Research

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates

1955-2008

Heritage Value

The Sussex-Nelson Neighbourhood is located just south of Metrotown and in 1980 was characterised as the most populated of all of Burnaby's Planning Study areas. The area immediately south of Metrotown was initially developed as post-war 1950s housing stock, while the sector south of Rumble was developed after the 1960s and 1970s as single-family housing.

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates

1925-1954

Heritage Value

As with many areas of Burnaby during this period, the years after World War Two marked a rapid growth in residential development in the Alta-Vista Neighbourhood. Subdivisions like Sussex and Suncrest were built and new schools and amenities were constructed to meet the demands of increased population.

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

4443 Irmin Street

Associated Dates

1955-1982

Heritage Value

Sussex Avenue school was another school built during the peak expansion years of the 1950s and early 1960s. Burnaby's population was growing at such a fast pace during that decade that 10 new schools were built, and existing schools were expanded. Sussex Avenue School opened with 304 pupils. By the 1970s, student enrolment had slowed considerably from its peak and as a result, a number of schools - including Sussex - were closed.

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Irmin Street

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

4446 Watling Street

Associated Dates

1992

Heritage Value

South Slope/B.C. School for the Deaf opened in 1992 and is one of the newer elementary schools in the City. The 2009 School Growth Plan notes that South Slope/BC School for the Deaf replaced the former Jericho Hill School for the Deaf in Vancouver.

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4446 Watling Street

Street View URL

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates

1905-1924

Heritage Value

Alta Vista, named for its high views of the Fraser Valley, rapidly grew during the period 1910-1912, seeing its settlement jump from about a dozen buildings in 1910 to about four hundred by the end of 1912. Home-seekers were attracted to its location just a short walk from the B.C.E.R. line at Royal Oak and Highland Park and easily accessible to both New Westminster and Vancouver.

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

Albert & Emma Greenwood Residence

Civic Address

4569 Victory Street

Associated Dates

c.1911

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

Typical of the Arts and Crafts style, this house has a front gabled roof with triangular eave brackets and a front verandah with twinned square columns on tapered piers. It is notable for its stained glass windows and early ‘ripple’ float glass. Asbestos shingles were at one point added over the original siding, but are being removed by the owner, exposing the cedar shingles. The house is believed to have been built and occupied by Albert and Emma Greenwood.

Locality

Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Ownership

Private

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Victory Street

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

7125 Frederick Avenue

Associated Dates

1913

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

The British Columbian Weekly reported in 1913 that a “Californian Bungalow was being erected …for Mr. F.J. Butler.” This house displays many outstanding features of the Craftsman style including a granite foundation and tapered verandah pillars, and an open beamed verandah roof with an unusual cantilever. The house also boasts beautifully appointed main floor rooms with tiled fireplaces and several excellent Art Nouveau-style stained glass windows. The plan was likely derived from a Bungalow pattern book, popular at the time as the basis for construction of many family homes.

Locality

Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Area

679.07

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Frederick Avenue

Street View URL

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

7150 McKay Avenue

Associated Dates

c.1925

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

This elaborate house demonstrates the pervasive influence of the British Arts and Crafts style. Featuring a front jerkin-headed roof with a prominent side jerkin-headed projection, it displays a variety of features such as projecting heavy timber eave brackets, half-timbered gables, a polygonal projecting bay and banks of multi-paned casement windows. The inset entry porch, which has been enclosed, has arched openings. Stucco has been added over the main floor siding; otherwise the house is well-maintained and in substantially original condition.

Locality

Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Area

636.54

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Geographic Access

Burnaby - McKay Avenue

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

Royal Oak Community Church

Civic Address

7175 Royal Oak Avenue

Associated Dates

1936

Description

Church building.

Heritage Value

This Baptist congregation originally held services in a tent at the corner of McGregor Avenue and Portland but they soon were able to build a small church. A membership drive by Pastor Arthur James Bowbrick (1875-1961) was so successful that the congregation was able build this fine structure, prominently located at the corner of Victory Street. Although it has been altered with later additions and stucco over the original siding, the original windows and the rooftop belfry remain.

Locality

Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Ownership

Private

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Royal Oak Avenue

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

7207 Jubilee Avenue

Associated Dates

1939

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

This house was built for Richard Dunn, a police sergeant with the B.C. Police force and his wife Alice. This house is a notable example of a Storybook Cottage, dating from just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Modest houses of the era often assumed a cottage appearance that provided a romantic ideal of traditional domesticity. With its smooth, planar stucco, severely-clipped roof edges, round-arched door and windows, side arch with a catslide roof, cross-leaded glass and brick detailing, this house is an excellent example of this picturesque housing trend. Located on a corner lot, the house was sited at an angle. The large Chilean Pine, or monkey-puzzle tree, entrance is a remarkable specimen.

Locality

Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Ownership

Private

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Jubilee Avenue

Street View URL

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Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

6935 Nelson Avenue

Associated Dates

c.1918

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

This Craftsman bungalow was built for the Neville family. Richard Neville (1884-1950) served as a Burnaby councillor in 1924 and is remembered as the man who gave the CCF party (now the NDP) land on Maple Avenue on which to build Jubilee Labour Hall. He worked as a tile layer for the O’Neill Company and was married to Ada Neville (née Cook, 1885-1970). Ada Neville still lived in this house at the time of her death. Typical of the Craftsman style, the house has a side gabled roof with large front gable dormer, triangular eave brackets, an open arched front verandah and a textural mix of siding including cedar shingle on the main floor and lapped siding at the foundation.

Locality

Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Area

936.00

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6935 Nelson Avenue

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

4850 Irmin Street

Associated Dates

1927

Description

School building.

Heritage Value

Nelson Avenue School was established in 1912 to serve the Alta Vista district of Burnaby. Architects Bowman & Cullerne designed this Classical Revival style school which was built as the annex to the original school building in 1927 and was a twin structure to the original Windsor Street School building. It once featured a columned porch but has been altered with a coat of stucco over the original main floor siding and replacement windows. It still retains its distinctive hipped roof with a domed octagonal roof ventilator. Harold Cullerne (1890-1976) joined J.H. Bowman (1864-1943) in a partnership that lasted from 1919 to 1934. The firm specialized in school design, and their project list includes Seaforth School (1922, now relocated to Burnaby Village Museum), Burnaby North High School (1923), and Windsor Street School (1924).

Locality

Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Architect

Bowman & Cullerne

Contributing Resource

Building

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4850 Irmin Street

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

Onezime & Charlsie Naud House

Civic Address

4737 Victory Street

Associated Dates

1908

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

By-law No. 12316

Enactment Date

26/05/2008

Description

The O.G. Naud House is a south facing, two-storey house with a bellcast hipped roof, set on a high basement. It features a double-height front verandah supported by classical columns. It is located on Victory Street in the Alta Vista neighbourhood of South Burnaby, and is one of the oldest houses in the area.

Heritage Value

Built in 1908, the O.G. Naud House is valued as one of the first houses to be built in the Alta Vista neighbourhood and is a direct link to the first settlement of the area. Close proximity to the B.C. Electric Railway streetcar line, at Royal Oak and Highland Park, permitted easy access to New Westminster and Vancouver. These transportation links, combined with spectacular views of the Fraser Valley, encouraged the early development of this South Burnaby neighbourhood. The O.G. Naud House is architecturally significant as an example of the influence of the Classical Revival style that had been popularized in Eastern Canada. The basic form of the house is a Foursquare, with a double-height verandah that dominates the symmetrically balanced façade, supported on lathe-turned columns. A central entry and regular fenestration further unify the façade composition. Construction employed locally available materials. The rough-cut foundation stone was harvested from boulders from the G. Ledingham property on the south side of Victory Street. The builder and first owner, Onezime George Naud (1858-1951), was originally from St. Albans, Quebec. He worked on railway construction in Alabama, where he met his wife, Charlsie Elizabeth Sims (1869-1974). He later took part in the 1898 Gold Rush in Atlin, then worked as a stonemason on CPR culverts and bridges across B.C. An accomplished stonemason, Naud also worked on the original Vancouver and New Westminster post offices, the Parliament buildings in Victoria, and the Capitol building in Olympia, Washington.

Defining Elements

The key characteristics that define the heritage character of the O.G. Naud House include its: - south-facing location, with generous set back from the street, in the Alta Vista neighbourhood of South Burnaby - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its two-storey height plus full basement, bellcast hipped roof, rectangular plan and front projecting double-height verandah - masonry construction materials such as the rough-cut granite foundation - wood-frame construction, including lapped wooden siding and shingle siding extant under later cladding - Edwardian era features including lathe-turned columns, balustrades of dimensional lumber, scroll-cut bargeboards in front gable, and scroll-cut eave brackets - associated landscape features including lane access to the east, large cedar trees and perimeter plantings

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Person

Charlsie Elizabeth Sims

Onezime Naud

G. Ledingham

Function

Primary Historic--Single Dwelling

Community

Alta Vista

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D.003-100-375

Boundaries

The O.G. Naud House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 4737 Victory Street, Burnaby.

Area

1099.47

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Documentation

City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, Heritage Site Files

Name Access

Naud, Onezime Georges "George"

Naud, Charlsie Elizabeth Sims

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4737 Victory Street

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Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Civic Address

4156 Rumble Street

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

By-law No. 11959

Enactment Date

17/10/2005

Description

Located on Rumble Street in the Alta Vista neighbourhood, the Roy and Catherine Cummins House is a one and one-half storey, front-gabled rustic Arts and Crafts house, distinguished by the use of log construction and fieldstone verandah columns.

Heritage Value

The Roy and Catherine Cummins House is valued for its association with the early settlement of Burnaby. Its construction is linked to the opening of the Burnaby Lake Interurban line, which ran through the central part of Burnaby, providing access between Vancouver and New Westminster. The accessibility of the area, combined with spectacular views of the Fraser River, made Alta Vista a desirable Edwardian era middle-class neighbourhood. The house was built in 1912 for Roy Franklin Cummins and his wife, Catherine Emma Cummins (née Cook), shortly after their marriage. Roy Cummins was a lineman with the B.C. Electric Railway Company, an economic driving force in Burnaby. The Roy and Catherine Cummins House is a unique and sophisticated local example of a rustic Arts and Crafts structure. Roy Cummins constructed the house from logs cleared for the construction of Rumble Street; the house is also unique for its use of local fieldstone for its verandah columns and chimney. Reminiscent of park lodge architecture, it exemplifies the semi-wild nature of the area as it was being opened for subdivision. It is also an indication of how far Burnaby was removed from the more urban lifestyles and attitudes of Vancouver and New Westminster.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Roy and Catherine Cummins House include its: - location on a steeply sloping site in the Alta Vista neighbourhood of Burnaby - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its one and one-half storey height plus full basement, front-gabled roof and shed dormer, full open front verandah and partial rear verandah - peeled log construction including notched corner posts, log verandah roof framing and log balustrades - masonry elements including fieldstone verandah columns and internal chimney, and board-formed concrete foundations with fieldstone aggregate - rustic Arts and Crafts features such as the use of natural materials, tapered columns, front door with sidelights and exposed eave purlins - original windows, including wooden sash casement windows in multiple assembly with continuous transoms - interior features including fir-panelled walls, wooden mouldings and fieldstone fireplace - associated landscape features including terraced stone walls

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Person

Catherine Emma Cummins

Roy Franklin Cummins

Function

Primary Historic--Single Dwelling

Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community

Alta Vista

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D.026-635-534

Boundaries

The Roy and Catherine Cummins House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 4156 Rumble Street, Burnaby.

Area

718

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Documentation

City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, Heritage Site Files

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4156 Rumble Street

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1933] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-053

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 20.3 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Lewarne family home on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista.

Subjects

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Nelson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1930]

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-022

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Rumble Road east of Patterson.

Photographer

Stone, Gene

Subjects

Geographic Features - Roads

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Rumble Road

Burnaby - Patterson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1970 and 1990]

Collection/Fonds

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool fonds

Description Level

File

Item No.

563-020

Accession Number

2014-06

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

7 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

File is a strip of colour negatives of South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool students skating.

Names

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool

Notes

Title based on contents of photographs

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Gray Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[191-?] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-678

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a family gathering at house on Rumble Street. People are standing on the porch and stairs of the house.

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Rumble Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1916 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-347

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of (left) Leslie Gough and (right) Phyllis Gough, children of William and Agnes Gough, on the porch of of 2119 Nelson Avenue (later 7126 Nelson Avenue).

Names

Gough, Leslie

Gough, Phyllis

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Nelson Avenue

Burnaby - 7126 Nelson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1911 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-606

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Baker family home, 1643 Arthur Avenue (later renumbered 7666 Arthur Avenue). It was built by George Charles Baker.

Subjects

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Arthur Avenue

Burnaby - 7666 Arthur Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[194-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-258

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Bickerton family home at 2125 Nelson Avenue (later renumbered 7082 Nelson Avenue) near Victory Street, built in 1905.

Subjects

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Nelson Avenue

Burnaby - 7082 Nelson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October,1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-051

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a house at 6869 Dow Avenue, built in 1946. A garage and two bedrooms were added later.

Photographer

McCarron, John

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Dow Avenue

Burnaby - 6869 Dow Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1913 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Gough family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

182-006

Accession Number

BHS986-30

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of an unidentified family at Marlborough Avenue and Victory Street. A man and woman are seated outside in a forested area holding two small children. An annotation at the top of photograph reads, "Marlborough & Victory Sts. 1913."

Subjects

Geographic Features - Forests

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marlborough Avenue

Burnaby - Victory Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

May 1942

Collection/Fonds

Morris Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

278-001

Accession Number

BHS992-8

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Dr. Wesley Morris and his wife, Laura Maude Weegar Morris standing beside a pathway at Marine Drive.

Names

Morris, Dr. Wesley Gardier

Morris, Laura Maude Weegar

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1985

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

398-002

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Naud house, at 4737 Victory Street. This home was built by Onzieme Naud and is now a protected heritage site in Burnaby.

Subjects

Buildings - Heritage

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4737 Victory Street

Burnaby - Victory Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

2009

Collection/Fonds

Steve Jensen fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

494-001

Accession Number

2009-03

Storage Location

See Location of AIP

Physical Description

1 photograph (jpeg) : col.

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the O. G. Naud house at 4737 Victory Street as taken in 2009.

Creator

Steve Jensen

Subjects

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Victory Street

Burnaby - 4737 Victory Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 22, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-301

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a newspaper carrier waiting for his papers at the Vancouver Sun distribution centre at Jubilee and Imperial Street.

Photographer

McCarron, John

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Burnaby - Jubilee Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1944]

Collection/Fonds

Thrussell Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

275-010

Accession Number

BHS992-5

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a man driving a boy along Marine Drive in a small "trap", or light-weight, two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.

Subjects

Transportation - Carriages

Transportation - Horses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Big Bend Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 27, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-389

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows young children on the corner of Nelson Avenue and Patrick Place.

Photographer

Ross, Martha

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Nelson Avenue

Burnaby - Patrick Place

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1926 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-238

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of William Rorison and children in the family car, along River Road (now Marine Drive).

Subjects

Transportation - Automobiles

Animals - Dogs

Names

Rorison, William

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - River Road

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - 4593 Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds

Disney Family collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

325-041

Accession Number

BHS996-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Nelson Avenue School, which was established in 1912 to serve the Alta Vista district of Burnaby.

Photographer

Disney, John Harold "Jack"

Subjects

Buildings - Schools

Names

Nelson Avenue School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4850 Irmin Street

Burnaby - Irmin Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1912] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Forster family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

168-002

Accession Number

BHS986-17

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Shepherd house on Clinton Street just off Nelson Avenue. Four unidentified people are sitting or standing outside.

Subjects

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Clinton Street

Burnaby - Nelson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-193

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Bjarne Hansen, the operator of Maywood Barber Shop at 4386 Imperial Street.

Photographer

Cook, Alan

Subjects

Buildings - Commercial - Barber Shops

Names

Maywood Barber Shop

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Burnaby - 4368 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-194

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Bjarne Hansen, the operator of Maywood Barber Shop and a customer, inside the business.

Photographer

Cook, Alan

Subjects

Buildings - Commercial - Barber Shops

Names

Maywood Barber Shop

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Burnaby - 4368 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-195

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a close up of Bjarne Hansen's barber tools inside the Maywood Barber shop.

Photographer

Cook, Alan

Subjects

Buildings - Commercial - Barber Shops

Names

Maywood Barber Shop

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Imperial Street

Burnaby - 4368 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code

BV013.15.1

Description

Grocery sign The sign is from a neighbourhood grocery on Royal Oak at the Skytrain line: 6949 Royal Oak Avenue. The bulk of the sign is rectangular with a grocery bag and contents extending above the top edge of the sign. The words "M & B / GROCERY" are written in white text, with "GROCERY" highlighted in neon. The sign was suspended from a horizontal pole with a spear like finial that was mounted at the front of the roof or the store.

Province Made

British Columbia

Site/City Made

Vancouver

Subjects

Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Record Type

Artifact

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1970 and 1990]

Collection/Fonds

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool fonds

Description Level

File

Item No.

563-010

Accession Number

2014-06

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

5 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

File is a strip of colour negatives of students at a halloween party at the South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool.

Names

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool

Notes

Title based on contents of photographs

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Gray Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1970 and 1990]

Collection/Fonds

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool fonds

Description Level

File

Item No.

563-011

Accession Number

2014-06

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

10 photographs : col. negatives ; 15 mm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

File is a strip of colour negatives of South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool students at a the pumpkin patch.

Names

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool

Notes

Title based on contents of photographs

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Gray Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1970 and 1990]

Collection/Fonds

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool fonds

Description Level

File

Item No.

563-012

Accession Number

2014-06

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

18 photographs : col. negatives ; 15 mm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

File is a strip of colour negatives of South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool students at halloween and Christmas parties held at the preschool.

Names

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool

Notes

Transcribed title

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Gray Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1970 and 1990]

Collection/Fonds

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool fonds

Description Level

File

Item No.

563-013

Accession Number

2014-06

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

10 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

File is a strip of colour negatives of South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool students at pumpkin patch.

Names

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool

Notes

Title based on contents of photographs

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Gray Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 8, 2009

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Charting Change Project series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

503-034

Accession Number

2009-10

Storage Location

Permanent drive

Physical Description

1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 600 ppi

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of South Slope Elementary School and the British Columbia Provinical School for the Deaf.

Photographer

Pasch, Rebecca

Subjects

Buildings - Schools

Names

South Slope Elementary School

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4446 Watling Street

Burnaby - Watling Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 10, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-249

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows arch at entrance to Southern Slope Motel located at 4653 Marine Drive.

Photographer

Ross, Martha

Subjects

Buildings - Commercial - Hotels and Motels

Names

Southern Slope Motel

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Marine Drive

Burnaby - 4653 Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1930] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-180

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

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

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Watling Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1930 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-181

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Dell Speirs in front of the Speirs family home on Watling Street (near Frederick Avenue). Dell was the wife of Bill Speirs.

Subjects

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names

Speirs, Dell

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Watling Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1912] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Forster family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

168-003

Accession Number

BHS986-17

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

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

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of construction workers posed outside at Nelson Avenue and Clinton Street.

Subjects

Occupations - Labourers

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Nelson Avenue

Burnaby - Clinton Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1974

Collection/Fonds

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool fonds

Description Level

File

Item No.

563-009

Accession Number

2014-06

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

24 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

File is a strip of colour negatives of students and classes from the South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool, dated 1974.

Names

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool

Notes

Title based on contents of photographs

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Gray Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1970 and 1990]

Collection/Fonds

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool fonds

Description Level

File

Item No.

563-014

Accession Number

2014-06

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

10 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

File is a strip of colour negatives of South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool students.

Names

South Burnaby Parent Participation Preschool

Notes

Title based on contents of photographs

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Gray Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Less detail