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Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1000 block of Gilley Avenue (later renumbered the 8000 block) looking south towards Marine Drive in the snow.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955] (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 ; 3.1 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-672

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1000 block of Gilley Avenue (later renumbered the 8000 block) looking south towards Marine Drive in the snow.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Gilley Avenue

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area; Stride Hill Area

Images

1000 Block Gilley Avenue, [1955] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Boundary Road and Kingsway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.0 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of buildings at Boundary Road and Kingsway, southwest corner. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "The new Hemlock (automatic) and old Dexter (manual) exchanges. / B.C. Telephone Company."

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.0 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 113-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of buildings at Boundary Road and Kingsway, southwest corner. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "The new Hemlock (automatic) and old Dexter (manual) exchanges. / B.C. Telephone Company."

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial; Geographic Features - Roads

Names: British Columbia Telephone Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Williams Brothers Photographers Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on back of photograph reads, "Williams Bros. Photographers Ltd. / 413 Granville St. Vancouver 2, B.C. / Phone Tatlow 8588"

Geographic Access: Boundary Road; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Images

Boundary Road and Kingsway, [1959] thumbnail

Freeway at the Willingdon Avenue exit

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 24.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Freeway, now named the Trans Canada Highway, near the Willingdon Avenue exit.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 24.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-283

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Freeway, now named the Trans Canada Highway, near the Willingdon Avenue exit.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: British Columbia Government Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer identifies photograph as no. H - 1869

Geographic Access: Trans Canada Highway; Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cascade-Schou Area

Images

Freeway at the Willingdon Avenue exit, [1955] thumbnail

New Freeway in Burnaby

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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 ; 20.5 x 18.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Lower mainland's "new freeway" in Burnaby. This was taken along the Trans Canada Highway with the Willingdon exit off to the south and the Grandview Highway off to the west.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 18.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-278

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Lower mainland's "new freeway" in Burnaby. This was taken along the Trans Canada Highway with the Willingdon exit off to the south and the Grandview Highway off to the west.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Basil

Notes: Title based on note on verso of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Lower mainland's new freeway in Burnaby"

Geographic Access: Trans Canada Highway

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cascade-Schou Area

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New Vista Society Housing Projects

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of an unpaved road lined with New Vista Society Housing Projects.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of an unpaved road lined with New Vista Society Housing Projects.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing; Geographic Features - Roads

Names: New Vista Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten in border of photograph: "1-2-3"

Images

New Vista Society Housing Projects, [between 1949 and 1957] thumbnail

Overpass

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a newly constructed overpass, with a roadway below prepared for construction. An unidentified man is standing on the right side. The location is unidentified, but it is likely that the photograph was taken in Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a newly constructed overpass, with a roadway below prepared for construction. An unidentified man is standing on the right side. The location is unidentified, but it is likely that the photograph was taken in Burnaby.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Construction - Road Construction

Accession Code: HV976.251.29

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 22/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; The print is made as a black and white print from a colour negative film

Images

Overpass, [195-] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

Street clearing

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Grandview ramp off of the Trans Canada Highway in Burnaby that is cleared, possibly in preparation for the highway. The clearing for the street is several lanes wide, and in the distance, an overpass bridge can be seen. There are houses and along both sides of the cleared street.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Grandview ramp off of the Trans Canada Highway in Burnaby that is cleared, possibly in preparation for the highway. The clearing for the street is several lanes wide, and in the distance, an overpass bridge can be seen. There are houses and along both sides of the cleared street.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Construction - Road Construction

Accession Code: HV976.251.27

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 22/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; The print is made as a black and white print from a colour negative film

Images

Street clearing, [195-] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

Valerie and Dorothy Shantz

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1956] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dorothy Shantz holding her daughter, Valerie Shantz. The photograph was taken looking east along Albert Street at Madison Avenue. Capitol Hill is visible in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1956] (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 ; 4.6 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-178

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dorothy Shantz holding her daughter, Valerie Shantz. The photograph was taken looking east along Albert Street at Madison Avenue. Capitol Hill is visible in the background.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads

Names: Shantz, Dorothy Cary; Shantz, Valerie

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 2 b&w copy prints accompanying; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Albert Street; Madison Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Valerie and Dorothy Shantz, [1956] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Walking to June Ickringills house

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957 or 1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 27.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four kindergartners walking along a gravel sidewalk, along a gravel road to June Ickringills house. The girl in front is wearing a plaid dress, and the three boys behind her are wearing short pants and short-sleeve dress shirts. There is a woman in a white dress walking on the other s…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957 or 1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Tinkerbell Kindergarten subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 27.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 246-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1990-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of four kindergartners walking along a gravel sidewalk, along a gravel road to June Ickringills house. The girl in front is wearing a plaid dress, and the three boys behind her are wearing short pants and short-sleeve dress shirts. There is a woman in a white dress walking on the other side of the street, in front of a house with a white picket fence.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note on paper mount reads: "Visit to June Ickringill's Home 1957-1958"

Images

Walking to June Ickringills house, [1957 or 1958] thumbnail

Westlawn Drive

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1953]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 24.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Westlawn Drive, in the Brentwood area, under construction. A number of houses can be seen in various stages of construction and the road is unpaved.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1953]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jim Wolf subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 24.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 401-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2000-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of Westlawn Drive, in the Brentwood area, under construction. A number of houses can be seen in various stages of construction and the road is unpaved.

Subjects: Construction; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Geographic Access: Westlawn Drive

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

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Burnaby Mountain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1958 and 1965] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Centennial Park, Burnaby Mountain and Burrard Inlet looking east.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1958 and 1965] (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 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-797

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Centennial Park, Burnaby Mountain and Burrard Inlet looking east.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Geographic Features - Inlets; Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Parks

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Burnaby Mountain, [between 1958 and 1965] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Children with bicycles

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified children holding bicycles and crowd gathered outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. The crowd is gathered around a Ford Model A [ca. 1930] automobile.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Material Details: perforated right edge of photo with two holes punched

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified children holding bicycles and crowd gathered outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. The crowd is gathered around a Ford Model A [ca. 1930] automobile.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Bicycles

Names: Haskell, T. Boyd; Simpsons-Sears Limited

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4750 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV021.26.133

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1958]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2021-09-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed small paper album titled "Album Prints" pasted within original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera; Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "A_860"

Images

Children with bicycles, [1958] thumbnail

Child with bicycle and crowd

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified child, holding a bicycle and crowd gathered outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. The crowd is gathered around a Ford Model A [ca. 1930] automobile.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Material Details: perforated right edge of photo with two holes punched

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified child, holding a bicycle and crowd gathered outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. The crowd is gathered around a Ford Model A [ca. 1930] automobile.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Bicycles

Names: Haskell, T. Boyd; Simpsons-Sears Limited

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4750 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV021.26.132

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1958]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2021-09-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed small paper album titled "Album Prints" pasted within original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera; Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "A_860"

Images

Child with bicycle and crowd, [1958] thumbnail

Haskell with woman and children outside of Simpsons-Sears

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby and an unidentified woman standing with two children outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. Haskell and the woman are standing next to a Ford Model A. automobile [ca. 1930] …

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Material Details: perforated right edge of photo with two holes punched

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby and an unidentified woman standing with two children outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. Haskell and the woman are standing next to a Ford Model A. automobile [ca. 1930] and the two children are standing next to bicycles.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Bicycles; Persons - Children

Names: Haskell, T. Boyd; Simpsons-Sears Limited

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4750 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV021.26.130

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1958]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2021-09-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from small paper album titled "Album Prints" pasted within original scrapbook. Handwritten inscription on small album reads "Back to school / 1958?"; Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "A_860"

Images

Haskell with woman and children outside of Simpsons-Sears

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby and an unidentified woman standing with two children outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. Haskell and the woman are standing next to a Ford Model A. automobile [ca. 1930] …

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Material Details: perforated right edge of photo with two holes punched

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby and an unidentified woman standing with two children outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. Haskell and the woman are standing next to a Ford Model A. automobile [ca. 1930] and the two children are standing next to bicycles.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Bicycles; Persons - Children

Names: Haskell, T. Boyd; Simpsons-Sears Limited

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4750 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV021.26.134

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1958]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2021-09-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from small paper album titled "Album Prints" pasted within original scrapbook. Handwritten inscription on small album reads "Back to school / 1958?"; Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "A_860"

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Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 6

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1947-1954

Length: 00:05:44

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system

Date Range: 1947-1954

Photo Info: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979

Length: 00:05:44

Subjects: Accidents - Automobile Accidents; Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 26, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 01:35:07

Interviewee Name: Brown, Donald N. "Don"

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

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

Images

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track six of interview with Don Brown

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Interview with Robert Lowe by Eric Damer November 5, 2012 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1939-1972

Length: 0:10:04

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Robert "Bob" Lowe's memories of growing up in Burnaby. He discusses transportation in Burnaby, including the first cars in his family. Bob talks about recreational activities available to Burnaby residents in the late nineteen-thirties and early nineteen-fo…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Robert "Bob" Lowe's memories of growing up in Burnaby. He discusses transportation in Burnaby, including the first cars in his family. Bob talks about recreational activities available to Burnaby residents in the late nineteen-thirties and early nineteen-forties, as well as changes that he has seen from his time growing up to the time of raising his own children.

Date Range: 1939-1972

Photo Info: Robert "Bob" Lowe (at center) and friends riding soap box race cars, [1939]. Item no. 549-041.

Length: 0:10:04

Subjects: Transportation - Buses; Transportation - Automobiles; Agriculture - Farms

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: November 5, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Robert "Bob" Lowe conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 5, 2012. Major theme discussed: the rise of the automobile and its effect on development in Burnaby.

Biographical Notes: Robert "Bob" Lowe has lived his entire life in Burnaby. During his childhood, Bob’s family lived at several addresses near Royal Oak and what is now Canada Way. He attended Douglas Road Elementary and South Burnaby High Schools. After graduating, Bob worked for a few years before enrolling in Normal School for a teaching certificate. He began teaching in Vancouver, married in 1952, and started a family. The Lowes moved to Government Road in 1961 and began a hobby farm, while Bob upgraded his formal education and became an administrator in the new college system.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:36:54

Interviewee Name: Lowe, Robert "Bob"

Interview Location: Interviewee's residence

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Images

Audio Tracks

Track three of recording of interview with Bob Lowe

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Parade on Kingsway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a float in a parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway. The photo was taken looking southward, and the Kelly Douglas and Co. warehouse can be seen in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958 (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 ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-755

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a float in a parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway. The photo was taken looking southward, and the Kelly Douglas and Co. warehouse can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Parade Floats; Events - Parades

Names: Kelly Douglas and Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast; Date at top of photograph reads, "Aug 58"

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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