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Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910-1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records held by the Burnaby Chamber of Commerce, including meeting minutes, correspondence, and photographs, and records related to incorporation.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910-1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1991-20

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records held by the Burnaby Chamber of Commerce, including meeting minutes, correspondence, and photographs, and records related to incorporation.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Burnaby Chamber of Commerce

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC257 and MSS057

Burnaby Board of Trade Incorporation certificate

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 10, 1910

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item is the original certificate that recognises the Incorporation of the Burnaby Board of Trade under the provisions of the 'Benevolent Societies Act'.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 10, 1910

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries

Physical Description: 1 p.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS057-007

Accession Number: BHS1991-20

Scope and Content: Item is the original certificate that recognises the Incorporation of the Burnaby Board of Trade under the provisions of the 'Benevolent Societies Act'.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item; 1 b&w photocopy accompanying

Grading and Rocking from Bainbridge Road to commercement of the division in DL 125 re Johnston Road

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 80160

Meeting Date: 4-Jun-1912

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 80160

Meeting Date: 4-Jun-1912

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

Documents

Report 80160

4-Jun-1912 Meeting Minutes

Pitman family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-1961

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records and 13 photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs and textual records collected by Gwen Pitman. Photographs depict the Pitman family and the Phillips-Hoyt Lumber Company horse team, truck, office and sled and the Patterson Avenue Station.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-1961

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pitman family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records and 13 photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-35; BHS1992-29

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs and textual records collected by Gwen Pitman. Photographs depict the Pitman family and the Phillips-Hoyt Lumber Company horse team, truck, office and sled and the Patterson Avenue Station.

History: Ernest Pitman owned a men’s furnishings store in Weston-super-Mare, England. He and Mary Jane “Jean” Gill were married in Cardiff, Wales and their children Clifford, Dorothy, Marjorie and Gwendolyn were all born in Weston-super-Mare, England. Ernest was the brother-in-law of Willard H. Hoyt of Phillips-Hoyt Lumber Company on McKay Avenue. The family of six came to Canada in 1912 and settled in Burnaby in 1914. Ernest Pitman had to clear the lot at 2766 Cassie Avenue of tree stumps before Mr. Mansell could build their wooden four room house. The family moved to Victoria in 1920, renting out the house on Cassie Avenue, and returning to it in 1922. The Pitman children attended Kingsway West School and Burnaby South High School. Ernest Pitman bought a dry goods store near the corner of McKay and Kingsway and renamed it McKay Dry Goods Store in 1926. He expanded the store when Lloyd’s Studio closed to include a post-office, ladies and menswear, children and babywear. His older children, Dorothy and Gwen, were the first employees, working at the store after school and on Saturdays. Clifford and Marge also served through the years. McKay Dry Goods closed in the late 1950s but the structure still stands. Ernest Pitman opened his second shop, Jubilee Dry Goods and Men’s Furnishings, in 1930 in the area then known as Shacktown. In 1935, he expanded the store to include the old Wray shoe store and post office. Jubilee was first managed by Dorothy, but when she married Dave Howat Gwen took over as manageress. In 1961, Gwen Pitman won the Show Window Contest in the small retail outlets category, receiving a $100 prize from the Burnaby Chamber of Commerce. She continued to run the store until she closed it for the last time in 1971 and retired. The other children also lived their adult lives in Burnaby: Clifford Pitman and his wife raised two boys on Rumble Street and Marjorie Pitman Everett and her husband raised three children in the Grange-Willingdon area.