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Rooted : Chinese Canadian stories in Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- ISBN
- 978-0-9689849-2-5
- Call Number
- 971.133 ROO
- Contributor
- Fong, Denise
- Lemke, Jane
- Codd, Lisa
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Printer
- Metropolitan Fine Printers
- Physical Description
- 203 p. : ill. ; 30.5 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Race discrimination -- Canada
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Farms
- Persons - Families
- Rights
- Rights - Human Rights
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Notes
- There are two versions of the book: English and Simplified Chinese (left, below) and the other in English and Traditional Chinese (right, below).
- From the late 1800s to the present day, Chinese Canadians have made Burnaby into a more vibrant and livable city. Rooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in Burnaby brings together a collection of diverse stories and photographs from the community, celebrating the legacy and contributions of Burnaby’s Chinese Canadian community spanning over a century. This coffee-table book features oral histories and interviews with descendants of multigenerational family farms, green grocers, corner stores, restaurants, and places of worship. Also included are archival research and community perspectives on anti-Asian racism, community activism, courage, and resilience.
- The publication has been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act by the Government of Canada in 1923. This federal legislation followed decades of discriminatory legislation by Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments that targeted Chinese Canadians by limiting opportunities to live, work and raise families in Canada. The Chinese Exclusion Act banned almost all migration from China and remained in place until 1947. Publishing this book in 2023 is an effort by the City of Burnaby to recognize the impact of discriminatory legislation on Chinese Canadians in our community, including discriminatory bylaws and practices implemented by Burnaby’s early municipal government.
- Edited by Denise Fong (Lead Researcher), Jane Lemke (Burnaby Village Museum Curator) and Lisa Codd (City of Burnaby Heritage Planner).
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Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
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Digital Books
Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7493
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- First
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Call Number
- 971.100497 BVM
Arm of the Fraser River
was an important area for harvesting cranberries,
trapping and fishing. First Nations belongings
recovered from private properties along what is
now Royal Oak Avenue south of Kingsway suggest a
settlement may have once existed in this vicinity. In
the past, this area was
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV019.64.1
- Call Number
- 971.100497 BVM
- Edition
- First
- Contributor
- Kwantlen First Nation
- Sḵwx̱wú7mesh First Nation
- Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
- ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--History
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Languages
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Societies, etc.
- Name Access
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Object History
- 2019 version of working document developed by Burnaby Village Museum in collaboration with a number of First Nations partners over the course of several years. We recognize that Burnaby falls within the shared, ancestral and unceded territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking people. We equally respect each of the Nations who share territory in Burnaby, and invite and welcome their ongoing participation in developing the contents of the Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide.
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Digital Books
Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
Entry gates to Oakalla
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17836
- 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 main entry gates to the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Oakalla Prison. Visitors are standing outside the gates during the Oakalla Prison farm Open House event that took place in 1991. The prison was located at 4700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent).
- 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 main entry gates to the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Oakalla Prison. Visitors are standing outside the gates during the Oakalla Prison farm Open House event that took place in 1991. The prison was located at 4700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent).
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.620
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1991
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph negative #1 from Roll 91-8
- 1 col. copy print accompanying
- Note in black ink on verso of accompanying copy print reads: "P91-8-1"
Images
![Royal Oak Apartments, [April 1973] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6063_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Royal Oak Apartments
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1678
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [April 1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the former Royal Oak Hotel at 3501 Kingsway (renumbered as the 5000 block of Kingsway) and Royal Oak Avenue, with Vancouver Business Maintenance and The Royal Oak Apartments now located in the building.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the former Royal Oak Hotel at 3501 Kingsway (renumbered as the 5000 block of Kingsway) and Royal Oak Avenue, with Vancouver Business Maintenance and The Royal Oak Apartments now located in the building.
- Names
- Royal Oak Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.6063.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [April 1973]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-03-05
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Street, Frank
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note written in blue ballpoint pen on verso of photograph reads: "TAKEN BY FRANK STREET"
Images
![Royal Oak Apartments, [April 1973] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6063_0001_001.jpg)
postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47196
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.50.2
- Description
- Postcard: colour photo, glossy; horizontal; Forest Lawn cemetery; shows lawn, markers, path, trees, shrubs, flowers; on reverse, "Famous for the beauty and unusual design of its magnificent gardens Forest Lawn Memorial Park attracts thousands of visitors every year. It is located on the Grandview Highway at Royal Oak Avenue, only a few miles from downtown Vancouver, B.C."; at lower left, "Colour Photo by Dominion Photo Co."; up centre "A Traveltime PRODUCT, MADE IN VANCOUVER, CANADA, BY GRANT-MANN LITHOGRAPHERS LTD."; maple leaf logo at top "BUY CANADIAN"; at bottom "C-744"; at upper right, "POST CARD" "ADDRESS", outline of rectangle "STAMP"; unused; slight wear on corners
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park / Grandview Highway / Royal Oak Avenue
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park C-744
- Names
- Dominion Photo Company
Images
postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47197
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.50.3
- Description
- Postcard, colour photo, glossy; horizontal; shows Forest Lawn cemetery, lawn with some markers visible, shrubs and trees in background; on reverse in blue, "Famous for the beauty and unusual design of its magnificent gardens, Forest Lawn Memorial Park attracts thousands of visitors every year. It is located on the Grandview Highway at Royal Oak Avenue, only a few miles from downtown Vancouver, B.C."; at bottom left, "Colour Photo by Dominion Photo Co."; up centre, "A Traveltime PRODUCT, MADE IN VANCOUVER, CANADA, BY GRANT-MANN LITHOGRAPHERS LTD."; maple leaf logo at top "BUY CANADIAN"; at bottom, "C-747"; at upper right, "POST CARD", with "ADDRESS" below; outline of rectangle at upper right corner, "STAMP"; some yellowish stains; corners are worn; creasing at top centre and wear; unused
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park / Grandview Highway / Royal Oak Avenue
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Famous for the beauty... Forest Lawn Memorial Park... C-747
- Names
- Dominion Photo Company
Images
postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48617
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.41.11
- Description
- Postcard: colour photo, glossy; horizontal; Forest Lawn cemetery; shows flowering tree and shrubs, trees around lake; on reverse in blue, "Famous for the beauty and design of its magnificent rock gardens and its lovely ornamental trees, Forest Lawn Memorial Park is located on the Grandview Highway at Royal Oak Avenue, Vancouver, B.C."; at bottom left, "Colour Photo by Dominion Photo Co."; up centre, "A Traveltime PRODUCT, MADE IN VANCOUVER, CANADA, BY GRANT-MANN LITHOGRAPHERS LTD."; maple leaf logo at top "BUY CANADIAN"; at bottom, "C-745"; at upper right, "POST CARD" "ADDRESS"; outline of rectangle "STAMP"; unused; very slight wear on corners
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- Forest Lawn / Memorial Park is located on the Grandview Highway at / Royal Oak Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. / C745
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park C-745
- Names
- Dominion Photo Company
Images
neon sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact83422
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV013.15.1
- Description
- Grocery sign The sign is from a neighbourhood grocery on Royal Oak at the Skytrain line: 6949 Royal Oak Avenue. The bulk of the sign is rectangular with a grocery bag and contents extending above the top edge of the sign. The words "M & B / GROCERY" are written in white text, with "GROCERY" highlighted in neon. The sign was suspended from a horizontal pole with a spear like finial that was mounted at the front of the roof or the store.
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
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Lock
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90541
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.32.1
- Description
- This metal lock is painted black with several rusted corners and edges. The bottom third of the lock is divided into 6 sections by metal bars. The main lock is solid with a rused keyhole in the centre and a logo that reads "Yale". The top of the lock has brass-like rectangular piece.
- Object History
- This item was the main gate lock to Oakalla on the entrance off or Royal Oak Avenue. Given to Ross Manthorpe when Oakalla was demolished. Ross joined the Oakalla staff full time as a Presbeterian Minister in 1971, employed by the BC Correctional Services Branch. He worked there as Chaplain until 1991 when Oakalla closed. He was often called in from home to help with high pressure situations that arose at Oakalla to help defuse incidents like hostage taking and other high pressure conflicts. Ross collected several items from Oakalla when it closed, but some were given to him because of the significance of his time there.
- Marks/Labels
- YALE
- Colour
- Black
- Gold
- Measurements
- 15.5cm l x 20.5 cm h
- Maker
- Yale
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
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Burnaby's heritage : an inventory of buildings and structures
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5437
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Edition
- Rev.
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
. A grouping of
three giant Sequoias, other mature deciduous trees and
massings of shrubbery indicate the type of landscape
setting considered appropriate for an estate house in the
early years of the twentieth century.
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JAMES & AGNES SMITH RESIDENCE
6186 Royal Oak Avenue
1907
During
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282893
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
- Edition
- Rev.
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Physical Description
- 157 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Historic buildings
- Buildings
- Historic sites
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Buildings - Heritage
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 2 copies held: copy 1.
Digital Books
Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
not yet installed so in
order to catch the Central Park tram they had to drive up Royal Oak
�Avenue past the Royal Oak Hotel (at Kingsway) with its cupola
surmounted by a white, carved wooden stag. Royal Oak was originally
used as a logging road and was planked with three-foot cedar. When the
logging era
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Century Park Museum Association
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- 4 copies held: copy 4.
Digital Books
Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
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Digital Books
Tram memories : in celebration of the restoration of Interurban 1223
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5863
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
restoration. In 2001 the interurban car
was relocated to a city-owned warehouse at 6857 Royal Oak Avenue. Many volunteers and
museum staff tackled the difficult, dirty and labour intensive work to dismantle and then
rebuild 1223, affectionally named “Urby.” The restoration consumed a lot more dedication,
time
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Contributor
- Friends of Interurban 1223
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Printer
- City of Burnaby Printshop
- Physical Description
- 91 p. : ill., map ;,20 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electric railroads
- Local transit
- Street-railroads
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Name Access
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Notes
- Editor : Pixie McGeachie
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Digital Books
![Home Station at Royal Oak and Kingsway, [1950] (date of original), copied [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900180001.jpg?width=280)
Home Station at Royal Oak and Kingsway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1381
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950] (date of original), copied [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 25.5 cm laser print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Home Station owned by Ted Hopper located at Royal Oak and Kingsway. Edward Tarling is visible operating a Model 'C' Oliver tractor to clear the snow out front.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 25.5 cm laser print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Home Station owned by Ted Hopper located at Royal Oak and Kingsway. Edward Tarling is visible operating a Model 'C' Oliver tractor to clear the snow out front.
- Names
- Tarling, Edward
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.18.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1950] (date of original), copied [1999]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of laser print reads: "HOME STATION - AT ROYAL OAK & Kingway [sic] (Now SAFEWAY) BURNABY STATION OWNED BY MR. TED HOPPER - - 1950 - ED TARLING OPERATING 'C' model OLIVER TRACTOR"
Images
![Home Station at Royal Oak and Kingsway, [1950] (date of original), copied [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900180001.jpg)
![Royal Oak Apartments, [1950] (date of original), copied [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900180002.jpg?width=280)
Royal Oak Apartments
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1382
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950] (date of original), copied [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph Edward Tarling running his tractor to plow the snow aside in front of the Royal Oak Apartments.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph Edward Tarling running his tractor to plow the snow aside in front of the Royal Oak Apartments.
- Names
- Tarling, Edward
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV999.18.2
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1950] (date of original), copied [1999]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue pen on verso of photograph reads: "BURNABY HOTEL 1950 CHANGE TO ROYAL OAK APT. BURNABY TAXI IN BACKGROUND INTERCITY LUMBER VERY OWNED MR. DIXON / SOLD TO WAS HANDY MAN of HANDY-PAK-THEM BEAVER LUMBER."
Images
![Royal Oak Apartments, [1950] (date of original), copied [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900180002.jpg)
Interview with Gail Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4492
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:10:03 min)
- Scope and Content
- Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to Gail’s organized activities, her best and worst childhood memories, recreation, shopping, her feeling about living in Burnaby and the changes she has observed. 0:00-3:18: Gail continues to talk about Brownies. She relates her worst childhood memor…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Growing Up in Burnaby subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:10:03 min)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Gail Yip Date of interview: May 9, 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 2 Total length of all Tracks: 0:22:16
- Scope and Content
- Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to Gail’s organized activities, her best and worst childhood memories, recreation, shopping, her feeling about living in Burnaby and the changes she has observed. 0:00-3:18: Gail continues to talk about Brownies. She relates her worst childhood memory, but can’t select a best. She describes how her activities were affected by living in the Marine Drive corridor, which was a difficult place to walk or cycle, or even cross the street. Gail mentions that her older sister encountered racial prejudice, but she can’t remember encountering any herself. 3:18-7:58: Gail discusses living in Burnaby, and the changes she has observed in the city. She describes the Kingsway corridor as busier and more congested now, but notes that there are improved opportunities for shopping . Gail recalls that her family did their grocery shopping at the Safeway at Royal Oak Avenue and Rumble St., and went to Woodward’s department store in New Westminster. She relates that although her family occasionally went to Chinatown in Vancouver, and that as a teenager she sometimes went to Vancouver to shop, she went to New Westminster more often, preferring the movie theatres there also. She notes that bus service on Marine Drive was infrequent, which affected her activities. Gail recalls that shopping days and hours were more restricted when she was a child. She describes how her family shopped by car, when her father was available to drive, until her mother began driving them later. 7:58-10:03: Gail shares her favourite things about living in Burnaby. She recalls being married at South Burnaby United Church, where she had gone to Sunday School, but not by a Chinese minister as she doesn’t speak Chinese.
- History
- Recording of an interview with Gail Yip recording by Tom Gooden on May 9, 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s and 60s.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Names
- Yip, Gail
- Accession Code
- BV017.45.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Audio Tracks
Interview with Gail Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 2, 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005
Interview with Gail Yip May 9, 2005 - Track 2, 1950s & 1960s (interview content), interviewed May 9, 2005
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0004_002.mp3
Marriage book for John Leonard Norton and Margaret Knight
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15316
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 27 Sep. 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Margaret Norton fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a twelve page marriage book that includes a certificate authenticating the marriage of John Leonard Norton to Margaret Knight at Vancouver Heights United Church on September 27, 1947 along with other details of the ceremony.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Margaret Norton fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Material Details
- textured card stock cover with six pages; printed both sides; folded in half and bound to cover with single cord at centre fold
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a twelve page marriage book that includes a certificate authenticating the marriage of John Leonard Norton to Margaret Knight at Vancouver Heights United Church on September 27, 1947 along with other details of the ceremony.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Certificates
- Accession Code
- BV020.34.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 27 Sep. 1947
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- March 22, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- All Saints Anglican Church was located in Burnaby on Royal Oak Avenue
Images
![England family home on Royal Oak Avenue, [between 1927 and 1930] (date of original) , copied 2020 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0009_0002_001.jpg?width=280)
England family home on Royal Oak Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12230
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1927 and 1930] (date of original) , copied 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary England fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Craftsman style house located at 1906 Royal Oak Avenue near Victory Street in Burnaby (address was changed to 7353 Royal Oak Aveue after 1958). The house was built in 1914 and was the home of Alfred Henry and Mary England (nee Gooding). Alfred H. England died suddenly in 1917. Mary…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary England fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Craftsman style house located at 1906 Royal Oak Avenue near Victory Street in Burnaby (address was changed to 7353 Royal Oak Aveue after 1958). The house was built in 1914 and was the home of Alfred Henry and Mary England (nee Gooding). Alfred H. England died suddenly in 1917. Mary England continued to live in the house before settling in a house that she had built on Griffiths Avenue in 1930.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Victory Street
- Accession Code
- BV020.9.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1927 and 1930] (date of original) , copied 2020
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 12-Feb-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![England family home on Royal Oak Avenue, [between 1927 and 1930] (date of original) , copied 2020 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0009_0002_001.jpg)