Research

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Summary

This portion of the recording pertains to Ron Smitherman's memories of his early years in construction. Ron discusses what it was like to be in construction during the postwar era. He also discusses his father's work as a carpenter and the changes that occurred with the introduction of electric carpentry tools.

Date Range

1945-1979

Photo Info

Ron Smitherman, [199-]. Item no. 549-065.

Length

0:08:43

Subject

Construction Tools and Equipment

Interviewer

Damer, Eric

Interview Date

November 15, 2012

Scope and Content

Recording is an interview with Ron Smitherman conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 15, 2012. Major theme discussed: building construction and development in Burnaby.

Biographical Notes

Born in 1933 and raised in Vancouver, Ron Smitherman learned the construction trade from his father, upgrading his knowledge and skills as techniques and materials changed and improved. Ron built houses and commercial buildings in Burnaby and elsewhere during the nineteen-forties, fifties and sixties. In 1969 Ron and his family settled in Burnaby where he shifted his business to real estate.

Total Tracks

6

Total Length

0:46:51

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Interviewee Name

Smitherman, Ron

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

Item No.

MSS171-025_ Track_1

Transcript Available

None

Media Type

Sound Recording

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1926]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Peers Photograph Album

Description Level

Item

Item No.

020-080

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 10 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a drag line rig working at Kanaka Creek. A man is visible standing on the machine, but he is unidentified. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Photographer

Peers, Arthur

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Kanaka Creek

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 18, 1986

Collection/Fonds

Evelyn Salisbury collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

178-003

Accession Number

BHS986-26

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the site of Kelly Douglas and Co. at 4700 Kingsway after the building was demolished. An excavator is working on the site. Cars are parked outside a fence, and a van lettered, "ATCO," is inside the fence.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Names

Kelly Douglas and Company

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Kingsway

Burnaby - 4700 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

July 22, 1998

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

535-1267

Accession Number

2012-11

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of construction cranes at the site of the Crystal Mall project.

Photographer

Morstad, John

Creator

Burnaby NewsLeader

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Morstad 1561 / 74% Bby ?"

Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1960-1988]

Collection/Fonds

Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series

Hill family and Vidal family photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

550-176

Accession Number

2013-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Minard Hill, holding a hammer.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Names

Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in pencil on verso reads: "Donated by Mrs Piers"

Accompanying newspaper clipping attached to album page is titled "Surveyors' Examinations"

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content

Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Photograph of a man identified only as Jack working with a Fordson Tractor with a belt pulley during a pile driving operation.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Accession Code

HV975.33.3bh

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1919]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2/2/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Handwritten note on verso of photograph reads: "Jack and the Fordson"

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Photograph of a pile being lifted into a pile driver tower at an unidentified harbour.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Accession Code

HV975.33.3q

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1919]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2/2/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

June 5, 1987 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-437

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.7 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a truck and back hoe at 6742 Walker Avenue. The house in in the process of being demolished, and a man is looking on.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Negative has a pink cast

Copied from col. photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Walker Avenue

Burnaby - 6742 Walker Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Richmond Park Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

June 5, 1987 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-438

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.7 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a truck and back hoe at 6742 Walker Avenue. The house in in the process of being demolished.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Negative has a pink cast

Copied from col. photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Walker Avenue

Burnaby - 6742 Walker Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Richmond Park Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

June 5, 1987 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-439

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.7 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a truck and back hoe at 6742 Walker Avenue. The house in in the process of being demolished.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Negative has a pink cast

Copied from col. photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Walker Avenue

Burnaby - 6742 Walker Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Richmond Park Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

June 5, 1987 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-440

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.7 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a foundation hole being dug for a house at 6742 Walker Avenue at 4:00pm on June 5, 1987.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Negative has a pink cast

Copied from col. photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Walker Avenue

Burnaby - 6742 Walker Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Richmond Park Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[196-] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-799

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a the construction of a Simon Fraser University (SFU) campus building. A crane can be seen in the background.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1965

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

372-010

Accession Number

BHS991-2

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction

No reproduction permitted

Scope and Content

Photograph of a building under construction at the Simon Fraser University site. A label on the photograph reads in part: "Women's residence. Erickson-Massey Architects. Laing Construction and Equipment Ltd. General Contractors."

Photographer

Frank, Leonard

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Burnaby - University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1980

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-1121

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 24 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of an excavator dumping dirt into an awaiting dump truck parked at Lillian Mann's property. Lillian Mann was a war widow who fought for ownership of her property but the City of Burnaby eventually successfully expropriated the land to be used as part of Cameron Library and Recreation Complex.

Photographer

Braid, Tom

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Cameron Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Lyndhurst Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1980

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-1122

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w 17 x 24 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of an excavator at Lillian Mann's property. Lillian Mann was a war widow who fought for ownership of her property but the City of Burnaby eventually successfully expropriated the land to be used as part of Cameron Library and Recreation Complex.

Photographer

Braid, Tom

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Cameron Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Lyndhurst Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1980

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-1128

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 24 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Lillian Mann standing outside her home on Cameron Street, as an excavator dumps dirt into an awaiting dump truck parked on her property. Lillian Mann was a war widow who fought for ownership of her property but the City of Burnaby eventually successfully expropriated the land to be used as part of Cameron Library and Recreation Complex.

Photographer

Braid, Tom

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Names

Mann, Lillian

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Cameron Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Lyndhurst Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

November, 1995

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

535-0045

Accession Number

2012-11

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of an unidentified construction site.

Creator

Burnaby NewsLeader

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "TC Pam 3088 / 48% pg. 1 COQ NL"

Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 1982

Collection/Fonds

Small family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

620-062

Accession Number

2017-01

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. copy print ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the land being cleared at 5496 Dominion Street in order to create a path to move the Roberts' house onto the property. The old garage was demolished, the area dug out and made level for the foundation. The house at 5493 Dominion Street is visible in the background.

Subjects

Construction

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Transcribed title

Title transcribed from donor's notes

Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "p.4"

Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: ""Moving the House" / The Garage is gone! / Sept. 1982"

5493 Dominion Street was previously numbered 3107 Dominion Street and was later subdivided into two lots: 5491 and 5495 Dominion Street.

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 5496 Dominion Street

Burnaby - 5493 Dominion Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Ardingley-Sprott Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 1982

Collection/Fonds

Small family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

620-063

Accession Number

2017-01

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of an excavator making a pathway to move the Roberts' house from 5538 Dominion Street to 5496 Dominion Street. A second excavator works in the background.

Subjects

Construction

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Transcribed title

Title transcribed from donor's notes

Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P5"

Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "3"

Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "4"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 5496 Dominion Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Ardingley-Sprott Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1982

Collection/Fonds

Small family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

620-064

Accession Number

2017-01

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. copy print ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Roberts' house jacked up and supported by iron beams underneath. Three labourers work beneath the lifted house. In order to raise the house, some of the foundation was knocked down. A rear end of a flat bed truck is parked on the grass to the right.

Subjects

Construction

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Transcribed title

Title transcribed from donor's notes

Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P.6"

Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "11"

Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "5"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 5496 Dominion Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Ardingley-Sprott Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

ca.1982

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-1502

Accession Number

2009-01

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 24 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a construction site, including the frame of a building and a crane.

Photographer

King, Basil

Subjects

Construction

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Photographer's stamp on verso

Note on verso reads: "Page 4 / Burnaby Today / PMT 100%"

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

April 18, 1947

Collection/Fonds

Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

010-057

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of bulldozer operator, Mr. Chapman seated in a bulldozer at the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

Photographer

Bingham, Alfred

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Chapman, Mr.

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

April 20, 1947

Collection/Fonds

Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

010-062

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the 4200 blocks of Kitchener Street and Charles Street with a bulldozer on cleared land. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

Photographer

Bingham, Alfred

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Geographic Features - Roads

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Kitchener Street

Burnaby - 4200 Block Kitchener Street

Burnaby - Charles Street

Burnaby - 4200 Block Charles Street

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

April 23, 1947

Collection/Fonds

Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

010-069

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside a small John Deere bulldozer described as the "supply machine" at the Willingdon Heights subdivision site. Piles of lumber can be seen in the background.

Photographer

Bingham, Alfred

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

April 25, 1947

Collection/Fonds

Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

010-076

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of clearing equipment, a Willys CJ2A Jeep with a man inside at the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

Photographer

Bingham, Alfred

Subjects

Land Clearing

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1927

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Peers Photograph Album

Description Level

Item

Item No.

020-046

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 11.6 cm on page 17.4 x 23.9 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of equipment being used to construct dykes on Nicomen Island.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Geographic Features - Dykes

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Nicomen Island

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1927

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Peers Photograph Album

Description Level

Item

Item No.

020-047

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7.7 x 12.9 cm on page 17.4 x 23.9 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of equipment being used to construct dykes on Nicomen Island.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Geographic Features - Dykes

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Nicomen Island

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1926]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Peers Photograph Album

Description Level

Item

Item No.

020-081

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 5.4 x 11.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a drag line rig working near a bridge at a location identified as Kanaka Creek. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Photographer

Peers, Arthur

Subjects

Structures - Bridges

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Kanaka Creek

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1926

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Peers Photograph Album

Description Level

Item

Item No.

020-083

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 11.4 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of two bridges, identified as the old and the new, over Kanaka Creek. A a drag line rig can be seen at the far end of the bridge in the foreground. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Photographer

Peers, Arthur

Subjects

Structures - Bridges

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Kanaka Creek

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1957

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

092-001

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.0 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a crane lifting a large pipe on or off a truck at the Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. A number of other pipes are piled at the left side of the photograph.

Photographer

Graphic Industries Limited

Subjects

Industries - Construction

Construction Tools and Equipment

Names

Dominion Bridge Company

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Printed on bottom of photo, "Dominion Bridge Co., Limited / Pacific Division"

Printed on back of cardboard "GIL: Graphic Industries Ltd. / Vancouver's Most Complete Photographic Service / 54 West Hastings, Vancouver 4, B.C. / Phone Pacific 4174 File No: 3850-4"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 3880 Henning Drive

Burnaby - Henning Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

West Central Valley Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

January 1956

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

092-002

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the fabrication of large construction industry components inside a Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. building.

Photographer

Graphic Industries Limited

Subjects

Industries - Construction

Construction Tools and Equipment

Names

Dominion Bridge Company

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Printed on bottom of photo, "Dominion Bridge Co., Limited / Pacific Division"

Printed on back of cardboard "GIL: Graphic Industries Ltd. / 54 West Hastings, Vancouver 4, B.C. / Phone Pacific 4174 File No: 2844 1"

Stamped and annotated on back of cardboard, "Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. / Vancouver, B.C. / Neg./Print #55-DB-3-32" and "Jan. /56"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 3880 Henning Drive

Burnaby - Henning Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

West Central Valley Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1957

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

092-004

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.4 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the interior of a Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. building with a piece of machinery with a plate reading, "Dominion Premier" on it.

Subjects

Industries - Construction

Construction Tools and Equipment

Names

Dominion Bridge Company

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Printed on bottom of photo, "Dominion Bridge Co., Limited / Pacific Division"

Stamp on back of photo reads, "Dominion Bridge Co., Ltd. / Vancouver, B.C. / Neg./Print # 57-329"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 3880 Henning Drive

Burnaby - Henning Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

West Central Valley Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[193-?] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-035

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a man identified as George Pearson digging a foundation with a pick and shovel at the Burnaby Municipal Hall site at Kingsway and Edmonds Street. Note the Municipal Hall in the background.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Pearson, George

Burnaby City Hall

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Kingsway

Burnaby - 7282 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Stride Avenue Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

2002

Collection/Fonds

Small family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

620-036

Accession Number

2017-01

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the house at 5493 Dominion Street being demolished. The house was previously owned by the McLean family. The photograph was taken from 5496 Dominion Street, looking north.

Subjects

Buildings - Residences - Houses

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Transcribed title

Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P.35"

Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "2002"

Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Farewell [illegible] old house on Dominion Street"

5493 Dominion Street was previously numbered 3107 Dominion Street and it was later subdivided into two lots: 5491 and 5495 Dominion Street.

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 5493 Dominion Street

Burnaby - 3107 Dominion Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Ardingley-Sprott Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1931] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-321

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the construction of new Brunette River dam.

Subjects

Structures - Dams

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Lake Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1931 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-322

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the construction of new Brunette River dam.

Subjects

Structures - Dams

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Lake Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1950 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-617

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a J. Engelland Fuels truck loading gravel at Stride pit. John Engelland began hauling gravel when the fuel business declined as people began using oil and electricity over wood, coal and sawdust.

Subjects

Transportation - Trucks

Construction Tools and Equipment

Names

J. Engelland Fuels

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Planning Study Area

Stride Hill Area

Less detail

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 four men in work clothes posed in front of a house under construction. The two people in the middle are holding plastering spatulas, and the two men on the outside are holding a hoe and a mattock. Annotations on the back of the photograph read: "Plasterers at house Bruce Patterson built at Edmonds. No date." and "c. 1930s" An annotation and earlier catalogue record notes that the caption on the back of the original photo read: "Bruce the first house he ever built." "Bruce" has been identified as Charles Bruce Patterson (standing to the left of the frame) by his grandson, Raymond Reitsma.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Patterson, Bruce

Patterson Company

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Accession Code

HV977.99.12

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[1912] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution

300

Scan Date

23-Aug-06

Scale

100

Photographer

unknown

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Photograph of a steam powered pile driver taking piles and laying them up on the tower. The pile driver then hammers the piles one by one into the riverbed. A mooring dolphin is visible in the foreground.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Geographic Features - Rivers

Accession Code

HV975.33.3b

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1919]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2/2/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Photograph of structure believed to be built by Tom Irvine in the interior plateau of British Columbia. The structure is in the middle of construction as the pile driver is visible in the foreground pounding in its verticals.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Structures - Flumes

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Kamloops

Accession Code

HV975.33.3be

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1919]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2/2/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Photograph of unidentified parkland with two steam-powered pile drivers visible in the distance.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Geographic Features - Parks

Accession Code

HV975.33.3k

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1919]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2/2/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm

Scope and Content

Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Photograph of a pile driver building a structure in the middle of a recently logged area at an unidentified location.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Industries - Forestry

Accession Code

HV975.33.3m

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1919]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2/2/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Photograph of a steam powered pile driver taking piles and laying them up on the tower. The pile driver then hammers the piles one by one into the riverbed.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Geographic Features - Rivers

Accession Code

HV975.33.3z

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1919]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2/2/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Photograph of two labourers, each with a adze in their hands, taking a break from squaring up beams. The location has not been identified.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Construction Tools and Equipment

Accession Code

HV975.33.3af

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1919]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2/2/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Photograph of a pile being lifted into a steam-powered pile driver tower near an industrial building at an unidentified location. Two labourers are visible working with the donkey engine and pile driver.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Buildings - Industrial

Accession Code

HV975.33.3am

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1919]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2/2/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail