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sheet music

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34058
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV991.28.2
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV991.28.2
Description
Stealing - Sheet Music -- [1921]. A Fox Trot love song called "Stealing" with words and music by Dan Sullivan. The music was published by Leo Feist Incorporated in New York and Toronto. The front cover has a pink and white striped boarder and a profile of a woman in the middle with pink hair. The sheet music has separated and is now in three individual pages. The sheet music measures 23cm x 31cm.
Object History
Purchased by Curator in a small shop on Bowen Island in 1991. Name of store not known. - CMS 93 JUL 14
Maker
Leo. Feist Incorporated
Country Made
United States of America
Canada
Province Made
New York
Ontario
Site/City Made
New York
Toronto
Title
Stealing
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts
Documentary Artifacts - Sheet Music
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sheet music

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39022
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.5498.1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.5498.1
Description
Sheet music- "Just a Bird's-eye View (Of My Old Kentucky Home) Song for voice and piano in the style of a fox-trot; contains an arrangment for ukelele Key of C Minor Lyrics by Gus Kahn Music by Walter Donaldson The front cover has an illustration of a rooftop with smoke drifting out of the chimmney. The view shown goes through the trees and into the hills beyond. The colours used are green, orange, black, and white. There is a handwritten signature in pencil, reading, "Mac". Copyright MCMXXVI (1926) by Leo Feist, Inc.
Maker
Leo. Feist Limited
Country Made
Canada
Province Made
Ontario
Site/City Made
Toronto
Title
Just A Bird's-eye View (Of My Old Kentucky Home)
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts
Documentary Artifacts - Sheet Music
Music
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Siddoo and Teja Families

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15210
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[194-] (date of original), copied 2004
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Teja and Siddoo families at the Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Family members are identified from left to right, front row: Hardev Siddoo and Harjeet Teja Sangara; middle row: Diljeet Teja, Lakhbeer Siddoo, Gurdeb Siddoo, Baldev Siddoo and Gurmeet Teja; back row: Gurdial Sing…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Teja and Siddoo families at the Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Family members are identified from left to right, front row: Hardev Siddoo and Harjeet Teja Sangara; middle row: Diljeet Teja, Lakhbeer Siddoo, Gurdeb Siddoo, Baldev Siddoo and Gurmeet Teja; back row: Gurdial Singh Teja, Tara Siddoo and Kashmir Siddoo.
History
Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill. Gurdial Singh Teja (1909-1972) and Harbans Kour Teja (1912-1972) were born in India and emigrated to British Columbia in the early 1930s. Gurdial and Harbans had three daughters, Diljeet, Gurmeet and Harjeet and one son, Hardev. Gurdial worked in sawmills on Vancouver Island until he moved the family to Barnet in 1938 to work at the Kapoor Sawmills Limited. The family lived on the site of the mill and the children attended Barnet school. While living at the mill, the Teja children took lessons in the teachings of Punjabi from Besant Kaur Siddoo. Following the fire in 1947, the Teja family moved to North Vancouver.
Subjects
Industries - Logging/lumber
Persons - South Asian Canadians
Names
Kapoor Sawmills Limited
Siddoo, Lakhbeer
Siddoo, Gurdeb
Siddoo, Baldev
Siddoo, Kashmir
Siddoo, Tara
Teja, Diljeet
Teja, Gurdial Singh
Siddoo, Hardev
Sangara, Harjeet Teja
Teja, Gurmeet
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Barnet Marine Park
Accession Code
BV019.32.30
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[194-] (date of original), copied 2004
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
See page 70 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "..Siddoo and Teja families at Kapoor sawmills, c. 1940s. Back: Gurdial Teja, Tara Siddoo, Kashmir Siddoo. Middle: Diljeet Teja, Lakhbeer Siddoo, Gurdev Siddoo, Baldev Siddoo, Gurmeet Teja. Front: Hardev Teja, Harjeet Teja.
Photograph was mistaken in identifiying "Hardev Siddoo" as "Hardev Teja" (proper identification provided by family member)
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sign

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91783
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV023.17.3
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV023.17.3
Description
Large plastic sign with internal backlighting for advertising. The sign has two sections for ad inserts and one section for price display.
The price display is currently set up advertising the price of packs and cartons of cigarettes
The first bank of prices are 3 digit with small windows that reveal the number on a roller behind. The second bank of prices are 4 digits.
The sign was made by CDA Industries in Scarborough, Ontario and is stamped with "JULY 1986"
There are three labels at the top of the sign including information about how to replace the lamps or reinsert unrolled numbers.
There is a hole at the top of the sign for the electrical cord to come out.
There are two white metal brackets attached to the ends of the sign and there is a rusted chain hanging from each bracket.
The plastic at the bottom right corner on the back is broken and damaged.
Object History
Item was used in the Canada Way Food Market owned by Harry Toy between 1975 and the late 2000s. the building sat vacant until sold in 2023.
See BV023.25.1 for photograph of sign in situ.
Category
08. Communication Artifacts
Classification
Advertising Media
Object Term
Sign, Advertising
Marks/Labels
"PACKS / 20's Reg. & K. Size 5.58 / 25's Reg. & K.S. 5.58 / 30's Reg. 5.58 / 30's K. Size 5.58"
"CARTONS / 200 Reg. & K.Size 11.11 / 180 Ctn. K. Size 11.11 / 240 Ctn. Reg. 11.11"
Measurements
Height: 57.5 cm
Width: 133.5 cm
Depth: 13 cm
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
Names
Canada Way Food Market
Geographic Access
Canada Way
Street Address
4692 Canada Way
Images
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Sikh man on deck at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15197
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[194-] (date of original), copied 2004
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified South Asian Sikh man working on the deck of Kapoor Sawmills Limited.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified South Asian Sikh man working on the deck of Kapoor Sawmills Limited.
History
Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.
Subjects
Industries - Logging/lumber
Persons - South Asian Canadians
Occupations - Millworkers
Names
Kapoor Sawmills Limited
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Barnet Marine Park
Accession Code
BV019.32.18
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[194-] (date of original), copied 2004
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Sikh man on green chain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15196
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[194-] (date of original), copied 2004
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified South Asian Sikh man sorting freshly sawn lumber on the green chain at Kapoor Sawmills Limited.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified South Asian Sikh man sorting freshly sawn lumber on the green chain at Kapoor Sawmills Limited.
History
Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.
Subjects
Industries - Logging/lumber
Persons - South Asian Canadians
Occupations - Millworkers
Names
Kapoor Sawmills Limited
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Barnet Marine Park
Accession Code
BV019.32.17
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[194-] (date of original), copied 2004
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
See page 63 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "A workman sorting freshly sawn lumber on the "green chain", c. 1940s"
Images
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Sikh man with large log at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15198
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[194-] (date of original), copied 2004
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified South Asian Sikh man standing next to a large log at Kapoor Sawmills Limited. A large cable is strapped around the log and the man is balanced on a wooden beam.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified South Asian Sikh man standing next to a large log at Kapoor Sawmills Limited. A large cable is strapped around the log and the man is balanced on a wooden beam.
History
Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.
Subjects
Industries - Logging/lumber
Persons - South Asian Canadians
Occupations - Millworkers
Names
Kapoor Sawmills Limited
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Barnet Marine Park
Accession Code
BV019.32.19
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[194-] (date of original), copied 2004
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17413
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1954-1959, predominant 1954-1955
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
114 photographs + 15 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from a scrapbook documenting the early years of the Simpsons-Sears store located at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959 - 4750 Kingsway) in Burnaby including the opening day and staff events. Many of the photographs depict, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby,…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
114 photographs + 15 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from a scrapbook documenting the early years of the Simpsons-Sears store located at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959 - 4750 Kingsway) in Burnaby including the opening day and staff events. Many of the photographs depict, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby, T. Boyd Haskell and include photographs regarding activities of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association in which T. Boyd Haskell was president 1958-1959. Textual records within fonds include a financial ledger (1954-1956) as well as congratulatory telegrams and cards addressed to Simpsons-Sears staff and managers regarding the Simpsons-Sears store opening in May 1954 along with lists of names of Simpsons-Sears and Sears-Roebuck executive members who visited the store. Records are arranged into the following series: 1) Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series 2) Burnaby Simpsons-Sears adminstrative records series
History
In 1952, U.S. Chairman of Sears-Roebuck and Company, General Robert E.Wood, contacted President of Robert Simpson Company, Edgar G. Burton proposing a partnership between the two companies to serve the Canadian retail market. In September 1952, a merger was signed between the two to create Simpsons-Sears Limited. The terms of the agreement were 50-50. The two main objectives were to expand the Simpsons’ mail order business which was sold to the new company and to build new retail stores across Canada that were modelled on the Sears, Roebuck’s design. In early 1953, operations began with the first Simpsons-Sears Spring/Summer catalogue that was delivered to 300,00 homes across Canada. In September 1953, the first Simpsons-Sears retail store opened in Stratford Ontario and in December 1953 the second store opened in Kamloops, B.C. In 1953, with a 7.6 million dollar investment, construction began on the Simpsons-Sears store located at 3660 Kingsway in Burnaby. This was the second Simpsons-Sears store to be built in British Columbia. The store was designed by two Vancouver architectural firms Sharp, Thompson, Berwick and Pratt and Gardiner and Thornton. The new Burnaby Simpsons-Sears was touted as the most modern mall in Canada with the facing of the store consisting of Travertine marble imported from Italy and the main floor included fourty eight miles of brass strips incorporated in the terrazzo floor which was made from marble chips mixed with white Portland concrete. An exterior promenade, built from British Columbia fir and bolted with copper and brass was built around the exterior of the store. The promenade provided an outdoor display area for garden furniture and other large items. The retail store officially opened on May 5, 1954 with Simpsons-Sears executive members, managers and the Reeve of Burnaby in attendance. T. Boyd Haskell, from Spokane, Washington was hired as the Burnaby retail store manager and C.W. Jaggs, former Simpsons' general manager for British Columbia became manager of the Simpsons-Sears mail order business in British Columbia. A ribbon cutting ceremony took place during the opening event with Burnaby Reeve Charles W. MacSorley in attendance along with other dignitaries from Simpsons-Sears including President of Simpsons-Sears, E.G. Burton; Chairman of the board of Simpsons-Sears, Charles W. Burton; Vice President of Simpsons-Sears, G.F. Trotter; Mail Order Manager for Simpsons-Sears, B.C., C.W. Jaggs and Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby, T. Boyd Haskell. Over 10,000 people attended the opening of the store at 11:00 a.m. and it is believed that throughout the day, over 75,000 people went through the new store. T. Boyd Haskell was manager of the Burnaby Simpsons-Sears store between 1953 and 1962. After graduating from college, Haskell joined the Sears-Roebuck department store chain. In 1953 he moved to Vancouver from Washington State to set up the new store in Burnaby. In 1962, Haskell left Simpsons-Sears in Burnaby and transferred to the Sears store in Los Angeles. During his time in British Columbia, Haskell served as the President of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association (1958-1959), President of the Community Chest and Councils of Greater Vancouver (1960) and was also a member of the board of directors of the B.C. Lions football team. Haskell died in Arizona in 1969 at the age of 54 years. In 1978, the Hudson’s Bay Company purchased “Simpsons” and converted many of the department stores into The Bay, including the store in downtown Toronto. Sears stores continued to carry the name “Simpsons-Sears” until 1984 when the named changed to “Sears Canada”. The Simpsons-Sears store (later named "Sears") located at 4750 Kingsway (Metropolis at Metrotown) closed it's doors in 2018.
Creator
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Accession Code
BV021.26
BV022.17
Date
1954-1959, predominant 1954-1955
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Related Material
See also: memorial program for T.B. Haskell in Burnaby Village Museum artifact collection BV021.26.166
Arrangement
Arrangement of records is based on original order of scrapbook and financial ledger by creator(s). Photographs and textual records were described in the order that they were arranged within original scrapbook prior to being removed.
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
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Smith Falls Fire Department fire truck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1494
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1939]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a fire truck parked on the side of a road, with "SMITH FALLS" written on the side. There is a small sign on the ground below the running board that reads, "BICKLE SEAGRAVE" (fire fighting apparatus manufacturer). This looks to be the factory photograph of a 1939 Ford truck built for t…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a fire truck parked on the side of a road, with "SMITH FALLS" written on the side. There is a small sign on the ground below the running board that reads, "BICKLE SEAGRAVE" (fire fighting apparatus manufacturer). This looks to be the factory photograph of a 1939 Ford truck built for the Smith Falls Fire Department in Ontario.
Subjects
Transportation - Fire Trucks
Accession Code
BV999.55.43
Access Restriction
Restricted access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1939]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Standens and McQueens: A Canadian Story of Migrant Families

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88377
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
2014
Collection/Fonds
S. Dale Standen fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 cm. of textual records.
Scope and Content
Item consists of one book, titled "Standens and McQueens: A Canadian Story of Migrant Families" written and published by S. Dale Standen. The book contains genealogical history on both the McQeen and Standen families. The Standens emigrated from England to Ontario in 1856, starting a farm in Mine…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
2014
Collection/Fonds
S. Dale Standen fonds
Physical Description
1 cm. of textual records.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS189-001
Access Restriction
Open access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2014-30
Scope and Content
Item consists of one book, titled "Standens and McQueens: A Canadian Story of Migrant Families" written and published by S. Dale Standen. The book contains genealogical history on both the McQeen and Standen families. The Standens emigrated from England to Ontario in 1856, starting a farm in Minesing in 1862. Dale’s grandfather homesteaded in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, in 1911 and his father moved his family west to Burnaby in 1942. The McQueens emigrated to Yorkon in 1913, and moved to Burnaby in 1941. The book includes a brief history of Burnaby including photographs from the City of Burnaby Archives (Chapter 28). The McQueen family settled on York Avenue, followed by the Standen family on Miller Avenue. The last few chapters in the book (Chapters 28 - 33) share the stories of both families and their involvement in the community of Burnaby.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
A duplicate copy of the book is available in the City of Burnaby Archives Reference Library
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Stories for Brownies

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6834
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Canadian Guiders
Publication Date
1963
Call Number
369.4 GIR
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV015.35.27
Call Number
369.4 GIR
Author
Canadian Guiders
Place of Publication
[Toronto, Ontario]
Publisher
Girl Guides of Canada
Publication Date
1963
Physical Description
32 p. : ill. 21 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Girls--Societies and clubs
Juvenile fiction
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Names
Girl Guides of Canada
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The story of the Canadian people

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary544
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Duncan, David M. (David Merritt), 1870-1951
Publication Date
1905
Call Number
971 DUN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV986.72.8
Call Number
971 DUN
Author
Duncan, David M. (David Merritt), 1870-1951
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
Morang & Co. Limited
Publication Date
1905
Series
Morang's modern text-books
Physical Description
v-xxviii, 428 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm
Inscription
"YNX 50" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "Marguerite Hadder" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "agonism" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "French L. 16. X6 Se_t. [Sent] Eng. into 7." [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "HO 50" [handwritten in pencil on back pastedown] Underlining on some pages "Privilege Card" for "Universal Standard Encyclopedia" found on p.115
Library Subject (LOC)
Canada--History
Canada--Politics and government
Notes
"Authorised for use in the Provinces of Manitoba, Ontario and British Columbia" --t.p.
Author's given name and dates: Duncan, David M. (David Merritt), 1870-1951
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Sukegoro, Harding and Yasue Yasui with family car

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15217
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1927] (date of original), copied 2004
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of Sukegoro Yasui with his daughter, Yasue and son, Harding with their 1918 Dodge sedan. Mr. Yasui is standing next to the car and his children are standing on ther running board. The car is parked on the side of a bridge with a wooden railing.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of Sukegoro Yasui with his daughter, Yasue and son, Harding with their 1918 Dodge sedan. Mr. Yasui is standing next to the car and his children are standing on ther running board. The car is parked on the side of a bridge with a wooden railing.
History
Sukegoro (Shoyen) Yasui (1884-1972) and his wife Tane (Hirata) Yasui (d.1987) emigrated from Japan to Canada in 1919. Sukegoro and Tane had two children Yasue Margaret (Matsumura) (1921-2019) and Harding Yasui (1923-2008). Sukegoro worked as a burner operator for the Nichols Chemical Company of Barnet B.C. The family lived on the site with five other families in a bunkhouse including the three Kokuryo brothers and their families and the Kojima family. The children attended Barnet School for three years before the family moved to Surrey in 1934 after purchasing farm land. Sukegoro and Tane Yasui grew strawberries and raised chickens on the farm and Sukegoro continued to work shift work at the Nichols plant. In 1942, the Yasui family were interned and sent to work on a sugar beet farm near Lethbridge, Alberta. While living in Picture Butte, Alberta,Yasue married Matsuo Matsumura. Following the war, the whole family moved to Kingston, Ontario where Harding completed his senior year of high school. A few years later, Harding moved to Montreal and his parents joined him.
Subjects
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Transportation - Automobiles
Persons - Children
Names
Matsumura, Yasue Yasui "Margaret"
Yasui, Harding
Yasui, Sukegoro
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Accession Code
BV019.32.37
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1927] (date of original), copied 2004
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
See page 129 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "Mr. Sukegoro Yasui with Yasue and Harding by their 1918 Dodge car, 1926"
Date of photograph [1927] based on birth dates of Yasue "Margaret"- born 1921 and Harding Yasui- born July 1923
In the Shadow by the Sea spells Sukegoro's wife's name as "Lane" (Harata) Yasui, obits for Sukegoro Yasui and his wife use the spelling "Tane" Hirata Yasui.
Images
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Sunnyside

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82502
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1915 and 1934]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the embankment of a body of water lined with houses and trees in Toronto, Ontario.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1915 and 1934]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Series
Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
550-078
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-03
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the embankment of a body of water lined with houses and trees in Toronto, Ontario.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Beaches
Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on note accompanying photograph
Note in pencil on album page reads: "Sunnyside"
Note in pencil on verso reads: "Sunnyside"
Images
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Svend Robinson with his supporters

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78656
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
October 18, 1995
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby MP Svend Robinson with supporters as they enter the New Democratic Party (NDP) Leadership Convention in Ottawa, Ontario.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
October 18, 1995
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 20.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-0017
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2012-11
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby MP Svend Robinson with supporters as they enter the New Democratic Party (NDP) Leadership Convention in Ottawa, Ontario.
Subjects
Officials - Elected Officials
Elections
Names
Robinson, Svend
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Kirkby, Gareth
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby Gareth 2876 / 80% Bby - p. 3"
Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
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Tane, Sukegoro, Yasue and Harding Yasui

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15212
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1926 (date of original), copied 2004
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of Tane (Hirata) Yasui and Sukegoro Yasui with their daughter, Yasue Margaret and son Harding Yasui. The family are seated on a log with a tall grass and bushes behind them.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of Tane (Hirata) Yasui and Sukegoro Yasui with their daughter, Yasue Margaret and son Harding Yasui. The family are seated on a log with a tall grass and bushes behind them.
History
Sukegoro (Shoyen) Yasui (1884-1972) and his wife Tane (Hirata) Yasui (d.1987) emigrated from Japan to Canada in 1919. Sukegoro and Tane had two children Yasue Margaret (Matsumura) (1921-2019) and Harding Yasui (1923-2008). Sukegoro worked as a burner operator for the Nichols Chemical Company of Barnet B.C. The family lived on the site with five other families in a bunkhouse including the three Kokuryo brothers and their families and the Kojima family. The children attended Barnet School for three years before the family moved to Surrey in 1934 after purchasing farm land. Sukegoro and Tane Yasui grew strawberries and raised chickens on the farm and Sukegoro continued to work shift work at the Nichols plant. In 1942, the Yasui family were interned and sent to work on a sugar beet farm near Lethbridge, Alberta. While living in Picture Butte, Alberta,Yasue married Matsuo Matsumura. Following the war, the whole family moved to Kingston, Ontario where Harding completed his senior year of high school. A few years later, Harding moved to Montreal and his parents joined him.
Subjects
Persons - Japanese Canadians
Persons - Children
Names
Matsumura, Yasue Yasui "Margaret"
Yasui, Harding
Yasui, Tane Hirata
Yasui, Sukegoro
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Accession Code
BV019.32.32
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1926 (date of original), copied 2004
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
See page 126 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "Mrs. Lane Yasui, Yasue, Harding and Mr. Sekagoro Yasui, 1926.
In the Shadow by the Sea spells Sukegoro's wife's name as "Lane" (Harata) Yasui, obits for Sukegoro Yasui and his wife use the spelling "Tane" Hirata Yasui.
Images
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test card

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87464
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV015.35.73
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV015.35.73
Description
test card, Girl Guides; white thin card, folded in half, with text in black ink; "GIRL GUIDES OF CANADA / FIRST CLASS BADGE CERTIFICATE / NAME....HOLLY CLEATOR / ADDRESS.....3550 McGill St., Vancouver 6 / PATROL........ / COMPANY......4th N. Burnaby". List of requirements and progress to earn First Class status documented between 1967 and 1970.
Object History
This card was found inside "The Guide Handbook" (BV015.35.5) and belonged to Girl Guide identified as Holly Cleator who was tested for her first class status between 1967 and 1970.
Category
08. Communication Artifacts
Classification
Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
Object Term
Card, Documentary
Maker
Girl Guides of Canada
Country Made
Canada
Province Made
Ontario
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Documentary Artifacts - Cards
Documentary Artifacts - Examination
Names
Girl Guides of Canada
Images
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test card

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87465
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV015.35.74
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV015.35.74
Description
test card Girl Guides; yellow thin card, tri-fold, with text in black ink; "TEST [Trefoil Logo] CARD" / NAME...HOLLY CLEATOR / ADDRESS.....3550 McGill St Vancouver 6 / PATROL...Sunflower / COMPANY......4th Burnaby". List of requirments and progress to earn Tenderfoot, Second and First Class status between 1967 and 1968.
Object History
This card was found inside "The Guide Handbook" (BV015.35.5) and issued toHolly Cleator who was tested between 1967 and 1968. One of the examiners for the Second Class tests was Barbara Copan (B.J. Copan).
Category
08. Communication Artifacts
Classification
Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
Object Term
Card, Documentary
Maker
Girl Guides of Canada
Country Made
Canada
Province Made
Ontario
Site/City Made
Toronto
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Documentary Artifacts - Cards
Documentary Artifacts - Examination
Names
Girl Guides of Canada
Copan, Barbara
Images
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Third book of reading lessons

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3852
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Ontario. Council of Public Instruction
Publication Date
c1875
Call Number
428.6 ONT
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV995.15.77
Call Number
428.6 ONT
Author
Ontario. Council of Public Instruction
Place of Publication
Toronto, Ont.
Publisher
WM. Warwick
Publication Date
c1875
Series
Canadian Series of School Books.
Printer
Dudley & Burns
Physical Description
viii, 340 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Inscription
"A. Taylor / Alexander Hugh / Taylor 1875 / Nov. 26 1875" - handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "Harry Tidy / New Westminster B.C." - handwritten in pencil on flyleaf. "Alexander Hugh Taylor Queen St. 1785 / Parlament St. School / [sic] / December 13" -- handwritten in pen on flyleaf verso. "A Taylor 1. / h. Mamc 2. / Mrs H. Barrows 3" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (back).
Library Subject (LOC)
Readers (Elementary)
English language
Textbooks
Object History
Source is "City of Burnaby (Eagles House)"
Notes
Includes index.
W.M. Warwick, 8 & 10 Wellington St. East
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Travels to Ontario, Quebec and England

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85245
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1937 and 1938]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 film clip (11 min., 42 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
Scope and Content
Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 8. Most of the film is in black and white but switches to a pinky hue about 3/4 of the way through. The film footage provides views of road travels with the Digney family as they drive around Ontario and into Detroit via the Windsor Bridge.…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1937 and 1938]
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Physical Description
1 film clip (11 min., 42 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
562-003-8
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2014-04
Scope and Content
Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 8. Most of the film is in black and white but switches to a pinky hue about 3/4 of the way through. The film footage provides views of road travels with the Digney family as they drive around Ontario and into Detroit via the Windsor Bridge. Footage includes travels to Niagara Falls and the power plant, the gates of the CNE and the Toronto skyline, a scene in Quebec where the Digney car is being loaded on board a large ship, followed by glimpses of life aboard the oceanliner as the family travels to England. Once in England, the family is seen enjoying a picnic with relatives and the film cuts and ends with a scene of a polo match.
Subjects
Transportation - Ships
Transportation - Automobiles
Names
Digney, Andy
Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
Media Type
Moving Images
Photographer
Digney, Andy
Creator
Digney, Andy
Notes
Title based on contents of film
Images
Video

Travels to Ontario, Quebec and England, [between 1937 and 1938]

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