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Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles Estate

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
The Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles Estate is a one hectare property located within Deer Lake Park in Burnaby. The property encompasses a carefully conceived garden of local, non-conventional, and exotic plantings. Conceived as a series of rockeries and terraces, the garden cascades from the house do…
Associated Dates
1929
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Other Names
Eagles Estate Heritage Garden
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Other Names
Eagles Estate Heritage Garden
Geographic Access
Sperling Avenue
Associated Dates
1929
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Enactment Type
Bylaw No. 11592
Enactment Date
15/09/2003
Description
The Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles Estate is a one hectare property located within Deer Lake Park in Burnaby. The property encompasses a carefully conceived garden of local, non-conventional, and exotic plantings. Conceived as a series of rockeries and terraces, the garden cascades from the house down towards the waterfront, divided by paths and strips of plantings.
Heritage Value
The Eagles Estate is significant because of its unique character within Burnaby’s Deer Lake Park heritage precinct, and the people who were its creators and residents. The garden is a unique expression of the talents and tastes of both the Eagles and Frank Ebenezer Buck (1875-1970). Buck served as the Assistant Dominion Horticulturist in charge of landscape horticulture and floriculture in Ottawa from 1912. In 1920, he was head of the Horticultural Department and the Campus Landscape Architect at the University of British Columbia. He established the plan for the Eagles garden while Dr. Blythe Alfred Eagles (1902-1990), the long-time Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at UBC, selected many of the plantings. The Eagles themselves designed the house as a romantic cottage inspired by the British Arts and Crafts style. Trained in enzyme chemistry, Dr. Violet Evelyn (Dunbar) Eagles (1899-1994) was an enthusiastic amateur gardener, and was perhaps the driving force behind the maintenance and continued development of the garden. The Eagles were also well known in Burnaby for their active volunteerism in the local community as well as at UBC. When Simon Fraser University opened in Burnaby as the Greater Vancouver’s second university, the Eagles, in particular Violet, became well-known for entertaining dignitaries and special guests of the university in their lavish garden. Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles were recognized for their good citizenship and the ongoing use of their garden for charitable Burnaby-based functions and celebrations.
Defining Elements
Due to the extensive and varied nature of the garden, the character-defining elements of the Eagles Estate are many and complex. The elements that encompass the character of the site include its: - British Arts and Crafts-inspired house with original exterior features such as a picturesque roofline, stucco cladding and six- and eight-paned steel-frame casement windows, and original interior features such as the central fireplace, wood floors and kitchen cabinetry - formal staircase leading to the north (formal entry) side of the house - carefully planned yet informal garden design, with 'garden rooms' used to create intimacy - terraced landscape cascading from the house down to the garden - incorporation of local, exotic, flowering and non-flowering plants. - contrast of manicured versus freely growing landscape elements - use of wood lattice fencing gates, arbors and trellis
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Community
Burnaby
Cadastral Identifier
P.I.D. No. 007-302-801 Legal Description: Lot 143, District Lot 85, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 36335
Boundaries
The Eagles Estate is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 5655 Sperling Avenue, Burnaby.
Area
6,403.91
Contributing Resource
Building
Landscape Feature
Documentation
Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2
Names
Eagles, Dr. Blythe
Eagles, Dr. Violet
Street Address
5655 Sperling Avenue
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Interview with Alfred Bingham June 10, 1975 - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory63
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1928-1929
Length
0:09:46
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's employment just as the Depression hit. Alfred tells antecdotes, both amusing and disturbing, about working at a ranch out in Coquitlam.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's employment just as the Depression hit. Alfred tells antecdotes, both amusing and disturbing, about working at a ranch out in Coquitlam.
Date Range
1928-1929
Photo Info
Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066
Length
0:09:46
Subjects
Occupations
Historic Neighbourhood
British Columbia - Coquitlam
Interviewer
Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
Interview Date
June 10, 1975
Scope and Content
Recording is a taped interview with Alfred Bingham by SFU graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 10, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, Pioneers, and the Co-operative Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.
Total Tracks
14
Total Length
1:57:27
Interviewee Name
Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Interviewer Bio
Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
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.
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Track six of interview with Alfred Bingham

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Interview with Alfred Bingham June 10, 1975 - Track 7

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory64
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1928-1929
Length
0:05:09
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's entrepreneurial project undertaken during the Depression.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's entrepreneurial project undertaken during the Depression.
Date Range
1928-1929
Photo Info
Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066
Length
0:05:09
Subjects
Occupations - Entrepreneurs
Interviewer
Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
Interview Date
June 10, 1975
Scope and Content
Recording is a taped interview with Alfred Bingham by SFU graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 10, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, Pioneers, and the Co-operative Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.
Total Tracks
14
Total Length
1:57:27
Interviewee Name
Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Interviewer Bio
Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
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.
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History of Canada

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1721
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Gammell, I. (Isaac), 1861-1932
Edition
British Columbia ed.
Publication Date
1928
Call Number
971 GAM 1928
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV984.21.35
Call Number
971 GAM 1928
Edition
British Columbia ed.
Author
Gammell, I. (Isaac), 1861-1932
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
W. J. Gage & Company, Limited
Publication Date
1928
Series
Gage's new historical series
Physical Description
vi, 299 p., 48 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
Inscription
"Canadian History" "Vera Morrow" "Grade VIII" "Kitchener _ _[St]" [handwritten in ink on front book cover jacket] "Vera Morrow" "Kitchener St." "School" [handwritten in pencil on front free endpaper] "Vera Morrow" [handwritten in ink on back of front free endpaper] Study notes handwritten in pencil on page 48 and back free endpaper. "Canadian History" [handwritten in ink on back of back free endpaper]
Library Subject (LOC)
History--Historical texts
Canada--Study and teaching--Historical texts
Canada--History
Notes
Author's given name: Gammell, Isaac
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History of England for public schools

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1727
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1928
Call Number
942 MAC
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV984.21.41
Call Number
942 MAC
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited
Publication Date
1928
Series
The Western Canada series
Physical Description
336 p. : ill., ports ; 20 cm.
Inscription
"English History / Vera Marrow / Grade VIII / Kitchener"--Handwritten in ink on book cover wrap sponsored by The Royal Bank of Canada. "cbf / afd / ace / l_c / Bfh" and "Vera Marrow"--Handwritten in pencil on front fly leaf. "Page 319 / " 192"--Handwritten in pencil on verso of front fly leaf. "Vera Marrow"--Handwritten in blue ink on small paper adhered to book cover on back paste down. Study notes handwritten in pencil on p. 336.
Library Subject (LOC)
Great Britain--History
Notes
Includes index.
"Authorized by the Department of Education for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia."
"Copyright, Canada, Nineteen Hundred and Ten, by Morang Educational Company Limited"--title page verso.
Includes a chapter on "The Great War"
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Hydrant Installation at Kitchener Street School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport67871
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
60175
Meeting Date
26-Sep-1927
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
60175
Meeting Date
26-Sep-1927
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory290
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1927-1938
Length
0:08:14
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early memories of recreational activities and daily life as a young person in Burnaby (activities include swimming, skating and going to the movies). She mentions Frank Walsh's Garage and discusses photographs of Brown-John Truc…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early memories of recreational activities and daily life as a young person in Burnaby (activities include swimming, skating and going to the movies). She mentions Frank Walsh's Garage and discusses photographs of Brown-John Trucking, "the blasting stump" and Burns Acreage.
Date Range
1927-1938
Photo Info
Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
Length
0:08:14
Subjects
Recreational Activities - Swimming
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Interviewer
Damer, Eric
Interview Date
September 18, 2012
Scope and Content
Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.
Biographical Notes
Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.
Total Tracks
4
Total Length
33:02
Interviewee Name
Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
Interview Location
Burnaby Village Museum
Interviewer Bio
Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
Collection/Fonds
Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
Series
Burna-Boom Oral History Project series
Transcript Available
None
Media Type
Sound Recording
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Track four of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell

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A Canadian school geography

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-
Publication Date
1927
Call Number
917.1 COR 1927
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV984.21.135
Call Number
917.1 COR 1927
Author
Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-
Contributor
Denton, V. L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
J. M. Dent & Son Ltd.
Publication Date
1927
Printer
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited
Physical Description
xiv, 498 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Inscription
"WOODWARDS LTD. BOOK DEPT. 90¢" [stamped in purple in on front endpaper] "Vera Morrow" [handwritten in red ink on front endpaper] "Section Page" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "Vera Morrow" [handwritten in green ink on other side of front endpaper] "[All rights reserved] to Vera Morrow" [handwritten in red ink on page before t.p.] "Vera Morrow Kitchener St. school Geography Book (text)" [handwritten in pencil on back endpaper] Study notes handwritten in pencil in margins throughout the book
Library Subject (LOC)
Geography--Textbooks
Canada--Description and travel
Geography--Historical texts
Notes
"with numberous sketch maps, diagrams and illustrations"--T.p.
"Authorized for use in the schools of British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Saskatchewan" --T.p.
"With a supplementary chapter on British Columbia by V.L. Denton"
Supplementary chapter on British Columbia p. 451-498
Author's given name and dates: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-1960
Author's given name and dates: Denton, V.L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
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Interview with Alfred Bingham June 10, 1975 - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory62
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1926-1928
Length
0:07:45
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's employment from 1926 to 1928, including his time working at a hunting lodge.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's employment from 1926 to 1928, including his time working at a hunting lodge.
Date Range
1926-1928
Photo Info
Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066
Length
0:07:45
Subjects
Occupations
Interviewer
Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
Interview Date
June 10, 1975
Scope and Content
Recording is a taped interview with Alfred Bingham by SFU graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 10, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, Pioneers, and the Co-operative Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.
Total Tracks
14
Total Length
1:57:27
Interviewee Name
Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Interviewer Bio
Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
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.
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Kitchener Street School class

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35264
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1926 (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 Kitchener School class. Keith Hartney is in the fourth row on the far left.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1926 (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.
204-121
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitchener School class. Keith Hartney is in the fourth row on the far left.
Names
Hartney, Keith
Kitchener Street School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
1351 Gilmore Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
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In the Shadow by the Sea subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64574
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1925-1971 (date of originals), copied 2003-2006
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Photographs
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of copies of family photographs of early Barnet residents compiled for the publication, "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Families involved in the project include: Brichmore, Blake, Burkmar, Calihou, Cary, Charters, Cordy, Dean, Drummond, Eva…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1925-1971 (date of originals), copied 2003-2006
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
In the Shadow by the Sea subseries
Physical Description
Photographs
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS2007-01
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of copies of family photographs of early Barnet residents compiled for the publication, "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Families involved in the project include: Brichmore, Blake, Burkmar, Calihou, Cary, Charters, Cordy, Dean, Drummond, Evans, Fish, Fraser, Hall, Hope, Irwin, McNie, Johnston, Kask, Keys, Kitchener, McNie, LaFavor, Laine, Laleune, Lauder, Lorenz, Marshall, Mathewson, Moore, Pert, Philbrook, Pruden, Rex, Rutherford, Siddoo, Stemo, Stewart, Teja, Traff (Trafinenkov), Urbanovits, Wells, Williams, Wilson, Woolsey and Yatsui.
History
Personal memories and family photographs from early Barnet residents were complied and developed into a book entitled "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village" under the direction of the Community Heritage Commission. Community Heritage Commission volunteer Harry Pride was the driving force behind this project.
Media Type
Photograph
Creator
Community Heritage Commission
Notes
PC512
Title based on contents of subseries
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Kitchener Elementary School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark614
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
School building.
Associated Dates
1925
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Associated Dates
1925
Description
School building.
Heritage Value
This landmark school was designed by the architectural firm of Bowman & Cullerne, specialists in the design of educational facilities. After Harold Cullerne (1890-1976) returned from service during the First World War, he joined J.H. Bowman (1864-1943) in a partnership that lasted from 1919 to 1934. The firm’s projects include the Seaforth School (1922, now relocated to Burnaby Village Museum), Burnaby North High School (1923), and the Nelson Avenue School (1927). This was originally designed as a two-storey, four-room building in 1925, with two-storey four-room wings added two years later. The building has been altered with the addition of stucco cladding over the original siding and replacement windows, but has retained its original form and massing, as well as its domed roof ventilator.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Architect
Bowman & Cullerne
Area
20478.11
Contributing Resource
Building
Street Address
1351 Gilmore Avenue
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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First class at Kitchener Street School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription102
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first class at Kitchener Street School. The students' ages vary, with few adults mixed in the group. They form six rows on the front steps of the school building. Dolly Knight is identified in the front row, first on left, her sister Margaret Norton (nee Knight) is in the front ro…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first class at Kitchener Street School. The students' ages vary, with few adults mixed in the group. They form six rows on the front steps of the school building. Dolly Knight is identified in the front row, first on left, her sister Margaret Norton (nee Knight) is in the front row, third from left and Margaret's twin brother Fred Knight is in the second row from the top.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Buildings - Schools
Persons - Students
Names
Kitchener Street School
Knight, Frederick "Fred"
Norton, Margaret Knight
Knight, D. "Dolly"
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
1351 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV988.31.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
1925
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer identifies photograph as no. 74
Note in blue pen on verso of photgraph reads: "First Class of new Kitchener St. School"
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Oral history interview with Esther Stanley May 5, 1988 - Track 1

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1925 (interview content), interviewed May 5, 1988
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:08:21 min)
Scope and Content
Track 1: Esther talks about the house as she remembers it from her childhood, describing the additions. Jim asks her about the furnishings of the hallway, parlour and kitchen and the contents of the pantry, and they discuss the house’s bathrooms.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Jesse Love farmhouse series
Subseries
Love farmhouse oral history project subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:08:21 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Jim Wolf Interviewee: Esther Stanley Location of Interview: not known Interview Date: May 5, 1988 Total Length of all Tracks: 36:21 Total Number of Tracks: 5
Scope and Content
Track 1: Esther talks about the house as she remembers it from her childhood, describing the additions. Jim asks her about the furnishings of the hallway, parlour and kitchen and the contents of the pantry, and they discuss the house’s bathrooms.
History
Jim Wolf talks about Love Farmhouse with Esther Stanley, daughter of Jesse and Martha Love. They discuss the property, and the furnishings, decoration and amenities of the house as she remembers them. Esther’s recollections were to be used as a resource for redecorating and refurnishing the house as it was in 1925 for its use as an exhibit at the Burnaby Village Museum. Esther’s daughters are also present at the interview.
Creator
Wolf, Jim
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Names
Stanley, Esther Love
Wolf, Jim
Love, Jesse, 1849-1928
Love, Martha Leonard, 1858-1920
Accession Code
BV018.41.47
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1925 (interview content), interviewed May 5, 1988
Media Type
Sound Recording
Textual Record
Related Material
Wedding Portrait of Frank Charles Stanley and Esther Love Stanley, 1921. Item: BV015.40.41
Notes
Title based on content of file
4 pages of interview notes accompanying oral history recording
Images
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Oral history interview with Esther Stanley May 5, 1988 - Track 1, 1925 (interview content), interviewed May 5, 1988

Oral history interview with Esther Stanley May 5, 1988 - Track 1, 1925 (interview content), interviewed May 5, 1988

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0041_0047_001.mp3
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Interview with Elsie Hughes May 1, 1989 - Track 4

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1925] (interview content), interviewed May 1, 1989
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:14:44 min)
Scope and Content
Track 4: This portion of the interview takes place in the Love farmhouse kitchen. Elsie recalls the layout and uses of the room’s furnishings and fixtures. She and Jim also discuss the garden. Elsie relates an anecdote about a bullet being accidentally fired into the ceiling, making a hole which ha…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Jesse Love farmhouse series
Subseries
Love farmhouse oral history project subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:14:44 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Jim Wolf Interviewee: Elsie Hughes Location of Interview: Love Farmhouse Interview Date: May 1, 1989 Total Number of Tracks: 4 Total length of all Tracks: 45:03
Scope and Content
Track 4: This portion of the interview takes place in the Love farmhouse kitchen. Elsie recalls the layout and uses of the room’s furnishings and fixtures. She and Jim also discuss the garden. Elsie relates an anecdote about a bullet being accidentally fired into the ceiling, making a hole which had to be patched. They talk about the use of the sink, which was the only one in the house for many years, and the lighting. Jim asks Elsie about the bathroom and the pantry. This track ends abruptly.
History
Recording of an interview with Elsie Hughes (nee Parker) that was conducted by Jim Wolf in the Love farmhouse on site at the Burnaby Village Museum on May 1, 1989. Jim Wolf walks through the Love Farmhouse with Elsie Hughes after it was moved onto the site of the Burnaby Village Museum in 1988. Elsie Hughes who was the daughter of William and Sarah Parker and granddaughter of Jesse and Martha Love. Elsie married John Malcolm Hughes at St. Alban's Church in Burnaby on April 9, 1942. Elsie and Jim discuss the furnishings, decoration and amenities of the house at the time she moved into it in 1925 with her family. Elsie’s recollections were to be used as a resource for redecorating and refurnishing the house as it was in 1925 for its use as an exhibit at the Burnaby Village Museum. An unidentified man is also present, and sometimes contributes to the conversation.
Creator
Wolf, Jim
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Names
Hughes, Elsie Roberta Parker
Wolf, Jim
Love, Jesse, 1849-1928
Hughes, John Malcolm
Parker, William Michael
Parker, Sarah Maria Love
Accession Code
BV018.41.49
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1925] (interview content), interviewed May 1, 1989
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of file
Images
Audio Tracks

Interview with Elsie Hughes May 1, 1989 - Track 4, [1925] (interview content), interviewed May 1, 1989

Interview with Elsie Hughes May 1, 1989 - Track 4, [1925] (interview content), interviewed May 1, 1989

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0041_0049_004.mp3
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Oral history interview with Albert Parker - May 9, 1988 - Track 6

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1925 and 1930] (interview content), interviewed May 9 1988
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:11:00 min) + 2 p. of textual records
Scope and Content
Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to the kitchen and the kitchen bathroom of the Love family farmhouse. Albert describes the furnishings and layout, and the changes he remembers.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Jesse Love farmhouse series
Subseries
Love farmhouse oral history project subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:11:00 min) + 2 p. of textual records
Material Details
Interviewer: Jim Wolf Interviewee: Albert Parker Location of Interview: Love Farmhouse, Burnaby Interview Date: May 9, 1988 Total Number of Tracks: 8 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:11:15
Scope and Content
Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to the kitchen and the kitchen bathroom of the Love family farmhouse. Albert describes the furnishings and layout, and the changes he remembers.
History
Recording is an interview with Albert Parker about the Love family house, which was his family’s home and which has been relocated to the Burnaby Village Museum site as an exhibit. He also briefly discusses his parents, William Parker and Sarah Love Parker, his siblings William and Elsie, and his grandfather Jesse Love.
Creator
Wolf, Jim
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Names
Parker, Albert "Bert"
Love, Jesse, 1849-1928
Parker, Sarah Maria Love
Parker, William Michael
Accession Code
BV018.41.48
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[between 1925 and 1930] (interview content), interviewed May 9 1988
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of file
1 copy of audio cassette accompanying along with interview notes
Images
Audio Tracks

Oral history interview with Albert Parker - May 9, 1988 - Track 6, [between 1925 and 1930] (interview content), interviewed May 9 1988

Oral history interview with Albert Parker - May 9, 1988 - Track 6, [between 1925 and 1930] (interview content), interviewed May 9 1988

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0041_0048_006.mp3
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Looking east from north side of 5118 Douglas Road - The Roberts House

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1924 and 1925]
Collection/Fonds
Small family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9 cm x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lauretta Roberts standing next to the half-built Roberts' house located at 5118 Douglas Road. During construction of the house, movie posters were used in place of tar paper under the exterior cedar shingles and as cushioning under the linoleum kitchen floor. Visible in the distance …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1924 and 1925]
Collection/Fonds
Small family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9 cm x 9 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
620-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2017-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lauretta Roberts standing next to the half-built Roberts' house located at 5118 Douglas Road. During construction of the house, movie posters were used in place of tar paper under the exterior cedar shingles and as cushioning under the linoleum kitchen floor. Visible in the distance is the Adams' family house located on the 5100 block of Douglas Road.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Construction
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from donor's notes
5118 Douglas Road renumbered to 3131 Douglas Road in 1958 and to 5538 Dominion Street in 1970 or 1971
The new address house in the background of the photograph is 3011 Godwin Street
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Probably 1924-25 / Lauretta Roberts"
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P4"
Street Address
3131 Douglas Road
5118 Douglas Road
5538 Dominion Street
3011 Godwin Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Ardingley-Sprott Area
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Kitchen staff at Paradise Inn

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
June 1924
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of cooks, pantrymen, bakers and fellow kitchen staff standing in a row in front of Paradise Inn at Rainier National Park, Washington. The group of men are dressed in white, wearing aprons and hats with scarves around their necks and side towels by their waists for wiping their hands. Bak…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of cooks, pantrymen, bakers and fellow kitchen staff standing in a row in front of Paradise Inn at Rainier National Park, Washington. The group of men are dressed in white, wearing aprons and hats with scarves around their necks and side towels by their waists for wiping their hands. Baker, Charles J. Caunt is standing on the far right. All other men are unidentified.
Subjects
Clothing - Uniforms
Occupations - Bakers
Occupations - Cooks
Names
Caunt, Charles J.
Accession Code
BV988.27.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
June 1924
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
The baker's uniform in this accession, (BV988.27.2-.5) belonged to Mr. C. J. Caunt, depicted in the photograph.
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer identifies photograph as no. 2538
Note in black ink on verso of photgraph reads: "Cooks, Pantrymen, Baker, Etc/ Pardise Inn, Rainier National Park, Wash/ June 1924/ 1 cook absent"
Second note in blue pen (written later) reads: "C. J. (Charlie) CAUNT on extreme right."
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Kitchen crew at Paradise Inn

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
June 1924
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the kitchen crew sitting and standing in three rows in front of Paradise Inn at Rainier National Park, Washington. The group of eighteen men and one woman are mostly dressed in white, wearing aprons and hats with scarves around their necks and side towels by their waists for wiping th…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
Material Details
Photograph pierced (most likely by tacks) on all four corners and has a large tear on the right side
Scope and Content
Photograph of the kitchen crew sitting and standing in three rows in front of Paradise Inn at Rainier National Park, Washington. The group of eighteen men and one woman are mostly dressed in white, wearing aprons and hats with scarves around their necks and side towels by their waists for wiping their hands. The man seated second to the right in the front row, wearing a baker's uniform is Charles J. Caunt. All other individuals are unidentified.
Subjects
Clothing - Uniforms
Occupations - Bakers
Occupations - Cooks
Names
Caunt, Charles J.
Accession Code
BV988.44.52
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
June 1924
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
For another photograph of Mr. Caunt with the Kitchen crew at Paradise Inn, see BV988.27.1
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on note on verso of photograph
Note on verso of photograph reads: "Kitchen Crew at Paradise Inn/ Rainier National Park, Wash/ June 1924"
Photographer identifies photograph as no. 2535
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The Canadian readers : book V

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1924
Call Number
428.2 CAN 1924 COPY1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV984.21.42
Call Number
428.2 CAN 1924 COPY1
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
W. J. Gage & Co. Ltd.
T. Nelson & Sons
Publication Date
1924
Series
Canadian readers
Physical Description
416 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Inscription
"Free Text-Book The Property of" [printed label on front pastedown with the following filled in] "Vera Morrow" [handwritten in blue ink] "School Kitchener Street School Burnaby, B.C." [name stamped in purple ink] "Vera Morrow 3870 Union St. Vancouver B.C." [handwritten in pencil on p. after last numbered p.] "Vera Morrow Kitchener St. School Burnaby B.C. Teacher Miss Stroyan Grade VI" [handwritten in pencil on back endpaper] "Vera Morrow" [handwritten in pencil on back pastedown]
Library Subject (LOC)
Readers (Elementary)
Notes
"Authorized for use in the Public Schools of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia" --t.p.
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