"Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)" found 55 records

Kingsway West School site

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: March 16, 1915

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm

Scope and Content: Survey plan of "Kingsway West School Site" "Burnaby Municipality" "being Lot 1, D.L.32, Lot 1 of Lot 21, Portion of Lot 21 and Portion of Lot 20, of subdivision of D.L.152, 153 & Portion of Lot 151, Group 1, New Westminster District".

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Series: School and church plans series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm

Material Details: Scale: [1:480]

Scope and Content: Survey plan of "Kingsway West School Site" "Burnaby Municipality" "being Lot 1, D.L.32, Lot 1 of Lot 21, Portion of Lot 21 and Portion of Lot 20, of subdivision of D.L.152, 153 & Portion of Lot 151, Group 1, New Westminster District".

Creator: McGugan, Donald Johnston

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Names: Kingsway West School

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Sussex Avenue

Accession Code: BV003.83.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: March 16, 1915

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Notes: Title based on contents of plan; Scale on plan reads: "40 feet = 1 inch"; Oath in bottom left corner reads: "I, D.J. McGugan...did personally superintend the survey ..." "...completed on the 16th day of March 1915", signed "D.J. McGugan", and notarized by "S.F. Mark; handwritten on back, "1753; See also BV003.83.2 - duplicate plan with annotations- digitized in 2020; See also BV003.83.3 for original plan on waxed linen

West Burnaby School Grade 1 class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1916

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School, Grade 1 class. Their teacher (standing far right) is (Miss) Annie Forrest who taught for over thirty years and was much beloved by many Burnaby children. Standing in the back row (l to r) are: Doris Faulkner, Louise Lister, Bessie M…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School, Grade 1 class. Their teacher (standing far right) is (Miss) Annie Forrest who taught for over thirty years and was much beloved by many Burnaby children. Standing in the back row (l to r) are: Doris Faulkner, Louise Lister, Bessie McLaren, (first name unknown) Brown, (first name unknown) Brown, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified. Second row: Willie Nixon, unidentified, Catherine Taylor, Eunice Paul, unidentified, unidentified, (first name unknown) Simpson (the boys seated in front two rows have yet to be identified).

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Forrest, Annie Theresa; Kingsway West School; Taylor, Bessie McLaren; Lister, Louise; Nixon, Willie; Taylor, Catherine; Paul, Eunice

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: HV976.153.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1916

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: For an original print of the same image, but cropped differently, see BV999.2.5

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

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

Images

West Burnaby School Grade 1 class, 1916 thumbnail

First Burnaby Girl Guide Company in Central Park

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1 Jul 1916

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1st Burnaby Company in Central Park in Burnaby. The girl guides are dressed in white uniforms and are gathered together for a group photograph in a clearing in the woods. One of the girls at the centre of the group is holding a commonwealth flag.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1st Burnaby Company in Central Park in Burnaby. The girl guides are dressed in white uniforms and are gathered together for a group photograph in a clearing in the woods. One of the girls at the centre of the group is holding a commonwealth flag.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

Geographic Access: Central Park

Accession Code: BV015.35.264

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1 Jul 1916

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: January 6, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Central Park, Burnaby / July 1, 1916 / 1st Burnaby Company"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "FRANCEL MORKILL / GIRL GUIDE LIBRARY"; Signature in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Amy Leigh"; Notes in red pencil on verso of photograph read: "8 _ 50%"; Photograph is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)

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First Burnaby Girl Guide Company in Central Park, 1 Jul 1916 thumbnail

Kingsway West School, Burnaby, BC

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1917 (date of original), copied [1972]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.3 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Grade 7 class at Kingsway West (originally named West Burnaby) School. Edith Crake is the teacher. The students are standing on the steps of the school.There are 20 boys and 12 girls, and Ms. Crake. Accompanying notes partially identify the students. Front row: left to right. 1) …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.3 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Grade 7 class at Kingsway West (originally named West Burnaby) School. Edith Crake is the teacher. The students are standing on the steps of the school.There are 20 boys and 12 girls, and Ms. Crake. Accompanying notes partially identify the students. Front row: left to right. 1) Abbey, 2)&3) [unidentified], 4) Gladys Coates, 5) Ina Hart, 6) [unidentified]. Second row: left to right. 7) [unidentified], 8) [first name unknown] Murrey, 9) [first name unknown] Chapple, 10) [first name unknown] Murrey, 11)&12) [unidentified]. Third row: left to right. 13) Edith Crake (teacher), 14) Stewart MacPherson, 15) Bert Price, 16) [unidentified], 17) Gilbert Summers, 18) Alden Tayler, 19) [unidentified]. Fourth row: 20) Harold Lomas, 21) Hugh Silver, 22) [first name unknown] Murrey [?], 23) [unidentified], 24) Murray Hilton. Fifth row: 25) [unidentified], 26) Bill Logan [?], 27) [unidentified], 28) George Main. An annotation at the bottom of the original photograph reads, "Kingsway West School, Burnaby, B.C."

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Coates, Gladys; Crake, Edith; Hart, Ina; Hilton, Murray; Kingsway West School; Logan, Bill; Lomas, Harold; MacPherson, Stewart; Main, George; Price, Bert; Silver, Hugh; Summers, Gilbert; Tayler, Alden

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: HV972.120.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1917 (date of original), copied [1972]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-18

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Kingsway West School, Burnaby, BC, 1917 (date of original), copied [1972] thumbnail

Staff at West Burnaby School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1917]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later Kingsway West) School standing in a horseshoe formation at front steps of the school building. They are (from the left); unidentified, Miss Annie Theresa Forrest, Miss Morrow (with a trophy in her hands), unidentified (with a trophy in her hands), Miss…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later Kingsway West) School standing in a horseshoe formation at front steps of the school building. They are (from the left); unidentified, Miss Annie Theresa Forrest, Miss Morrow (with a trophy in her hands), unidentified (with a trophy in her hands), Miss Brice (with a trophy in her hands) and Miss Gray. Mr Brown is standing in the center at the back.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers; Personal Symbols - Trophies

Names: Kingsway West School; Brice, Miss; Forrest, Annie Theresa; Brown, Marie Cornelia Morrow; Gray, Miss; Brown, Mr

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.27

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1917]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: For another photograph of the same image, see BV999.2.27

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Staff at West Burnaby School, [1917] thumbnail

Teaching staff at West Burnaby School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1917

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School standing in front of the school building. The teachers are (from the left); Miss Annie Forrest, unidentified, Miss Brice (at the back) Miss Gray, unidentified, Miss Morrow (at the back) and Mr. Brown. Three young girls ar…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School standing in front of the school building. The teachers are (from the left); Miss Annie Forrest, unidentified, Miss Brice (at the back) Miss Gray, unidentified, Miss Morrow (at the back) and Mr. Brown. Three young girls are visible playing on the left.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School; Brice, Miss; Forrest, Annie Theresa; Brown, Marie Cornelia Morrow; Gray, Miss; Brown, Mr

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.29

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1917

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Teaching staff at West Burnaby School, 1917 thumbnail

Interview with Cice Brown, May 13, 2005 - Track 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 13, 2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:07:37 min)

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Cice Brown talking about growing up in West Burnaby near Central Park, between West Burnaby and McKay tram station. Cice describes the area in which she lived; talks about attending school at Kingsway West and highschool at Burnaby South. Interview…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:07:37 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Cice Brown Date of interview: May 13, 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 7 Total length of all Tracks: 0:40:19

Scope and Content: Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Cice Brown talking about growing up in West Burnaby near Central Park, between West Burnaby and McKay tram station. Cice describes the area in which she lived; talks about attending school at Kingsway West and highschool at Burnaby South. Interviewer asks about the types of activities she was involved while growing up. Cice recalls being a member of the school choir at Kingsway West, the music teacher and winning a competition. Cice talks about attending Burnaby South highschool at the start of World War II, her involvement with cadets as well as the "Hi-Y" club and playing outside in the Central Park neighbourhood.

History: Recording of an interview with Cice Brown, interviewed by Tom Gooden on May 13 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Organizations - Adolescents' Societies and Clubs; Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Organizations - Choirs

Names: Brown, Cice Chandler; Kingsway West School; Burnaby South High School; Central Park

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Accession Code: BV017.45.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 13, 2005

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Audio Tracks

Interview with Cice Brown, May 13, 2005 - Track 1, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 13, 2005

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Digney Film 3 - Construction and opening of Digney bowling Alley, visit to Stanley Park and summer vacations

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1955 and 1979] (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (20 min., 30 sec.) : digital, 16 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: File consists of a film compliation of short clips created by Andy Digney and his son Ernest "Dig" Digney. Film compilation documents the construction, opening and a tournament of the Digney Bowling Alley located at 6521 Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby along with Digney family outings at Stanley Park in V…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (20 min., 30 sec.) : digital, 16 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: File consists of a film compliation of short clips created by Andy Digney and his son Ernest "Dig" Digney. Film compilation documents the construction, opening and a tournament of the Digney Bowling Alley located at 6521 Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby along with Digney family outings at Stanley Park in Vancouver and vacations at Birch Bay, Washington State and Okanagan Lake.

Creator: Digney, Andy

Subjects: Buildings - Recreational - Bowling Alleys; Sports - Bowling

Names: Digney, Andy; Swan, Sydney; Digney Bowling Alley; Digney, Drew; Digney, Joyce; Digney, Bruce; Digney, Paul

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue

Street Address: 6521 Bonsor Avenue

Accession Code: BV019.18.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1955 and 1979] (date of original), copied 2019

Media Type: Moving Images

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Notes: Title based on contents of film compilation; 4 film segments from this compilation are described at item level and available for viewing on Heritage Burnaby.; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view entire content

Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1970-1971

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1971

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1971

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV005.79.33

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1971

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Burnaby South Secondary School

Publication Date: 1971

Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1970-1979; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby; School yearbooks

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

Geographic Access: Rumble Street

Street Address: 5455 Rumble Street

Names: Burnaby South High School

Notes: High school annual for Burnaby South

Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1971-1972

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1972

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1972

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV005.79.34

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1972

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Burnaby South Secondary School

Publication Date: 1972

Printer: D.W. Friesen & Sons

Physical Description: 108 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1970-1979; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby; School yearbooks

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

Geographic Access: Rumble Street

Street Address: 5455 Rumble Street

Names: Burnaby South High School

Notes: High school annual for Burnaby South

Royal Oak Apartments

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [April 1973]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the former Royal Oak Hotel at 3501 Kingsway (renumbered as the 5000 block of Kingsway) and Royal Oak Avenue, with Vancouver Business Maintenance and The Royal Oak Apartments now located in the building.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the former Royal Oak Hotel at 3501 Kingsway (renumbered as the 5000 block of Kingsway) and Royal Oak Avenue, with Vancouver Business Maintenance and The Royal Oak Apartments now located in the building.