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Appointment of C.J. Weston as Mechanic
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport47815
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47981
- Meeting Date
- 14-Nov-1949
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47981
- Meeting Date
- 14-Nov-1949
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Attendance of Medical Health Officer at Conference in Victoria (Dr. A. Weston Black)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53865
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69951
- Meeting Date
- 25-Sep-1944
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69951
- Meeting Date
- 25-Sep-1944
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Jordy Groves, Barb Edwards, and Marlene Weston
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58930
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 21.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three young adults filling out forms in what appears to be a job centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 21.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1380
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three young adults filling out forms in what appears to be a job centre.
- Subjects
- Occupations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Caption on recto reads: "Jordy Groves / Barb Edwards / Marlene Weston"
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Note on verso reads: "page A-12 / Burnaby Today / PMT 100%"
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Windsor Street School class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38407
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 17, 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from Windsor Street School on the steps of the building. Some of the students have been identified as follows: First row (l to r): Norman Jebson, Ron Decker, Ross Hepburn, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, George Decker. Second row: unidentified, uniden…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 17, 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ettinger family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 428-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2002-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from Windsor Street School on the steps of the building. Some of the students have been identified as follows: First row (l to r): Norman Jebson, Ron Decker, Ross Hepburn, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, George Decker. Second row: unidentified, unidentified, Ruth Weston, Bev Kidd, unidentified, A. Loftsgard, unidentified, B. Lockwood, unidentified. Third row: unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, D. Ettinger, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, J. Penzer, unidentified, M. Farband. Fourth row: M. Lewis, unidentified, unidentified, A. Stanley, R. Strawson, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified. Fifth row: (1st) J. Allen, N. Cain (the rest are unidentified).
- Names
- Jebson, Norman
- Decker, Ron
- Hepburn, Ross
- Decker, George
- Weston, Ruth
- Kidd, Bev
- Loftsgard, A.
- Lockwood, B.
- Ettinger, D.
- Penzer, J.
- Farband, M.
- Lewis, M.
- Stanley, A.
- Strawson, R.
- Allen, J.
- Cain, N.
- Windsor Street School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Windsor St School Nov 17/39"
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 6166 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
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motorcycle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact16269
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV982.7.1
- Description
- Motorcycle, made by the Canadian Cycle and Motor Co. (CCM). It was manufactured ca 1911, and it is identified as a Model 10. The serial number on engine is, M.T. 11098. The motorcycle has a bicycle style tubular, metal frame. The engine and fuel tank are mounted inside the frame. A leather link chain runs from the engine pulley to a large drive pulley on the rear wheel. The motorcycle is equipped with bicycle style pedals as well as the engine.
- Object History
- Original owner's name found on bicycle by CCI staff in Ottawa. Last licenced 1923. That owner died in a car accident in 1924.
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Weston
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violet ray generator kit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact5622
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV986.20.2
- Description
- Violet ray generator; box is black, silver corners, hinged lid, two hinged snap closures, black handle; inside lid is brown velvet with silver holders for glass tube attachments; plaque "CHAS.A.BRANSTON LIMITED"; in box left side is voltage dial, three black control knobs; right side is compartment for two cords, one with plug end, other with hollow brown bakelite? handle; with two discs on handles, two metal tubes, one roller with handle, metal rectangle, and red instruction booklet "THE BRANSTON VIOLET RAY HIGH FREQUENCY GENERATOR", illustrated; c. 1928
- Object History
- This is a Branston Violet Ray Generator. Branston’s claims were similar to those of other Violet Ray makers. Treatments are given for over a hundred ailments, ranging from abscess through appendicitis, colitis, diabetes, glaucoma, gonorrhoea, haemmorrhoids, impotence, laryngitis, mumps, pyorrhea, tuberculosis, ulcers, wrinkles and even writer’s cramp. Electrical medical devices like this one were popular for decades among physicians, irregular practitioners, and home users, who could purchase them through catalogs and drugstores. The machine plugs into an electrical wall outlet. A glass electrode plugs into the wand, produces a violet glow, and delivers a spark when touched to the skin. The strength of the spark, controlled by the voltage selector, ranges from mild to quite intense. Attachments could stimulate many body parts.
- Classification
- Energy Production T&E - - Other Energy Production T&E
- Object Term
- Generator
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
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Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
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Digital Books
Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
Pitman family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records and 13 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs and textual records collected by Gwen Pitman. Photographs depict the Pitman family and the Phillips-Hoyt Lumber Company horse team, truck, office and sled and the Patterson Avenue Station.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pitman family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records and 13 photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-35
- BHS1992-29
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs and textual records collected by Gwen Pitman. Photographs depict the Pitman family and the Phillips-Hoyt Lumber Company horse team, truck, office and sled and the Patterson Avenue Station.
- History
- Ernest Pitman owned a men’s furnishings store in Weston-super-Mare, England. He and Mary Jane “Jean” Gill were married in Cardiff, Wales and their children Clifford, Dorothy, Marjorie and Gwendolyn were all born in Weston-super-Mare, England. Ernest was the brother-in-law of Willard H. Hoyt of Phillips-Hoyt Lumber Company on McKay Avenue. The family of six came to Canada in 1912 and settled in Burnaby in 1914. Ernest Pitman had to clear the lot at 2766 Cassie Avenue of tree stumps before Mr. Mansell could build their wooden four room house. The family moved to Victoria in 1920, renting out the house on Cassie Avenue, and returning to it in 1922. The Pitman children attended Kingsway West School and Burnaby South High School. Ernest Pitman bought a dry goods store near the corner of McKay and Kingsway and renamed it McKay Dry Goods Store in 1926. He expanded the store when Lloyd’s Studio closed to include a post-office, ladies and menswear, children and babywear. His older children, Dorothy and Gwen, were the first employees, working at the store after school and on Saturdays. Clifford and Marge also served through the years. McKay Dry Goods closed in the late 1950s but the structure still stands. Ernest Pitman opened his second shop, Jubilee Dry Goods and Men’s Furnishings, in 1930 in the area then known as Shacktown. In 1935, he expanded the store to include the old Wray shoe store and post office. Jubilee was first managed by Dorothy, but when she married Dave Howat Gwen took over as manageress. In 1961, Gwen Pitman won the Show Window Contest in the small retail outlets category, receiving a $100 prize from the Burnaby Chamber of Commerce. She continued to run the store until she closed it for the last time in 1971 and retired. The other children also lived their adult lives in Burnaby: Clifford Pitman and his wife raised two boys on Rumble Street and Marjorie Pitman Everett and her husband raised three children in the Grange-Willingdon area.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Pitman, Gwendolyn "Gwen"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC186, MSS075, PC292
Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14764
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1920-2006, predominant 1920-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : col. + 1 photograph : b&w + 1 photograph : sepia + 41 photographs (tiffs) + 4 photographs (jpgs) + 12 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family photographs of the Jung, Chan and Lee families as well as business records collected and created by Cecil Lee in the nineteen seventies, while he was employed as a Produce Buyer for Kelly Douglas Limited and Western Commodities Limited and responsible for the import of Chin…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : col. + 1 photograph : b&w + 1 photograph : sepia + 41 photographs (tiffs) + 4 photographs (jpgs) + 12 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family photographs of the Jung, Chan and Lee families as well as business records collected and created by Cecil Lee in the nineteen seventies, while he was employed as a Produce Buyer for Kelly Douglas Limited and Western Commodities Limited and responsible for the import of Chinese mandarin oranges. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1) Lee family photographs series 3) Cecil Lee business records series
- History
- Julie Cho Chan Lee is the daughter of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) (1912-2006) and Puy Yuen Chan (1903-1978). Suey Ying "Laura" and Puy Yuen Chan were married in New Westminster in November 1942 followed by a fourteen year residency in the “minority town site” of Fraser Mills where their daughters Julie and June were born. Julie's mother Suey Ying "Laura" Jung was born in Burnaby in 1912 to Chung Chong Jung (1875-1956) and Gee Shee Jung (1879-1952). The family had six children (five of which lived to adulthood); Suey Fong "Maida" (1909-1997) (married Quinn Wong) ; Suey Kin "Annie" (1911-1962) (married George Jong); Suey Ying "Laura"; Suey Cheung "Harry" (1916-1991) and "; Suey Yook "Gordon" (1919-1998). The family owned and operated a five acre market garden and piggery at 5460 Douglas Road near Still Creek (address was changed to 5286 Douglas Road in 1958). This was conveniently located directly across the street from Douglas Road Interurban Station. The children attended Edmonds Elementary School and while the girls only completed their elementary school years, the boys continued their education at the Vancouver Technical School. Chung Chong and Gee Shee Jung sold the farm on Douglas Road around 1949 and moved to East Vancouver. Julie's mother, Suey Ying "Laura" Jung continued to live and work on the Jung family farm until she was married in 1942 when she moved to live with her husband, Puy Yuen at Fraser Mills. Suey Ying "Laura"'s sister Maida and her husband Quinn Wong also lived at Fraser Mills with their nine children. Julie's father, Puy Yuen Chan joined his father, Chin Yip Hong in Canada at the tender age of 12, worked as a shingle packer and plywood plant handler at Fraser Mills for forty years and retired without ever learning to speak English. In 1972, Julie Cho Chan married Cecil Lee and lived in Surrey where their two boys, Rodney and Darin were born. Just prior to the start of school for Rodney, the family relocated to Coquitlam where Julie had lived since 1956. Julie worked as a teacher and later as a teacher-librarian in the Coquitlam School District. Cecil Chue Kan Lee was born in Queensborough to Sui Seo Ngen and Ding Quai Lee. Cecil is the youngest of eight children; Chue Ngan "Gladys"; Chue Fay "Walter"; Chue Quon "Charlie"; Chue Jan "Pearl"; Chue Moi "Rose"; Chue Duck "Dick" and Chue Kwong "Ken". Cecil’s father, Ding Quai Lee was a jack of all trades including a labour contractor as a well as a millwright for G.W. Beach’s three mills, Keystone, Sapperton and Harrison Mills.In 1931, with the arrival of the Depression, the family made the difficult decision to return to their homeland of Guangzhou province, eventually returning to Canada in 1939. With this decision, Ding Quai wrestled with the burden of the repayment of the loans for two way steamship fares to and from China. Upon their return to Canada, the family lived a short time on Union Street in Vancouver before relocating to Queensborough (New Westminster). Cecil and his siblings were schooled at Queen Elizabeth Elementary School followed by varying stints at FW Howay and Duke of Connaught High Schools. In 1951, Cecil Lee joined Kelly Douglas & Company Ltd., a subsidiary of the George Weston Empire, as a produce warehouseman, followed by several years as a foreman and then in the early seventies until his 1991 retirement after forty years of service, he served as one of the KD produce buyers. In this capacity, he worked closely with local farmers along Marine Drive and in the Fraser Valley. Kelly Douglas and Company Limited was founded in 1896 as a wholesale grocery business and became one of the largest food distributors in Canada. In 1946, its headquarters moved from Vancouver to Burnaby and a manufacturing plant and warehouse were built on the site at 4700 Kingsway. In the mid-1970s, Lee along with the associates at Western Commodities, the head office for produce imports, was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into western Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come only from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with the popular demand, Kelly Douglas and Company Limited looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business. Moreover, Cecil Lee designed, though not patented, the cardboard Chinese mandarin orange box to replace wooden containers. The iconic design required no glue or staples, making it possible for farmers to assemble and pack the boxes as they picked the oranges. In 1986, the Kelly Douglas and Company building was demolished and the produce department of Kelly Douglas was relocated to 6451 Telford Burnaby and the head office to 808 Nelson Street, Vancouver.
- Accession Code
- BV017.24; BV019.6; BV019.33; BV020.38; BV021.19
- Date
- 1920-2006, predominant 1920-1979
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Arrangement
- Records within fonds are composed of business records and family photographs arranged by the Lee family.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- See also: Interview with Julie Lee by Denise Fong February 6, 2020. -- [1920-1992] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 6, 2020 BV020.6.2
- See also artifact descriptions under accession BV019.6 including BV019.6.1 - for description of original box to ship and sell mandarin oranges; BV019.6.15 and BV019.6.16 for Chinese mandarin orange wrappers "Snow Mountain Mandarin Orange"
- Many of the "Business records" are closed and subject to FIPPA, contact Burnaby Village Museum regarding access
Kingsway West School class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1333
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students at Kingsway West School standing in three rows on the front steps of the school building (the front door is swung open behind them). Standing in the top row are: (l to r); Buddy Stephens, Roy Long, Gordon Wetherall, Blaine Irwin, Harry Parsons, Alan Gibson, Clarence Baldwin, …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 15 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph has scalloped edges
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students at Kingsway West School standing in three rows on the front steps of the school building (the front door is swung open behind them). Standing in the top row are: (l to r); Buddy Stephens, Roy Long, Gordon Wetherall, Blaine Irwin, Harry Parsons, Alan Gibson, Clarence Baldwin, Travis Wagner and Stanley Campbell. Standing in the middle row are; Jack Mitchell, Ross Bond, Joyce Pooler, Bernice Thrasher, Rita Quesnel, Audrey Collicut, Beatrice Glancy, Audrey Powell, Marion Thompson and Jean Greveling. Standing in the front row are; Marguerite Bush, Lillabelle Brown, Kay Dibbs, Marie Price, Margaret Robertson, Beverley Burns, Lyndell Rutherford, Lila Forshaw, Winone Tillack and Gertrude McDonald. Elizabeth Gill and Laurie Saunders (both not pictured) were in this class but were both absent this day.
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Stephens, Buddy
- Long, Roy
- Wetherall, Gordon
- Irwin, Blaine
- Parsons, Harry
- Gibson, Alan
- Baldwin, Clarence
- Wagner, Travis
- Campbell, Stanley
- Mitchell, Jack
- Bond, Ross
- Pooler, Joyce
- Thraser, Bernice
- Quesnel, Rita
- Collicut, Audrey
- Glancy, Beatrice
- Powell, Audrey
- Thompson, Marion
- Greveling, Jean
- Bush, Marguerite
- Brown, Lillabelle
- Dibbs, Kay
- Price, Marie
- Mallory, Margaret Robertson
- Burns, Barry
- Rutherford, Lyndell
- Forshaw, Lila
- Tillack, Winone
- McDonald, Gertrude
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.21
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- June 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "June 1939. / Top row. Left to right Buddy Stephens, Roy Long, Gordon Wetherall, Blaine Irwin, Harry Parsons, Alan Gibson, Clarence Baldwin, Travis Wagner, Stanley Campbell / 2nd row Lt. to rt. Jack Mitchell, Ross Bond, Joyce Pooler, Bernice Thrasher, Rita Quesnel, Audrey Collicutt, Beatrice Glancy, Audrey Powell, Marion Thompson, Jean Greveling / Bottom row. Lt. to rt. Marguerite Bush, Lillabelle Brown, Kay Dibbs, Marie Price, Margaret Robertson, Beverley Burns, Lyndell Rutherford, Lila Forshaw, Winone Tillack, Gertrude McDonald. (Absent. Elizabeth Gill, Laurie Sanders.) Left school -5. Patty Weston, Diane Hudson, Marion Nicholson, Lenore Beaumont (short time at school) + Helen Devine"
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