"New Vista Society" found 89 records

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on back of photograph reads, "Photo by The Stride Studios / 657 Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC" and "#7458"

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

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New Vista Society Project, [195-] thumbnail

The New Vista Society Project # 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64658

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1952

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of New Vista Society's Project no. 4 in East Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1952

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of New Vista Society's Project no. 4 in East Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: New Vista Society

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Transcribed title; Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "The New Vista Society Project # 4., Burnaby, B.C., 1952"

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

The New Vista Society Project # 4, 1952 thumbnail

The New Vista Society Senior Citizens Housing Project

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1956

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of New Vista Society Senior Citizens Housing Project no. 8 in East Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1956

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of New Vista Society Senior Citizens Housing Project no. 8 in East Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing

Names: New Vista Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "The New Vista Society / Senior Citizens Housing Project # 8 / Burnaby, B.C., 1956"

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

The New Vista Society Senior Citizens Housing Project, 1956 thumbnail

New Vista Society - Senior Citizen's Project - Construction of Road

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 23532

Meeting Date: 31-May-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 39

Item No.: 5

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 23532

Meeting Date: 31-May-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 39

Item No.: 5

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 23532

31-May-1971 Meeting Minutes

New Vista Society - Senior Citizen's Project Construction of Road

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 23509

Meeting Date: 25-May-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 37

Item No.: 13

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 23509

Meeting Date: 25-May-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 37

Item No.: 13

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 23509

25-May-1971 Meeting Minutes

The New Vista Society's Project no. 9

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 22, 1957

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of New Vista Society housing project no. 9 at 1500 4th Street (later renumbered 7581 4th Street).

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 22, 1957

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of New Vista Society housing project no. 9 at 1500 4th Street (later renumbered 7581 4th Street).

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing

Names: New Vista Society

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Transcribed title; Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "The New Vista Society's Project # 9 / 1500 4th St., South Burnaby, B.C. / March 22nd, 1957"

Geographic Access: 4th Street

Street Address: 7581 4th Street

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

Images

The New Vista Society's Project no. 9, March 22, 1957 thumbnail

The New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottages

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the furnished bedroom of a New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottage in Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the furnished bedroom of a New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottage in Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing; Furniture

Names: New Vista Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "The New Vista Societie's [sic] Senior Citizens Cottages Burnaby B.C."

Images

The New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottages

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the furnished living room of a New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottage in Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the furnished living room of a New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottage in Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing; Furniture

Names: New Vista Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "The New Vista Societie's [sic] Senior Citizens Cottages Burnaby B.C."

Images

The New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottages

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64691

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the kitchen of a New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottage in Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-017

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the kitchen of a New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottage in Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing

Names: New Vista Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "The New Vista Societie's [sic] Senior Citizens Cottages Burnaby B.C."

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Personal material

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1978]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlai…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1978]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS167-008

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlain from Liverpool and a letter from the Office of the Mayor addressed to Mary Ann Simnett for her ninetieth birthday. Also included is a photograph (see item 559-001). Also included are newsclippings regarding Robert Burnaby and the "Bygones of Burnaby" book, a programme of the Robert Burnaby Commemorative Dinner, a photocopy of "The Argus" (Burnaby South High School's newspaper) from 1938, a programme from Madys Pridmore Brown's Variety Programme, "The Buzzer" Volume 40 Issue 16 advertising Vancouver street cars, New Vista Society certificate addressed to Hazel Simnett, an envelope of Fenwick Lansdowne bird prints from 1957 and a print of the Royal Family found in a cardboard envelope postmarked 1972.

Subjects: Arts - Paintings; Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers; Documentary Artifacts - Photographs; Performances - Concerts; Organizations - Societies and Clubs; Personal Symbols - Certificates; Transportation; Persons - Royalty

Names: Simnett, Hazel; Simnett, Frederick "Fred"; Simnett, Mary Ann; Lansdowne, James Fenwick

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Graphic Material

Notes: Title based on note accompanying file on folder ; The Argue was stapled together; Simnett personal papers series

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Pioneer tales of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c1987

Call Number: 971.133 SON COPY 4

1 image 1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection; Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 096928280x

Call Number: 971.133 SON COPY 4

Contributor: Sone, Michael

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Corporation of the District of Burnaby

Publication Date: c1987

Physical Description: 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Inscription: "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page

Library Subject (LOC): Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby; Frontier and pioneer life; Biography

Object History: Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.

Notes: "Editor Michael Sone".; Includes index.; 4 copies held: copy 4

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Digital Books

postcard; advertisement

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV002.48.6

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV002.48.6

Description: Postcard: black and white photo, horizontal; row of six single-storey houses, grass, gravel road, telephone pole; along bottom in white, "NEW VISTA SOCIETY BUNGALOW COURT" "BURNABY, B.C. 1951"; white border; on reverse in grey, "POST CARD" "MADE IN CANADA" "CORRESPONDENCE" "ADDRESS"; rectangle at upper right, dashed outline with curved corners, "CKC"? logo at top centre; inside, "PLACE STAMP HERE"; deep scratch on back at top; crease; some worn corners; darkening in sky from developing or printing of photo?; unused

Category: 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication

Classification: Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media

Object Term: Postcard

Colour: Black; White

Country Made: Canada

Title: New Vista Society Bungalow Court Burnaby, B.C.

Publication Date: 1951.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Documentary Artifacts - Photographs; Buildings; Buildings - Residential

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program

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV984.11.2

2 images

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV984.11.2

Description: The New Vista Society - Program -- [1955]. Program for the official opening of The New Vista Society Senior Citizen Housing Project No. 7. The front cover has a photograph of the new buildings being opened. The event took place on Wednesday, September 14, 1955. The reverse side of the program outlines the different parties involved in the organization of the new buildings including the Burnaby Municipality, Burnaby Lions Club and others.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Leaflets; Organizations; Organizations - Societies and Clubs

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Proposed Senior Citizen's Project of the New Vista Society

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 26256

Meeting Date: 29-Jun-1970

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 39

Item No.: 20

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 26256

Meeting Date: 29-Jun-1970

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 39

Item No.: 20

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 26256

29-Jun-1970 Meeting Minutes

Proposed Senior Citizens' Project of the New Vista Society

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 26224

Meeting Date: 15-Jun-1970

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 37

Item No.: 18

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 26224

Meeting Date: 15-Jun-1970

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 37

Item No.: 18

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 26224

15-Jun-1970 Meeting Minutes

Quotes of parliamentry speeches given by Ernest Winch

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2021

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:01:52 min)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a sound recording of Burnaby Village Museum interpreter, Eric Damer personifying Ernest "Ernie" Winch by delivering excerpts of quotes from parliamentry speeches in the 1950s. Quotes in this recording, speak to the need and importance of affordable housing for senior citizens. The…

1 image 1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum exhibits series

Subseries: Agents of Change subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:01:52 min)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a sound recording of Burnaby Village Museum interpreter, Eric Damer personifying Ernest "Ernie" Winch by delivering excerpts of quotes from parliamentry speeches in the 1950s. Quotes in this recording, speak to the need and importance of affordable housing for senior citizens. The recording was part of the Burnaby Village Museum temporary exhibit, titled "Agents of Change".

History: Burnaby Village Museum curator, Jane Lemke compiled a script consisting of various quotes that were gathered from newspaper articles of Ernest Winch’s parliamentary speeches in the 1950s. Ernest E. Winch was a long-time member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation as a Member of the British Columbia Legistlative Assembly (for Burnaby). Ernest Winch was instrumental in the founding of the New Vista Society which provided housing for Seniors living in Burnaby. A recording of the script was on exhibit as part of the "Agents of Change" exhibit at Burnaby Village Museum in the Summer of 2021.