More like 'Burnaby Blues Festival'
Narrow Results By
Decade
- 2020s 33
- 2010s 68
- 2000s 549
- 1990s 397
- 1980s 298
- 1970s 770
- 1960s 431
- 1950s 418
- 1940s 369
- 1930s 305
- 1920s 525
- 1910s 264
- 1900s 94
- 1890s 20
- 1880s 2
- 1870s 1
- 1860s 1
- 1850s 1
- 1840s 1
- 1830s 1
- 1820s 1
- 1810s 1
- 1800s 1
- 1790s 1
- 1780s 1
- 1770s 1
- 1760s 1
- 1750s 1
- 1740s 1
- 1730s 1
- 1720s 1
- 1710s 1
- 1700s 1
- 1690s 1
- 1680s 1
- 1670s 1
- 1660s 1
- 1650s 1
- 1640s 1
- 1630s 1
- 1620s 1
- 1610s 1
- 1600s 1
Subject
- Academic Disciplines 1
- Accidents 5
- Accidents - Automobile Accidents 11
- Adornment 32
- Adornment - Jewelry 2
- Adornment - Lapel Pins 33
- Advertising Medium 11
- Advertising Medium - Poster 1
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards 11
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment 9
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment - Gardening Equipment 3
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment - Plows 4
Interview with W.H. O'Brien July / August 1975 - Track 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory25
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- [1932]-1936
- Length
- 0:11:12
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).
- Date Range
- [1932]-1936
- Photo Info
- Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005
- Length
- 0:11:12
- Subjects
- Organizations
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- July / August 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with W.H. "Harry" O'Brien by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury. Major themes discussed are: the Army of the Common Good, the Union of the Unemployed and the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union). To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- W.H. “Harry” O’Brien was born in the coal mining town of Nanaimo, British Columbia on October 20, 1914. He came to Burnaby with his parents and five siblings in 1927. Harry’s mother, a school teacher, wanted her children to live closer to school in order to obtain a better education, so the O’Brien family settled at Inman Avenue, Burnaby. Harry's mother, Mary Anne Crossan, was Gilmore Avenue School's first teacher. Harry left school in June of 1929. Harry’s father worked as the caretaker at Central Park around this time and Harry helped him to clear brush, plant trees and enforce the land clearing and wood cutting permit regulations held by men who were on script. Although too young to vote by just over a week, Harry O'Brien worked as a scrutineer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) during the 1935 Federal Election. On October 12, 1940 Harry O'Brien married Gertrude Sutherland at St. John the Divine in Burnaby. The Sutherland family came to Burnaby from Winnipeg in 1933 and settled at Nelson Avenue. Harry began his involvement with the Unemployment Organization in Burnaby by participating in an organised protest against the municipality for homeowner evictions brought on by unpaid taxes. The South Burnaby Union of the Unemployed organised in order to protest rules around receiving Relief. Harry became involved, eventually becoming one of the spearheads of the organization, taking over as secretary by 1936. Harry was an original member of the Army of the Common Good, helping to produce over one hundred and twenty-five tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed Burnaby citizens suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The members of the Army of the Common Good who cut wood for consumption or worked in the gardens were given credit for their work through LU (Labour Units) which they could then use to buy groceries and that at the Army's Cooperative stores, one of which was at McKay Avenue, where Harry began working as Manager of Groceries in 1937. The Credit Union movement of British Columbia was also organized by Harry O'Brien and his fellow Army of the Common Good members. W.H. "Harry" O'Brien died July 1, 1992.
- Total Tracks
- 9
- Total Length
- 1:17:56
- Interviewee Name
- O'Brien, Harry
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- None
- 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.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track eight of interview with W.H.
Track eight of interview with W.H.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-25/100-13-25_Track_8.mp3
jar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2028
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.130.1
- Description
- Ceramic jar and lid, "Radix Palmae Christi"
- Object History
- This ceramic jar was used by the pharmacist Mr. Stanbury at Ridgedale Pharmacy on East Hastings Street in Burnaby.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Container
- Object Term
- Container, Apothecary
- Subjects
- Occupations - Pharmacists
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
violet ray generator kit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact5622
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV986.20.2
- Description
- Violet ray generator; box is black, silver corners, hinged lid, two hinged snap closures, black handle; inside lid is brown velvet with silver holders for glass tube attachments; plaque "CHAS.A.BRANSTON LIMITED"; in box left side is voltage dial, three black control knobs; right side is compartment for two cords, one with plug end, other with hollow brown bakelite? handle; with two discs on handles, two metal tubes, one roller with handle, metal rectangle, and red instruction booklet "THE BRANSTON VIOLET RAY HIGH FREQUENCY GENERATOR", illustrated; c. 1928
- Object History
- This is a Branston Violet Ray Generator. Branston’s claims were similar to those of other Violet Ray makers. Treatments are given for over a hundred ailments, ranging from abscess through appendicitis, colitis, diabetes, glaucoma, gonorrhoea, haemmorrhoids, impotence, laryngitis, mumps, pyorrhea, tuberculosis, ulcers, wrinkles and even writer’s cramp. Electrical medical devices like this one were popular for decades among physicians, irregular practitioners, and home users, who could purchase them through catalogs and drugstores. The machine plugs into an electrical wall outlet. A glass electrode plugs into the wand, produces a violet glow, and delivers a spark when touched to the skin. The strength of the spark, controlled by the voltage selector, ranges from mild to quite intense. Attachments could stimulate many body parts.
- Classification
- Energy Production T&E - - Other Energy Production T&E
- Object Term
- Generator
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact6645
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.97.3
- Description
- Pin, round, enamelled brass. Wide blue border around outside with thin gold edges and gold lettering "INTERNATIONAL. BOWLING. TEAM. / VISIT. 1927. TO. CANADA". Inner part of pin is cruciform, with round centre connected to outer edge with four arms, open cut-out areas between. Each arm shows a coloured enamel floral symbol. At top is the rose, at right are shamrocks, at bottom is the lily, at left is the thistle. At the centre of the pin is the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom in red and blue with gold. Locking pin back on reverse, open loop. "R. SCOTT / GLASGOW" in raised letters near bottom edge. Some discolouration on back, very slight wear on front.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Memorabilia
- Object Term
- Commemorative
- Marks/Labels
- "INTERNATIONAL BOWLING TEAM", embossed gold lettering in half circle along top of pin "VISIT 1927 TO CANADA", embossed gold lettering in half circle along bottom of pin
- Measurements
- Dia: 2.9 cm
- Country Made
- Scotland
- Site/City Made
- Glasgow
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Advertising Medium
- Events - Competitions
- Organizations - Athletic Associations
- Sports - Bowling
Images
memorial drinking fountain
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact8784
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1242.1
- Description
- The Memorial fountain is made of British Columbia granite. The fountain is currently three courses of rough stone, leading up to the smooth water bowl. Two side pillars carry the memorial stone and the peaked cap stone at the top. The memorial stone's face is smooth, to present the cut text of the memorial. There is a maple leaf cut into the face of the cap stone. The text and the maple leaf are highlighted with black paint. There is a small block at the rear of the fountain to allow children easy access and there is a smooth stone drinking bowl for animals at the proper right of the base of the fountain. The fountain on its original site was four courses high. In its current site the bottom course is set level with the ground. The main bowl is supplied with running water but the animal bowl is dry.
- Object History
- The fountain was erected by the Burnaby Civic Employees Union (now CUPE Local 23) and is dedicated to Union members who died in the Great War. Local stonemason, William Williamson, constructed the fountain in 1923 and it was unveiled on June 17, 1923. In 1977, the fountain was moved and rededicated from the old Burnaby Municipal Hall site to its current site at Burnaby Village Museum. On November 23, 1992, the fountain was given official Heritage Designation by Bylaw # 9807, Municipality of Burnaby
- Marks/Labels
- "IN MEMEORY / OF OUR FELLOW WORKERS WHO FELL IN THE WAR / 1914 - 1918 / ERECTED BY / THE CIVIC EMPLOYEES UNION - BURNABY - 1923", cut into the smoothed face of the memorial stone on the fountain. There is a maple leaf cut into the face of the cap stone on the top of the fountain. The maple leaf motif is also used on veteran grave stones.
- Maker
- William Williamson
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Subjects
- Fountains
- Wars
- Monuments - War Memorials
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Organizations - Unions
- Names
- Williamson, William
Images
lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11365
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3296.1
- Description
- Pin; gold, white, blue, red; gold bar with writing engraved; had two chains from which the oval hangs; oval has crown on top and British flag in centre; flag is overtop of white star on blue background; gold writing along outside edge. "PRIMARY / LIFE MEMBER / IMPERIAL ORDER / DAUGHTERS OF / THE EMPIRE"
- Object History
- The Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE) is a Canadian women's charitable organization. Founded in 1900 during the Second Boer War in patriotic support of the British Empire.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols
- Object Term
- Insignia
- Marks/Labels
- "PRIMARY / LIFE MEMBER", blue engraving on gold bar "IMPERIAL ORDER DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE", gold embossed in circular form along edge.
- Measurements
- L: 4.0 cm x W: 2.6 cm
Images
program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14337
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.11.2
- Description
- The New Vista Society - Program -- [1955]. Program for the official opening of The New Vista Society Senior Citizen Housing Project No. 7. The front cover has a photograph of the new buildings being opened. The event took place on Wednesday, September 14, 1955. The reverse side of the program outlines the different parties involved in the organization of the new buildings including the Burnaby Municipality, Burnaby Lions Club and others.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Leaflets
- Organizations
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
Images
certificate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17055
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV980.37.2
- Description
- Guaranteed Dental Plan - Certificate -- [1918]. Dental plan certificate for Mrs. T. Osecki-? which entitled her to a year of dentistry work including teeth cleaning and polishing three times a year, extraction of bad teeth, free examination and diagnosis. The certificate cost $2.50. The Dental Office was in Calgary, Alberta.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Certificates
- Occupations
- Occupations - Dentists
Images
bill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17056
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV980.37.3
- Description
- Bill -- [1905]. Dentistry bill for Miss. Beaty from Drs. Gatewood and Spencer. The bill is dated March 2, 1905. The denistry office was in the McKinnon Building on Granville and Hastings Street. The bill was for $20.50 and was paid in full.
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17351
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.42.1
- Description
- Museum & Art Notes - Booklet -- [1951]. The Art Historical and Scientific Association publication of Museum & Art Notes. This is Volume 1, Number 4 of the Second Series, March 1951. The front cover features a picture of the front entrance of the Association's building. This issue has articles on: Our Business Premises Autobiography of a Great Anthropologist The Pleistocene Age of British Columbia The Tuatara The Flora of Fairmont Hot Springs The Passenger Pigeon Reverend Jonathan Green The Burnaby Lodestone
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Organizations
- Organizations - Art Societies
- Organizations - Historical Societies
- Organizations - Science Societies
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17352
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.42.2
- Description
- The Totem Poles in Stanley Park - Booklet -- [194-?]. Created by The Art, Historical and Scientific Association in Vancouver BC. The booklet was created by John C. Goodfellow. The cover is brown with and illustration of a totem pole on the left side.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Organizations
- Organizations - Art Societies
- Organizations - Historical Societies
- Organizations - Science Societies
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17353
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.42.3
- Description
- Museum & Art Notes - Booklet -- [1949]. The Art Historical and Scientific Association publication of Museum & Art Notes. This is Volume 1, Number 1 of the Second Series, September 1949. The front cover features a picture of the Dimorphodon Macronyx model made by Madam Erna C. von Engel-Baiersdorf. This issue has articles on: The Method of Reconstructiong Human and Animal Remains in Sculpture and in Paintings Early History of the Burnaby Family Indian Native Art Sundews The Aleuts of Attu The Trumpeter Swan Achatina Fulica, The Great African Snail Some Field Work of the Curator Palomar's Giant Eye, the Hale Telescope The Directors, Life and Honorary Members of the Art, Historical and Scientific Association.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Organizations
- Organizations - Art Societies
- Organizations - Historical Societies
- Organizations - Science Societies
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17355
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.42.5
- Description
- Museum & Art Notes - Booklet -- [1951]. The Art Historical and Scientific Association publication of Museum & Art Notes. This is Volume 2, Number 1 of the Second Series, November 1951. The front cover features a picture of the "Melanope" ship and the "Empress of Russia" ship in Vancouver 1930. This issue has articles on: "Melanope," The Ship of Tragedy Time, and the Indian Panechates, Son of Hatres The Pleistocene, or Ice Age of South West British Columbia Birds in the Cariboo The Fine Arts The Museum is a School of Visual Education The Cinder Cone Buried Forest Pioneer Wesleyan Missionaries in British Columbia
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Organizations
- Organizations - Art Societies
- Organizations - Historical Societies
- Organizations - Science Societies
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17356
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.42.6
- Description
- Museum & Art Notes - Booklet -- [1950]. The Art Historical and Scientific Association publication of Museum & Art Notes. This is Volume 1, Number 2 of the Second Series, March 1950. The front cover features a picture of Clematis Douglasii Hook. This issue has articles on: Some Rare Plants of British Columbia Early Electric Light on This Coast The Early Story of North Vancouver Production by the Billion The Irish Deer Camels in the Cariboo Acorn and Beechnut The Single Tusk of the Narwhal
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Organizations
- Organizations - Art Societies
- Organizations - Historical Societies
- Organizations - Science Societies
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17357
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.42.7
- Description
- Museum & Art Notes - Booklet -- [1949]. The Art Historical and Scientific Association publication of Museum & Art Notes. This is Volume 1, Number 1 of the Second Series, September 1949. The front cover features a picture of the Dimorphodon Macronyx model made by Madam Erna C. von Engel-Baiersdorf. This issue has articles on: The Method of Reconstructiong Human and Animal Remains in Sculpture and in Paintings Early History of the Burnaby Family Indian Native Art Sundews The Aleuts of Attu The Trumpeter Swan Achatina Fulica, The Great African Snail Some Field Work of the Curator Palomar's Giant Eye, the Hale Telescope The Directors, Life and Honorary Members of the Art, Historical and Scientific Association.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Organizations
- Organizations - Art Societies
- Organizations - Historical Societies
- Organizations - Science Societies
Images
Documents
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17358
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.42.8
- Description
- Museum & Art Notes - Booklet -- [1931]. The Art Historical and Scientific Association publication of Museum & Art Notes. This is Volume 6, Number 4, December 1931. The front cover features a picture of Skidegat Lake Beaver bowl from the Queen Charlotte Islands, the work of Chief Edensaw of the Haida Indians. This issue has articles on: President's Address Secretary and Curator's Annual Report Flora of British Columbia A Kwantlum Battle How Mountaineers Can Use Their Photographs for Mapping The Queerest Newspaper in the World Ecology of Sproat Lake, B.C. Membership, January 31st, 1932
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Organizations
- Organizations - Art Societies
- Organizations - Historical Societies
- Organizations - Science Societies
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17359
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.42.9
- Description
- Museum & Art Notes - Booklet -- [1952]. The Art Historical and Scientific Association publication of Museum & Art Notes. This is Volume 2, Number 2 of the Second Series, April 1952. The front cover features a picture of a Relic of the Ice Age, Mountain Region, Lynn Creek, B.C. This issue has articles on: The Pleistocene, or Ice Age of South-West British Columbia, Part III, Vashon Glaciation In The Service of Man Placochelys Placodonta, Jaekel Costal Wanderings A Derelict Fort in Northern British Columbia Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia The Burrard Inlet Cattle Trail from Lillooet What Has Caused the Return of the Glaciers in British Columbia
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Organizations
- Organizations - Art Societies
- Organizations - Historical Societies
- Organizations - Science Societies
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17360
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.42.10
- Description
- Vancouver City Museum Golden Jubilee - Booklet --[1944]. Booklet made for the City Museum of Vancouver BC by The Art, Historical and Scientific Association of Vancouver BC in celebration of their Golden Jubilee 1894 to 1944. The front cover has an illustration of Captain George Vancouver.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Organizations
- Organizations - Art Societies
- Organizations - Historical Societies
- Organizations - Science Societies
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17362
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.42.12
- Description
- Fort Langley 1827-1927 - Booklet -- [194-?]. Booklet produced by the Art, Historical and Scientific Association of Vancouver BC. The front cover features the Cairn and Commemorative Tablet in Fort Langley, BC.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Organizations
- Organizations - Art Societies
- Organizations - Historical Societies
- Organizations - Science Societies
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17363
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.42.13
- Description
- The Great Fraser Midden - Booklet -- [1938]. Booklet created by The Art, Historical and Scientific Association of Vancouver BC. The front cover features "The Watcher", a sketch of a Native man beside a tree by Amy E.C. Campbell-Johnston. The booklet commemorates the presentation of a cairn at Marpole Gardens, Vancouver, May 7 1938.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Organizations
- Organizations - Art Societies
- Organizations - Historical Societies
- Organizations - Science Societies
Images
