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![Burnaby Village Museum - side street, [1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Architectural_Drawings/2019_0052_0174_001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Village Museum - side street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17539
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 drawing : b&w print hand col. (pencil crayons) on paper 46 x 58 cm ; mounted on foamcore board 71 x 58 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a presentation drawing for the proposed Burnaby Village Museum Expansion. Title at bottom of drawing "Side Street". Illustration shows buildings on either side of a street with a four people walking down the centre of the road. A building on the right includes inscription on window…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 drawing : b&w print hand col. (pencil crayons) on paper 46 x 58 cm ; mounted on foamcore board 71 x 58 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a presentation drawing for the proposed Burnaby Village Museum Expansion. Title at bottom of drawing "Side Street". Illustration shows buildings on either side of a street with a four people walking down the centre of the road. A building on the right includes inscription on windows reading "Village Hardware" and a building on the left appears to be a blacksmith shop.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.174
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1985]
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of drawing
Images
![Burnaby Village Museum - side street, [1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Architectural_Drawings/2019_0052_0174_001.jpg)
buttons
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79104
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- X2892
- Description
- 2 brass buttons with an image of stag's head caboshed between "72" and banner reading "Highlanders". "Moore Taggart & Co. Glasgow" is on the back.
- Object History
- Buttons are from 72nd Regiment of Canadian Seaforth Highlanders, WWI period.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
Images
Calendar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90316
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.8.14
- Description
- A Childhood Safety Calendar from Helen's Children's Wear from 1966. The front page of the calendar has a airbrushed image of a small girl smiling with blue eyes. She has a headband with silver pom-poms. She is holding a doll with a red hat and braids. The first two pages of the calendar are entitled "Children's Safety Diary. Each month of the calendar has a different image of a child. The back page has a reading entitled "Safety: Your Child's Most Important Lesson!"
- Object History
- Helen's Children's Wear was a popular and well known shop in Burnaby
- Helen's Children's Wear was located at 4142 Hastings Street. Owner Helen Arnold opened the store on East Hastings Street in 1948. She moved to the 4142 Hastings Street location in 1955, and added a landmark neon sign to the building in 1956. The sign featured a girl on a swing, and served as an important landmark in the neighbourhood. The store closed in 2007.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Calendar
- Marks/Labels
- Helen's Children's Wear Specializing in Brand Name Merchandise 4142 E Hastings Street, North Burnaby, BC
- Measurements
- 21 cm l x 17cm h
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Title
- Childhood Safety Calendar
- Publication Date
- 1966
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
The Canadian hymnal : a collection of hymns and music for Sunday schools, Epworth Leagues, prayer and praise meetings, family circles, etc.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3851
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV995.15.76
- Call Number
- 783.952 WIL Copy 1
- Edition
- Rev. and enl.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- William Briggs
- Physical Description
- (unpaged) : music ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "You get a husband and he is a clipper. Just make him acquainted with the heel of your slipper. / Mable / Per P.W.B." -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "1402 / 3662 / 21" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (back). *reading direction up to down.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Hymns, English
- Object History
- Source is "City of Burnaby (Eagles House)"
- Notes
- "Revised and Enlarged" -- cover
- "containing 450 hymns." -- cover
- published by William Briggs, Wesley Buildings, Toronto ; C.W. Coates, Montreal ; S.F. Huestes, Halifax.
- Includes index.
- Copy 1 of 2
![Capilano suspension bridge, [1938 or 1939] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/201700280037_001.jpg?width=280)
Capilano suspension bridge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4240
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1938 or 1939]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Capilano Suspension Bridge taken from below and looking north.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 12 cm
- Material Details
- Handwritten text reading: Capilano Suspension Bridge" on back. "28" stamped on back.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Capilano Suspension Bridge taken from below and looking north.
- Subjects
- Structures - Bridges
- Accession Code
- BV017.28.37
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1938 or 1939]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06-Mar-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Capilano suspension bridge, [1938 or 1939] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/201700280037_001.jpg)
![Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co., [between 1891 and 1894] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0029_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17430
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1891 and 1894]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w albumen print on card ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two streetcars at the Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co. Conductors, engineers and riders are posing with the streetcars. The fronts of the streetcars include painted signage reading "12" and "13" and the sides of the streetcars read "WESTMINSTER AND VANCOUVE…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w albumen print on card ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two streetcars at the Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co. Conductors, engineers and riders are posing with the streetcars. The fronts of the streetcars include painted signage reading "12" and "13" and the sides of the streetcars read "WESTMINSTER AND VANCOUVER TRAMWAY CO. LTD.".
- History
- Photographers Richard H. Trueman and Norman Caple operated out of Vancouver between 1891 and 1894. The photographers worked between Winnipeg and the west coast of Canada specializing in mountain and railway views, ranch scenes and Indigenous peoples. In 1890, two companies started building electric rail; the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co., which undertook the ambitious project of building the first real interurban line from New Westminster to Vancouver, and the Westminster Street Railway. By April 20, 1891, both companies merged to form the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company. Streetcar service began in June 1891, travelling on twelve miles of track between New Westminster and eastern Vancouver and running through Burnaby. The line was taken over by the B.C. Electric Railway Company in 1897 until the line was closed in October 1953.
- Accession Code
- BV021.29.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1891 and 1894]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-09-24
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Trueman & Caple
- Notes
- Title taken from recto of photograph
- Inscription on recto of photograph reads: "1138_Central Parkk Sideing of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co. _Trueman and Caple. Photo. Vancouver B.C."
- Inscription in gold ink on board reads: "Trueman & Caple_Vancouver, B.C."
Images
![Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co., [between 1891 and 1894] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0029_0001_001.jpg)
certificate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87475
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.82
- Description
- certificate; buff paper with decorative border on front, with text reading: "This is to Certify that / Dorothy Pitman / has been Enrolled a B P Girl Guide..."; back has decorative border of knots, with enrollment details and information of badges earned; "B.-P. GIRL GUIDES ENROLMENT CARD. / Name.....Dorothy Pitman / Company....1st Burnaby / Date of Enrolment.....February 1919"; signed by Agnes Baden Powell.
- Object History
- Certificated belonged to Dorothy Pitman who was a Girl Guide in the 1st Burnaby Company. She was known to be involved with guiding from 1919 to 1931. Textual records and photographs of the Pitman family, including one of Dorothy and her sister Gwen, are held by the City of Burnaby Archives. Dorothy and Gwen's parents, Ernest and Jean Pitman, owned McKay Dry Goods and Jubilee Dry Goods.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols - - Achievement Symbols
- Object Term
- Certificate
Images
The Chinese cookbook : covering the entire field of Chinese cookery in the Chinese order of serving, from nuts to soup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5250
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Au, M. Sing, 1906-
- Publication Date
- c1936
- Call Number
- 641.5951 AU
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV009.22.6
- Call Number
- 641.5951 AU
- Author
- Au, M. Sing, 1906-
- Contributor
- Troutman, Warren G.
- Place of Publication
- Reading, Pa.
- Publisher
- Culinary Arts Press
- Publication Date
- c1936
- Physical Description
- 47 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cooking, Chinese
- Cookbooks--1930-1939
- Object History
- The recipe book was owned by Julia Olea Kolot (nee Melland) born June 6, 1906. She was born in North Dakota and moved to Saskatchewan when she was about 20, met and married Harold Kolot and had three children, before moving to Vancouver for her health in 1944. Her parents came from Norway long before she was born, and she was one of 13 children. They ran a café in Vancouver (possibly the Copenhagan) and worked the kitchen of a small restaurant at Clear Water Lake in Saskatchewan in the summers for a number of years. She was also the cook at the North Shore Winter Club for a number of years. Her grand-daughter recalls that later in life she didn't use many recipes; she mostly cooked from memory. Her books contain many notes and other recipes that she (or someone else) added.
- Notes
- Includes index
- "Compiled and edited for the American cook by Mr. M. Sing Au."
- With Decorations by Warren G. Troutman.
- "A dissertation on roast pig," by Charles Lamb: p. [4]-6.
Chinese New Year envelope
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact89950
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.16.3
- Description
- Chinese New Year envelope; red paper with gummed, fold closure at top; text in Chinese and English in gold reading: "Jagmeet Singh / Leader of Canada's NDP / Burnaby South NDP Candidate / www.jagmeetsingh.ca / Paid for and authorized by official agent of the candidate."; contains a small, square orange-flavoured candy and a thin card; card has the candidate's name and photograph on one side, and the Chinese zodiac on the other.
- Object History
- Jagmeet Singh is a Canadian lawyer and politician serving as leader of the New Democratic Party since 2017. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Burnaby South in a February 25, 2019 by-election.
- Classification
- Merchandising T&E
- Object Term
- Envelope, Money
- Subjects
- Advertising Medium
- Holidays - Chinese New Year
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Officials - Elected Officials
- Celebrations
- Names
- Singh, Jagmeet
Images
Christie, the King's servant : a sequel to Christie's old organ
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7427
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV019.35.1
- Call Number
- 823.8 WAL
- Place of Publication
- London [U.K]
- Publisher
- Religious Tract Society
- Publication Date
- 1898
- Printer
- Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works
- Inscription
- Rectangular red paper label adhered to front pastedown, with text reading: "Saltash Board Schools. / EXAMINATION 1899. / PRESENTED TO / William Paker / FOR / Excellence in Biblical Knowledge. / GAVIN McFADYEAN, CHAIRMAN." [William Parker is handwritten in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian life
- Conduct of life
- Juvenile fiction
- Names
- Love Family
- Object History
- Book belonged to William Michael Norton Parker.
- Notes
- Author's full name is Walton, Octavius Frank Mrs. or Amy Catherine Walton
- "By Mrs. O.F. Walton, author of 'Christie's old organ' , "A peep behind the scenes', The King's cupbearer', 'Shadows' etc etc." -- title page
![Copy of Official British Columbia Road Maps, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Cartographic_Material/1972/1972_0179_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Copy of Official British Columbia Road Maps
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18945
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Physical Description
- 1 map : lithographic print on sheet ; 43 x 56 cm folded to 22 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of Road maps of British Columbia presented by Union Oil Company of Canada Limited. Includes seventeen maps printed on both sides of sheet. One side of sheet includes ten separate road maps titled "Cariboo"; "Chilcotin Plateau"; "150 Mile House to Prince George"; "Prince George - Burns…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Physical Description
- 1 map : lithographic print on sheet ; 43 x 56 cm folded to 22 x 11 cm
- Material Details
- Scale not defined
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of Road maps of British Columbia presented by Union Oil Company of Canada Limited. Includes seventeen maps printed on both sides of sheet. One side of sheet includes ten separate road maps titled "Cariboo"; "Chilcotin Plateau"; "150 Mile House to Prince George"; "Prince George - Burns Lake"; "Burns Lake - Hazelton"; "Similkameen - Nicola"; "Salmon Arm to Revelstoke"; "Ashcroft to Salmon Arm / Kamloops to Vernon"; "Okanagan Valley"; "Boundary District". Other side of sheet includes seven road maps titled "Vancouver Island"; "Vancouver to Yale"' "Fraser Canyon Section Cariboo Road"; "Lytton to 150 Mile House"; "Arrow and Kootenay Lakes"; "The Kootenays"; "Columbia Valley". When folded, cover of maps reads "COPY OF / OFFICIAL / BRITISH COLUMBIA / ROAD-MAPS" / Presented by / UNION OIL / COMPANY / of Canada Ltd."; verso of cover includes advertisement for Union Motor oil "MOTORITE"; inside cover includes advertisement for Union Gasoline with title reading "See Canada's Evergreen Playground".
- Responsibility
- Union Oil Company of Canada Limited
- Accession Code
- HV972.179.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [193-]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-08-17
- Notes
- Title based on contents of map
Images
![Copy of Official British Columbia Road Maps, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Cartographic_Material/1972/1972_0179_0001_001.jpg)
Death row cell block inside Oakalla Prison
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17872
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the death row cell block with cells numbered six, seven and eight inside Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). First cell on the left includes signage reading: "CELL OF / LEO / MANTHA".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the death row cell block with cells numbered six, seven and eight inside Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). First cell on the left includes signage reading: "CELL OF / LEO / MANTHA".
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.656
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1991
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-24
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph negative #7 from Roll 91-14
Images
Denise Dullum as Burnaby Princess
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19110
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Denise Dullum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. print ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Princess, Denise Dullum (nee Fouchard) standing in front of a Burnaby parade float at the Kelowna Regatta. Denise is wearing a long green dress with a white satin sash draped across her body from her shoulder to her opposing hip reading “BURNABY PRINCESS”. Denise Dullum was a …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Denise Dullum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. print ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Princess, Denise Dullum (nee Fouchard) standing in front of a Burnaby parade float at the Kelowna Regatta. Denise is wearing a long green dress with a white satin sash draped across her body from her shoulder to her opposing hip reading “BURNABY PRINCESS”. Denise Dullum was a contestant in the Miss Burnaby contest in 1970.
- Subjects
- Events - Parades
- Names
- Dullum, Denise Fouchard
- Accession Code
- BV022.23.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Denise Dullum as Burnaby Princess
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19111
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Denise Dullum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. print ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Princess, Denise Dullum (nee Fouchard) seated on a Burnaby parade float next to an arrangement of rhododendruns at the Sea Festival. Denise is wearing a long blue dress with a white satin sash draped across her body from her shoulder to her opposing hip reading “BURNABY PRINCE…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Denise Dullum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. print ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Princess, Denise Dullum (nee Fouchard) seated on a Burnaby parade float next to an arrangement of rhododendruns at the Sea Festival. Denise is wearing a long blue dress with a white satin sash draped across her body from her shoulder to her opposing hip reading “BURNABY PRINCESS”. A blue pickup truck is visible in the background. Denise Dullum was a contestant in the Miss Burnaby contest in 1970.
- Subjects
- Events - Parades
- Names
- Dullum, Denise Fouchard
- Accession Code
- BV022.23.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
display fixture
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34655
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV992.17.1
- Description
- display fixture; advertising display fixture; hollow, cast plaster model of a man's sock with a smiling face on the sole; sock is painted brown, black and white; base is painted black, with raised text in red and brown reading: "McGregor / HAPPY FOOT".
- Object History
- Object was a fixture used in the Jubilee Dry Goods store at 6763 Jubilee Avenue. Jubilee Dry Goods was owned by the Ernest and Jean Pitman family. McGregor Socks is a Canadian hosiery brand founded in 1928. The cushioned sole line of "Happy Foot" socks was introduced in the late 1930's.
Images
Dr. Sadhu Binning fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19279
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1984]
- Collection/Fonds
- Dr. Sadhu Binning fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of two photographs of actors from Vancouver Sath performing in the play "Maluka" at Sexsmith Elementary School.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Dr. Sadhu Binning fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of two photographs of actors from Vancouver Sath performing in the play "Maluka" at Sexsmith Elementary School.
- History
- Dr. Sadhu Binning was born on May 10, 1947 to mother Gurmej Kaur and father Jeet Singh Binning. Due to lack of proper records management in India at the time of his birth, it is believed that he was actually born sometime in December of 1947. He grew up alongside two brothers and one sister in a village located in Kapurthala, Punjab. Dr. Binning attended secondary school in the nearby city of Phagwara, Punjab although he did not complete his education here. Throughout his childhood, he enjoyed reading both Punjabi and Hindi novels and learned how to read Urdu as well. Dr. Binning’s uncle, Dhana Singh immigrated to Canada in 1933 and returned to India in 1953. When Dhana Singh returned to Canada in 1957, he sponsored Dr. Binning’s father, Jeet Singh Binning to immigrate. Dhana Singh co-owned a few saw mills in British Columbia and also worked in the truck driving industry. Dr. Binning remembers that some people who had lived in Canada would visit their village and that they appeared to be strong and healthy and looked happy. He also noticed that they would eat meat, so whenever they would visit there would be meat available. In 1967, when he was nineteen and a half years old, Dr. Binning immigrated Canada to join his father. He recalls his father and uncle and a friend arriving at the airport to pick him up. During his first few days, Dr. Binning made the decision to remove his turban and beard upon receiving advice from his uncle. Dr. Binning first obtained work on a farm in Abbotsford, working alongside his mother. While working, Dr. Binning also attended English classes in Vancouver. Dr. Binning’s Uncle Dhana Singh worked in a Vancouver saw mill and tried to help find work for his nephew but was unsuccessful. Dr. Binning soon found work at a saw mill in Avola and worked there until the end of the summer until a friend helped find him work in a saw mill in North Vancouver. During his free time, he enjoyed camping with friends. In 1970, Dr. Binning left the saw mill after obtaining a job at the post office. The post office offered lower wages than working at the mill but Dr. Binning believed that he would become more educated working here. While working as a postman, Dr. Binning recalls facing a lot of discrimination and racism and was often referred to as a ‘Paki’ multiple times a day. In 1973, Dr. Binning married Jagish Sihota. Sadhu and Jagdish originated from nearby villages in India and met each other in Canada. Dr. Binning’s wife, Jagdish worked at the Royal Bank of Canada for thirty years until her retirement. While working, she also looked after the household and their son and daughter. Jagdish also handwrote a magazine, “Watno Dur’ (English translation: ‘away from homeland’) which was distributed in the community. In 1976, Dr. Binning became the editor of the magazine and the name was later changed to “Watan’ as they had accepted their new homeland of Canada. While working at the post office, Dr. Binning also attended night school starting in eighth grade. After receiving his high school diploma, he was accepted to Simon Fraser University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Anthropology and Sociology and in 1986 he obtained a Masters degree from Simon Fraser University. While attending university, Dr. Binning was very active within the community and wanted to work to improve society. He first thought that he would return to India to contribute and improve rights in his homeland but upon seeing the prevalence of the movements in Canada, he realized that work needed to be done here too. In 1983, Dr. Binning became a founding member and contributor to a theatrical collective known as “Vancouver Sath”. The theatrical group produced plays that represented societal issues and were invited to perform at multiple conferences throughout British Columbia and Canada. The group focused and acknowledged the many issues in Punjab and in Canada. One of the plays that the group produced focused on the exploitation of Punjabi women who worked on farms in Canada. Dr. Binning continued to be involved as an integral member of Vancouver Sath until 1995. Over the years, Dr. Binning has strongly lobbied for Punjabi language education and between 1988 and 2008 he worked as Punjabi instructor at the University of British Columbia. He first worked as a teaching assistant at UBC under Dr. Harjot Oberoi and due to low wages, he simultaneously worked at the Post Office. In 2019, Dr. Binning received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from UBC in recognition of his work. Since 1973, Dr. Binning has lived in Burnaby and has resided in the same home that he and his wife purchased in 1987. In his free time, he enjoys cycling, watercolour painting, travelling abroad and going on road trips.
- Creator
- Binning, Dr. Sadhu
- Accession Code
- BV023.7
- Date
- [1984]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See also artifacts descriptions for related materials re: Vancouver Sath and Watan magazine: BV023.7.1 to BV023.7.16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Don Copan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15414
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 1984
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 envelope
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an envelope addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. Don Copan / 4667 Highlawn Dr. / Burnaby B.C." with return address "Office of the Mayor / 4949 Canada Way / Burnaby, British Columbia / V5G 1M2" and postal stamp in red ink reading "BURNABY / HOME OF THE 1984 / B.C. SUMMER GAMES / JULY 19-22".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- B.C. Summer Games series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 envelope
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an envelope addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. Don Copan / 4667 Highlawn Dr. / Burnaby B.C." with return address "Office of the Mayor / 4949 Canada Way / Burnaby, British Columbia / V5G 1M2" and postal stamp in red ink reading "BURNABY / HOME OF THE 1984 / B.C. SUMMER GAMES / JULY 19-22".
- Accession Code
- BV021.4.22
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- July 1984
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- April 1, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Images
Filming "Tourist Trap" with livery stable
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17507
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of set and filming of "Tourist Trap" with members of film crew. One of the buildings has a sign reading "Livery Stable". Horse and horse drawn wagon are visible in the back ground. Movie was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of set and filming of "Tourist Trap" with members of film crew. One of the buildings has a sign reading "Livery Stable". Horse and horse drawn wagon are visible in the back ground. Movie was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Subjects
- Industries - Film
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.2.68
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1997
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-09-14
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Negative number 10 of roll # P97-4
Images
Firefighters Albert Killer and Fred Blake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1294
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Firefighters Albert Killer and Fred Blake lying down on their beds and reading (in the dormitory during the night shift) at No. 1 Burnaby Fire Hall at Carleton Avenue and Eton Street. Fire boots (with fire resistant pants gathered over them) are visible at the side of Fred Blake's bed.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 15 cm print
- Material Details
- .
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Firefighters Albert Killer and Fred Blake lying down on their beds and reading (in the dormitory during the night shift) at No. 1 Burnaby Fire Hall at Carleton Avenue and Eton Street. Fire boots (with fire resistant pants gathered over them) are visible at the side of Fred Blake's bed.
- Geographic Access
- Carleton Avenue
- Eton Street
- Accession Code
- BV998.31.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1939 (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 02-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Typed sticker on verso of photograph reads: "Night shift at No.1 Hall/ Carleton Ave. and Eton St. (L) Albert Killer (R) Fred Blake 1939"
- Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "MR & MRS F BLAKE 4165 PANDORA ST BURNABY BC V5C 2B2"
Images
Fire insurance key plan - Greater Vancouver - Volume XIX - Municipality of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17799
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 plan on 1 sheet : col. lithographic print ; 64 x 54 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a one page fire insurance key plan titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XIX / Municipality / of Burnaby / Key Plan" surveyed May 1927. Key plan from compilation, "Insurance Plans of Greater Vancouver Plan No. 11, Volumes 15 to 19 Burnaby".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 plan on 1 sheet : col. lithographic print ; 64 x 54 cm
- Material Details
- Scale [1:6000]
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a one page fire insurance key plan titled "Greater Vancouver / Volume XIX / Municipality / of Burnaby / Key Plan" surveyed May 1927. Key plan from compilation, "Insurance Plans of Greater Vancouver Plan No. 11, Volumes 15 to 19 Burnaby".
- Publisher
- Plan Department of Fire Branch of British Columbia Underwriters' Association
- Accession Code
- BV987.1.70
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1927
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
- Scan Resolution
- 400
- Scan Date
- 2021-11-17
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Scale 500 feet = 1 inch
- These plans were removed from a bound book with labels on cover page reading: "Plan No. 90 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / of / Vancouver VOLUME "8" / IN THE PROPERTY OF THE / British Columbia Insurance Underwriter's Association / Vancouver B.C. / AND IS LOANED / MELVILLE F. THOMSON CO. .../ Date May 26th, 1934"; / "Plan No. 74 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / OF / VANCOUVER VOLUME "9"" / Plan No. 11 / THIS INSURANCE PLAN / OF / BURNABY VOLUMES 15-19" / "THIS PLAN IS THE PROPERTY OF / THE / BRITISH LAW INSURANCE COMPANY / LIMITED"
- Does not include the corresponding key plan page or associated plans numbered 1901 to 1914
- Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view associated fire insurance plans
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Fire insurance key plan - Greater Vancouver - Volume XIX - Municipality of Burnaby, 1927
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