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Construction of the Westminster Rollerway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print + 6 p.

Scope and Content: Photograph of the construction of the Westminster Rollerway at 660 Edmonds Street (renumbered 7850 Edmonds Street). A "Commercial Truck Co. Ltd." construction crane is in the foreground.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Joe Russel subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print + 6 p.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 320-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1995-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of the construction of the Westminster Rollerway at 660 Edmonds Street (renumbered 7850 Edmonds Street). A "Commercial Truck Co. Ltd." construction crane is in the foreground.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Labourers

Names: Westminster Rollerway

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Construction of the Westminster Rollerway, 1949 thumbnail

Chinese Passport of Larry Lee

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1949 (date of original), copied 2017

Collection/Fonds: Larry Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Chinese Passport of Larry Lee. Yellow paper with Chinese characters throughout. Stamped with approval by the Special Commissioner/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Canada Immigrant Visa, Vancouver.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Larry Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Chinese Passport of Larry Lee. Yellow paper with Chinese characters throughout. Stamped with approval by the Special Commissioner/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Canada Immigrant Visa, Vancouver.

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Lee, Larry

Accession Code: BV017.37.7

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1949 (date of original), copied 2017

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 12/3/2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Chinese Passport of Larry Lee, 1949 (date of original), copied 2017 thumbnail

Douglas Road school class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1949]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade five class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as N. Holob (top row far left). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade five class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as N. Holob (top row far left). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Douglas Road School

Accession Code: BV016.46.160

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Photographer: Layton

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Item is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "LAYTON PORTRAIT / 2311 YEW ST. VANCOUVER, B.C."; Handwritten note in green on verso of photograph reads: "DRS / 1949"

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Douglas Road school class, [1949] 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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Audio Tracks

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

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Members of Love and Kennedy family with baby Bob

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1949]

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Margaret Love, Robert Leonard Love, Jenny Love, John Leonard Love and grandmother Catherine Elisabeth Kennedy who is holding her great grandchild Robert Matthew "Bob" Love (son of Margaret and Robert). The group are gathered together in the yard of John Leonard Love a…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Margaret Love, Robert Leonard Love, Jenny Love, John Leonard Love and grandmother Catherine Elisabeth Kennedy who is holding her great grandchild Robert Matthew "Bob" Love (son of Margaret and Robert). The group are gathered together in the yard of John Leonard Love and Jenny Love's home located at 3205 George Street (after 1958 address became 6112 Sussex Avenue) on the occasion of baby Bob's christening. A grape vine is visible growing along a wall behind them.

Subjects: Persons - Families; Persons - Children

Names: Love, Jenny Kennedy; Love, John Leonard; Love, Robert Leonard "Bob"; Love, Margaret Iona Giles; Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"; Kennedy, Catherine Elisabeth Plummer

Street Address: 6112 Sussex Avenue

Accession Code: BV023.24.26

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Mom-Dad-Grandma-Grandpa / Great Grandma Kennedy / Rob"

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Members of Love and Kennedy family with baby Bob, [1949] thumbnail

Robert and Margaret Love with infant son Robert Mathew "Bob"

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Leonard Love and Margaret Love with their infant son Robert Mathew "Bob" in the yard of the home of Robert Leonard Love's parents John Leonard Love and Jenny Love on George Street in Burnaby. Robert Leonard Love is holding his infant son Bob while Margaret looks on.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Leonard Love and Margaret Love with their infant son Robert Mathew "Bob" in the yard of the home of Robert Leonard Love's parents John Leonard Love and Jenny Love on George Street in Burnaby. Robert Leonard Love is holding his infant son Bob while Margaret looks on.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Persons - Families

Names: Love, Robert Leonard "Bob"; Love, Margaret Iona Giles; Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"

Accession Code: BV023.24.27

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1949

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Bob - Margaret / Rob / Burnaby House / of / Leonard / Jenny"

Images

Robert and Margaret Love with infant son Robert Mathew thumbnail

Robert Mathew "Bob" Love

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of baby Robert Mathew "Bob" Love with his mother Margaret Love. Baby Bob is dressed in a christening gown holding hands and seated on his mother's lap inside the home of his grandparents John Leonard and Jenny Love.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of baby Robert Mathew "Bob" Love with his mother Margaret Love. Baby Bob is dressed in a christening gown holding hands and seated on his mother's lap inside the home of his grandparents John Leonard and Jenny Love.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"; Love, Margaret Iona Giles

Accession Code: BV023.24.28

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1949

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Bob Love / @ / Grandma's 1949"

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Grandmother Catherine Kennedy with grandson Bob Love

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Sep. 1949

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of grandmother Catherine Kennedy holding her infant grandson Robert Mathew "Bob" Love on the occasion of his christening. Catherine Kennedy is seated on a chair in the yard at the home of John Leonard and Jenny Love located at 3205 George Street, Burnaby. Baby Bob is wearing a christenin…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Material Details: surface layer of photographic print is torn away obscurring face of baby

Scope and Content: Photograph of grandmother Catherine Kennedy holding her infant grandson Robert Mathew "Bob" Love on the occasion of his christening. Catherine Kennedy is seated on a chair in the yard at the home of John Leonard and Jenny Love located at 3205 George Street, Burnaby. Baby Bob is wearing a christening gown. A grape vine is visible behind.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"; Kennedy, Catherine Elisabeth Plummer

Accession Code: BV023.24.29

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Sep. 1949

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Sept 4/49Grandma Kennedy / at Robbie's / Christening"

Images

Grandmother Catherine Kennedy with grandson Bob Love, Sep. 1949 thumbnail

Baby Bob Love with Ruth and Fred Boruck and grandmother Kennedy

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1949]

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine "Ruth" and Fred Boruck (Aunt and Uncle to Bob Love) and Catherine Kennedy with infant, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love. Ruth and Fred Boruck are lying on a blanket with baby Bob and grandmother Kennedy is seated in a chair beneath a tree. The group has gathered together on the occa…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine "Ruth" and Fred Boruck (Aunt and Uncle to Bob Love) and Catherine Kennedy with infant, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love. Ruth and Fred Boruck are lying on a blanket with baby Bob and grandmother Kennedy is seated in a chair beneath a tree. The group has gathered together on the occasion of Bob's christening at the home of John Leonard and Jenny Love at 5205 George Street in 1949.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Persons - Families

Names: Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"; Boruck, Catherine "Ruth" Love; Boruck, Frederick; Kennedy, Catherine Elisabeth Plummer

Accession Code: BV023.24.30

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "(Love) (Boruck) / Ruth Fred, Bob / Grandma Kennedy"

Images

Baby Bob Love with Ruth and Fred Boruck and grandmother Kennedy

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1949]

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine "Ruth" and Fred Boruck (Aunt and Uncle to Bob Love) and Catherine Kennedy with infant, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love. Ruth and Fred Boruck are on a blanket with baby Bob and grandmother Kennedy is seated in a chair beneath a tree. The group has gathered together on the occasion o…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine "Ruth" and Fred Boruck (Aunt and Uncle to Bob Love) and Catherine Kennedy with infant, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love. Ruth and Fred Boruck are on a blanket with baby Bob and grandmother Kennedy is seated in a chair beneath a tree. The group has gathered together on the occasion of Bob's christening at the home of John Leonard and Jenny Love at 5205 George Street in 1949.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Persons - Families

Names: Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"; Boruck, Catherine "Ruth" Love; Boruck, Frederick; Kennedy, Catherine Elisabeth Plummer

Accession Code: BV023.24.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Bob's Christening / R & F with Bob / Grandma Kennedy"

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Ruth Boruck with Margaret Love and infant son Bob Love

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1949]

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margaret Love holding infant son, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love and standing with her sister in-law Catherine "Ruth" Boruck (nee Love) in front of a house.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margaret Love holding infant son, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love and standing with her sister in-law Catherine "Ruth" Boruck (nee Love) in front of a house.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Persons - Families

Names: Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"; Boruck, Catherine "Ruth" Love; Love, Margaret Iona Giles

Accession Code: BV023.24.32

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Margaret Love / Ruth Love (Boruck) / Bob"

Images

Ruth Boruck with Margaret Love and infant son Bob Love, [1949] thumbnail

Paul Digney and family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1948 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 21 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent colour film segment identified as Reel 13. Film provides footage of Paul Digney as a young child as he interacts with family members and pet dogs at the Digney family home on Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby. The film contains views of the Digney family home, yard and neighborhoo…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1948 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 21 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent colour film segment identified as Reel 13. Film provides footage of Paul Digney as a young child as he interacts with family members and pet dogs at the Digney family home on Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby. The film contains views of the Digney family home, yard and neighborhood in summer and winter time. Some of the footage shows some wear.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Natural Phenomena - Snow; Persons - Children

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney, Paul; Digney, Alice

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Video

Paul Digney and family, [between 1948 and 1949]

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Hugh Pontifex

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1948 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Hugh Pontifex with a camera in his hand, standing on Sperling Avenue near Sprott Street. The photograph was taken looking north.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1948 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-503

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Hugh Pontifex with a camera in his hand, standing on Sperling Avenue near Sprott Street. The photograph was taken looking north.

Subjects: Photographic Tools and Equipment - Cameras

Names: Pontifex, Hugh

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Sperling Avenue; Sprott Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Hugh Pontifex, January 1948 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Canoe floating on flooded farm

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 1000 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) and Puy Yuen Chan in a canoe on the flooded family farm; background contains trees and a building.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Series: Lee family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 1000 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) and Puy Yuen Chan in a canoe on the flooded family farm; background contains trees and a building.

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Jung, Suey Ying "Laura"; Chan, Puy Yuen

Accession Code: BV017.24.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 1000

Scan Date: 01-Oct-2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Canoe floating on flooded farm, [1948] thumbnail

Flooded Chan family farm

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 1000 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) and Puy Yuen Chan in a canoe on the flooded family farm; background contains trees and two buildings; foreground contains a hedge.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Series: Lee family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 1000 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) and Puy Yuen Chan in a canoe on the flooded family farm; background contains trees and two buildings; foreground contains a hedge.

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Natural Phenomena - Floods; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Jung, Suey Ying "Laura"; Chan, Puy Yuen

Accession Code: BV017.24.23

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 1000

Scan Date: 01-Oct-2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Flooded Chan family farm, [1948] thumbnail

Douglas Road school class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade four class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as M.A. Wells (standing in top row). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade four class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as M.A. Wells (standing in top row). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Douglas Road School

Accession Code: BV016.46.161

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Photographer: Layton

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Item is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "LAYTON PORTRAIT / 2311 YEW ST. VANCOUVER, B.C."

Images

Douglas Road school class, [1948] thumbnail

Lorayne Philips and Cory Philips

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1948 and 1950]

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) sisters Lorayne Philips and Cory Philips standing on a street in New Westminster. The young sisters are dressed in coats and hats and each has a small cross body handbag.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) sisters Lorayne Philips and Cory Philips standing on a street in New Westminster. The young sisters are dressed in coats and hats and each has a small cross body handbag.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Philips, Lorayne; Philips, Cory

Accession Code: BV022.11.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1948 and 1950]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "L to R: / Lorayne & Cory" / "#69" /"690690"

Images

Lorayne Philips and Cory Philips, [between 1948 and 1950] thumbnail

Interview with David Skulski

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19606

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, at…

1 document 1 audio

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) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: David Skulski Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 6 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 80 min., 38 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

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, attending school in New Westminster and Burnaby and Hebrew school in Vancouver. David recalls his early experiences in music, instruments that he played and describes some of his Jewish family traditions. 00:22:23 – 00:49:57 David talks about his experiences studying music at university and following his passion as a musician and oboist. He recalls his experiences of working with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Orchestra, Vancouver Society for Early Music, the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra, other musical ensembles and venues where he’s performed. 00:49:58 – 01:00:00 David talks about living in Burnaby in the Deer Lake neighbourhood. David describes some his experiences playing traditional music from different countries. 01:01:01 – 01:14:15 David comments on the changes that he’s seen in Burnaby over the years, some of his favourite places, activities, cultural amenities and development on the Fraser River. David talks about the Jewish community in Burnaby, his involvement with the Peretz Centre and examples of Jewish cuisine. 01:14:16 – 01:20:38 David talks about Yiddish being his first language, his language studies in Lithuania, the roots of the language and provides some examples of speaking Yiddish.

History: Interviewee biography: Murray "David" Skulski was born in 1942 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and moved to British Columbia with his parents in 1948. Skulski and his family settled in New Westminster before moving to Burnaby in the late 1950's. Skulski took piano lessons at an early age and began playing obo while attending junior high school in New Westminster. In 1960 at the age of 17 years, Skulski began performing with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as solo English horn and is the youngest player to ever be employed with the VSO. In 1991, Skulski started playing with the Vancouver Folk Orchestra and was the conductor between 1997 and 2004. Skulski has been the principal oboe player in many orchestras. In 1968, Skulski founded the Hortulani Musicae; in 1970, he founded the Vancouver Society for Early Music and in 1983 he founded Harmonie, an ensemble concentrating in classical wind music. In 2003, Skulski became president of the Pertez Centre for Secular Jewish Culture. In 2005, Skulski became principal oboist of the Philharmonic Orchestra and the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra and between 2009 and 2019 he was the principal oboist for the Pilgrim Orchestra under Pilwon Suk. David has served as president of the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture and since 2022, he’s served on the board of the Vancouver Chamber Music Society. Skulski has taught summer courses in Renaissance music in Austria (1972-1979), has been a music resident at Simon Fraser University (1973-1976), has lectured on the history of musical instruments at SFU and UBC and in 2008 began teaching at the Pacific Coast School of Music, Richmond School of Music and Oakridge Music Studios. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Education; Foods; Music; Musical Instruments; Occupations - Musicians; Performances - Concerts; Persons - Jewish Canadians; Religions - Judaism

Names: Burnaby Symphony Orchestra; Burnaby South High School; Burquest; Skulski, Murray "David"; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Vancouver Society for Early Music; Peretz Centre

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park

Accession Code: BV023.16.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

Documents

2023_0016_0010_004

Audio Tracks

Interview with David Skulski, [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/Hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0010_003.mp3

Interview with Lizette Pappas

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 7 Nov. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 3 sound recordings (wav) (137 min., 12 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (137 min., 12 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Lizette Pappas conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 7, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:41:04 Lizette provides details on her family background in Greece, recalls her early childhood in Naxos, her families’ migrati…

1 document 1 audio

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: 3 sound recordings (wav) (137 min., 12 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (137 min., 12 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: James Binks Interviewees: Lizette Pappas Location of Interview: Fraser Wilson Room, Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: November 7, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 3 Total Length of all Tracks: 02:17:12 Digital master recordings (wav) were converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Lizette Pappas conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 7, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:41:04 Lizette provides details on her family background in Greece, recalls her early childhood in Naxos, her families’ migration to Canada and their experiences as new immigrants living in Penticton. Lizette shares information about her husband including his Greek origins, his migration story, and how they met as well as information about their careers and raising their family in Burnaby. 41:05 – 01:10:52 Lizette talks about living in Penticton and helping out in the family restaurant business. Lizette describes some of the challenges that they faced and describes some of the foods that they served and reflects on what it means to be a Greek immigrant in British Columbia. 01:10:53– 01:36:32 Lizette talks about her life in Burnaby, her involvement with the Ladies Philoptochos Society, a back to your roots group, the Hellenic Community, the importance of sharing Greek culture, traditions and food with the younger generation and her experiences celebrating Greek culture while attending university. 01:36:33 – 01:54:39 Lizette talks more about her families’ life in Penticton as Greek immigrants, their experiences and accomplishments, her experiences visiting Greece after immigrating to Canada and her husbands’ experiences living in Greece. 01:54:40 – 02:03:59 Lizette reflects on the impacts of COVID in the restaurant industry, community building and urban development in Burnaby and makes comparisons to communities in Greece. 02:04:00 – 02:17:14 Talks about the origin of her name, shares the story of how her name evolved over time after she immigrated to Canada and shares examples of some of the traditional family names that have been passed down through generations.

History: Interviewee biography: Lizette Pappas was born in Apeiranthos on the island of Naxos in Greece in 1948 to parents Florio Vassilakakis and Paraskevi Vassilakis. In 1956, Lizette immigrated to Canada with her parents and her two older brothers. With the help of Lizette’s uncle, her family settled in Penticton and in 1958, Lizette’s younger sister was born. Lizette’s birth name was Elisa Vassilakakis but when she immigrated to Canada she was given the first name “Alice” on her immigration documents. Soon after, when she was enrolled in elementary school, her aunt suggested that she use the name “Lizette” instead of “Alice” and Lizette became the first name she’s continued to use since. While living in Penticton, Lizette’s parents first worked doing manual labour in the fruit industry before buying their own restaurant in 1968. Lizette obtained her teaching degree from the University of British Columbia. In 1972, Lizette met her future husband Basile Pappas and they were married in 1975. After marrying, Lizette and her husband settled in the Brentwood area of Burnaby and began raising their two children. Lizette, her husband and children moved back to Penticton in late 1979 to join her family running two restaurants and a nightclub. After a number of years, Lizette, her husband and two children returned to their home in the Brentwood area of Burnaby. Lizette has worked as a teacher with the Vancouver School Board and has been involved with various organizations including “Back to our Roots” and “Philoptochos Ladies Society”. 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”.