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![All-Stars soccer team, [1930 or 1931] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-189.jpg?width=280)
All-Stars soccer team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37601
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930 or 1931] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the All-Stars soccer team made up of students from Gilmore Avenue, Kitchener Street and Capitol Hill Schools. The location of the photograph is unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930 or 1931] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-189
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the All-Stars soccer team made up of students from Gilmore Avenue, Kitchener Street and Capitol Hill Schools. The location of the photograph is unknown.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Sports - Team Sports
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
Images
![All-Stars soccer team, [1930 or 1931] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-189.jpg)
Baseball Team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38265
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of 16 unidentified men posing for a picture with a trophy and two basball bats arranged on the ground in front of them. The location of the photograph is unknown. This team may have been the Broadview area baseball team known as the Moosomin team that formed in the 1930s.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Margaret McCallum subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 14.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 375-027
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-42
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of 16 unidentified men posing for a picture with a trophy and two basball bats arranged on the ground in front of them. The location of the photograph is unknown. This team may have been the Broadview area baseball team known as the Moosomin team that formed in the 1930s.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
Images
![Betty Freebairn-Smith with her son Ian, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-407.jpg?width=280)
Betty Freebairn-Smith with her son Ian
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39088
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Betty Freebairn-Smith with her son Ian sitting in the front yard of a home. Other houses are visible in the background although the location is unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.8 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-407
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Betty Freebairn-Smith with her son Ian sitting in the front yard of a home. Other houses are visible in the background although the location is unknown.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Betty Freebairn-Smith with her son Ian, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-407.jpg)
![Burnaby Sports Day, [between 1936 and 1939] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-002-3.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Sports Day
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85204
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1936 and 1939]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (8 min., 37 sec.) : digital, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the annual Sports Day events held at Burnaby Central Park. The film opens with an unidentified dedication ceremony and tree planting in an unknown location and switches to students marching into Central Park. Hundreds of child…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1936 and 1939]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (8 min., 37 sec.) : digital, col., si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-002-3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2012-15
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the annual Sports Day events held at Burnaby Central Park. The film opens with an unidentified dedication ceremony and tree planting in an unknown location and switches to students marching into Central Park. Hundreds of children and Youth are showcased in sporting field events and competitions such as track and field sports, acrobatics, gymnastics, dancing, leap frog, skipping, rugby.
- Subjects
- Events - Parades
- Occupations
- Occupations - Labourers
- Organizations - Mens' Societies and Clubs
- Organizations - Womens' Societies and Clubs
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'May Day Events'
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Central Park
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Burnaby Sports Day, [between 1936 and 1939] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-002-3.jpg)
Video
Burnaby Sports Day, [between 1936 and 1939]
Burnaby Sports Day, [between 1936 and 1939]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-002-3.m4v![Edna Cunningham with Kathleen Montgomery, [1929 or 1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/554-012.jpg?width=280)
Edna Cunningham with Kathleen Montgomery
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80161
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929 or 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Montgomery family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edna Cunningham holding Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green). This photograph was taken during Kathleen's stay at Fred and Edna Cunningham's house on Douglas Road, although the exact location of this photograph is unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929 or 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Montgomery family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 554-012
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edna Cunningham holding Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green). This photograph was taken during Kathleen's stay at Fred and Edna Cunningham's house on Douglas Road, although the exact location of this photograph is unknown.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black pen on verso of photograph reads: "Auntie w/ Kath Burnaby - during Marge's illness"
Images
![Edna Cunningham with Kathleen Montgomery, [1929 or 1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/554-012.jpg)
Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory472
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1934-1942
- Length
- 00:04:58
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s parents’ unsuccessful first attempt to move to British Columbia in 1934 in the Depression, being turned back by the provincial police, and the successful second attempt by bus. The interview continues with description of the family’s difficult…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s parents’ unsuccessful first attempt to move to British Columbia in 1934 in the Depression, being turned back by the provincial police, and the successful second attempt by bus. The interview continues with description of the family’s difficulties, what Lochdale looked like in the 1930s, his father’s work at Kapoor sawmill in Barnet, and Merrill Gordon’s early education.
- Date Range
- 1934-1942
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
- Length
- 00:04:58
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmill
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 19, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill 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 about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:31:44
- Interviewee Name
- Gordon, Merrill
- Interview Location
- unknown
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- 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.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Merrill Gordon
Track one of interview with Merrill Gordon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-020/MSS187-020_Track_1.mp3
Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory473
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1934-1942
- Length
- 00:06:11
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s parents’ background and farm in Saskatchewan, and how the family arrived in Burnaby in 1934 with 56 cents at the Adam’s Dairy Farm near Union and Sperling.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s parents’ background and farm in Saskatchewan, and how the family arrived in Burnaby in 1934 with 56 cents at the Adam’s Dairy Farm near Union and Sperling.
- Date Range
- 1934-1942
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
- Length
- 00:06:11
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 19, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill 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 about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:31:44
- Interviewee Name
- Gordon, Merrill
- Interview Location
- unknown
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- 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.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Merrill Gordon
Track two of interview with Merrill Gordon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-020/MSS187-020_Track_2.mp3
Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory474
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1939-1946
- Length
- 00:04:30
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s education at Templeton School (Gr. 7-9) and Grandview High School of Commerce on First and Commercial, his teachers and the courses that he took.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s education at Templeton School (Gr. 7-9) and Grandview High School of Commerce on First and Commercial, his teachers and the courses that he took.
- Date Range
- 1939-1946
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
- Length
- 00:04:30
- Subjects
- Education
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 19, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill 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 about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:31:44
- Interviewee Name
- Gordon, Merrill
- Interview Location
- unknown
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- 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.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with Merrill Gordon
Track three of interview with Merrill Gordon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-020/MSS187-020_Track_3.mp3
Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory476
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1935-1956
- Length
- 00:04:56
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s marriage and move to Burnaby in 1953, and settling at the house near Cliff Avenue United Church in 1956. He talks about his first encounters with volunteering at Ratepayer meetings attended by his father, and in dance and drama activities at s…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s marriage and move to Burnaby in 1953, and settling at the house near Cliff Avenue United Church in 1956. He talks about his first encounters with volunteering at Ratepayer meetings attended by his father, and in dance and drama activities at school.
- Date Range
- 1935-1956
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
- Length
- 00:04:56
- Subjects
- Persons - Volunteers
- Education
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 19, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill 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 about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:31:44
- Interviewee Name
- Gordon, Merrill
- Interview Location
- unknown
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- 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.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track five of interview with Merrill Gordon
Track five of interview with Merrill Gordon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-020/MSS187-020_Track_5.mp3![Kitty Peers and her children, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-373.jpg?width=280)
Kitty Peers and her children
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39054
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitty Peers holding her daughter Anne while her son Robert stands next to her. The location of the photograph is unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-373
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitty Peers holding her daughter Anne while her son Robert stands next to her. The location of the photograph is unknown.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Kitty Peers and her children, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-373.jpg)
![Looking east from north side of 5118 Douglas Road - The Roberts House, [1931] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/600/620-004.jpg?width=280)
Looking east from north side of 5118 Douglas Road - The Roberts House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91823
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1931]
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 cm x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Roberts' children: Lauretta, John A., Edward, and Roland. The children are posed with a bicycle in the Roberts' yard, which is in the process of being landscaped. The house at 3090 Douglas Road (left) and the Adams' family house at 3011 Godwin (right) are visible in the backgrou…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1931]
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 cm x 8.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 620-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2017-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Roberts' children: Lauretta, John A., Edward, and Roland. The children are posed with a bicycle in the Roberts' yard, which is in the process of being landscaped. The house at 3090 Douglas Road (left) and the Adams' family house at 3011 Godwin (right) are visible in the background. The photograph was taken from the north side of the Roberts' property at 5118 Douglas Road.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from donor's notes
- 5118 Douglas Road renumbered to 3131 Douglas Road in 1958 and to 5538 Dominion Street in 1970 or 1971
- 3011 Godwin is a new address. Previous address was on the 5100 block of Douglas Road (house number unknown).
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "1930? or '31 / Roberts children / Lauretta John A. Edward / Roland"
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P5"
- See landscape plan for 5118 Douglas Road
- Street Address
- 3131 Douglas Road
- 5118 Douglas Road
- 5538 Dominion Street
- 3090 Douglas Road
- 3011 Godwin Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
Images
![Looking east from north side of 5118 Douglas Road - The Roberts House, [1931] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/600/620-004.jpg)
![Mrs. C. A. Green (nee Holmes), [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/459-001.jpg?width=280)
Mrs. C. A. Green (nee Holmes)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93591
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. C.A Green, daughter of Burnaby pioneer William Holmes standing outside an unknown location with a barn visible in the background. On the back of the picture is written: "Burnaby's 1st family. Mrs. C. A. Green, New Westminster. Daughter of William Holmes. Arr [sic] New West [sic] …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- New Westminster Public Library subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11.7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 459-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2003-19
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. C.A Green, daughter of Burnaby pioneer William Holmes standing outside an unknown location with a barn visible in the background. On the back of the picture is written: "Burnaby's 1st family. Mrs. C. A. Green, New Westminster. Daughter of William Holmes. Arr [sic] New West [sic] October 27, 1861. Well remembers Rev. Mr. Sheepshank (still living)."
- Names
- Green, Mrs. C. A. Holmes
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption
Images
![Mrs. C. A. Green (nee Holmes), [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/459-001.jpg)
![North Burnaby Juvenile Band, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/476-013.jpg?width=280)
North Burnaby Juvenile Band
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38670
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Burnaby Juvenile band posing with their instruments. There are 35 children in the picture, all are unidentified and the location is unknown. Their bandmaster was Capitol Symphony Orchestra bassoonist Frederick Gorse (not pictured).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- North Burnaby Board of Trade subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 20.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 476-013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-8
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Burnaby Juvenile band posing with their instruments. There are 35 children in the picture, all are unidentified and the location is unknown. Their bandmaster was Capitol Symphony Orchestra bassoonist Frederick Gorse (not pictured).
- Subjects
- Organizations - Bands
- Musical Instruments
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- The photograph has been marred by black pen marks which have been used to colour the eyes and mouths of some of the children in the picture
Images
![North Burnaby Juvenile Band, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/476-013.jpg)
![No rubbish to be dumped here, [1938] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-310.jpg?width=280)
No rubbish to be dumped here
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37722
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1938] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edythe King, Jean [last name unknown], and Alice Younger at an empty lot on Grange Street. They are standing with a sign that reads, "No rubbish to be dumped here / by order Municipal Engineer." Houses are visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1938] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-310
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edythe King, Jean [last name unknown], and Alice Younger at an empty lot on Grange Street. They are standing with a sign that reads, "No rubbish to be dumped here / by order Municipal Engineer." Houses are visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Protests and Demonstrations
- Names
- King, Edythe
- Younger, Alice
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Grange Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
![No rubbish to be dumped here, [1938] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-310.jpg)
![Olympia Theatre banner, [1936] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198557740001.jpg?width=280)
Olympia Theatre banner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1400
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1936]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- The photograph shows an automobile decorated with rows of fringes. Behind the car is a banner sign for "OLYMPIA THEATRE". There are people gathered around the street for an unknown occasion. The area appears to be a park. There is a rooftop visible in the distance to the left of the photograph.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8.5 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, u.r. "July 23"
- Faint circular stamp mark of "Vancouver Drug Co." on verso, and gummed paper on each corner. The stamp reads, "Come to Vancouver's Golden Jubilee 1936/ 50 Years of Progress" outside its circular seal for "Vancouver Drug/ Co. Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"
- Scope and Content
- The photograph shows an automobile decorated with rows of fringes. Behind the car is a banner sign for "OLYMPIA THEATRE". There are people gathered around the street for an unknown occasion. The area appears to be a park. There is a rooftop visible in the distance to the left of the photograph.
- Names
- Olympia Theatre
- Accession Code
- BV985.5774.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1936]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-02
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Olympia Theatre banner, [1936] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198557740001.jpg)
![Peers family, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-385.jpg?width=280)
Peers family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39066
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group standing in a yard. Identified (l to r): Enid Mantle, unknown, Kitty Peers holding her daughter Anne, Geoff Peers, Betty Peers, Dick Peers holding Robert Peers. This photograph was taken at Anne's christening at Bob and Kitty Peers' home on Deer Lake Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-385
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group standing in a yard. Identified (l to r): Enid Mantle, unknown, Kitty Peers holding her daughter Anne, Geoff Peers, Betty Peers, Dick Peers holding Robert Peers. This photograph was taken at Anne's christening at Bob and Kitty Peers' home on Deer Lake Avenue.
- Subjects
- Ceremonies - Baptisms
- Names
- Latham, Anne Peers
- Peers, Robert C.K.
- Peers, William John "Bob"
- Mantle, Enid
- Peers, Richard Dominic "Dick"
- Freebairn-Smith, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Peers
- Peers, Geoffrey Hugh
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Peers family, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-385.jpg)
![Skiers on Mount Seymour, [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2008/2008_0017_0027_001.jpg?width=280)
Skiers on Mount Seymour
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2938
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three cross-country skiers standing on their skis side by side on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Skiers are identified from left to right as, Becky Skinner, unknown and Pixie McGeachie. The ground is covered with a thick layer of snow and a forested area of coniferous trees is visibl…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three cross-country skiers standing on their skis side by side on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Skiers are identified from left to right as, Becky Skinner, unknown and Pixie McGeachie. The ground is covered with a thick layer of snow and a forested area of coniferous trees is visible behind.
- Accession Code
- BV008.17.27
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Skiers on Mount Seymour, [between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2008/2008_0017_0027_001.jpg)
![Windsor Street School students, [1937] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2005/2005_0035_0008_001.jpg?width=280)
Windsor Street School students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1921
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1937]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from grades one and three at Windsor Street School sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school with their teacher, Miss L. M. Hazlett who stands at the back row on the far left. Also in the back row are; Edward Burl, Donald Hawkin, Ian Dunbar and Jim McClosky. S…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph has scalloped edges
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from grades one and three at Windsor Street School sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school with their teacher, Miss L. M. Hazlett who stands at the back row on the far left. Also in the back row are; Edward Burl, Donald Hawkin, Ian Dunbar and Jim McClosky. Standing in the second row are; Donald McDonald, Bruce Dean, Freddie Bond, Charles Farren, Charles Howes, Russel Millar, Harley Cash, David Penzer, Gordon Williams and Gordon Thornhill. Standing in the third row are; Arthur Sellars, Neil McKinnon, Billy Langford, Teddy Galbraith, Peggy Harrington, Birnie Reid, Elenor (last name unknown), Bessie McMurray, Rosanne Fraser, Marjorie (last name unknown and Betty (last name unknown). Sitting in the front row are; Flora Lawrie, Gwennie Owen, Sandra (last name unknown), Ella Beatty, unidentified, Elsie Williamson, Dagney (last name unknown), unidentified, unidentified and unidentified.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Windsor Street School
- Hazlett, Miss L. M.
- Burl, Edward
- Hawkin, Donald
- Dunbar, Ian
- McClosky, Jim
- McDonald, Donald
- Dean, Bruce
- Bond, Freddie
- Farren, Charles
- Howes, Charles
- Millar, Russel
- Cash, Harley
- Penzer, David
- Williams, Gordon
- Thornhill, Gordon
- Sellars, Arthur
- McKinnon, Neil
- Langford, Billy
- Galbraith, Teddy
- Harrington, Peggy
- Reid, Birnie
- McMurray, Bessie
- Fraser, Rosanne
- Lawrie, Flora
- Owen, Gwennie
- Beatty, Ella
- Williamson, Elsie
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 6166 Imperial Street
- Accession Code
- BV005.35.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1937]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 11-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Left to Right Gr 1+3/ 1st R. Miss L. M. Hazlett, Edward Burl, Donild [sic] Hawkin, Ian Dunbar, Jim McClosky / 2nd R. Donild [sic] McDonild [sic], Bruce Dean, Freddie Bond, Charels [sic] Faren [sic], Charels [sic] Howes, Russel Millar, Harley Cash, David Penzer (arm), Gordon Williams, Gordon Thornhill / 3rd R. Arthur Sellars, Neil McKinnon, Billy Langford, Teddy Galbraith / 4th Girls Peggy Harrington, Birnie Reid, Elenor [torn]/ Bessie McMurray, Rosanne Fraser, Marjorie [torn] Betty Per[torn] / 5 R. Flora Lawrie, Gwennie Owen, Sandra [torn]/ myself, [illegible name], Elsie Williamson, Dagney B[cut off]"
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "WINDSOR ST. SCHOOL Gr. 1+3 1937?
Images
![Windsor Street School students, [1937] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2005/2005_0035_0008_001.jpg)
![Windsor Street School students, [1939 or 1940] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2005/2005_0035_0010_001.jpg?width=280)
Windsor Street School students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1923
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1939 or 1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from grades five and six at Windsor Street School sitting and standing in five rows in front of the school building with their teacher, Miss Padgett. Sitting in the front row (from left) are; Clifford Jones, Ole Stanley (grade five), Teddy Galbraith, David Penzer (grade five)…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph has scalloped edges
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from grades five and six at Windsor Street School sitting and standing in five rows in front of the school building with their teacher, Miss Padgett. Sitting in the front row (from left) are; Clifford Jones, Ole Stanley (grade five), Teddy Galbraith, David Penzer (grade five), John Adams (grade five), Gordon Thornhill, Neil McKinnon and Gene Lawrence. Sitting in the second row are; Dagney Bjorvick, Dora Ciccone, Peggy Harrington, Rosanne Fraser, Verna Irvine, Mollie Johnson, Dorothy Russle (grade five), Elsie Williamson and Sandra MacCarthy. Standing in the third row are; Jeanette Cruikshank, Betty Perdue, Leona Milne, Elleanor Thompson, Thelma Butler, Margaret (last name unknown), Phyllis (last name unknown), Daphne Northly, Flora Lawrie, Sheila Stockley (grade five) and Sandra McKenzie (grade five). Standing in the fourth row are; Miss Padgett (teacher), Ella Beatty, Bessie McMurray, May Tilke, Howard Kid, Walter Lee (grade five), Raymond Westley, Ian Dunbar and Wendell Boyce (grade five). Standing in the back row are; Stanley Pilkington, Donald McDonald (grade five), Donald Hockin (grade five), Bob Underhill, Alex Decker, Mike Kozak, Charles Farren (grade five), George Baker and Douglas (last name unknown) (grade five).
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Windsor Street School
- Jones, Clifford
- Stanley, Ole
- Galbraith, Teddy
- Penzer, David
- Adams, John
- Thornhill, Gordon
- McKinnon, Neil
- Lawrence, Gene
- Bjorvick, Dagney
- Ciccone, Dora
- Harrington, Peggy
- Fraser, Rosanne
- Irvine, Verna
- Johnson, Mollie
- Russle, Dorothy
- Williamson, Elsie
- MacCarthy, Sandra
- Cruickshank, Jeanette
- Perdue, Betty
- Milne, Leona
- Thompson, Elleanor
- Butler, Thelma
- Northly, Daphne
- Lawrie, Flora
- Stockley, Sheila
- McKenzie, Sandra
- Padgett, Miss
- Beatty, Ella
- McMurray, Bessie
- Tilke, May
- Kid, Howard
- Lee, Walter
- Westley, Raymond
- Dunbar, Ian
- Boyce, Wendell
- Pilkington, Stanley
- McDonald, Donald
- Hockin, Donald
- Underhill, Bob
- Decker, Alex
- Kozak, Mike
- Farren, Charles
- Baker, George
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 6166 Imperial Street
- Accession Code
- BV005.35.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1939 or 1940]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 11-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "WINDSOR ST. SCHOOL Gr. 6 1939-40?"
- Numbers written in black ink on recto identify the students
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "1. Clifford Jones 2 Ole Stanley* 3 Teddy Galbraith 4 David Penzer* 5 John Adams* 6 Gordon Thornhill 7 Neil McKinnon 8 Gene Lawrence 9 Dagney Bjorvick 10 Dora Ciccone 11 Peggy Harrington 12 Rosanne Fraser 13 Verna Irvine 14 Mollie Johnson 15 Dorothy Russle / 16 Elsie Williamson 17 Sandra McCarthy 18 Janette [sic] Cruikshank /19 Betty Perdue 20 Leone Milne 21 Elleanor Thompson 22 Thelma Butler 23 Margaret [illegible] 24 Phyllis [illegible] 25 Daphne Northly/ 26 Flora Lawrie 27 * Sheila Stockley 28 * Sandra McKenzie 29 Miss Padgett 30 Ella Beatty 31 Bessie McMurray 32 May Tilke / 33 Howard Kid 34 Walter Lee * 35 Raymond Westley 36 Ian Dunbar 37 Wendell Boyce * 38 Stanley Pilkington 39 Donald * McDonald 40 Donald Hockin * 41 Bob Underhill 42 Alex Decker 43 Mike Kozak 44 Charles Farren* 45 George Baker 46 Douglas [illegible]* / [written sideways] This picture was taken in grade 6 - Some are grade 5 Gr. 5 marked with * "
Images
![Windsor Street School students, [1939 or 1940] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2005/2005_0035_0010_001.jpg)