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![Ontario Place - Toronto, Ontario, [1969] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2013/2013_0012_0074_001.jpg?width=280)
Ontario Place - Toronto, Ontario
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3717
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1969]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of six men and one woman seated at a dining table. The men include Harold Winch and the Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon, a member of Indian Parliament; the woman is identified in photograph BV013.12.50 as Jean McPherson, CPA (Commonwealth Parliamentary Association) official.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of six men and one woman seated at a dining table. The men include Harold Winch and the Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon, a member of Indian Parliament; the woman is identified in photograph BV013.12.50 as Jean McPherson, CPA (Commonwealth Parliamentary Association) official.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.74
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1969]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See photograph BV013.12.51.
- Photographer
- Inn Studios Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "INN STUDIOS LTD. / TORONTO / PHONE / 445-4522 / NEG RE-ORDER No." / "2925-5" (in pencil)
Images
![Ontario Place - Toronto, Ontario, [1969] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2013/2013_0012_0074_001.jpg)
CPR passenger train wreckage in Ontario
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45211
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 21, 1964, published August 21, 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of twisted rails and uprooted railway ties from an accident involving a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train in Ontario. Eight were killed and fifteen were injured when a gravel truck collided with the passenger train and derailed it at a grade crossing near Ottawa. One of the many w…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 21, 1964, published August 21, 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-097
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of twisted rails and uprooted railway ties from an accident involving a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train in Ontario. Eight were killed and fifteen were injured when a gravel truck collided with the passenger train and derailed it at a grade crossing near Ottawa. One of the many wounded was Burnaby school teacher; sculpture and painter Jack Hardman.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- United Press International (UPI) Radio Telephoto
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Luncheon reception by the Speaker of the Ontario Legislature, [195-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2013/2013_0012_0047_001.jpg?width=280)
Luncheon reception by the Speaker of the Ontario Legislature
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3690
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [195-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of guests at a reception held by the Ontario Legislture. Harold Winch has been identified by an arrow.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of guests at a reception held by the Ontario Legislture. Harold Winch has been identified by an arrow.
- Subjects
- Government - Provincial Government
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.47
- Date
- [195-?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
![Luncheon reception by the Speaker of the Ontario Legislature, [195-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2013/2013_0012_0047_001.jpg)
![Ontario Liquor Store, [between 1880 and 1899] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1974/1974_0130_0056_001.jpg?width=280)
Ontario Liquor Store
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3061
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1899]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w tintype ; 10.6 x 13.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an L shaped building with a flat front. Letters on the front of the store read, "Ontario Liquor Store / Grocery / Tailor." Four men are standing near the store on the boardwalk, three boys are sitting, and a woman is standing on the boardwalk leaning against the fence on the far lef…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w tintype ; 10.6 x 13.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an L shaped building with a flat front. Letters on the front of the store read, "Ontario Liquor Store / Grocery / Tailor." Four men are standing near the store on the boardwalk, three boys are sitting, and a woman is standing on the boardwalk leaning against the fence on the far left. As is normal for most tintypes, the image appears reversed, left to right. (Few tintype cameras included a mirror or prism that made the image appear 'right way round').
- History
- From Denby Bros. Shoe Store at 163 West Pender in Vancouver. Stafford Ague Denby (1882-1957) started peddling shoe findings in 1918 around Vancouver to repair shops around town from the back of an old Ford. Two of his brothers, William Albert (1873-1947) and Melvin Stanley (1879-1953) joined him in 1919 to form Denby Bros & Co. Ltd Leather and Shoe Findings at 163 West Pender. William Gordon Pope started helping out in the shoe store at the age of 10. He eventually ran the store with his cousin, Pat Denby (son of William A. Denby) starting in the 1950s. The store closed in 1974.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial - Stores
- Accession Code
- HV974.130.56
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1899]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Ontario Liquor Store, [between 1880 and 1899] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1974/1974_0130_0056_001.jpg)
![Ontario Place, [1969?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2013/2013_0012_0051_001.jpg?width=280)
Ontario Place
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3694
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1969?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a construction site at Ontario Place including five men and one woman. The men include Harold Winch and Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon, a member of Indian Parliament; the woman is identified as "Jean McPherson, CPA official." CPA most likely refers to the Commonwealth Parliamenta…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a construction site at Ontario Place including five men and one woman. The men include Harold Winch and Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon, a member of Indian Parliament; the woman is identified as "Jean McPherson, CPA official." CPA most likely refers to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
- Subjects
- Government - Federal Government
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.51
- Date
- [1969?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See photograph BV013.12.74.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
![Ontario Place, [1969?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2013/2013_0012_0051_001.jpg)
![Travels to Ontario, Quebec and England, [between 1937 and 1938] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-8.jpg?width=280)
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.
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
Images
![Travels to Ontario, Quebec and England, [between 1937 and 1938] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-8.jpg)
Video
Travels to Ontario, Quebec and England, [between 1937 and 1938]
Travels to Ontario, Quebec and England, [between 1937 and 1938]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-8.m4vCertification of Margaret Giles birth certificate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20360
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a certified document from Province of Ontario certifying a copy of Margaret Iona Giles Love's birth certificate.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p.
- Material Details
- small copy of birth certificate attached to certified document
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a certified document from Province of Ontario certifying a copy of Margaret Iona Giles Love's birth certificate.
- Creator
- Province Of Ontario
- Accession Code
- BV023.24.7
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1951
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
![Sambo's Pancake House, [196-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/201-001.jpg?width=280)
Sambo's Pancake House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35138
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [196-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the exterior and parking lot of Sambo's Pancake House, Kingsway. Printed on the top of the front of the postcard is "Sambo's Pancake House," and a sign on the building read's "Sambo's." Written on the back of the postcard: "Please surrender this card for 10% discount on you…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [196-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 201-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1987-10
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the exterior and parking lot of Sambo's Pancake House, Kingsway. Printed on the top of the front of the postcard is "Sambo's Pancake House," and a sign on the building read's "Sambo's." Written on the back of the postcard: "Please surrender this card for 10% discount on your next visit to Sambo's, 5550 Kingsway, Burnaby. Offer good until Feb. 28th, 1969. Your host Sambo's."
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
- Names
- Sambo's Pancake House
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 5550 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
Images
![Sambo's Pancake House, [196-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/201-001.jpg)
Interview with John Gordon Davis November 21, 2002 - Tape 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13082
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1940-1989] (interview content), November 21, 2002 (interview date), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (50 min., 53 sec)
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. Mabel is interviewing Gordon as part of a research project to provide background information to the Burnaby Village Museum who are accepting a donation of Gordon's wife Anne's World War I…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (50 min., 53 sec)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Mabel F. Nichols and husband Jack Nichols Interviewee: John Gordon Davis Location of Interview: New Westminster Interview Date: November 21, 2002 Total Number of tracks: 2 (side A & B of audio cassette) Total Length of all Tracks: 50 min., 53 sec.
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. Mabel is interviewing Gordon as part of a research project to provide background information to the Burnaby Village Museum who are accepting a donation of Gordon's wife Anne's World War II nursing uniform. Gordon provides background information on his family history and describes his experiences while serving overseas during World War II (WWII) including his experiences as a radar operator and working at a military air squadron repair depot. Gordon also provides biographical information about his wife Anne Davis (nee Williams) and her experiences serving as a military nurse during WWII and their life in Burnaby. Interviewer, Mabel and Jack Nichols also provide anecdotal stories about their own life in Burnaby during the interview. Track 1 - Side A (30:34) 00:00 - 30:34 Interview opens with discussion between interviewer Mabel F. Nichols and Gordon Davis about his wife, Anne Davis' experience working in the nursing corps. Mr. Davis provides background information about working in mining between 1933 and 1940 before training in Ontario to become a radar operator during World War II. Gordon also describes his parents origins and how they moved to Burnaby in 1940 while Gordon headed off to Nova Scotia to serve with the RCAF. Gordon also shares information about his sister Anne Davis who married George L. Davis from Kirkland Lake and how they lived with Gordon's parents in the auto court in Burnaby. He tells of how George L. Davis worked for Dominion Bridge Co. and later as a meat cutter for Safeway near 6th Avenue and Kingsway in Burnaby. Mabel shares her own husband Jack's experiences growing up in Burnaby as the son of butcher, George Nichols, his career as a deisel mechanic and later in the GVRD Engineering Department. Gordon shares that his father, Gilbert died in 1957 and his mother Elizabeth died in 1968 and his older sister Ruth died in 1990. Gordon recollects his wedding day and honeymoon in North Wales in 1945 with his wife Anne. Track 2 - Side B (29:19) 00:00 - 14:37 Gordon continues with his recollections about his wedding and honeymoon in North Wales in 1945. The interviewers, Mabel and Jack discuss the geography of the area sharing their own experiences travelling in 1981 and try to get an idea of where Gordon and his wife were married. They agree that the place was Llandudno. He tells of signing up for another year of Military Service since his wife was still serving in the nursing corps. and describes working North of London at a Military facility to repair aircraft including mosquito bombers. 14:38 - 21: 53 Gordon shares information about working in the Middle East in 1943 while his wife Anne survived the bombing of the Dutch passenger ship, the Marnix that she was travelling on. Gordon tells of how Anne couldn't swim but had a life jacket on and was picked up by a life boat. Anne corresponded with Gordon to let him know that she was alright but had to be cryptic since all letters were censored. Gordon tells of how Anne then travelled to India. Interviewer, Mabel, speaks of her own brother Bill who was picked up in Gibralter and taken to England. 21:54 - 26:18 Gordon recollects first meeting his wife Anne in London and the bombing that occurred during WWII. He tells of how Anne trained as a midwife at the Royal College of Midwives in Yorkshire and how he attended Radio college in Ontario. 26:19- 29:19 Gordon speaks about his experience travelling east on the Queen Mary in World War II and how full the ship was. He says that they were 30 days at sea from May to June in 1942.
- History
- Interviewee biography: John Gordon Davis was born to Elizabeth Ann Vert (nee Eyres) and Gilbert Davis on September 13, 1913 in North Cobalt, Ontario. Gordon was the second youngest of six children. After graduating from high school he attended Radio College in Toronto. He spent two years prior to World War II working in radio on British ships. In 1940, after retiring, his parents moved to British Columbia. They purchased the Flowerland Auto Court in 1941 at 4212 Douglas Road, Burnaby. During this time, Gordon moved to Ontario and sought employment in radio range stations that were dealing with new technology throughout Europe. He joined the RCAF in 1941. While in London, in May of 1941, he met his future wife Anne Williams. In World War II, Anne served as a nurse in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Army Nursing Corps. In November 1943, Anne survived the bombing of the Dutch passenger ship, SS Marnix while it sailed in a convoy from England to the Mediterranean. Gordon did many tours throughout the Middle East, Turkey, Egypt, Italy, the Battle of the Bulge, Sarnia before he was known as “surplus to requirement”. Since Anne was still in the nursing corps, Gordon signed on for another year and was sent north of London to a Repair Squadron where he worked on operational repairs of Mosquito bombers which were manufactured in Canada. Anne and Gordon continued their correspondence and eventually married in North Wales on January 23, 1945. Gordon was shipped back to Canada in October of 1945 and moved in with his parents at their auto court on Douglas Road in Burnaby. Anne joined Gordon in Burnaby in April 1946 when her mission was completed. Anne packed up her things in a large trunk that she addressed to Gordon’s parents on Douglas Road. Gordon moved around British Columbia in his work for BC Electric and eventually retired with HB Contracting Ltd. in Surrey working on the BC pipeline between 1953 and 1954. In the late 1950s, Gordon and Anne purchased a home in Burnaby at 1508 6th Street (now 7591 6th Street) which they lived in until 1984. In 1985, Anne and Gordon sold their house in Burnaby and moved to Hyack House in New Westminster. Anne Davis died in 1989 at the age of 76 years. Gordon's father, Gilbert died in 1957 and his mother Elizabeth Ann Verta died in 1968. Interviewer biography: Mabel F. Nichols (nee Lawrence) was one of six children born in Hope [ca.1932] to Elmer E. Lawrence and Louise (nee Pennier). Elmer and Louise married in Yale B.C. in 1916. Mabel’s mother, Louise Pennier was part of the Sts'ailes Nation (Chehalis First Nation). Elmer and Louise had three sons and three daughters. Both of Mabel’s parents died in Langley in 1960. Mabel married Jack (John) Nichols [between 1959 and 1960]. They lived at 6004 Wilson Street, Burnaby in 1959; 4910 Willingdon Avenue [between 1960 and 1962] and 4662 Hazel Street [between 1963 and 1987] before moving to Surrey. Jack Nichols' parents, George and Alma Nichols owned and operated Nichols Family Meat Market at 4018 Kingsway (later renumbered 4500 Kingsway). The family lived behind the butcher shop.
- Names
- Davis, John Gordon "Gordon"
- Davis, Anne Williams
- Davis, Gilbert
- Nichols, Mabel F. Lawrence
- Nichols Family Meat Market
- Accession Code
- BV005.37.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1940-1989] (interview content), November 21, 2002 (interview date), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of sound recording
- Recording is closed due to poor sound quality
- See also: Anne Davis' (nee Williams) WWII nursing uniform- BV003.15.10 & BV03.15.11 & BV003.15.12
Charles Burkman on his cross Canada trip
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1379
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- April 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles Burkman in boots, jacket and cap walking along a railway track with a long tool in his hands sometime between April 6 (when he was passing by Port Arthur, ON) and April 16 (when he was passing by Ignace Ontario) during his cross Canada trip from Halifax to Vancouver.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles Burkman in boots, jacket and cap walking along a railway track with a long tool in his hands sometime between April 6 (when he was passing by Port Arthur, ON) and April 16 (when he was passing by Ignace Ontario) during his cross Canada trip from Halifax to Vancouver.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Names
- Burkman, Charles
- Accession Code
- BV999.8.93
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- April 1921
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue point pen on verso of photograph reads: "Cross Country Hike Jan - June/ Between 1921 - April 6, (Port Arthur) Thunder/ Bay, Ontario/ and/ 1921 April 16, Ignace, Ontario"
Images
Bus drivers in a parking lot
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3621
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of 5 bus drivers in a parking lot, likely in Ontario. From the left are Harry Eade, Art Egan, Bob Straw, Edra McLeod, and Vilma "Vi" Westerholm. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from t…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of 5 bus drivers in a parking lot, likely in Ontario. From the left are Harry Eade, Art Egan, Bob Straw, Edra McLeod, and Vilma "Vi" Westerholm. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.
- Accession Code
- BV011.60.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1973
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- MacLeod, John Archy "Archie"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp in red ink on slide frame reads: "4_SEP73V2"
Images
![Edgar Elliott and his father in a buggy, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1973/1973_0037_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Edgar Elliott and his father in a buggy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription987
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.0 x 9.7 cm mounted on cardboard 11.5 x 16.0 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edgar Elliot and his father riding in a buggy. The boy and the bearded man, both dressed in suits and hats, are riding a buggy drawn by two white horses. They are stopped by a fence running by a field. The record also notes that the location is near Wawanesa, Ontario, and the famil…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.0 x 9.7 cm mounted on cardboard 11.5 x 16.0 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edgar Elliot and his father riding in a buggy. The boy and the bearded man, both dressed in suits and hats, are riding a buggy drawn by two white horses. They are stopped by a fence running by a field. The record also notes that the location is near Wawanesa, Ontario, and the family were old Empire Loyalists stock in Ontario.
- Names
- Elliot, Edgar
- Accession Code
- HV973.37.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1905]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-09
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Edgar Elliott and his father in a buggy, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1973/1973_0037_0001_001.jpg)
Four men in a parking lot
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3620
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men in a parking lot, likely in Ontario. From the left is Cliff Cranswick, an unknown man, Gordon Robertson, and Art Egan. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men in a parking lot, likely in Ontario. From the left is Cliff Cranswick, an unknown man, Gordon Robertson, and Art Egan. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.
- Accession Code
- BV011.60.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1973
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- MacLeod, John Archy "Archie"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp in red ink on slide frame reads: "3_SEP73V2"
Images
Interview with Gordon Davis - November 21, 2002 - Tape 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13083
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- November 21, 2002 (interview content), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (29 min., 8 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Recording is the second part of an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. In this segment of the interview, Gordon provides more background information about his wife Anne while, interviewer Mabel, explains to Gordon how she came about discov…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (29 min., 8 sec.)
- Material Details
- Side A of audio cassette
- Scope and Content
- Recording is the second part of an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. In this segment of the interview, Gordon provides more background information about his wife Anne while, interviewer Mabel, explains to Gordon how she came about discovering Anne's trunk and old nursing uniform. She explains how the information that he provides will benefit the Burnaby Village Museum who are accepting the uniform into their collection. 00:00 - 4:55 Gordon shares information about serving in the Middle East during WWII and the Dresden bombing raids. He provides biographical information about Anne and her siblings. 4:46 - 06:41 Poor audio quality- hard to discern content from Interviewee- Gordon Davis. 06:42 - 08: Gordon talks more about Anne and how he was attracted to her. 08:37-22:26 Interviewer, Mabel Nichols explains how this interview with Gordon will assist in providing provenance to Anne's uniform that is being donated to the Burnaby Village Museum. Mabel describes how she discovered the uniform in a trunk that Anne shipped from England to Burnaby in 1946. The trunk was addressed to, "Mrs. A. Davis, 4212 Douglas Road, New Westminster". Years later, the trunk was discovered by a friend of hers with Mabel's uniform and hat inside. 22:27-29:08 Mabel shares her own life experiences living in the Fraser Canyon while Gordon recollects some of his own experiences during the war. Mabel reads from the notes that she has created from her interview with Gordon. Gordon provides more details as needed. Mabel shares information about her brother, Bill who was wounded in World War II.
- History
- Interviewee biography: John Gordon Davis was born to Elizabeth Ann Vert (nee Eyres) and Gilbert Davis on September 13, 1913 in North Cobalt, Ontario. Gordon was the second youngest of six children. After graduating from high school he attended Radio College in Toronto. He spent two years prior to World War II working in radio on British ships. In 1940, after retiring, his parents moved to British Columbia. They purchased the Flowerland Auto Court in 1941 at 4212 Douglas Road, Burnaby. During this time, Gordon moved to Ontario and sought employment in radio range stations that were dealing with new technology throughout Europe. He joined the RCAF in 1941. While in London, in May of 1941, he met his future wife Anne Williams. In World War II, Anne served as a nurse in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Army Nursing Corps. In November 1943, Anne survived the bombing of the Dutch passenger ship, SS Marnix while it sailed in a convoy from England to the Mediterranean. Gordon did many tours throughout the Middle East, Turkey, Egypt, Italy, the Battle of the Bulge, Sarnia before he was known as “surplus to requirement”. Since Anne was still in the nursing corps, Gordon signed on for another year and was sent north of London to a Repair Squadron where he worked on operational repairs of Mosquito bombers which were manufactured in Canada. Anne and Gordon continued their correspondence and eventually married in North Wales on January 23, 1945. Gordon was shipped back to Canada in October of 1945 and moved in with his parents at their auto court on Douglas Road in Burnaby. Anne joined Gordon in Burnaby in April 1946 when her mission was completed. Anne packed up her things in a large trunk that she addressed to Gordon’s parents on Douglas Road. Gordon moved around British Columbia in his work for BC Electric and eventually retired with HB Contracting Ltd. in Surrey working on the BC pipeline between 1953 and 1954. In the late 1950s, Gordon and Anne purchased a home in Burnaby at 1508 6th Street (now 7591 6th Street) which they lived in until 1984. In 1985, Anne and Gordon sold their house in Burnaby and moved to Hyack House in New Westminster. Anne Davis died in 1989 at the age of 76 years. Gordon's father, Gilbert died in 1957 and his mother Elizabeth Ann Verta died in 1968. Interviewer biography: Mabel F. Nichols (nee Lawrence) was one of six children born in Hope [ca.1932] to Elmer E. Lawrence and Louise (nee Pennier). Elmer and Louise married in Yale B.C. in 1916. Mabel’s mother, Louise Pennier was part of the Sts'ailes Nation (Chehalis First Nation). Elmer and Louise had three sons and three daughters. Both of Mabel’s parents died in Langley in 1960. Mabel married Jack (John) Nichols [between 1959 and 1960]. They lived at 6004 Wilson Street, Burnaby in 1959; 4910 Willingdon Avenue [between 1960 and 1962] and 4662 Hazel Street [between 1963 and 1987] before moving to Surrey. Jack Nichol's parents, George and Alma Nichols owned and operated Nichols Family Meat Market at 4018 Kingsway (later renumbered 4500 Kingsway). The family lived behind the butcher shop.
- Accession Code
- BV005.37.2
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- November 21, 2002 (interview content), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of sound recording
- Recording is closed due to poor sound quality
- See also: Anne Davis' (nee Williams) WWII nursing uniform- BV003.15.10 & BV03.15.11 & BV003.15.12
Julia "Jue" Jones Owens and unidentified girl
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82394
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of woman identified as Julia "Jue" Jones Owens with an unidentified girl. Behind them is a train.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 10 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-031
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of woman identified as Julia "Jue" Jones Owens with an unidentified girl. Behind them is a train.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Names
- Owens, Julia "Jue" Jones
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Aunt Jue 1900 / (Ontario)"
- Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Aunt Julia Jones (Owens) / Ontario 1900 abt"
Images
![Portrait of Mrs. William Holmes, [between 1841 and 1860] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/1971_0046_0002_002.jpg?width=280)
Portrait of Mrs. William Holmes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3962
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1841 and 1860]
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 49.5 x 39.5 cm (sight) in frame 75 x 65.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph portrait of Mrs. William Holmes. Portrait could be of either, Mary (Richardson) Holmes who married William Holmes in 1841 or Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes who married William Holmes between 1848 and 1854. Both marriages took place in Huron County, Ontario.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 49.5 x 39.5 cm (sight) in frame 75 x 65.5 cm
- Material Details
- The photograph is a calotype print, which has been enhanced using charcoal and paint.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph portrait of Mrs. William Holmes. Portrait could be of either, Mary (Richardson) Holmes who married William Holmes in 1841 or Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes who married William Holmes between 1848 and 1854. Both marriages took place in Huron County, Ontario.
- History
- Mary (Richardson) Holmes was the first wife of William Holmes and Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes was the second wife of William Holmes of Huron County, Ontario . William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby in 1860.
- Accession Code
- HV971.46.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1841 and 1860]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- Portrait of William Holmes, HV971.46.1
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Portrait of Mrs. William Holmes, [between 1841 and 1860] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/1971_0046_0002_002.jpg)
Archie MacLeod with his bus
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3635
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Archy "Archie" MacLeod standing with a bus. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Archy "Archie" MacLeod standing with a bus. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.
- Accession Code
- BV011.60.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1973
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- MacLeod, John Archy "Archie"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- "John Archy MacLeod" inscribed on the slide mount.
- Stamp in red ink on slide frame reads: "19_SEP73V2"
Images
Archy MacLeod in driver's seat of bus
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3628
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Archy "Archie" MacLeod in the driver's seat of a bus. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Archy "Archie" MacLeod in the driver's seat of a bus. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.
- Accession Code
- BV011.60.9
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1973
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- MacLeod, John Archy "Archie"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note written in blue ink on slide frame reads: "John Archy / MacLeod"
- Stamp in red ink on slide frame reads: "11_SEP73V2"
Images
![Barge at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd., [1947] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0013_001.jpg?width=280)
Barge at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15192
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1947] (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 a barge filled with sawdust docked outside of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in the Burrard Inlet. A loading conveyor is visible in front of the barge. Sawdust chips were transported from the sawmill to pulp mills.
- 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 a barge filled with sawdust docked outside of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in the Burrard Inlet. A loading conveyor is visible in front of the barge. Sawdust chips were transported from the sawmill to pulp mills.
- 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.
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmills Limited
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.13
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1947] (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 62 in book "In the Shadow by the Sea - recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The conveyor that loaded the sawdust chips on to a barge for transport to pulp mills, c. 1940s"
Images
![Barge at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd., [1947] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0013_001.jpg)
![Besant Kaur Siddoo at her kitchen stove, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0002_001.jpg?width=280)
Besant Kaur Siddoo at her kitchen stove
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15181
- 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 Besant Kaur Siddoo (spouse of Kapoor Singh Siddoo) tending the sawdust burner at her kitchen stove. A large galvanized hopper which fed the sawdust to the fire box of the stove is to her left.
- 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 Besant Kaur Siddoo (spouse of Kapoor Singh Siddoo) tending the sawdust burner at her kitchen stove. A large galvanized hopper which fed the sawdust to the fire box of the stove is to her left.
- 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
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.2
- 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 in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea - recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "Mrs. Kapoor Siddoo tending the sawdust burner at her kitchen stove. Note the hopper which fed the sawdust to the fire box of the stove. c. 1940s"
Images
![Besant Kaur Siddoo at her kitchen stove, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0002_001.jpg)