"Furniture" found 26 records | Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Clarice Wilks (later Clarice Eaton), Dr. Carl Eaton and an unidentified woman, taken in the kitchen of the Wilks home, 3707 Dundas Street. Dr. Eaton took this picture himself by tripping shutter with the string visible in his hand.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-304

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Clarice Wilks (later Clarice Eaton), Dr. Carl Eaton and an unidentified woman, taken in the kitchen of the Wilks home, 3707 Dundas Street. Dr. Eaton took this picture himself by tripping shutter with the string visible in his hand.

Subjects: Furniture

Names: Eaton, Carl; Eaton, Clarice Wilks

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Eaton, Dr. Carl

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note under photograph reads, "Taken by string in the kitchen - 1916"

Geographic Access: Dundas Street

Street Address: 3707 Dundas Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Clarice Wilks and Dr. Carl Eaton, 1916 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

D.C. Patterson

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dugald C. Patterson, Sr., resting in a sun porch. The Patterson family house was originally located at 7260 Edmonds Street (near Kingsway). It was relocated in 1955 to 7106 18th Avenue and is a city heritage site.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Patterson family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 171-015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-20

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dugald C. Patterson, Sr., resting in a sun porch. The Patterson family house was originally located at 7260 Edmonds Street (near Kingsway). It was relocated in 1955 to 7106 18th Avenue and is a city heritage site.

Subjects: Furniture

Names: Patterson, Dugald C. Sr.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street; 18th Avenue

Street Address: 7260 Edmonds Street; 7106 18th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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D.C. Patterson, [1912] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

D.C. Patterson Sr. at the dinning room table

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm, mounted on board 13 x 19 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dugald C. Patterson, Sr., reading at the dining room table of the Patterson family home. The photograph was taken from the parlour, and the pantry door and sewing room door (partly open) can be seen in the background. The portrait at the back right is of D.C. Patterson Sr.'s mother, a…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Patterson family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm, mounted on board 13 x 19 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 213-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dugald C. Patterson, Sr., reading at the dining room table of the Patterson family home. The photograph was taken from the parlour, and the pantry door and sewing room door (partly open) can be seen in the background. The portrait at the back right is of D.C. Patterson Sr.'s mother, and the woman seated next to the window is his wife, Frances Mabel. The Patterson family house was originally located at 7260 Edmonds Street (near Kingsway). It was relocated in 1955 to 7106 18th Avenue and is a city heritage site.

Subjects: Furniture

Names: Patterson, Dugald C. Sr.; Patterson, Frances Mabel Webb

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in pencil on the back of the photograph reads: "dinning room, taken from parlour, showing pantry door & sewing room door, partly open. Uncle Duke at table, Aunt May at window. Grandma's photo on wall" (signature is illegible); Accession no. is incorrect / unknown

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street; 18th Avenue

Street Address: 7260 Edmonds Street; 7106 18th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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D.C. Patterson Sr. at the dinning room table, [1912] thumbnail

Having tea

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 7.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman seated at a table, holding a cup. Plates and other tableware are laying on the table and a large cabinet is behind her.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 7.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-545

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman seated at a table, holding a cup. Plates and other tableware are laying on the table and a large cabinet is behind her.

Subjects: Furniture

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Interior of Robert A.C. Dick's house

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of one of the rooms in Robert A.C. Dick's house. There is a piano with vases of flowers and framed photographs adorning it. There is also a small table that has been covered with a lace tablecloth and a vase of flowers. A number of art pieces are hanging on the walls.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Disney family subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 325-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of one of the rooms in Robert A.C. Dick's house. There is a piano with vases of flowers and framed photographs adorning it. There is also a small table that has been covered with a lace tablecloth and a vase of flowers. A number of art pieces are hanging on the walls.

Subjects: Musical Instruments - Pianos; Furniture

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Disney, John Harold "Jack"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Interior of Robert A.C. Dick's house, [between 1911 and 1919] thumbnail

Kitty Hill in dining room of Broadview

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 11 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill (later Kitty Peers) sitting beside a table and a large grandfather clock in what appears to be the dining room of Broadview, the Hill family home in the Burnaby Lake area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 11 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-059

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill (later Kitty Peers) sitting beside a table and a large grandfather clock in what appears to be the dining room of Broadview, the Hill family home in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Furniture

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue

Street Address: 5730 Buckingham Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Kitty Hill in dining room of Broadview, [1910] thumbnail

Man and woman in a living room

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied [1997]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man and woman in the living room of the D.C. Patterson house. The house was originally located at 7260 Edmonds Street (near Kingsway). It was relocated in 1955 to 7106 18th Avenue and is a city heritage site.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied [1997]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jim Wolf subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 350-014

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1997-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man and woman in the living room of the D.C. Patterson house. The house was originally located at 7260 Edmonds Street (near Kingsway). It was relocated in 1955 to 7106 18th Avenue and is a city heritage site.

Subjects: Furniture

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street; 18th Avenue

Street Address: 7260 Edmonds Street; 7106 18th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Man and woman in a living room, 1912 (date of original), copied [1997] thumbnail

Pickard family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Pickard family. Left to right: Clarice Cox Pickard, holding baby, Clarice; John Pickard (husband); Mr. Saunders (family friend). Clarice Pickard, born January 7, 1888, was twenty-three, husband born Dec. 23,1888, was going on twenty-three. Baby Clarice, born August 1911, was six weeks…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-488

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Pickard family. Left to right: Clarice Cox Pickard, holding baby, Clarice; John Pickard (husband); Mr. Saunders (family friend). Clarice Pickard, born January 7, 1888, was twenty-three, husband born Dec. 23,1888, was going on twenty-three. Baby Clarice, born August 1911, was six weeks old. The photograph was taken in front of the family's rented south Vancouver home.

Subjects: Furniture

Names: Pickard, Clarice; Pickard, Clarice Cox; Pickard, John

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Pickard family, 1911 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Robert A.C. Dick at home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert A.C. Dick sitting at the table reading a book in his home in the Edmonds district. A number of art pieces are hanging on the wall.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Disney family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 325-007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert A.C. Dick sitting at the table reading a book in his home in the Edmonds district. A number of art pieces are hanging on the wall.

Subjects: Furniture

Names: Dick, Robert A.C.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Disney, John Harold "Jack"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Robert A.C. Dick at home, [between 1911 and 1919] thumbnail

Seated at the table

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1910 and 1936]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven men, four women and three children, sitting around a table in a room. The men are in dark suits with ties, and the women are in dark coloured dresses. Children are sitting on adult's laps; with two of the children depicted blurry as they were moving around. There are plates arra…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Material Details: The photograph is mounted on a brown card, and l.l. corner of the photograph is ripped.

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven men, four women and three children, sitting around a table in a room. The men are in dark suits with ties, and the women are in dark coloured dresses. Children are sitting on adult's laps; with two of the children depicted blurry as they were moving around. There are plates arranged on the table, with what appears to be a three tiered cake.The ceiling in the room is low, and on the back wall hang two portraits; one of King George V and another of Queen Mary.

Subjects: Furniture

Accession Code: HV983.42.158

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1910 and 1936]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Seated at the table, [between 1910 and 1936] thumbnail

Seated in the living room

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1900 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of five men, and six women in a living room. An elderly couple is seated on chairs in the middle, with two men sitting on either side of them. The rest are standing behind them. There are two pictures hanging on the wall with floral print wallpapers, thick drapes…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of five men, and six women in a living room. An elderly couple is seated on chairs in the middle, with two men sitting on either side of them. The rest are standing behind them. There are two pictures hanging on the wall with floral print wallpapers, thick drapes by the windows, an organ, and rugs or carpets in the room. The men are in suits and the women are in dresses of the early 1900s style.

Subjects: Furniture

Accession Code: BV985.5796.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1900 and 1910]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Seated in the living room, [between 1900 and 1910] thumbnail

Tables set for a special occasion

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of tables set for a special occasion. This may be at 4055 Union Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-279

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of tables set for a special occasion. This may be at 4055 Union Street.

Subjects: Events; Furniture

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph;

Geographic Access: Union Street

Street Address: 4055 Union Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Tables set for a special occasion, [191-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Tables set for wedding

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of tables at 4055 Union Street set for a wedding.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-281

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of tables at 4055 Union Street set for a wedding.

Subjects: Furniture; Ceremonies - Weddings

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation reads, "4055 Union"

Geographic Access: Union Street

Street Address: 4055 Union Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Tables set for wedding, [191-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Woman in a wicker chair

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman seated in a wicker chair on a lawn. There is a round cushion on the grass beside her chair, and there is another wicker chair at left. There are shrubs and climbing plants growing behind her around what appears to be a chicken coop with a chicken wire fence aroun…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 12 cm

Material Details: stamped on verso, "500"

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman seated in a wicker chair on a lawn. There is a round cushion on the grass beside her chair, and there is another wicker chair at left. There are shrubs and climbing plants growing behind her around what appears to be a chicken coop with a chicken wire fence around to the top. Over the wooden fence in the background, a brick building can be seen.

Subjects: Furniture

Accession Code: BV985.5811.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Woman in a wicker chair, [191-] thumbnail

Book of home building and decoration : prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Brown, Henry Collins, 1862-1961

Publication Date: c1912

Call Number: 747

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV980.2.29

Call Number: 747

Author: Brown, Henry Collins, 1862-1961

Contributor: Lyman, Clara Brown; Bittner, Franklin Edward

Place of Publication: Garden City, N.Y.

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company

Publication Date: c1912

Series: Furniture Library Collection

Printer: Country Life Press

Physical Description: 200 p. : ill. : 32 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Architecture; Furniture; Interior decoration

Notes: "Edited by Clara Brown Lyman"; "Decorative Designs by Franklin Edward Bittner"

Ed Brown family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-1920

Collection/Fonds: Ed Brown Family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 12 photographs: 7 b&w jpgs.; 4 sepia jpgs., 1 med. b&w print.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs that belonged to the Brown family. Photographs depict Ed Brown, his wife Jennie, and their children at their homes on Royal Oak Avenue and McKay Avenue; Brown's trucking company; and other Burnaby locations and events.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-1920

Collection/Fonds: Ed Brown Family fonds

Physical Description: 12 photographs: 7 b&w jpgs.; 4 sepia jpgs., 1 med. b&w print.

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2008-03

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs that belonged to the Brown family. Photographs depict Ed Brown, his wife Jennie, and their children at their homes on Royal Oak Avenue and McKay Avenue; Brown's trucking company; and other Burnaby locations and events.

History: The following is copied from an article written by Brown's grandson, Jim Ervin, for "Old Autos" in 2003, in an article entitled "Grandfather was a trucker...": The roots of my family run deep in Burnaby, especially on my mother’s side. It was her father, my grandfather, who started one of Burnaby’s first trucking businesses, E.S. Brown’s Transfer. I could find no record of when he actually began operations but I have pictures to show that he was using horses before he had trucks. One of my enclosed pictures dates from about 1910 since I know the birth dates of his two oldest daughters and they are in the picture as very small children. He met and married my grandmother, whose maiden name was Jennie Birtch, from Ontario, and I still have relatives back east from both branches of the family. They were married on Sept. 27, 1905. But where, I can’t say. They had their first child, Hazel, born April 2, 1908. Then came seven more daughters but no sons to help with the family business. The business was located at the family home at 3131 Royal Oak Ave. in South Burnaby. That was close to the top of one of the steepest hills in Burnaby and must have made for a real test of man and machine to drive it, especially in winter. The children loved it for sleigh riding but probably not father. My mother, Inez, was the second oldest daughter, born Oct. 9, 1909. She would have been born, along with her sister Hazel, in the big house shown in the picture and built by my grandfather. But this house was to later burn down. That’s when Edward Sadler Brown decided to move his family from the side of the hill to the top and much closer to the main road, Kingsway. Most of the area was forest at that time and one of Ed’s first jobs was to haul shingle bolts out of the forest, with a team of horses. Please don’t ask me what a shingle bolt is but my mother knew and used to have to grease the skids placed on the logging trails for the loaded sleds to be pulled out on. One time, as she told me, there was a huge forest fire and my grandfather barely escaped with his life and one last load. Later, when the area had been cleared, he helped to build the Oakalla Prison Farm, now replaced by town-houses on Royal Oak Ave. This job led to him becoming the first contractor to haul the license plates made by the prisoners. Some of these plates would be worn by Ed’s own trucks. The trucks, which he eventually acquired, included some pretty obscure makes such as Hufman, Garford, Stewart (which my mother often said was no good), Gotfredson and the more common names of Chevrolet and GMC. A Ford Model T would probably have been too light for the kind of hauling Ed was doing in the 1920s. I always thought that his main cargo was coal and coke, but I received quite a surprise with some recently discovered information. It started when I was removing boxes of general junk from the house to the garage to make more space. One of those boxes broke open and one item which came out wasn’t junk by any means. It was a copy of a business card for Brown’s Transfer, a company which hauled coal, coke, wood and did furniture moving as well. My mother often described my grandfather as a “go-getter” for business. I believe I see what she meant. Never was I so glad to have a cardboard box break open and to retrieve such an important item. My mother was a saver like you wouldn’t believe, a habit which the Great Depression drilled into her. In another box containing old receipts, I found a copy of one from Brown’s Transfer which offered even more insight into the company. The receipt isn’t dated but only the last number of the year required filling in on the form. And this dates it as issued sometime during the 1920s. The surprising thing is the amount of items sold by my grandfather. Not just coal, wood and coke anymore. Now he was into sand, gravel, cement, brick lime, tile and sewer pipe. Furniture moving seemed to be sort of a sideline, mentioned in smaller letters at the bottom. But notice some of the other items on the hand written receipt. There’s lumber, grass seed, paint, glass, a loan (spelled lone) on painting a house. I’m not sure that I understand that one or the payment on house or the one about the toilet. But it’s obvious that this was a man who knew how to make a buck in many ways. He was almost his own building supply store, it would seem. Also mentioned on the form is an office location at 4009 Kingsway. The building is no longer there but it did survive into my life time. Often, my mother would point out to me where the office once was on the north side of Kingsway, near McKay Ave. Still standing, though, ist he old family home at the former address (now changed) of 3131 Royal Oak Ave. That’s where my mother and all seven of her sisters were born. These were the “swampers” on dad’s trucks, a job hard enough for a man. Ed did hire men as well to work as drivers and even employed his own mechanic. But for the girls, it wasn’t really a paying kind of job. “Some times he would buy us an ice-cream cone,” my mother would say. In those days, parents wanted large families to help with all the work which needed doing. Payment in dollars and cents just wasn’t usually part of the deal. I never knew my grandmother, Jennie, who died in 1946 at age 61, an early age to go but likely reflective of a lifetime of hard work and too many children. However, I did know my grandfather who lived into his 70s.His company came to a rather sad end, as related by my mother, in the dirty 30s. Apparently a certain sister of my grandmother, great aunt to myself, reported to the local school board that grandfather was supplying them with an inferior grade of coal for the schools. Then the school board cancelled his contract and that put him into bankruptcy. Whether the story is true or not doesn’t seem to matter much any more since no one who could have known is still among the living. Ed Brown, the industrious, rugged individualist did make a small come-back in the early 1950s with his own plumbing business. The details of that enterprise, I don’t know. But I do remember his old International panel truck he used. People such as my grandfather made a great contribution to Burnaby.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; BHS298

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Tables set for a special occasion

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Woman in a wicker chair

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Book of home building and decoration : prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country

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