Research

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

January 25, 1947

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Alfred Bingham subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

010-122

Accession Number

BHS2007-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a joist gang; construction workers with lumber and bricks. This is likely part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

Photographer

Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Photograph of a group of labourers sitting and standing on the steps of a large wooden structure.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Accession Code

HV975.33.3e

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1919]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2/2/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Photograph of a group of labourers standing together on top of wooden structure at an unidentified location.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Accession Code

HV975.33.3v

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1919]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2/2/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Photograph of a group of labourers sitting together taking their lunch break on top of wooden structure at an unidentified location.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Accession Code

HV975.33.3aa

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1919]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2/2/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1910 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Pioneer Tales subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-758

Accession Number

BHS1988-03

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of twelve Indo-Canadian men wearing work clothes and turbans posed in front of a building of board and batten construction. Two men are standing on a stack of lumber, five are sitting on the stack, and five are standing on the ground in front of them. According to the accompanying note prepared by Burnaby Village Museum, the labourers are at the North Pacific Lumber Company mill at Barnet, which operated from 1899 to 1929 and completely closed out in 1931.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Barnet Mill

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 8059 Texaco Drive

Burnaby - Texaco Drive

Burnaby - Barnet Village

Historic Neighbourhood

Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1925]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Peers family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

020-070

Accession Number

BHS2007-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 8.8 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of four men sitting near a campfire, taking a lunch break at Emory Creek. The men are identified as follows: (l to r) Harry, Dick, Bob and Mr. Duckett. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Emory Creek

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1903 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Pioneer Tales subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-607

Accession Number

BHS1988-03

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Delta Metal Co. Ltd. employees. Identified: (far right, elbow on lathe) G.C. Baker.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Baker, George Charles

Delta Metal Company Limited

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[191-]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Bailey family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

508-010

Accession Number

BHS1992-55

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10.6 x 16.2 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of an unidentified group of labourers.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[195-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Davies family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

190-017

Accession Number

BHS1986-41

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of Burnaby General Hospital staff standing at an open door. Four of them are crouched in front, holding buckets. Most of the people standing are holding mops. One woman is holding a tea tray.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Burnaby General Hospital

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Ingleton Avenue

Burnaby - 3880 Ingleton Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Cascade-Schou Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1912

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Bailey family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

508-013

Accession Number

BHS1992-55

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 17 cm, mounted on cardboard 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Minnie Booth (later Bailey) standing with her co-workers outside the Crown Broom factory.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Bailey, Minnie

Crown Broom

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of four unidentified men in work clothes standing on a cobblestone street. There is a building to their left and a "hose house" in the back. The man on the left side of the photograph is holding a tea kettle in one hand and a tea cup in the other, and pretending to pour. A man beside him is holding up a broom and pretending to play the guitar with it. The man standing on the right side of the photograph is holding a shovel with one hand. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Ed Johnson / Toronto" suggesting the location is Toronto and perhaps one of the men depicted is named Ed Johnson.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Geographic Access

Ontario - Toronto

Accession Code

HV983.42.27

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Date

[190-]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

27-Aug-06

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1912] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Forster family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

168-003

Accession Number

BHS1986-17

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of construction workers posed outside at Nelson Avenue and Clinton Street.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Nelson Avenue

Burnaby - Clinton Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1925]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Peers family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

020-137

Accession Number

BHS2007-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of four men resting on the ground, reclining on a slope of land. All are unidentified but this photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s, so these are most likely members of a work crew taking a break alongside the road.

Photographer

Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Yale

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1943 and 1947]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Capitol Hill Community Association subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

282-001

Accession Number

BHS1992-12

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of William James Dynes, the foreman on the construction of the Capitol Hill Community Hall. He is wearing a fedora, a plaid scarf, and a tweed overcoat.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Dynes, William James

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Summary

This portion of the interview pertains to Alfred Bingham's employment from 1912 to 1926, including his years at Balentine Pier.

Date Range

1912-1926

Photo Info

Alfred Bingham standing next to a 1931 Model T Ford, 1932. Item no. HV976.46.4

Length

0:07:17

Subject

Occupations - Labourers

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

Other Tracks

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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

Item No.

100-13-20-1_Track_4

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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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1927

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Peers family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

020-191

Accession Number

BHS2007-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of six men at a work camp at Avola, BC. The men are identified as: standing (l to r) Bill B., Ted B., "Cook," and Shorty and sitting (l to r) Bill S. and Frank H. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Photographer

Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Avola

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

November, 1995

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

535-0046

Accession Number

2012-11

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of an unidentified man clearing leaves with a leaf blower.

Photographer

Ponne, Simone

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "82% pg 7 POCO NL / 3085 Bby Simone"

Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1950 and 1954] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-219

Accession Number

BHS1999-03

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the construction of 333 South Delta Avenue. Left to right: Sammy Hayward, George Hayward, and Lew Stevenson.

Subjects

Construction

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Hayward, George

Hayward, Sammy

Stevenson, Lew

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Delta Avenue South

Burnaby - Delta Avenue

Burnaby - 333 Delta Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Capitol Hill Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1950 and 1954] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-220

Accession Number

BHS1999-03

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the construction of 333 South Delta Avenue. Lew Stevenson is in the photograph.

Subjects

Construction

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Stevenson, Lew

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Delta Avenue South

Burnaby - Delta Avenue

Burnaby - 333 Delta Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Capitol Hill Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1987 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-481

Accession Number

BHS1999-03

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.9 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of renovation of the house at 4674 Southlawn Drive. A man is working on the back porch.

Subjects

Construction

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Negative has a pink cast

Copied from col. photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Southlawn Drive

Burnaby - 4674 Southlawn Drive

Planning Study Area

Brentwood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1927 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-512

Accession Number

BHS1994-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a man standing beside an Easthope Gasoline Stump Puller used for clearing land.

Subjects

Land Clearing

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[192-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-513

Accession Number

BHS1994-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a man standing beside an Easthope Gasoline Stump Puller used for clearing land. In the background another man is standing beside a pile of stumps.

Subjects

Land Clearing

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

May 24, 1906 (date of original)

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Bailey family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

508-012

Accession Number

BHS1992-55

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 18 cm mounted on board 22 x 27 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of "the Ancient + Honourable Anvil Brigade" standing outside a General Blacksmith and Machinist shop.

Photographer

Cooksley, William Thomas

Subjects

Persons - Crowds

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Photographer's mark on lower right corner of image reads: "W.T. Cooksley, Photo., / New Westminster, B.C."

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1949

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Joe Russel subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

320-002

Accession Number

BHS1995-14

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the construction of the Westminster Rollerway at 660 Edmonds Street (renumbered 7850 Edmonds Street). Construction workers are standing and sitting on the frame of the building, adding to it.

Subjects

Construction

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Westminster Rollerway

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Edmonds Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Edmonds Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1949

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Joe Russel subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

320-003

Accession Number

BHS1995-14

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the construction of the Westminster Rollerway at 660 Edmonds Street (renumbered 7850 Edmonds Street). The construction workers have begun building the wooden walls of the building.

Subjects

Construction

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Westminster Rollerway

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Edmonds Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Edmonds Area

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 19 cm print

Scope and Content

Photograph of George Salt working with an unidentified fellow labourer. George Salt is wearing overalls and holding a wood planer in his hands. The other man is wearing a striped shirt with suspenders and is resting his right hand on an axe handle.

Subjects

Occupations - Woodworkers

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Salt, George

Accession Code

BV998.66.1

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[between 1900 and 1919] (date of original)

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

02-Jun-09

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1928] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Pioneer Tales subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-038

Accession Number

BHS1988-03

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of George Pearson's sidewalk crew mixing cement.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Construction - Road Construction

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1928] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Pioneer Tales subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-040

Accession Number

BHS1988-03

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a sidewalk laid by George Pearson and his crew in Burnaby.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Construction - Road Construction

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1966]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Photographs subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

364-001

Accession Number

BHS2007-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of seven unidentified men standing on scaffolding next to the interurban tram car no. 1223.

Subjects

Transportation - Electric Railroads

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Kingsway

Burnaby - Edmonds Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Edmonds Area

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a crew of men pulling on a rope, possibly to pull tree branches out of the way, or to stabilize Tom Irvine's house during its move to Heritage Village (now the Burnaby Village Museum).

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Tools and Equipment

Names

Irvine, Tom

Accession Code

BV005.14.30

Access Restriction

Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

April 6, 1975

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

11-Jun-09

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "April/75"

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1912] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Pioneer Tales subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-611

Accession Number

BHS1988-03

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the interior of Carleton Sash and Door factory in the Collingwood district (Kingsway-Joyce area) of Vancouver near Collingwood School. Collingwood is located next to Burnaby. The factory was founded by Friedrich Engelland.

Subjects

Buildings - Industrial - Factories

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Carleton Sash and Door Company

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Vancouver

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of an unidentified labourer standing by stacks of lumber at a sawmill. Another man is seen working behind him. Stamped on back of the photograph reads: "657X." This may be related to the construction of the Willingdon Heights subdivision.

Subjects

Buildings - Industrial - Mills

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Accession Code

HV971.12.75

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[194-]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Willingdon Heights Area

Related Material

The unidentified man from this photograph reappears in photograph HV971.12.78

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

8/8/2006

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1935] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-231

Accession Number

BHS1999-03

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 5.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Shellburn refinery employees lined up outside the main office.

Subjects

Buildings - Industrial - Refineries

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Shell Oil Company

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1913

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Patterson family subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

213-009

Accession Number

BHS1988-13

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Sperling Avenue School during construction. This was the first school ever built by Bruce Patterson.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools

Construction

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Patterson Company

Patterson, Bruce

Sperling Avenue School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Hand written note on verso of photograph reads: "1st School Bruce built"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Sperling Avenue

Burnaby - 2200 Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sperling-Broadway Area

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w glass negative

Scope and Content

Photograph of three men in work clothes standing in front of a large two storey house that appears to be newly constructed.

Subjects

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Occupations - Labourers

Accession Code

HV973.110.15

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Date

[190-]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

300

Scan Date

16/8/2006

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w contact print accompanying negative

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1980

Collection/Fonds

Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

483-101

Accession Number

2008-08

Physical Description

1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of three men standing around a cement mixer, preparing cement. The photograph was taken in the lane behind the Johnston family home in the 4400 block of Venables Street.

Photographer

Johnston, Harold H.

Subjects

Geographic Features - Lanes

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Venables Street

Burnaby - 4447 Venables Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Willingdon Heights Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[194-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Pioneer Tales subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-506

Accession Number

BHS1988-03

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Ernie Winch (left) and an unidentified helper working as stone masons building a brick chimney.

Subjects

Construction

Occupations - Entrepreneurs

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1918]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Photographs subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

131-001

Accession Number

BHS2007-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10.7 x 16.3 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of John Strangman (not identified) and a road works crew taking a break outside.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Construction - Road Construction

Names

Strangman, John

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1918]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Photographs subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

131-002

Accession Number

BHS2007-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10.4 x 16.3 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of an unidentified road construction crew and machinery.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Construction - Road Construction

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

April 1966, published April 18, 1966

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-507

Accession Number

2003-02

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 18.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of workmen at the Dominion Bridge Co.'s Burnaby plant. They are feeding a flat steel plate, more than three inches think inot a pyramind roll for fabrication in the making of a sulfinol vessel for the petroleum industry in Alberta. The workmen are wearing asbestos aluminum suits to withstand the intense heat reflected from the heated plate (the plate was heated in a furnace before being fed into the pyramid roll).

Photographer

Henry Tregillas Photography Ltd.

Subjects

Buildings - Industrial - Factories

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Dominion Bridge Company

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 2400 Boundary Road

Burnaby - Boundary Road

Historic Neighbourhood

Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

West Central Valley Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

April 23, 1947

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Alfred Bingham subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

010-069

Accession Number

BHS2007-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside a small John Deere bulldozer described as the "supply machine" at the Willingdon Heights subdivision site. Piles of lumber can be seen in the background.

Photographer

Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Construction Tools and Equipment

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

March 29, 1947

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Alfred Bingham subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

010-038

Accession Number

BHS2007-04

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.6 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a cement contractor at the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Construction workers, house construction, lumber, and a truck are all visible.

Photographer

Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Transportation - Trucks

Industries - Construction

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1936 or 1937] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-048

Accession Number

BHS1999-03

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Bellinger family home at 2827 Earl Avenue (later 6296 Pearl Avenue), during alteration of the front porch. The workers are unidentified.

Photographer

Bellinger, Bernard

Subjects

Construction

Occupations - Labourers

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Photos 370-047 and 370-049 show house before and after renovations

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Earl Avenue

Burnaby - Pearl Avenue

Burnaby - 6296 Pearl Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Windsor Area

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content

Photograph of four men riding on the top of a horse-drawn cart. From this top cart, one of the four men is steering the team of six horses with the rein in his hands. The fifth man is riding one of the horses at the front, steering two more horses in front of him. The two horses that he is steering were the two leading horses from the previous photograph. There are a total of 8 horses in this photograph. An earlier catalogue record from 1972 states that the photo was taken in 1910, and that the cart is enroute to Barkerville.

Subjects

Transportation - Horses

Transportation - Wagons

Occupations - Labourers

Geographic Access

British Columbia

Accession Code

HV972.47.2

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[1910] (date of original), copied [1972?]

Media Type

Photograph

Related Material

For another shot of the same group of men and the cart from a different angle and at another moment, see HV972.47.1

Scan Resolution

300

Scan Date

14/8/2006

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content

Photograph of four men in work clothes posed in front of a house under construction. The two people in the middle are holding plastering spatulas, and the two men on the outside are holding a hoe and a mattock. Annotations on the back of the photograph read: "Plasterers at house Bruce Patterson built at Edmonds. No date." and "c. 1930s" An annotation and earlier catalogue record notes that the caption on the back of the original photo read: "Bruce the first house he ever built." "Bruce" has been identified as Charles Bruce Patterson (standing to the left of the frame) by his grandson, Raymond Reitsma.

Subjects

Construction Tools and Equipment

Occupations - Labourers

Names

Patterson, Charles Bruce

Patterson Company

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Accession Code

HV977.99.12

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[1912] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution

300

Scan Date

23-Aug-06

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail