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Three men with tractor

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men with a tractor on a farm in Champion, Alberta. Frank Charles "Stan" Stanley is seated in the drivers' seat of the tractor and two men are standing next to the tractor. One of the men is holding a gas can. There are farm buildings and metal storage drums in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men with a tractor on a farm in Champion, Alberta. Frank Charles "Stan" Stanley is seated in the drivers' seat of the tractor and two men are standing next to the tractor. One of the men is holding a gas can. There are farm buildings and metal storage drums in the background.

Subjects: Agriculture; Agriculture - Farms; Transportation - Tractors

Names: Stanley, Frank Charles "Stan", 1891-1975

Accession Code: BV022.32.350

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-09

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1); Note in white ink on album page reads: "Champion._Alta"

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Towards Nicholson Farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph looking over a field towards a house and barn in the background. The farm has been identified as that belonging to E.W. Nicholson of the Broadview district.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Margaret McCallum subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 375-018

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-42

Scope and Content: Photograph looking over a field towards a house and barn in the background. The farm has been identified as that belonging to E.W. Nicholson of the Broadview district.

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Buildings - Agricultural - Barns; Agriculture - Crops; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption.; A note on the back of the photograph reads: "Haying time on farm of E.W. Nicholson."

Geographic Access: Boundary Road

Street Address: 2550 Boundary Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Where is your food from?

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:17:10 min)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of part two in a series of three “Back to the Roots” podcasts about the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Part two is titled “Where is your food from?" The podcasts were created by students Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong from the Faculty …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: UBC Partnership series

Subseries: Back to the Roots Podcast series - 2020 subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:17:10 min)

Material Details: Podcasts hosts: Rose Wu; Wei Yan Yeong Guest: Denise Fong Music: prod. riddiman Podcast Date: October 2020 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all tracks: 00:17:10 min Photograph info: Store front of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co in Victoria, B.C., 1975. BV017.7.191

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of part two in a series of three “Back to the Roots” podcasts about the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Part two is titled “Where is your food from?" The podcasts were created by students Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia Faculty and while student interns at Burnaby Village Museum. In this series the students connect their knowledge of food systems to their shared Chinese heritage in order to discover how Chinese Canadian history is rooted in their local food systems. "Where is your food from?" explores contemporary versus historical alternative food movements and how early Chinese farmers in the lower mainland had to be creative in their business tactics in order to survive in a local food system that discriminated against their race. 00:00-02:45 The podcast opens with an audio clip from Harvard University professor and world renowned food journalist and author of "The Ominvore's Dilemma", Michael Pollan. Wei Yan Yeong and Rose Wu introduce themselves and their topic "Where is your food from?" They comment on the global philosophy "Eat local, think global" and question whether this philosphy ignores the struggles faced by local farms operated by immigrant workers back in the day. They comment "Unlike how these alternative food movements are heralded as sustainable, healthy, and even sometimes trendy now in today’s standards, for Chinese farmers, these alternative food movements were necessary for survival against discriminatory practices entrenched in the food system they were servicing." 02:46 - 06:21 This portion provides background on Chinese immigrant farmers and the establishment of "market gardens" or "truck farms". Rose and Wei Yan tell of how up to the 1970s, Chinese farms produced mostly European staples such as potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, corn and cabbage because there was no market for Chinese crops. Many of the Chinese immigrants were forced into farming and other menial jobs due to discriminatory practices that excluded them from other types of employment. The hosts provide a synopsis of Burnaby Bylaw Number 4, created in 1892, "The Chinese and Japanese Exclusion Bylaw" which prohibited any Chinese or Japanese person from working for the Municipality of Burnaby. Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong provides information on Chinese immigrants in Burnaby, how many of them were farmers in the Big Bend area and how hard it was for them to own land due to racial discrimination. Denise also refers to an article in"Harrowsmith" magazine (c.1980s) where thirty five Chinese-Canadians operated farms in Burnaby. 06:22 - 09:24 This portion provides a description of Chinese market farms and vegetable peddling. Background information about the history of market farms, truck farms and vegetable peddling in Burnaby and the lower mainland provided by Denise Fong. 09:24 - 12:03 This portion talks about the policies put in place to create further barriers to Chinese farmers. Denise Fong provides information regarding the civic bylaws that were created to restrict produce sales, fines and fees that were imposed on peddlers, establishment of green grocers, the Chinese Marketing Act, the establishment of organizations to support Chinese farmers including the Chinese Growers Assocation. 12:04 - 15:00 This portion talks about how Chinese-Canadians played important roles in conventional "long" food networks. Denise Fong provides information in how Chinese Canadians participated in the larger food distribution network in British Columbia. Denise shares a story of Chinese-Canadian Cecil Lee and how he introduced the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into British Columbia. 15:01 - 16:29 Final summary regarding the contraditions in our local food system that continue to persist today and how despite the improved status of Chinese-Canadians in British Columbia, cheap, migrant labourers continue to be an overlooked part of our local food system. This portion includes a recorded excerpt from M.L.A. Mabel Elmore regarding Temporary Foreign Workers (presented before the NDP caucous in 2015). 16:29 - 17:22 Credits, thanks and acknowledgements. Special thanks to Duncan McCue and M.LA. Mabel Elmore. Music created by P. Ruderman

History: Podcast hosts, Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong are University of British Columbia students in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and student interns at Burnaby Village Museum. Guest, Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agriculture - Farms; Agriculture; Gardens - Market Gardens; Social Issues - Discrimination; Social Issues - Racism

Names: Fong, Denise; Burnaby Village Museum; McCue, Duncan; Elmore, Mabel

Responsibility: Yeong, Wei Yan; Wu, Rose

Geographic Access: Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV020.28.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 2020

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

Related Material: BV020.28.3; BV020.28.5

Notes: Title based contents of sound recording; For associated video recording of research interview with Denise Fong - see BV020.28.2; Compilation of Research Resources used by authors Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong include:; Lim, S. (2015). Feeding the "Greenest City": Historicizing "Local," Labour, and the Postcolonial Politics of Eating. Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 24(1), 78-100. Retrieved October 22, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/26195279; Mable Elmore’s statement on the plight of temporary foreign workers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF4_js0R-Mo&ab_channel=BCNDPCaucus; Michael Pollen’s speech at UBC Farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1n-kRJhPPQ&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=LFSLearningCentre; Gibb, Natalie & Wittman, Hannah. (2012). Parallel alternatives: Chinese-Canadian farmers and the Metro Vancouver local food movement. Local Environment. 18. 1-19. 10.1080/13549839.2012.714763.; Yu, J. (2014, March 31). The integration of the Chinese market gardens of southern British Columbia, 1885-1930 [R]. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0228676; Burnaby Village Museum, Interview with Denise Fong by Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong, 2020. BV020.28.2 https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumvideo14276

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Where is your food from?, 2020

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W.H. Lewis farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm mounted on cardboard 14.2 x 19.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of W.H. Lewis' fruit farm with a man, three women and five children kneeling in a strawberry field. "Pioneer Tales" identifies them as William Lewis (foreground), three of his children, and hired help. A house can be seen in the background. The Lewis house was located on 4th Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm mounted on cardboard 14.2 x 19.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 022-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of W.H. Lewis' fruit farm with a man, three women and five children kneeling in a strawberry field. "Pioneer Tales" identifies them as William Lewis (foreground), three of his children, and hired help. A house can be seen in the background. The Lewis house was located on 4th Street.

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Agriculture - Fruit and Berries

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Cooksley, William Thomas

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "W.H. Lewis' Fruit Farm, Burnaby, B.C."

Geographic Access: 4th Street; 18th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

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Boat in Burrard Inlet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 7, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a small tugboat in the Burrard Inlet with seagulls in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 7, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0377

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of a small tugboat in the Burrard Inlet with seagulls in the background.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Animals - Poultry

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Blissett, Rebecca

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby 36% pg 2 / 1995 - Bby - Rebecca"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Charles R. Gillmore

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Charles R. Gillmore, operator of Fernhurst Game Farm near Imperial Street and Dow Avenue. This later became the site of Maywood Elementary School at 4567 Imperial Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-252

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Charles R. Gillmore, operator of Fernhurst Game Farm near Imperial Street and Dow Avenue. This later became the site of Maywood Elementary School at 4567 Imperial Street.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry; Occupations - Entrepreneurs

Names: Fernhurst Game Farm; Gillmore, Charles R.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Imperial Street

Street Address: 4567 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Chickens in the snow

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of chickens in the yard of 2224 Antrim Avenue (later renumbered 6957 Antrim Avenue) in the snow.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941] (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 ; 2.8 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-655

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of chickens in the yard of 2224 Antrim Avenue (later renumbered 6957 Antrim Avenue) in the snow.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Antrim Avenue

Street Address: 6957 Antrim Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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Chickens in the snow, [1941] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Cormorants

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 10, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of cormorants near a Burrard Inlet industrial plant in Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 10, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0198

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of cormorants near a Burrard Inlet industrial plant in Burnaby.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "605D Bby Mario"; Scan is cropped

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Florence McMahon

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Florence McMahon, daughter of Florence Bookey McMahon and James McMahon, wearing beach pyjamas, the fashion of the day. She is feeding pet ducks who were hatched by the hen in the background. She is on the McMahon property on Waltham Avenue, later numbered 6558 Waltham Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-119

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Florence McMahon, daughter of Florence Bookey McMahon and James McMahon, wearing beach pyjamas, the fashion of the day. She is feeding pet ducks who were hatched by the hen in the background. She is on the McMahon property on Waltham Avenue, later numbered 6558 Waltham Avenue.

Subjects: Clothing; Animals - Poultry

Names: McMahon, Florence

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Waltham Avenue

Street Address: 6558 Waltham Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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Florence McMahon, 1929 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

George Donovan, duck hunter

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of George Donovan, duck hunter, with a Remington double barrel 12 gauge shotgun with hammers. He is holding a bag of mallards from the mud flats on north side of Burrard Inlet.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-448

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of George Donovan, duck hunter, with a Remington double barrel 12 gauge shotgun with hammers. He is holding a bag of mallards from the mud flats on north side of Burrard Inlet.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry; Armament - Firearms; Recreational Activities - Hunting

Names: Donovan, George

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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George Donovan, duck hunter, 1927 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Graham Ford

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 5, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 17 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Graham Ford, director of Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia, tending to a Old Squaw after it was hurt trying to land on ice.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 5, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 17 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0552

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of Graham Ford, director of Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia, tending to a Old Squaw after it was hurt trying to land on ice.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry

Names: Ford, Graham; Wildlife Rescue Association

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "50% page 4 Bby / 104 Bby Mario"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Great Blue Heron in Deer Lake Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 5, 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Great Blue Heron in Deer Lake Park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 5, 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Great Blue Heron in Deer Lake Park.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "03/05/95 BBY/NW 3"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Interview with Reidun Seim by Kathy Bossort January 13, 2016 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1934-1990

Length: 0:15:30

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Reidun Seim talking about her father’s chicken farm. She describes the farm buildings, other animals on the farm, and how her father operated the chicken farm, especially his approach to keeping the chickens disease free. She also talks about cutting down the …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Reidun Seim talking about her father’s chicken farm. She describes the farm buildings, other animals on the farm, and how her father operated the chicken farm, especially his approach to keeping the chickens disease free. She also talks about cutting down the alder at the back of the property for the chicken run, and building rock walls and a driveway with rocks taken off the property. She also describes how the property was subdivided in the 1980s.

Date Range: 1934-1990

Length: 0:15:30

Subjects: Occupations - Farmers; Animals - Poultry

Geographic Access: Curtis Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lochdale Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: January 13, 2016

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Reidun Seim conducted by Kathy Bossort. Reidun Seim was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Reidun Seim’s memories about her parent’s farm on Curtis Street, events in her childhood, and the people who lived in or visited her neighborhood. She takes us on a tour of her neighborhood in the 1940s, telling us stories about families who lived on Curtis Street on and east of 7300 block, including people who lived on Burnaby Mountain in the old Hastings Grove subdivision above the end of municipal water service at Philips Avenue. She describes changes to Curtis Street, particularly after it provided access to Simon Fraser University in 1965. She also talks about her teaching career, and about how she values the green space and conservation area on Burnaby Mountain.

Biographical Notes: Reidun Seim was born in 1931 in Vancouver B.C. to Sjur and Martine Seim. Sjur and Martine Seim emigrated to Canada from Norway in 1930, and after settling in Vancouver, moved to an acre of land and a new home at the base of Burnaby Mountain in 1932. Sjur attended UBC to learn about poultry farming and began his own chicken and egg business in 1935. The farm animals and large garden also contributed to the family’s livelihood and self-sufficiency. The Curtis Street neighborhood was a lively place and extended well up Curtis Street on the west slope of Burnaby Mountain, where Reidun would babysit for families. Reidun attended Sperling Avenue Elementary School (Gr. 1-8), Burnaby North High School, and Vancouver Normal School for teacher training in 1950-1951. She began teaching primary grades in Port Coquitlam at James Park School. Most of her career was spent in North Delta, teaching at Kennedy and Annieville schools from 1954-1958, appointed Primary Consultant (1958-1960) and Primary Supervisor (1960-1985), before retiring in 1986. Reidun lived at home with her parents on Curtis Street, commuting to Delta, and continues to live in the original farmhouse.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 2:35:58

Interviewee Name: Seim, Reidun

Interview Location: Burnaby City Hall in the Law Library

Interviewer Bio: Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with Reidun Seim

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Jesse Love feeding chickens

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jesse Love feeding chickens at his home on Cumberland Street. Shadow of photographer is visible on the ground in front.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jesse Love feeding chickens at his home on Cumberland Street. Shadow of photographer is visible on the ground in front.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry

Names: Love, Jesse, 1849-1928

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Street Address: 7651 Cumberland Street

Accession Code: BV022.32.102

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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Lisa Miyagi

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 4, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lisa Miyagi of Burnaby Wildlife Rescue cares for an America Robin.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 4, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0770

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lisa Miyagi of Burnaby Wildlife Rescue cares for an America Robin.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry

Names: Miyagi, Lisa

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Langdeau, Brian

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "60% Bby p. 14 / 1284 B Brian Bby"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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McMahon chickens

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1928 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of baby chicks on the McMahon property on Waltham Avenue, later numbered 6558 Waltham Avenue. A woman and man are standing behind them.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1928 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-118

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of baby chicks on the McMahon property on Waltham Avenue, later numbered 6558 Waltham Avenue. A woman and man are standing behind them.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Waltham Avenue

Street Address: 6558 Waltham Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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McMahon chickens, 1928 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Raymond Carman

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Raymond "Ray" Carman feeding pigeons in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5.5 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-114

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Raymond "Ray" Carman feeding pigeons in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry

Names: Carman, Raymond "Ray"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "Raymond Vancouver / May 1949"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "To Mum + Dad / Raymond / Vanc. B.C. / May, 1949"

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Catherine Mary Corner

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.0 x 6.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine Mary Corner (later Levins) as a small girl in a playsuit with a doll under her arm. She is standing beside a dog and a cat in an orchard, probably in Kelowna, at her parents' home. Catherine Mary Corner Levins' mother was Edna Bateman Corner, eldest daughter of Edwin W. Bat…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Series: Bateman family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.0 x 6.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine Mary Corner (later Levins) as a small girl in a playsuit with a doll under her arm. She is standing beside a dog and a cat in an orchard, probably in Kelowna, at her parents' home. Catherine Mary Corner Levins' mother was Edna Bateman Corner, eldest daughter of Edwin W. Bateman, the builder of the house "Elworth" at Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Animals - Cats; Animals - Dogs; Toys - Dolls; Agriculture - Orchards

Names: Levins, Catherine Mary Corner

Accession Code: HV975.120.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1930]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 800

Scan Date: 2023-06-13

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; The information on the scope and content of the photograph is taken from the acquisition record which was prepared after a conversation with the donor

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Interview with Maureen Olofson by Kathy Bossort October 14, 2015 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1942-1980

Length: 0:06:55

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the food sources on the farm including the garden, food animals, berry picking and bears. She also describes what her parents did after giving up the farm, opening sporting good stores on Hastings Street and then in North Vanco…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the food sources on the farm including the garden, food animals, berry picking and bears. She also describes what her parents did after giving up the farm, opening sporting good stores on Hastings Street and then in North Vancouver.

Date Range: 1942-1980

Length: 0:06:55

Names: Olofson, Axel; GAK Fur Farm

Subjects: Agriculture; Animals - Livestock; Animals - Bears

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Westridge Area; Lochdale Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: October 14, 2015

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Maureen Olofson conducted by Kathy Bossort. Maureen Olofson was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Maureen Olofson’s memories of growing up on her parent’s Burnaby Mountain mink ranch between 1942 and 1950 and about the operation of the farm. She also talks about her parents’ history, her teaching career, and her thoughts about the beauty and value of Burnaby Mountain’s natural area.

Biographical Notes: Maureen Olofson was born 1938 in Glote, Harjedalen, Sweden, to Axel (1906-1998) and Kerstin Margareta (1906-1980). Axel and Kerstin Olofson, who had separately immigrated to Canada in 1928 and 1913 respectively, married in Canada and then returned to Sweden where Maureen was born. They moved to Burnaby in 1942 with their daughters Maureen and Anita Lea, and bought land and a mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain with their partners Gus Skofteby and Karin Ericksson (Kerstin’s sister). The GAK Fur Farm, located in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on 4th Avenue near Curtis Street, was one of the largest mink ranches in BC, an award winning operation with over 1200 mink animals. In 1950 the partners sold the land and the Olofson family moved to rented homes on Sperling Avenue. In 1952 Axel sold the last of his minks and opened a sporting goods store on Hastings Street. In 1954 the family moved to North Vancouver where Axel Olofson reestablished his sports business. Maureen attended Sperling Avenue School from Gr. 1 to Gr. 8 and Burnaby North High School to Gr. 11, completing school in North Vancouver, before going to UBC where she trained as a teacher. She returned to Burnaby in 1977 to teach, retiring in 1997. She is a volunteer with the Swedish Canadian Rest Home Association and the Dania Homes Society. Maureen continues to enjoy activities on Burnaby Mountain and works toward preserving the natural beauty of the mountain.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 1:19:04

Interviewee Name: Olofson, B. Maureen

Interview Location: Maureen Olofson's home in Burnaby

Interviewer Bio: Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.