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![Bill Speirs, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-180.jpg?width=280)
Bill Speirs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35323
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (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 Bill Speirs, leaning against the back of an automobile in front of the Speirs family home on Watling Street (near Frederick Avenue). Bill and his wife, Dell Speirs, moved to Burnaby in 1929.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-180
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bill Speirs, leaning against the back of an automobile in front of the Speirs family home on Watling Street (near Frederick Avenue). Bill and his wife, Dell Speirs, moved to Burnaby in 1929.
- Names
- Speirs, Bill
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Watling Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Bill Speirs, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-180.jpg)
Boys and girls at Riverway West School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35988
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class of boys and girls at Riverway West School, standing and sitting outside in three rows. A border collie puppy is sitting on a boy's lap, in the first row, on the far right.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Edmonds School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 207-037
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-07
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class of boys and girls at Riverway West School, standing and sitting outside in three rows. A border collie puppy is sitting on a boy's lap, in the first row, on the far right.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Names
- Riverway West School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4340 Marine Drive
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Burnaby, [between 1937 and 1938] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-002-5.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85235
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1938]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (9 min., 26 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a silent digitized film segment identified as Reel 5. The film segment opens with black and white footage of a Burnaby May Day Parade. Children are seen in costumes pushing carriages and bicycles along with pets as they come to gather at Central Park for judging. This event is followed with…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1938]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (9 min., 26 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-003-5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2014-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a silent digitized film segment identified as Reel 5. The film segment opens with black and white footage of a Burnaby May Day Parade. Children are seen in costumes pushing carriages and bicycles along with pets as they come to gather at Central Park for judging. This event is followed with colour footage of a gymkhana event with people riding horses at the Lubbock farm in Burnaby and closes with Victory Bond fundraising outside the Oak Theatre, a parade on Kingsway and contrails from an airplane. Many of the men can be seen marching in the parade with their A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) uniforms and arm bands.
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Burnaby, [between 1937 and 1938] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-002-5.jpg)
Video
Burnaby, [between 1937 and 1938]
Burnaby, [between 1937 and 1938]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-5.m4v![Burnaby Sports Day, [between 1936 and 1939] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-002-3.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Sports Day
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85204
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1936 and 1939]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (8 min., 37 sec.) : digital, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the annual Sports Day events held at Burnaby Central Park. The film opens with an unidentified dedication ceremony and tree planting in an unknown location and switches to students marching into Central Park. Hundreds of child…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1936 and 1939]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (8 min., 37 sec.) : digital, col., si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-002-3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2012-15
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the annual Sports Day events held at Burnaby Central Park. The film opens with an unidentified dedication ceremony and tree planting in an unknown location and switches to students marching into Central Park. Hundreds of children and Youth are showcased in sporting field events and competitions such as track and field sports, acrobatics, gymnastics, dancing, leap frog, skipping, rugby.
- Subjects
- Events - Parades
- Occupations
- Occupations - Labourers
- Organizations - Mens' Societies and Clubs
- Organizations - Womens' Societies and Clubs
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'May Day Events'
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Central Park
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Burnaby Sports Day, [between 1936 and 1939] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-002-3.jpg)
Video
Burnaby Sports Day, [between 1936 and 1939]
Burnaby Sports Day, [between 1936 and 1939]
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Children's birthday party
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37740
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a children's birthday party at the Ellis home at 6926 Nelson Avenue. The photograph was taken looking down Nelson Avenue. The children are wearing party hats and standing on a fence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-328
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a children's birthday party at the Ellis home at 6926 Nelson Avenue. The photograph was taken looking down Nelson Avenue. The children are wearing party hats and standing on a fence.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Events - Parties
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Children's birthday party, [1930] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-328.jpg)
Children's theatrical performance at the Oak Theatre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85469
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (1 min., 36 sec.) : digital, b&w ; si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized copy of a black and white film segment of an unidentified theatrical production at the Oak Theatre with children as the performers. Children appear in costume with some dressed as mice or rats and cats dancing and performing on the stage while others are dressed as townsfolk. Th…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (1 min., 36 sec.) : digital, b&w ; si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-002-5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2012-15
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized copy of a black and white film segment of an unidentified theatrical production at the Oak Theatre with children as the performers. Children appear in costume with some dressed as mice or rats and cats dancing and performing on the stage while others are dressed as townsfolk. The play closely resembles the folk tale 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' (also known as The Pan Piper, the Rat Catcher of Hamelin).
- Names
- Oak Theatre
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'Royal Visit'
- Storage location refers to location of DVD containing this clip. See 562-002 notes for more information. Additional copies of video file stored in Permanent drive accession folder.
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Central Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Video
Children's theatrical performance at the Oak Theatre, 1939
Children's theatrical performance at the Oak Theatre, 1939
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Child's homemade driveable toy car
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37749
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1923]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.5 cm prints on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a child's homemade driveable toy car, in the backyard of 2313 Nelson Avenue (later renumbered 6926 Nelson Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1923]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.5 cm prints on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-337
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a child's homemade driveable toy car, in the backyard of 2313 Nelson Avenue (later renumbered 6926 Nelson Avenue).
- Subjects
- Toys
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Child's homemade driveable toy car, [1923] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-337.jpg)
Cutting down a Christmas tree
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35382
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925
- 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 twin sisters, Kay and Evelyn Rorison, cutting down a Christmas tree. Kay and Evelyn were the daughters of William and Alma Rorison of 3907 River Road (later becoming 4593 Marine Drive at Strathern Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-239
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of twin sisters, Kay and Evelyn Rorison, cutting down a Christmas tree. Kay and Evelyn were the daughters of William and Alma Rorison of 3907 River Road (later becoming 4593 Marine Drive at Strathern Avenue).
- Subjects
- Plants - Trees
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4593 Marine Drive
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Digney family home at Christmas
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85470
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (1min., 18 sec.) : digital, col. ; si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment of the Digney family at Christmas. Film opens with views of a rhododendrun bush and moves into footage showing the outside and inside their home at Christmas time.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (1min., 18 sec.) : digital, col. ; si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-002-6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2012-15
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment of the Digney family at Christmas. Film opens with views of a rhododendrun bush and moves into footage showing the outside and inside their home at Christmas time.
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Names
- Digney, Andy
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'Royal Visit'
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Video
Digney family home at Christmas, 1939
Digney family home at Christmas, 1939
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Evelyn Le Grove
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38047
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 1933 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Evelyn Le Grove at McGregor Avenue and Portland Street in the snow. A house can be seen in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 1933 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-634
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Evelyn Le Grove at McGregor Avenue and Portland Street in the snow. A house can be seen in the background.
- Names
- Le Grove, Evelyn Hardy
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- McGregor Avenue
- Portland Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Gough family home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35491
- 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 the Gough family home at 2119 Nelson Avenue (later 7126 Nelson Avenue). The house was built in 1912. William Gough was marble setter by trade, and he lived here with his wife, Agnes, and their children.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-349
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gough family home at 2119 Nelson Avenue (later 7126 Nelson Avenue). The house was built in 1912. William Gough was marble setter by trade, and he lived here with his wife, Agnes, and their children.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 2119 Nelson Avenue
- 7126 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
Gray family garden
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35522
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924 (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 Emily Gray (mother of William Gray) in her garden on the south side of Winnifred Street. There was a spring, a pond with gold fish, guppies and lily pads, and flowers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-380
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Emily Gray (mother of William Gray) in her garden on the south side of Winnifred Street. There was a spring, a pond with gold fish, guppies and lily pads, and flowers.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Gardens
- Names
- Gray, Emily Christmas
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Winnifred Street
- Street Address
- 4375 Winnifred Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Gray family home, [192-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-382.jpg?width=280)
Gray family home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35524
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-] (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 the Gray family home finally completed at 4375 Winnifred Street. It was built in stages as money became available. The upstairs windows front the room where young William, an only child, slept. Winifred Street was named after Ernie North's sister, Winnifred North, who lived in Surrey…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-382
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gray family home finally completed at 4375 Winnifred Street. It was built in stages as money became available. The upstairs windows front the room where young William, an only child, slept. Winifred Street was named after Ernie North's sister, Winnifred North, who lived in Surrey, England.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Winnifred Street
- Street Address
- 4375 Winnifred Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Gray family home, [192-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-382.jpg)
Gray Orchard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35521
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924 (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 the Gray orchard on the south side of Winnifred Street. (From left) Clamor Gray (father of William Gray), Emily Gray (mother), and William Gray. Note the split cedar fencing all around the orchard to keep out animals.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-379
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gray orchard on the south side of Winnifred Street. (From left) Clamor Gray (father of William Gray), Emily Gray (mother), and William Gray. Note the split cedar fencing all around the orchard to keep out animals.
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Orchards
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Winnifred Street
- Street Address
- 4375 Winnifred Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Harry Winters and Jim Ellis, [1926 or 1927] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-330.jpg?width=280)
Harry Winters and Jim Ellis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37742
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1926 or 1927] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harry Winters and Jim Ellis with the Ellis family goat, at the back of the Ellis home at 6926 Nelson Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1926 or 1927] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-330
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harry Winters and Jim Ellis with the Ellis family goat, at the back of the Ellis home at 6926 Nelson Avenue.
- Subjects
- Animals - Goats
- Names
- Ellis, Jim
- Winters, Harry
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Harry Winters and Jim Ellis, [1926 or 1927] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-330.jpg)
![Holmes family home, [1920] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-610.jpg?width=280)
Holmes family home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35752
- 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 the Holmes family home, 3919 Watling Street (later renumbered 4527 Watling Street). This was the second house the family lived in. Identified (left to right) sisters Kathleen Holmes and Eileen Holmes.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-610
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Holmes family home, 3919 Watling Street (later renumbered 4527 Watling Street). This was the second house the family lived in. Identified (left to right) sisters Kathleen Holmes and Eileen Holmes.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Watling Street
- Street Address
- 4527 Watling Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Holmes family home, [1920] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-610.jpg)
![Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/231-012.jpg?width=280)
Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory441
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1926-1989
- Length
- 00:10:22
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is mainly about the start of the Lewarne family ice cream business in the Depression and its history under three generations of the family. He also remembers the hard times of the Depression, the schools he attended in South Burnaby, and Mr. Seller’s shetland ponies.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is mainly about the start of the Lewarne family ice cream business in the Depression and its history under three generations of the family. He also remembers the hard times of the Depression, the schools he attended in South Burnaby, and Mr. Seller’s shetland ponies.
- Date Range
- 1926-1989
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012
- Length
- 00:10:22
- Subjects
- Occupations - Entrepreneurs
- Business
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 14, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.
- Total Tracks
- 14
- Total Length
- 1:34:40
- Interviewee Name
- Lewarne, William A. "Bill"
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and business computerization in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
![Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/231-012.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Bill Lewarne
Track one of interview with Bill Lewarne
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_1.mp3
Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory442
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1893-1944
- Length
- 00:05:35
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s parents’ history (Ethel Leer and Alfred Lewarne) and growing up in South Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s parents’ history (Ethel Leer and Alfred Lewarne) and growing up in South Burnaby.
- Date Range
- 1893-1944
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012
- Length
- 00:05:35
- Names
- Lewarne, Ethel Leer
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 14, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.
- Total Tracks
- 14
- Total Length
- 1:34:40
- Interviewee Name
- Lewarne, William A. "Bill"
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and business computerization in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Bill Lewarne
Track two of interview with Bill Lewarne
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_2.mp3
Jim Ellis and his dog
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37726
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 2.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jim Ellis, with his dog, Bill, seated at the back of the Ellis home at 6926 Nelson Avenue. There is construction occurring in the background. The photograph was taken during the summer of 1938.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 2.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-314
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jim Ellis, with his dog, Bill, seated at the back of the Ellis home at 6926 Nelson Avenue. There is construction occurring in the background. The photograph was taken during the summer of 1938.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Names
- Elllis, Jim
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Jim Ellis on Bicycle, [ca. 1933] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-329.jpg?width=280)
Jim Ellis on Bicycle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37741
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1933] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jim Ellis, on a bicycle, at the side of 6926 Nelson Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1933] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-329
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jim Ellis, on a bicycle, at the side of 6926 Nelson Avenue.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Bicycles
- Names
- Ellis, Jim
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Nelson Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Jim Ellis on Bicycle, [ca. 1933] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-329.jpg)