"Plants" found 45 records | Heritage Burnaby

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.

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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

Alvin Helmersen, 1966, published July 22, 1966 thumbnail

The "Back Lane"

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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…

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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

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Betty Massey and cannas plant

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1953] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large cannas plant in the garden at Robert Burnaby Park. The woman standing to the right of the cannas plant may be one of James Massey's daughters.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1953] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 581-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2014-34

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large cannas plant in the garden at Robert Burnaby Park. The woman standing to the right of the cannas plant may be one of James Massey's daughters.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Gardens

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

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Betty Massey and cannas plant, [between 1949 and 1953] (date of original), copied 2014 thumbnail

Betty with cannas plant

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Betty Massey standing next to a cannas plant in the garden of Robert Burnaby Park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 581-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2014-34

Scope and Content: Photograph of Betty Massey standing next to a cannas plant in the garden of Robert Burnaby Park.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Gardens

Names: Massey, Betty

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

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Cannas plant

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1953] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large cannas plant in the garden at Robert Burnaby Park. James Massey worked as the caretaker of Robert Burnaby Park and created extensive gardens with inspiration from his brother who was the caretaker of Queens Park in Vancouver.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1953] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 581-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2014-34

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large cannas plant in the garden at Robert Burnaby Park. James Massey worked as the caretaker of Robert Burnaby Park and created extensive gardens with inspiration from his brother who was the caretaker of Queens Park in Vancouver.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Gardens

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying was also digitized

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

Images

Cannas plant, [between 1950 and 1953] (date of original), copied 2014 thumbnail

Centennial Planting

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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…

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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

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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

Charlie Perkins

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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…

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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

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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.

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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)

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Video

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

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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"

Family house and lot

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1950]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family home and lot full of flowering trees. The house is believed to be the Dickie family home.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1950]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Grace Dickie subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 215-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1989-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family home and lot full of flowering trees. The house is believed to be the Dickie family home.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Four men standing on ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation farmland

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1951] (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 four men standing in farming clothing on leased farm land of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation. From L-R: Chan Kow Hong, Mr. Wong (Josephine Hong's uncle), Mr. Leong (Josephine Hong's uncle) and Gay Tim Hong. Planting crates evident on farmland 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 four men standing in farming clothing on leased farm land of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation. From L-R: Chan Kow Hong, Mr. Wong (Josephine Hong's uncle), Mr. Leong (Josephine Hong's uncle) and Gay Tim Hong. Planting crates evident on farmland in background.

History: 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: Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Hop On Farms; Hong, Chan Kow; Hong, Gay Tim; ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)

Geographic Access: Byrne Road

Accession Code: BV017.36.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1951] (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: 600

Scan Date: 12/3/2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Images

Four men standing on ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation farmland, [1951] (date of original), copied 2017 thumbnail

Front yard of 5486 Dominion Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1955 and 1959] (date of original), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy print ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Small family's house at 5486 Dominion Street (left) and the Peterson's house at 5776 Dominion Street (right). In the front yard of the Smalls' house is a maple tree, which is one of many planted by John W. Roberts along the Dominion Street boulevard. Much of this tree, along wit…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1955 and 1959] (date of original), copied 2008

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy print ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 620-051

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2017-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Small family's house at 5486 Dominion Street (left) and the Peterson's house at 5776 Dominion Street (right). In the front yard of the Smalls' house is a maple tree, which is one of many planted by John W. Roberts along the Dominion Street boulevard. Much of this tree, along with many others in the neighbourhood, was blown over during Typhoon Frieda on October 12, 1962.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from donor's notes; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P13"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "5486 Dominion St. / Probably late 1950s / Peterson's house on right"; 5486 Dominion Street later subdivided into two lots: 5480 and 5488 Dominion Street; 5476 Dominion Street later subdivided into two lots: 5472 and 5478 Dominion Street

Street Address: 5476 Dominion Street; 5486 Dominion Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

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Front yard of 5486 Dominion Street, [between 1955 and 1959] (date of original), copied 2008 thumbnail

Fruit Processing Plant

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.1 x 23.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a fruit processing plant in the Kingsway Area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.1 x 23.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 085-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a fruit processing plant in the Kingsway Area.

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural; Agriculture - Fruit and Berries

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Images

Fruit Processing Plant, [195-] thumbnail

Garden in Robert Burnaby Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1959] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of the garden and fence in Robert Burnaby Park. Alice Massey is standing in the centre of the photograph near a large bunch of poppies with an unidentified woman to the left.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1959] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 581-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2014-34

Scope and Content: Photograph of the garden and fence in Robert Burnaby Park. Alice Massey is standing in the centre of the photograph near a large bunch of poppies with an unidentified woman to the left.

Subjects: Plants - Flowers; Geographic Features - Gardens

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

Images

Garden in Robert Burnaby Park, [between 1949 and 1959] (date of original), copied 2014 thumbnail

Harold in the garden

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1965

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of Harold Johnston standing alongside a row of plants, pruning in the garden of the Johnston family's Venables Street home.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1965

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 483-040

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2008-08

Scope and Content: Photograph of Harold Johnston standing alongside a row of plants, pruning in the garden of the Johnston family's Venables Street home.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Gardens

Names: Johnston, Harold H.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Johnston, Harold H.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Venables Street

Street Address: 4447 Venables Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Hipman "Jimmy" Chow on rocking horse

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 12 Apr. 1954

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of young Jimmy Chow with his father playing on a rocking horse inside a room. A couch and table with a plant on top are visible behind.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Series: Jimmy Chow family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of young Jimmy Chow with his father playing on a rocking horse inside a room. A couch and table with a plant on top are visible behind.

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Persons - Children

Names: Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"

Accession Code: BV022.21.39

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 12 Apr. 1954

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-03

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "To - Jimmy / from - Raymond / April 12/1954."; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "MAY 1954"; Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.

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Hong family harvesting radishes at Hop-On Farm

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [August 1963] (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 Hong family members bent over plants, harvesting radishes at Hop-On Farm, August 1963. Woman holding baby in background with wooden crates.

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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 Hong family members bent over plants, harvesting radishes at Hop-On Farm, August 1963. Woman holding baby in background with wooden crates.

History: 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