Research

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1941 and 1948]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

128-001

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6.4 x 8.9 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a Neville Transportation Company bus parked on a road.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Names

Neville Transportation Company

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1957 and 1968]

Collection/Fonds

Tinkerbell Kindergarten fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

246-027

Accession Number

BHS990-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a bus load of Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergartners and their guardians headed home on a chartered bus after a field trip.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Names

Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten

Charter Bus Lines

Notes

Title taken from note on recto of photograph

Note on recto of photograph reads: "a bus load for home"

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1957 and 1968]

Collection/Fonds

Tinkerbell Kindergarten fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

246-028

Accession Number

BHS990-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the open door of a chartered bus loaded with Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergartners and their guardians headed home after a field trip.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Names

Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten

Charter Bus Lines

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-274

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 stored buses in the old Dominion Bridge building at the corner of Boundary Road and Lougheed Highway. BC Hydro took over the building in 1976. According to the photographer, it was built in 1928-1929 with the north section being added in 1943. The north section was used as a munitions plant during World War II.

Photographer

Cook, Alan

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Names

Dominion Bridge Company

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

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

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Henning Drive

Burnaby - 3880 Henning Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

West Central Valley 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.

556-309

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 Hydro buses parked outside the bus garage at 6556 Sprott Street.

Photographer

Salmon, Stu

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

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

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Sprott Street

Burnaby - 6556 Sprott Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Ardingley-Sprott 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.

556-310

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 mechanics working on a bus at the garage on Sprott Street. The building was constructed in 1967.

Photographer

Cook, Alan

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

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

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Sprott Street

Burnaby - 6556 Sprott Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Ardingley-Sprott 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.

556-311

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 passengers on board the 12th Street bus on Kingsway.

Photographer

Ross, Martha

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

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

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-312

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 people waiting for a bus at a stop on Kingsway near Walker Avenue.

Photographer

Ross, Martha

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

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

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Kingsway

Burnaby - Walker Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Stride Avenue 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.

556-313

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 people waiting for a bus at a stop on Willingdon Street, across from Brentwood Mall.

Photographer

Cook, Alan

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

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

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Willingdon Avenue

Planning Study Area

Brentwood 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.

556-314

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 Broadway Extension bus waiting at the bus stop on Halifax Street, near Willingdon Avenue, across from Brentwood Mall.

Photographer

Cook, Alan

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

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

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Halifax Street

Planning Study Area

Brentwood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 16, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-315

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 Executive Coach owned by Maverick Coach Lines Ltd., parked on Edmonds Street.

Photographer

Born, A. J.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Names

Maverick Coach Lines Ltd.

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

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

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Edmonds Street

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 8, 1996

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

535-0413

Accession Number

2012-11

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Claudia Campana, executive director of the Heights Merchants Association beside a bus on Hastings Street in Burnaby.

Photographer

Blissett, Rebecca

Creator

Burnaby NewsLeader

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Names

Campana, Claudia

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby Rebecca 2203 45%"

Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 24, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-384

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 an old B.C. Hydro Bus, being converted into a motor home, sitting in the yard of 6732 Imperial Street.

Photographer

Born, A. J.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

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 - 6732 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of buses parked along the road in Saskatchewan. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Geographic Access

Saskatchewan

Accession Code

BV011.60.13

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of buses parked on the side of the road. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.14

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of buses parked on the side of the road. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.15

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Rhoda Jeffers fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photobraph : b&w ; 11.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of two women standing at the doorway of a bus. The woman on the left is Rhoda Jeffers. The bus is marked with the manufacturer's logo reading: "Bluebird". The lady on the left is in a black jacket and skirt with a purse strapped across her front. The other woman has a white jacket and dark shirt.

Administrative History

Rhoda Maie Jeffers (1904 - 1990) was a Lower Mainland school teacher, who taught at various schools including North Delta Secondary and Agassiz High School. She was a long time resident of Burnaby.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Names

Jeffers, Rhoda

Accession Code

BV007.20.10

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[between 1940 and 1960]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

24/04/2018

Notes

Title based on content of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Date

1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Oral History Collection

Series

Growing Up in Burnaby

Description Level

Item

Accession Code

BV017.45.6

Physical Description

1 mp3 recording (0:05:45 min)

Material Details

Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Bob Lowe Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total length of all Tracks: 0:43:36

Media Type

Sound Recording

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s feelings about Burnaby as a place to live, and continues the subject of change. Bob talks of his property in Burnaby, which he purchased as acreage. He compares the Burnaby of his childhood to that of pioneers such as Tommy Irvine, describing himself as a relative newcomer. He speaks of the preservation of the Deer Lake and Burnaby Lake areas. Bob describes his disorientation in the more newly densified parts of Burnaby, and observes that traffic has increased on Burnaby streets. Bob recalls that he mostly travelled on foot or by bike. He notes that the Neville Transport Company operated the school bus he used as well as the only North-South bus route in Burnaby at that time. He mentions Pacific Stage Lines as a later operator through Burnaby.

History/Biography

Recording of an interview with Bob Lowe recording by Tom Gooden in 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.

Notes

Tiltle based on cotents of item

Creator

Tom Gooden

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Transportation - Bicycles

Names

Lowe, Robert "Bob"

Irvine, Tom

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Burnaby Lake

Burnaby - Deer Lake

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

ca.1983

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-1437

Accession Number

2009-01

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 13.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a man standing at a bus stop for the 33, 35, and 160 buses. He has a small dog zipped up into his coat.

Photographer

Battistoni, Peter

Subjects

Animals - Dogs

Transportation - Buses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Photographer's stamp on verso

Note on verso reads: "PMT 100% / page 1 / Burnaby Today"

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

July, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-327

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 cement truck, transport truck and a bus in traffic on Lougheed Highway.

Photographer

Gardiner, Robert

Subjects

Transportation - Trucks

Transportation - Buses

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

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

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Lougheed Highway

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

November 1, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-366

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 school buses picking up children from John Knox Christian School at 8260 13th Avenue.

Photographer

Carr

Vardeman

Subjects

Buildings - Schools

Transportation - Buses

Names

John Knox Christian School

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

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

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 13th Avenue

Burnaby - 8260 13th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Second Street Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1939

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library collection

Series

Burnaby Public Library photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

225-002

Accession Number

BHS989-22

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm, mounted on board 15 x 27.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the store at 4147 Hastings Street that was used to house the North Burnaby Library from 1935 to 1939. Men and women are seen climbing onto a large bus that has been parked in front of the store.

Subjects

Buildings - Civic - Libraries

Transportation - Buses

Names

North Burnaby Public Library

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Gilmore Avenue

Burnaby - Hastings Street

Burnaby - 4147 Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Heights Area

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted to col. ; 17.5 x 24.5 cm, mounted on card 28 x 35.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of John Matheson, Dave Fleming, Sid Playfoot, unidentified and Harold Keys in suits and hats, standing in front of a red bus with a sign over the windshield that reads, "LOCHDALE". These men made up the organizing committee for the first bus service that was to run beyond the route of the Hastings East Street cars (the Lochdale bus was built by Ed Collins and owned and operated by Ed Neville).

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Transportation - Public Transit

Names

Matheson, John

Fleming, Dave

Playfoot, Sid

Keys, Harold

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Accession Code

BV988.8.1

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

August 1941

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

1/11/2010

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in blue ink on recto of card mount reads: "John Matheson Dave Fleming Sid Playfoot HAROLD Keys/ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR FIRST BUS SERVICE BEYOND/ HASTINGS EAST STREET CARS AUGUST 1941/ BUS - OWNER ED. NEVILLE/ BODY BUILT BY ED COLLINS VANCOUVER B.C."

Note in pencil on recto of card mount reads: "PINKERTON"

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of four men in a parking lot, likely in Ontario. From the left is Cliff Cranswick, an unknown man, Gordon Robertson, and Art Egan. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Occupations - Bus Drivers

Transportation - Buses

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.1

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of 5 bus drivers in a parking lot, likely in Ontario. From the left are Harry Eade, Art Egan, Bob Straw, Edra McLeod, and Vilma "Vi" Westerholm. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Occupations - Bus Drivers

Transportation - Buses

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.2

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of bus drivers and buses. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Occupations - Bus Drivers

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.3

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of a row of buses and 2 bus drivers. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Occupations - Bus Drivers

Transportation - Buses

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.4

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of a row of buses parked on a road. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Occupations - Bus Drivers

Transportation - Buses

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.5

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of buses parked in a parking lot, with a group of drivers. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Occupations - Bus Drivers

Transportation - Buses

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.6

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of a group of bus drivers seated around a restaurant table during a break. From the left are an unknown man, Gordon Robertson, Edra McLeod, Harry Eade, an unknown man, Bob Straw, Vilma "Vi" Westerholm, and Cliff Cranswick. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Occupations - Bus Drivers

Transportation - Buses

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.7

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of buses parked in a row. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Occupations - Bus Drivers

Transportation - Buses

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.8

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of John "Archie" MacLeod in the driver's seat of a bus. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Occupations - Bus Drivers

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.9

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Notes

"John Archy MacLeod" inscribed on back.

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of Archie MacLeod standing with a bus. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Occupations - Bus Drivers

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.16

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Notes

"John Archy MacLeod" inscribed on the slide mount.

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of a group of bus drivers posing in front of a bus. From left: Les Symons, Art Egan, Cliff Cranswick, Bob Straw, Harry Eade, Edra McLeod, Vilma "Vi" Westerholm, and Gordon Robertson in the bus. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Occupations - Bus Drivers

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.17

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Colour slide of bus drivers near a bus. The photograph was taken during a convoy of 8 new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Occupations - Bus Drivers

Names

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code

BV011.60.18

Date

1973

Media Type

Photograph

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Summary

This portion of the interview pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's time in Vancouver and her early married life in the Edmonds district, as well as her husband's work at Fraser Mills.

Date Range

1917-[1929]

Photo Info

Florence Hart Godwin on her wedding day, August 7, 1922. Item no. 477-601

Length

0:03:29

Name

Fraser Mills

Godwin, Harold

Subject

Industries - Pulp and Paper

Transportation - Buses

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Interviewer

Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date

July 2, 1975

Scope and Content

Recording is a taped interview with Florence Hart Godwin by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury, July 2, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Victoria Order of Nurses (VON) and the Edmonds Historic Neighbourhood. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes."

Biographical Notes

Florence Hart was born in 1898 in New Westminster. Florence first saw Burnaby in April of 1905 on a trip made by horse and buggy from the family home in New Westminster where her father worked as a real estate agent. By 1911, he had built a permanent home for his family in Burnaby, building what is now known as the Hart house and is currently owned by the municipality. Frederick John “Fred” Hart married Alice Chapman in Yale BC on August 13, 1895. They had four children together; Kingsley Chapman born May 27, 1897, Florence Elizabeth born October 23, 1898, and ten years later, Edwyna and Jack. They followed their family nurse, Miss Maude Woodward to Burnaby and purchased thirteen acres of land at Deer Lake to build a summer cottage. Mrs Hill and the children spent the summer months there while Frederick continued working in New Westminster, joining his family on the weekends. Florence Hart attended Douglas Road School before boarding at Crofton House in Vancouver. Kingsley Hart had enlisted in the army on March 23, 1915 when he was only seventeen years old. He was killed in action on September 26, 1916. The Hart family then moved to Kerrisdale, Vancouver. Florence worked at the Carnegie Library. On August 7, 1922 Florence Hart married Harold “Hal” Godwin and moved back to Edmonds in Burnaby where they remained for their entire married lives. In 1929, Florence and Harold’s daughter, Elizabeth Godwin was born. Alice (Chapman) Hart died May 24, 1935 at the age of sixty-eight. Frederick John Hart died August 29, 1945 at the age of seventy-seven. Florence Hart Godwin was named Good Citizen of Burnaby in 1971 and received a life membership to the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) for her long tenure. Both Florence and her husband Harold were awarded life memberships from the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) for more than half a century of service. Harold Ward Godwin died December 12, 1962 at the age of sixty-six.

Total Tracks

8

Total Length

0:47:57

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Interviewee Name

Godwin, Florence Hart

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 Community Archives collection

Series

Oral History series

Item No.

100-13-17_Track_2

Transcript Available

None

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.

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Summary

This portion of the recording pertains to Robert "Bob" Lowe's memories of growing up in Burnaby. He discusses transportation in Burnaby, including the first cars in his family. Bob talks about recreational activities available to Burnaby residents in the late nineteen-thirties and early nineteen-forties, as well as changes that he has seen from his time growing up to the time of raising his own children.

Date Range

1939-1972

Photo Info

Robert "Bob" Lowe (at center) and friends riding soap box race cars, [1939]. Item no. 549-041.

Length

0:10:04

Subject

Transportation - Buses

Transportation - Automobiles

Agriculture - Farms

Interviewer

Damer, Eric

Interview Date

November 5, 2012

Scope and Content

Recording is an interview with Robert "Bob" Lowe conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 5, 2012. Major theme discussed: the rise of the automobile and its effect on development in Burnaby.

Biographical Notes

Robert "Bob" Lowe has lived his entire life in Burnaby. During his childhood, Bob’s family lived at several addresses near Royal Oak and what is now Canada Way. He attended Douglas Road Elementary and South Burnaby High Schools. After graduating, Bob worked for a few years before enrolling in Normal School for a teaching certificate. He began teaching in Vancouver, married in 1952, and started a family. The Lowes moved to Government Road in 1961 and began a hobby farm, while Bob upgraded his formal education and became an administrator in the new college system.

Total Tracks

4

Total Length

0:36:54

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Interviewee Name

Lowe, Robert "Bob"

Interview Location

Interviewee's residence

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

Series

Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Item No.

MSS171-016_ Track_3

Transcript Available

None

Media Type

Sound Recording

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 15, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-308

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 people boarding the 12th Street bus at a stop on Kingsway in front of Simpsons-Sears.

Photographer

McCarron, John

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

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

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October 7, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-316

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 buses parked beneath gasoline billboard just off Kingsway near 13th Avenue.

Photographer

Born, A. J.

Subjects

Transportation - Buses

Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

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

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Kingsway

Burnaby - 13th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Stride Avenue Area

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code

BV989.37.1

Description

Lochdale Transportation - Ticket. Small red ticket for the Lochdale Transportation Company or the Neville Transportation Company. The company was owned by E.H. Neville. The ticket it good for one adult to ride on the bus service that was run. The ticket has an illustration of a bus on the front and "6163V" stamped on the back. The ticket measures 3.5cm x 2cm.

Object History

Object was acquired by donor from the estate of his sister-in-law, Jean Low Scott, a long-time Burnaby resident.

Colour

red

Subjects

Exchange Medium

Exchange Medium - Tickets

Transportation

Transportation - Buses

Name Access

Neville Transportation Company

Lochdale Transportation Company

Neville, E.H.

Record Type

Artifact

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code

HV984.11.17

Description

Pacific Stage - Ticket. Partial piece of ticket from the B.C. Motor Transportation Pacific Stage Line. The ticket is orange coloured with black text. Printed at the bottom of the ticket is "WEST". The reverse side of the ticket has been stamped with "PACIFIC STAGE LINES/ Aug 12/ BUS TERMINAL/ VANCOUVER"

Subjects

Exchange Medium

Exchange Medium - Tickets

Transportation

Transportation - Buses

Record Type

Artifact

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code

HV980.2.139

Description

West Vancouver Bus - Ticket. Bus ticket good for one fare for the muncipality of West Vancouver. The ticket is green with the West Vancouver coat of arms in red. At the top of the ticket is the number "40730". The back of the ticket states that the muncipality of West Vancouver is not liable for delays, accidental or otherwise.

Subjects

Exchange Medium

Exchange Medium - Tickets

Transportation

Transportation - Buses

Record Type

Artifact

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

March 1975

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-853

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 14 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Jim Lorimer standing in front of a group of parked buses during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the 49th Avenue bus service in Burnaby (during his term as Municipal Affairs Minister). He represented the provincial constituency of Burnaby-Willingdon from 1969 to 1975, and again from 1979 to 1983 for the New Democratic Party. Before that he was a Burnaby Council member from 1966 to 1968, and in 1990 he was awarded the status of Freeman, the highest award to be bestowed by the Municipal government.

Subjects

Officials - Alderman and Councillors

Officials - Elected Officials

Transportation - Buses

Transportation - Public Transit

Names

Lorimer, James G "Jim"

New Democratic Party

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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