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Helen 'The Swinging Girl' Neon Sign

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Commercial building.

Associated Dates: 1956

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Other Names: Helen's Childrens Wear Sign

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Helen's Childrens Wear Sign

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Associated Dates: 1956

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 12771

Enactment Date: 19/04/2010

Description: Commercial building.

Heritage Value: While the building here is of some importance as the former North Burnaby municipal office, its primary importance is its delightful neon sign that has become a North Burnaby landmark. Helen Arnold opened Helen’s Childrens Wear shop in the building next door to the old Municipal offices in 1948. In 1955, when North Burnaby moved out, she moved into the vacated building. As part of the renovations, Helen enlisted the assistance of her good friend Jimmy Wallace, owner of Vancouver’s Wallace Neon Company, to create a new sign for her expanded business. One of the company’s designers, Reeve Lehman, created the swinging neon girl that was installed in 1956. Designed in two parts, one section of the sign is cloud shaped and reads ‘Helen’s’ while the other section is a moving representation of a little girl on a swing. The sign is nine feet six inches high and nine feet wide, and the lower section is animated with an internal motor and gears. It immediately became a landmark on Hastings Street, and recently the sign’s design fame has spread far and wide as one of the best surviving examples of kinetic neon art in North America.

Locality: Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Community: Burnaby

Names: Helen's Childrens Wear

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Stores; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Street Address: 4142 Hastings Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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View of 'The Swinging Girl' Neon Sign at night, 2010 (View from the west. Other). Copyright: City of Burnaby.. . thumbnail

View of 'The Swinging Girl' Neon Sign from the east, 2013. thumbnail

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Belted kingfisher

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm

Scope and Content: Painting shows a belted kingfisher.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 559-009

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: Painting shows a belted kingfisher.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Arts - Paintings

Media Type: Graphic Material

Creator: Lansdowne, James Fenwick

Notes: Title transcribed from item; Simnett personal papers series

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Bullock's oriole

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm

Scope and Content: Painting shows two Bullock's orioles.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 559-008

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: Painting shows two Bullock's orioles.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Arts - Paintings

Media Type: Graphic Material

Creator: Lansdowne, James Fenwick

Notes: Title transcribed from item; Simnett personal papers series

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California quail

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1956]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm

Scope and Content: Painting shows two California quail.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1956]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 559-003

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: Painting shows two California quail.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Arts - Paintings

Media Type: Graphic Material

Creator: Lansdowne, James Fenwick

Notes: Title transcribed from item; Simnett personal papers series

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Green-winged teal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm

Scope and Content: Painting shows two green-winged teal.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 559-004

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: Painting shows two green-winged teal.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Arts - Paintings

Media Type: Graphic Material

Creator: Lansdowne, James Fenwick

Notes: Title transcribed from item; Simnett personal papers series

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Macgillivray's warbler

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm

Scope and Content: Painting shows two Macgillvray's warblers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 559-006

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: Painting shows two Macgillvray's warblers.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Arts - Paintings

Media Type: Graphic Material

Creator: Lansdowne, James Fenwick

Notes: Title transcribed from item; Simnett personal papers series

Images

Macgillivray's warbler, [1955] thumbnail

Mourning dove

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm

Scope and Content: Painting shows a mourning dove.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 559-010

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: Painting shows a mourning dove.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Arts - Paintings

Media Type: Graphic Material

Creator: Lansdowne, James Fenwick

Notes: Title transcribed from item; Simnett personal papers series

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Personal material

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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

Series: Simnett personal papers series

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

Names: Simnett, Hazel; Simnett, Frederick "Fred"; Simnett, Mary Ann; Lansdowne, James Fenwick

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

Red-winged blackbird

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 painting : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm

Scope and Content: Painting shows two red-winged blackbirds.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 1 painting : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 559-007

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: Painting shows two red-winged blackbirds.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Arts - Paintings

Media Type: Graphic Material

Creator: Lansdowne, James Fenwick

Notes: Title transcribed from item; Simnett personal papers series

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Sparrow hawk

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm

Scope and Content: Painting shows a sparrow hawk.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 559-011

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: Painting shows a sparrow hawk.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Arts - Paintings

Media Type: Graphic Material

Creator: Lansdowne, James Fenwick

Notes: Title transcribed from item; Simnett personal papers series

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Western meadowlark

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm

Scope and Content: Painting shows a Western meadowlark.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 559-005

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: Painting shows a Western meadowlark.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Arts - Paintings

Media Type: Graphic Material

Creator: Lansdowne, James Fenwick

Notes: Title transcribed from item; Simnett personal papers series

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Interview with Sev Morin by Rod Fowler April 4, 1990 - Track 2

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1950-1990

Length: 00:06:16

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.

Date Range: 1950-1990

Photo Info: Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712

Length: 00:06:16

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial; Buildings - Civic; Buildings - Industrial; Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood); Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area; Lake City Area; Burnaby Mountain Area; Kingsway-Beresford Area; Douglas-Gilpin Area

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: April 4, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Severin "Sev" Morin, conducted by Rod Fowler. Sev Morin was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Sev Morin’s banquet hall, restaurant and night club business on Kingsway, originally named the “Gai Paree Supper Club” (1947-1976) and later “Severin’s” (1976-1985) and “Diego’s” (1985-1994), its function as a Burnaby landmark, and the entertainment and political people he met through his business. He also describes his many volunteer activities in Burnaby, including member of the SFU Senate, Rotary Club, Variety Club and Telethon, fund raising for Burnaby Hospital, and tourism related groups, and his political work for the federal Liberal party. He talks about his parents’ origins, the lives of his brothers Rudy and Rene, and the family’s involvement in establishing the “Gai Paree”. He also shares his views about the business and cultural development of Burnaby. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Severin “Sev” Rene Morin was born September 21, 1927, in Bonneville, Alberta, to Rene Pierre Morin (1878-1963) and Anne Marie (nee Lachiver) Morin (1886-1956). Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morin and their son Rene Francois (1905-1954) immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, from France in 1913, where Rene Pierre Morin worked for the C.N.R. and a second son Adolphe “Rudy” Ferdinand (1922-1969) was born, followed by their third son Severin. In 1943, after R.P. Morin retired, the family moved to Burnaby to a house on Sperling Avenue. Sometime earlier the two older Morin brothers found work in Trail at the smelter and developed musical careers. In 1946/47 the Morin family purchased property on Kingsway and built a banquet hall, the “Gai Paree Supper Club”. Sev and Rudy Morin managed the club and Rene F. Morin moved to Burnaby to join them with his band. The supper club, with its live music and dance floor, became a popular meeting place and wedding venue, eventually expanding into a restaurant and nightclub in the 1970s. The “Gai Paree” was renamed “Severin’s” in 1976 and “Diego’s” in 1985, closing finally in 1994. Sev Morin’s business life included three record stores which he owned with his friend Jack Cullen. Through these businesses Sev Morin was well known in the entertainment and hospitality industry. He and his restaurant also hosted political and social events that made the restaurant a community landmark. Sev Morin contributed many volunteer hours to community and charitable organizations, including an appointment to the SFU Senate, fundraising for the Burnaby Hospital, Director of the Variety Club and Rotary Club, and consultant for a variety of tourism related ventures. He also was active in the federal Liberal Party. Sev Morin and his wife Pauline married in 1950 and had three children. Sev Morin died at age 86 on March 28, 2014.

Total Tracks: 10

Total Length: 00:56:44

Interviewee Name: Morin, Severin "Sev"

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

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

Images

Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track two of interview with Sev Morin

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Bonsor Hall

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Bonsor Hall (formerly the Kingsway West School). A note on the back of the photograph reads: "The Old Bonsor Hall - Formerly Kingsway W. School as in Burnaby Courier." The photograph was taken by the Burnaby Courier newspaper ca. 1958.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Norah Code subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 345-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1997-05

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Bonsor Hall (formerly the Kingsway West School). A note on the back of the photograph reads: "The Old Bonsor Hall - Formerly Kingsway W. School as in Burnaby Courier." The photograph was taken by the Burnaby Courier newspaper ca. 1958.

Subjects: Buildings - Recreational - Community Halls; Buildings - Schools

Names: Bonsor Hall

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Code, Norah

Notes: Title based on caption.; Photographs in this collection were taken and compiled by Norah Code, former editor of the "Burnaby Courier" newspaper during the course of her work for the newspaper.

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Extension of McPherson Park School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the A.J. Keel house with excavation for the extension of the McPherson Park School.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Keel family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 279-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1992-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of the A.J. Keel house with excavation for the extension of the McPherson Park School.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Buildings - Schools; Construction

Names: McPherson Park School

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Rumble Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

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Extension of McPherson Park School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the A.J. Keel house with a close-up of the excavation for the extension of McPherson Park School.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Keel family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 279-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1992-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of the A.J. Keel house with a close-up of the excavation for the extension of McPherson Park School.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Buildings - Schools; Construction

Names: McPherson Park School

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Rumble Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

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Old Bonsor Hall

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of the old Kingsway West school building which also served as the Bonsor Hall.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Norah Code subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 345-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1997-05

Scope and Content: Photograph of the old Kingsway West school building which also served as the Bonsor Hall.

Subjects: Buildings - Recreational - Community Halls; Buildings - Schools

Names: Kingsway West School; Bonsor Hall

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Code, Norah

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographs in this collection were taken and compiled by Norah Code, former editor of the "Burnaby Courier" newspaper during the course of her work for the newspaper.

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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School room at Oakalla

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.6 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of a school room at Oakalla Prison Farm. Men are seated at desks, and a student and teacher are at the blackboard standing beside a map. A list of words is on the blackboard.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.6 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-733

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of a school room at Oakalla Prison Farm. Men are seated at desks, and a student and teacher are at the blackboard standing beside a map. A list of words is on the blackboard.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Maps; Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities; Buildings - Schools; Occupations - Teachers

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Oakmount Crescent

Street Address: 5220 Oakmount Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

Images

School room at Oakalla, [195-] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Alpha Secondary School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1950 or 1951]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Alpha Secondary School.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1950 or 1951]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-813

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Alpha Secondary School.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Schools

Names: Alpha Secondary School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Pride, A.H. "Harry"

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

Geographic Access: Parker Street

Street Address: 4600 Parker Street

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

Images

Alpha Secondary School, [1950 or 1951] thumbnail

Children playing in a classroom

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1957 and 1968]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a classroom full of kindergartners all making paper hats with the help of their teacher at the Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1957 and 1968]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Tinkerbell Kindergarten subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 246-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1990-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a classroom full of kindergartners all making paper hats with the help of their teacher at the Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten.