Research

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Summary

This portion of the interview is about Burnaby and New Westminster May Days and how geography and poor transportation affects municipal east-west and north-south connections

Date Range

1930-1990

Photo Info

Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012

Length

00:05:53

Subject

Events - May Day

Transportation

Interviewer

Fowler, Rod

Interview Date

March 14, 1990

Scope and Content

Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes

William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.

Total Tracks

14

Total Length

1:34:40

Other Tracks

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Interviewee Name

Lewarne, William A. "Bill"

Interviewer Bio

Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and business computerization in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Centennial Oral History project series

Item No.

MSS187-019_Track_10

Transcript Available

Transcript available

Media Type

Sound Recording

Web Notes

Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1940]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

009-006

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9.7 x 12.9 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre May day celebrations. The May Queen and her suite are seated with three men and a woman standing behind them. Identified are (back row, l to r) MLA Ernie Winch, unknown, Burnaby Reeve Geroge Morrison and unknown woman. The Valleyview Community Centre was located at 4050 Grandview-Douglas Highway (later renumbered and renamed 4949 Canada Way).

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Valleyview Community Centre

Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Morrison, George

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Canada Way

Burnaby - 4949 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1940]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

009-007

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9.9 x 12.3 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre Fair, May Queen and Suite standing outside. One of them has a crown and two are carrying boquets of flowers.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Valleyview Community Centre

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Canada Way

Burnaby - 4949 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1940]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

009-008

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 12.9 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre fair's May Queen dressed in white, wearing a crown and standing at a microphone on a decorated stage. Men and other girls are also on the stage.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Valleyview Community Centre

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Canada Way

Burnaby - 4949 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

May 1925

Collection/Fonds

George Jeffery fonds

Series

George Jeffery Photograph series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

013-008

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11.1 x 16.6 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a row of young women and girls dressed in white, wearing cloaks and carrying baskets of flowers at Burnaby's first May Day. A water tower is partially visible behind them.

Photographer

Stride, Charles Edgar

Subjects

Events - May Day

Clothing

Notes

Title based on caption of photograph

Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Burnaby's First May Day 1925 / #11 / Stride Photo"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Central Park

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Burnaby - 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1925

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Peers Photograph Album

Description Level

Item

Item No.

020-024

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 6 cm on page 17.5 x 24.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Burnaby's first May day, with the stage where the first May Queen, Ruth Bearn is sitting. None of the other people standing in front of nor on the stage are identified.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Bearn, Ruth

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Central Park

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[193-]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

042-001

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 20.2 x 25.6 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Burnaby's May Queen and her suite seated with flowers at a photographic studio.

Photographer

Stride, Charles Edgar

Subjects

Events - May Day

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Stamp on cardboard mat photograph originally framed with read: "The Stride Studios, New Westminster, BC". Photograph removed from frame for conservation purposes; mat not retained

Geographic Access

British Columbia - New Westminster

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[193-]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

042-004

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Burnaby's May Queen standing in a photographic studio beside a three-legged stool that has been decorated with flowers.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Stamp on cardboard mat photograph originally framed with read: "The Stride Studios, New Westminster, BC". Photograph removed from frame for conservation purposes; mat not retained.

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[193-]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

042-007

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 20.3 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Burnaby's May Queen standing with one of her attendants, as the rest of her suite sits, surrounded by flowers at a photographic studio.

Photographer

Stride, Charles Edgar

Subjects

Events - May Day

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Stamp on cardboard mat photograph originally framed with read: "The Stride Studios, New Westminster, BC". Photograph removed from frame for conservation purposes; mat not retained.

Geographic Access

British Columbia - New Westminster

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1926 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

042-009

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 25 x 20 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Burnaby's May Queen seated in a photographic studio with flowers surrounding her.

Photographer

Stride, Charles Edgar

Subjects

Events - May Day

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Stamp on cardboard mat photograph originally framed with read: "The Stride Studios, New Westminster, BC". Photograph removed from frame for conservation purposes; mat not retained.

Geographic Access

British Columbia - New Westminster

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1948

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

054-001

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage- Oversize Box 4

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 27.4 x 35.4 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Valleyview May Queen being crowned. Standing on the stage are; Henry Hill, [unidentified], Helen Brown, [unidentified], and Mary Dobson.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Brown, Helen

Dobson, Mary

Hill, Henry

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1925

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

055-005

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

Bay 64 - Shelf 3

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 34 cm mounted in cardboard frame 35 x 42.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Burnaby May Queen and Princess Burnaby sitting with their suite at a photographic studio. Identified on the photograph's cardboard frame are; (back row, left to right) Jessie Gunzeon, A. Jacques, M. McCallum, Louise Lister, Lucretia Adair, and Nellie Mitchell. Seated, left to right: Ruth Bearn, "Burnaby May Queen 1925," and Agnes Kilgour, "Princess Burnaby 1925."

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Adair, Lucretia

Bearn, Ruth

Kilgour, Agnes

Gunzeon, Jessie

Jacques, A.

Lister, Louise

McCallum, M.

Mitchell, Nellie

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[193-]

Collection/Fonds

Helen Davy collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

138-001

Accession Number

BHS985-8

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 19.9 x 25.0 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of May Day flower girls seated on the stairs of a stage at May Day celebrations. All are unidentified except the girl at the top left, Sheila Davy. The May Queen and court can be seen in the background.

Subjects

Clothing

Events - May Day

Names

Davy, Sheila

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Central Park

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Burnaby - 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1925

Collection/Fonds

Helen Davy collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

138-005

Accession Number

BHS985-8

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.3 x 17.2 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Burnaby's first May Day in 1925. Four young women are wearing cloaks and standing with baskets of flowers. Two of the young women have been identified as Lucretia Adair and Louise Lister, but it is not clear which two they are.

Photographer

Stride, Charles Edgar

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Adair, Lucretia

Lister, Louise

Notes

Title based on caption of photograph

Printed at bottom left of photograph: "Burnaby's First May Day, 1925 / #14 / Stride Photo"

Annotation on back of photograph reads, "Lucretia Adair / Louise Lister"

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1925

Collection/Fonds

Helen Davy collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

138-006

Accession Number

BHS985-8

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.2cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Burnaby's first May Day in 1925. Four young women are wearing cloaks and standing with baskets of flowers. Ruth Bearn, the May Queen, is standing third from the left, with a crown on her head.

Photographer

Stride, Charles Edgar

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Bearn, Ruth

Notes

Title based on caption of photograph

Printed at bottom of photograph: "Burnaby's First May Day 1925 / #15 / Stride Photo"

Annotation on back of photograph reads, "Queen Ruth Bearn"

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1932

Collection/Fonds

Richard Hardy family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

570-015

Accession Number

2014-16

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 8.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of children dancing around a may pole during the Burnaby May Day celebrations at Central Park.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note on verso reads: "Bby May Day / 1932 / Cent. Park?"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Central Park

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1928 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-182

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the 1928 May Queen, Sylvia Murley standing in the center. On the right is Lottie Butchart, the other young woman is unidentified.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Auvache, Sylvia Murley

Butchart, Lottie

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1929 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-184

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of outgoing May Queen Sylvia Murley (later Sylvia Auvache) sitting with new queen, Winnifred Jeffery (daughter of Constable George Jeffery) at May Day celebrations in Central Park.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Auvache, Sylvia Murley

Jeffery, Winnifred

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Central Park

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Burnaby - 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1928 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-188

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Murley brothers in three-piece suits with hats in their hands, standing on either side of their sister who dressed in a white dress, cape and crown, as she is the May Queen. Left to right: Horace Murley, Sylvia Murley and Dennis Murley standing on the steps of the Murley family home, 2737 Willingdon Avenue (later renumbered 6378 Willingdon Avenue) in the McKay area.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Auvache, Sylvia Murley

Murley, Dennis

Murley, Horace

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby - 6378 Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1928 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-207

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the crowning of May Queen Sylvia Murley (later Sylvia Auvache) at Robert Burnaby Park.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Auvache, Sylvia Murley

Bythe, Joan

Cox, Dorothy

Farris, Della

Fraser, Crissie

Kemp, Hazel Butler

Pedersen, Irene

Russel, Ena

Salt, Evelyn

Sanderson, Thomas

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Robert Burnaby Park

Burnaby - Wedgewood Street

Burnaby - 8155 Wedgewood Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Lakeview-Mayfield Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1928

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-274

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of May Day activities in Robert Burnaby Park. Identified: (5th from left) Ellen "Nellie" Fetherstonhaugh (she later changed her first name to Leta and later became Leta Arden), 10 years old, flower girl.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Clothing

Names

Arden, Leta Fetherstonhaugh

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Robert Burnaby Park

Burnaby - Wedgewood Street

Burnaby - 8155 Wedgewood Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Lakeview-Mayfield Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1933 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-529

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of three generations of the Smedley family. Left to right: Alice Smedley Hatt, Ada Hatt as the 1933 Burnaby May Queen, and Emily "Grandma" Smedley. Alice was the oldest daughter of Emily Smedley, and Ada was Alice's daughter.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Hatt, Ada

Hatt, Alice Smedley

Smedley, Emily "Grandma"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1933 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-578

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Ada Hatt, Burnaby May Queen, at age 13. She was daughter of Alice Smedley Hatt, the oldest of Smedley girls.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Hatt, Ada

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

May 1931

Collection/Fonds

Edmonds School fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

207-020

Accession Number

BHS988-7

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of children at May day. Boys are seated in the front row, and girls are standing in the back row, dressed in their Maypole dancing dresses during Burnaby May Day at Burnaby Park.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Clothing

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Robert Burnaby Park

Burnaby - Wedgewood Street

Burnaby - 8155 Wedgewood Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Lakeview-Mayfield Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

May 1930

Collection/Fonds

Edmonds School fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

207-024

Accession Number

BHS988-7

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of two rows of Maypole dancers during Burnaby May Day at Burnaby Park. A large group of spectators is visible in the background.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Clothing

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Robert Burnaby Park

Burnaby - Wedgewood Street

Burnaby - 8155 Wedgewood Street

Historic Neighbourhood

East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Lakeview-Mayfield Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

May 1927

Collection/Fonds

B. Keisler collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

214-004

Accession Number

BHS988-15

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on heavyweight drawing paper

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Kingsway West Maypole Dancers standing in a row with the Maypoles behind them on May Day, at Robert Burnaby Park.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Clothing

Names

Kingsway West School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Robert Burnaby Park

Burnaby - Wedgewood Street

Burnaby - 8155 Wedgewood Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Lakeview-Mayfield Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

May 1936

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library collection

Series

Burnaby Public Library photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

227-001

Accession Number

BHS989-22

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 35 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the May Day Queen and her suite in full regalia standing in a garden.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Clothing

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

May 1927

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

240-001

Accession Number

BHS990-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 24 x 19.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the May Queen being crowned on stage.

Photographer

Lloyd's Studio

Subjects

Events - May Day

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1923 or 1924]

Collection/Fonds

Ward Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

280-005

Accession Number

BHS992-10

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Lillian Ward being crowned May Queen by Doreen Burton at a small neighbourhood celebration near the Burton home on 11th Avenue.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Ward, Lillian

Burton, Doreen

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 11th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Second Street Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1936 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-311

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Riverway East School representatives at the 1936 Burnaby May Day. The teacher is Miss Montserrat. The students, left to right, are: Deanna Peacock, Martha Schweiger, Margaret Brewer, Barbara Brewer, Norma Rypdal, and Helen Silvanovicz.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Cook, Margaret Brewer

Montserrat, Miss

Moysiuk, Helen Silvanovicz

Muskeyn, Barbara Brewer

Peacock, Deanna

Perry, Norma Rypdal

Riverway East School

Tomlinson, Martha Schweiger

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Burnaby - 3883 Imperial Street

Burnaby - Central Park

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1930 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-530

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.7 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Helen Bettles (daughter of Lilly and Alfred Bettles), Burnaby May Queen attendant representing Second Street School.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Bettles, Helen

Second Street School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1925 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-533

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 10.6 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of William "Bill" and Lavinia Bearn, with their daughter, Ruth, Burnaby's first May Queen.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Bearn, Lavinia Lee

Bearn, William "Bill"

Whittacker, Ruth Bearn

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1925 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-534

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7.4 x 12.1 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Ruth Bearn (May Queen) sitting in a chair, surrounded by five of her sisters; Gladys, Doris, Helen, Jean, and Audrey.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Bearn, Audrey

Bearn, Doris

Bearn, Gladys

Bearn, Helen

Bearn, Jean

Whittacker, Ruth Bearn

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

May 1929 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-076

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of outgoing May Queen Sylvia Murley (later Sylvia Auvache) sitting with new queen, Winnifred Jeffery (daughter of Constable George Jeffery) at May Day celebrations in Central Park.

Photographer

McKay Studio

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Auvache, Sylvia Murley

Jeffery, Winnifred

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Central Park

Burnaby - 3883 Imperial Street

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1926] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-347

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Annie King in her May Day outfit, standing at the side of 4242 Grange Street (old numbering), the King family home.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Clothing

Names

Ellis, Annie King

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Grange Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

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

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-781

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of children gathered for May Day.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1926

Collection/Fonds

Margaret McCallum collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

375-013

Accession Number

BHS986-42

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of sisters Margaret and Flora McCallum standing in a field holding a basket of flowers between them. Margaret was picked to be a Maid of Honour to Burnaby's first May Queen and Flora was picked to be a flower girl to Burnaby's second May Queen the following year.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Clothing

Names

McCallum, Margaret

McCallum, Flora

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1928

Collection/Fonds

North Burnaby Board of Trade fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

476-011

Accession Number

BHS2005-8

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 17 cm with 8 x 15 cm label attatched.

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Burnaby's May Queen and her suite, from 1928-9. The three girls are identified in the attached label as; Lottie Butchart (of Armstrong Avenue School, maid of honour), Sylvia Murley (of Kingsway West school, May Queen), and Doris Wilmott (of Douglas Road school, maid of honour).

Photographer

Lloyd's Studio

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Butchart, Lottie

Murley, Sylvia

Auvache, Sylvia Murley

Wilmott, Doris

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1928

Collection/Fonds

North Burnaby Board of Trade fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

476-016

Accession Number

BHS2005-8

Storage Location

A/V Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 24.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the crowning ceremony for Burnaby's 1928-1929 May Queen, Sylvia Murley on the raised dais receiving her crown, flanked by numerous flower girls and attendants.

Photographer

Lloyd's Studio

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Auvache, Sylvia Murley

Murley, Sylvia

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Robert Burnaby Park

Burnaby - Wedgewood Street

Burnaby - 8155 Wedgewood Street

Historic Neighbourhood

East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Lakeview-Mayfield Area

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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 x 24 cm, mounted on card 29.5 x 35 cm

Material Details

A ribbon (used for hanging) is attached to verso of card mount

Scope and Content

Photograph of Burnaby May Queen Margaret Henderson sitting on a platform on a stage with the out-going May Queen, Ruth Bearn. Two Burnaby officials are standing on the stage. The Queen's suite is sitting on the stage (Flora McCallum is sitting third from the left and has long culry hair) with the younger ones sitting on either side of the steps.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Names

Henderson, Margaret

Bearn, Ruth

McCallum, Flora

Accession Code

HV971.144.5

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

May 1926

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

1/11/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w print

Scope and Content

Photograph of the stage at the first May Day celebration in Burnaby in 1925. There are flower girls lined up along the steps up to the stage with a carpet running along the centre of the steps. The photographer is speculated to be Stride studio, because of the similarities with other 1925 Burnaby May Day photographs by Stride studio.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Central Park

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Burnaby - 3883 Imperial Street

Accession Code

BV985.3137.1

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

May 1925

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

30-Aug-06

Scale

100

Photographer

Stride studio

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the crowned May Queen giving her speech at the first May Day celebration in Burnaby in 1925. The suite is gathered on a platform, with men in suits and uniforms, and flower girls sitting on the edge of the stage by the steps. There are chairs on the stage; however, people are standing. Crowds gathered to watch the ceremony are also visible. There are mountains visible in the background.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Central Park

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Burnaby - 3883 Imperial Street

Accession Code

HV977.17.9

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

May 1925

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

23-Aug-06

Scale

100

Photographer

Stride Photo

Notes

Inscribed in the original negative and printed on the photograph, bottom front "#10 / Burnaby's First May Day 1925 / Stride Photo."

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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 the official gathering of the May Queen suite at the first May Day celebration in Burnaby in 1925. The suite is standing with men in suits and uniforms, likely from the municipality. There are chairs on the stage; however, people are standing. Flower girls are sitting on the steps to the stage. Crowds gathered to watch the ceremony are also visible.

Subjects

Events - May Day

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Central Park

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Burnaby - 3883 Imperial Street

Accession Code

HV977.17.12

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

May 1925

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

23-Aug-06

Scale

100

Photographer

Stride studio

Notes

Inscribed in the original negative and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "Burnaby's First May Day 1925 / #9 / Stride Photo."

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