"Transportation - Fire Trucks" found 14 records

Basil Pontifex at No. 2 Firehall

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1947 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.7 x 2.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Basil Pontifex leaning on the front of a truck at the No. 2 Firehall at Kingsway and Hall Avenue. Basil was a Burnaby firefighter.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1947 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.7 x 2.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-492

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Basil Pontifex leaning on the front of a truck at the No. 2 Firehall at Kingsway and Hall Avenue. Basil was a Burnaby firefighter.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Transportation - Fire Trucks

Names: Pontifex, Basil

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Hall Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Images

Basil Pontifex at No. 2 Firehall, 1947 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Bill Corbett

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1947 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of firefighter Bill Corbett leaning against a truck at Fire Hall No. 2 located at 1942 Kingsway and Hall Avenue (later renumbered as the 7200 block of Kingsway). The door of the truck reads BFD No. 3.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1947 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-511

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of firefighter Bill Corbett leaning against a truck at Fire Hall No. 2 located at 1942 Kingsway and Hall Avenue (later renumbered as the 7200 block of Kingsway). The door of the truck reads BFD No. 3.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Transportation - Fire Trucks

Names: Corbett, William "Bill"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Hall Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Bill Corbett, 1947 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Burnaby Fire Department fire truck no. 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1942]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1942 Ford V-8, two ton fire truck with "B.F.D. / No. 1" written on the door. A hose has been mounted at the back of the cab and a ladder has been mounted along the side of the cargo bed. This was the Burnaby Fire Department's first closed cab truck.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5.5 cm

Material Details: Photograph was likely taken out of an album as there is black paper residue on its recto

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1942 Ford V-8, two ton fire truck with "B.F.D. / No. 1" written on the door. A hose has been mounted at the back of the cab and a ladder has been mounted along the side of the cargo bed. This was the Burnaby Fire Department's first closed cab truck.

Subjects: Transportation - Fire Trucks

Names: Burnaby Fire Department

Accession Code: BV999.55.15

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [after 1942]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Burnaby Fire Department fire truck no. 1, [after 1942] thumbnail

Burnaby Fire Department truck no. 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1942]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1942 Ford V-8, two ton fire truck with "B.F.D. / No. 1" written on the door, parked near the No. 2 firehall on Kingsway. This was the Burnaby Fire Department's first closed cab truck.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Material Details: Photograph was likely taken out of an album as there is black paper residue on its recto

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1942 Ford V-8, two ton fire truck with "B.F.D. / No. 1" written on the door, parked near the No. 2 firehall on Kingsway. This was the Burnaby Fire Department's first closed cab truck.

Subjects: Transportation - Fire Trucks

Names: Burnaby Fire Department

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.55.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [after 1942]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; "Velox" is lightly printed on the back of the photographic paper (made in early 1900s for amateur photography)

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Burnaby Fire Department truck no. 1, [after 1942] thumbnail

Burnaby's second fire truck

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1936 and 1952]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of fireman Abe Killer sitting behind the wheel of Burnaby's second fire truck, a 1927 Packard. Albert "Abe" Killer was a fireman from 1936 to 1952.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1936 and 1952]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Public Library photograph subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 226-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1989-22

Scope and Content: Photograph of fireman Abe Killer sitting behind the wheel of Burnaby's second fire truck, a 1927 Packard. Albert "Abe" Killer was a fireman from 1936 to 1952.

Subjects: Transportation - Fire Trucks; Occupations - Fire Fighters

Names: Killer, Albert "Abe"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Burnaby's second fire truck, [between 1936 and 1952] thumbnail

Firefighters Albert Killer, Gordon Monk and Wendell Walyer

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1942] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Ford triple combination fire truck stationed outside the former Fire hall no. 1 on Carleton Avenue near Eton Street. Firefighters Albert Killer, Gordon Monk and Wendell Walyer (not in uniform) are standing at the truck, looking towards the camera.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Ford triple combination fire truck stationed outside the former Fire hall no. 1 on Carleton Avenue near Eton Street. Firefighters Albert Killer, Gordon Monk and Wendell Walyer (not in uniform) are standing at the truck, looking towards the camera.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Clothing - Uniforms; Transportation - Fire Trucks; Buildings - Civic - Fire Halls

Names: Burnaby Fire Department; Killer, Albert "Abe"; Monk, Gordon; Walyer, Wendell

Geographic Access: Carleton Avenue; Eton Street

Accession Code: BV998.31.17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1942] (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Typed sticker on verso of photograph reads: "Truck bay in former pump house. 290 N. Carleton/ 1942 FORD Triple combina-tion. (L) A. Killer/ G. Monk W. Walyer"; Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "MR & MRS F BLAKE 4165 PANDORA ST BURNABY BC V5C 2B2"

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Firefighters Albert Killer, Gordon Monk and Wendell Walyer, [1942] (date of original) thumbnail

Fire hall no. 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1947 (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Fire Hall No. 1 at Willingdon and Hastings, the first purpose built fire hall in Burnaby. The hall is a two storey modern concrete building with three large bays. Fire trucks are parked in front of the hall, along with two cars.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Fire Hall No. 1 at Willingdon and Hastings, the first purpose built fire hall in Burnaby. The hall is a two storey modern concrete building with three large bays. Fire trucks are parked in front of the hall, along with two cars.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Fire Halls; Transportation - Fire Trucks; Transportation - Automobiles

Names: Burnaby Fire Department

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue; Hastings Street

Accession Code: BV998.31.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1947 (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Typed sticker on verso of photograph reads: "First new Burnaby firehall [sic] No. 1 Willingdon & Hastings 1947"; Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "MR & MRS F BLAKE 4165 PANDORA ST BURNABY BC V5C 2B2"

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Fire hall no. 1, 1947 (date of original) thumbnail

Fireman and fire truck

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Burnaby Fire Department fireman standing in front of a fire truck with one arm on the truck, the other on his hip.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Burnaby Fire Department fireman standing in front of a fire truck with one arm on the truck, the other on his hip.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Transportation - Fire Trucks

Names: Burnaby Fire Department

Accession Code: BV999.55.36

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [194-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Fireman and fire truck, [194-?] thumbnail

Fire truck in a park

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-?]

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 a group of people gathered around a fire truck in a park. A round brick structure with a conical metal top is in the foreground, obstructing a clear view of the crowd. The location has not been identified.

1 image

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 a group of people gathered around a fire truck in a park. A round brick structure with a conical metal top is in the foreground, obstructing a clear view of the crowd. The location has not been identified.

Subjects: Transportation - Fire Trucks; Geographic Features - Parks

Accession Code: BV999.55.33

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [194-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1927-1990

Length: 00:04:05

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the equipment used by the fire department over the years, in particular about the pump and ladder trucks, and about Chief Waddell's wise choice of locations for the fire halls.

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the equipment used by the fire department over the years, in particular about the pump and ladder trucks, and about Chief Waddell's wise choice of locations for the fire halls.

Date Range: 1927-1990

Length: 00:04:05

Names: Waddell, Gordon

Subjects: Public Services - Fire Protection; Buildings - Civic; Transportation - Fire Trucks

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 21, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 0:43:35

Interviewee Name: Nixon, Al

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with Al Nixon

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Lynden Fire Department fire truck

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-?]

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 a Lynden Fire Department fire truck. An unidentified man wearing a suit and hat is in the driver's seat with two other unidentified men each standing with one foot resting on the truck's running board. Located in Lynden, Washington.

1 image

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 a Lynden Fire Department fire truck. An unidentified man wearing a suit and hat is in the driver's seat with two other unidentified men each standing with one foot resting on the truck's running board. Located in Lynden, Washington.

Subjects: Occupations - Fire Fighters; Transportation - Fire Trucks

Accession Code: BV999.55.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [194-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Lynden Fire Department fire truck, [194-?] thumbnail

Lynden fire truck no. 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-?]

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 Lynden fire truck no. 1 parked with its hood propped open. An unidentified man in coveralls is standing in the foreground on the left. Located in Lynden, Washington.

1 image

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 Lynden fire truck no. 1 parked with its hood propped open. An unidentified man in coveralls is standing in the foreground on the left. Located in Lynden, Washington.

Subjects: Transportation - Fire Trucks

Accession Code: BV999.55.17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [194-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of the same fire truck taken from a different angle, see BV999.55.18

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Lynden fire truck no. 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-?]

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 Lynden fire truck no. 1 parked with its hood propped open and a fire hose attached just above it's running board. An unidentified man visible standing on the left. Located in Lynden, Washington.

1 image

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 Lynden fire truck no. 1 parked with its hood propped open and a fire hose attached just above it's running board. An unidentified man visible standing on the left. Located in Lynden, Washington.

Subjects: Transportation - Fire Trucks

Accession Code: BV999.55.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [194-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of the same fire truck taken from a different angle, see BV999.55.17

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Man standing by fire truck

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified elderly man in a suit, with a cane in one hand and a cigarette in other, standing by the driver's side of a fire truck.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified elderly man in a suit, with a cane in one hand and a cigarette in other, standing by the driver's side of a fire truck.

Subjects: Transportation - Fire Trucks

Accession Code: BV999.55.52

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [194-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Basil Pontifex at No. 2 Firehall

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Bill Corbett

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Burnaby Fire Department fire truck no. 1

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Burnaby Fire Department truck no. 1

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Burnaby's second fire truck

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Firefighters Albert Killer, Gordon Monk and Wendell Walyer

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Fire hall no. 1

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Fireman and fire truck

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Fire truck in a park

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Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 3

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Lynden Fire Department fire truck

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Lynden fire truck no. 1

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Lynden fire truck no. 1

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Man standing by fire truck

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