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Scope and Content: Photograph of the Municipal Council and members of the municipal hall staff sitting and standing in two rows outside the enlarged version of Burnaby's first Municipal Hall. Identified, seated (from left): L. Claude Hill, T.D. Coldicutt, J. Love, Reeve Peter Byrne, Duncan C. McGregor, John Rumble an…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm, mounted on card 35 x 37.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Municipal Council and members of the municipal hall staff sitting and standing in two rows outside the enlarged version of Burnaby's first Municipal Hall. Identified, seated (from left): L. Claude Hill, T.D. Coldicutt, J. Love, Reeve Peter Byrne, Duncan C. McGregor, John Rumble and Eber Stride. Behind, standing, fifth from the left is F.L. MacPherson.

Subjects: Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Officials - Mayors and Reeves

Names: Byrne, Peter; Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Coldicutt, Thomas D.; Love, Jesse, 1849-1928; McGregor, Duncan C., 1853-1929; Rumble, John; Stride, Eber; MacPherson, Frederick L. "Fred"; Burnaby City Hall

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 7282 Kingsway

Accession Code: HV973.40.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1910]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Related Material: According to earlier catalogue record, a plan for the conversion from the municipal hall to a community hall is in the the BVM archives.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 1/8/2010

Scale: 100

Photographer: Broadbridge Commercial Photo Company

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of original reads: "Burnaby Municipal Council in front of the first Municipal Hall on Kingsway"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "The Broadbridge Commercial Photo Co. / 530 Homer St. Vancouver [illegible]"

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Municipal Council in front of the Municipal Hall, [1910] thumbnail

Opening of Hastings Street Tramline Extension

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 23, 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the opening of the Hastings Street Tramline Extension, Capitol Hill. The man seen standing in the front row, near the centre of the photograph (with the light-coloured coat) and in front of the mounted police officer, has been identified as Joe Toffaletto (he headed up the BCER constr…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 23, 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: J.W. Phillips subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Material Details: Emulsion measures 11 x 15.5 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 12 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 487-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the opening of the Hastings Street Tramline Extension, Capitol Hill. The man seen standing in the front row, near the centre of the photograph (with the light-coloured coat) and in front of the mounted police officer, has been identified as Joe Toffaletto (he headed up the BCER construction team which built this line and who was also known as the anchor for the BCER tug-of-war team). Reeve McGregor is standing near the door to the tram, holding a pipe in one hand and a cane in the other (he is also the only man wearing a bow-tie) and Eber Stride is standing directly in front of the tram, wearing a three-piece suit with a white shirt and bowler hat. British Columbia Electric Railroad official R.H. Sperling and BCER general executive agent Fred R. Glover (his topcoat is open) are standing second from right and third from right respectively. The remainder of the men are unidentified although Councillors Coldicutt, MacDonald, Mayne and MacPherson, with municipal engineer MacPherson, British Columbia Electric Railroad chief engineer G.R.G. Conway and traffic agent for the city J.B. Rainey, solicitor A.E. Beck, chief inspector W. Whitenick, traffic superintendent James Hilton and Burnaby resident W.J. Holdom, Motorman C.C. Cameron and Conductor A. Sherman are said to be pictured.

Subjects: Events - Openings; Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company; Toffaletto, Joe; McGregor, Duncan C. (1853-1929); Stride, Eber

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

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Opening of Hastings Street Tramline Extension, December 23, 1913 thumbnail

Peter Byrne

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 10 cm mounted on 9.4 x 13.2 cm page

Scope and Content: Photograph of Peter Byrne, Reeve of Burnaby from 1906 to 1910. Earlier, he also served as a member of Council from 1894 to 1895 and from 1898 to 1906. He was married to Priscilla Rowling Byrne.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: New Westminster Public Library subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 10 cm mounted on 9.4 x 13.2 cm page

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 459-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2003-19

Scope and Content: Photograph of Peter Byrne, Reeve of Burnaby from 1906 to 1910. Earlier, he also served as a member of Council from 1894 to 1895 and from 1898 to 1906. He was married to Priscilla Rowling Byrne.

Subjects: Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Officials - Mayors and Reeves

Names: Byrne, Peter

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Alfred Bingham's writings - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1865-1919

Length: 0:10:18

Summary: This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's essay entitled Stump Rangers, a listing of early settlers that includes addresses and short descriptions, essays on Confederation Park, land clearing and on Burnaby's first Council meeting.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's essay entitled Stump Rangers, a listing of early settlers that includes addresses and short descriptions, essays on Confederation Park, land clearing and on Burnaby's first Council meeting.

Date Range: 1865-1919

Photo Info: Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066

Length: 0:10:18

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Officials - Aldermen and Councillors; Land Clearing

Scope and Content: Recording is of Alfred Bingham's writings, as read by Alfred Bingham. Major themes discussed are: Pioneers, early days in Burnaby and the Co-op Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Aungus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.

Total Tracks: 12

Total Length: 1:38:06

Interviewee Name: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: MSS142-001 contains transcripts for each of the short stories

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track one of recording of Alfred Bingham's writings

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Burnaby's first Municipal Hall

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1911] (date of original), copied 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of council members and others sitting and standing on the steps of Burnaby's first Municipal Hall.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1911] (date of original), copied 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Byrne family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 316-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1995-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of council members and others sitting and standing on the steps of Burnaby's first Municipal Hall.

Subjects: Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Buildings - Civic - City Halls

Names: Burnaby City Hall

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 7252 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Burnaby's first Municipal Hall, [between 1899 and 1911] (date of original), copied 1995 thumbnail

Official Opening

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1917]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Municipal Council in front of Burnaby Municipal Hall. Identified, front row, seated left to right: Eber Stride (former Council member), Peter Byrne (former Council member), Charles Frederick Sprott (former Council member), Reeve Hugh M. Fraser, [unidentified man], and possibl…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1917]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 024-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Municipal Council in front of Burnaby Municipal Hall. Identified, front row, seated left to right: Eber Stride (former Council member), Peter Byrne (former Council member), Charles Frederick Sprott (former Council member), Reeve Hugh M. Fraser, [unidentified man], and possibly John W. Weart (former Reeve). Back row, standing left to right from uniformed man in centre: possibly Thomas Sanderson (in uniform, former Reeve), [unidentified man], possiby John Murray (Council member), George J. Webb (Council member), John Mulgrew (Council member), possibly Jesse Love (former Council member), Phillip W. Fau Vel (Council member), and Arthur Lomas (Council member). Standing at left beside stage: possibly Louis Claude "Claude" Hill. Photograph may depict the official opening of the second Municipal Hall (1912) or the 25th anniversary of the incorporation of Burnaby (1917).

Subjects: Events - Anniversaries; Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Buildings - Civic - City Halls; Symbols - Flags

Names: Byrne, Peter; Fau Vel, Phillip W.; Fraser, Hugh M.; Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Lomas, Arthur; Love, Jesse, 1849-1928; Mulgrew, John; Murray, John; Sanderson, Thomas F.; Sprott, Charles Frederick; Stride, Eber; Weart, John W.; Webb, George J.; Burnaby City Hall

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from photograph caption; Note in blue ink on verso reads: "25th Anniversary / Council in front of 2nd Municipal Hall / 1911"

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 7282 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Official Opening, [between 1911 and 1917] thumbnail

Burrard Inlet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.0 x 21.3 cm, mounted on cardboard 25.2 x 30.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph looking west along the Burrard Inlet towards Barnet. Railroad tracks can be seen in the foreground and the North Pacific Lumber Company mill can be seen in the background on the left.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.0 x 21.3 cm, mounted on cardboard 25.2 x 30.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 044-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph looking west along the Burrard Inlet towards Barnet. Railroad tracks can be seen in the foreground and the North Pacific Lumber Company mill can be seen in the background on the left.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets

Names: Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Burrard Inlet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (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 Burrard Inlet taken from Capitol Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (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.: 204-701

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burrard Inlet taken from Capitol Hill.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Westridge Area

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Burrard Inlet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (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 Burrard Inlet taken looking north from Capitol Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (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.: 204-704

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burrard Inlet taken looking north from Capitol Hill.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Plants - Trees; Land Clearing

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

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Canadian Pacific Railway Depot

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1908 and 1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.0 x 10.2 cm, mounted on paper 13.5 x 12.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (in the foreground, centre) the Canadian Pacific Railway depot, Vancouver with Burrard Inlet in the background. The north shore can be seen faintly across the water. An annotation reads, "C.P.R. Depot and Burrard Inlet / From Rogers Bldg."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.0 x 10.2 cm, mounted on paper 13.5 x 12.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (in the foreground, centre) the Canadian Pacific Railway depot, Vancouver with Burrard Inlet in the background. The north shore can be seen faintly across the water. An annotation reads, "C.P.R. Depot and Burrard Inlet / From Rogers Bldg."

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Geographic Features - Inlets

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Accession Code: HV972.50.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1908 and 1911]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-28

Photographer: Dean, H.M.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Canadian Pacific Railway Depot, [between 1908 and 1911] thumbnail

Shell Oil Company

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917 (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 the first oil tanker, the Lyman Stewart, to deliver gasoline to the Shell dock at Barnet, as it turns towards pier. The delivery came from California. The smoke in the background is from the huge Dollarton Sawmill on north shore of Burrard Inlet. The Shell installation was later rel…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917 (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.: 204-491

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the first oil tanker, the Lyman Stewart, to deliver gasoline to the Shell dock at Barnet, as it turns towards pier. The delivery came from California. The smoke in the background is from the huge Dollarton Sawmill on north shore of Burrard Inlet. The Shell installation was later relocated to the foot of Kensington Avenue.