"Electrical " found 22 records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of school report cards and certificates belonging to Dorothy Atkinson (nee Mallett) along with a Vancouver Daily Province Pioneer's Honour Roll Certificate awarded to her parents, Percy and Alice Mallett (nee Lowry).

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Dorothy Atkinson fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of school report cards and certificates belonging to Dorothy Atkinson (nee Mallett) along with a Vancouver Daily Province Pioneer's Honour Roll Certificate awarded to her parents, Percy and Alice Mallett (nee Lowry).

History: Alice (nee Lowry) (1879-1954) and Percy Mallett (1882-1955) were married in Vancouver, British Columbia on January 26, 1910. Alice Lowry was born in Kinnear’s Mills, Quebec and Percy Mallett was born in Cornwall, England. Alice and Percy had four children Percival “Perc” (1916-1971), Alan (1919-2006), Dorothy (1923-2016) and a son who died in infancy. Alice and Percy resided in Vancouver until 1914. In 1915, they moved to 3965 Cambridge Street in Burnaby and lived there with their three children until 1934. The Mallett family lived at various other locations in Burnaby including 4119 East Hastings (1935-1937), 4075 Triumph Street (1938-1949) and 4211 Oxford Street (1950-1954). All three children attended Gilmore Avenue School and North Burnaby High School. After graduating from North Burnaby High School, Dorothy Mallett worked at B.C. Telephone and B.C. Electric in downtown Vancouver. Dorothy attended University of British Columbia for one year with her earnings from these jobs. While working at B.C. Electric, Dorothy met her future husband, Charles McDonald "Mac" Atkinson. In 1949, Dorothy Mallett married Charles McDonald “Mac” Atkinson at Willingdon Heights United Church in Burnaby with Dorothy’s brother, Reverend Percival Mallett officiating. In 1965, Dorothy and Mac moved to Nanaimo. Dorothy taught piano and was an accomplished singer and musician performing in various recitals. Dorothy died in 2016 and her husband Mac Atkinson died in 2012.

Responsibility: Atkinson, Dorothy Mallett

Accession Code: BV021.28

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1929-2004, predominant 1929-1940

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Burnaby May Day Parade

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 26, 1928

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Burnaby May Day parade. There are at least eight cars in the procession on a road, lined by electric power poles. Two boys are riding their bicycles. One of them is dressed in a costume with a mask. There is a house visible by the roadside which could be Kingsway.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Burnaby events photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Burnaby May Day parade. There are at least eight cars in the procession on a road, lined by electric power poles. Two boys are riding their bicycles. One of them is dressed in a costume with a mask. There is a house visible by the roadside which could be Kingsway.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Events - Parades; Events - May Day

Accession Code: HV977.17.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 26, 1928

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-04

Scale: 100

Photographer: Lloyd, Frank Ernest

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; An annotation in blue pen is written on the back of the photograph; The annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Parade, First May Day in Burnaby, May 1925," and the accession record lists the same information.; Inscribed on the original negative and printed on the photograph is: "17 / Burnaby May Day / 26. 5. 28 / Lloyd Studio, McKay. B.C."

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Standing beside the bus

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1926 and 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside the rear end of a bus. The man is in his shirt sleeves with his tie tucked in his shirt front but wearing a hat. He is holding a small hacksaw and a pipe. In the background is an awning with the word “HOTEL”. The awning is similar to the awnings sho…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Material Details: Photograph has faded due to age

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside the rear end of a bus. The man is in his shirt sleeves with his tie tucked in his shirt front but wearing a hat. He is holding a small hacksaw and a pipe. In the background is an awning with the word “HOTEL”. The awning is similar to the awnings shown in The bus has the word "Pacific Sta __ / LTD" visible in the rear window (Pacific Stage Lines, owned by B.C. Electric Company, consolidated bus service in the Fraser Valley from July 1, 1926). This bus is a model built by the Fogel Bros, California and used by other transportation companies also owned by B.C. Electric.

Subjects: Transportation - Buses

Accession Code: HV975.33.3av

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1926 and 1930]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).; For related images see: HV975.33.3ad; HV975.33.3ay and HV975.33.3ao

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B.C. Electric Railway Co. Observation Car

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.6 x 23.6 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photographic postcard of an open sightseeing car operated by the BC Electric Railway Company. The car is full of people and travelling down in a street in Vancouver with B.C. Electric conductor Teddy Lyons at the controls at the head of the car and another conductor standing next to the …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.6 x 23.6 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photographic postcard of an open sightseeing car operated by the BC Electric Railway Company. The car is full of people and travelling down in a street in Vancouver with B.C. Electric conductor Teddy Lyons at the controls at the head of the car and another conductor standing next to the car.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV013.12.68

Date: 1925

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bullen, Harry Elder

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11; Inscription below photograph reads: "B.C. Electric Rly. Co. Observation Car, Vancouver, 1925, "Teddy" Lyons Conductor_Bullen Photo Co. 626 W. Pender."

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General catalogue no. 4 : telephone apparatus, wires and cables, electrical supplies

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Northern Electric Company Limited

Publication Date: 1924

Call Number: 621.3 NOR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV980.2.74

Call Number: 621.3 NOR

Author: Northern Electric Company Limited

Place of Publication: Montreal

Publisher: Northern Electric Co. Ltd.

Publication Date: 1924

Physical Description: 1119 p. : ill. : 24 cm.

Inscription: "GD Perry 600 14th Avenue Vancouver, B. C." [Handwritten in pencil on pre-title page]

Library Subject (LOC): Northern Electric Company; Electric apparatus and appliances; Commercial catalogs; Catalogs

Notes: Includes index.; Cross-reference with 621.3 NOR / BV985.5269.1

New York in MCMXXIII : an illustrated book of the city, compiled in honor of the 46th Convention of the National Electric Light Association

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: New York Edison Company

Publication Date: 1923

Call Number: 917.471 NEW

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV997.10.1

Call Number: 917.471 NEW

Author: New York Edison Company

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: The New York Edison Company

Publication Date: 1923

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

Library Subject (LOC): New York (N.Y.)--Pictorial Works; New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works

Electric toy making for amateurs. This work treats of the making of electrical toys, electrical apparatus, motors, dynamos and measuring instruments, and is designed to bring within the reach of young and old the manufacture of genuine and useful appliances.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Sloane, T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor), 1851-1940

Edition: 21st

Publication Date: 1923

Call Number: 625 SLO

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV000.3.2

Call Number: 625 SLO

Edition: 21st

Author: Sloane, T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor), 1851-1940

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Norman W. Henley Publishing

Publication Date: 1923

Physical Description: 254 pages ill. 43 p. of advertising for new books in back.

Inscription: "R.B. Raymer 2675 Kingsway Class 2 S.B.H.S" [Written in pencil on front leaf, centre top.] "1.75" [Written in pencil on front leaf, right top.]

Library Subject (LOC): Electrical apparatus; Electric toys

Notes: Includes Index; Author full name and dates: Sloane, T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor), 1851-1940.

Commercial Map of Greater Vancouver and District

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: July 1921

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. lithograph mounted on linen ; 107 x 138 cm

Scope and Content: Commercial map of Greater Vancouver and District. Map depicts district lots, railroads, electric railways, streets, street car stops, schools, buildings, postal block numbers, parks and First Nations reserves. Map covers the geographcial areas of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, portions of Ric…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. lithograph mounted on linen ; 107 x 138 cm

Material Details: Includes Legend and Index

Scope and Content: Commercial map of Greater Vancouver and District. Map depicts district lots, railroads, electric railways, streets, street car stops, schools, buildings, postal block numbers, parks and First Nations reserves. Map covers the geographcial areas of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, portions of Richmond, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Surrey with half mile circles that radiate from Vancouver City Hall on the corner of Main and Hastings. Bottom of map includes an index of street names, along with their corresponding map grid locations. The map is bordered by Marine Drive to the west, North Road to the east, Dempsey Street to the north and 20th Road to the south.

History: Bought by donor at thrift store years ago. No known provenance.

Creator: The Vancouver Map & Blueprint Co. Ltd.

Publisher: Produced by Photo - Lithography, Colonist , Victoria, B.C.

Subjects: First Nations reserves - British Columbia

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV018.24.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: July 1921

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 16-Jun-20

Scale: 100

Notes: Transcribed title; Title on map reads: "COMMERCIAL MAP / OF / GREATER VANCOUVER / AND / DISTRICT / Compiled and Published by / The Vancouver Map & Blueprint Co. Ltd. / 441 Seymour St. Vancouver B.C. / July, 1921".

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Div 1 Gilmore Avenue School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 17 Mar. 1920

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Division One class at Gilmore Avenue School (this information is written on a blackboard at the rear of the classroom). A male teacher is standing beside the blackboard and the class is seated at their desks (each desk is attached to the back of the chair in the front). There are …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Division One class at Gilmore Avenue School (this information is written on a blackboard at the rear of the classroom). A male teacher is standing beside the blackboard and the class is seated at their desks (each desk is attached to the back of the chair in the front). There are 21 girls and 14 boys. The boys are dressed in sweaters or rough sports jackets, baggy trousers, and open-necked shirts. Their hair is generally moppish, or parted. The girls are generally wearing sweaters and wide skirts, with several wearing necklaces. Most have long hair, pulled back and tied, or parted and hanging. Identified: (3rd row of desks, 5th from left) Mary Warren; (1st row of desks, 4th from left) Lena Horne (later Lena McManus). Mary Warren was the daughter of John H. Warren and Mary W. Warren (nee Slaven) who settled in Burnaby and built a house on Union Street in 1912. Mary Warren later became Mary Anthony when she married Bill Anthony. The teacher may be Stanley Griffiths. A blackboard on the left of the picture has math problems written on it. Above, a row of prints hang, among the ones identifiable are Shakespeare and the Fathers of Confederation. The room is lit by dangling electric bulbs. Inscribed on the negative, lower left of the print: "272." An annotation in pencil on the back of the photograph reads, "Mr. Tom Browning." In 1912 Gilmore Ave. School was only a tent as blasting and clearing was being carried out. Later that year, a four-room building was completed and pupils moved in. By 1914, another four rooms were added to meet increased enrolment. Four rooms were added again in 1922, and four rooms and an auditorium were added in 1929. The school was renovated in 1954 and 1955. A library was added in 1964 and six more rooms were built in 1967. The school was named after Hugh B. Gilmour, but an error by a municipal clerk in 1912 changed the spelling to Gilmore.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools; Occupations - Teachers; Furniture; Persons - Black Canadians

Names: Gilmore Avenue School

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: HV971.23.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 17 Mar. 1920

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Douglas Road Interurban station

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1920 or 1921]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.1 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Pearl Cowan and her son, Walter sitting on a bench at Douglas Road Interurban Station. The back of the bench appears to be used as an advertisement space and the waiting area is made of wood plank board, with tall weeds and grass growing around the station.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.1 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Pearl Cowan and her son, Walter sitting on a bench at Douglas Road Interurban Station. The back of the bench appears to be used as an advertisement space and the waiting area is made of wood plank board, with tall weeds and grass growing around the station.

History: Margaret Pearl Naismith (1887-1970) married Alexander "Allie" MacPherson Cowan (1881-1963) in 1910 in Kamloops BC. Alexander was the son of Walter Scott Cowan (1843-1930) and Annie McPherson (1859-1935), who lived in Burnaby on Douglas Road. Pearl and Allie had three children from their family home at Spruce and Fitzgerald where they lived from 1918 to 1922: Amy, Clara, Thomas Walter Cowan (1918-?) who is seated on his mother's lap in this photo.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: Cowan, Pearl; Cowan, Walter; British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake Interurban line

Accession Code: BV985.31.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1920 or 1921]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-19

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Douglas Road Station c. 1920/21 / Shown are Pearl Cowan and son Walter Cowan. They lived [at] Spruce & Fitzgerald c. 1918-1922."

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Gilmore Avenue School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 13.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the front of the Gilmore Avenue School. Note the doors and stairways added on to the side of the building, and the electric power pole and the power lines in front of the school building. Inscribed in the original negative and printed on the bottom front right of the photograph: "Gil…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 13.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the front of the Gilmore Avenue School. Note the doors and stairways added on to the side of the building, and the electric power pole and the power lines in front of the school building. Inscribed in the original negative and printed on the bottom front right of the photograph: "Gilmore Ave. School / Van. Heights. / Vancouver, B.C." Printed on the bottom front left of the postcard: "J.M. Henton. Photographer, Vancouver, B.C."

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Names: Gilmore Avenue School; Henton, J.M.

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: BV985.100.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Related Material: For another postcard of the same image, see HV983.70.2 stored with the postcards.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-02

Photographer: Henton, John Morse

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Snow filled street

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph / postcard : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph showing a winter scene with snow on the ground. There is a house on left side and a tower for a high tension electrical line in the background. Mountains can be seen in the far distance.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph / postcard : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Material Details: "No o" written in ink on back of photo.

Scope and Content: Photograph showing a winter scene with snow on the ground. There is a house on left side and a tower for a high tension electrical line in the background. Mountains can be seen in the far distance.

History: George Vincent Martin was born in 1892 in England. He married Matilda Florence Reed in 1916. He purchased a property in North Burnaby in the 1920s on Trinity Street. There was a main house and a "shack" on the property split up onto two lots.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Accession Code: BV007.45.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Nov-2018

Scale: 96

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Indexed guide map of the City of Vancouver and suburbs

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map + textual record : col. lithographic print on paper ; 51.5 x 71 cm folded to 21 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a fold out map entitled "Indexed Guide Map of Vancouver and Suburbs" with index. Map includes concentric circles raditating out from Vancouver City Hall on corner of Hastings Street and Main Street; electric railways are indicated by heavy red lines in centres of streets. Includes …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map + textual record : col. lithographic print on paper ; 51.5 x 71 cm folded to 21 x 10 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:47520]; Index on 4 pages within cardstock cover with advertisements on verso

Scope and Content: Item consists of a fold out map entitled "Indexed Guide Map of Vancouver and Suburbs" with index. Map includes concentric circles raditating out from Vancouver City Hall on corner of Hastings Street and Main Street; electric railways are indicated by heavy red lines in centres of streets. Includes old and new street names. Index includes a District Lot Index and Street Index.

Creator: Vancouver Map and Blue Print Company

Publisher: Vancouver Map and Blue Print Company

Accession Code: HV975.61.13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1920]

Media Type: Cartographic Material; Textual Record

Publisher Series: 6th edition revised June 1920

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-10

Notes: Title based on contents of map; Cover of booklet reads: "INDEXED / Guide Map / of the CITY of / VANCOUVER / and / SUBURBS / Compiled and Published by / The Vancouver Map & Blue Print Co. / ...."INTERNATIONAL / BOOK SHOP / Cor. Columbia and Hastings Sts._Vancouver, B.C.".

Documents

1975_0061_0013_010

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Indexed guide map of the City of Vancouver and suburbs, [1920]

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Bill for electric light service

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 14 1920

Collection/Fonds: Hugh H. Stewart fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 textual record

Scope and Content: Item consists of a one Bill from the "British Columbia / Electric Ry. Co. Ltd" for electric light service to "H.H. Stewart / 3902 Albert Street".

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hugh H. Stewart fonds

Series: Hugh H. Stewart personal documents series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 textual record

Scope and Content: Item consists of a one Bill from the "British Columbia / Electric Ry. Co. Ltd" for electric light service to "H.H. Stewart / 3902 Albert Street".

Names: Stewart, Hugh Henry

Accession Code: HV979.50.255

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: May 14 1920

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of item; 3902 Albert Street is located in the City of Burnaby

1920 national electrical code

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: National Board of Fire Underwriters

Edition: Ed. of 1920

Publication Date: 1920

Call Number: 621.3 NAT

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.5149.15

Call Number: 621.3 NAT

Edition: Ed. of 1920

Author: National Board of Fire Underwriters

Place of Publication: [New York]

Publisher: [s.n.]

Publication Date: 1920

Physical Description: 216 p. ; 14 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Electrical engineering; Electric wiring

Westerman family fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1917-1959]

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 17 photographs

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his lat…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 17 photographs

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his later years outside of his home in Burnaby.

History: Walter "Wally" William Westerman was born in London, Ontario in 1916. A few years later he moved with his parents to Vancouver. Around 1921 his parents, Albert Edwin and Louisa (nee Williams) Westerman bought a double lot at 4797 Georgia Street in District Lot 122 in Burnaby. On the lot they built a house and bowling green. Wally's father Albert worked as a proof reader for the Daily Province newspaper and retired in 1938. Walter attended Gilmore Avenue school and North Burnaby High School. After graduating from highschool he enrolled in engineering school in Glendale, California. Wally was married to Margot Florence Patry from 1943 to 1952. When World War II began, Wally joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. Wally suffered from arthritis and after being declared unfit for combat he was discharged. He returned to Burnaby and became a foreman in the engineering department of Boeing Aircraft of Canada. In 1944, while employed by Boeing, Wally was recoginized with awards for his ingenuity of "Jig Design for Bomb Torpedo Adaptors" and "Bomb Release Scissors". When Wally's father Albert became ill and had to have his leg amputated, Wally attended to his needs and sold the family's Georgia Street house to a buy a house at 5277 Spencer Street in Vancouver. Wally's father died in 1944 and his mother died in 1966. Following his first marriage, Wally met Gwendolyn "Gwen" Brocklesby and they developed a long term relationship eventually marrying in 1969. Gwen had a daughter named Barbara from her first marriage and Wally became her step father. Between 1960 and 1963, Wally was admitted to membership in the Canadian Power Squadrons with qualifications in seamanship, engine maintenance and weather and Gwen was awarded a certificate of qualification in piloting and seamanship. In 1969 Gwen, Wally and Barbara moved to a brand new home at 2171 Duthie Avenue in Burnaby which was within walking distance to Lenkurt Electric on Lougheed Highway where Wally worked. Wally was a machinist and foreman of the sheet metal shop at Lenkurt and later at Microtel. Walter Westerman died in Burnaby in 2000 and his wife Gwen died in Burnaby in 2016.

Responsibility: Westerman, Walter "Wally"

Accession Code: BV020.17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1917-1959]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Waplington family fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1911-2004

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 album (88 photographs + textual records) + 2 photographs in frames

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records documenting the lives of both the Waplington and Fleming families who resided at 3813 Deer Lake. Records include a family photograph album; two framed portraits: one of John Waplington and Doris Waplington (nee Caswell) (possibly on their wedding day) and Frances (nee Wapl…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 album (88 photographs + textual records) + 2 photographs in frames

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records documenting the lives of both the Waplington and Fleming families who resided at 3813 Deer Lake. Records include a family photograph album; two framed portraits: one of John Waplington and Doris Waplington (nee Caswell) (possibly on their wedding day) and Frances (nee Waplington) and Ray Fleming; a copy of a handwritten memoir "The Way it Was / 1913-1925"; as well as a computer printed copy of "In and Out of / A Cedar Shake Shack" / "The life of a little girl from World War I / to Canada's Diamond Jubilee" both written by Frances L. Fleming (nee Waplington). Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Waplington and Fleming families album series 2) Frances Fleming manuscripts series 3) Waplington family documents series 4) Waplington family photographs series

History: John (Jack) Waplington emigrated from Nottingham, England in 1904, arriving in Quebec City and continuing on to Ontario before eventually settling in British Columbia. Somewhere on his journey his right hand was crushed in an industrial accident and amputated. Following his recovery, Jack continued to work his way across Canada until he found employment at Stave Falls, B.C. and married Sarah Alice Cogswell (nee Nickerson). Jack and Sarah (nicknamed Cutie) Waplington had three children; Frances Louise Waplington (1913-2004), John Hazen Waplington and Grace Bancroft Waplington. In 1916, the Waplingtons rented the Walker house at Hill Station on the Burnaby Lake Interurban Line and in 1920 Jack built a cedar shack on 5 acres of land at 4925 Douglas Road (northwest corner of Douglas and Laurel). According to a memoir by Frances Waplington, life was rough living in the cedar shack on Douglas Road with no electricity or running water and by 1925 the family was lucky to purchase "Brookfield", the former home of Louis Claude Hill located at 3813 Deer Lake Avenue. The home was not in good shape having been empty for some time but was located on ¾ of an acre and purchased at a fair price of $1000. The house was surrounded by grass and flowers gone wild and very tall fir trees. The house had running water, electricity and was heated by a wood burning stove in the kitchen and hall and a fireplace in the living room. There was no refrigeration other than the ice box. The three Waplington children, Frances, John and Grace continued to attend Douglas Road School. The family renovated and restored the house at Deer Lake as well as the grounds, adding in flower and vegetable gardens. The large area of grass which formerly housed a tennis court was rolled flat and reseeded. Jack Waplington continued to work for the power company which became B.C. Electric Company and eventually B.C. Power and Hydro. The Waplingtons continued to live at 3813 Deer Lake until 1946 when they sold their home to their daughter Frances who married Ray Fleming. Jack and Sarah Waplington retired and moved to Lasquiti island. Frances "Fanny" Waplington married Reyland "Ray" Fleming October 11, 1935. Ray and Frances Fleming had three children; John (Jack) Reyland, Edith (Edie) Louise and Sara Maureen. In 1941 Ray was hired by the B.C. Electric Company to work at Buntzen Lake hydro station. There was no housing at the hydro station so the family lived on a 42’ coastal boat, the Cohoe Bay tied up to the dock at Buntzen Lake. Since it was war time, there was fear that the two hydro plants at Stave Falls and Buntzen Lake could be targeted for bombing so the Fleming family had to learn about air raid sirens, bunkers, helmets and gas masks. The children attended a one room classroom at Buntzen Lake and participated in school drills when the air raid siren sounded. By 1947 the Fleming family moved to the Waplington home at 3813 Deer lake Avenue after purchasing it from Frances’ parents. Ray continued to work for B.C. Electric and eventually B.C. Power and B.C. Hydro. The children walked or rode bicycles to and from Douglas Road School. At the time the family moved into their home there were no buses only the Interurban streetcar to take them to Vancouver. Douglas Road station was the nearest stop to Deer Lake on the Burnaby Lake Line. The closest neighbours were the Oakalla Prison farm (located off of Royal Oak hill overlooking Deer Lake) and the Ceperley mansion. Prison breaks were common and both the Waplington and Fleming families would often hear air raid sirens blare to warn them. The neighbourhood would go on high alert and the children would immediately run home to safety. Mr. Fleming was well prepared with his 22 rifle nearby should it be needed. After Sarah Waplington died, Jack Waplington returned to Deer Lake to live in a house trailer on the property that was owned by the Flemings. In 1959, after the Fleming children had grown and moved on, Ray and Frances Fleming sold the property to the Municipality of Burnaby. The Municipality rented it out for several years prior to its demolition around 1970 to make way for Burnaby’s Heritage Village. Frances Louise Fleming received her teaching degree from the Vancouver Normal School at the end of World War II but found it extremely difficult to secure a permanent teaching position as a woman. Between 1944 and 1954, Frances was hired and fired eight times from teaching positions despite excellent reports. Finally in 1954, she was invited to teach in an adjoining district with a permanent teaching appointment to follow. Over the years, Frances taught in Vancouver, Burnaby, Pender Harbour and served as vice principal at Magee Secondary. In the early 1970s Frances was appointed provincial superintendent of schools at Quesnel and then moved to Victoria to be assistant superintendent of integrated and supportive services and then in 1973, she became assistant superintendent of the department of public intstruction. Frances retired from teaching soon after, moving to the Sunshine Coast with her husband Ray. Frances was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 1997, was an accomplished writer who regularly contributed articles to the Vancouver Sun newspaper and othe publications. Ray Fleming died in 2002 and Frances Fleming died in 2004.

Creator: Fleming, Frances "Fanny" Waplington; Ehlers, Edith "Edie" Fleming

Accession Code: BV016.46

Date: 1911-2004

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Arrangement: Series arrangement is based on physical arrangement of records by donor. Family album was scanned in it's original order and items from within family album were removed and described at item and file level.

Notes: Title based on content of fonds

Interurban, Ceperley and Madill houses and Deer Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4622

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca. 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 8 photographs : b&w ; negatives 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs taken from original photographs of the Ceperley house and grounds "Fairhaven", the Madill family and house, Deer Lake, an Interurban train with "Westminster" signage on the front of the roof next to an unidentifed siding building and an unidentified two storey wood fra…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 8 photographs : b&w ; negatives 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs taken from original photographs of the Ceperley house and grounds "Fairhaven", the Madill family and house, Deer Lake, an Interurban train with "Westminster" signage on the front of the roof next to an unidentifed siding building and an unidentified two storey wood frame house with two towers on either side of the verandah.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: Ceperley, Grace

Accession Code: BV018.15.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [ca. 1910]

Notes: Title based on content of photographs

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