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Evelyn Stanbury at Burnaby Village Museum Collectors' Weekend
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97022
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Evelyn Stanbury, of the Canadian Artists in Porcelain, makes adjustments to a porcelain doll from the early 1900s that is on display as part of the Burnaby Village Museum's annual Collectors' Weekend. Other dolls in Stanbury's collection sit behind her.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2554
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Evelyn Stanbury, of the Canadian Artists in Porcelain, makes adjustments to a porcelain doll from the early 1900s that is on display as part of the Burnaby Village Museum's annual Collectors' Weekend. Other dolls in Stanbury's collection sit behind her.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Evelyn Stanbury, of the Canadian Artists in Porcelain, makes sure "Brother Angry," a GBR Heuback character doll from the early 1900s, is looking just right for his appearance amidst the dolls on display at Burnaby Village Museum, at its annual collectors' weekend."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 4900 Deer Lake Avenue
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Evelyn Stanbury at Burnaby Village Museum Collectors' Weekend, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2554.jpg)
![Burnaby Village Museum pumpkin patch, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2682.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Village Museum pumpkin patch
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97285
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tony Guerriero, a groundskeeper, checking on a pumpkin growing in a garden at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2682
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tony Guerriero, a groundskeeper, checking on a pumpkin growing in a garden at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Tony Guerriero, a groundsman at Burnaby Village Museum, checks the progress of the Atlantic Dill pumpkins, as the Museum gets ready for its second annual Fall Fair, Sept. 16."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 4900 Deer Lake Avenue
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Burnaby Village Museum pumpkin patch, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2682.jpg)
![Burnaby Village Museum season opening, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2345.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Village Museum season opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96746
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alodia Mulingtapang shining a Model "A" car that is part of an exhibition at Burnaby Village Museum, before its opening for the season. One of the Museum's streets and its businesses, including the Ice Cream Parlour, are visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2345
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alodia Mulingtapang shining a Model "A" car that is part of an exhibition at Burnaby Village Museum, before its opening for the season. One of the Museum's streets and its businesses, including the Ice Cream Parlour, are visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Exhibitions - Burnaby Village Museum
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Alodia Mulingtapang shines up the old Model "A" at Burnaby Village Museum, as the Museum prepares to open for the season this weekend."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 4900 Deer Lake Avenue
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Burnaby Village Museum season opening, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2345.jpg)
![Hand cycle at Burnaby Village Museum, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2128.jpg?width=280)
Hand cycle at Burnaby Village Museum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96504
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kurtis Rock trying a hand cycle at March Break kids' program at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2128
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kurtis Rock trying a hand cycle at March Break kids' program at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Kurtis Rock, 9, tries out the hand cycle at Burnaby Village Museum's "Carousel Capers" March break kids' program."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Hand cycle at Burnaby Village Museum, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2128.jpg)
Anne Williams Davis in military nursing uniform
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1647
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a black and white photograph of Anne Williams Davis in a military nursing uniform. The black and white photograph, sitting on the cushion of a couch, was likely taken in 1942 (as that is the year that it was originally sent to her then fiancee John Gordon Davis).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a black and white photograph of Anne Williams Davis in a military nursing uniform. The black and white photograph, sitting on the cushion of a couch, was likely taken in 1942 (as that is the year that it was originally sent to her then fiancee John Gordon Davis).
- Names
- Davis, Anne Williams
- Accession Code
- BV003.15.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 2002
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For another view of the photograph, see BV003.15.2
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Anne (nee/ Williams) DAVIS", l.r. "Sent to/ her fiancee/ in Egypt in/ 1942"
Images
Gordon Davis holding a photograph of himself and Anne Williams Davis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1648
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (John) Gordon Davis sitting on a couch, holding a black and white photograph of himself (as a young man) and his wife, Anne Williams Davis dressed in military uniforms. The black and white photograph was likely taken around the time of their marriage in January of 1945.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (John) Gordon Davis sitting on a couch, holding a black and white photograph of himself (as a young man) and his wife, Anne Williams Davis dressed in military uniforms. The black and white photograph was likely taken around the time of their marriage in January of 1945.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Accession Code
- BV003.15.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 2002
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For other photographs of John Gordon Davis holding up the same photograph, see BV003.15.4 - .6
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
Images
![Joan Amor with 1920s dress on display, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2664.jpg?width=280)
Joan Amor with 1920s dress on display
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97256
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Joan Amor, a member of the Canadiana Costume Society of BC and Western Canada, adjusting a 1920s dress on a dummy.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2664
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Joan Amor, a member of the Canadiana Costume Society of BC and Western Canada, adjusting a 1920s dress on a dummy.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Exhibitions
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an August 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Joan Amor, of the Canadiana Costume Society of BC and Western Canada, straightens out a 1920s dress, one of more than 2000 pieces of historical garments the Society has in its collection, much of it stored at Burnaby Village Museum."
Images
![Joan Amor with 1920s dress on display, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2664.jpg)
![Burnaby Village Museum Fall Fair, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2763-2.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Village Museum Fall Fair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97388
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Burnaby Village Museum's Fall Fair. Photographs depict four-year-old Jeffrey Dykstra during the watermelon eating contest and 12-year-old David Marino stuffing a scarecrow during another competition.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2763
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Burnaby Village Museum's Fall Fair. Photographs depict four-year-old Jeffrey Dykstra during the watermelon eating contest and 12-year-old David Marino stuffing a scarecrow during another competition.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2763-1: "Jeffrey Dykstra, 4, digs into a slice of watermelon, at the watermelon eating contest at Burnaby Village Museum's annual Fall Fair on Saturday. Other events at the traditional fair included a scarecrow building contest, tests of strength, a palm reader and a chance to "milk a cow.""
- Caption from metadata for 535-2763-2: "David Marino, 12, stuffs his scarecrow at a scarecrow building competition, one of the traditional Fall Fair events at Burnaby Village Museum's closing weekend celebration."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 4900 Deer Lake Avenue
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Burnaby Village Museum Fall Fair, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2763-2.jpg)
![Boots N Stuff, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2251.jpg?width=280)
Boots N Stuff
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96629
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Barb Harris, owner of Boots N Stuff, pulling on a pair of fire fighter's boots as an example of the clothing and accessories the store sells to emergency workers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2251
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Barb Harris, owner of Boots N Stuff, pulling on a pair of fire fighter's boots as an example of the clothing and accessories the store sells to emergency workers.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Barb Harris pulls on a pair of fireman's boots at her new store, Boots n Stuff, which sells uniforms to emergency workers."
- Geographic Access
- Still Creek Drive
- Street Address
- 4170 Still Creek Drive
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
Images
![Boots N Stuff, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2251.jpg)
![Burnaby Bulldogs jersey, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2225.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Bulldogs jersey
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96603
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified people holding up a signed Burnaby Bulldogs jersey. They are standing in a hockey arena and referees and spectators are visible in the stands behind them.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2225
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified people holding up a signed Burnaby Bulldogs jersey. They are standing in a hockey arena and referees and spectators are visible in the stands behind them.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Sports - Ice Hockey
- Names
- Burnaby Bulldogs
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![Burnaby Bulldogs jersey, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2225.jpg)
Interview with Gordon Davis - November 21, 2002 - Tape 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13083
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- November 21, 2002 (interview content), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (29 min., 8 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Recording is the second part of an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. In this segment of the interview, Gordon provides more background information about his wife Anne while, interviewer Mabel, explains to Gordon how she came about discov…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (29 min., 8 sec.)
- Material Details
- Side A of audio cassette
- Scope and Content
- Recording is the second part of an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. In this segment of the interview, Gordon provides more background information about his wife Anne while, interviewer Mabel, explains to Gordon how she came about discovering Anne's trunk and old nursing uniform. She explains how the information that he provides will benefit the Burnaby Village Museum who are accepting the uniform into their collection. 00:00 - 4:55 Gordon shares information about serving in the Middle East during WWII and the Dresden bombing raids. He provides biographical information about Anne and her siblings. 4:46 - 06:41 Poor audio quality- hard to discern content from Interviewee- Gordon Davis. 06:42 - 08: Gordon talks more about Anne and how he was attracted to her. 08:37-22:26 Interviewer, Mabel Nichols explains how this interview with Gordon will assist in providing provenance to Anne's uniform that is being donated to the Burnaby Village Museum. Mabel describes how she discovered the uniform in a trunk that Anne shipped from England to Burnaby in 1946. The trunk was addressed to, "Mrs. A. Davis, 4212 Douglas Road, New Westminster". Years later, the trunk was discovered by a friend of hers with Mabel's uniform and hat inside. 22:27-29:08 Mabel shares her own life experiences living in the Fraser Canyon while Gordon recollects some of his own experiences during the war. Mabel reads from the notes that she has created from her interview with Gordon. Gordon provides more details as needed. Mabel shares information about her brother, Bill who was wounded in World War II.
- History
- Interviewee biography: John Gordon Davis was born to Elizabeth Ann Vert (nee Eyres) and Gilbert Davis on September 13, 1913 in North Cobalt, Ontario. Gordon was the second youngest of six children. After graduating from high school he attended Radio College in Toronto. He spent two years prior to World War II working in radio on British ships. In 1940, after retiring, his parents moved to British Columbia. They purchased the Flowerland Auto Court in 1941 at 4212 Douglas Road, Burnaby. During this time, Gordon moved to Ontario and sought employment in radio range stations that were dealing with new technology throughout Europe. He joined the RCAF in 1941. While in London, in May of 1941, he met his future wife Anne Williams. In World War II, Anne served as a nurse in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Army Nursing Corps. In November 1943, Anne survived the bombing of the Dutch passenger ship, SS Marnix while it sailed in a convoy from England to the Mediterranean. Gordon did many tours throughout the Middle East, Turkey, Egypt, Italy, the Battle of the Bulge, Sarnia before he was known as “surplus to requirement”. Since Anne was still in the nursing corps, Gordon signed on for another year and was sent north of London to a Repair Squadron where he worked on operational repairs of Mosquito bombers which were manufactured in Canada. Anne and Gordon continued their correspondence and eventually married in North Wales on January 23, 1945. Gordon was shipped back to Canada in October of 1945 and moved in with his parents at their auto court on Douglas Road in Burnaby. Anne joined Gordon in Burnaby in April 1946 when her mission was completed. Anne packed up her things in a large trunk that she addressed to Gordon’s parents on Douglas Road. Gordon moved around British Columbia in his work for BC Electric and eventually retired with HB Contracting Ltd. in Surrey working on the BC pipeline between 1953 and 1954. In the late 1950s, Gordon and Anne purchased a home in Burnaby at 1508 6th Street (now 7591 6th Street) which they lived in until 1984. In 1985, Anne and Gordon sold their house in Burnaby and moved to Hyack House in New Westminster. Anne Davis died in 1989 at the age of 76 years. Gordon's father, Gilbert died in 1957 and his mother Elizabeth Ann Verta died in 1968. Interviewer biography: Mabel F. Nichols (nee Lawrence) was one of six children born in Hope [ca.1932] to Elmer E. Lawrence and Louise (nee Pennier). Elmer and Louise married in Yale B.C. in 1916. Mabel’s mother, Louise Pennier was part of the Sts'ailes Nation (Chehalis First Nation). Elmer and Louise had three sons and three daughters. Both of Mabel’s parents died in Langley in 1960. Mabel married Jack (John) Nichols [between 1959 and 1960]. They lived at 6004 Wilson Street, Burnaby in 1959; 4910 Willingdon Avenue [between 1960 and 1962] and 4662 Hazel Street [between 1963 and 1987] before moving to Surrey. Jack Nichol's parents, George and Alma Nichols owned and operated Nichols Family Meat Market at 4018 Kingsway (later renumbered 4500 Kingsway). The family lived behind the butcher shop.
- Accession Code
- BV005.37.2
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- November 21, 2002 (interview content), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of sound recording
- Recording is closed due to poor sound quality
- See also: Anne Davis' (nee Williams) WWII nursing uniform- BV003.15.10 & BV03.15.11 & BV003.15.12
Interview with John Gordon Davis November 21, 2002 - Tape 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13082
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1940-1989] (interview content), November 21, 2002 (interview date), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (50 min., 53 sec)
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. Mabel is interviewing Gordon as part of a research project to provide background information to the Burnaby Village Museum who are accepting a donation of Gordon's wife Anne's World War I…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (50 min., 53 sec)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Mabel F. Nichols and husband Jack Nichols Interviewee: John Gordon Davis Location of Interview: New Westminster Interview Date: November 21, 2002 Total Number of tracks: 2 (side A & B of audio cassette) Total Length of all Tracks: 50 min., 53 sec.
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. Mabel is interviewing Gordon as part of a research project to provide background information to the Burnaby Village Museum who are accepting a donation of Gordon's wife Anne's World War II nursing uniform. Gordon provides background information on his family history and describes his experiences while serving overseas during World War II (WWII) including his experiences as a radar operator and working at a military air squadron repair depot. Gordon also provides biographical information about his wife Anne Davis (nee Williams) and her experiences serving as a military nurse during WWII and their life in Burnaby. Interviewer, Mabel and Jack Nichols also provide anecdotal stories about their own life in Burnaby during the interview. Track 1 - Side A (30:34) 00:00 - 30:34 Interview opens with discussion between interviewer Mabel F. Nichols and Gordon Davis about his wife, Anne Davis' experience working in the nursing corps. Mr. Davis provides background information about working in mining between 1933 and 1940 before training in Ontario to become a radar operator during World War II. Gordon also describes his parents origins and how they moved to Burnaby in 1940 while Gordon headed off to Nova Scotia to serve with the RCAF. Gordon also shares information about his sister Anne Davis who married George L. Davis from Kirkland Lake and how they lived with Gordon's parents in the auto court in Burnaby. He tells of how George L. Davis worked for Dominion Bridge Co. and later as a meat cutter for Safeway near 6th Avenue and Kingsway in Burnaby. Mabel shares her own husband Jack's experiences growing up in Burnaby as the son of butcher, George Nichols, his career as a deisel mechanic and later in the GVRD Engineering Department. Gordon shares that his father, Gilbert died in 1957 and his mother Elizabeth died in 1968 and his older sister Ruth died in 1990. Gordon recollects his wedding day and honeymoon in North Wales in 1945 with his wife Anne. Track 2 - Side B (29:19) 00:00 - 14:37 Gordon continues with his recollections about his wedding and honeymoon in North Wales in 1945. The interviewers, Mabel and Jack discuss the geography of the area sharing their own experiences travelling in 1981 and try to get an idea of where Gordon and his wife were married. They agree that the place was Llandudno. He tells of signing up for another year of Military Service since his wife was still serving in the nursing corps. and describes working North of London at a Military facility to repair aircraft including mosquito bombers. 14:38 - 21: 53 Gordon shares information about working in the Middle East in 1943 while his wife Anne survived the bombing of the Dutch passenger ship, the Marnix that she was travelling on. Gordon tells of how Anne couldn't swim but had a life jacket on and was picked up by a life boat. Anne corresponded with Gordon to let him know that she was alright but had to be cryptic since all letters were censored. Gordon tells of how Anne then travelled to India. Interviewer, Mabel, speaks of her own brother Bill who was picked up in Gibralter and taken to England. 21:54 - 26:18 Gordon recollects first meeting his wife Anne in London and the bombing that occurred during WWII. He tells of how Anne trained as a midwife at the Royal College of Midwives in Yorkshire and how he attended Radio college in Ontario. 26:19- 29:19 Gordon speaks about his experience travelling east on the Queen Mary in World War II and how full the ship was. He says that they were 30 days at sea from May to June in 1942.
- History
- Interviewee biography: John Gordon Davis was born to Elizabeth Ann Vert (nee Eyres) and Gilbert Davis on September 13, 1913 in North Cobalt, Ontario. Gordon was the second youngest of six children. After graduating from high school he attended Radio College in Toronto. He spent two years prior to World War II working in radio on British ships. In 1940, after retiring, his parents moved to British Columbia. They purchased the Flowerland Auto Court in 1941 at 4212 Douglas Road, Burnaby. During this time, Gordon moved to Ontario and sought employment in radio range stations that were dealing with new technology throughout Europe. He joined the RCAF in 1941. While in London, in May of 1941, he met his future wife Anne Williams. In World War II, Anne served as a nurse in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Army Nursing Corps. In November 1943, Anne survived the bombing of the Dutch passenger ship, SS Marnix while it sailed in a convoy from England to the Mediterranean. Gordon did many tours throughout the Middle East, Turkey, Egypt, Italy, the Battle of the Bulge, Sarnia before he was known as “surplus to requirement”. Since Anne was still in the nursing corps, Gordon signed on for another year and was sent north of London to a Repair Squadron where he worked on operational repairs of Mosquito bombers which were manufactured in Canada. Anne and Gordon continued their correspondence and eventually married in North Wales on January 23, 1945. Gordon was shipped back to Canada in October of 1945 and moved in with his parents at their auto court on Douglas Road in Burnaby. Anne joined Gordon in Burnaby in April 1946 when her mission was completed. Anne packed up her things in a large trunk that she addressed to Gordon’s parents on Douglas Road. Gordon moved around British Columbia in his work for BC Electric and eventually retired with HB Contracting Ltd. in Surrey working on the BC pipeline between 1953 and 1954. In the late 1950s, Gordon and Anne purchased a home in Burnaby at 1508 6th Street (now 7591 6th Street) which they lived in until 1984. In 1985, Anne and Gordon sold their house in Burnaby and moved to Hyack House in New Westminster. Anne Davis died in 1989 at the age of 76 years. Gordon's father, Gilbert died in 1957 and his mother Elizabeth Ann Verta died in 1968. Interviewer biography: Mabel F. Nichols (nee Lawrence) was one of six children born in Hope [ca.1932] to Elmer E. Lawrence and Louise (nee Pennier). Elmer and Louise married in Yale B.C. in 1916. Mabel’s mother, Louise Pennier was part of the Sts'ailes Nation (Chehalis First Nation). Elmer and Louise had three sons and three daughters. Both of Mabel’s parents died in Langley in 1960. Mabel married Jack (John) Nichols [between 1959 and 1960]. They lived at 6004 Wilson Street, Burnaby in 1959; 4910 Willingdon Avenue [between 1960 and 1962] and 4662 Hazel Street [between 1963 and 1987] before moving to Surrey. Jack Nichols' parents, George and Alma Nichols owned and operated Nichols Family Meat Market at 4018 Kingsway (later renumbered 4500 Kingsway). The family lived behind the butcher shop.
- Names
- Davis, John Gordon "Gordon"
- Davis, Anne Williams
- Davis, Gilbert
- Nichols, Mabel F. Lawrence
- Nichols Family Meat Market
- Accession Code
- BV005.37.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1940-1989] (interview content), November 21, 2002 (interview date), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of sound recording
- Recording is closed due to poor sound quality
- See also: Anne Davis' (nee Williams) WWII nursing uniform- BV003.15.10 & BV03.15.11 & BV003.15.12
![Beauty workshop for cancer patients, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2536-1.jpg?width=280)
Beauty workshop for cancer patients
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97004
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs (tiff) : b&w and col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a beauty workshop for cancer patients. Photographs depict the participants learning make-up techniques and trying on wigs. The participants and other attendees are unidentified except by some name tags with first names.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs (tiff) : b&w and col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2536
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a beauty workshop for cancer patients. Photographs depict the participants learning make-up techniques and trying on wigs. The participants and other attendees are unidentified except by some name tags with first names.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on original file name
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![Beauty workshop for cancer patients, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2536-1.jpg)
![Metrotown fashion show, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2219.jpg?width=280)
Metrotown fashion show
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96597
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified models performing a dance during a fashion show at Metrotown. Audience members are visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2219
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified models performing a dance during a fashion show at Metrotown. Audience members are visible in the background.
- Names
- Metrotown
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Models show off some dance moves and prom fashions at a Spring fashion show at Metrotown Centre."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4700 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Metrotown fashion show, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2219.jpg)
![Per Gjerde in a Viking costume, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2426.jpg?width=280)
Per Gjerde in a Viking costume
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96868
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Per Gjerde in a Viking costume as a promotion for the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival to be held at the Scandinavian Community Centre in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2426
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Per Gjerde in a Viking costume as a promotion for the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival to be held at the Scandinavian Community Centre in Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Costumes
- Events - Festivals
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Per Gjerde has his sights set on the Scandanavian Midsummer Festival, to be held at the Scandanavian Community Centre in Burnaby, June 16, 17, 18. The festival commemorates the arrival of the first Vikings in Canada 1000 years ago, and will be hilighted by the raising of the Midsummer Pole, singing and traditional dancing."
Images
![Per Gjerde in a Viking costume, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2426.jpg)
![Stewart School of Irish Dance's annual Feis, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2504.jpg?width=280)
Stewart School of Irish Dance's annual Feis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96949
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sarah Smith and her mother, Deborah, preparing to compete in the Stewart School of Irish Dance's 21st annual Feis at Bonsor Community Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2504
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sarah Smith and her mother, Deborah, preparing to compete in the Stewart School of Irish Dance's 21st annual Feis at Bonsor Community Centre.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Sarah Smith, 12, gets a last-minute trim to her curls from her mother, Deborah, prior to competing at the Stewart School of Irish Dance's 21st annual Feis, at Bonsor Rec Centre. More than 700 dancers, from as far away as California and Winnipeg competed in solo and group dances."
- Geographic Access
- Bonsor Avenue
- Street Address
- 6550 Bonsor Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
Images
![Stewart School of Irish Dance's annual Feis, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2504.jpg)
![Viking ship reenactment at Scandinavian Community Centre, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2499.jpg?width=280)
Viking ship reenactment at Scandinavian Community Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96944
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of unidentified members of the Society of Creative Anachronism dressed as Vikings and reenacting the moving of a Viking sailing ship at the Scandinavian Community Centre, as promotion for the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2499
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of unidentified members of the Society of Creative Anachronism dressed as Vikings and reenacting the moving of a Viking sailing ship at the Scandinavian Community Centre, as promotion for the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Members of the Society of Creative Anachronism, dressed as Vikings, reenact the moving of a Viking sailing ship at the Scandanavian Cultural Centre, to promote the Scandanavian Midsummer Festival on June 23-24. A hilight of the Festival will be the public unveiling of a 40-foot replica of a Gokstad ship, which is nearing completion in a shed behind the Centre."
- Geographic Access
- Thomas Street
- Street Address
- 6540 Thomas Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
![Viking ship reenactment at Scandinavian Community Centre, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2499.jpg)
![Alpha Secondary art exhibition, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2336-1.jpg?width=280)
Alpha Secondary art exhibition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96731
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Alpha Secondary School's annual art exhibition. Photographs depict grade 12 student Tayler Hardy with one of her ceramic sculptures and grade 12 student John DeLuca painting with another of his works visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2336
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Alpha Secondary School's annual art exhibition. Photographs depict grade 12 student Tayler Hardy with one of her ceramic sculptures and grade 12 student John DeLuca painting with another of his works visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Persons - Students
- Arts
- Exhibitions
- Names
- Alpha Secondary School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2336-1: "Tayler Hardy, a Grade 12 student at Alpha Secondary, looks through one of her ceramic sculptures at the schools annual art exhibit."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2336-2: "John DeLuca, a Grade 12 student at Alpha Secondary, adds to his body of work, under the watchful gaze of one of his portraits, at the school's annual art exhibition."
- Geographic Access
- Parker Street
- Street Address
- 4600 Parker Street
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
Images
![Alpha Secondary art exhibition, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2336-1.jpg)
![Artist Bud Sakamoto, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2049.jpg?width=280)
Artist Bud Sakamoto
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96368
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of artist Bud Sakamoto posing next to his painting of a seascape of commercial fishing on the Fraser River, as promotion for the exhibition "Natural Reflections" with Pat Maertz at the Burnaby Arts Council Gallery.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2049
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of artist Bud Sakamoto posing next to his painting of a seascape of commercial fishing on the Fraser River, as promotion for the exhibition "Natural Reflections" with Pat Maertz at the Burnaby Arts Council Gallery.
- Names
- Burnaby Arts Council
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Bud Sakamoto's stormy seascapes of commercial fishing on the Fraser River are part of Natural Reflections, a joint show with Pat Maertz, at the Burnaby Arts Council Gallery in Deer Lake Park. Sakamoto's paintings capture the vivid memories of his own family's life on the river. The show runs until March 30."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6344 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Artist Bud Sakamoto, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2049.jpg)
![Artist Jessie Craig, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2148.jpg?width=280)
Artist Jessie Craig
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96524
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jessie Craig, artist and member of the Burnaby Artists Guild, displaying some of her paintings in her studio.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2148
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jessie Craig, artist and member of the Burnaby Artists Guild, displaying some of her paintings in her studio.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Artists
- Exhibitions
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Jessie Craig, who's been painting for more than 30 years, is one of the featured artists at the Burnaby Artists Guild's annual show and sale at the Shadbolt."
Images
![Artist Jessie Craig, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2148.jpg)