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Interview with Prem Kaur Gill, Santokh Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 11 Nov. 2022

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (m4a) (118 min., 39 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (115 min., 20 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of an oral history interview with Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill and their daughter, Prem Kaur Gill conducted by interviewers, Anushay Malik and Rajdeep. The interview is conducted in English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu. The three members of the Gill family share the…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (m4a) (118 min., 39 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (115 min., 20 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewers: Anushay Malik, Rajdeep Interviewees: Prem Kaur Gill, Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill Location of Interview: Gill family residence on Warwick Avenue in Burnaby Interview Date: November 11, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: (1:58:39) Digital master recording (m4a) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of an oral history interview with Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill and their daughter, Prem Kaur Gill conducted by interviewers, Anushay Malik and Rajdeep. The interview is conducted in English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu. The three members of the Gill family share their ancestral background, their personal experiences immigrating to Canada, living in Burnaby and working in British Columbia as South Asian immigrants. 00:00 – 27:34 Santokh “Gurmail” Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill share their migration stories and experiences living and working in British Columbia as South Asian immigrants and their eldest child, Prem Kaur Gill shares her own experiences as a child of South Asian immigrants and growing up in British Columbia as a South Asian Canadian. Gurmail Singh Gill was born in the District of Jalandhar and Mohinder Kaur Gill was born in Hoshiapur of the Indian state of Punjab. Gurmail describes how he moved from India to England with his family in 1957, immigrated to Canada from England in 1966, married his wife Mohinder in England in 1968 and brought his family (parents and two siblings) to Canada from England in 1970 and other relatives including his wife’s family in the 1970s and 1980s. Mohinder and Gurmail Gill recollect their arranged marriage in England in 1968, their immigration process and explain how they arrived in Burnaby residing with a cousin at 4649 Georgia Street until they were able to purchase their own home after a few years. Gurmail shares names and connections to the relatives that came to British Columbia before him. Gurmail and Mohinder tell how they lived in the basement of the house and rented out the upper floor to save money. The couple recall what they brought with them when they immigrated to Canada and Mohinder Kaur Gill tells of how before leaving India, she and her mother made a special rajai for her to take with her. Mohinder describes the process of making a rajai (a quilted blanket that was made by hand). Gurmail and Mohinder Gill talk about the challenges that they’ve experienced as new immigrants including not being fluent in English, the cold weather and not having very many family or friends nearby to provide support. They attended the Gurdwara on Ross Street or Akali Singh Sikh Society Gurdwara on Skeena in Vancouver. They explain how there was limited access to grocery stores that supplied Punjabi and Indian spices and other cooking supplies. They talk about how they used a food mill and mortar and pestle to grind their own spices and flour and how Mohinder often made traditional sweets like barfi and laddo and pakoras using pea flour when they couldn’t get Besan flour. 27:35 – 36:11 Gurmail provides more details on his family’s immigration story, including names of relatives, how his six siblings and parents all immigrated to British Columbia in 1970 and how in the early 1970s and mid 1980’s Gurmail and his family sponsored approximately 70 friends and relations from India (including Mohinder’s family) to immigrate to Canada. When Mohinder’s family arrived they lived with them in their house until they were able to purchase property next door and build their own home. Children in the families all attended elementary and high school in Burnaby which now amounts to three generations. 36:12 – 59:28 Gurmail and Mohinder Gill talk about their experiences of racial discrimination. Gurmail recalls members of the South Asian community, Dr. Hari Prakash Sharma, Harinder Mahil and Charan Gill starting the British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism. Gurmail tells of how he got involved contributing some of his union dues as a member of CAIMAW (Canadian Association of Industrial Mechanical and Allied Workers Union- Local 15) and as a friend of Charan Gill and Raj Chouhan of the Canadian Farm Workers Union. Gurmail Gill explains how he was a founding member of CAIMAW and treasurer until the union merged with the Canadian Auto Workers Union (in 1991). Mohinder and Gurmail tell of how people from the South Asian community were discouraged from wearing Punjabi dresses or head coverings for fear of being yelled at with racial slurs and how it was often scary to go outside. Many from their community often avoided attending the Akali Singh Gurdwara since a head covering was required and people were afraid of being a target. Gurmail provides details about his work with A1 Steel, how different unions were formed pertaining to various skillsets and jobs per company and how he became a member of CAIMAW Local 15 (foundry workers). Mohinder recollects her experiences as a mother, the daily tasks involved and friends that she made who’d also emigrated from Punjab. Mohinder describes how she designed and sewed many Punjabi dresses using her electric sewing machine and how she learned English by attending adult classes at a church on Commercial Drive. Mohinder and her mother attended the classes for two hours per day for six years at a cost of twelve dollars for ten weeks. Once Mohinder could speak a little English, she started working and was able to practice more. 59:29 – 1:06:08 Mohinder, Gurmail and Prem talk about some of their favourite traditional foods including corn roti and spinach curry and how they grow many of their own vegetables including peppers, eggplant, saag (spinach), onions, garlic, cilantro, zucchini, squash and fenugreek. Mohinder reflects on how access to Punjabi clothing and fabric stores in Vancouver has changed and that ready made food is now more available. Traditional foods were previously made from scratch with women gathering together and cooking for hours and now it’s gotten easier but more expensive and less of a community feel. 1:06:09- 1:55:20 Mohinder and Gurmail Gill discuss and share their perspectives and experiences on raising a family in the past versus today. Gurmail imparts that all of his siblings became educated and secured professional careers while he continued to work in the trades. Prem Kaur Gill shares her own experiences growing up and attending school in Burnaby. Gurmail and Mohinder Gill recall the type of suitcase that they brought with them when they immigrated and how they recently they got rid of it. Gurmail and the group reflect and discuss the confusion with racial identity terms that have been used in this country. They comment that South Asians were referred to as “Hindu” and “East Indian” and Indigenous peoples were referred to as “Indian” and the controversy and racism behind some of these terms. The group discusses the impact of the caste system and other discriminatory experiences and compare their experiences of living in England to living in Canada. Prem comments on how it’s just recently that South Asian customs, celebrations and practices have been recognized and celebrated here in Canada, like Diwali and yoga. They comment on how much of the language, culture and customs have been retained in Surrey where many can still communicate in Punjabi and don’t need to be fluent in English. The group discusses how many South Asians immigrants first lived and worked in Vancouver but with rising property prices many moved to Surrey expanding and establishing a much larger South Asian community with resources. The group discusses and compares the differing travel routes that many of them and their relatives took when immigrating and travelling between India and Canada. The group talks about Rajdeep’s ancestral village in India which is near the Gill village of Firozpur. Gurmail explains the origins and details behind his family name that was changed from “Shergill” to “Gill” and the name “Santokh” from his maternal side.

History: Interviewees' biographies: Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill was born in the District of Jalandhar in Punjab, India. Gurmail moved to England with his family in 1957 and immigrated to British Columbia in 1966. Gurmail married his wife, Mohinder Kaur Gill in England in 1968 and she immigrated to British Columbia from England soon after. Gurmail first lived with a cousin in Burnaby before purchasing a home of his own in Burnaby where he raised his family. Gurmail worked in the steel industry and was a member and treasurer of the CAIMAW before the union merged with the Canadian Auto Workers Union. Mohinder Kaur Gill was born in the Hoshiapur in Punjab, India. She married her husband Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill in England in 1968 and immigrated to Burnaby, British Columbia to join her husband. Mohinder and Gurmail Gill have four children, all born in Burnaby. Prem Kaur Gill was born in Burnaby in 1969 and is the eldest child of Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill. Prem grew up and attended school in Burnaby. Interviewers' biographies: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”. Rajdeep was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and is of Punjabi (South Asian) descent. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She is a student in the Restoration of Natural Systems program at the University of Victoria. Rajdeep works at Simon Fraser University as a Program Assistant and as a researcher with the City of Burnaby. At Burnaby Village Museum, Rajdeep contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Clothing; Foods; Indigenous peoples; Buildings - Religious - Temples; Food Processing Tools and Equipment; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Migration; Occupations; Organizations - Unions

Names: Gill, Prem Kaur; Gill, Mohinder Kaur; Gill, Santokh "Gurmail" Singh

Responsibility: Rajdeep; Malik, Anushay

Accession Code: BV022.29.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 11 Nov. 2022

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcript available upon request - contact Burnaby Village Museum; Indian Family System Reference notes: Baba = informal way to say grandfather; old man Bibi = informal way to say grandmother; old woman Dada= paternal grandfather Dadi= paternal grandmother Dadke= paternal family members; paternal side (Various spellings might exist for the following terms) Thaiyya= father’s elder brother (uncle) Thaiyyi= father’s elder brother’s wife (aunt) Chacha= father’s younger brother (uncle) Chachi= father’s younger brother’s wife (aunt) Bua= father’s sister (older or younger) (aunt) Phuphar= father’s sister’s husband (uncle) Nana= maternal grandfather Nani= maternal grandmother Nanke/nanka= maternal family members; maternal side Mama= mom’s brother (older or younger) (uncle) Mami= mom’s brother’s wife (aunt) Maasi= mom’s sister (older or younger) (aunt) Maasard= mom’s sister’s husband (uncle)

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Interview with Prem Kaur Gill, Santokh Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill, [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 11 Nov. 2022

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Irvine house being installed

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: April 6, 1975

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom Irvine's house during its installation at Heritage Village (now the Burnaby Village Museum). Men surround the house as it sits on a gooseneck trailer stationed inside a fence.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom Irvine's house during its installation at Heritage Village (now the Burnaby Village Museum). Men surround the house as it sits on a gooseneck trailer stationed inside a fence.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Labourers

Names: Irvine, Tom; Burnaby Village Museum

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Drive

Accession Code: BV005.14.31

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: April 6, 1975

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 11-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "April/75"

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Irvine house being installed

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: April 6, 1975

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom Irvine's house during its installation at Heritage Village (now the Burnaby Village Museum). The house is raised on a cribbing and surrounded by workmen. A truck parked next to it has a sign that reads, "L.W. ZEBIAK HOUSE RAISING COMPLETE BASEMENTS."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom Irvine's house during its installation at Heritage Village (now the Burnaby Village Museum). The house is raised on a cribbing and surrounded by workmen. A truck parked next to it has a sign that reads, "L.W. ZEBIAK HOUSE RAISING COMPLETE BASEMENTS."

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Tools and Equipment; Transportation - Trucks; Occupations - Labourers

Names: Irvine, Tom; Burnaby Village Museum

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Drive

Accession Code: BV005.14.32

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: April 6, 1975

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 11-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "April/75"

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John McCulloch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of composer and Jessie Award nominee John McCulloch, seated in his basement music studio and holding a guitar.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2437

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of composer and Jessie Award nominee John McCulloch, seated in his basement music studio and holding a guitar.

Subjects: Occupations - Musicians; Musical Instruments; Musical Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "John McCulloch does most of his composing in his basement studio. He's nominated for two Jessie Awards, for best music and best sounddesign."

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John Shaw

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of John Shaw in his air force uniform in front of a pig farm. An empty hay wagon and pig pen full of pigs are both visible in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Series: Military series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 485-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2005-15; 2006-01; 2007-18

Scope and Content: Photograph of John Shaw in his air force uniform in front of a pig farm. An empty hay wagon and pig pen full of pigs are both visible in the background.

Subjects: Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms; Agricultural Tools and Equipment; Agriculture - Farms; Animals - Pigs; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Shaw, John Horace "Jack"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso reads: "On a farm near Gl[?]"

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Kitchener Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 23, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 4200 block of Kitchener Street with a man operating a bulldozer. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 23, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.1 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-073

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 4200 block of Kitchener Street with a man operating a bulldozer. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

Subjects: Occupations - Labourers; Construction Tools and Equipment; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kitchener Street

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Kitchener Street, April 23, 1947 thumbnail

Land clearing on Kitchener Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man operating land clearing machinery on the 4200 block of Kitchener Street. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-055

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man operating land clearing machinery on the 4200 block of Kitchener Street. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Construction Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Labourers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kitchener Street

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Land clearing on Kitchener Street, April 16, 1947 thumbnail

Lettering Guide

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.40.2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.40.2

Description: Wooden box with a hinged lid and base with slats for rules and holes for lettering tips. The box contains lettering materials, including white rulers,ink pens in green cardboard cylindrical tubes, guiding stencils for lettering in different fonts, metal tool to hold ink nibs.

Object History: This lettering guide was used in the City of Burnaby's Planning Department, in the late 1950s. A lettering guide template is a special type of template used to write uniform characters. It consists of a sheet of plastic or other material with cut-outs of letters, numbers, and other shapes used especially for creating technical drawings. For decades they have been essential for lettering a drawing nameplate so text and other designs could be made quickly and uniformly. Although they have been superseded by the use of computers, during the greater part of the last century they were used to relatively ease the lettering process in the creation of technical drawings. They were an indispensable tool for architects and technical illustrators.

Category: 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication

Classification: Written Communication T&E - - Writing Devices

Object Term: Guide, Lettering

Marks/Labels: WRICO LETTERING PEN

Maker: WRICO

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Documentary Artifacts - Architectural Drawings; Government - Local Government; Land - Land Surveying; Occupations - Civic Workers

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Lillian Mann's former property

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 30, 1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 24.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of private demolition crew leveling Lillian Mann's home with a bulldozer as a teenager looks on.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 30, 1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 24.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1131

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of private demolition crew leveling Lillian Mann's home with a bulldozer as a teenager looks on.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Labourers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Basil

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on recto of photograph reads: "The END of LILLIAN MANN"

Geographic Access: Cameron Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lyndhurst Area

Images

Lillian Mann's former property, March 30, 1983 thumbnail

Loading a dump wagon

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.1 x 10.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man using a steam shovel to load a dump wagon which is being pulled by a team of horses. Another man can be seen sitting on the wagon. Both are unidentified. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the c…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.1 x 10.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-090

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man using a steam shovel to load a dump wagon which is being pulled by a team of horses. Another man can be seen sitting on the wagon. Both are unidentified. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Occupations - Labourers; Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Wagons; Construction Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Locomotive at Granite Bay

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied June 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of locomotive no. 5 travelling along the tracks at Granite Bay hauling large logs. A logging crew is travelling with the locomotive; some lumberjacks are riding in the car and some are seated on the logs.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of locomotive no. 5 travelling along the tracks at Granite Bay hauling large logs. A logging crew is travelling with the locomotive; some lumberjacks are riding in the car and some are seated on the logs.

Subjects: Occupations - Lumberjacks; Woodworking Tools and Equipment - Logging Machinery; Industries - Logging/lumber; Transportation - Locomotives

Accession Code: BV989.8.6

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied June 1987

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written in pen on verso of photograph reads: "76837 - 28A JUNE 87"

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Locomotive at Granite Bay, [191-] (date of original), copied June 1987 thumbnail

Logging in Central Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men logging in Central Park. The man on the left is Evan Baker but the other man is unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 449-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men logging in Central Park. The man on the left is Evan Baker but the other man is unidentified.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Occupations - Lumberjacks; Woodworking Tools and Equipment

Names: Baker, Evan

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Logging in Central Park, [1911] thumbnail

London mixer and contractors

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gilmore Avenue and Douglas Road including a London mixer and contractors invovled in house construction. The man standing in the center has been identified as Mr. Marcowitz. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-054

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gilmore Avenue and Douglas Road including a London mixer and contractors invovled in house construction. The man standing in the center has been identified as Mr. Marcowitz. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

Subjects: Occupations - Labourers; Industries - Construction; Construction Tools and Equipment; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue; Douglas Road

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London mixer and contractors, April 16, 1947 thumbnail

Lorraine Murison

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Columbian newspaper fashion columnist Lorraine Murison wearing a gown with a fur stole and high heel sandals as she speaks into a microphone. (According to newspaper articles that accompany this photograph, Lorriane's last name is sometimes spelt Muirson, and sometimes Murison).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 5.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-754

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Columbian newspaper fashion columnist Lorraine Murison wearing a gown with a fur stole and high heel sandals as she speaks into a microphone. (According to newspaper articles that accompany this photograph, Lorriane's last name is sometimes spelt Muirson, and sometimes Murison).

Subjects: Occupations - Journalists; Sound Communication Tools and Equipment - Microphones

Names: Murison, Lorraine; The Columbian

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Louis Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby, BC

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1909]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.6 cm mounted on cardboard 22.7 x 27.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a farm with men, a horse and wagon, and children in a field. An annotation on the back of one of the photos reads, "The foreground farm property stood at the corner of Sperling Avenue (formerly known as the Pole Line Road) and Buckingham. The white house in the left centre was the …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.6 cm mounted on cardboard 22.7 x 27.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a farm with men, a horse and wagon, and children in a field. An annotation on the back of one of the photos reads, "The foreground farm property stood at the corner of Sperling Avenue (formerly known as the Pole Line Road) and Buckingham. The white house in the left centre was the residence of Miss Woodward, her mother and sister. It was the first post office at 'Burnaby Lake' and the site of the kindergarten school of Miss Harriet Woodward. It later became the United Church. / The open field in the distance above the horse's head and people in the field is the field in front of the 'Manor House' which was built by Mr. Bateman in the 1920's. To the right of and beyond the white house partly hidden by the trees can be seen some of the buildings associated with the Hill farm on Deer Lake Ave. which by the date (1909) of this photo had been sold. The distant tall trees (center) stand on the site of the Municipal Buildings (DesBirsays Woods)." An annotation on the back of the other photograph reads, "Formerly belonging to Malcom Nicolson / App. 1908." Annotations at the bottom front of the photograph read, "L. Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby, BC."

Subjects: Agriculture - Crops; Agricultural Tools and Equipment; Animals - Horses; Occupations - Farmers; Agriculture - Farms

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue; Sperling Avenue

Accession Code: HV973.40.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1909]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w duplicate photograph accompanying; Text on first image "L Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby B C", incorporated into the image at the bottom edge of the photograph. "app 1909" pencilled in following above on the bottom edge of the image "L. Claude / Hill / Broadview", pencilled on the matt below the image. "The foreground farm property stood at the / Corner of Sperling Ave. (formerly known as Pole Line Road) / and Buckingham. The white house in the left / centre was the residence of Miss Woodward, her mother / and sister. It was the first post ofice at "Burnaby Lake" / and the site of the kindergarten school of Miss / Harriet Woodward. It later became the United / Church. / The open field in the distance above / the horses head and people in the field is / the field in front of the "Manse House" which / was built by Mr. Bateman in the 1920's. To the / right of and beyond the white house partly hidden / by the trees can be seen some of the buildings / associated with the Hill farm on Deer Lake Ave. / which by the date (1909) of this photo had been / sold. The distant tall trees (center) stand on the site of / the Municipal Buildings (DesBirsays Woods)", hand written in blue ink on the reverse side of the matt. It is not indicated who wrote the note. "OR MASTER / 973.40.4", pencilled in the lower right corner of reverse side of matt. "W. T. COOKSLEY / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."printed with very little contrast on the gray mattboard, below the lower right corner of the photograph Text on second image. "L Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby B C", incorporated into the image at the bottom edge of the photograph. "Claude surveying the haying", pencilled on the reverse side of the matt. "Formerly belonging to Malcolm Nicholson / app 1908", hand writen in blue ink on the reverse side of the matt. "H.V.973.40.4. OR. MASTER", hand printed on the bottom left corner of the reverse side of the matt. "W. T. COOKSLEY / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."printed with very little contrast on the gray mattboard, below the lower right corner of the photograph

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Man on a bulldozer

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man, possibly the operator, is standing on a bulldozer belonging to "Holmes & Wilson Trucking". Lumber stacks are nearby, and the bulldozer is on a clearing for a house lot. This may be related to the construction of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on bac…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man, possibly the operator, is standing on a bulldozer belonging to "Holmes & Wilson Trucking". Lumber stacks are nearby, and the bulldozer is on a clearing for a house lot. This may be related to the construction of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on back of photo: "342X."

Subjects: Land Clearing; Occupations - Labourers; Construction Tools and Equipment

Names: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Accession Code: HV971.12.77

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Man on a bulldozer

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing on a bulldozer belonging to "Wm. Edstrom" as written on the machine. The bulldozer is on a clearing nearby houses. This may be related to the construction of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on back of the photograph: "342X."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing on a bulldozer belonging to "Wm. Edstrom" as written on the machine. The bulldozer is on a clearing nearby houses. This may be related to the construction of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on back of the photograph: "342X."

Subjects: Land Clearing; Occupations - Labourers; Construction Tools and Equipment

Names: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Accession Code: HV971.12.78

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Man on a bulldozer

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing on a bulldozer. The bulldozer is on a cleared lot, behind which houses and electric posts along a road can be seen. This may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on the back of the photograph: "345L."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing on a bulldozer. The bulldozer is on a cleared lot, behind which houses and electric posts along a road can be seen. This may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on the back of the photograph: "345L."

Subjects: Land Clearing; Occupations - Labourers; Construction Tools and Equipment

Names: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Accession Code: HV971.12.80

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Related Material: the unidentified man in the photograph reappears in photograph HV971.12.81

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Men sawing a tree

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39430

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 10.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men standing in front of a tree with axes in their hands.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 10.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-749

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men standing in front of a tree with axes in their hands.

Subjects: Occupations - Lumberjacks; Woodworking Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Men working at Deer Lake Drive

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1946] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men digging at a property on Deer Lake Drive. Left to right: William A. "Dinty" Moore, Dave Ogilbie, Peter Sievenpiper, Chand Pauling, Doug Mackie, Bill Salter, Dr. Stanley Sievenpiper, Glen Rockwall, and Bill Sievenpiper.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1946] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-576

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men digging at a property on Deer Lake Drive. Left to right: William A. "Dinty" Moore, Dave Ogilbie, Peter Sievenpiper, Chand Pauling, Doug Mackie, Bill Salter, Dr. Stanley Sievenpiper, Glen Rockwall, and Bill Sievenpiper.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Labourers

Names: Mackie, Doug; Moore, William A. "Dinty"; Ogilbie, Dave; Pauling, Chand; Rockwall, Glen; Salter, Bill; Sievenpiper, William “Bill”; Sievenpiper, Peter; Sievenpiper, Stanley

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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