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handcar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact6682
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.105.1
- Description
- This is a two or four person handcar used on the Canadian Pacific Railway. The car is powered by a hand pumped eccentric gear. There are four sets of short handles at each end to allow the car to be manually lifted off the track. There is a foot actuated brake on the edge of the platform. Wood shoes are pressed against the wheels.
- Object History
- This type of railroad vehicle would be used by a work gang as transport to a repair job in their section of the track. A trailer can be attached to carry equipment. The car is easily lifted off the track to allow a train to pass. This particular vehicle's history is not known it is typical of such equipment used on the CPR mainline.
- Marks/Labels
- "CPR", stenciled in black on the side of the pump support.
- Measurements
- Overall measurements: Lth 216 cm. (7 feet) X wdth 160 cm (5 feet 4 inches) X ht 152 cm. (5 feet)
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Rail
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lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41405
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.183
- Description
- Button pin, round, buff ground with wide brownish red border and green print. Around edge from left, "JULY / AUG / SEPT". Logo below 'AUG', illegible, "LI--HA" ?, then "1920". At bottom is brownish red dot at centre of "U.B.M.W.E.R.S.L." in circle. Pin is paper formed over a metal back and held in place by pressure. Clear coating over front. Back is dark metal with remains of pin clasp closure ?, coil of wire one side, lighter-coloured patch of metal around opening other side. Back is hollow. Manufacturer's stamp, mostly illegible, "--- CO" "--H.N.Y." and hallmark ?. Metal of back is tarnished, some scratches and wear on front.
- Object History
- Union dues button for the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railroad Shop Laborers which was affiliated with the American Federation of Labour. Railroad way workers oversaw the maintenace of railroad tracks. (For more information see http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/object_186.html)
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols
- Object Term
- Insignia
- Marks/Labels
- "JULY / AUG / SEPT", green letters printed around top "1920", larger green numbers printed in centre "U.B.M.W.E.R.S.L.", green letters printed around dot and surrounded by a green circle
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Industries
- Occupations - Railroad Labourers
- Organizations - Unions
- Transportation - Rail
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signal light
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact82358
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.25.12
- Description
- Black metal train signal used on the interurban trams.The lamp has red lenses that face 90 degrees to the line of travel and a single clear lens that faces down the track. The lens opening on the fourth side of the lamp is covered with a flat plate. There is a mounting bracket on this side of the lamp. The clear lens is on a verticaly sliding panel that gives access to the inside of the lamp. Originally this lamp may have had a kerosene lamp for a light source but this lamp has had an electric light bulb mounted inside. The modern power cord is aproximately 12 feet long with a double prong plug. "B C E R" is stamped in the body of the lamp under the clear lens.
- Object History
- The artifact belonged donor's father when he worked for the BCER.
- Object Term
- Lamp, Signal
- Subjects
- Lighting Devices
- Transportation - Rail
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pamphlet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84653
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV011.50.14
- Description
- pamphlet; light green paper; printed on two sides with brown ink; front includes title "BURNABY / CENTRAL / RAILWAY" with photograph of model steam engine above and information on the railway operation with fares; verso of pahmplet includes map with location of Burnaby Central Railway and contact information.
- Object History
- Burnaby Central Railway Project was constructed on the site of Heritage Village and was financed by the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers; Century Park Museum Association (via Burnaby Parks); Federal Government New Horizons Program and B.C. Goverment Recreation Facilities fund. British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (B.C.M.E.) operated the Burnaby Central Railway inside Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) between 1975 and 1991.
- Measurements
- w: 10 cm h: 20 cm.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
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Streetcars in the Kootenays : Nelson's tramways, 1899-1992
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1436
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Parker, Douglas V.
- Publication Date
- c1992
- Call Number
- 388.46 PAR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0920805027
- Call Number
- 388.46 PAR
- Author
- Parker, Douglas V.
- Place of Publication
- Edmonton, Alta.
- Publisher
- Havelock House
- Publication Date
- c1992
- Physical Description
- xvi, 196 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Street-railroads
- Electric railroads
- Transportation
- British Columbia--History
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index
B.C.E.R. Video: Then and now
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5926
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Moving Images
- Accession Code
- BV013.27.21
- Call Number
- 388.46 TRA VR Ver 1
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Transit Museum Society
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (128 min, 43 sec.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Street-railroads
- Electric railroads
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Notes
- Original footage shot on 16mm film in the early 1950's by Ken Hodgsen.
- Summary : Historical film footage of Lower Mainland trams on their various routes as well as an excursion train. Film footage is part of the B.C. Transit Centennial and includes a voice over commentary by Frank Horn and Vic Sharman. Frank worked as a motorman on the BC Electric Railway. The trams are shown travelling through Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey, North Delta, Langley, Abbotsford, and Chilliwack. The excursion train was filmed in Washington State, U.S.A. The narrators give commentary, describing the routes, landmarks of the past and present, the various kinds of trams and buses seen, drivers’ protocols, and historical information.
- Produced by David Asselin, President, Transit Musem Society
- Cover on verso of DVD case includes photos with description: "Here are three instructors... Vic Sharman, Frank Horne & Don Bellamy for the Downtown Historic Railway (D.H.R.) Who have all had previous experience driving interurbans in the Vancouver area in the 1940's & 1950's"
- Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view video.
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Royal metal : the people, times and trains of New Westminster bridge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6501
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Sanford, Barrie, 1948-
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Call Number
- 971.133 SAN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0973560207
- Call Number
- 971.133 SAN
- Author
- Sanford, Barrie, 1948-
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- National Railway Historical Society, British Columbia Chapter
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Printer
- Friesen Corporation
- Physical Description
- viii, 246 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Railway City
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7535
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c[1960]
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.7.9
- Contributor
- Hopkins, D.
- Donoahue, J.
- Moller, Hans
- Canadian National Railways
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- City of Winnipeg
- Manitoba Hydro
- Province of Manitoba
- Library and Archives Canada
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- National Film Board of Canada
- Publication Date
- c[1960]
- Physical Description
- 52 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, col. pos.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Documentary Films
- Filmstrips
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Object History
- Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.
- Notes
- A Canadian Series educational filmstrip about the history of Winnipeg and its development as a railway city. Visual material was provided by: Canadian National Railways and Canadian Pacific Railway, Montreal; City of Winnipeg Engineering Departments; Manitoba Hydro Electric Board - Winnipeg; Province of Manitoba, Department of Industry and Commerce and The Public Archives of Canada - Ottawa.
Images
Documents
![Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co., [between 1891 and 1894] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0029_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17430
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1891 and 1894]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w albumen print on card ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two streetcars at the Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co. Conductors, engineers and riders are posing with the streetcars. The fronts of the streetcars include painted signage reading "12" and "13" and the sides of the streetcars read "WESTMINSTER AND VANCOUVE…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w albumen print on card ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two streetcars at the Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co. Conductors, engineers and riders are posing with the streetcars. The fronts of the streetcars include painted signage reading "12" and "13" and the sides of the streetcars read "WESTMINSTER AND VANCOUVER TRAMWAY CO. LTD.".
- History
- Photographers Richard H. Trueman and Norman Caple operated out of Vancouver between 1891 and 1894. The photographers worked between Winnipeg and the west coast of Canada specializing in mountain and railway views, ranch scenes and Indigenous peoples. In 1890, two companies started building electric rail; the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co., which undertook the ambitious project of building the first real interurban line from New Westminster to Vancouver, and the Westminster Street Railway. By April 20, 1891, both companies merged to form the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company. Streetcar service began in June 1891, travelling on twelve miles of track between New Westminster and eastern Vancouver and running through Burnaby. The line was taken over by the B.C. Electric Railway Company in 1897 until the line was closed in October 1953.
- Accession Code
- BV021.29.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1891 and 1894]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-09-24
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Trueman & Caple
- Notes
- Title taken from recto of photograph
- Inscription on recto of photograph reads: "1138_Central Parkk Sideing of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co. _Trueman and Caple. Photo. Vancouver B.C."
- Inscription in gold ink on board reads: "Trueman & Caple_Vancouver, B.C."
Images
![Central Park siding of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co., [between 1891 and 1894] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0029_0001_001.jpg)
Julia "Jue" Jones Owens and unidentified girl
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82394
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of woman identified as Julia "Jue" Jones Owens with an unidentified girl. Behind them is a train.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 10 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-031
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of woman identified as Julia "Jue" Jones Owens with an unidentified girl. Behind them is a train.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Names
- Owens, Julia "Jue" Jones
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Aunt Jue 1900 / (Ontario)"
- Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Aunt Julia Jones (Owens) / Ontario 1900 abt"
Images
![Standing by the railway tracks, [190-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/198300420034.jpg?width=280)
Standing by the railway tracks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription294
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 6.99 x 8.89 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of men and women standing by the railway tracks. There is a couple standing together on the left of the photograph, who have been identified as Dave and Birdie. Dave is holding an umbrella in one hand, and holding Birdie's hands with the other hand. The other three people are …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 6.99 x 8.89 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of men and women standing by the railway tracks. There is a couple standing together on the left of the photograph, who have been identified as Dave and Birdie. Dave is holding an umbrella in one hand, and holding Birdie's hands with the other hand. The other three people are standing on the right side of the photograph and two of them have been identified as F. Graham, and Jack. A tall woman standing on the extreme right of the photograph has been unidentified. Annotations on the front of the photograph read: "Dave / Birdie / F. Graham / Jack / ?"
- Accession Code
- HV983.42.34
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For other prints of the same image, see HV983.42.35 and .36
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-09-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Standing by the railway tracks, [190-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/198300420034.jpg)
![Railway, [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/1977_0099_0028_001.jpg?width=280)
Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription586
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of railway tracks running along a river or inlet. No homes or farms are in sight. The location is not identified.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of railway tracks running along a river or inlet. No homes or farms are in sight. The location is not identified.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Accession Code
- HV977.99.28
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-18
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Railway, [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/1977_0099_0028_001.jpg)
![Young woman standing on a railway track, [190-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1973/1973_0110_0050_001.jpg?width=280)
Young woman standing on a railway track
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1036
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified young woman in skirt and blazer with a camera box by her hip and the box strap over her shoulder. She is standing on a railway track at an unidentified location.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, on verso, "F O Hanrahan"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified young woman in skirt and blazer with a camera box by her hip and the box strap over her shoulder. She is standing on a railway track at an unidentified location.
- Accession Code
- HV973.110.50
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-30
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Young woman standing on a railway track, [190-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1973/1973_0110_0050_001.jpg)
Great Northern Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35887
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1903 (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 building of the Great Northern railway along Burnaby Lake.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1903 (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.
- 204-746
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the building of the Great Northern railway along Burnaby Lake.
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Annotation at top of photograph reads, "Deer 1903"
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
![CP 581 at Cranbrook, [after 1903] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0061_001.jpg?width=280)
CP 581 at Cranbrook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3289
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1903]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive no. 581 (built in 1903) at Cranbrook.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive no. 581 (built in 1903) at Cranbrook.
- Accession Code
- BV985.6114.61
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [after 1903]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-03-19
- Notes
- Title based on note written on verso of photograph
- Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "CP 581/ at Cranbrook"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "419"
Images
![CP 581 at Cranbrook, [after 1903] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0061_001.jpg)
![CP 585 at Victoria, B.C., [after 1903] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0067_001.jpg?width=280)
CP 585 at Victoria, B.C.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3295
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1903]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive no. 585 (built in 1903) at Victoria, British Columbia.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive no. 585 (built in 1903) at Victoria, British Columbia.
- Geographic Access
- Victoria
- Accession Code
- BV985.6114.67
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [after 1903]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-03-19
- Notes
- Title based on note written on verso of photograph
- Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "# 535 C.P. at Victoria B.C"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "269A"
Images
![CP 585 at Victoria, B.C., [after 1903] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0067_001.jpg)
![Great Northern Railway construction, [1904] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-168.jpg?width=280)
Great Northern Railway construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38849
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1904]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a work crew working on the Great Northern Railway line that ran along the north shore of Burnaby Lake. The line was built ca. 1904.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1904]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-168
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a work crew working on the Great Northern Railway line that ran along the north shore of Burnaby Lake. The line was built ca. 1904.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Railroad Labourers
- Construction - Railroad Construction
- Transportation - Rail
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
![Great Northern Railway construction, [1904] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-168.jpg)
Interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon July 9, 1975 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory91
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1904-1932
- Length
- 0:08:08
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Charles A. Purdon's employment history and first years of marriage to May E. Purdon.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Charles A. Purdon's employment history and first years of marriage to May E. Purdon.
- Date Range
- 1904-1932
- Length
- 0:08:08
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- July 9, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon by SFU graduate student Bettina Bradbury July 9, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression and Canadian politics. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- May Eliza was born in London, England in 1907. She came out to Regina with her family when she was eleven. Charles A. Purdon was born February 28, 1904 in London, England. He came to Canada in 1925 from China where he had been working as an accountant for the previous three years. Charles first came to Vancouver and joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) but within a week he was sent to Regina. This is where he met May. May and Charles got married in 1926 and Charles began working as an accountant for the Saskatchewan Wheat Growers, then for the Canadian Wool Growers before being laid off. In October of 1930, Charles and May left Regina for Vancouver Island. Charles drove himself out and May rode the train with her children; twin boys and a daughter, only one year apart. They settled at May’s parent’s second house in Coombs. The Purdons arrived in Burnaby in December of 1932 and rented a house on Edmonds Street. Charles was unable to do road work and instead found work through the Liberal Party and also with the Municipal engineers indoors on a number of projects. In 1938 the Purdons were able to get into a reverted house built by Ernie Winch at Maple Avenue (then Jubilee) and Nelson Avenue that had nine bedrooms. They paid ten dollars a month to the municipality for use of this property. May Eliza Purdon died April 6, 1983 at the age of seventy-six.
- Total Length
- 1:40:03
- Interviewee Name
- Purdon, Charles A.
- Purdon, May Eliza
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon
Track one of interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-19/100-13-19_Track_1.mp3![Great Northern Railway, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-133.jpg?width=280)
Great Northern Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38814
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Great Northern Railway train going through the Burnaby Lake area. The railroad was built along the north shore of Burnaby Lake in 1904.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-133
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Great Northern Railway train going through the Burnaby Lake area. The railroad was built along the north shore of Burnaby Lake in 1904.
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
![Great Northern Railway, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-133.jpg)
![Old Curly at South Surrey, [1905] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/201600520004_001.jpg?width=280)
Old Curly at South Surrey
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4041
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1905] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" at rest in front of a treed lot in South Surrey. There are four men in the picture. William Surgenor is the man holding an oil can, standing second to the left. The other three men are unidentified. Smoke is pouring out of the locomotive's chi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robinson-Surgenor collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" at rest in front of a treed lot in South Surrey. There are four men in the picture. William Surgenor is the man holding an oil can, standing second to the left. The other three men are unidentified. Smoke is pouring out of the locomotive's chimney.
- Other Title Information
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Transportation - Locomotives
- Geographic Features - Forests
- Industries - Forestry
- Accession Code
- BV016.52.4
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1905] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Mar-15
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Scan of photograph negative
Images
![Old Curly at South Surrey, [1905] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/201600520004_001.jpg)