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- Arts - Paintings 1
- Buildings - Commercial - Stores 1
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- Documentary Artifacts 2
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- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers 8
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Personal material
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82732
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlai…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS167-008
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlain from Liverpool and a letter from the Office of the Mayor addressed to Mary Ann Simnett for her ninetieth birthday. Also included is a photograph (see item 559-001). Also included are newsclippings regarding Robert Burnaby and the "Bygones of Burnaby" book, a programme of the Robert Burnaby Commemorative Dinner, a photocopy of "The Argus" (Burnaby South High School's newspaper) from 1938, a programme from Madys Pridmore Brown's Variety Programme, "The Buzzer" Volume 40 Issue 16 advertising Vancouver street cars, New Vista Society certificate addressed to Hazel Simnett, an envelope of Fenwick Lansdowne bird prints from 1957 and a print of the Royal Family found in a cardboard envelope postmarked 1972.
- Subjects
- Arts - Paintings
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
- Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
- Performances - Concerts
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Personal Symbols - Certificates
- Transportation
- Persons - Royalty
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying file on folder ; The Argue was stapled together
- Simnett personal papers series
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
![Andrew Sloane Johnson graduates, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/244-008.jpg?width=280)
Andrew Sloane Johnson graduates
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36324
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 17.5 cm (sight) in frame 14.5 x 31.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Andrew Sloane Johnson taken in a photographic studio on the occasion of his graduation. He is wearing a robe overtop of a tweed suit and is holding a rolled diploma in his hand.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Andrew Johnson subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 17.5 cm (sight) in frame 14.5 x 31.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 244-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Andrew Sloane Johnson taken in a photographic studio on the occasion of his graduation. He is wearing a robe overtop of a tweed suit and is holding a rolled diploma in his hand.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Names
- Johnson, Andrew Sloane
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Andrew Sloane Johnson graduates, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/244-008.jpg)
![Annie Sara Hill, [1940] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-005.jpg?width=280)
Annie Sara Hill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38686
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col.; 5.5 x 6.8 cm oval
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a hand-coloured, head and shoulders portrait of Annie Sara Hill. Mrs. Hill was the wife of early Burnaby resident, L. Claude Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col.; 5.5 x 6.8 cm oval
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a hand-coloured, head and shoulders portrait of Annie Sara Hill. Mrs. Hill was the wife of early Burnaby resident, L. Claude Hill.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Names
- Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Annie Sara Hill, [1940] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-005.jpg)
Booking photograph
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57773
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1924 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a two-part, right-profile and front-view booking photograph of a prisoner, said to have escaped from Oakalla Prison Farm on July 14, 1930.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1924 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 12 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 013-020
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a two-part, right-profile and front-view booking photograph of a prisoner, said to have escaped from Oakalla Prison Farm on July 14, 1930.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Booking photograph
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57774
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1926 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a two-part, right-profile and front-view booking photograph of a prisoner, said to have escaped from Oakalla Prison Farm on July 14, 1930.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1926 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 12 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 013-022
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a two-part, right-profile and front-view booking photograph of a prisoner, said to have escaped from Oakalla Prison Farm on July 14, 1930.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten note on verso of photograph reads: "Escaped from Oakalla / 14.7.30 / 18255 / EDWARD BOYD / @ / SILAS SIMON / 14290 / Welsh. / Age 24. / 5 ' 5 5/8. Weight 136 / DK BROWN Curly Hair / Brown Eyes"
Highland Park station dinky store
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35770
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "dinky" store (so-called because of its small size) at Highland Park Interurban station at Buller Avenue. In front: Margaret Thould. Lionel Thould, who opened this store, later opened a similar store at Fraser Arm Interurban station and gave up the Highland Park store when buses…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-628
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "dinky" store (so-called because of its small size) at Highland Park Interurban station at Buller Avenue. In front: Margaret Thould. Lionel Thould, who opened this store, later opened a similar store at Fraser Arm Interurban station and gave up the Highland Park store when buses replaced first street cars, then Interurban trams.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buller Avenue
- Central Park Interurban line
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
Images
![Jean and Ian Macdonald with newspapers, [1932] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-405.jpg?width=280)
Jean and Ian Macdonald with newspapers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37817
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1932] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of siblings Jean and Ian Macdonald, at Rumble Street and Patterson Avenue, holding World War One era newspapers. One of the newspapers covers the outbreak of the War and the other proclaims the end.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1932] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-405
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of siblings Jean and Ian Macdonald, at Rumble Street and Patterson Avenue, holding World War One era newspapers. One of the newspapers covers the outbreak of the War and the other proclaims the end.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Rumble Street
- Patterson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
![Jean and Ian Macdonald with newspapers, [1932] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-405.jpg)
![Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss), [1935] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/513/513-015.JPG?width=280)
Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64643
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1935]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss). Mary was the wife of George Buxton who was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. They moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Ber…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1935]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 513-015
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss). Mary was the wife of George Buxton who was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. They moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951). The Buxton house remains a heritage landmark in Burnaby to this day.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Media Type
- Photograph
Images
![Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss), [1935] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/513/513-015.JPG)
![May Queen Ada Hatt and her suite, [1933] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/042-002.jpg?width=280)
May Queen Ada Hatt and her suite
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34532
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1933]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby May Queen Ada Hatt and her suite surrounded by flowers at a photographic studio.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1933]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 25 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 042-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby May Queen Ada Hatt and her suite surrounded by flowers at a photographic studio.
- Names
- Hatt, Ada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph removed from frame for conservation purposes; mat not retained
Images
![May Queen Ada Hatt and her suite, [1933] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/042-002.jpg)
![The May Queen and her suite, [193-] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/042-003.jpg?width=280)
The May Queen and her suite
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34533
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby's May Queen and her suite seated with flowers at a photographic studio.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 25 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 042-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby's May Queen and her suite seated with flowers at a photographic studio.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Stride, Charles Edgar
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on cardboard mat photograph originally framed with read: "The Stride Studios, New Westminster, BC". Photograph removed from frame for conservation purposes; mat not retained.
Images
![The May Queen and her suite, [193-] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/042-003.jpg)
![Mildred Herolz, [1930] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-568.jpg?width=280)
Mildred Herolz
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37981
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 2.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mildred Herolz reading outside her Deer Lake Drive home.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 2.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-568
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mildred Herolz reading outside her Deer Lake Drive home.
- Names
- Heroly, Mildred
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Drive
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Mildred Herolz, [1930] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-568.jpg)
Peers children
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38714
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of the three Peers children; Robert, Babs and Anne. Babs has a doll on her lap and Anne has a book. These are Bob and Kitty Peers' children. Photograph was taken in Vancouver, BC.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-033
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of the three Peers children; Robert, Babs and Anne. Babs has a doll on her lap and Anne has a book. These are Bob and Kitty Peers' children. Photograph was taken in Vancouver, BC.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Wadds, George T.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Peers family, [1936] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-017.jpg?width=280)
Peers family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38698
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edwina Peers and her children John, Veronica, and David. Edwina was the wife of Arthur "Mike" Peers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-017
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edwina Peers and her children John, Veronica, and David. Edwina was the wife of Arthur "Mike" Peers.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Peers family, [1936] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-017.jpg)
![Richard Bolton, [between 1931 and 1934] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/249-001.jpg?width=280)
Richard Bolton
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36331
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1931 and 1934]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Richard Bolton taken in a photographic studio. He went on to become the Municipal Treasurer during WWI.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1931 and 1934]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Richard Bolton subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 249-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Richard Bolton taken in a photographic studio. He went on to become the Municipal Treasurer during WWI.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Names
- Bolton, Richard
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Richard Bolton, [between 1931 and 1934] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/249-001.jpg)
![Robert and Anne Peers, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-037.jpg?width=280)
Robert and Anne Peers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38718
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Robert and Anne Peers, children of William John "Bob" and Katherine Maude "Kitty" Peers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 22 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-037
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Robert and Anne Peers, children of William John "Bob" and Katherine Maude "Kitty" Peers.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Robert and Anne Peers, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-037.jpg)
Tabernacle Church
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38676
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 9 x 10.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the Union Tabernacle Church at 3891 Georgia Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- North Burnaby Board of Trade subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 9 x 10.8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 476-019
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-8
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the Union Tabernacle Church at 3891 Georgia Street.
- Names
- Grace Tabernacle Church
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Georgia Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
Images
Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory464
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1911-1990
- Length
- 00:05:22
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Dep…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Department in 1911.
- Date Range
- 1911-1990
- Length
- 00:05:22
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 21, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:43:35
- Interviewee Name
- Nixon, Al
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Al Nixon
Track one of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_1.mp3![Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/216-002.jpg?width=280)
Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory219
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1920-1949
- Length
- 0:09:21
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of a court case between the Sun and the Province newspapers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of a court case between the Sun and the Province newspapers.
- Date Range
- 1920-1949
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:09:21
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.
- Biographical Notes
- John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:44
- Interviewee Name
- Burton, John
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
![Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/216-002.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Track three of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-4/MSS137-001-4_Track_3.mp3
Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory221
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Names
- Foley, John
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.
- Biographical Notes
- John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:44
- Interviewee Name
- Burton, John
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-4/MSS137-001-4_Track_5.mp3
Recording of John Burton - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory210
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1920-1937
- Length
- 0:09:26
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of national advertising in early weekly newspapers, with mentions of the Burnaby Post and the Burnaby Broadcast. He also describes the flatbed cylinder press and relates a story of a group of handpress workers who demolish a flatbe…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of national advertising in early weekly newspapers, with mentions of the Burnaby Post and the Burnaby Broadcast. He also describes the flatbed cylinder press and relates a story of a group of handpress workers who demolish a flatbed cylinder press in order to save their jobs.
- Date Range
- 1920-1937
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:09:26
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of John Burton discussing the history of the weekly newspaper and of the types of printing presses that have been used in Canada, as well as exactly how their parts function. John appears to be describing printing presses that are in the room with him.
- Biographical Notes
- John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
- Total Tracks
- 5
- Total Length
- 0:46:18
- Interviewee Name
- Burton, John
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track two of recording of John Burton
Track two of recording of John Burton
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-2/MSS137-001-2_Track_2.mp3