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- Great Northern Railway 1
BC Hydro Railway Crossing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79487
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows BC Hydro railroad tracks and crossing near Beresford Street and Griffiths Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-319
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows BC Hydro railroad tracks and crossing near Beresford Street and Griffiths Avenue.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ross, Martha
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Great Northern Railway tracks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79486
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 27, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the Great Northern Railway tracks alongside Government Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 27, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-318
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the Great Northern Railway tracks alongside Government Street.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Campbell, Peg
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Government Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
Railway Crossing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79355
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 8, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a railway crossing near the Canada Safeway Limited milk department at 7560 18th Street. This milk processing plant opened in 1970.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 8, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-262
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a railway crossing near the Canada Safeway Limited milk department at 7560 18th Street. This milk processing plant opened in 1970.
- Names
- Safeway
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ross, Martha
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- 18th Street
- Street Address
- 7560 18th Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
Railway Trestle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79485
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 27, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the railway trestle on Boundary Road.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 27, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-317
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the railway trestle on Boundary Road.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Norton, Paul
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Boundary Road
Images
![BCSME model train at station, [between 1975 and 1979] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0004_1277_001.jpg?width=280)
BCSME model train at station
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17239
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 6 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of visitors getting on the steam locomotive as it arrives at the station inside Burnaby Village Museum. A group of children are standing next to the model locomotive and talking to the engineer who is seated at the front of the train. The British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSM…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 6 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of visitors getting on the steam locomotive as it arrives at the station inside Burnaby Village Museum. A group of children are standing next to the model locomotive and talking to the engineer who is seated at the front of the train. The British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) operated the minature railway at Burnaby Village Museum between 1975 and 1991.
- Accession Code
- BV020.4.1277
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1979]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![BCSME model train at station, [between 1975 and 1979] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0004_1277_001.jpg)
![BCSME tunnel construction, [1974] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1254_001.jpg?width=280)
BCSME tunnel construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14237
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1974]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of tunnel construction for British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSE) Burnaby Central Railway at Heritage Village.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of tunnel construction for British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSE) Burnaby Central Railway at Heritage Village.
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1254
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1974]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 20-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on slide frame reads: "BCSME tunnel / construction / 1974"
- Stamp on slide frame reads: "16_DEC_74V1"
Images
![BCSME tunnel construction, [1974] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1254_001.jpg)
![Bill Lewarne on handcar, [between 1975 and 1976] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0657_001.jpg?width=280)
Bill Lewarne on handcar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13021
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1976]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby councillor Bill Lewarne standing on a handcar in front of the Interurban Tram 1223 at Heritage Village.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby councillor Bill Lewarne standing on a handcar in front of the Interurban Tram 1223 at Heritage Village.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.657
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1976]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See contact sheet: BV020.5.705
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 9-Apr-21
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Yunge-Bateman, Nick
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Photograph by / Nick Yunge-Bateman"
- Note in red marker on verso of photograph reads: "50402.2.30"
Images
![Bill Lewarne on handcar, [between 1975 and 1976] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0657_001.jpg)
![Burnaby Central Railway at Heritage Village, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1072_001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Central Railway at Heritage Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14046
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of visitors riding a minature steam locomotive on the Burnaby Central Railway at Heritage Village Museum. The train is leaving the tunnel on it's way to the station. The model railway was run by B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of visitors riding a minature steam locomotive on the Burnaby Central Railway at Heritage Village Museum. The train is leaving the tunnel on it's way to the station. The model railway was run by B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1072
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [197-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on slide frame reads: "1_OCT79V4"
- Photograph was removed from a binder of photographs labeled "B.C.S.M.E. / Vaudeville at BVM"
Images
![Burnaby Central Railway at Heritage Village, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1072_001.jpg)
![Burnaby Central Railway station at Heritage Village, [1975] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1069_001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Central Railway station at Heritage Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14043
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1975]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Central Railway station building at Heritage Village Museum. The model railway was run by B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Central Railway station building at Heritage Village Museum. The model railway was run by B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1069
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1975]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from a binder of photographs labeled "B.C.S.M.E. / Vaudeville at BVM"
Images
![Burnaby Central Railway station at Heritage Village, [1975] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1069_001.jpg)
![Burnaby Central Railway station at Heritage Village, [1979] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1071_001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Central Railway station at Heritage Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14045
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Central Railway station building at Heritage Village Museum. The model railway was run by B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Central Railway station building at Heritage Village Museum. The model railway was run by B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1071
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1979]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on slide frame reads: "1_OCT79V4"
- Photograph was removed from a binder of photographs labeled "B.C.S.M.E. / Vaudeville at BVM"
Images
![Burnaby Central Railway station at Heritage Village, [1979] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1071_001.jpg)
![Burnaby Central Railway tracks and station, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1063_001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Central Railway tracks and station
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14040
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Central Railway tracks and station at Heritage Village Museum. Burnaby Central Railway was run by B.C. Society for Model Engineers (BCSME). A group of visitors are taking a ride on a model train at Hertiage Village. The train is coming out of a tunnel before it reaches the…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Central Railway tracks and station at Heritage Village Museum. Burnaby Central Railway was run by B.C. Society for Model Engineers (BCSME). A group of visitors are taking a ride on a model train at Hertiage Village. The train is coming out of a tunnel before it reaches the station.
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1063
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [197-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from a binder of photographs labeled "B.C.S.M.E. / Vaudeville at BVM"
Images
![Burnaby Central Railway tracks and station, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1063_001.jpg)
![Burnaby Central Railway trains, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1079_001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Central Railway trains
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14053
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of visitors gathered to see Burnaby Central Railway trains at the station inside Heritage Village. Three model trains are parked on three separate tracks. Members of the BCSME and visitors are seated atop a few of the trains. The Burnaby Central Railway was built and operated by members …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of visitors gathered to see Burnaby Central Railway trains at the station inside Heritage Village. Three model trains are parked on three separate tracks. Members of the BCSME and visitors are seated atop a few of the trains. The Burnaby Central Railway was built and operated by members of the B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1079
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [197-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from a binder of photographs labeled "B.C.S.M.E. / Vaudeville at BVM"
Images
![Burnaby Central Railway trains, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1079_001.jpg)
![Construction of tunnel for Burnaby Central Railway at Heritage Village, [1975] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1068_001.jpg?width=280)
Construction of tunnel for Burnaby Central Railway at Heritage Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14042
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1975]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of tunnel and tracks for the B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) Railway at Heritage Village Museum.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of tunnel and tracks for the B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) Railway at Heritage Village Museum.
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1068
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1975]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from a binder of photographs labeled "B.C.S.M.E. / Vaudeville at BVM"
Images
![Construction of tunnel for Burnaby Central Railway at Heritage Village, [1975] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1068_001.jpg)
Hydro engine 906 in collision with a CN engine
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2881
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of British Columbia Hydro engine 906 in a collision with a Canadian National railway (CN) engine. Engine 906 was coming off the Queensborough Bridge when it collided with the CN engine.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of British Columbia Hydro engine 906 in a collision with a Canadian National railway (CN) engine. Engine 906 was coming off the Queensborough Bridge when it collided with the CN engine.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Names
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Canadian National Railway
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- BV012.18.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- May 1974
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Mar-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Engine 906 coming off / Queensbou Bridge with string of (M)/T Auto Racks at CNR / Diamond. / May 1974"
Images
Interview with Bill Gruenthal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19636
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business,…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Bill Gruenthal Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business, his knowledge and interest in Judaism, places that he and his wife lived before moving to Burnaby, family life in Burnaby and his political involvement in running for the Burnaby school board. 00:27:02 – 00:42:50 Bill Gruenthal talks about the Burquest Jewish Community Association, it’s background and his involvement, experiences of discrimination in his career, a brief history of the Jewish people and some cultural traditions. 00:42:51 – 00:56:04 Bill Gruenthal mentions some of the charities that he supports including Burnaby Hospital, his volunteer work within the community and community organizations including the Nikkei Place Foundation and shares more details on his insurance career. 00:56:05 – 01:14:37 Bill Gruenthal shares information about his Burnaby neighbourhood and Jewish funeral customs and provides his impressions of new development at Brentwood, Burnaby Council and other development projects in Burnaby.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Bill Gruenthal was born in the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1935 after his parents had fled Germany in advance of the then worsening political situation. Bill’s father died in 1942; some years later his mother remarried to an Irish-born senior civil servant in that government. He had a difficult and somewhat dangerous job. Soon after marriage, the family, including Bill’s older brother, Martin, immigrated to Canada in January 1947 on the strength of his step-father’s British Passport. They traveled via New York, where Bill’s uncle and his family resided and who put up the family. Later that month, the parents travelled by CP rail from Montreal to Vancouver, followed by Bill and his brother in March 1947 who travelled from New York to White Rock on an American railroad. While passing through the Fraser Valley Bill’s parents took an interest in Silverdale, a small hamlet west of Mission where the four eventually settled. Bill finished High School in Mission and soon joined the insurance industry. Bill connected with the Jewish Community in Vancouver where he met his soon-to-be wife. Upon marriage they were transferred to Calgary; after five years suffering its cold weather they were transferred back to Vancouver. They settled in Burnaby in 1966 as an affordable neighbourhood with easy access to his office downtown Vancouver. Outside work, Bill helped raise his family of three daughters who all graduated Burnaby High School (Alpha). They joined Temple Sholom in Vancouver, and he volunteered and still volunteers for a number of non-profits, including The Jewish Museum and Archives and Nikkei Place Foundation (Burnaby). He was an early long-term supporter and a past president of Burquest Jewish Community Association, mostly involving persons from Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area (hence the name). He ran for political office in Burnaby in 1976 but was not elected. He delivers food in Burnaby for the Food Bank and is a donor to many worthy causes including Burnaby General Hospital. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Migration
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Transportation
- Transportation - Rail
- Religions - Judaism
- Cemeteries
- Organizations
- Elections
- Names
- Gruenthal, Bill
- Gruenthal, Noemi Yadlow
- O'Connor, Herta Ingrid Gruenthal
- O'Connor, John
- Burquest
- Jacobson, Max Alec
- Temple Shalom
- Brentwood Shopping Centre
- Brentwood Park School
- Alpha Secondary School
- Burnaby School Board
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0014_003.mp3![Minature locomotives at Burnaby Central Railway, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1077_001.jpg?width=280)
Minature locomotives at Burnaby Central Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14051
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of visitors riding a Burnaby Central Railway minature locomotive at Heritage Village. A group of people have gathered to watch. Another minature locomotive is parked on the adjacent track to the left. The Burnaby Central Railway was built and operated by members of the B.C. Society of Mo…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of visitors riding a Burnaby Central Railway minature locomotive at Heritage Village. A group of people have gathered to watch. Another minature locomotive is parked on the adjacent track to the left. The Burnaby Central Railway was built and operated by members of the B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1077
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [197-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from a binder of photographs labeled "B.C.S.M.E. / Vaudeville at BVM"
Images
![Minature locomotives at Burnaby Central Railway, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1077_001.jpg)
![Minature train and News building, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1021_001.jpg?width=280)
Minature train and News building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13900
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm and 8.8 x 3.5 cm (pasted one top of the other)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Heritage Village Museum "The News" building (on right) pasted on top of a photograph of an unidentified man seated on top of a miniature steam locomotive at the Heritage Village Museum. The train is a part of the BC Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) which provided rides to the pu…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm and 8.8 x 3.5 cm (pasted one top of the other)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Heritage Village Museum "The News" building (on right) pasted on top of a photograph of an unidentified man seated on top of a miniature steam locomotive at the Heritage Village Museum. The train is a part of the BC Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) which provided rides to the public on a track at Heritage Village between 1975 and 1991.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1021
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [197-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Minature train and News building, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1021_001.jpg)
![Model train coming through tunnel, [between 1975 and 1979] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0004_1279_001.jpg?width=280)
Model train coming through tunnel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17241
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 6 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of BCSME model train engineer driving a model train through the brick covered tunnel inside Burnaby Village Museum. The British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) operated the minature railway at Burnaby Village Museum between 1975 and 1991.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 6 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of BCSME model train engineer driving a model train through the brick covered tunnel inside Burnaby Village Museum. The British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) operated the minature railway at Burnaby Village Museum between 1975 and 1991.
- Accession Code
- BV020.4.1279
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1979]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Model train coming through tunnel, [between 1975 and 1979] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0004_1279_001.jpg)
On train from Toronto to Ottawa
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3732
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.7 x 17.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch and another man eating dinner in the dining car on a train en route to Ottawa, possibly for the Twenty-third Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.7 x 17.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch and another man eating dinner in the dining car on a train en route to Ottawa, possibly for the Twenty-third Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.89
- Date
- 1977
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Opening of Old Curly exhibit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17234
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.7 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the opening of steam locomotive "Old Curly" at Heritage Village Museum. Wayne Stewart (left), Deputy Supervisor of the Vancouver Division of C.P. Rail is cutting a ribbon at the entrance to the exhibit while Lindsay McDonnell (right), Chairman of the Century Park Museum Association ho…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.7 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the opening of steam locomotive "Old Curly" at Heritage Village Museum. Wayne Stewart (left), Deputy Supervisor of the Vancouver Division of C.P. Rail is cutting a ribbon at the entrance to the exhibit while Lindsay McDonnell (right), Chairman of the Century Park Museum Association holds the ribbon.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Accession Code
- BV020.4.1272
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1973
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-18
- Photographer
- Smith, Eileen
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Sticker on verso of photograph reads: "PHOTOGRAPH BY / Eileen Smith / -929-2998-"
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Wayne Stewart / Deputy Supervisor / Vancouver Division / C.P. Rail"
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