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People moving a couch into a moving truck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59058
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of four people lifting a couch into a moving truck while an elderly couple watch outside of a small house.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
ca.1983
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 25.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1464
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of four people lifting a couch into a moving truck while an elderly couple watch outside of a small house.
Subjects
Persons - Seniors
Furniture
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "page 1 / Burnaby / Today / PMT 100%"
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Earl Wild's property

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80587
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Collection/Fonds
Murray family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a table set outdoors on Earl Wild's property in Idaho, in the United States of America. The table is set for six people.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Collection/Fonds
Murray family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
548-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2012-31
Scope and Content
Photograph of a table set outdoors on Earl Wild's property in Idaho, in the United States of America. The table is set for six people.
Subjects
Furniture
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Wild / Earls USA"
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Municipal Hall Furniture

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport77063
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
76859
Meeting Date
17-Jun-1899
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
76859
Meeting Date
17-Jun-1899
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Grieve family fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66379
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1908-1966
Collection/Fonds
Grieve family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
14 cm. of textual records and 15 b&w prints.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of publications, correspondence and photographs pertaining to the Grieve family of North Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1908-1966
Collection/Fonds
Grieve family fonds
Physical Description
14 cm. of textual records and 15 b&w prints.
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2011-04
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of publications, correspondence and photographs pertaining to the Grieve family of North Burnaby.
History
William Ewart “Bill” Grieve was born at Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan (then the North-West Territories), on August 15, 1885. He was the eldest child of John and Flora Grieve. Bill attended school at Qu’Appelle until he was 12 years old and went to work at a furniture store. In October of 1902, at the age of 17, he moved to the Okanagan and worked on a Kettle Valley Railroad construction camp for four years. Bill enlisted at Kamloops in 1915 and served overseas as a member of the 72nd Seaforth Battalion. He was wounded at the Battle of Lens in August of 1917 and was invalided home in November of 1917. On April 14, 1920, William Ewart “Bill” Grieve married Christine. Bill’s ill health sent them to California for a year but by April of 1923, they had returned to Canada and bought a house at 3925 Triumph Street in North Burnaby. Bill worked as manager of the Used Car Department of Johnston Motors Ltd in Vancouver for the next twenty years. He retired in 1946 and opened his own used car business at 4507 East Hastings Street, Burnaby. Christine Grieve was a life-long member of the Women’s Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada. Christine and Bill had two sons, Kenneth Ewart “Ken” and William Ronald “Ronald.” Ken was born about 1922. By 1928, he was in grade three at Gilmore Avenue School and by 1948, he was at the University of British Columbia. Ken died prior to March of 2006. Ronald was born about 1929 and was 13 years old during World War II. Like his older brother before him, he attended the University of British Columbia. He later married and had children, one of whom was Catherine E. “Cathy” Grieve (later Linowski). Ronald died April 7, 1970, at the age of 41. Bill served as president of the North Burnaby Liberal Association for four years and was liberal candidate for the Burnaby Provincial riding at the General Election in 1937. He also served on the Burnaby School Board from 1943 to 1957 consecutively. Bill died April 1, 1969 at the age of 83.
Media Type
Textual Record
Creator
Grieve, William Ewart "Bill"
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
MSS155, photo catalogue 523
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Andrew Sloane Johnson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37200
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1908]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen ; 10 x 6.5 cm, mounted on board 17 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Andrew Sloane Johnson as a young child, sitting sideways in a chair. This photograph was taken in a photographic studio in Vancouver, BC.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1908]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Andrew Johnson subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen ; 10 x 6.5 cm, mounted on board 17 x 10.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
335-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1997-16
Scope and Content
Photograph of Andrew Sloane Johnson as a young child, sitting sideways in a chair. This photograph was taken in a photographic studio in Vancouver, BC.
Subjects
Furniture
Names
Johnson, Andrew Sloane
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Wadds Brothers
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 duplicate albumen print with a smaller mount accompanying
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Photographer's stamp on recto of mount reads: "Wadds Bros/ VANCOUVER, B.C."
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Office Furniture

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport75392
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
80907
Meeting Date
5-Nov-1909
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
80907
Meeting Date
5-Nov-1909
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Yorston family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35479
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1910 (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 the Yorston family home and Yorston real estate office at 4080 East Hastings (later 4050 Hastings Street), built in 1909. This was one of the first structures in Vancouver Heights on Hastings Street east of Boundary Road It was the home of Ernest A. Yorston, his wife Florence L. Yors…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1910 (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.
204-337
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Yorston family home and Yorston real estate office at 4080 East Hastings (later 4050 Hastings Street), built in 1909. This was one of the first structures in Vancouver Heights on Hastings Street east of Boundary Road It was the home of Ernest A. Yorston, his wife Florence L. Yorston (nee Marston) and their children. The L.C. Tull furniture store can be seen in the background.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Businesses - Real Estate Agencies
Buildings - Commercial - Stores
Names
Yorston Real Estate
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Hastings Street
Street Address
4050 Hastings Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
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Andrew Sloane Johnson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36321
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen ; 13.5 x 9.5 (sight) in frame 29 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Andrew Sloane Johnson at the age of three or four taken in a photographic studio in Vancouver, BC. He is standing with his left hand resting on a piece of furniture and looks to be wearing a baptismal gown, black leggings and ankle boots.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Andrew Johnson subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen ; 13.5 x 9.5 (sight) in frame 29 x 21 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
244-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1990-10
Scope and Content
Photograph of Andrew Sloane Johnson at the age of three or four taken in a photographic studio in Vancouver, BC. He is standing with his left hand resting on a piece of furniture and looks to be wearing a baptismal gown, black leggings and ankle boots.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Johnson, Andrew Sloane
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Wadds Brothers
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Tables set for a special occasion

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36821
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.
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
Images
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Tables set for wedding

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36823
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.
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
Images
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Kitty Hill in dining room of Broadview

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38740
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.
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
Images
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Pickard family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35630
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…
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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Robert A.C. Dick at home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37135
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.
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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Interior of Robert A.C. Dick's house

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37136
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.
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
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Appointment of Committee re New Municipal Hall Furniture

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport76053
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
76059
Meeting Date
5-Sep-1911
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
76059
Meeting Date
5-Sep-1911
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Hall Furniture

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport76222
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
76234
Meeting Date
27-Oct-1911
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
76234
Meeting Date
27-Oct-1911
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Ed Brown family fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97218
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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D.C. Patterson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34994
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.
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
Images
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Man and woman in a living room

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37320
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.
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
Images
Less detail

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…
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
Images
Less detail

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