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Bob Williams and Harold Winch with children at a playground

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3724
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968?]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.6 x 12.3 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch and a man identified as "Bob Williams" (Robert Arthur "Bob" Williams, New Democratic Party MLA) on a playground with children. The photograph may have been taken during Winch's re-election campaign as MP in Vancouver East in 1968. Chlildren are visible balancing…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.6 x 12.3 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch and a man identified as "Bob Williams" (Robert Arthur "Bob" Williams, New Democratic Party MLA) on a playground with children. The photograph may have been taken during Winch's re-election campaign as MP in Vancouver East in 1968. Chlildren are visible balancing on top of climbing devices in a playground.
Subjects
Elections
Government - Federal Government
Recreational Activities
Recreational Devices - Playgrounds
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
New Democratic Party
Accession Code
BV013.12.81
Date
[1968?]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Briefing room on aircraft carrier "Bonny"

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3734
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of men seated in rows. Harold Winch can be seen in the last row. This photograph may be related to Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s. This may be the same aircraft carrier pictured in photograph BV013.12.84.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of men seated in rows. Harold Winch can be seen in the last row. This photograph may be related to Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s. This may be the same aircraft carrier pictured in photograph BV013.12.84.
Subjects
Public Services - Military Services
Emergency Measures - Civil Defence
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12.91
Date
[196-]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Campaigning

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3722
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing on a dock in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing on a dock in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Subjects
Industries - Shipping
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Industries
Structures - Piers and Wharfs
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.79
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
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Campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3702
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1968
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing on a dock in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing on a dock in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Industries - Shipping
Structures - Piers and Wharfs
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.59
Date
1968
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
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Canadian House of Commons Defence Committee

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3713
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a meeting of a House of Commons Defence Committee. Harold Winch, identified in the photograph, sat on three defence committees during the 1960s.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a meeting of a House of Commons Defence Committee. Harold Winch, identified in the photograph, sat on three defence committees during the 1960s.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Emergency Measures - Civil Defence
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12.70
Date
[196-]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
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Defence Committee at Norfolk, Virginia - USA

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3728
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of members of a federal defence committee with uniformed officers. Harold Winch, pictured in the photograph, sat on three defence committees during the 1960s.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of members of a federal defence committee with uniformed officers. Harold Winch, pictured in the photograph, sat on three defence committees during the 1960s.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Emergency Measures - Civil Defence
Public Services - Military Services
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12.85
Date
[196-]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Electrician on aircraft carrier

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3727
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with two men on board an aircraft carrier. One man's nametag says "W Dupre." This may be the aircraft carrier "Bonny" identified in photograph BV013.12.91. This photograph may be related to Harold Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with two men on board an aircraft carrier. One man's nametag says "W Dupre." This may be the aircraft carrier "Bonny" identified in photograph BV013.12.91. This photograph may be related to Harold Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s.
Subjects
Public Services - Military Services
Emergency Measures - Civil Defence
Transportation - Air
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12.84
Date
[196-]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Family and political photograph album

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3654
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1914-1977
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 album (ca. 85 photographs)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph album containing ca. 85 photographs, including both personal and work-related subjects such as the Winch family and homes, and Winch's political work and travels. Also included are some textual records relating to Winch's political work.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 album (ca. 85 photographs)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph album containing ca. 85 photographs, including both personal and work-related subjects such as the Winch family and homes, and Winch's political work and travels. Also included are some textual records relating to Winch's political work.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Government - Provincial Government
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Winch, Linda Marian Hendy
Winch, Grace
Winch, Eileen
Winch, Ernest "Ernie"
Winch, Eric
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation "CCF"
New Democratic Party
Douglas, Tommy
MacInnis, Grace
Accession Code
BV013.12.11
Date
1914-1977
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
A selection of photographs from scrapbook have been described at item level (BV013.12.36 to BV015.35.117)
Images
Documents

2013_0012_0011_001_Combined

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Guests [anniversary and birthday guest book]

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3660
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1958, 1987
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 v. of textual records
Scope and Content
Item is a guest book containing signatures of guests at two events: a dinner celebrating Winch's 25th anniversary of holding political office (October 24, 1958), and Winch's 80th birthday (June 18, 1987). Taped inside the front cover is a program "25 Years Serving B.C." The first section is inscrib…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch political photograph album and records series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 v. of textual records
Scope and Content
Item is a guest book containing signatures of guests at two events: a dinner celebrating Winch's 25th anniversary of holding political office (October 24, 1958), and Winch's 80th birthday (June 18, 1987). Taped inside the front cover is a program "25 Years Serving B.C." The first section is inscribed "October 24 1958 - Congratulations Harold - and here's to a long association in Vancouver East. Sincerely -." Signatories include numerous Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation members and MLAs. The second section is inscribed "Celebrating June 18, 1987 - 80th Birthday, Harold Winch / at the Home of Don & Helen Winch." Signatories include family members and friends.
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12.17
Date
1958, 1987
Media Type
Textual Record
Related Material
See photograph BV013.12.76.
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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[Harold Winch and other Members of Parliament at an exhibit]

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3693
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.2 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch, Senator Allister Grosart, Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon (a member of Indian Parliament), and an unidentified man at a science exhibit.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.2 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch, Senator Allister Grosart, Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon (a member of Indian Parliament), and an unidentified man at a science exhibit.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12.50
Date
[196-]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3700
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing outside on the site of a plywood and lumber manufacturing business in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing outside on the site of a plywood and lumber manufacturing business in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Industries
Industries - Logging/lumber
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.57
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3701
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a man and woman identified as Mr. and Mrs. Martinelli in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group are standing on the side walk in front of the Olympia Theatre (later known as the Roxy Th…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a man and woman identified as Mr. and Mrs. Martinelli in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group are standing on the side walk in front of the Olympia Theatre (later known as the Roxy Theatre) located at Nanaimo and Hastings Street in Vancouver.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Buildings - Commercial - Cinemas
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.58
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3703
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing outside on the site of a plywood and lumber manufacturing business in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing outside on the site of a plywood and lumber manufacturing business in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Industries
Industries - Logging/lumber
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.60
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3753
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The men appear to be standing on an industrial site.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The men appear to be standing on an industrial site.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Industries
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.112
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3754
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group appear to be standing on dock surrounding by pallets of lumber.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group appear to be standing on dock surrounding by pallets of lumber.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Industries
Industries - Shipping
Structures - Piers and Wharfs
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.113
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3755
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group appears to be standing on an idustrial site that processes plywood and lumber.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group appears to be standing on an idustrial site that processes plywood and lumber.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Industries
Industries - Logging/lumber
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.114
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3756
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a couple of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a couple of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.115
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
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Harold Winch on board a Canadian Navy craft

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3740
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.4 x 16.8 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch and a man in military uniform, on board what may be a Canadian Navy craft. This photograph may be related to Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.4 x 16.8 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch and a man in military uniform, on board what may be a Canadian Navy craft. This photograph may be related to Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s.
Subjects
Public Services - Military Services
Emergency Measures - Civil Defence
Transportation - Ships
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Royal Canadian Navy
Accession Code
BV013.12.97
Date
[196-]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Hastings St. Committee Room

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3710
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.9 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch's campaign office in Vancouver East, with three men standing in front. The men are identified as the "Martinelli boys" and Harold Winch.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.9 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch's campaign office in Vancouver East, with three men standing in front. The men are identified as the "Martinelli boys" and Harold Winch.
Subjects
Elections
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.67
Date
[196-]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
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Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 8

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory448
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1930-1990
Length
00:06:53
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Burnaby going into receivership and as a stronghold for socialists. Bill Lewarne describes the contributions of Ernie and Harold Winch
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Burnaby going into receivership and as a stronghold for socialists. Bill Lewarne describes the contributions of Ernie and Harold Winch
Date Range
1930-1990
Photo Info
Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012
Length
00:06:53
Names
Pritchard, William A.
Winch, Ernest "Ernie"
Winch, Harold
Subjects
Government
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
March 14, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.
Total Tracks
14
Total Length
1:34:40
Interviewee Name
Lewarne, William A. "Bill"
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and business computerization in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
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Audio Tracks

Track eight of interview with Bill Lewarne

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28 records – page 1 of 2.