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BC Electric Railway Street Lighting Agreement
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49322
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49884
- Meeting Date
- 29-Jul-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49884
- Meeting Date
- 29-Jul-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
BC Electric Railway Street Lighting Agreement
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49352
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49401
- Meeting Date
- 17-Jun-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49401
- Meeting Date
- 17-Jun-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Revised Ornamental Street Lighting Agreement - BC Electric Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49362
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49388
- Meeting Date
- 3-Jun-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49388
- Meeting Date
- 3-Jun-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Appointment of Assistant Electrical and Plumbing Inspector - V. Dodd
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49440
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49310
- Meeting Date
- 8-Apr-1946
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49310
- Meeting Date
- 8-Apr-1946
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Street Lighting Contract with BC Electric Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49453
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49298
- Meeting Date
- 8-Apr-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49298
- Meeting Date
- 8-Apr-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Footpath along the BC Electric Railway Right-of-way, South Side from Patterson to Jubilee
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49455
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49296
- Meeting Date
- 8-Apr-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49296
- Meeting Date
- 8-Apr-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Richmond Transportation Company and the BC Electric Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49460
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49294
- Meeting Date
- 25-Mar-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49294
- Meeting Date
- 25-Mar-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
BC Electric Railway and Provision of Transportation Services for Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49484
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49268
- Meeting Date
- 18-Mar-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49268
- Meeting Date
- 18-Mar-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Interview with Ted Burnham by Eric Damer September 19, 2012 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory313
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1946-1986
- Length
- 0:10:42
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Edward Lewis "Ted" Burnham's memories of the interurban tram. He mentions getting his driver's license and goes on to discuss more of his work history; in the computer industry, then in the medical industry.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Edward Lewis "Ted" Burnham's memories of the interurban tram. He mentions getting his driver's license and goes on to discuss more of his work history; in the computer industry, then in the medical industry.
- Date Range
- 1946-1986
- Photo Info
- Edward Lewis "Ted" Burnham, [195-]. Item no. 549-021.
- Length
- 0:10:42
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 19, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Edward Lewis "Ted" Burnham conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 19, 2012. Major theme discussed: the role of the municipal worker in the nineteen-fifties and nineteen-sixties.
- Biographical Notes
- E.L. "Ted" Burnham was born in 1930 and grew up in East Burnaby. He attended Armstrong Street and Edmonds Schools and then Trapp Technical High School before beginning work at a range of occupations in the late nineteen-forties. Ted studied business administration at the University of British Columbia and worked from 1953 to about 1958 for the municipality of Burnaby in the engineering and welfare departments, then briefly for Remington-Rand computers, and then at the Hannah Medical Clinic until 1973. After marrying in 1957, Ted and his wife moved from McKay Avenue to Kaymar Drive and raised two daughters. In the ninteen-seventies and later, Ted became involved in municipal politics, the Heritage Village, and in his own real estate and insurance business.
- Total Tracks
- 3
- Total Length
- 0:29:27
- Interviewee Name
- Burnham, Edward Lewis "Ted"
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track two of recording of interview with Ted Burnham
Track two of recording of interview with Ted Burnham
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-006/MSS171-006_Track_2.mp3BC Electric Railway Company observation car
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription900
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- September 1, 1946
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 23.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a BC Electric Railway Company Observation car, fully loaded with people, passing by Harry Bullen Photo studio on 2608 Granville Street. The car number is 123, and on the end of the car is a sign that reads; "Seeing Vancouver / 2 Hour Trip / Fare 50c." A sign on the side of the car re…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 23.7 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in the negative and printed on recto, l.l. "B.C. ELECTRIC RLY CO OBSERVATION CAR", l.r. " Harry Bullen Photographer. 2608 Granville St. Phone Bay. 8869" stamped on verso, l.l. "SEP 1 - 1946/ 664"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a BC Electric Railway Company Observation car, fully loaded with people, passing by Harry Bullen Photo studio on 2608 Granville Street. The car number is 123, and on the end of the car is a sign that reads; "Seeing Vancouver / 2 Hour Trip / Fare 50c." A sign on the side of the car reads; "Sightseeing Car Trips / Leave Robson & Granville / At 10 & 11 AM - 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 & 7 PM / Daily." Behind the car, a store window display of photographs with an awning reads; "Harry Bullen Photographer." Among the passengers in the car are a number of soldiers. Printed at the bottom front of the photograph; "BC Electric Rly Co Observation Car / Harry Bullen Photographer., 2608 Granville St., Phone Bay. 8869."
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- HV975.88.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- September 1, 1946
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For another photograph of BCER observation car by Harry Bullen, see HV972.142.1
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-06
- Photographer
- Bullen, Harry Elder
- Notes
- Title based on caption of photograph
- In "History of Metropolitan Vancouver" at http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology6.htm, it notes that Harry Bullen sold long narrow souvenir photographs of the passengers taken in the car.
Images
British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription996
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1946 and 1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a BC Electric Railway timetable for the Lulu Island Branch, Eburne, and New Westminster Line, including a Sunday schedule and freight schedule.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a BC Electric Railway timetable for the Lulu Island Branch, Eburne, and New Westminster Line, including a Sunday schedule and freight schedule.
- Accession Code
- HV973.41.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1946 and 1973]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription997
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1946 and 1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables for the Central Park line, one "corrected to October 15, 1933" and the other "corrected to May 16, 1946." Also in the photograph are two tickets, one reads, "Good for one fare at 10 for $1.25 between Vancouver and Burnaby North…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables for the Central Park line, one "corrected to October 15, 1933" and the other "corrected to May 16, 1946." Also in the photograph are two tickets, one reads, "Good for one fare at 10 for $1.25 between Vancouver and Burnaby Northwest Zone" and the other reads, "Good for one fare between Vancouver and Park Ave."
- Accession Code
- HV973.41.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1946 and 1973]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Advertisement of the Position of Assistant Electrical Inspector
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53564
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69648
- Meeting Date
- 3-Dec-1945
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69648
- Meeting Date
- 3-Dec-1945
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Plebiscite Regarding BC Electric System
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53535
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69619
- Meeting Date
- 5-Nov-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69619
- Meeting Date
- 5-Nov-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Tentative Subdivision Plan of Portion of Block 38, DL 153 - Cassie Avenue and MacKay Avenue South of the BC Electric Railway Right-of-way
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53542
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69626
- Meeting Date
- 5-Nov-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69626
- Meeting Date
- 5-Nov-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Request for Installation of Electric Lights in Municipally Owned Building at 4556 Hastings Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53521
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69605
- Meeting Date
- 22-Oct-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69605
- Meeting Date
- 22-Oct-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application of the Burrard Rivet and Forgings Limited for Permission to Construct a Spur Track on the 33 Foot Road Allowance between Block 17 and 18, DL 153 and the BC Electric Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53389
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69473
- Meeting Date
- 4-Jun-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69473
- Meeting Date
- 4-Jun-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Street Lighting Agreement with BC Electric Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53330
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69414
- Meeting Date
- 9-Apr-1945
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69414
- Meeting Date
- 9-Apr-1945
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
BC Electric Railway Strike
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53217
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69299
- Meeting Date
- 15-Jan-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69299
- Meeting Date
- 15-Jan-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Proposal to Make BC Electric Railway Publicly Owned
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53230
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69312
- Meeting Date
- 15-Jan-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69312
- Meeting Date
- 15-Jan-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds