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The cricket field: or, the history and science of cricket

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Pycroft, James, 1813-1895

Publication Date: 1851

Call Number: 796.358 PYC

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV980.2.38

Call Number: 796.358 PYC

Author: Pycroft, James, 1813-1895

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans

Publication Date: 1851

Printer: Spottiswoodes and Shaw, New-street Square

Physical Description: xvi, 242 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Cricket; Sports

Notes: "Dedicated to the members of the North Devon Cricket Club, by their sincere friend, the author."

Sports that kill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt), 1832-1902

Edition: Rev. ed.

Publication Date: 1875

Call Number: 170.202 TAL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.126.2

Call Number: 170.202 TAL

Edition: Rev. ed.

Author: Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt), 1832-1902

Place of Publication: Wakefield, Yorkshire

Publisher: William Nicholson and Sons

Publication Date: 1875

Printer: A. Miller and Co.

Physical Description: 151 p. ; 17 cm.

Inscription: "Mary E. Urquhart" -- handwritten in ink on endpaper (front).

Library Subject (LOC): Conduct of life; Theater--Moral and ethical aspects; Amusements; Christian ethics

Notes: A. Miller and Co., Toronto.; Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, D. D.; Phonographically reported and revised.; Includes index

Interview with Norman Dowad

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …

1 document 1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.

History: Interviewee biography: Norm Dowad was born in Burnaby, December 1948 to parents Wilfred “Wilf” (1925-2011) and Cherry Dowad. His father, Wilfred (1925-2011) was born in Winnipeg to parents Samuel “Sam” (Salim in Arabic) Esper Dowad (1895-1969) and Martha (Shaheen) Dowad (1894-1955). Sam and Martha Dowad were both born in a province of the Ottoman Empire which is now present day Lebanon. In 1912, while trying to immigrate to Canada, several of Sam’s relatives including his mother died tragically as steerage passengers on the ill fated Titanic. In 1913, at the age of 18 years, Sam immigrated to Canada to join other family members who'd already arrived here safely. As a new immigrant in Canada, Sam worked with other Labanese immigrants in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the United States. In December 1921, Sam's wife, Martha immigrated to Canada arriving by ship in St. John, New Brunswick. Sam and Martha established their home in Winnipeg where they began to start a family. Their first two children died in infancy and son Wilfred was born in 1925 and daughter Kathleen was born in 1926. While living in Winnipeg, Sam worked as a grocer and in the 1930’s he got work as a farmer in a nearby town. In 1943, Wilf joined the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCVNR) and served as a gunner on merchant ships during World War II. In 1945, while Wilf was away serving, his parents, Sam and Martha moved to Burnaby. After discharge in 1945, Wilf joined his parents in Burnaby, began working at Fraser Mills and commenced his studies in construction and drafting. In 1949, with his father’s help Wilf acquired a lot next door to his parents’ home and built his first apartment block. After Martha died in 1954, Sam moved to Kelowna where he bought an orchard. Sam remarried in 1957 to Naomi “Mamie” (David) Dowad (1899-1978) who was also from a Lebanese family. Sam and Mamie lived in Kelowna until the mid 1960s when they moved to White Rock. While living in Burnaby, Wilf met and married Cherry Piggott and the couple had six children; Norm, Bruce, Michael, Kathie, Phil and Tom. In 1955, Wilfred Dowad established "W. Dowad Ltd." and over the years he was successful in developing and subdividing land to build housing and commercial developments in Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver. Wilf was the first president of the Burnaby Winter club and was an active member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce holding office at the local, provincial and national level. In 1970, Wilf purchased 238 acres of land bordering the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh River and relocated there the following year. While living in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Wilf became actively engaged in local business and community affairs. Wilf was later remarried to Grethe Dowad and he died in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh in 2011.Wilf's six children are the sole owners of "W.Dowad Ltd." and his daughter, Kathie Smillie is the president and CEO. While growing up in Burnaby, Norm Dowad attended Schou Street School, Douglas Road School, Kensington School and graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School. Following graduation from high school, Norm attended Simon Fraser University for one year, travelled in Europe, attended University of British Columbia and obtained his law degree from Osgoode Hall at York University. Norman has been practicing law for 49 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Education; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Migration; Sports; Sports - Football; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"; Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"; Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"; Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David; Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen; Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"; Rideout, Dr. John Anthony; Burnaby Central Secondary School; Douglas Road School; W. Dowad Limited

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue; Deer Lake

Street Address: 5533 Buckingham Avenue

Accession Code: BV023.16.16

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

Documents

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Audio Tracks

Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

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Jessie Jones and Margaret in bathing suits

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women in bathing suits and caps standing with their bare feet on the lawn of a house. The area is residential with houses depicted in the background. The inscription on the photograph identifies them as Jessie Jones and Margaret.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia

Material Details: inscribed in black ink, verso, t. "Jessie Jones/ +/ Margaret"

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women in bathing suits and caps standing with their bare feet on the lawn of a house. The area is residential with houses depicted in the background. The inscription on the photograph identifies them as Jessie Jones and Margaret.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming

Names: Jones, Jesse

Accession Code: BV985.441.4

Date: [1900]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 16-Jan-24

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Women in bathing suits

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.0 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of five women dressed in wet bathing suits. They have their arms over each others' shoulders and have a leg raised as in a chorus line. An older lady, in a long dark skirt and light coloured waist with leg-o-mutton sleeves holding a dark coloured parasol is standing on the right side of…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.0 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of five women dressed in wet bathing suits. They have their arms over each others' shoulders and have a leg raised as in a chorus line. An older lady, in a long dark skirt and light coloured waist with leg-o-mutton sleeves holding a dark coloured parasol is standing on the right side of the photograph. According to a 1974 catalogue record, the small girl who is on the left side of the chorus line with her leg raised is Catherine Rees. The girl is wearing a ribbon in her hair, and dress-like bathing suit, and has bare feet. The women are all wearing dark coloured stockings and have on what look like loose-fitting dresses which fasten down the front and come to just below the knee. Four of them are wearing bandanas on their heads. The Sears, Roebuck 1908 catalogue p. 1112 shows bathing suits and bathing or dust caps similar to those worn by the women in the photograph. The location of the photograph is unidentified.

Subjects: Clothing; Sports - Swimming

Names: Rees, Catherine "Cathy"

Accession Code: HV974.93.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Hill brothers in swimsuits

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1901] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of five boys in swimsuits. The youngest is sitting down in the centre, two are squatting behind him, and two are standing with their arms crossed behind the squatting boys. They are on a plank board pier with a wooden boat beside them. This photograph is reproduced in Michael Sone's book…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of five boys in swimsuits. The youngest is sitting down in the centre, two are squatting behind him, and two are standing with their arms crossed behind the squatting boys. They are on a plank board pier with a wooden boat beside them. This photograph is reproduced in Michael Sone's book, "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby," pg. 28. The caption reads: "Gerry Hill (foreground) [youngest son of Bernard Hill] with brothers and friends after swim in Deer Lake c. 1901."

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Structures - Piers and Wharves; Sports - Swimming

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Avenue

Accession Code: HV977.123.29

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1901] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Hill brothers in swimsuits, [1901] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

The home library of entertainment instruction and amusement

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Meek, Thomas Sheppard

Publication Date: 1902

Call Number: 032 MEE

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV984.12.4

Call Number: 032 MEE

Author: Meek, Thomas Sheppard

Place of Publication: St. Louis

Publisher: N.D. Thompson Pub. Co

Publication Date: 1902

Physical Description: xxiv, 544 p. [80] leaves of plates ; front., ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Inscription: Front endpaper" "Mr. Shei__" [written in blue ink]

Library Subject (LOC): Encyclopedias and dictionaries; Readers and speakers--1870-

Notes: Contents: Book I. Fireside gems from our popular poets -- Book II. The model speaker and reciter -- Book III. Games, amusements and sports -- Book IV. The songs we love to sing -- Book V. The home book of etiquette -- Book VI. Wonderful and remarkable things and facts -- Book VII. Biography anecdote of the great; "richly embellished with over 100 duograph and half-tone engravings"

Tennis players

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women playing tennis, both unidentified. Photograph was likely taken in the Burnaby Lake area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-159

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women playing tennis, both unidentified. Photograph was likely taken in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Sports - Tennis

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Swimming in Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people swimming in Deer Lake. Kitty Hill is in the foreground climbing out of the water and her father, Claude Hill, is in the background diving into the water. The others are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-102

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people swimming in Deer Lake. Kitty Hill is in the foreground climbing out of the water and her father, Claude Hill, is in the background diving into the water. The others are unidentified.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Swimming

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Swimming in Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group swimming in Deer Lake. Kitty Hill is in the foreground climbing out of the water. The rest of the children are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-103

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group swimming in Deer Lake. Kitty Hill is in the foreground climbing out of the water. The rest of the children are unidentified.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Swimming

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Swimming in Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people swimming in Deer Lake while others watch from the dock. Kitty Hill is in the foreground (standing) and her father, Claude Hill, is seated at the far end of the dock, looking towards the camera.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-104

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people swimming in Deer Lake while others watch from the dock. Kitty Hill is in the foreground (standing) and her father, Claude Hill, is seated at the far end of the dock, looking towards the camera.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Swimming

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Swimming in Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a child in the foreground, standing on a dock at Deer Lake, while two others are resting in the water next to the dock. All are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-108

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a child in the foreground, standing on a dock at Deer Lake, while two others are resting in the water next to the dock. All are unidentified.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Swimming in Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat in the foreground and a number of people swimming in Deer Lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-110

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat in the foreground and a number of people swimming in Deer Lake.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Swimming at English Bay

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a crowd of people swimming and lying on the beach at English Bay.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-111

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a crowd of people swimming and lying on the beach at English Bay.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title was based on photograph caption

Images

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Diving into Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people diving from dock into Deer Lake. Two others watch from the water.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-112

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people diving from dock into Deer Lake. Two others watch from the water.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Annie, Kitty and Maude at Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie Hill (standing, with back to the camera), Maude Woodward (seated) and Kitty Hill (with paddle) standing on the dock in their bathing costumes, most likely at Deer Lake.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-125

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie Hill (standing, with back to the camera), Maude Woodward (seated) and Kitty Hill (with paddle) standing on the dock in their bathing costumes, most likely at Deer Lake.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Swimming

Names: Hill Family; Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"; Woodward, Maude

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Annie, Kitty and Maude at Deer Lake, [1905] thumbnail

Claude Hill Running on Dock

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1905

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill, in bathing suit, running towards the camera on a dock at Deer Lake. An unidentified woman is swimming in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1905

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-850

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill, in bathing suit, running towards the camera on a dock at Deer Lake. An unidentified woman is swimming in the background.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Structures - Piers and Wharves

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Claude Hill Running on Dock, 1905 thumbnail

Jean Dyson and Birdie in Lake Winnipeg

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1905 and 1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 8.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women in bathing suits, standing in a large body of water at a point where the water is up to their knees. Their bathing suits appear like sailor shirts with skirts and stockings, with caps over their heads. The inscription identifies the girl on the left as Jean Dyson, and the g…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 8.6 cm

Material Details: inscribed in pencil, verso, t. "

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women in bathing suits, standing in a large body of water at a point where the water is up to their knees. Their bathing suits appear like sailor shirts with skirts and stockings, with caps over their heads. The inscription identifies the girl on the left as Jean Dyson, and the girl on the right is identified as Gloriana Bird (or Birdie). They are at a beach in Winnipeg. The inscription dates the photograph circa 1906 or 1907. However, other prints of the same image are dated circa 1905. Annotations on the back of the postcard read: "Taken 1906 or 1907 [erased and corrected dates. Previously written 1905 or 1906]" and "Jean & Birdie / in Lake Wpeg."

Subjects: Clothing; Sports - Swimming; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names: Bird, Gloriana "Birdie"; Drynan, Jean Dyson

Accession Code: HV983.42.39

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1905 and 1907]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For other prints of this image, see HV983.42.38 - .41

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Women in bathing suits

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.7 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two young women in bathing suits, standing in a large body of water at a point where the water is up to their knees. Their bathing suits appear like sailor shirts with skirts and stockings, with caps over their heads. They are at a beach at Lake Winnipeg.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.7 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two young women in bathing suits, standing in a large body of water at a point where the water is up to their knees. Their bathing suits appear like sailor shirts with skirts and stockings, with caps over their heads. They are at a beach at Lake Winnipeg.

Subjects: Clothing; Sports - Swimming; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names: Bird, Gloriana "Birdie"; Drynan, Jean Dyson

Accession Code: HV983.42.41

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1905]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For other prints of this image, see HV983.42.38 - .41

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; The photograph is a reversed image of photographs HV983.42.38 - .40

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Interview with Maureen Olofson by Kathy Bossort October 14, 2015 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1906-1950

Length: 0:09:08

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s parents immigration to Saskatchewan, her mother Kerstin in 1912 and father Axel in 1928, Maureen’s birth on a trip to Sweden in 1938, and her family’s move to Burnaby in 1942 and the start of their mink ranch, the GAK Fur Farm, near Curtis Av…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s parents immigration to Saskatchewan, her mother Kerstin in 1912 and father Axel in 1928, Maureen’s birth on a trip to Sweden in 1938, and her family’s move to Burnaby in 1942 and the start of their mink ranch, the GAK Fur Farm, near Curtis Avenue in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on Burnaby Mountain.

Date Range: 1906-1950

Length: 0:09:08

Names: Olofson, Axel; GAK Fur Farm; Skofteby, Gus; Ericksson, Karin

Subjects: Agriculture

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Westridge Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: October 14, 2015

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Maureen Olofson conducted by Kathy Bossort. Maureen Olofson was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Maureen Olofson’s memories of growing up on her parent’s Burnaby Mountain mink ranch between 1942 and 1950 and about the operation of the farm. She also talks about her parents’ history, her teaching career, and her thoughts about the beauty and value of Burnaby Mountain’s natural area.

Biographical Notes: Maureen Olofson was born 1938 in Glote, Harjedalen, Sweden, to Axel (1906-1998) and Kerstin Margareta (1906-1980). Axel and Kerstin Olofson, who had separately immigrated to Canada in 1928 and 1913 respectively, married in Canada and then returned to Sweden where Maureen was born. They moved to Burnaby in 1942 with their daughters Maureen and Anita Lea, and bought land and a mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain with their partners Gus Skofteby and Karin Ericksson (Kerstin’s sister). The GAK Fur Farm, located in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on 4th Avenue near Curtis Street, was one of the largest mink ranches in BC, an award winning operation with over 1200 mink animals. In 1950 the partners sold the land and the Olofson family moved to rented homes on Sperling Avenue. In 1952 Axel sold the last of his minks and opened a sporting goods store on Hastings Street. In 1954 the family moved to North Vancouver where Axel Olofson reestablished his sports business. Maureen attended Sperling Avenue School from Gr. 1 to Gr. 8 and Burnaby North High School to Gr. 11, completing school in North Vancouver, before going to UBC where she trained as a teacher. She returned to Burnaby in 1977 to teach, retiring in 1997. She is a volunteer with the Swedish Canadian Rest Home Association and the Dania Homes Society. Maureen continues to enjoy activities on Burnaby Mountain and works toward preserving the natural beauty of the mountain.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 1:19:04

Interviewee Name: Olofson, B. Maureen

Interview Location: Maureen Olofson's home in Burnaby

Interviewer Bio: Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Track one of interview with Maureen Olofson

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