the lights of the carousel blur in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1723
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young child riding the carousel at Burnaby Village Museum during the Burnaby Multicultural Festival. The child's parent stands next to them and the lights of the carousel blur in the background.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Flanagan, Colleen
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an August 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Kate Wong, 3, enjoys a ride on the indoor carousal Saturday afternoon at Burnaby Village Museum while taking in the Burnaby Multicultural Fest."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Carousel ride at Burnaby Village Museum, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1723.jpg)
Discussing the carousel horses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36456
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor William J. Copeland standing and discussing the carousel horses with another man at the opening of the Burnaby Community Archives at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 271-024
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-41
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor William J. Copeland standing and discussing the carousel horses with another man at the opening of the Burnaby Community Archives at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Friends of the Carousel display
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36437
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Friends of the Carousel display in the Discovery Room during the opening of the Burnaby Community Archives at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 271-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-41
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Friends of the Carousel display in the Discovery Room during the opening of the Burnaby Community Archives at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Names
- Burnaby Historical Society
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel "Friends of the Carousel"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Looking at the carousel horses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36443
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor William J. Copeland standing and looking at the carousel horses with another man at the opening of the Burnaby Community Archives at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 271-011
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-41
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor William J. Copeland standing and looking at the carousel horses with another man at the opening of the Burnaby Community Archives at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Eco-sculpture steel frame, [2004] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1800.jpg?width=280)
Eco-sculpture steel frame
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96051
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Daryle Birnie, Horticulture Foreman for the City of Burnaby, standing with the steel frame of the carousel horse eco-sculpture inside of a greenhouse.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1800
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Daryle Birnie, Horticulture Foreman for the City of Burnaby, standing with the steel frame of the carousel horse eco-sculpture inside of a greenhouse.
- Names
- City of Burnaby
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Daryle Birnie, the Horticulture Foreman for the City of Burnaby, checks out the steel frame that will become an eco-sculpture of a carousel horse."
Images
![Eco-sculpture steel frame, [2004] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1800.jpg)
Denis Nokony
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78947
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 24, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Denis Nokony, of Burnaby Parks and Recreation receiving an Arts Award of behalf of Don Wrigley. Don was recognised for his contribution to the revival of the carousel at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 24, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 12 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0220
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Denis Nokony, of Burnaby Parks and Recreation receiving an Arts Award of behalf of Don Wrigley. Don was recognised for his contribution to the revival of the carousel at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Subjects
- Ceremonies - Awards
- Names
- Nokony, Denis
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in red ink on recto of photograph reads: "785 E Bby"
- Scan is cropped
Images
![Hand cycle at Burnaby Village Museum, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2128.jpg?width=280)
Hand cycle at Burnaby Village Museum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96504
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kurtis Rock trying a hand cycle at March Break kids' program at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2128
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kurtis Rock trying a hand cycle at March Break kids' program at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Kurtis Rock, 9, tries out the hand cycle at Burnaby Village Museum's "Carousel Capers" March break kids' program."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Hand cycle at Burnaby Village Museum, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2128.jpg)
![Dennis Brown (far left) with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown (far right) and their five children, [1964]. Item no. 549-018. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-018.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Dennis Brown by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory306
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1941
- Length
- 0:07:31
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's early life in Burnaby as a teenager, attending Burnaby South High School as well as completing basic training for the air force in 1944.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's early life in Burnaby as a teenager, attending Burnaby South High School as well as completing basic training for the air force in 1944.
- Date Range
- 1941
- Photo Info
- Dennis Brown (far left) with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown (far right) and their five children, [1964]. Item no. 549-018.
- Length
- 0:07:31
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Dennis Brown conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major theme discussed: life in Burnaby during the war years.
- Biographical Notes
- Dennis Brown’s family moved from North Vancouver to South Burnaby, near Central Park, in 1941. Dennis finished his high school in Burnaby and enlisted in the air force, completing basic training. He returned to Burnaby looking for work and found employment stoking the boiler of a cargo ship. He and a friend spent the next year sailing around the world. When Dennis returned to Burnaby, he found work at a local shingle mill, married Cice Chandler and began work on a new home at Willingdon and Imperial. He and Cice had two children in 1948 and 1950, and three more in the later nineteen-fifties. By this time, Dennis had retrained as an accountant and worked in several large businesses in Vancouver. In their later years, both Dennis and Cice were active in the restoration of the Parker Carousel and Interurban 1223 (now on display at the Burnaby Village Museum) and both were honoured independently with “Citizen of the Year” awards. Cice (Chandler) Brown was, additionally, Honourary Reeve of the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Total Tracks
- 5
- Total Length
- 0:43:57
- Interviewee Name
- Brown, Dennis
- 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
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
![Dennis Brown (far left) with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown (far right) and their five children, [1964]. Item no. 549-018. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-018.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track one of recording of interview with Dennis Brown
Track one of recording of interview with Dennis Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-005/MSS171-005_Track_1.mp3
Interview with Dennis Brown by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory307
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1942-1944
- Length
- 0:07:26
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's days in the merchant marines as well as his first memories of meeting his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's days in the merchant marines as well as his first memories of meeting his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown.
- Date Range
- 1942-1944
- Photo Info
- Dennis Brown (far left) with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown (far right) and their five children, [1964]. Item no. 549-018.
- Length
- 0:07:26
- Names
- Brown, Cice Chandler
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Dennis Brown conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major theme discussed: life in Burnaby during the war years.
- Biographical Notes
- Dennis Brown’s family moved from North Vancouver to South Burnaby, near Central Park, in 1941. Dennis finished his high school in Burnaby and enlisted in the air force, completing basic training. He returned to Burnaby looking for work and found employment stoking the boiler of a cargo ship. He and a friend spent the next year sailing around the world. When Dennis returned to Burnaby, he found work at a local shingle mill, married Cice Chandler and began work on a new home at Willingdon and Imperial. He and Cice had two children in 1948 and 1950, and three more in the later nineteen-fifties. By this time, Dennis had retrained as an accountant and worked in several large businesses in Vancouver. In their later years, both Dennis and Cice were active in the restoration of the Parker Carousel and Interurban 1223 (now on display at the Burnaby Village Museum) and both were honoured independently with “Citizen of the Year” awards. Cice (Chandler) Brown was, additionally, Honourary Reeve of the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Total Tracks
- 5
- Total Length
- 0:43:57
- Interviewee Name
- Brown, Dennis
- 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
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track two of recording of interview with Dennis Brown
Track two of recording of interview with Dennis Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-005/MSS171-005_Track_2.mp3
Interview with Dennis Brown by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory308
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1944-1960
- Length
- 0:09:21
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's memories of reconnecting with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown on the interurban tram. He discusses his job history and tells the story of single-handedly clearing land for their family home.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's memories of reconnecting with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown on the interurban tram. He discusses his job history and tells the story of single-handedly clearing land for their family home.
- Date Range
- 1944-1960
- Photo Info
- Dennis Brown (far left) with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown (far right) and their five children, [1964]. Item no. 549-018.
- Length
- 0:09:21
- Names
- Brown, Cice Chandler
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Dennis Brown conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major theme discussed: life in Burnaby during the war years.
- Biographical Notes
- Dennis Brown’s family moved from North Vancouver to South Burnaby, near Central Park, in 1941. Dennis finished his high school in Burnaby and enlisted in the air force, completing basic training. He returned to Burnaby looking for work and found employment stoking the boiler of a cargo ship. He and a friend spent the next year sailing around the world. When Dennis returned to Burnaby, he found work at a local shingle mill, married Cice Chandler and began work on a new home at Willingdon and Imperial. He and Cice had two children in 1948 and 1950, and three more in the later nineteen-fifties. By this time, Dennis had retrained as an accountant and worked in several large businesses in Vancouver. In their later years, both Dennis and Cice were active in the restoration of the Parker Carousel and Interurban 1223 (now on display at the Burnaby Village Museum) and both were honoured independently with “Citizen of the Year” awards. Cice (Chandler) Brown was, additionally, Honourary Reeve of the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Total Tracks
- 5
- Total Length
- 0:43:57
- Interviewee Name
- Brown, Dennis
- 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
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track three of recording of interview with Dennis Brown
Track three of recording of interview with Dennis Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-005/MSS171-005_Track_3.mp3
Interview with Dennis Brown by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory309
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1947-1980
- Length
- 0:10:39
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's memories of the time when he was taking correspondence and university courses while finishing the house off. He tells the story of the purchasing a car on a whim.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's memories of the time when he was taking correspondence and university courses while finishing the house off. He tells the story of the purchasing a car on a whim.
- Date Range
- 1947-1980
- Photo Info
- Dennis Brown (far left) with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown (far right) and their five children, [1964]. Item no. 549-018.
- Length
- 0:10:39
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Dennis Brown conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major theme discussed: life in Burnaby during the war years.
- Biographical Notes
- Dennis Brown’s family moved from North Vancouver to South Burnaby, near Central Park, in 1941. Dennis finished his high school in Burnaby and enlisted in the air force, completing basic training. He returned to Burnaby looking for work and found employment stoking the boiler of a cargo ship. He and a friend spent the next year sailing around the world. When Dennis returned to Burnaby, he found work at a local shingle mill, married Cice Chandler and began work on a new home at Willingdon and Imperial. He and Cice had two children in 1948 and 1950, and three more in the later nineteen-fifties. By this time, Dennis had retrained as an accountant and worked in several large businesses in Vancouver. In their later years, both Dennis and Cice were active in the restoration of the Parker Carousel and Interurban 1223 (now on display at the Burnaby Village Museum) and both were honoured independently with “Citizen of the Year” awards. Cice (Chandler) Brown was, additionally, Honourary Reeve of the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Total Tracks
- 5
- Total Length
- 0:43:57
- Interviewee Name
- Brown, Dennis
- 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
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track four of recording of interview with Dennis Brown
Track four of recording of interview with Dennis Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-005/MSS171-005_Track_4.mp3
Interview with Dennis Brown by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory310
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1960-2012
- Length
- 0:08:58
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's memories of recreational activities he and his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown and their children participated in. He discusses the changes that he's seen in Burnaby, mainly as density increases.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's memories of recreational activities he and his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown and their children participated in. He discusses the changes that he's seen in Burnaby, mainly as density increases.
- Date Range
- 1960-2012
- Photo Info
- Dennis Brown (far left) with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown (far right) and their five children, [1964]. Item no. 549-018.
- Length
- 0:08:58
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Dennis Brown conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major theme discussed: life in Burnaby during the war years.
- Biographical Notes
- Dennis Brown’s family moved from North Vancouver to South Burnaby, near Central Park, in 1941. Dennis finished his high school in Burnaby and enlisted in the air force, completing basic training. He returned to Burnaby looking for work and found employment stoking the boiler of a cargo ship. He and a friend spent the next year sailing around the world. When Dennis returned to Burnaby, he found work at a local shingle mill, married Cice Chandler and began work on a new home at Willingdon and Imperial. He and Cice had two children in 1948 and 1950, and three more in the later nineteen-fifties. By this time, Dennis had retrained as an accountant and worked in several large businesses in Vancouver. In their later years, both Dennis and Cice were active in the restoration of the Parker Carousel and Interurban 1223 (now on display at the Burnaby Village Museum) and both were honoured independently with “Citizen of the Year” awards. Cice (Chandler) Brown was, additionally, Honourary Reeve of the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Total Tracks
- 5
- Total Length
- 0:43:57
- Interviewee Name
- Brown, Dennis
- 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
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track five of recording of interview with Dennis Brown
Track five of recording of interview with Dennis Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-005/MSS171-005_Track_5.mp3
Mayor Bill Copeland
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97391
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of or related to Mayor Bill Copeland from throughout his life and career (primarily 1992-1996) that were collected for a memorial feature. Photographs depict Copeland at Burnaby events acting as mayor at events and ceremonies, including: receiving the new city seal in 1992…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs (tiff) : b&w
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2766
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of or related to Mayor Bill Copeland from throughout his life and career (primarily 1992-1996) that were collected for a memorial feature. Photographs depict Copeland at Burnaby events acting as mayor at events and ceremonies, including: receiving the new city seal in 1992; opening a new housing co-op on Bellwood Avenue; unveiling a plaque for Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles in Deer Lake Park; and cutting the ribbon at the opening of the Station Square Save-On-Foods and the aftermath of the roof collapse.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-1: "Bill Copeland and former Burnaby fire chief Wayne Brassington are "arrested" at City Hall to raise money for the Cancer Society, in 1996."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-2: "Bill Copeland is presented with a "birthday cake" celebrating Burnaby's centennial, in 1992, by Rose Vaughan, 101."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-3: "Bill Copeland tries out the computer touch screen at the grand opening of the newly refurbished CW Parker Carousel, at Burnaby Village Museum in April, 1995."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-4: "Bill Copeland is presented with Burnaby's new city seal by former premier, Mike Harcourt, part of the city's centennial celebration, in 1992."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-6: "Mayor Bill and the late Rudy Spence toast Ellen Betts at a diner honoring her longtime volunteer service with the Burnaby Arts Council, in 1995."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-7: "Copeland is congratulated on his re-election as Mayor, in 1993."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-8: "Mayor Bill laces up to promote a fitness challenge at Burnaby City Hall, in 1994."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-9: "Mayor Bill helps work the phones to promote a Chamber of Commerce membership drive, in 1993."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-10: "Mayor Bill helps unveil a plaque honoring doctors Blythe and Violet Eagles, at Deer Lake Park, in 1994."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-11: "Mayor Bill opens a new housing co-op on Bellwood Ave., with help from Hedy Fry and former MLA, Barry Gray."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-12: "Mayor Bill Copeland briefs the media after the Save-On Foods collapse at Station Square."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-13: "Mayor Bill Copeland, Jim Pattison, and other local dignitaries, are all smiles at the official opening of the new Save-On Foods at Station Square. But shortly after the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the new store's roof collapsed."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-15: "Mayor Bill tries out a vegetarian plate at the City Hall cafeteria, in 1996."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-16: "Bill Copeland celebrates his victory in a water pistol "showdown" against rival mayor, the late Len Trabouley, from Port Coquitlam, in 1992."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2766-17: "Even after he was confined to a wheelchair, following his illness, Bill Copeland continued to attend various city functions."
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