"Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)" found 495 records

Interview with John Ferguson July 3, 1975 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory180

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1900-1939

Length: 0:08:23

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Ferguson's memories of first coming to Burnaby in 1931. He describes the neighbourhood of Vancouver Heights and the people that lived there. He also describes the types of goods he sold at his Vancouver Heights Hardware Store.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Ferguson's memories of first coming to Burnaby in 1931. He describes the neighbourhood of Vancouver Heights and the people that lived there. He also describes the types of goods he sold at his Vancouver Heights Hardware Store.

Date Range: 1900-1939

Length: 0:08:23

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Hardware Stores

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Interviewer: McLeod, Ross S.

Interview Date: July 3, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with John Ferguson by history student Ross S. McLeod, July 3, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression.

Biographical Notes: John Ferguson was born in Glasgow in 1900. He came to Canada with his family in 1910, and settled on Vancouver Island. In 1931 John Ferguson purchased the hardware store on the 3900 block of Hastings Street.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:32:21

Interviewee Name: Ferguson, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with John Ferguson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-18/100-13-18_Track_1.mp3

Walker family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35433

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Walker family living in a tent at Eton Street and Ingleton Avenue. Families often pitched a tent on their lot while their house was being built.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-291

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Walker family living in a tent at Eton Street and Ingleton Avenue. Families often pitched a tent on their lot while their house was being built.

Subjects: Structures - Tents

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Eaton, Dr. Carl

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eton Street; Ingleton Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Walker family, [191-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Yorston family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35479

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Yorston family home and Yorston real estate office at 4080 East Hastings (later 4050 Hastings Street), built in 1909. This was one of the first structures in Vancouver Heights on Hastings Street east of Boundary Road It was the home of Ernest A. Yorston, his wife Florence L. Yors…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-337

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Yorston family home and Yorston real estate office at 4080 East Hastings (later 4050 Hastings Street), built in 1909. This was one of the first structures in Vancouver Heights on Hastings Street east of Boundary Road It was the home of Ernest A. Yorston, his wife Florence L. Yorston (nee Marston) and their children. The L.C. Tull furniture store can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Businesses - Real Estate Agencies; Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Names: Yorston Real Estate

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Street Address: 4050 Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Images

Yorston family home, 1910 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Warren and Pearson families

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35540

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Mrs. Mary Warren (mother of James, Mary and Joan Warren), Joan "Agnes" Warren, Jack Pearson (neighbour), and Mrs. Harold Pearson (neighbour) in front of the Pearson home, across the street from the Warren home at 4264 Union Street. Harry Pearson, a mining man, ran the…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-398

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Mrs. Mary Warren (mother of James, Mary and Joan Warren), Joan "Agnes" Warren, Jack Pearson (neighbour), and Mrs. Harold Pearson (neighbour) in front of the Pearson home, across the street from the Warren home at 4264 Union Street. Harry Pearson, a mining man, ran the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver for many years with Ted Summers and Ivan Ackery.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Anthony, Mary Warren; Pearson, Jack; Warren, Joan "Agnes"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Union Street

Street Address: 4264 Union Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Images

Warren and Pearson families, [191-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Warren family and friends

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35543

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Warren family children and friends. Back, left to right: Grace Smedley (friend) and Mary Warren. Front, left to right: Jack Pearson (neighbour) and Joan "Agnes" Warren. In the background is Mrs. Harold Pearson (neighbour) on the steps of the Pearson home, across the street from t…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-401

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Warren family children and friends. Back, left to right: Grace Smedley (friend) and Mary Warren. Front, left to right: Jack Pearson (neighbour) and Joan "Agnes" Warren. In the background is Mrs. Harold Pearson (neighbour) on the steps of the Pearson home, across the street from the Warren home at 4264 Union Street.

Names: Anthony, Mary Warren; Pearson, Jack; Smedley, Grace; Warren, Joan "Agnes"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Union Street

Street Address: 4264 Union Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Images

Warren family and friends, [191-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Smedley family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35719

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Smedley family home, 4247 Venables, Vancouver Heights. On the porch are (left to right) Emily "Grandma" Smedley and William Smedley.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-577

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Smedley family home, 4247 Venables, Vancouver Heights. On the porch are (left to right) Emily "Grandma" Smedley and William Smedley.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Smedley, Emily "Grandma"; Smedley, William

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Venables Street

Street Address: 4247 Venables Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Images

Smedley family home, [191-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Tables set for a special occasion

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36821

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of tables set for a special occasion. This may be at 4055 Union Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-279

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of tables set for a special occasion. This may be at 4055 Union Street.

Subjects: Events; Furniture

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph;

Geographic Access: Union Street

Street Address: 4055 Union Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Images

Tables set for a special occasion, [191-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Tables set for wedding

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36823

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of tables at 4055 Union Street set for a wedding.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-281

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of tables at 4055 Union Street set for a wedding.

Subjects: Furniture; Ceremonies - Weddings

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation reads, "4055 Union"

Geographic Access: Union Street

Street Address: 4055 Union Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Images

Tables set for wedding, [191-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Ed McDonald family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37110

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ed McDonald's family home at 702 N. Boundary Rd. A signpost for Edinburgh Street is visible on the left.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 319-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1995-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ed McDonald's family home at 702 N. Boundary Rd. A signpost for Edinburgh Street is visible on the left.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Boundary Road North; Edinburgh Street

Street Address: 702 Boundary Road North

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Ed McDonald family home, [1910] thumbnail

Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory287

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1910-1946

Length: 0:09:17

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.

Date Range: 1910-1946

Photo Info: Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.

Length: 0:09:17

Names: Brown-John, Victor Joseph Charles; Brown-John, Winnifred Douglas

Subjects: Land Clearing

Geographic Access: Napier Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: September 18, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.

Biographical Notes: Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 33:02

Interviewee Name: Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Images

Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track one of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_1.mp3

Ward-Taylor duplex

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35265

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a duplex built at 4208 McGill Street on the corner of Carleton Avenue and McGill, North Burnaby. This duplex was built by friends David Taylor (wife: Emily Taylor) and Henry Ward for their families in 1911, when they emigrated from England. Both families had two children: Douglas an…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-122

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a duplex built at 4208 McGill Street on the corner of Carleton Avenue and McGill, North Burnaby. This duplex was built by friends David Taylor (wife: Emily Taylor) and Henry Ward for their families in 1911, when they emigrated from England. Both families had two children: Douglas and Hilda Ward, and Marjorie and Winnie Taylor.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Carleton Avenue; McGill Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Vancouver Heights area

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35266

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Carleton Avenue and Yale Street area in the neighbourhood where David Taylor and Henry Ward built their duplex for their families in 1911, when they emigrated from England. Both families had two children: Douglas and Hilda Ward, and Marjorie and Winnie Taylor.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-123

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Carleton Avenue and Yale Street area in the neighbourhood where David Taylor and Henry Ward built their duplex for their families in 1911, when they emigrated from England. Both families had two children: Douglas and Hilda Ward, and Marjorie and Winnie Taylor.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Carleton Avenue; Yale Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Vancouver Heights area

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35267

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph taken from the corner of Carleton Avenue and McGill Street, looking northeast. This later became the site of McGill Park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-124

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph taken from the corner of Carleton Avenue and McGill Street, looking northeast. This later became the site of McGill Park.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Sutcliffe, Arthur

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Carleton Avenue North; McGill Park; McGill Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Pendygrasse family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35299

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the John Pendygrasse family home, 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights. It was the only house on the block. Note the flag pole in front.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-156

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the John Pendygrasse family home, 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights. It was the only house on the block. Note the flag pole in front.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eton Street

Street Address: 4027 Eton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Pendygrasse family home, [1911] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Clark family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36824

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the Clark family home at 4055 Union Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-282

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the Clark family home at 4055 Union Street.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Union Street

Street Address: 4055 Union Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Images

Clark family home, 1911 (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Burnaby Lake residents

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34058

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 11.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of male Burnaby Lake residents posed outside near Deer Lake Drive. Identified, standing: B.R. Hill (3rd from left), Rev. D. Dunlop (6th from left), Harry Ramsay (8th from left), Louis "Edgar" Sprott (9th from left), and George Every-Clayton (10th from left). Sitting on bench…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 11.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 003-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of male Burnaby Lake residents posed outside near Deer Lake Drive. Identified, standing: B.R. Hill (3rd from left), Rev. D. Dunlop (6th from left), Harry Ramsay (8th from left), Louis "Edgar" Sprott (9th from left), and George Every-Clayton (10th from left). Sitting on bench: [first name unknown] Clayton (1st from left), Robert Pontifex (2nd from left), Mr. Clay (4th from left), and Frank Hill (6th from left). Sitting on ground: Claude Hill (1st from left) and Percy Boyer Brown (2nd from left).

Names: Brown, Percy Boyer; Every-Clayton, George; Dunlop, Rev. D.; Hill, Bernard R.; Hill, Frank; Brown, Alex; Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Pontifex, Robert; Ramsay, Harry; Sprott, Louis "Edgar"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Identification key accompanying in the envelope for photo 003-001 (labeled BHS 3.1)

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

St. Nicholas Anglican Church

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35378

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of St. Nicholas Anglican Church at Triumph Street and Ingleton Avenue, 3883 Triumph Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-235

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of St. Nicholas Anglican Church at Triumph Street and Ingleton Avenue, 3883 Triumph Street.

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Churches

Names: St. Nicholas Anglican Church; St. Nicolas Anglican Church

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Triumph Street

Street Address: 3883 Triumph Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

St. Nicholas Anglican Church, 1912 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Teachers at Vancouver Heights School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35428

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dr. Carl Eaton (left), school principal, with unidentified teaching staff. Carl Eaton was the first principal of Vancouver Heights Public School, later called Gilmore Avenue School, when it opened in 1912.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-286

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dr. Carl Eaton (left), school principal, with unidentified teaching staff. Carl Eaton was the first principal of Vancouver Heights Public School, later called Gilmore Avenue School, when it opened in 1912.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Gilmore Avenue School; Vancouver Heights Public School

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Teachers at Vancouver Heights School, 1912 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

St. Helen's Catholic Church

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of St. Helen's Catholic Church soon after it was built at 3894 Triumph Street. Photo by Dr. Carl Eaton.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-288

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of St. Helen's Catholic Church soon after it was built at 3894 Triumph Street. Photo by Dr. Carl Eaton.

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Churches

Names: St. Helen's Catholic Church

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Eaton, Dr. Carl

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Triumph Street

Street Address: 3894 Triumph Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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St. Helen's Catholic Church, [1912] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Warren family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35538

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Warren family home on Union Street, built by John "Jack" Warren (father of James Warren). The virgin-timbered land was cleared by the family first.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-396

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Warren family home on Union Street, built by John "Jack" Warren (father of James Warren). The virgin-timbered land was cleared by the family first.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Union Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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