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Swim team with trophy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38715
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1943]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five young people in swimming outfits and three men in suits posing in front of a trophy. Robert C.K. Peers is standing on the far right, he was a member of the Oak Bay High Swim Team.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1943]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-034
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five young people in swimming outfits and three men in suits posing in front of a trophy. Robert C.K. Peers is standing on the far right, he was a member of the Oak Bay High Swim Team.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gibson, Wilfred
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Robert C.K. Peers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38729
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers at Oak Bay High School in Victoria, BC, holding two trophies.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-048
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers at Oak Bay High School in Victoria, BC, holding two trophies.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols - Trophies
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Robert Peers and trophies
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38717
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert C.K. Peers posing in front of six trophies, three of which are identified as the Anscomb Trophy, the Murdoch Cup and the Aggregate Cup.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-036
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert C.K. Peers posing in front of six trophies, three of which are identified as the Anscomb Trophy, the Murdoch Cup and the Aggregate Cup.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols - Trophies
- Names
- Peers, Robert C.K.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Willie James Field with a trophy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65774
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Willie James Field standing in the centre, accepting a Lawn Bowling trophy with his fellow Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club teammates.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Material Details
- Item is a scan of a photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 521-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2010-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Willie James Field standing in the centre, accepting a Lawn Bowling trophy with his fellow Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club teammates.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols - Trophies
- Organizations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Capitol Hill football club
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37699
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.6 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Capitol Hill football club, taken on the Capitol Hill school grounds. Capitol Hill School is visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.6 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-287
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Capitol Hill football club, taken on the Capitol Hill school grounds. Capitol Hill School is visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Sports - Team Sports
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Holdom Avenue
- Street Address
- 350 Holdom Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
Men's soccer team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36601
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a men's soccer team standing with their trophy. Charles B. Brown is standing fourth from the left, wearing a three-piece suit.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Charles Brown family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 307-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-49
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a men's soccer team standing with their trophy. Charles B. Brown is standing fourth from the left, wearing a three-piece suit.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
South Burnaby Intermediate Football Team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36606
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940 or 1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm (sight) in mat 27 x 34 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the South Burnaby Intermediate Football Team during the 1940 to 1941 season. Charles B. Brown is on the far left, wearing a fedora and overcoat.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940 or 1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Charles Brown family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm (sight) in mat 27 x 34 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 307-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-49
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the South Burnaby Intermediate Football Team during the 1940 to 1941 season. Charles B. Brown is on the far left, wearing a fedora and overcoat.
- Subjects
- Sports - Soccer
- Sports - Team Sports
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Continuation of title: "...Season 1940 - 40"
Images
Graduation records
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82734
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930-1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two envelopes and one dictionary. One envelope is empty and is addressed to: "To Whom it May Concern" and is from: "Hugh M. Fraser High School / 2350 Kingsway / New Westminster, BC". It most likely contained the reference letter from May 12, 1941 written by the principal of Hugh M.…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930-1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS167-013
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two envelopes and one dictionary. One envelope is empty and is addressed to: "To Whom it May Concern" and is from: "Hugh M. Fraser High School / 2350 Kingsway / New Westminster, BC". It most likely contained the reference letter from May 12, 1941 written by the principal of Hugh M. Fraser Senior and Junior High Schools. The second envelope is addressed to "Miss Hazel Simnett / 4019 Kingsway / New Westminster, BC" from the Department of Education in Victoria, BC. It contains the reference letter as discussed previously, a University Entrance Examination certificate, a High School Graduation certificate from Burnaby South High School, a Grade Twelve Examination Junior Matriculation certificate and a purple and gold ribbon. The dictionary is a Nelson's "Highroads" English Dictionary. Inside an inscription reads: "Hazel Simnett / 4019 Kingsway / Burnaby / BSHS / Hazel Simnett / Kingsway West School".
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols - Certificates
- Names
- Simnett, Hazel
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Simnett personal papers series
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
Personal material
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82732
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlai…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS167-008
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlain from Liverpool and a letter from the Office of the Mayor addressed to Mary Ann Simnett for her ninetieth birthday. Also included is a photograph (see item 559-001). Also included are newsclippings regarding Robert Burnaby and the "Bygones of Burnaby" book, a programme of the Robert Burnaby Commemorative Dinner, a photocopy of "The Argus" (Burnaby South High School's newspaper) from 1938, a programme from Madys Pridmore Brown's Variety Programme, "The Buzzer" Volume 40 Issue 16 advertising Vancouver street cars, New Vista Society certificate addressed to Hazel Simnett, an envelope of Fenwick Lansdowne bird prints from 1957 and a print of the Royal Family found in a cardboard envelope postmarked 1972.
- Subjects
- Arts - Paintings
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
- Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
- Performances - Concerts
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Personal Symbols - Certificates
- Transportation
- Persons - Royalty
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying file on folder ; The Argue was stapled together
- Simnett personal papers series
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
Children on Victory in Europe Day
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37715
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1945 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.2 x 3.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of children on V.E. Day (Victory in Europe Day). The Johnson children and Bobby Ellis (far right) are holding flags (Union Jacks and another) on the 2900 block of Silver Avenue (later renumbered as the 6100 block). The street and Ford Motor plant are visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1945 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.2 x 3.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-303
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of children on V.E. Day (Victory in Europe Day). The Johnson children and Bobby Ellis (far right) are holding flags (Union Jacks and another) on the 2900 block of Silver Avenue (later renumbered as the 6100 block). The street and Ford Motor plant are visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Celebrations
- Animals - Dogs
- Symbols - Flags
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Silver Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Girl Guide troop
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34554
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Girl Guide troop in uniform outside. The group includes girls and leaders, and the girl standing in the centre is holding a flag.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 045-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Girl Guide troop in uniform outside. The group includes girls and leaders, and the girl standing in the centre is holding a flag.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Raising the flag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88400
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014
- Collection/Fonds
- James Massey family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of James Massey as he raises the Union Jack flag up the flag pole in Robert Burnaby Park. James Massey was the caretaker of the park from 1933 until 1947 and raised the flag on all public holidays.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014
- Collection/Fonds
- James Massey family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 581-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2014-34
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of James Massey as he raises the Union Jack flag up the flag pole in Robert Burnaby Park. James Massey was the caretaker of the park from 1933 until 1947 and raised the flag on all public holidays.
- Subjects
- Symbols - Flags
- Names
- Massey, James
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Images
Valleyview Community Centre May Queen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34081
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.1 x 12.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre May Queen and her suite dressed in white with sashes and standing outside on a stage. The Queen is wearing a crown and holding a bouquet of flowers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.1 x 12.8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 009-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre May Queen and her suite dressed in white with sashes and standing outside on a stage. The Queen is wearing a crown and holding a bouquet of flowers.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Symbols - Flags
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Gordon Henshaw
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36811
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1943] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 11.4 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gordon Henshaw in his lacrosse goalie outfit. Gordon played for the East Burnaby Owls managed by George Leaf.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1943] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 11.4 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-269
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gordon Henshaw in his lacrosse goalie outfit. Gordon played for the East Burnaby Owls managed by George Leaf.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Nichols softball team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38174
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the George F. Nichols Family Market girls softball team in uniform.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-761
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the George F. Nichols Family Market girls softball team in uniform.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
Images
Interview with Norman Dowad
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Education
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Migration
- Sports
- Sports - Football
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
- Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
- Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
- Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
- Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
- Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
- Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Douglas Road School
- W. Dowad Limited
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 5533 Buckingham Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Images
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3Ada and Esther swimming
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20085
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ada Stanley (left) and Esther (Love) Stanley standing in thigh deep water in sectioned off swimming area off a beach. The two women are dressed in swimsuits. Slide into the water and buildings on shore are visible in background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ada Stanley (left) and Esther (Love) Stanley standing in thigh deep water in sectioned off swimming area off a beach. The two women are dressed in swimsuits. Slide into the water and buildings on shore are visible in background.
- Subjects
- Sports - Swimming
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.507
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [194-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-25
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431)
- Note in white ink on album page reads: "ADA & ESTHER"
Images
Babs skating
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39115
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 6.5 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Barbara Peers (Babs) skating in front of her family's home in Winnipeg.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 6.5 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-434
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Barbara Peers (Babs) skating in front of her family's home in Winnipeg.
- Subjects
- Sports - Skating
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Baseball team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20288
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1946
- Collection/Fonds
- Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Joseph (Joe) H.C. Corsbie and his baseball team, 1946. Joe coached men's baseball when he returned to Dawson Creek after the war. Joe Corsbie is dressed in a suit and standing in the centre of the back row.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Joseph (Joe) H.C. Corsbie and his baseball team, 1946. Joe coached men's baseball when he returned to Dawson Creek after the war. Joe Corsbie is dressed in a suit and standing in the centre of the back row.
- Subjects
- Sports - Baseball
- Accession Code
- BV020.31.9
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1946
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 19-09-2023
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Bob Peers and Babs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39117
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Barbara Peers on ice skates, holding hands with her father, Bob, in the snow.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-436
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Barbara Peers on ice skates, holding hands with her father, Bob, in the snow.
- Subjects
- Sports - Skating
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph