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22nd Annual Christmas Toy Ru
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport4139
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 63025
- Meeting Date
- 11-Sep-2000
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 23
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 63025
- Meeting Date
- 11-Sep-2000
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 23
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
23rd Annual Christmas Toy Run
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport3530
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 63628
- Meeting Date
- 27-Aug-2001
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 21
- Item No.
- 14
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 63628
- Meeting Date
- 27-Aug-2001
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 21
- Item No.
- 14
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
24th Annual Christmas Toy Run
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport2930
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 64223
- Meeting Date
- 26-Aug-2002
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 22
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 64223
- Meeting Date
- 26-Aug-2002
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 22
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
25th Annual Christmas Toy Run
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport2303
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 64854
- Meeting Date
- 25-Aug-2003
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 22
- Item No.
- 11
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 64854
- Meeting Date
- 25-Aug-2003
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 22
- Item No.
- 11
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
26th Annual Christmas Toy Run
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport1624
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 65524
- Meeting Date
- 13-Sep-2004
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 23
- Item No.
- 13
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 65524
- Meeting Date
- 13-Sep-2004
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 23
- Item No.
- 13
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
27th Annual Christmas Toy Run
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport1091
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 66053
- Meeting Date
- 15-Aug-2005
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 22
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 66053
- Meeting Date
- 15-Aug-2005
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 22
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
28th Annual Christmas Toy Run
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport519
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 66617
- Meeting Date
- 21-Aug-2006
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 16
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 66617
- Meeting Date
- 21-Aug-2006
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 16
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
29th Annual Christmas Toy Run
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport34
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 67120
- Meeting Date
- 27-Aug-2007
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 21
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 67120
- Meeting Date
- 27-Aug-2007
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 21
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
30th Annual Christmas Toy Run
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport52959
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69041
- Meeting Date
- 25-Aug-2008
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 14
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69041
- Meeting Date
- 25-Aug-2008
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 14
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
31st Annual Christmas Toy Run
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport56116
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 77500
- Meeting Date
- 31-Aug-2009
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 77500
- Meeting Date
- 31-Aug-2009
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Andrew Jinks with Lego cottage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97315
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Andrew Jinks, a programmer at the Burnaby company Creo-Scitex, posing in an office with a Lego replica of his family's cottage.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2711
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Andrew Jinks, a programmer at the Burnaby company Creo-Scitex, posing in an office with a Lego replica of his family's cottage.
- Subjects
- Toys
- Buildings - Commercial - Offices
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an August 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Andrew Jinks, a programmer at Creo-Scitex, shows off the interior of one of his Lego creations, a scale replica of his family's cottage."
Images
BuggyBag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95706
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man posed next to a stroller where a doll sits and demonstrates a product labelled the "BuggyBag."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1564
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man posed next to a stroller where a doll sits and demonstrates a product labelled the "BuggyBag."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Entrepreneurs
- Toys - Dolls
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Myron Unrau demonstrates the "BuggyBag," a protective warmer for babies travelling in strollers, which he developed and is marketing over the internet."
Images
Burnaby Fire Department and Penningtons teddy bears
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95961
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby fire fighters and Penningtons employees posed with a box of teddy bears and a fire truck in the background. The bears were purchased by Penningtons customers for donation to children.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1731
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby fire fighters and Penningtons employees posed with a box of teddy bears and a fire truck in the background. The bears were purchased by Penningtons customers for donation to children.
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Laurel Krause, the assistant manager at Penningtons, and David Graystone, of the Burnaby Fire Department, check out some of the more than 60 teddy bears purchased by customers of the North Rd. store to be donated to the fire department to give to kids who've been in accidents, or to charities that help kids. Looking on are Darcey O'Riordan and George Assaf, of the Burnaby Fire Department, and Brenda Kult, the manager at Penningtons."
Images
Elisabeth Hansen at craft fair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97545
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elisabeth Hansen with dolls she is selling at a craft fair.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2884
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elisabeth Hansen with dolls she is selling at a craft fair.
- Subjects
- Toys - Dolls
- Events
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ponne, Simone
- Notes
- Title based on original file name
- Collected by editorial for use in an October 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Elisabeth Hansen sells dolls dressed in finery and victorian christmas tree ornaments."
Images
Evelyn Stanbury at Burnaby Village Museum Collectors' Weekend
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97022
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Evelyn Stanbury, of the Canadian Artists in Porcelain, makes adjustments to a porcelain doll from the early 1900s that is on display as part of the Burnaby Village Museum's annual Collectors' Weekend. Other dolls in Stanbury's collection sit behind her.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2554
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Evelyn Stanbury, of the Canadian Artists in Porcelain, makes adjustments to a porcelain doll from the early 1900s that is on display as part of the Burnaby Village Museum's annual Collectors' Weekend. Other dolls in Stanbury's collection sit behind her.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Evelyn Stanbury, of the Canadian Artists in Porcelain, makes sure "Brother Angry," a GBR Heuback character doll from the early 1900s, is looking just right for his appearance amidst the dolls on display at Burnaby Village Museum, at its annual collectors' weekend."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 4900 Deer Lake Avenue
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Fire in 7200 block of Curtis Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97704
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the aftermath of a fire in the 7200 block of Curtis Street. Photographs depict fire and police investigators at work, a memorial, and a neighbour being interviewed about the fire.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2979
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the aftermath of a fire in the 7200 block of Curtis Street. Photographs depict fire and police investigators at work, a memorial, and a neighbour being interviewed about the fire.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a December 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2979-1: "Burnaby fire and police investigators look for clues to the cause of an overnight fire that killed three children and injured four other people, in the 7200 block of Curtis St."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2979-2: "A small memorial of flowers and a plush toy takes shape in front of the burned-out house on Curtis St. in which three children died early Sunday morning."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2979-3: "Burnaby fire inspector Doug Hahn."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2979-4: "Toader Simioniea, a next door neighbor, describes what he saw after he was alerted to the fire by his landlord."
- Geographic Access
- Curtis Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
Images
Heritage Christmas Craft Fair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95868
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the Heritage Christmas Craft Fair at the Shadbolt Centre. Photographs show artisans posing with their crafts that are for sale at the fair.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1668
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the Heritage Christmas Craft Fair at the Shadbolt Centre. Photographs show artisans posing with their crafts that are for sale at the fair.
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Crafts
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a November 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1668-1: "Sue Clarke, of Burnaby, is about to be chomped by the "Loch Ness Monster Grabber," one of the traditional wooden toys she's selling at Burnaby's annual Heritage Christmas Craft Fair, at the Shadbolt Centre."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1668-2: "Muriel Rogan, of Burnaby, sets up her crocheted angels, at the annual Heritage Christmas Craft Fair, at Shadbolt Centre. Each angel takes two weeks to complete."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6450 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Interview with Georgina Nicholson by Eric Damer November 2, 2012 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory370
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1948-2012
- Length
- 0:09:38
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Georgina Nicholson's childhood years. Georgina discusses the food she grew up on and the toys that she played with as a child, as compared to what she sees now. She briefly mentions taking tap dance classes in Vancouver.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Georgina Nicholson's childhood years. Georgina discusses the food she grew up on and the toys that she played with as a child, as compared to what she sees now. She briefly mentions taking tap dance classes in Vancouver.
- Date Range
- 1948-2012
- Length
- 0:09:38
- Subjects
- Toys
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- November 2, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Georgina Nicholson conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 2, 2012. Major theme discussed: the life of a teenager in the nineteen-sixties.
- Biographical Notes
- Georgina Nicholson's parents were married in 1929 and moved into their house in North Burnaby. Georgina Nicholson was born in 1948 and grew up playing in neighbourhood parks. Georgina went to Rosser Avenue Elementary, Alpha and Burnaby Heights Junior Secondary, and North Burnaby High Schools. She later studied at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and pursued a career as a laboratory technologist.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:38:20
- Interviewee Name
- Nicholson, Georgina
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track four of recording of interview with Georgina Nicholson
Track four of recording of interview with Georgina Nicholson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-019/MSS171-019_Track_4.mp3Margaret Kelly
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96561
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Margaret Kelly, winner of a Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Education, posing behind a toy car in a daycare playground.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2183
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Margaret Kelly, winner of a Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Education, posing behind a toy car in a daycare playground.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "After 27 years working in daycare, Margaret Kelly is being recognized with the Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Education. She was presented with her award in Ottawa on Tuesday."
Images
Mehran Moallem in D Video
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97101
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mehran Moallem, the owner of D Video on North Road, standing in the aisle of the shop and showing examples of non-violent video games that he carries.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2628
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mehran Moallem, the owner of D Video on North Road, standing in the aisle of the shop and showing examples of non-violent video games that he carries.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Mehran Moallem, owner of D Video on North Rd., says he stopped adding violent video games to his rental inventory when he saw the effect they were having on his own children. He prefers to rent role-playing games like Toy Story, and sports simulations like Track & Field and racing games."
- Geographic Access
- North Road