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Collision

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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 spectators surrounding a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram and a car.

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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 faded sepia photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 521-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of spectators surrounding a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram and a car.

Subjects: Accidents - Automobile Accidents; Accidents - Train Accidents

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Train wreck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74184

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 542-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-23

Scope and Content: Photograph of the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

Subjects: Accidents - Train Accidents

Names: Canadian National Railway; Great Northern Railway

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pen on border (recto) of photograph reads: "Head-On Collision - Between - "

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Train wreck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74185

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 542-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-23

Scope and Content: Photograph of the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

Subjects: Accidents - Train Accidents

Names: Canadian National Railway; Great Northern Railway

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pen on border (recto) of photograph reads: "CNR + GNR - July [?]4, 41"

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Train wreck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74186

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people viewing the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 542-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-23

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people viewing the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

Subjects: Accidents - Train Accidents

Names: Canadian National Railway; Great Northern Railway

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pen on border (recto) of photograph reads: "In - North - Road Cut."

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Train wreck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74187

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Great Northern Railway train-car damaged from a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut. This was a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1941

Collection/Fonds: Gordon McDonald collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 542-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-23

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Great Northern Railway train-car damaged from a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut. This was a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.

Subjects: Accidents - Train Accidents

Names: Canadian National Railway; Great Northern Railway

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1947-1954

Length: 00:05:44

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

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

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

Date Range: 1947-1954

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

Length: 00:05:44

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

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 26, 1990

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

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

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 01:35:07

Interviewee Name: Brown, Donald N. "Don"

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

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

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

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

Audio Tracks

Track six of interview with Don Brown

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Canadian National train station

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Canadian National train station in Vancouver. This building is now referred to as Pacific Central Station.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Canadian National train station in Vancouver. This building is now referred to as Pacific Central Station.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Transportation - Rail

Names: Canadian National Railway

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV985.6114.89

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Canadian National train station, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

Central Park Interurban trams

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35511

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1947] (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 New Westminster British Columbia Electric Railway depot freight train en route to Chilliwack. This location at 8th and Columbia was the hub of the interurban network with Fraser Valley, Marpole, Central Park, Burnaby lake trams and trains all going through. Later, the building serve…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1947] (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.: 204-369

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of New Westminster British Columbia Electric Railway depot freight train en route to Chilliwack. This location at 8th and Columbia was the hub of the interurban network with Fraser Valley, Marpole, Central Park, Burnaby lake trams and trains all going through. Later, the building served as Wosk's store and then as a market.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Central Park Interurban trams, [1947] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

CP 2717

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1921]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive no. 2717 (built in 1921) as it leaves the station at an unidentified location.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive no. 2717 (built in 1921) as it leaves the station at an unidentified location.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail; Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Accession Code: BV985.6114.60

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [after 1921]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-19

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "CP 2717"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "512 F"

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Dolores Dyck, Helen Silvanovicz and Norma Rypdal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1944] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dolores Dyck, Helen Silvanovicz and Norma Rypdal at the Connaught Hill Interurban tram station on their way to Burnaby South High School.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1944] (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 x 12 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-310

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dolores Dyck, Helen Silvanovicz and Norma Rypdal at the Connaught Hill Interurban tram station on their way to Burnaby South High School.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: Dyck, Dolores; Moysiuk, Helen Silvanovicz; Perry, Norma Rypdal; British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph;

Geographic Access: Central Park Interurban line

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Hill Area; Stride Avenue Area

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Dolores Dyck, Helen Silvanovicz and Norma Rypdal, [1944] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Norris Station along New Westminster - Chilliwack line

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1949 (date of original), copied 1994

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 24.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Norris station shelter and small wooden plank platform along the British Columbia Electric Railway New Westminster - Chilliwack line.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 24.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Norris station shelter and small wooden plank platform along the British Columbia Electric Railway New Westminster - Chilliwack line.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: BV994.19.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1949 (date of original), copied 1994

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Plant, Ernest Leslie

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Norris Station on B.C. Electric's/ New Westminster-Chilliwack railway line/ -photographed in 1949 by/ Ernie Les Plant/ Photo is in the collection of/ Henry Ewert/ Copied for Elizabeth Czerwinski/ 21/2/94"

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Norris Station along New Westminster - Chilliwack line, 1949 (date of original), copied 1994 thumbnail

Railroad Station in Banff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3309

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a train stopped at the Banff railroad station. "BANFF" is written on the roof of the station building and cars are parked in the parking lot. Mountains are visible in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a train stopped at the Banff railroad station. "BANFF" is written on the roof of the station building and cars are parked in the parking lot. Mountains are visible in the background.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations

Accession Code: BV985.6114.82

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-26

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "R.R. Station Banff"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "426"

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Railroad Station in Banff, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

Train at Lake Louise Station

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lake Louise station in Alberta. People walking along the platform, next to an awaiting train.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Material Details: stamped on verso, l.r. "426"

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lake Louise station in Alberta. People walking along the platform, next to an awaiting train.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Transportation - Rail

Accession Code: BV985.6114.84

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Train at Lake Louise Station, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

Train station

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large brick train station at an unidentified location.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large brick train station at an unidentified location.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Transportation - Rail

Accession Code: BV985.6114.94

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Train station, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

Tram Station at Cumberland Road

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman sitting on the rail of a wooden walkway into a building. On the side of the building is painted a sign: "Cumberland / Road." Also visible on the wood plank wall is graffiti of a name: "John Mealings." An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Eileen Bobergs' friend mid …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman sitting on the rail of a wooden walkway into a building. On the side of the building is painted a sign: "Cumberland / Road." Also visible on the wood plank wall is graffiti of a name: "John Mealings." An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Eileen Bobergs' friend mid 1940's / Burnaby Lake Tram Station." Stamped on the back of the photo: "205."

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street; Burnaby Lake Interurban line

Accession Code: HV979.39.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Tram Station at Cumberland Road, [194-] thumbnail

Bill Grieve's Car Sales

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of "Bill Grieve's Car Sales" on Hastings Street.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 523-015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2011-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of "Bill Grieve's Car Sales" on Hastings Street.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Automobile Dealerships

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "1948"

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Building and opening the Digney Speedway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1948 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 47sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 16. The film footage shows land being cleared to make way for the Digney Speedway located near the corner of Irmin Street and MacPherson Avenue, one of the men seen in this footage clearing the land is named Lucky Fordham. The film continue…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1948 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 47sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-16

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 16. The film footage shows land being cleared to make way for the Digney Speedway located near the corner of Irmin Street and MacPherson Avenue, one of the men seen in this footage clearing the land is named Lucky Fordham. The film continues with footage of a press dinner in the garden of Andy Digney's home on Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby and is followed with footage of the Digney Speedway in operation for the grand opening on July 8, 1948. Midget cars and jalopies (stock cars) can be seen racing on the speedway. Some of the footage of the raceway pit and races switches to black and white.The film closes with colour footage of a truck moving Lucky Fordham's house from Bonsor Ave to the speedway.

Subjects: Sports - Automobile Racing

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney Speedway; Fordham, Lucky

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood); Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area; Maywood Area

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Video

Building and opening the Digney Speedway, [between 1948 and 1949]

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Grieves car dealership

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve standing next to a car parked in front of his dealership.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 523-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2011-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve standing next to a car parked in front of his dealership.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Automobile Dealerships

Names: Grieve, William Ewart "Bill"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "1949. Garage at / 4507 E. Hastings / Bill Grieve standing by / car. Standard Oil leased it to him. / North East Corner of Willingdon and / Hastings". "606Y", stamped on back.

Street Address: 4507 Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Johnstone Motor Co. Ltd.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66397

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1940 and 1946]

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff of Johnstone Motor Co. Ltd., standing outside the dealership. Only Archie Proctor, Herbert and Bill Johnstone and Bill Grieve have been identified.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1940 and 1946]

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 523-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2011-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff of Johnstone Motor Co. Ltd., standing outside the dealership. Only Archie Proctor, Herbert and Bill Johnstone and Bill Grieve have been identified.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Automobile Dealerships

Names: Grieve, William Ewart "Bill"; Proctor, Archie; Johnstone, Bill; Johnstone, Herbert

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bridgman's Studio Ltd.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso reads: "From: Bridgeman's Studio 413 Granville St. Vancouver, B.C."; Note on photograph's border reads: "Archie Proctor / 1940's / Herbert + Bill Johnstone / Dad"

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