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![Janet Macmillan and Lewis Auvache, [1929] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-106.jpg?width=280)
Janet Macmillan and Lewis Auvache
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37518
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Janet Macmillan (kneeling) and Lew Auvache behind Burnaby South High School, in the yard of the school.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-106
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Janet Macmillan (kneeling) and Lew Auvache behind Burnaby South High School, in the yard of the school.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Janet Macmillan and Lewis Auvache, [1929] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-106.jpg)
Kingsway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79962
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 23, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a view of Kingsway looking east from the corner of Kingsway and Sperling Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 23, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-525
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a view of Kingsway looking east from the corner of Kingsway and Sperling Avenue.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ross, Martha
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Kingsway East School, [between 1914 and 1919] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/325-028.jpg?width=280)
Kingsway East School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37156
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1914 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 front entrance and side yard at Kingsway East School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1919]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Disney family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 325-028
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front entrance and side yard at Kingsway East School.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Names
- Kingsway East School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Disney, John Harold "Jack"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Mission Avenue
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Kingsway East School, [between 1914 and 1919] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/325-028.jpg)
![Kitters at Edmonds Batteries, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1846.jpg?width=280)
Kitters at Edmonds Batteries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96149
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitters, a large long-haired black cat, perched on the shoulder of Matthew Bowers in the store Edmonds Batteries.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1846
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitters, a large long-haired black cat, perched on the shoulder of Matthew Bowers in the store Edmonds Batteries.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Kitters takes a break from his "pest control" duties at Edmonds Batteries on one of her favourite hangouts, Matthew Bower's shoulder. Kitters was adopted by the shop five years ago when she strayed inside from a litter of kittens that had been abandoned in an alley behind the store."
- Geographic Access
- Curragh Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Kitters at Edmonds Batteries, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1846.jpg)
![Land Clearing, [1913] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-226.jpg?width=280)
Land Clearing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35369
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1913] (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 land clearing by a crew contracted by the municipality to clear the area between Colborne Avenue, Brantford Avenue and Imperial Street in South Burnaby. William Walker was a member of this crew. The land was cleared by blasting.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1913] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-226
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of land clearing by a crew contracted by the municipality to clear the area between Colborne Avenue, Brantford Avenue and Imperial Street in South Burnaby. William Walker was a member of this crew. The land was cleared by blasting.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Land Clearing, [1913] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-226.jpg)
Lillias Urquhart
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35281
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (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 Mrs. Lillias Urquhart in the garden at "Rowanlea," the family home. Rowan trees line the street alongside telephone poles. Lillias Urquhart was married to William Urquhart. The house was previously numbered 2674, then changed to 6625, and later 6637 Griffiths Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-138
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Lillias Urquhart in the garden at "Rowanlea," the family home. Rowan trees line the street alongside telephone poles. Lillias Urquhart was married to William Urquhart. The house was previously numbered 2674, then changed to 6625, and later 6637 Griffiths Avenue.
- Subjects
- Plants - Trees
- Names
- Urquhart, Lillias
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Griffiths Avenue
- Street Address
- 6637 Griffiths Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Lillias Urquhart
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35282
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (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 Mrs. Lillias Urquhart under a rose trellis with her pet dog, Fluff. The home was located at Griffiths Avenue and Burford Street and was called "Rowanlea." The house was previously numbered 2674, then changed to 6625, and later 6637 Griffiths Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-139
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Lillias Urquhart under a rose trellis with her pet dog, Fluff. The home was located at Griffiths Avenue and Burford Street and was called "Rowanlea." The house was previously numbered 2674, then changed to 6625, and later 6637 Griffiths Avenue.
- Names
- Urquhart, Lillias
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Griffiths Avenue
- Street Address
- 6637 Griffiths Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Lois and Irene at Burnaby South High School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55578
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 9.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two gilrs standing in front of South Burnaby High School, with their arms linked. A note on the back of the photograph identifies the young women as Irene Jackson, 17 years old (left) and Lois E. Gilbert (later Lois Shaw), 18 years old.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Series
- Shaw family series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 9.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 485-053
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2005-15
- 2006-01
- 2007-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two gilrs standing in front of South Burnaby High School, with their arms linked. A note on the back of the photograph identifies the young women as Irene Jackson, 17 years old (left) and Lois E. Gilbert (later Lois Shaw), 18 years old.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Luxury Freeze Drive-in
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79301
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 23, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows customers sitting outside the Luxury Freeze Drive-in at 6558 Kingsway.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 23, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-237
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows customers sitting outside the Luxury Freeze Drive-in at 6558 Kingsway.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
- Names
- Luxury Freeze Drive-in
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ross, Martha
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 6558 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Mary Krewenchuk
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88417
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Krewenchuk family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mary Krewenchuk (nee Chiveldeff) standing in front of a large rhododendron with red flowers outside her home at 7460 Salisbury Avenue. Mary and Mike Krewenchuk built the house and lived here from 1967 to the 1970s. which she owned and operated with her husband Mike Krewenchuk.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Krewenchuk family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 582-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2015-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mary Krewenchuk (nee Chiveldeff) standing in front of a large rhododendron with red flowers outside her home at 7460 Salisbury Avenue. Mary and Mike Krewenchuk built the house and lived here from 1967 to the 1970s. which she owned and operated with her husband Mike Krewenchuk.
- Names
- Krewenchuk, Mary
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Street Address
- 7460 Salisbury Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Matric class of 1973
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36042
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm, mounted on heavyweight drawing paper 9.5 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Burnaby South High School's Matric(ulation) class of 1937 and their teacher Miss Draper (on the far right, third row from the bottom) standing in rows on the school steps.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- B. Keisler subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm, mounted on heavyweight drawing paper 9.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 214-012
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-15
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Burnaby South High School's Matric(ulation) class of 1937 and their teacher Miss Draper (on the far right, third row from the bottom) standing in rows on the school steps.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Matric is the short-form of Matriculation, the last year of high school
- Item no. 214-008 is of the same group of students
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![McMurray family, [192-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-688.jpg?width=280)
McMurray family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35829
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-] (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 three generations of the McMurray family. Left to right: Robert McMurray (grandfather, holding grandson Bob), Hampton McMurray (younger son), Mrs. Robert McMurray (grandmother), and Murdoch McMurray (older son), in front of the family ranch home, 2519 Windsor Street (later renumbered…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-688
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three generations of the McMurray family. Left to right: Robert McMurray (grandfather, holding grandson Bob), Hampton McMurray (younger son), Mrs. Robert McMurray (grandmother), and Murdoch McMurray (older son), in front of the family ranch home, 2519 Windsor Street (later renumbered and renamed to the 6400 block Imperial Street) near Gilley Avenue at Colbourne.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![McMurray family, [192-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-688.jpg)
Mr. Fleming's Science class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37720
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1937 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. Fleming's science class at the Burnaby South High School tennis courts.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1937 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-308
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. Fleming's science class at the Burnaby South High School tennis courts.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Copied from a torn photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Mrs. Jacobson at the window, [1960] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/294-010.jpg?width=280)
Mrs. Jacobson at the window
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36556
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Jacobsen sitting on the window ledge of the open second story window at the "Wysong House". She and her husband were the second owners of this home.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Wysong family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 294-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-32
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Jacobsen sitting on the window ledge of the open second story window at the "Wysong House". She and her husband were the second owners of this home.
- Names
- Jacobsen, Mrs. N.M.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Mrs. Jacobson at the window, [1960] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/294-010.jpg)
Murdock and Lillian McMurray interview November 17, 1975 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory244
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1906-1975
- Length
- 0:09:00
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's memories of riding the tram as a young man and briefly, of working for Ed Brown. Murdock mentions Reeve Byrne and the development of first water system in Burnaby. He also discusses Gilley Brother's Logging Company practices near his fath…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's memories of riding the tram as a young man and briefly, of working for Ed Brown. Murdock mentions Reeve Byrne and the development of first water system in Burnaby. He also discusses Gilley Brother's Logging Company practices near his father's ranch of six acres, which grew mostly strawberries to sell in Vancouver.
- Date Range
- 1906-1975
- Photo Info
- Emerson Doran (left) and Murdoch McMurray, 1917. Item no. 229-004
- Length
- 0:09:00
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Interviewer
- McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”
- Interview Date
- November 17, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Murdock McMurray and his wife Lillian (Wray) McMurray conducted by Pixie McGeachie on November 17, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Burnaby's development, the Wray Shoe store and Murdock McMurray's cordwood delivery business.
- Biographical Notes
- Murdock McMurray was born in Vancouver in 1892 to Wilhelmina May and Robert William McMurray. Other children in the family included older siblings John “Jack” and Margaret Lillian, younger siblings Minnie May born May 4, 1895 and Hampton born June 8, 1902. Murdock’s father Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) but retired shortly after moving his family to Burnaby in 1906. He bought six acres of land of what had been previously the Gilley Ranch, the base of operations for Gilley Bros. Ltd. at 2519 Windsor Street (later renumbered and renamed to the 6400 block Imperial Street). Murdock McMurray quit school early to apprentice as a printer. By sixteen he had left the trade and gone into partnership with his older brother Jack. With a team of horses, harness and a wagon, the brothers helped to macadamize roads, haul building supplies for new homes, deliver cord wood for heating, clear land and excavate basements. When Jack McMurray set off to serve overseas during World War I as a driver in the engineer corps, Murdock bought his team of horses and continued working, mainly in the Deer Lake district. In 1916 Murdoch McMurray partnered with Emerson Doran, nephew of the owner of Doran's Mill to buy Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard. As everything was geared towards the war effort, Murdock and Emerson soon ran out of work and had to sell the business. Murdock sold off his horses and equipment and went to work at the ship yard on Pitt River. By 1919 Jack McMurray had returned home from overseas and was working as a fireman at the Shull Lumber and Shingle Mill on the Fraser River. In 1921, he and Murdock teamed up with Emerson Doran and repurchased the Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard which they ran together until 1947. Murdock McMurray married Lillian Wray on September 17, 1925. Lillian was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wray, who came to settle in the Jubilee area of Burnaby in 1919. The family lived on Dow Road and Edward Wray operated Jubilee Shoe Store and Post Office. He was known throughout the district as "Wray - The Shoe Man." Mrs. Wray died in 1957 at the age of eight-six and Edward Wray died January 14, 1967 at age of ninety-three. Murdock and Lillian lived at Inverness Street (now Arcola) and raised three children together, Bob, Jack and Bessie. Murdock McMurray died in New Westminster on April 28, 1985 at the age of ninety-two. Lillian Ethel (Wray) McMurray died in Burnaby on February 28, 1986 at the age of eighty-seven.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:55
- Interviewee Name
- McMurray, Lillian Wray
- McMurray, Murdoch
- Interviewer Bio
- Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. Pixie married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie and raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. Pixie served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." She also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine. On 24 September, 2011, the City of Burnaby dedicated the reading at the City Archives in honour of Pixie and formally named it the Pixie McGeachie Reading Room in recognition of her years of service to the community.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track two of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray
Track two of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-010/MSS137-010_Track_2.mp3![Nikkei Festival, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2791-1.jpg?width=280)
Nikkei Festival
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97431
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Nikkei Festival at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Photographs depict Mitsuko Ioharo performing a Chado, a Japanese tea ritual, and Sally Hama with one of the Osome paper dolls that she crafted.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2791
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Nikkei Festival at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Photographs depict Mitsuko Ioharo performing a Chado, a Japanese tea ritual, and Sally Hama with one of the Osome paper dolls that she crafted.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2791-1: "Mitsuko Ioharo performs a Japanese tea ritual, or Chado, at the Nikkei Festival, Saturday at the Nikkei Cultural Centre, in Burnaby. Chado is a ritual developed centuries ago to meet man's need for inner tranquility."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2791-2: "Sally Hama admires an "Osome," one of the Japanese paper dolls she's created, at the Nikkei Festival at Burnaby's Nikkei Cultural Centre. Each doll can take more than a month to create."
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Nikkei Festival, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2791-1.jpg)
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2403-1.jpg?width=280)
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96845
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- File contains two photographs of the exterior and gardens of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2403
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains two photographs of the exterior and gardens of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2403-1.jpg)
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2693-2.jpg?width=280)
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97296
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Photographs depict an unidentified woman posing in the doorway to a hall and in the foyer, and the exterior and grounds of the Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2693
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Photographs depict an unidentified woman posing in the doorway to a hall and in the foyer, and the exterior and grounds of the Centre.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2693-2.jpg)
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre construction completion, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2390-1.jpg?width=280)
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre construction completion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96832
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in its final phases of construction. Photographs depict Gordon Kodata, the President of the National Nikkei Heritage Society, in the new lobby and the round windows of the banquet hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2390
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in its final phases of construction. Photographs depict Gordon Kodata, the President of the National Nikkei Heritage Society, in the new lobby and the round windows of the banquet hall.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2390-1: "Gordon Kodata, the President of the National Nikkei Heritage Society, admires the distinctive lobby of the new Nikkei Heritage Centre, in its final phases of construction."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2390-2: "The round windows in the banquet hall are protected by decorative steel bars, so the hall can also be used for sporting activities."
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre construction completion, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2390-1.jpg)
![Pearson family home, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-036.jpg?width=280)
Pearson family home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35179
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (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 Pearson family home at 2215 Inverness Street (later renumbered and renamed 6693 Arcola Street) built by George Pearson after arriving from the Prairies.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-036
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Pearson family home at 2215 Inverness Street (later renumbered and renamed 6693 Arcola Street) built by George Pearson after arriving from the Prairies.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Arcola Street
- Street Address
- 6693 Arcola Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Pearson family home, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-036.jpg)