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Army trucks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2693
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- October 21, 1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a line of army trucks at the Royal School of Artillery Barracks, Winnipeg.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a line of army trucks at the Royal School of Artillery Barracks, Winnipeg.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Trucks
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.22
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- October 21, 1937
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2/9/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption for photograph reads: "Chilly"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Certified / Taylor Made / Nutone / Oct 21 1937"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
![Bob O'Brien with Burnaby Garbage Department trucks, [after 1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199600150003.jpg?width=280)
Bob O'Brien with Burnaby Garbage Department trucks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1260
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six men standing in a parking lot next to four garbage trucks (two of the men are in suits). Robert Emmette O'Brien is second from the right. He worked for Burnaby for many years (the other men are unidentified). All the trucks bear the sign "Corp. of the District of Burnaby Garbage D…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six men standing in a parking lot next to four garbage trucks (two of the men are in suits). Robert Emmette O'Brien is second from the right. He worked for Burnaby for many years (the other men are unidentified). All the trucks bear the sign "Corp. of the District of Burnaby Garbage Department" or "MUNICIPALITY OF BURNABY GARBAGE DEPARTMENT" and look to be Chevrolets built between 1941 and 1946.
- Names
- O'Brien, Robert Emmette
- Accession Code
- BV996.15.3
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [after 1941]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Notes written on verso of photograph reads: "R.E. O'BRIEN/ By GARBAGE WAGON 2ND FROM RIGHT/ BURNABY, B.C." and "TR 196/ O'BRIEN"
Images
![Bob O'Brien with Burnaby Garbage Department trucks, [after 1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199600150003.jpg)
![Burnaby Garage, [193-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550034.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Garage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1485
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Garage, owned by Bill Banks, Burnaby fire fighter and mechanic. The garage was at 1869 Kingsway and Britton Street (later renumbered as the 7300 block of Kingsway). A convertible tow truck is parked in front of the garage.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Material Details
- Light leak occurred at time of exposure causing unreadable area at center of image
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Garage, owned by Bill Banks, Burnaby fire fighter and mechanic. The garage was at 1869 Kingsway and Britton Street (later renumbered as the 7300 block of Kingsway). A convertible tow truck is parked in front of the garage.
- Names
- Burnaby Garage
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.55.34
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [193-?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ballpoint pen on verso of photograph reads: "259 / 2549"
Images
![Burnaby Garage, [193-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550034.jpg)
![Burnaby Garage tow truck, [193-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550040.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Garage tow truck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1491
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man parked in a Burnaby Garage tow tuck outside the Burnaby Garage.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man parked in a Burnaby Garage tow tuck outside the Burnaby Garage.
- Names
- Burnaby Garage
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.55.40
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [193-?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
- Related Material
- For other photographs of the Burnaby Garage tow truck, see BV999.55.38 - .42
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Burnaby Garage tow truck, [193-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550040.jpg)
![Burnaby Garage tow truck, [193-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550041.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Garage tow truck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1492
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man in coveralls leaning by the driver's door of a Burnaby Garage tow truck parked at the Burnaby Garage.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man in coveralls leaning by the driver's door of a Burnaby Garage tow truck parked at the Burnaby Garage.
- Names
- Burnaby Garage
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.55.41
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [193-?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
- Related Material
- For other photographs of the Burnaby Garage tow truck, see BV999.55.38 - .42
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Burnaby Garage tow truck, [193-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550041.jpg)
![Burnaby Garage tow truck, [193-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550042.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Garage tow truck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1493
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Burnaby Garage tow truck parked in front of a fence with a Shell Gasoline logo attached to it and a billboard advertising Old Orchard in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Burnaby Garage tow truck parked in front of a fence with a Shell Gasoline logo attached to it and a billboard advertising Old Orchard in the background.
- Names
- Burnaby Garage
- Accession Code
- BV999.55.42
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [193-?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For other photographs of the Burnaby Garage tow truck, see BV999.55.38 - .42
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Burnaby Garage tow truck, [193-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550042.jpg)
![Burnaby Garbage Department truck, [after 1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199600150001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Garbage Department truck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1258
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a garbage truck with the sign "Corp. of the District of Burnaby/ Garbage Department" on its side. The passenger door is being held open by the passenger as he looks towards the camera. The truck looks to be a Chevrolet built between 1941 and 1946.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a garbage truck with the sign "Corp. of the District of Burnaby/ Garbage Department" on its side. The passenger door is being held open by the passenger as he looks towards the camera. The truck looks to be a Chevrolet built between 1941 and 1946.
- Accession Code
- BV996.15.1
- Date
- [after 1941]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Burnaby Garbage Department truck, [after 1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199600150001.jpg)
![Burnaby Garbage Department truck, [after 1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199600150002.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Garbage Department truck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1259
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a garbage truck with the sign "Corp. of the District of Burnaby/ Garbage Department" on its side driving through a residential area. The truck looks to be a Chevrolet built between 1941 and 1946.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a garbage truck with the sign "Corp. of the District of Burnaby/ Garbage Department" on its side driving through a residential area. The truck looks to be a Chevrolet built between 1941 and 1946.
- Accession Code
- BV996.15.2
- Date
- [after 1941]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Burnaby Garbage Department truck, [after 1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199600150002.jpg)
Cement Contractor
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34122
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 29, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a cement contractor at the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Construction workers, house construction, lumber, and a truck are all visible.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 29, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Alfred Bingham subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 010-038
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a cement contractor at the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Construction workers, house construction, lumber, and a truck are all visible.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Decorated Edmonds Wood Yard Truck, [1927 or 1937] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1972/1972_0051_0002_001.jpg?width=280)
Decorated Edmonds Wood Yard Truck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1081
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1927 or 1937]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 13.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a truck owned by the Edmonds Coal and Wood Yard decorated for a parade with flags, streamers and vines. There are discrepancies in the inscription, catalogue records, and accompanying note. An annotation in black ink reads, "A small part of Burnaby / Confederation Day Parade," but an…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 13.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a truck owned by the Edmonds Coal and Wood Yard decorated for a parade with flags, streamers and vines. There are discrepancies in the inscription, catalogue records, and accompanying note. An annotation in black ink reads, "A small part of Burnaby / Confederation Day Parade," but an annotation in blue ink reads, "Year 1937? / May Day." The accompanying note suggests that the parade was part of Burnaby May Day at Central Park. Also noted is that the Edmonds Wood Yard was opened in 1910 by Bill McDonald at 1500 Edmonds Street (later renumbered as the 7200 block) and Kingsway. In 1916 Murdoch McMurray (the driver in the photograph) partnered with Emerson Doran, nephew of the owner of Doran's Mill (an early mill in Deer Lake), to buy the business from Mr. McDonald. They in turn sold out very shortly to Fred Robbins. In 1921 Murdoch McMurray and Emerson Doran, along with Jack McMurray, bought the wood yard back and ran it until 1947 when they sold it to Norman Ritchie. Stamped on back of photo: "692."
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Accession Code
- HV972.51.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1927 or 1937]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-04
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Decorated Edmonds Wood Yard Truck, [1927 or 1937] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1972/1972_0051_0002_001.jpg)
Donald Weir
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35311
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Donald Weir, son of Rae Weir with a 1930 Ford Model A truck. Rae Weir owned Jubilee Fuel and Transfer.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-168
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Donald Weir, son of Rae Weir with a 1930 Ford Model A truck. Rae Weir owned Jubilee Fuel and Transfer.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Trucks
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Dover Bakery truck, [193- ?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5759_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Dover Bakery truck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1387
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193- ?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a truck with a sign on its window that reads, "Dover Bakery." The driver has his hand out the window to pat a dog sitting on the side skirt of the car. The 1937 British Columbia Directory lists a Dover Bakery at 3419 Dover Street in Burnaby. The driver of the truck has been identif…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a truck with a sign on its window that reads, "Dover Bakery." The driver has his hand out the window to pat a dog sitting on the side skirt of the car. The 1937 British Columbia Directory lists a Dover Bakery at 3419 Dover Street in Burnaby. The driver of the truck has been identified as Fordyce Smart, son of the baker (also named Fordyce).
- Names
- Dover Bakery
- Smart, Fordyce
- Accession Code
- BV985.5759.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [193- ?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- This photograph is the original for copy print made for HV976.153.4
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-01-23
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "F. Smart + 1930 truck"
Images
![Dover Bakery truck, [193- ?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5759_0001_001.jpg)
![Ed Hoffman, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-048.jpg?width=280)
Ed Hoffman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35191
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ed Hoffman, longtime fish delivery man in Burnaby and New Westminster. He is shown with a helper in New Westminster on door-to-door deliveries. Hoffman married Joy Pearson (daughter of George Pearson) in 1933.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-048
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ed Hoffman, longtime fish delivery man in Burnaby and New Westminster. He is shown with a helper in New Westminster on door-to-door deliveries. Hoffman married Joy Pearson (daughter of George Pearson) in 1933.
- Names
- Hoffman, Ed
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Ed Hoffman, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-048.jpg)
![Fleet of Kapoor Sawmills trucks, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0011_001.jpg?width=280)
Fleet of Kapoor Sawmills trucks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15190
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fleet of trucks for Kapoor Sawmills Limited.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fleet of trucks for Kapoor Sawmills Limited.
- History
- Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmills Limited
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.11
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- See page 62 in book "In the Shadow by the Sea - recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The fleet of Kapoor Sawmill trucks, c. 1940s"
Images
![Fleet of Kapoor Sawmills trucks, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0011_001.jpg)
![Float in Forglen Park Parade, [194-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-003.jpg?width=280)
Float in Forglen Park Parade
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36648
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a float in a parade given on behalf of the volunteers who worked to create Forglen (Forest Glen) Park. The float includes a large jack-in-the-box and the truck door reads, "Windsor Building Supplies."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a float in a parade given on behalf of the volunteers who worked to create Forglen (Forest Glen) Park. The float includes a large jack-in-the-box and the truck door reads, "Windsor Building Supplies."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Float in Forglen Park Parade, [194-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-003.jpg)
Ford V8 Car
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35314
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932 (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 a 1932 Ford V8, owned by Rae Weir, Jubilee Fuel and Transport.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932 (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.
- 204-171
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a 1932 Ford V8, owned by Rae Weir, Jubilee Fuel and Transport.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Trucks
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Garbage truck, [1945] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/295-001.jpg?width=280)
Garbage truck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36557
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man standing beside a parked Municipality of Burnaby Garbage truck with his hands in his pockets, smiling.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 295-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-35
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man standing beside a parked Municipality of Burnaby Garbage truck with his hands in his pockets, smiling.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Garbage truck, [1945] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/295-001.jpg)
Garbage trucks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55646
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a line of four trucks parked in a field. Written across the sides of the trucks is the following: "Municipality of Burnaby Garbage Department."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 486-040
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2005-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a line of four trucks parked in a field. Written across the sides of the trucks is the following: "Municipality of Burnaby Garbage Department."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso reads: "1946"
Images
![Gas Delivery Truck, [194-] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-012.jpg?width=280)
Gas Delivery Truck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37424
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a gas delivery truck belonging to William "Bill" Kask, Sr., at Walsh Motors at 4161 Hastings Street. The side of the truck reads, "Richfield."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.4 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-012
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a gas delivery truck belonging to William "Bill" Kask, Sr., at Walsh Motors at 4161 Hastings Street. The side of the truck reads, "Richfield."
- Names
- Walsh Motors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 4161 Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
![Gas Delivery Truck, [194-] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-012.jpg)
Going Out
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3546
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- October 21, 1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a line of army trucks at the Royal School of Artillery Barracks, Winnipeg.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a line of army trucks at the Royal School of Artillery Barracks, Winnipeg.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Trucks
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.20
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- October 21, 1937
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2/9/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Caption for photograph reads: "Going Out"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: " "Certified / Taylor Made / Nutone / Oct 21 1937"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
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