72 records – page 1 of 4.

1st Annual Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show photographs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91570
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 1969
Collection/Fonds
Doreen Lawson fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
13 photographs : col. ; 9 cm x 12.5 cm and smaller
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs of the first annual Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show. Photographs depict various exhibitors' displays, including the BC Nursery Trade Society, Planned Parenthood, Board of Parks and Public Recreation (City of Vancouver), and Burnaby Parks and Recreation.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 1969
Collection/Fonds
Doreen Lawson fonds
Physical Description
13 photographs : col. ; 9 cm x 12.5 cm and smaller
Description Level
File
Record No.
605-006
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-30
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs of the first annual Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show. Photographs depict various exhibitors' displays, including the BC Nursery Trade Society, Planned Parenthood, Board of Parks and Public Recreation (City of Vancouver), and Burnaby Parks and Recreation.
Subjects
Ceremonies
Plants - Flowers
Officials - Alderman and Councillors
Names
Lawson, Doreen A.
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Brandson, Lloyd S.
Knudson, Art
Notes
Title based on contents of photographs
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph 605-006-1 reads: "Burnaby Centennial Committee / 25.00 / Doug Earlaw"
Note in pencil on verso of photographs 605-006-3 : 605-006-6 reads: "Lloyd. S. Brandson / [address] / [phone]
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph 605-006-7 reads: ""Golden Sunset" / Art Knudson / [address] / [phone]"
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph 605-006-13 reads: "Art Knudson / [contact information
Images
Less detail

3rd Annual Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show photographs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91569
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 1969
Collection/Fonds
Doreen Lawson fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
5 photographs : col. ; 9 cm x 11 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs of the third annual Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show awards ceremony. Photographs depict Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society President Doreen Lawson, Show Chairman Lloyd Smith, and an unidentified man giving speeches to the crowd of attendees.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 1969
Collection/Fonds
Doreen Lawson fonds
Physical Description
5 photographs : col. ; 9 cm x 11 cm
Description Level
File
Record No.
605-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-30
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs of the third annual Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show awards ceremony. Photographs depict Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society President Doreen Lawson, Show Chairman Lloyd Smith, and an unidentified man giving speeches to the crowd of attendees.
Subjects
Ceremonies
Plants - Flowers
Officials - Alderman and Councillors
Names
Lawson, Doreen A.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photographs
Stamp on verso of photographs 605-005-1 and 605-005-5 reads: "Gai paree Supper Club Ltd. / [Contact information]"
Images
Less detail

Agricultural Exhibit

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34530
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1909]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby's Agricultural Exhibit at New Westminster showing a display of vegetables, fruit, flowers, plants, and trees inside of a building.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1909]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.2 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
041-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby's Agricultural Exhibit at New Westminster showing a display of vegetables, fruit, flowers, plants, and trees inside of a building.
Subjects
Agriculture - Crops
Exhibitions - Agricultural
Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
Plants - Flowers
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Alvin Helmersen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45192
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1966, published July 22, 1966
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alvin Helmersen the winner of a $500 Food Technology Scholarship from Kelly Douglas & Co. Ltd. At the time, he was working in process control at Nabob's Burnaby plant for the summer, and returning to fourth year studies at UBC in the fall.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1966, published July 22, 1966
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 12 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-088
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alvin Helmersen the winner of a $500 Food Technology Scholarship from Kelly Douglas & Co. Ltd. At the time, he was working in process control at Nabob's Burnaby plant for the summer, and returning to fourth year studies at UBC in the fall.
Names
Helmersen, Alvin
Kelly Douglas and Company
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Williams Brothers Photographers Limited
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

The "Back Lane"

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91858
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1965
Collection/Fonds
Small family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 cm x 9.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the back lane between Dominion Street and Norfolk Street. The lane is filled with trees, including a large cedar tree (centre) and cherry tree (left). The photograph was taken looking east along the lane. In 1965-66 the lane was put through from Douglas Road to Royal Oak and the tr…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1965
Collection/Fonds
Small family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 cm x 9.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
620-039
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2017-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of the back lane between Dominion Street and Norfolk Street. The lane is filled with trees, including a large cedar tree (centre) and cherry tree (left). The photograph was taken looking east along the lane. In 1965-66 the lane was put through from Douglas Road to Royal Oak and the trees and undergrowth were removed.
Subjects
Plants - Trees
Geographic Features - Lanes
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from donor's notes
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P.2"
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Old Cedar Tree - chopped down for alley - Fall - 1965"
Caption on border of recto of photograph reads: "Dec"
Geographic Access
Dominion Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Ardingley-Sprott Area
Images
Less detail

Barnet Neighbourhood

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark747
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1905-1924
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1905-1924
Heritage Value
The original Barnet mill burned down in 1909 after a dramatic explosion in the boiler house. The company rebuilt a new plant, considered a model of mill construction. The company's timber was towed down the Pacific in huge rafts containing about 400,000 to 500,000 board feet. Mill capacity during a 10-hour day was 150,000 board feet with an amazing annual output of 50 million feet.
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
Less detail

Brentwood Neighbourhood

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark780
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1955-2008
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1955-2008
Heritage Value
Between 1955 and 2001, the Brentwood Neighbourhood developed into one of Burnaby's four official Town Centres. The Brentwood Town Centre serves the north-west sector of the Municipality, providing facilities such as commercial developments - of which the Brentwood Mall is the most significant. Under Burnaby's Residential Development Framework adopted by Council in 1981, the Town Centre also incorporated a full range of multi-housing types and forms in close relationship with their commercial facilities. In 1996, the City adopted the Brentwood Town Centre Development Plant to solidify the area as a focus of higher-density and higher-intensity residential and commercial opportunities, public transit and supporting leisure facilities.
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
Less detail

Brunette River

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34774
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.6 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Brunette River.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Gerald Davy subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.6 x 17.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
133-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1985-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Brunette River.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Rivers
Plants - Trees
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Davy, Gerald
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Brunette River
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Lake Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
Less detail

Brunette River

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34777
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.1 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Brunette River.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Gerald Davy subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.1 x 12.6 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
133-008
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1985-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Brunette River.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Rivers
Plants - Trees
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Davy, Gerald
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Brunette River
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Lake Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
Less detail

Brunette River

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34780
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.0 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Brunette River.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Gerald Davy subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.0 x 12.6 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
133-011
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1985-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Brunette River.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Rivers
Plants - Trees
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Davy, Gerald
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Brunette River
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Lake Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
Less detail

Brunette River

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34782
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.0 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Brunette River.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Gerald Davy subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.0 x 12.6 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
133-013
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1985-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Brunette River.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Rivers
Plants - Trees
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Davy, Gerald
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Brunette River
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Lake Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
Less detail

Brunette River in the winter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34776
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.6 x 11.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Brunette River in the winter.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Gerald Davy subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.6 x 11.8 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
133-007
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1985-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Brunette River in the winter.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Rivers
Plants - Trees
Natural Phenomena - Snow
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Davy, Gerald
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Stamped on back of photograph: "Rotograph D."
Geographic Access
Brunette River
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Lake Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
Less detail

Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91565
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1971
Collection/Fonds
Doreen Lawson fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
3 photographs : col. and b&w ; 9 cm x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs of the Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society. Two photographs depict flower show displays while the other depicts Doreen Lawson posing with four unidentified individuals in front of a garden. One of the individuals is holding a shovel.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1971
Collection/Fonds
Doreen Lawson fonds
Physical Description
3 photographs : col. and b&w ; 9 cm x 12.5 cm
Description Level
File
Record No.
605-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-30
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs of the Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society. Two photographs depict flower show displays while the other depicts Doreen Lawson posing with four unidentified individuals in front of a garden. One of the individuals is holding a shovel.
Subjects
Ceremonies
Plants - Flowers
Officials - Alderman and Councillors
Names
Lawson, Doreen A.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Title based on contents of photographs
Separated from file MSS071-010
Handwritten note on verso of 605-004-1 reads: "Lao [?] Clark"
Images
Less detail

Burnaby Substation

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36541
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[September 1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company's Burnaby Substation that was built in 1903 and put into operation to receive and distribute power from the B.C.E.R. Buntzen Lake power dam. The electric lines came across the inlet at Barnet, along the Barnet-Hastings Road to S…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[September 1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
John DeForest subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
293-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-30
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company's Burnaby Substation that was built in 1903 and put into operation to receive and distribute power from the B.C.E.R. Buntzen Lake power dam. The electric lines came across the inlet at Barnet, along the Barnet-Hastings Road to Sperling Avenue (built for this project and called Pole Line Road) and then south to this site at the corner of Griffiths and the old Central Park interurban line (later this section was called the Highland Park line). This substation was constructed to convert the alternating current being delivered from the Buntzen power plant to direct current for the operation of the tram cars operating on the Central Park interurban route. The new brick substation replaced the wood fed steam powered 1891 Powerhouse that operated south of this site, across the tracks until its closure on May 31,1905. It was demolised in the late 1920s. This brick substation originally known as the Burnaby Substation, eventually became known as the Newell Substation. The original brick building was replaced by a new structure in 1930, which was demolished in the 1960s in favour of the open field substation that continues to operate on the same site today at 7260 Griffiths Avenue.
Subjects
Buildings - Industrial - Powerhouses
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Griffiths Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Stride Avenue Area
Images
Less detail

Centennial Planting

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription89115
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1967
Collection/Fonds
Doreen Lawson fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 mounted on board 19 x 21.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of "Centennial Planting" event held at Brentwood Shopping Centre. Mr. D. Haywood and Doreen Lawson stand alongside a Rhododendron bush. On August 22, 1966, Burnaby Municipal Council with recommendation from the Burnaby Parks and Recreation Commission adopted the Rhododendron as the offi…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1967
Collection/Fonds
Doreen Lawson fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 mounted on board 19 x 21.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
605-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-30
Scope and Content
Photograph of "Centennial Planting" event held at Brentwood Shopping Centre. Mr. D. Haywood and Doreen Lawson stand alongside a Rhododendron bush. On August 22, 1966, Burnaby Municipal Council with recommendation from the Burnaby Parks and Recreation Commission adopted the Rhododendron as the official flower of Burnaby.
Subjects
Plants - Flowers
Names
Lawson, Doreen A.
Haywood, D.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on photograph
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Brentwood_Shopping_Centre_Association / 1000_Brentwood / 4567_Lougheed_Highway / Burnaby_BC"
Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "May_67 / Centennial_planting / 100_[?] / Mr._D._Haywood / Mrs_Lawson"
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
Less detail

Charlie Perkins

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46125
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1968
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w photomontage ; 20 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of World War I veteran Charlie Perkins watching as a "woodsman's saw" cuts down the tree that originally had been spared when the Port Mann freeway was built around it. (Charlie Perkins had planted ivy around the tree in 1920 as a memorial to his fallen comrades in the Royal Canadian Air…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1968
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w photomontage ; 20 x 15 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1013
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of World War I veteran Charlie Perkins watching as a "woodsman's saw" cuts down the tree that originally had been spared when the Port Mann freeway was built around it. (Charlie Perkins had planted ivy around the tree in 1920 as a memorial to his fallen comrades in the Royal Canadian Air Force). A photograph of Charlie Perkins was collaged onto photograph of tree being felled, and then re-photographed to create this seamless montaged photograph.
Subjects
Plants - Trees
Monuments - War Memorials
Persons - Veterans
Names
Perkins, Charlie
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Claude Hill beside a large felled tree

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39517
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1900
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Louis Claude Hill standing by a ladder placed in a ditch. The ladder is leaning against a giant tree upturned by the roots. The ditch appears to be created from uprooting the tree. There is a pile of firewood visible to the right, and a barn to the left in the distance.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1900
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-836
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Louis Claude Hill standing by a ladder placed in a ditch. The ladder is leaning against a giant tree upturned by the roots. The ditch appears to be created from uprooting the tree. There is a pile of firewood visible to the right, and a barn to the left in the distance.
Subjects
Land Clearing
Plants - Trees
Names
Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Deer Lake Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
Less detail

Cleared land

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription462
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[190-](date of original), copied 1978
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the cleared land which appears to be the Sprott family property. There are stumps and felled trees on the lot. Across a small dirt road and behind a wooden fence, the Haszard house is visible to the extreme right of the photograph.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the cleared land which appears to be the Sprott family property. There are stumps and felled trees on the lot. Across a small dirt road and behind a wooden fence, the Haszard house is visible to the extreme right of the photograph.
Subjects
Land Clearing
Plants - Trees
Geographic Access
Canada Way
Accession Code
HV978.1.16
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[190-](date of original), copied 1978
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-08-01
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Digney film 2 - Plants in sunroom

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10641
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.
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

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

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2019_0018_0004_010.mp4
Less detail

Dr. William & Ruth Baldwin House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark534
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
The Dr. William & Ruth Baldwin House is a two-storey modern post-and-beam structure, located on the southern shore of Deer Lake in Burnaby's Deer Lake Park. The site is steeply sloped, and the main entrance of the house is at the top of the slope facing onto Deer Lake Drive.
Associated Dates
1965
Formal Recognition
Community Heritage Register
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Deer Lake Drive
Associated Dates
1965
Formal Recognition
Community Heritage Register
Enactment Type
Council Resolution
Enactment Date
26/05/2003
Description
The Dr. William & Ruth Baldwin House is a two-storey modern post-and-beam structure, located on the southern shore of Deer Lake in Burnaby's Deer Lake Park. The site is steeply sloped, and the main entrance of the house is at the top of the slope facing onto Deer Lake Drive.
Heritage Value
The Baldwin House is valued as a prime example of Burnaby’s post-Second World War modern heritage and progressive architectural style, as well as for its personal connections to internationally-acclaimed architect, Arthur Erickson. Inspired by the modern domestic idiom established earlier in the twentieth century by Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Neutra, Erickson conceived his architecture as responding directly to the site. A cohesive expression of simple orthogonal lines and ultimate transparency, this structure reduces the idea of post-and-beam West Coast modernism to its most refined elements. A fine example of the evolving talent of Erickson’s earlier work, this house is a landmark modern house in Burnaby and is unique in terms of siting and context. Having just won the 1963 competition for the new Simon Fraser University in Burnaby with his partner, Geoff Massey, and having built fewer than half a dozen homes previously, Erickson’s reputation was growing and his skill as a designer of modern buildings was in great demand. The same year that Erickson/Massey Architects designed SFU, Dr. William Baldwin and his wife, Ruth, personal friends of Erickson, commissioned him to design this house. Erickson was already familiar with the site; as a child he had spent time at this spot when his family visited friends who lived on Deer Lake. Both the Baldwin House and the university were completed in 1965. SFU became internationally famous; the Baldwin House was also considered an architectural success and was recognized in publications of the time. Only a single storey of this two-storey house is visible from the road, as it is built into the hillside in response to its steep site and proximity to Deer Lake. Like many other Erickson designs, this structure was conceived as a pavilion. Constructed of glass and wood, its transparency facilitates visual access to the lake’s edge, acting as an invitation, rather than a barrier, to the landscape. The house blends into the natural surroundings and the site includes other man-made landscape features such as a reflecting pool. As a reaction to the often grey quality of light in the region, Erickson exploits flat planes of water as a source of borrowed light. The refined and purposeful design, transparency, openness of plan and adjacency to the lake combine to give the house a floating appearance at the water's edge. The concept of a floating house set within an accompanying garden was inspired, in part, by the palaces and house boats of Dal Lake in Kashmir and the famed nearby Mughal Gardens. Although Erickson never visited Dal Lake, he travelled extensively throughout India, and specifically mentions the Kashmir reference in relation to this house. There is a rich complexity of other allusions worked into the fabric of the house, unified by a feeling for the conjunction of light, water and land at this special location. Widely renowned as Canada’s most brilliant modern architect, Erickson’s reputation is important to the development and growth of modern architecture in Canada and North America.
Defining Elements
The elements of the Baldwin House that define its character are those materials and details which respond to the location of the building and determine the relation between landscape and building, combining to create a single cohesive site. These include its: - close proximity to water - orthogonal plan and massing, with flat tar-and-gravel roof - stepped down massing orienting the house towards the water - post-and-beam construction, with the width of the beams matched to the width of the posts - wood and glass used as primary building materials - transparency and light achieved by the abundant use of glass - large undivided sheets of single glazing - butt glazed glass corners - abundant and generous balconies, which blur the transition from interior to exterior - horizontal flush cedar siding - use of salvaged brick for chimneys - use of chains as downspouts - built-in rooftop barbeque - built in furniture and fittings dating to the time of construction, such as original hardware, benches, bathroom vanities and kitchen cabinets - landscaped site including reflecting pool, plantings and a dock protruding into the lake
Locality
Deer Lake Park
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Function
Primary Current--Single Dwelling
Primary Historic--Single Dwelling
Community
Burnaby
Cadastral Identifier
P.I.D. No. 011-946-032 and P.I.D. No. 011-946-067
Boundaries
The Baldwin House is comprised of two municipally-owned lots located at 6543 and 6545 Deer Lake Drive, Burnaby.
Area
6,070.20
Contributing Resource
Building
Landscape Feature
Ownership
Public (local)
Other Collection
Canadian Architectural Archives, University of Calgary, Collection: Original Plans No. ERI 4A/76.13
Documentation
Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2
Street Address
6543 Deer Lake Drive
Images
Less detail

72 records – page 1 of 4.