"Edmonds Street School" found 30 records

Division IX at Edmonds Street School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: October 26, 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Division IX at Edmonds Street School sitting and standing in six rows on the front steps of the school building. Their teacher, Miss Morgan, is standing at the back in the centre. Chester Matheson is standing second from the left in the back row, Percy Clogg is third from the left. Ra…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Division IX at Edmonds Street School sitting and standing in six rows on the front steps of the school building. Their teacher, Miss Morgan, is standing at the back in the centre. Chester Matheson is standing second from the left in the back row, Percy Clogg is third from the left. Rachel Rae (later McLeod) is standing in the third row second from the left, Randi Nelson is standing fourth from the left and Alice Tompkinson is sixth (last in the row). Margaret Hall (later Philps) is sitting in the fifth row, third from the left and Phylis Jones is sitting eighth from the left (last in the row). Erling Johnson is sitting second from the left in the front row (the rest are unidentified).

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Edmonds Community School; Matheson, Chester; Clogg, Percy; McLeod, Rachel Rae; Nelson, Randi; Tompkinson, Alice; Philips, Margaret Hall; Jones, Phylis; Johnson, Erling; Morgan, Miss

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Street Address: 7641 Edmonds Street

Accession Code: BV003.58.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: October 26, 1927

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Teacher - Miss Morgan"

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Edmonds Street School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 15.8 x 21.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the newly built Edmonds Street school building standing by street car tracks. An earlier record from 1988 notes that the Edmonds Street School building was built between 1908 and 1912 in three sections. The record notes that in background across Douglas Road (now Canada Way) is the sm…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 15.8 x 21.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the newly built Edmonds Street school building standing by street car tracks. An earlier record from 1988 notes that the Edmonds Street School building was built between 1908 and 1912 in three sections. The record notes that in background across Douglas Road (now Canada Way) is the small hall on the grounds of St. Albans church. The record dates the negative ca. 1914.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Names: Edmonds Community School

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Street Address: 7641 Edmonds Street

Accession Code: HV972.11.11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1914]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Related Material: For another view of the same school building, see HV972.11.12

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 14/8/2006

Scale: 100

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

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Edmonds Street School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 15.8 x 21.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Edmonds school building by the street car tracks. A teacher is standing by the door facing the tracks and students seem to be entering the school. The Edmonds Street School building was built between 1908 and 1912 in three sections. The record dates the negative ca. 1914.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 15.8 x 21.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Edmonds school building by the street car tracks. A teacher is standing by the door facing the tracks and students seem to be entering the school. The Edmonds Street School building was built between 1908 and 1912 in three sections. The record dates the negative ca. 1914.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Names: Edmonds Community School

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Street Address: 7641 Edmonds Street

Accession Code: HV972.11.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1914]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Related Material: For another view of the same school building, see HV972.11.11

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 17-Dec-2019

Scale: 100

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

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Edmonds Street School class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia

Scope and Content: Photograph of students about thirteen years of age, on the steps at Edmonds Street School. There are twelve girls and twenty-five boys. The girls are mostly wearing sweaters an skirts to just above the knees, some with knee socks while others have stockings. Their hair is short, straight and parted…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia

Scope and Content: Photograph of students about thirteen years of age, on the steps at Edmonds Street School. There are twelve girls and twenty-five boys. The girls are mostly wearing sweaters an skirts to just above the knees, some with knee socks while others have stockings. Their hair is short, straight and parted. The boys are wearing mostly patterned sweaters, with cardigans or pullovers. Only a few have ties under V-neck pullovers. Their hair is short and swept to one side. An earlier catalogue record from 1976 and a signed gift form from the donor identify this photograph as a class at Edmonds Street School. Inscribed on the negative and printed on the lower right of the photograph: "9."

Names: Edmonds Community School

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Street Address: 7641 Edmonds Street

Accession Code: HV972.200.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [192-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-18

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Edmonds Street School class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1922]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.3 x 15.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class outside Edmonds Street School. There are twenty boys and twenty-one girls standing on the steps leading to the school doors. The boys have short hair generally brushed forward in bangs. Some are in shirts, others in sweaters. The girls have a combination of long and short hai…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.3 x 15.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class outside Edmonds Street School. There are twenty boys and twenty-one girls standing on the steps leading to the school doors. The boys have short hair generally brushed forward in bangs. Some are in shirts, others in sweaters. The girls have a combination of long and short hair, some flowing, some tied in ribbons or hairbands. They are wearing loose dresses with stockings. An earlier catalogue record from 1976 and a signed gift form by donor identify the photograph as Edmonds Street School. Inscribed on the negative, and printed on the lower right corner of the photograph: "Bridgman / Vancouver." Annotations in pencil on the back of the photograph read, "Helen Sutherland" and "Miss Mc," and an annotation in blue pen reads, "1922."

Names: Edmonds Community School

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Street Address: 7641 Edmonds Street

Accession Code: HV972.200.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1922]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-18

Photographer: Bridgman's Studio Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Edmonds Street School site

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: March 8, 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 "Edmonds Street School Site" "Burnaby Municipality" "Being Lots 28 and 29 of the Subdivision of Lot 30, Group 1, New Westminster District";

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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: 4 feet = 1 inch

Scope and Content: Survey plan of "Edmonds Street School Site" "Burnaby Municipality" "Being Lots 28 and 29 of the Subdivision of Lot 30, Group 1, New Westminster District";

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Names: Edmonds Community School

Responsibility: Burnett and McGugan B.C. Land Surveyors, New Westminster

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Street Address: 7641 Edmonds Street

Accession Code: BV003.83.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: March 8, 1915

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Scan Resolution: 440

Scan Date: 22-Dec-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of plan; Oath in bottom left corner reads: "I, D.J. McGugan...and did personally superintend the survey..." "...completed on the 8th day of March 1915"; signed "D.J. McGugan", notarized by "S.F. Mark" "sworn...12th Day of April 1915"; handwritten on back, "1756"

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Edmonds Street School site, March 8, 1915

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Edmonds Street School students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1928 or 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class sitting and standing in five rows on the front steps of Edmonds Street School. Percy Clogg is standing in the back row, seventh from the left. Lorraine McKin is standing on the far left in the third row, Annie Brownlow is fifth from the left, Lois Gilbert is seventh (her fathe…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class sitting and standing in five rows on the front steps of Edmonds Street School. Percy Clogg is standing in the back row, seventh from the left. Lorraine McKin is standing on the far left in the third row, Annie Brownlow is fifth from the left, Lois Gilbert is seventh (her father had a barbershop near Bell's) and Randi Nelson is eighth (last in the row). Alice Tompkinson sitting on the steps in the second row on the far left, Isabelle Aida is third from the left, Margaret Hall (later Philps) is fourth, Sylvia Rae is sixth, Marjorie Dixie is ninth, and Rachel Rae (later McLeod) is tenth (last in the row). Jackie Jones is sitting on the far left in the front row, Chester Matheson is fifth from the left and Herbert Patience (from an old Burnaby family) is eighth (last in the row).

Names: Edmonds Community School; McKin, Lorraine; Clogg, Percy; Brownlow, Annie; Shaw, Lois E. Gilbert; Nelson, Randi; Tompkinson, Alice; Aida, Isabelle; Philips, Margaret Hall; Rae, Sylvia; Dixie, Marjorie; McLeod, Rachel Rae; Jones, Jackie; Matheson, Chester; Patience, Herbert

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Street Address: 7641 Edmonds Street

Accession Code: BV003.58.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1928 or 1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Edmonds Street School students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class standing in four rows on the front steps of Edmonds Street School. Percy Clogg is standing third from the left and Erling Johnson is fifth from the left. Chester Matheson is standing in the second row, seventh from the left. Alice Tompkinson is standing on the far left in the …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class standing in four rows on the front steps of Edmonds Street School. Percy Clogg is standing third from the left and Erling Johnson is fifth from the left. Chester Matheson is standing in the second row, seventh from the left. Alice Tompkinson is standing on the far left in the third row. Rachel Rae (later McLeod) is standing in the front row, second from the left, Marjorie Dixie is third from the left, Sylvia Rae is fifth, Annie Brownlow is sixth, Randi Nelson is seventh, Margaret Hall (later Philps) is ninth, Mary Hamilton is tenth, and Phylis Jones is twelfth (last in the row).

Names: Edmonds Community School; Clogg, Percy; Johnson, Erling; Matheson, Chester; Tompkinson, Alice; McLeod, Rachel Rae; Dixie, Marjorie; Rae, Sylvia; Brownlow, Annie; Nelson, Randi; Philips, Margaret Hall; Hamilton, Mary; Jones, Phylis

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Street Address: 7641 Edmonds Street

Accession Code: BV003.58.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1925]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer identifies photograph as no. 64; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Edmonds St. School"

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Edmonds Street School students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1924

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class standing in three rows on the front steps of Edmonds Street School (their teacher is standing to the right at the back). Bert Davies is standing in the back row on the far left, Percy Clogg is fifth from the left and Chester Matheson is eighth (last in the row). Alice Tompkins…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class standing in three rows on the front steps of Edmonds Street School (their teacher is standing to the right at the back). Bert Davies is standing in the back row on the far left, Percy Clogg is fifth from the left and Chester Matheson is eighth (last in the row). Alice Tompkinson is standing seventh from the left in the second row, Marjorie Dixie is eighth and Rachel Rae (later McLeod) is ninth (last in the row). Mary Hamilton is standing in the front row on the far left, Annie Brownlow is third from the left, Philys Jones is sixth and Margaret Hall (later Philps) is seventh (last in the row).

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Edmonds Community School; Davies, Bert; Clogg, Percy; Matheson, Chester; Tompkinson, Alice; Dixie, Marjorie; McLeod, Rachel Rae; Hamilton, Mary; Brownlow, Annie; Jones, Phylis; Philips, Margaret Hall

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Street Address: 7641 Edmonds Street

Accession Code: BV003.58.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1924

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer identifies photograph as no. 639; Note in black ink on verso of card mount reads: "Edmonds St. School - 1924"

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Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Edition: Rev. ed.

Publication Date: 1994

Call Number: 971.133 BUR COPY 3

(AUG0), Pat......-.rcsosservesseseesesei 26 Heppner (Collins), Alice .........cressess 29 Douglas Road School Neighbourhood Cornforth (McTaggart), Ethel........... 42 Hardy (Rowley), Nora... 45 Mawhininey, IS808h <..,..,.20-<1.-.s-soceotseesss 47 Edmonds Street School Neighbourhood ATTOS WOM, TSC sie Ss

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0969282826

Call Number: 971.133 BUR COPY 3

Edition: Rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 1994

Physical Description: 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Burnaby (B.C.); Biography

Notes: Includes index.; 3 copies held: copy 3.

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Pioneer tales of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c1987

Call Number: 971.133 SON COPY 4

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection; Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 096928280x

Call Number: 971.133 SON COPY 4

Contributor: Sone, Michael

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Corporation of the District of Burnaby

Publication Date: c1987

Physical Description: 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Inscription: "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page

Library Subject (LOC): Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby; Frontier and pioneer life; Biography

Object History: Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.

Notes: "Editor Michael Sone".; Includes index.; 4 copies held: copy 4

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Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Carter, David; Cooke, Rosemary; Pride, Harry, 1925-; White, Janet; Yip, Gail

Publication Date: 2020

Call Number: 371 CAR

: Building on left was constructed for Manual Training and Domestic Science. COURTESY OF BURNABY SCHOOL BOARD (Bottom left) 1914: Tall Gray building. Edmonds Street School, 1914. BVM HV972.11.12 played constantly, requiring only a ball and a building with a roof, over which the ball was thrown to the kids

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection; Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 978-0-9781979-2-6

Call Number: 371 CAR

Author: Carter, David; Cooke, Rosemary; Pride, Harry, 1925-; White, Janet; Yip, Gail

Place of Publication: Burnaby

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby

Subjects: Education

Notes: "Includes index"; A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.; The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.

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Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Century Park Museum Association

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Physical Description: 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History

Notes: 4 copies held: copy 4.

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Arithmetic book I

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Smith, J. A.; Roberts, R. H.

Publication Date: 1922

Call Number: 510.76 SMI 1922 Ver. 3

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV987.5.55

Call Number: 510.76 SMI 1922 Ver. 3

Author: Smith, J. A.; Roberts, R. H.

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: W. J. Gage & Co.

Publication Date: 1922

Series: Gage's educational series

Physical Description: vi, 281 p. : ill. : 19 cm

Inscription: FREE TEXT-BOOK THE PROPERTY OF (Pupil's Name) SCHOOL DIVISION NUMBER OF BOOK CONDITION of GIVING No second copy of the same kind of book will be issued free of charge ot any pupil in case of loss or destruction of the first. BY ORDER OF THE Education Department of B.C." [Stamped in black ink on the verso of front cover] "Edith Jackson" [Handwritten in cursive in black pen where there is a blank for "Pupil's name"] "Edmonds Street School" [Stamped in blue ink where there is a blank for "SCHOOL"] "VII" [Handwritten in black ink where there is a blank for "DIVISION"] "21" [Handwritten in black in where there is a blank for "NUMBER OF BOOK"]

Library Subject (LOC): Arithmetic--Study and teaching

Notes: Authors name: Smith, J. Allen; "Authorized in separate editions fro use in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia."; Version 3 of 3

Burnaby - Images of Change - slide presentation

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: February 1978 (date of slide show)

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 52 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of fifty two slides used for a Hertiage Village Museum presentation titled "Burnaby - Images of Change". The slides were part of a resource kit prepared by "Heritage Village Education" and consist of copies of historical photographs taken between 1891 and 1931. Numbered slides includ…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum presentation and programming series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 52 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of fifty two slides used for a Hertiage Village Museum presentation titled "Burnaby - Images of Change". The slides were part of a resource kit prepared by "Heritage Village Education" and consist of copies of historical photographs taken between 1891 and 1931. Numbered slides include; "1) Title slide; 2) Mr. and Mrs. S. Shepard Samuel, 1904; 3) The McMurray Family 1907; 4) The Bateman Family; 5) Mr. Alexis Shaw; 6) Dr. R. Ellen Walker; 7) Home of Col. J. Ward on the north side of Burnaby Lake; 8) Cameron home located on New Westminster Road - now Kingsway; 9) Home of L.C. Hill, "Brookfield" 1894; 10) Bernard Hill's home on Burnaby Lake, 1910; 11) Bateman Family residence under construction, 1920; 12) Bateman residence known as "Elworth House" completed in 1922; 13) Early logging operaton in 1890 using oxen and a skid road; 14) Steam donkey and loggers; 15) Cord wood delivery in 1925; 16) L.C. Hill's strawberry farm in 1895; 17) Strawberries being delivered to New Westminster in 1896; 18) Haying operation on Douglas Road in 1906; 19) 1906 haying scene in the Burnaby Lake area; 20) Kingsway store of Mr. C.B. Button, 1904; 21) Model Grocery stroe at Hastings and Sperling in 1920; 22) Dow Grocery store at Hastings and Sperling in 1920; 23) Zebulon Frank's hardware store in 1887 - Vancouver; 24) Inside of a phography shop, 1910- Vancouver; Burnaby's first Municipal Council, 1892; 25) Burnaby's first Municipal Hall opened in 1899; 27) Presbyterian Church in Westminster Road at Central Park, 1896; 28) St. John the Devine Church in 1896; 29) First school in Burnaby near Edmonds and Douglas Road; 30) School Children, 1904; 31) Miss Harriett Woodward's private school near Deer Lake, 1907; 32) Gilmore Avenue School, March 17, 1920; 33) Pupils of Edmonds Street School, 1922; 34) L.C. Hill Family picnic in July 1892; 35) Lewis Family picnic in 1910; 36) Catch of fish from Deer Lake, 1910; 37) Hunting scene in Burnaby area, 1910; 38) Burnaby's first lawn bowling green, 1907; 39) Skating on Deer Lake, 1912; 40) Skating party on Deer Lake in the winter of 1921; 41) Boating on Deer Lake, 1922; 42) Burnaby's first May Day celebration in 1925; 43) May Day, 1926; 44) Westminster to Vancouver Tram, 1892; 45) Interurban powerhouse at Edmonds and Highland Park, 1891; 46) Douglas Road, 1895; 47) Horse team hauling crushed rock for Douglas Road, 1911; 48) Horse and cart passing cleared land; 49) Cyclist, 1912; 50) The Opening of the paved road (Kingsway), 1913; 51) Painting the white line on Kingsway, 1928; 52) First auto in Burnaby circa 1905; 53) Alfred Bingham and his model T. Ford, 1931".

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.5.734

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: February 1978 (date of slide show)

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Original photograph content ranges between 1891 and 1931.; Description of slides taken from "Slide indentification" list BV020.5.735; See also audio recording commentary BV020.5.733

certificate

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV997.21.2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV997.21.2

Description: Roll of Honour - Certificate -- [1920]. Roll of Honour Certificate for Nina Atkinson at Edmonds Street School from the Public Schools of British Columbia. Nina received the certificate for holding first rank in attendance. The certificate was signed by teacher Wm. D. Blair at Edmonds on the 25th of June, 1920. The certificate measures 21.5cm x 28cm.

Colour: Beige

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Certificates

Names: Chapman, Nina Christina Atkinson; Edmonds Community School

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certificate

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV997.21.3

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV997.21.3

Description: Roll of Honour - Certificate -- [1921]. Roll of Honour Certificate for Nina Atkinson at Edmonds Street School from the Public Schools of British Columbia. Nina received the certificate for holding first rank in attendance. The certificate was signed by teacher W. D. Blair at Edmonds on the 23th of June, 1921. The certificate measures 21.5cm x 28cm.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Certificates

Names: Chapman, Nina Christina Atkinson; Edmonds Community School

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East Burnaby Public School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.3 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photographic postcard of a class from East Burnaby School (Edmonds Street School) taken outside the school building. There are nineteen boys and seventeen girls sitting and standing in three rows, with their teacher standing in the centre at the back. Six of the boys seated at the front…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.3 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photographic postcard of a class from East Burnaby School (Edmonds Street School) taken outside the school building. There are nineteen boys and seventeen girls sitting and standing in three rows, with their teacher standing in the centre at the back. Six of the boys seated at the front are holding lacrosse sticks. Female student on far left of back row is identified as either Ethel or Stella Buskins.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools; Occupations - Teachers; Sports - Lacrosse; Persons - Black Canadians; Persons - Students

Names: Edmonds Community School

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Street Address: 7641 Edmonds Street

Accession Code: BV017.17.35

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1910

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01/09/2017

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.; The postcard is stamped on the front in red ink, "East BURNABY. PUBLIC SCHOOL".; The postcard is inscribed on the front in printing, in ink, "1910"

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East Burnaby Public School, 1910 thumbnail

Emerson Doran and Murdoch McMurray delivering cordwood

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1925] (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men in work clothes and hats leaning against a truck loaded with bundled fire wood. An accompanying note identifies the photograph as: Emerson Doran and Murdoch McMurray who owned Edmonds Wood and Coal Yard situated at Kingsway and Edmonds. They are standing beside their TRAFFIC …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men in work clothes and hats leaning against a truck loaded with bundled fire wood. An accompanying note identifies the photograph as: Emerson Doran and Murdoch McMurray who owned Edmonds Wood and Coal Yard situated at Kingsway and Edmonds. They are standing beside their TRAFFIC truck which is loaded with cordwood about to be hauled from the Capitol Hill School grounds to the Edmonds Street School for use in heating the school. Edmonds Wood Yard had a contract with the Burnaby schools at this time to supply cordwood.

Subjects: Transportation - Trucks; Industries - Trucking; Occupations - Truck Drivers

Names: Doran, Emerson; Edmonds Coal and Wood; McMurray, Murdoch

Geographic Access: Holdom Avenue

Street Address: 350 Holdom Avenue

Accession Code: HV976.41.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1925] (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-13

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Emerson Doran and Murdoch McMurray delivering cordwood, [1925] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

First May Queen Ruth Bearn

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1925

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby's first May Queen, Ruth Bearn dressed in May Day costume during Burnaby's first May Day celebration. Ruth Bearn was from the 1st Burnaby Girl Guide Company.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby's first May Queen, Ruth Bearn dressed in May Day costume during Burnaby's first May Day celebration. Ruth Bearn was from the 1st Burnaby Girl Guide Company.

History: Burnaby's first May Day celebration took place on Saturday May 23, 1925 in Central Park. The May Queen and her court were chosen by "lot" in Burnaby Muncipal Council chambers with candidates submitted from Burnaby's public and high schools. Names were placed in a silk hat and Burnaby Reeve Alexander K. McLean drew the successful candidates. Ruth Bearn from Riverway West School was chosen as queen and Agness Kilgour from North Burnaby High School was chosen as Princess Burnaby. Candidates chosen for the Queen's court included First Maid of honour, Jessie Gungeon (Kingsway West School); Second Maid of Honour, Margaret McCallum (Schou Street School) and Third Maid of Honour, Eileen Jacques (Armstrong Avenue School). Candidates chosen for the Princess Burnaby court included, First Maid of Honour, Nellie Mitchell (North Burnaby High School); Second Maid of Honour, Lucretia Adair (South Burnaby High School) and Third Maid of Honour, Louis Lister (South Burnaby High School). Frank Harcourt (Riverway East School) was selected as Earl Marshal; Leo Rowley (Douglas Road School) was selected as First Page; Bertie Telford (Schou Street School) was selected as Second Page; Victor Bennett (Capitol Hill School) was selected as First Herald and James Clogg (Edmonds Street School) was selected as Second Herald.

Subjects: Events - May Day

Names: Whittaker, Ruth Lavinia Bearn

Accession Code: BV995.8.26

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: May 1925

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 7; Inscription in white ink on page of album reads: "BURNABY'S FIRST MAYDAY / 1925 / PRINCESS BURNABY / THE FIRST MAY QUEEN / (RUTH BEARN 1ST BURNABY / COMPANY GIRL GUIDES)"

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