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Chan Kow Hong with tray of seedlings at Hop-On Farm

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [March 1959] (date of original), copied 2017

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chan Kow Hong wearing a cap and farm boots, standing with tray of seedlings for planting at Hop-On Farm. Farm buildings evident in background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chan Kow Hong wearing a cap and farm boots, standing with tray of seedlings for planting at Hop-On Farm. Farm buildings evident in background.

History: Seedlings were often sprouted in greenhouse in a "starter box" (wooden box with glass over top) before being transferred to field. Josephine Hong was born to Sui Ha Hong and Chan Kow Hong. The Hong Family had seven children, oldest to youngest: Pauline, Josephine, Catherine, Norine, Gary, Darlene, and Marlene. The family runs Hop-On Farm on Marine Drive in Burnaby. Many Hong family members worked on the farm including Josephine Hong's grandfather, Gay Tim Hong, and uncles. Her great-grandfather was Sui Wing Hong

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Hop On Farms

Geographic Access: Byrne Road

Accession Code: BV017.36.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [March 1959] (date of original), copied 2017

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Related Material: See Oral History Interview-BV020.6.1

Scan Resolution: 800

Scan Date: 12/3/2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Images

Chan Kow Hong with tray of seedlings at Hop-On Farm, [March 1959] (date of original), copied 2017 thumbnail

Western Power and Development Company Application to Erect a Warehouse Plant on Land East of McPherson Avenue and North of Irmin Street (Storage of High Explosive Solvent Material)

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38405

Meeting Date: 21-Jul-1958

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38405

Meeting Date: 21-Jul-1958

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 38405

21-Jul-1958 Meeting Minutes

Application by the B.A. Oil Company for an Easement to Install Crude Oil Pipeline from the Trans Mountain Plant to their New Refinery in Port Moody

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38150

Meeting Date: 17-Mar-1958

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38150

Meeting Date: 17-Mar-1958

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 38150

17-Mar-1958 Meeting Minutes

Application of the BC Electric Company to Establish a Fortification of its Natural Gas System - Plant at Ioco

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38004

Meeting Date: 27-Jan-1958

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38004

Meeting Date: 27-Jan-1958

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

Documents

Report 38004

27-Jan-1958 Meeting Minutes

Parade on Kingsway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway. The photograph was taken looking south, and the Ford Motor Co. plant can be seen in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-756

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway. The photograph was taken looking south, and the Ford Motor Co. plant can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Buildings - Industrial - Factories; Events - Parades

Names: Ford Motor Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Copy negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Parade on Kingsway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway showing four women on the road. The photo was taken looking south, and a vacant lot at Sussex Avenue and Kingsway can be seen in the background. The Ford Motor Co. plant can be seen at the back right.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-760

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway showing four women on the road. The photo was taken looking south, and a vacant lot at Sussex Avenue and Kingsway can be seen in the background. The Ford Motor Co. plant can be seen at the back right.

Subjects: Events - Parades

Names: Ford Motor Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast; Date at top of photograph reads. "Aug 58"

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Pat Loynes

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Pat Loynes standing at the front of 6131 Silver Avenue in the spring of 1958. The Ford Motor Co. plant can be seen in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-251

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Pat Loynes standing at the front of 6131 Silver Avenue in the spring of 1958. The Ford Motor Co. plant can be seen in the background.

Names: Ford Motor Company; Loynes, Pat

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Silver Avenue

Street Address: 6131 Silver Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Pat Loynes, 1958 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Digney film 2 - Plants in sunroom

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1958 and 1964] (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (1 min., 3 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film clip of Andy Digney's plants in his sunroom at the rear of his house on Kaymar Drive.

1 image 1 video

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (1 min., 3 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film clip of Andy Digney's plants in his sunroom at the rear of his house on Kaymar Drive.

Creator: Digney, Andy

Geographic Access: Kaymar Drive

Street Address: 7749 Kaymar Drive

Accession Code: BV019.18.4.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1958 and 1964] (date of original), copied 2019

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film segment; Film segment originates from digitized version of original 8 mm film (See BV019.18.4)

Images

Video

Digney film 2 - Plants in sunroom, [between 1958 and 1964] (date of original), copied 2019

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Appeal of BC Electric Company - Amortization of Gas Plant in the City of Vancouver

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39628

Meeting Date: 21-Oct-1957

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39628

Meeting Date: 21-Oct-1957

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 39628

21-Oct-1957 Meeting Minutes

Offer Made to Timber Preservers Ltd. To Install 8" Water Main from Wiggins Road to Laminating Plant

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39434

Meeting Date: 16-Sep-1957

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39434

Meeting Date: 16-Sep-1957

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

Documents

Report 39434

16-Sep-1957 Meeting Minutes

Offer by Taylor Construction Company to Purchase Gravel Crushing Plant

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39121

Meeting Date: 11-Jun-1957

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39121

Meeting Date: 11-Jun-1957

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

Documents

Report 39121

11-Jun-1957 Meeting Minutes

Application from Kidd Brothers Produce Ltd. To Operate a Poultry Killing Plant at 2534 Trapp Road

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38834

Meeting Date: 25-Feb-1957

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38834

Meeting Date: 25-Feb-1957

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 38834

25-Feb-1957 Meeting Minutes

Application of the Dominion Bridge Company Limited to Erect Footings for their Proposed Plant Extension at Boundary Road and Lougheed Highway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38823

Meeting Date: 18-Feb-1957

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38823

Meeting Date: 18-Feb-1957

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 38823

18-Feb-1957 Meeting Minutes

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 10, 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.6 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.'s paper converting plant. Three labourers are at work. There are piles of packages labeled "3 LB" and "7 LB."

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 10, 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.6 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 094-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.'s paper converting plant. Three labourers are at work. There are piles of packages labeled "3 LB" and "7 LB."

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Mills; Industries - Pulp and Paper; Occupations - Labourers

Names: MacMillan Bloedel Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Cash, Jack

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp and annotation on back of cardboard reads, "MacMillan and Bloedel Limited / Date Jun 10 1957 / Subject(s) Paper Converting"; Stamp on back of cardboard reads, "Photo by Jack Cash Photographic Studios / 1629 Marine Drive, North Vancouver, B.C. / Please credit when used for Publicity or Editorial Reproduction. / Must not be copied unless specified on invoice. / Print No. 9446, Date June 11 1957"

Images

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., June 10, 1957 thumbnail

Lenkurt Electric Company

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of aerial view of the Lenkurt Electric Company at 6960 Lougheed Highway (later renumbered 7018 Lougheed Highway). A sign on the top of the building reads, "Lenkurt." An information sheet from the Company Relation Division of Lenkurt attached to the back of the photograph reads, "Aerial…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 099-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of aerial view of the Lenkurt Electric Company at 6960 Lougheed Highway (later renumbered 7018 Lougheed Highway). A sign on the top of the building reads, "Lenkurt." An information sheet from the Company Relation Division of Lenkurt attached to the back of the photograph reads, "Aerial view of a 34,000 square foot building including a 19,000 square foot extension to the existing 15,000 square foot plant of Lenkurt Electric Co. of Canada Ltd. in North Burnaby, B.C., as at May 10th, 1957. / The building is situated on 20 acres of land and faces north onto Lougheed Highway."

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots; Buildings - Industrial

Names: Lenkurt Electric Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Commercial Illustrators Industrial Photographers

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp and annotation on back of photograph reads, "TA. 8817 / Commerical Illustrators / Industrial Photographers / 601 Denman St., Vancouver 5, B.C. / File No. 1080-1"

Geographic Access: Lougheed Highway

Street Address: 7018 Lougheed Highway

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Government Road Area

Images

Lenkurt Electric Company, [1957] thumbnail

Michael Loynes holding a line of fish

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 1957 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Michael Loynes holding a line of fish at the side of 6131 Silver Avenue. The Ford Motor Co. plant can be seen in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 1957 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-250

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Michael Loynes holding a line of fish at the side of 6131 Silver Avenue. The Ford Motor Co. plant can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Fishing

Names: Ford Motor Company; Loynes, Michael "Mike"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Silver Avenue

Street Address: 6131 Silver Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Michael Loynes holding a line of fish, October 1957 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Dominion Bridge Company Limited - Burnaby Plant

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 29 Aug. 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : col. lithographic print ; 50.5 x 84 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a fire insurance plan of the Dominion Bridge Company Burnaby Plant located on the east side of Boundary Road near Lougheed Highway. The plan is in two sheets mounted on a backing board. The buildings are located and colour coded. The plan includes profiles of the buildings. Title o…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : col. lithographic print ; 50.5 x 84 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:960]

Scope and Content: Item consists of a fire insurance plan of the Dominion Bridge Company Burnaby Plant located on the east side of Boundary Road near Lougheed Highway. The plan is in two sheets mounted on a backing board. The buildings are located and colour coded. The plan includes profiles of the buildings. Title on plan reads "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY, LIMITED / "BURNABY PLANT" / Burnaby, B.C.". The site plan was surveyed by C. L. Schwaab Jr.

History: Dominion Bridge Company was a major enterprise in Burnaby operating from the 1930 until the mid 1970s. Dominion Bridge constructed steel structures ranging from portions of the Golden Gate and Lions Gate Bridges to holding tanks for pulp mills. Beginning in the mid-1970s, unused areas of the site were used for filming on a temporary basis and in 1987 the site was established as a dedicated studio production facility named Bridge Studios.

Creator: Schwabb, C.L. Jr.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Factories

Names: Dominion Bridge Company

Responsibility: Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Cos

Geographic Access: Boundary Road

Street Address: 2400 Boundary Road

Accession Code: BV015.10.1

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 29 Aug. 1957

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-28

Notes: Title based on contents of plan; Scale on plan reads "1 inch = 80 ft / By V. Pitkin"; Identfication information in bottom right corner of plan reads: "FACTORY MUTUAL ENGINEERING DIVISION / Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Cos. / Norwood, Mass. / SERIAl 47330 / Replacing 35238 / INDEX 3994"