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Claude Hill leading a cow

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill leading a cow with a rope. The photograph was likely taken at the Hill family home, known as Broadview, on Buckingham Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-075

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill leading a cow with a rope. The photograph was likely taken at the Hill family home, known as Broadview, on Buckingham Avenue.

Subjects: Animals - Cows; Occupations - Farmers

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue

Street Address: 5730 Buckingham Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Claude Hill leading a cow, [1910] thumbnail

Dad at Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 4.5 x 7.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill leading a cow along his property near Deer Lake, in the Burnaby Lake area. His daughter, Kitty, wrote the caption "Dad at Deer Lake" next to this photograph.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 4.5 x 7.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-182

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill leading a cow along his property near Deer Lake, in the Burnaby Lake area. His daughter, Kitty, wrote the caption "Dad at Deer Lake" next to this photograph.

Subjects: Animals - Cows; Occupations - Farmers

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Ella Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col ; 6.5 x 5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ella Street standing next to a cow - probably at the Street family home on Cumberland Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [after 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Helen Street subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col ; 6.5 x 5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 217-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1989-6

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ella Street standing next to a cow - probably at the Street family home on Cumberland Street.

Subjects: Animals - Cows

Names: Street, Ella

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 col. copy negative accompanying; Note in pencil on verso reads: "1205 Cumberland"; Ella Jane Street (nee Bryson) was born in Allen's Corner, Chateauguay County, Quebec on December 5, 1873 to John Alexander Bryson and Mary Ann Grant.; Ella married Ernest Street in Saskatoon on March 17, 1909. The couple had one child, Frank Bryson Street, born in Young, Saskatchewan on January 27, 1910.; Additional Street family biographical information available in accession file.

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

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Gordon Lubbock milking a cow

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. (Polaroid) ; 8 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gordon Lubbock milking a cow.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Lubbock family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. (Polaroid) ; 8 x 8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 342-030

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1994-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gordon Lubbock milking a cow.

Subjects: Animals - Cows

Names: Lubbock, Gordon

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Grazing cattle

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of cattle grazing on grass in a field between Canada Way and Burris Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Lubbock family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 289-014

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1992-24

Scope and Content: Photograph of cattle grazing on grass in a field between Canada Way and Burris Street.

Subjects: Animals - Cows

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way; Grandview Highway; Burris Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Henshaw brothers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of brothers Gordon and Clarence Henshaw sitting on "Bossy" the cow with Mary Card walking alongside. The Cards had a farm at the foot of Richmond Street near the Cumberland Road Station on the Burnaby Lake Interurban tram line. The Children's Aid Society had placed the Henshaw brothers w…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-266

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of brothers Gordon and Clarence Henshaw sitting on "Bossy" the cow with Mary Card walking alongside. The Cards had a farm at the foot of Richmond Street near the Cumberland Road Station on the Burnaby Lake Interurban tram line. The Children's Aid Society had placed the Henshaw brothers with Mary Card's family.

Subjects: Animals - Cows

Names: Card, Mary; Henshaw, Clarence R. "Buzz"; Henshaw, Gordon

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Elwell Street

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

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Henshaw brothers, 1930 (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Hensley family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920

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 the Hensley family home, 515-12th Street, New Westminster. Shown are the Hensley sisters: Frances (milking a cow) and Mary (holding a calf).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920

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.: 204-719

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Hensley family home, 515-12th Street, New Westminster. Shown are the Hensley sisters: Frances (milking a cow) and Mary (holding a calf).

Subjects: Animals - Cows

Names: Broadack, Frances Hensley Warne; Hensley, Mary

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Herd of Cows

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 12.4 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a herd of cows, possibly belonging to the McKenzie family of Laurier Street (now Halligan Street).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 12.4 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-499

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a herd of cows, possibly belonging to the McKenzie family of Laurier Street (now Halligan Street).

Subjects: Animals - Cows

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Herd of Cows, [191-?] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Lillian feeding a calf from a bucket

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko feeding a calf milk from a bucket in Saskatchewan.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-160

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko feeding a calf milk from a bucket in Saskatchewan.

Subjects: Animals - Cows

Names: Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "Sask 1949'"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Feeding the calf skim milk / Sask. July/49"; 2 duplicate photographs accompanying; Note in black ink on verso of duplicate photograph reads: "Dinner! / Sask. July/49 / Lillian feeding the calf"; Third duplicate accompanying (housed later in album); Notes on verso of third (duplicate) photograph read: "Fred's - Bull 1948" and "Dinner!!! July, 1949 Lillian Yanko / Keilher, Sask"

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Lillian milking a cow

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko milking 'Beauty' the cow in Saskatchewan.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1949

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-161

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko milking 'Beauty' the cow in Saskatchewan.

Subjects: Animals - Cows

Names: Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "Sask 1949'"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Milking the cow, Beauty!!! / Sask. July/49"; 2 duplicate photographs accompanying; Note in black ink on verso of duplicate photograph reads: "Milking time / Sask. July 1949"; Third duplicate accompanying (housed later in album); Notes on verso of third (duplicate) photograph read: "Milkin' Time / July 1949 / Sask"

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Lillian milking a cow, July 1949 thumbnail

New homes on Burris Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the "new area" of homes on Burris Street near the Lubbock farm. Cattle are visible grazing on grass in the middle-ground.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Lubbock family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 289-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1992-24

Scope and Content: Photograph of the "new area" of homes on Burris Street near the Lubbock farm. Cattle are visible grazing on grass in the middle-ground.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Animals - Cows

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burris Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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New homes on Burris Street, 1977 thumbnail

Rhuddlan Castle

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.2 x 19.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Rhuddlan Castle with a heard of cows wading in the waterway in the foreground. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.2 x 19.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-822

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Rhuddlan Castle with a heard of cows wading in the waterway in the foreground. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Animals - Cows; Buildings - Residential - Palaces

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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R.W. McMurray

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1907

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 6.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an older man wearing a vest standing in a field, holding a cow with horns by the neck. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "This picture was taken 1907 - at the old ranch. / My Dad. R.W. McMurray." This ranch is where the old Gilley Brothers had their extensive logging ope…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 6.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an older man wearing a vest standing in a field, holding a cow with horns by the neck. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "This picture was taken 1907 - at the old ranch. / My Dad. R.W. McMurray." This ranch is where the old Gilley Brothers had their extensive logging operations since R.W. McMurray purchased the old Gilley Ranch.

Subjects: Animals - Cows

Names: McMurray, R.W.

Accession Code: HV981.3.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1907

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 2016 technical exhibit

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Sarjit and Jagdis Kaur Siddoo

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jagdis and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo standing next to a cow in a field at Barnet. The Kapoor Sawmills Ltd. is visible in the background behind them.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Series: Kapoor Singh Siddoo family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jagdis and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo standing next to a cow in a field at Barnet. The Kapoor Sawmills Ltd. is visible in the background behind them.

Subjects: Animals - Cows; Persons - South Asian Canadians

Names: Siddoo, Jagdis Kaur; Siddoo, Sarjit Kaur; Kapoor Sawmills Limited

Accession Code: BV019.32.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was originally obtained used in the publication: "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village"; Incorrect spelling of the name "Sarjeet Siddoo" in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea" has been corrected to "Sarjit Kaur Siddoo"

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Still Creek

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cow taking a drink from Still Creek, east of Willingdon Avenue. Other cows are visible lying in the sun and grazing in the grass on the left.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 291-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-28

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cow taking a drink from Still Creek, east of Willingdon Avenue. Other cows are visible lying in the sun and grazing in the grass on the left.

Subjects: Animals - Cows; Geographic Features - Creeks

Names: Still Creek

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Simpson, Walter E.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Still Creek

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Valleyview Community Centre celebrations

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 12.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of costumed children at the Valleyview Community Centre celebrations. The children are walking across a field with a cow while a crowd watches.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 12.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 009-018

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of costumed children at the Valleyview Community Centre celebrations. The children are walking across a field with a cow while a crowd watches.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Animals - Cows; Events

Names: Valleyview Community Centre

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

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Valleyview Community Centre celebrations, [1940] thumbnail

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…

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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…

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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.