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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 …

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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

2023_0016_0016_003

Audio Tracks

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

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3

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

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory569

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

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Maureen Olofson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-004/MSS196-004_Track_1.mp3

Interview with Charles B. Brown May 21, 1975 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory27

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1909-1938

Length: 00:07:15

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Charles Boyer Brown's early days working at Burnaby's Municipal Hall, first as an office boy.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Charles Boyer Brown's early days working at Burnaby's Municipal Hall, first as an office boy.

Date Range: 1909-1938

Photo Info: Charles Boyer Brown, by photographer Nicholas Rossmo [1950]. Item no. 307-008

Length: 00:07:15

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: May 21, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with Charles B. Brown by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury May 21, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, the Commissioner and municipal politics in general. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: Charles Boyer Brown was born on June 16, 1894 in the town of Ongar, Essex, England. He came to Canada as a young child with his parents Jean and Percy Brown. In 1903, the family settled in New Westminster and by 1911, Charles had joined the Burnaby municipal staff working as an office boy. The outbreak of World War One interrupted Charlie’s career as he immediately enlisted with the Royal Engineers and served from 1915 to 1918. While overseas he met and married Lillian Bernice Bryan and they returned to Canada together after the war and Charles resumed his position in municipal administration. For a short time, Charles was appointed as the Municipal Assessor, but in 1927 he became the Assistant Municipal Clerk. In 1933, Charles was made Municipal Clerk, a post he held until he retired in 1959. Charles has also been credited with playing a significant role in administering the city while it was under the rule of the provincial commission from 1932-1942. Recognized for his expertise in civic affairs, Charles was appointed by the provincial government to a committee formed to review and revise the Municipal Act. He was also a member of the BC Municipal Officers’ Association from its formation in 1936 and was made its chair in 1953. While these civic duties occupied much of his time, Charles still managed to participate as a volunteer on many sport and youth clubs in the city and served as the secretary for the Kingsway Rotary Club. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to Burnaby, both paid and volunteer, Charles was presented with the Gold Key award in 1959, the same year he finally retired from municipal administration. During Charles’ lifetime, many changes took place in the Municipality that he loved. He saw Burnaby grow in population and progress and he could be proud of the significant part he played in that growth and development. Charles Brown died on August 11, 1981.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 0:58:01

Interviewee Name: Brown, Charles B. "Charlie"

Interview Location: Walker Avenue

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Charles Boyer Brown, by photographer Nicholas Rossmo [1950]. Item no. 307-008 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Charles B. Brown

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-06/100-13-06_Track_1.mp3

Vidal family at Lake Huron

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two women and a man in the foreground. Behind them are six people in the water.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-048

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two women and a man in the foreground. Behind them are six people in the water.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Clothing; Sports - Swimming

Names: Vidal, Herbert Penrose; Vidal, Louisa Sophia "Lou" Jones

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note on album page in pencil reads: "Herbert Vidal / Louisa Vidal / Lake Huron"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Lake Huron / Grandad - Gan & the Aunts"

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Vidal family at Lake Huron, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Group of swimmers at the beach

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1444

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1910 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of swimmers at a beach. There are two middle aged women in dresses, and a baby in a dress. The rest in the group are wearing bathing suits. There are two women in bathing suits and caps sitting on the sand, holding a parasol, two older girls with bathing suits an…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Material Details: inscribed in pencil, verso, c. [written sideways] "10"

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of swimmers at a beach. There are two middle aged women in dresses, and a baby in a dress. The rest in the group are wearing bathing suits. There are two women in bathing suits and caps sitting on the sand, holding a parasol, two older girls with bathing suits and caps standing behind them. Three young girls are standing with dress-like bathing suits just behind a group of five boys in bathing shirts and shorts. There are other people in the water and on the sand in the background. There are straw hats and a toy boat in front of the group.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Sports - Swimming; Toys

Accession Code: BV985.5819.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1910 and 1925]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of this group of swimmers, see photograph BV985.5820.1

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Group of swimmers at the beach

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of swimmers at a beach. The two middle aged women in dresses, and two young women in bathing suits are standing in the back row, and one of them is holding a young girl in her arms. There are two children who are in regular clothes. The rest of the group, childre…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Material Details: inscribed in pencil, verso, c. [written sideways] "10"

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of swimmers at a beach. The two middle aged women in dresses, and two young women in bathing suits are standing in the back row, and one of them is holding a young girl in her arms. There are two children who are in regular clothes. The rest of the group, children and woman in swimsuits are sitting on the sand. There are other people in the water and on the sand in the background. One of the boys is holding a toy boat in his hands, and another boy in swimming cap is lying down on his stomach in front of the group.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Sports - Swimming

Accession Code: BV985.5820.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of this group of swimmers, see photograph BV985.5819.1

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Group of swimmers at the beach, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Lacrosse Star Burnie Feedham

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35739

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lacrosse Hall of Fame star Burnie Feedham in his 20s. He played for the Mann Cup champion New Westminster Salmobellies, 1922-26, and the Vancouver Athletic Club at the old Athletic Park (where the Pacific Press building was later located).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-597

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lacrosse Hall of Fame star Burnie Feedham in his 20s. He played for the Mann Cup champion New Westminster Salmobellies, 1922-26, and the Vancouver Athletic Club at the old Athletic Park (where the Pacific Press building was later located).

Subjects: Sports - Lacrosse; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Feedham, Colonel Burnaby "Burnie"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Lacrosse Star Burnie Feedham, 1913 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Clissie Buxton aged 18 years

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64634

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Alice Clarissa (Clissie) Buxton at age 18, holding a tennis racket. Clissie was the daughter of George Searby Buxton and Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss). The photograph was likely taken at the Buxton family home in Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 513-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-05

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Alice Clarissa (Clissie) Buxton at age 18, holding a tennis racket. Clissie was the daughter of George Searby Buxton and Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss). The photograph was likely taken at the Buxton family home in Burnaby.

Subjects: Sports - Tennis

Names: Buxton, Alice Clarissa "Clissie"

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Buxton Street

Street Address: 4807 Buxton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Images

Clissie Buxton aged 18 years, [1920] thumbnail

Tennis

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35117

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a building and a field marked with lines. People are standing and seated outside. A woman is at the bottom right of the photograph holding a tennis racquet.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gordon Presbyterian Church subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 193-018

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1987-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a building and a field marked with lines. People are standing and seated outside. A woman is at the bottom right of the photograph holding a tennis racquet.

Subjects: Buildings - Recreational; Sports - Tennis

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Tennis

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35118

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a building with people seated outside on the stairs, on chairs and on the ground. They are looking toward a tennis court formed by a field with lines marked on it.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gordon Presbyterian Church subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 193-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1987-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a building with people seated outside on the stairs, on chairs and on the ground. They are looking toward a tennis court formed by a field with lines marked on it.

Subjects: Buildings - Recreational; Sports - Tennis

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Webster Morton and Others

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35121

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men with tennis racquets standing outside on a tennis court. Identified: Webster Morton (centre).

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gordon Presbyterian Church subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 193-022

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1987-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men with tennis racquets standing outside on a tennis court. Identified: Webster Morton (centre).

Subjects: Sports - Tennis

Names: Morton, Webster

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Webster Morton and Others, [192-] (date of original), copied 1987 thumbnail

Ken Morton and Flo McCulloch

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35122

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.9 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women and a man standing outside on a tennis court. They are holding tennis racquets and one of the women is holding a ball. Identified: Mr. Ken Morton (right) and Miss Flo McCulloch (left).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gordon Presbyterian Church subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.9 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 193-023

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1987-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women and a man standing outside on a tennis court. They are holding tennis racquets and one of the women is holding a ball. Identified: Mr. Ken Morton (right) and Miss Flo McCulloch (left).

Subjects: Sports - Tennis

Names: McCulloch, Flo; Morton, Ken

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Ken Morton and Flo McCulloch, [192-] (date of original), copied 1987 thumbnail

Flo and Isabelle McCulloch

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35123

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of three women seated on the ground outside in front of a net on a tennis court. They have tennis racquets and balls in front of them. Identified, left to right: Miss Flo McCulloch, Mrs. Morton, and Miss Isabelle McCulloch.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original), copied 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gordon Presbyterian Church subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 193-024

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1987-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of three women seated on the ground outside in front of a net on a tennis court. They have tennis racquets and balls in front of them. Identified, left to right: Miss Flo McCulloch, Mrs. Morton, and Miss Isabelle McCulloch.

Subjects: Sports - Tennis

Names: McCulloch, Flo; McCulloch, Isabelle

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Flo and Isabelle McCulloch, [192-] (date of original), copied 1987 thumbnail

Masonic Hall

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35431

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of 4015 Triumph Street, Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church at the corner of MacDonald Avenue and Triumph Street, with people playing tennis in the adjoining tennis court. The Hall's basement was used by overcrowded Gilmore School for classes and was also used for first Burnaby North h…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-289

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of 4015 Triumph Street, Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church at the corner of MacDonald Avenue and Triumph Street, with people playing tennis in the adjoining tennis court. The Hall's basement was used by overcrowded Gilmore School for classes and was also used for first Burnaby North high school classes before Burnaby North High School was built. It later became the Zenith Masonic Hall.

Subjects: Sports - Tennis; Buildings - Religious - Churches

Names: Burnaby North High School; Gilmore Avenue School; Masonic Hall; Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Eaton, Dr. Carl

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Triumph Street

Street Address: 4015 Triumph Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Masonic Hall, [1920] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Edmonds Lacrosse Team

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.1 x 12.4 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Edmonds Lacrosse team. Team members and coaches included: Mr. Fennell, Mr. Pluxton, Jim McLennan, John McCallum, Walter Hopkins, Jack Devitt, Marwood Ward, Ernest Ramsey, Fred Denyer, Charlie Hyde, Billy Gray, Martin Knudson, Hugh Miller, and Howard Dinsmore.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.1 x 12.4 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-299

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Edmonds Lacrosse team. Team members and coaches included: Mr. Fennell, Mr. Pluxton, Jim McLennan, John McCallum, Walter Hopkins, Jack Devitt, Marwood Ward, Ernest Ramsey, Fred Denyer, Charlie Hyde, Billy Gray, Martin Knudson, Hugh Miller, and Howard Dinsmore.

Subjects: Sports - Lacrosse; Sports - Team Sports; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Denyer, Fred; Devitt, Jack; Dinsmore, Howard; Gray, Billy; Hopkins, Walter; Hyde, Charlie; Knudson, Martin; McCallum, John; McLennan, Jim; Miller, Hugh; Ramsey, Ernest; Ward, Marwood

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Images

Edmonds Lacrosse Team, [192-?] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Swimming in the Fraser River

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 12.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people swimming in the Fraser River.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 12.2 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-538

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people swimming in the Fraser River.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers; Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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Swimming in the Fraser River, 1920 (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

R.D. Travers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39168

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 4.5 cm cut to size on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of R.D. Travers, seated and holding a tennis racket. The photograph has been cut to shape around his outline and pasted on an album page with similar pictures collectively titled "Heads and Tales."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 4.5 cm cut to size on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-487

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of R.D. Travers, seated and holding a tennis racket. The photograph has been cut to shape around his outline and pasted on an album page with similar pictures collectively titled "Heads and Tales."

Subjects: Sports - Tennis

Names: Travers, Robert

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Tennis players

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39248

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9.7 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of four men, holding tennis rackets and posing for the camera on a tennis court. The second man from the right is Bob Peers, and the man on the far left is Geoff Peers. The other two are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9.7 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-567

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of four men, holding tennis rackets and posing for the camera on a tennis court. The second man from the right is Bob Peers, and the man on the far left is Geoff Peers. The other two are unidentified.

Subjects: Clothing - Uniforms; Sports - Tennis

Names: Peers, William John "Bob"; Peers, Geoffrey Hugh

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Swimming

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39286

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.2 x 7.7 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people, all unidentified, swimming at an unknown location.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.2 x 7.7 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-605

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people, all unidentified, swimming at an unknown location.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Div 1 Gilmore Avenue School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 17 Mar. 1920

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Division One class at Gilmore Avenue School (this information is written on a blackboard at the rear of the classroom). A male teacher is standing beside the blackboard and the class is seated at their desks (each desk is attached to the back of the chair in the front). There are …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Division One class at Gilmore Avenue School (this information is written on a blackboard at the rear of the classroom). A male teacher is standing beside the blackboard and the class is seated at their desks (each desk is attached to the back of the chair in the front). There are 21 girls and 14 boys. The boys are dressed in sweaters or rough sports jackets, baggy trousers, and open-necked shirts. Their hair is generally moppish, or parted. The girls are generally wearing sweaters and wide skirts, with several wearing necklaces. Most have long hair, pulled back and tied, or parted and hanging. Identified: (3rd row of desks, 5th from left) Mary Warren; (1st row of desks, 4th from left) Lena Horne (later Lena McManus). Mary Warren was the daughter of John H. Warren and Mary W. Warren (nee Slaven) who settled in Burnaby and built a house on Union Street in 1912. Mary Warren later became Mary Anthony when she married Bill Anthony. The teacher may be Stanley Griffiths. A blackboard on the left of the picture has math problems written on it. Above, a row of prints hang, among the ones identifiable are Shakespeare and the Fathers of Confederation. The room is lit by dangling electric bulbs. Inscribed on the negative, lower left of the print: "272." An annotation in pencil on the back of the photograph reads, "Mr. Tom Browning." In 1912 Gilmore Ave. School was only a tent as blasting and clearing was being carried out. Later that year, a four-room building was completed and pupils moved in. By 1914, another four rooms were added to meet increased enrolment. Four rooms were added again in 1922, and four rooms and an auditorium were added in 1929. The school was renovated in 1954 and 1955. A library was added in 1964 and six more rooms were built in 1967. The school was named after Hugh B. Gilmour, but an error by a municipal clerk in 1912 changed the spelling to Gilmore.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools; Occupations - Teachers; Furniture; Persons - Black Canadians

Names: Gilmore Avenue School

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: HV971.23.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 17 Mar. 1920

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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