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Dr. Kenneth Strand

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1970, published May 30, 1970

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 18.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dr. Kenneth Strand, president of Simon Fraser University, speaking into a microphone at the opening of the new Burquitlam elementary school in Coquitlam. Visible sitting in chairs behind him are; school principal C.J. Webb, chairman of Coquitlam school board W.M. Johnstone, Rev. H.J.H…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1970, published May 30, 1970

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 18.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-804

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dr. Kenneth Strand, president of Simon Fraser University, speaking into a microphone at the opening of the new Burquitlam elementary school in Coquitlam. Visible sitting in chairs behind him are; school principal C.J. Webb, chairman of Coquitlam school board W.M. Johnstone, Rev. H.J.H. Oldfield, and architect R.B. Howard.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers; Occupations - Clergy; Officials - Elected Officials; Events - Openings

Names: Strand, Dr Kenneth; Webb, C.J.; Johnstone, WM; Oldfield, Rev. H.J.H.; Howard, RB

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Symonds, John

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Burnaby Blues Festival

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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 the bassist for the band Twisters on stage during a performance as part of the Burnaby Blues Festival.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1721

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the bassist for the band Twisters on stage during a performance as part of the Burnaby Blues Festival.

Subjects: Events - Festivals; Occupations - Musicians; Organizations - Bands

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Flanagan, Colleen

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a July 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "The bass player for the Twisters belts it out on stage during the Burnaby Blues Festival at Deer Lake Saturday afternoon."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Park; Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Burnaby Blues Festival, [2003] thumbnail

Interview with Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1949-2023 (interview content), interviewed 29 May 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (68 min., 6 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (68 min., 7 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, James Binks. 00:00:00 - 00:13:30 Interview opens with introductions. Samuel (Sam) and Angela Nalliah provide biographical details including their p…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (68 min., 6 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (68 min., 7 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: James Binks Interviewees: Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah Location of Interview: Nalliah family home Interview Date: May 29, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 68 min., 6 sec. Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby Photograph information: Ruth (Angela) Nalliah with husband Samuel Nalliah WARNING: Some of the content discussed in this interview (00:40:58 – 00:57:31) regarding the Tamil genocide may be upsetting to some people.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, James Binks. 00:00:00 - 00:13:30 Interview opens with introductions. Samuel (Sam) and Angela Nalliah provide biographical details including their parentage, place of birth (Sri Lanka), spoken language and education. Sam Nalliah shares details on his education while living in Sri Lanka, his later education in Wales where he obtained a Master’s Degree in Computer Science and his migration to Halifax in 1978 after obtaining a job at Dalhousie University as a systems analyst. Sam conveys how he decided to relocate from Halifax to Vancouver in 1986 and started his employment with BC Tel. Angela Nalliah shares details on her education and employment after immigrating to Canada from Sri Lanka in 1986. Angela conveys how she first lived in Ottawa, moved to Toronto in 1989 where she began working for TD bank and moved to Vancouver in 1999. 00:13:31 – 00:20:03 Sam Nalliah talks about how he and his wife Angela first met and married in 1999 and moved to Vancouver. Sam shares information on where his other family members immigrated to and why he decided to immigrate to Canada. Angela shares information on other members of her family who immigrated to Canada before her and how her uncle sponsored them all to come. 00:20:04 – 00:29:30 Sam provides further details regarding his family make up including; his first wife, his daughters (born in 1983 and 1985), his step daughter (born in 1991) and his youngest daughter (born in 2000). Sam tells how he worked as a Systems and Operations Manager at Shaughnessy Hospital and later at BC Hydro. Sam provides locations of homes that they lived in Burnaby and Vancouver. Sam and Angela describe what they liked about living in Burnaby, where their daughter attended school and where they did their shopping. 00:29:31 – 00:32:11 Angela talks about working for Prospera Credit Union from 2003 after TD bank downsized. Sam describes how they rented out their house in Vancouver and lived in a rental home in Burnaby that was owned by the City of Burnaby. Sam and Angela recollect the time period that they lived in Burnaby and Vancouver before deciding to move to Surrey in 2015. 00:32:12 – 00:35:59 Sam and Angela provide details regarding their daughter’s post-secondary education and careers. Angela talks about her social activities, volunteer work and involvement with the Thamil Cultural Society of British Columbia, the Women’s Network as well as the Westminster Bible Chapel Church in Burnaby and the Green Timbers Evangelical Covenant Church in Surrey. 00:36:00 – 00:40:57 Sam recalls hearing Prime Minster Pierre Elliott Trudeau speak about the Charter of Rights and Freedoms at Dalhousie University and the effect that his speech made on him. Sam talks about joining the National Democratic Party when Peter Julian was elected as a Member of Parliament for Burnaby. 00:40:58 – 00:57:31 (WARNING: Some of the content discussed in this portion of the interview may be upsetting to some people) Sam and Angela speak about their involvement with the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC). Angela describes the brutal violence that she witnessed while living in Sri Lanka during the Anti-Tamil state sponsored genocide in the 1980’s. Sam and Angela recollect and discuss their views and actions pertaining to the MV Sun Sea incident where a Thai cargo ship carrying Sri Lankan Tamil refugees to British Columbia were identified as terrorists by the Canadian Government and held in detention facilities. 00:57:32 – 01:08:07 Sam reflects on what he likes about Burnaby. Angela and Sam talk about Hindu temples attended by many Tamil and Sri Lankan people living in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Angela talks about the many cultural events and celebrations that are celebrated within the Tamil and Sri Lankan community including the Pongal Festival. Angela and Sam reflect on how grateful they are to be residents of Canada.

History: Interviewees biographies: Samuel (Sam) Nalliah was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1949. Sam immigrated to Halifax in 1977 after obtaining a position as a systems analyst at Dalhousie University. In 1986, Sam sponsored his parents to come to Canada. In 1986, after being introduced to the milder weather in Victoria, Sam decided to move to British Columbia. He moved to Burnaby in 1990 and began working for BC Tel in Burnaby. Following his job at BC Tel, Sam worked as a Systems and Operations Manager at Shaughnessy Hospital and later at BC Hydro. Ruth (Angela) Nalliah was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1964 and immigrated to Canada in 1986. As a Tamil living in Sri Lanka in the 1980’s Angela witnessed first hand the brutal violence during the Anti-Tamil state sponsored genocide. In 1986 Angela was relieved to be able to immigrate to Canada after being sponsored by her uncle. Angela first lived and worked in Ottawa and Toronto before marrying Samuel Nalliah in Ottawa in 1999 and the couple moved to Burnaby. Angela worked for TD bank in both Toronto and Vancouver until it downsized in 2003 and she began working for Prospero Credit Union. While living in Burnaby, Angela attended the Westminster Bible Chapel and after moving to Surrey she became a member of the Green Timbers Evangelical Covenant Church. Sam and Angela Nalliah have four daughters and since moving to British Columbia they’ve lived in Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey. Both Sam and Angela are involved with the Tamil Cultural Association of British Columbia and the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) as well as participates in Sri Lankan and Tamil community cultural events. Interviewer biography: James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Education; Events - Festivals; Government; Government - Federal Government; Migration; Occupations; Organizations - Political Parties; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Religions; Religions - Christianity; Religions - Hinduism; Rights; Rights - Human Rights; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Social Issues - Discrimination

Names: Nalliah, Ruth "Angela"; Nalliah, Samuel "Sam"; Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC); Westminster Bible Chapel; Thamil Cultural Society of British Columbia (TCSBC)

Responsibility: Binks, James

Accession Code: BV023.16.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1949-2023 (interview content), interviewed 29 May 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available upon request - contact Burnaby Village Museum

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Interview with Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah, 1949-2023 (interview content), interviewed 29 May 2023

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Ray Piper at Vancouver Jazz Festival

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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 Ray Piper, of the Ray Piper Trio, playing an acoustic guitar during a performance at the Metrotown Eaton Centre's outdoor stage for the Vancouver Jazz Festival.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2529

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ray Piper, of the Ray Piper Trio, playing an acoustic guitar during a performance at the Metrotown Eaton Centre's outdoor stage for the Vancouver Jazz Festival.

Subjects: Events - Festivals; Occupations - Musicians

Names: Metrotown

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Ray Piper of the Ray Piper Trio grooves at the opening performance at the Eaton Centre's outdoor stage for the Vancouver Jazz Festival. The free noon-hour concerts run everyday through Friday."

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4700 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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1958 Centennial Committee

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide (Munshaw) ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of forty-one Burnaby Centennial Committee members at the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain. John Shaw, Municipal Clerk, can be seen in the second row from the front, 6th from the left and Reverend Faulkner is seated in the front row, second from the left. The rest are unide…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Series: Civil Service series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide (Munshaw) ; 7 x 7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 485-065

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2005-15; 2006-01; 2007-18

Scope and Content: Photograph of forty-one Burnaby Centennial Committee members at the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain. John Shaw, Municipal Clerk, can be seen in the second row from the front, 6th from the left and Reverend Faulkner is seated in the front row, second from the left. The rest are unidentified.

Subjects: Occupations - City Clerks; Occupations - Clergy

Names: Shaw, John Horace "Jack"; Faulker, Rev.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on vero reads: "1958 Centennial Cmte. Burnaby Mtn"

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area; Centennial Way

Street Address: 100 Centennial Way

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Grace Woodward Zala

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Grace Woodward Zala, R.N. She was a Burnaby nursing sister in W.W.I., wife of Victor Zala (married on August 21, 1914 in Victoria); the daughter of Herbert Woodward (Sea Captain) and Julia Ann Woodward; and sister of Maude, Harriet and Beatrice Woodward. Grace was born in England in…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 300-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-41

Scope and Content: Photograph of Grace Woodward Zala, R.N. She was a Burnaby nursing sister in W.W.I., wife of Victor Zala (married on August 21, 1914 in Victoria); the daughter of Herbert Woodward (Sea Captain) and Julia Ann Woodward; and sister of Maude, Harriet and Beatrice Woodward. Grace was born in England in 1871. She and her family came to Canada from Liverpool on the Parisian in 1888. Grace died on Galiano in 1959. She had no children. Grace went overseas in WWI to work with the British Red Cross Society and the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.

Subjects: Occupations - Nurses; Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Occupations - Clergy; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Zala, Grace Woodward

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Holy Cross Primary School classroom

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1967

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of nineteen students inside their grade 5 classroom at Holy Cross Primary school, and their teacher, in a habit. The students are each seated at their desks with the girls on one side of the room and the boys on the other.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1967

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 483-051

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2008-08

Scope and Content: Photograph of nineteen students inside their grade 5 classroom at Holy Cross Primary school, and their teacher, in a habit. The students are each seated at their desks with the girls on one side of the room and the boys on the other.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools; Occupations - Teachers; Occupations - Clergy

Names: Holy Cross Primary School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Johnston, Harold H.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Delta Avenue

Street Address: 1450 Delta Avenue

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

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Holy Cross Primary School classroom

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1967

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of nineteen students inside their grade 5 classroom at Holy Cross Primary school, and their teacher, in a habit. The girls are seated at their desks on one side of the room and the boys are standing at the back of the class.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1967

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 483-052

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2008-08

Scope and Content: Photograph of nineteen students inside their grade 5 classroom at Holy Cross Primary school, and their teacher, in a habit. The girls are seated at their desks on one side of the room and the boys are standing at the back of the class.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools; Occupations - Teachers; Occupations - Clergy

Names: Holy Cross Primary School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Johnston, Harold H.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Delta Avenue

Street Address: 1450 Delta Avenue

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

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Holy Cross Primary School classroom

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1967

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of nineteen students inside their grade 5 classroom at Holy Cross Primary school, and their teacher, in a habit. The students are each seated at their desks with the girls on one side of the room and the boys on the other.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1967

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 483-053

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2008-08

Scope and Content: Photograph of nineteen students inside their grade 5 classroom at Holy Cross Primary school, and their teacher, in a habit. The students are each seated at their desks with the girls on one side of the room and the boys on the other.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools; Occupations - Teachers; Occupations - Clergy

Names: Holy Cross Primary School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Johnston, Harold H.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Delta Avenue

Street Address: 1450 Delta Avenue

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

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Holy Cross Primary School classroom

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1967

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of nineteen students inside their grade 7 classroom at Holy Cross Primary school, seated at their desks with their hands raised, smiling at their teacher, who is facing away from the camera, and dressed in a habit.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1967

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 483-054

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2008-08

Scope and Content: Photograph of nineteen students inside their grade 7 classroom at Holy Cross Primary school, seated at their desks with their hands raised, smiling at their teacher, who is facing away from the camera, and dressed in a habit.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools; Occupations - Teachers; Occupations - Clergy

Names: Holy Cross Primary School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Johnston, Harold H.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Delta Avenue

Street Address: 1450 Delta Avenue

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

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Lantern festival

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of a lantern festival or parade. Photographs depict lit lanterns against the sky and performers throwing fire underneath lights.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2527

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of a lantern festival or parade. Photographs depict lit lanterns against the sky and performers throwing fire underneath lights.

Subjects: Events; Events - Festivals; Events - Parades

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Burnaby Rhododendron Festival stage

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1971

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee vice chair, Rose Bancroft with microphone and former Miss Burnaby 1969 Carolyne Lewis former Miss Burnaby 1970 Melodie Spring, acting-mayor Hugh G. Ladner and Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee chair James Barrington on stage during the Burnaby Rhododend…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee vice chair, Rose Bancroft with microphone and former Miss Burnaby 1969 Carolyne Lewis former Miss Burnaby 1970 Melodie Spring, acting-mayor Hugh G. Ladner and Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee chair James Barrington on stage during the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival.

Subjects: Events - Festivals; Events - Pageants; Celebrations - Centennials

Names: Bancroft, Rose; Ladner, Hugh G.; Lewis, Carolyne; Spring, Melodie

Accession Code: BV005.54.140

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1971

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: July 20, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Burnaby Rhododendron Festival stage

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1971

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of acting-mayor Hugh G. Ladner, former Miss Burnaby 1969, Carolyne Lewis and former Miss Burnaby 1970 Melodie Spring on stage during the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of acting-mayor Hugh G. Ladner, former Miss Burnaby 1969, Carolyne Lewis and former Miss Burnaby 1970 Melodie Spring on stage during the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival.

Subjects: Events - Festivals; Events - Pageants; Celebrations - Centennials

Names: Ladner, Hugh G.; Bancroft, Rose; Lewis, Carolyne; Spring, Melodie

Accession Code: BV005.54.141

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1971

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: July 20, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Burnaby Rhododendron Festival stage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13188

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1971

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington, vice chair, Rose Bancroft, former Miss Burnaby 1969 Carolyne Lewis and fomer Miss Burnaby 1970 Melodie Spring on stage during the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington, vice chair, Rose Bancroft, former Miss Burnaby 1969 Carolyne Lewis and fomer Miss Burnaby 1970 Melodie Spring on stage during the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival.

Subjects: Events - Festivals; Events - Pageants; Celebrations - Centennials

Names: Bancroft, Rose; Barrington, James Alfred "Jim"; Lewis, Carolyne; Spring, Melodie

Accession Code: BV005.54.142

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1971

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: July 20, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Discovery Days

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 12 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs from festivities at Burnaby's Discovery Days festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs show festival attendees participating in a giant inflatable maze and an obstacle course, watching live entertainment, and other arts and crafts activities. Photographs also show entertainm…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 12 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-1616

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs from festivities at Burnaby's Discovery Days festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs show festival attendees participating in a giant inflatable maze and an obstacle course, watching live entertainment, and other arts and crafts activities. Photographs also show entertainment including Japanese Taiko drummers, a pottery demonstration, and square dancers. One photograph also shows a group of young people taking part in the Night of 2000 Lights parade despite the rain.

Subjects: Events - Festivals; Events - Parades

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-1616-1: "Intermittent showers didn't discourage the crowds from enjoying the live entertainment on stage."; 535-1616-2: "The Japanese Taiko drummers are a rousing opening act on the entertainment stage."; 535-1616-3: "Gayle Gibson keeps her eyes on the beanbags as she tries to learn how to juggle."; 535-1616-4: "Drake, the three year-old iguana, takes in the Discovery Day festivities from the shoulder of her owner, Amanda Fenrick."; 535-1616-5: "The hat making workshops just weren't for the kids."; 535-1616-6: "Olivia Jean Dixon, 7, prepares her painting board in the Chevron activity tent."; 535-1616-7: "Jeff Reich, a visiting artist from one of Burnaby's sister cities, Mesa, Arizona, demonstrates his technique on the potter's wheel."; 535-1616-9: "The Wesburn Wranglers show off their square dancing moves."; 535-1616-10: "Local boy scouts set up a Survivor-like obstacle course."; 535-1616-11: "Even the heavy showers couldn't extinguish the enthusiasm of the torch and lantern parade at the Night of 2000 Lights."; 535-1616-12: "A giant inflatable maze provides all kinds of mysteries and surprises."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Discovery Days

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 6 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs from the Burnaby Discovery Days festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict people at events during the festival, including: in the rain at a car show; a dance performance; and children and adult attendees enjoying activities at the event, including painting, giant bubb…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 6 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-3199

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs from the Burnaby Discovery Days festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict people at events during the festival, including: in the rain at a car show; a dance performance; and children and adult attendees enjoying activities at the event, including painting, giant bubbles, and visiting with a snake.

Subjects: Events; Events - Festivals; Performances; Persons - Children

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on original file name; Collected by editorial for use in a July 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Discovery Days

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98382

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 8 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the annual Discovery Days festival in Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict children and adults enjoying the many events (including giant bubbles, a bike rodeo, flying a kite, painting, pottery) and performers, including a juggler.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 8 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-3392

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the annual Discovery Days festival in Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict children and adults enjoying the many events (including giant bubbles, a bike rodeo, flying a kite, painting, pottery) and performers, including a juggler.

Subjects: Events; Events - Festivals; Performances; Persons - Children; Persons - Crowds

Names: South Burnaby Garden Club

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an August 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-3392-1: "Young cyclists learn road safety under the watchful eye of instructor Martin Prestage, at the bike rodeo."; Caption from metadata for 535-3392-2: "Luiu Wang, 11, appears about to be swallowed by a giant soap bubble."; Caption from metadata for 535-3392-3: "Aaron Ko, 11, gets instruction on the pottery wheel from Barbara Toohey."; Caption from metadata for 535-3392-4: "Pete Greenaway, the president of the South Burnaby Garden Club, admires the dahlias he grew at the allotment gardens."; Caption from metadata for 535-3392-5: "A juggler keeps his eyes on the flaming torches, one of the roving enterainment acts at Burnaby's Discovery Days."; Caption from metadata for 535-3392-6: "David Leung takes a kite he built out for a test flight."; Caption from metadata for 535-3392-7: "All the activity at Burnaby's Discovery Day gets to be too much for one participant, who finds a shady spot to grab a nap."; Caption from metadata for 535-3392-8: "Sylvan Hamburger, 7, gets ready to add to the artistic creations at the Painting Pandemonium tent."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Discovery Days

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97066

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of attendees and performers at the annual Discovery Days Festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict: Amanda Fenrick with her iguana; Michele Christen performing as a butterfly; Mary-anne Meyer outlining her son, Nicholas Larson, with chalk on a sidewalk; and Kaj Mogens…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2594

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of attendees and performers at the annual Discovery Days Festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict: Amanda Fenrick with her iguana; Michele Christen performing as a butterfly; Mary-anne Meyer outlining her son, Nicholas Larson, with chalk on a sidewalk; and Kaj Mogensen, of the Burnaby Association of Marine Modellers, with a model of the training ship Copenhagen.

Subjects: Events - Festivals; Events

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a July 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2594-1: "Amanda Fenrick has a close encounter with her pet common green iguana, Bubbles, at Burnaby's annual Discovery Days Festival, at Deer Lake Park on Sunday."; Caption from metadata for 535-2594-2: "Michele Christen gets a butterfly's view of Burnaby's annual Discovery Days Festival, at Deer Lake Park on Sunday."; Caption from metadata for 535-2594-3: "Mary-anne Meyer chalks the outline of her son, Nicholas Larson, 2, at Burnaby's annual Discovery Days Festival, at Deer Lake Park."; Caption from metadata for 535-2594-4: "Kaj Mogensen, of the Burnaby Association of Marine Modellers, adjusts the rigging on his 1:100 scale model of the Copenhagen, a training ship built in 1922, and lost at sea in the South Pacific in 1928. The model was on display at Burnaby's annual Discovery Days Festival, at Deer Lake Park."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Park; Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Gravity Grand Prix

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96976

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 Matthew Joyner wearing a helmet and gripping the wheel of his soapbox car at the annual Gravity Grand Prix at Deer Lake Park.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2530

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Matthew Joyner wearing a helmet and gripping the wheel of his soapbox car at the annual Gravity Grand Prix at Deer Lake Park.

Subjects: Events; Events - Festivals; Persons - Children

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Matthew Joyner has a look of grim determination as he prepares to start at the annual Gravity Grand Prix at Deer Lake."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Midsummer Festival at the Scandinavian Community Centre

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97029

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 several unidentified people in traditional Scandinavian dress raising a garlanded Midsummer pole during the annual Midsummer Festival at the Scandinavian Community Centre. A crowd watches the raising of the pole in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2561

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of several unidentified people in traditional Scandinavian dress raising a garlanded Midsummer pole during the annual Midsummer Festival at the Scandinavian Community Centre. A crowd watches the raising of the pole in the background.

Subjects: Events; Events - Festivals

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 Lower Mainland's Scandanavian community celebrate the summer soltice by raising a garlanded "midsummer pole," at the annual Midsummer Festival at the Scandanavian Community Centre. The Festival also featured the public unveiling of a 40 foot replica of a Viking Gokstad ship, which has been under construction at the Centre for the past year."

Geographic Access: Thomas Street

Street Address: 6540 Thomas Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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