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James Barrington and guest at reception
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13612
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 5 August 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 standing with an unidentified guest while attending a reception held at Heritage Village Museum's Elworth house. A man is standing at a bar behind them. Two receptions were held at Heritage Village on August 5, 1971, one for the …
- 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 standing with an unidentified guest while attending a reception held at Heritage Village Museum's Elworth house. A man is standing at a bar behind them. Two receptions were held at Heritage Village on August 5, 1971, one for the press and one for those associated with the construction and development of the village.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.507
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 5 August 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- August 11, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Looking south on Hill Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18605
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking south down Hill Street inside of Heritage Village Museum. Two vintage automobiles are parked on the road with visitors and costumed interpreters gathered along the street. Buildings along the east side of the street include "Gilchrist's Dress shop" in the foreground and the Villa…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking south down Hill Street inside of Heritage Village Museum. Two vintage automobiles are parked on the road with visitors and costumed interpreters gathered along the street. Buildings along the east side of the street include "Gilchrist's Dress shop" in the foreground and the Village Blacksmith shop on the west side of the street in the background.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1017
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1982
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2022-05-10
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp in red ink on slide frame reads: "21_MAY82V1"
Images
Minature locomotives at Burnaby Central Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14051
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of visitors riding a Burnaby Central Railway minature locomotive at Heritage Village. A group of people have gathered to watch. Another minature locomotive is parked on the adjacent track to the left. The Burnaby Central Railway was built and operated by members of the B.C. Society of Mo…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of visitors riding a Burnaby Central Railway minature locomotive at Heritage Village. A group of people have gathered to watch. Another minature locomotive is parked on the adjacent track to the left. The Burnaby Central Railway was built and operated by members of the B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1077
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [197-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from a binder of photographs labeled "B.C.S.M.E. / Vaudeville at BVM"
Images
Model train coming through tunnel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17241
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 6 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of BCSME model train engineer driving a model train through the brick covered tunnel inside Burnaby Village Museum. The British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) operated the minature railway at Burnaby Village Museum between 1975 and 1991.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 6 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of BCSME model train engineer driving a model train through the brick covered tunnel inside Burnaby Village Museum. The British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) operated the minature railway at Burnaby Village Museum between 1975 and 1991.
- Accession Code
- BV020.4.1279
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1979]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Penny farthing bicycle inside the bicycle and buggy shop
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4344
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 19 Nov. 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of interior of the bicycle and buggy shop at the official opening of Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum), November 19, 1971. A penny farthing bicycle is suspended from the ceiling of the shop and several children's wagons can also be seen in the photograph.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of interior of the bicycle and buggy shop at the official opening of Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum), November 19, 1971. A penny farthing bicycle is suspended from the ceiling of the shop and several children's wagons can also be seen in the photograph.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV016.56.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 19 Nov. 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
People at Heritage Village site during construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2396
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [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 people standing on boards at Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). Interurban 1223 is in the background. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee Coorinator Mary Trainer is under the light-coloured umbrella and Alderman Warren Clark is standing to the left of her.
- 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 people standing on boards at Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). Interurban 1223 is in the background. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee Coorinator Mary Trainer is under the light-coloured umbrella and Alderman Warren Clark is standing to the left of her.
- Subjects
- Construction
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Officials - Aldermen and Councillors
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.442
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1971]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- September 26, 2019
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
People at Heritage Village site during construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13560
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [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 people standing on boards at Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). Interurban 1223 is in the background. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee Coorinator Mary Trainer is under the light-coloured umbrella and Alderman Warren Clark is standing to the left of her.
- 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 people standing on boards at Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). Interurban 1223 is in the background. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee Coorinator Mary Trainer is under the light-coloured umbrella and Alderman Warren Clark is standing to the left of her.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.443
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1971]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- September 26, 2019
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Real Estate - Surveyor's office building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14685
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1977]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Real Estate Office and Surveyor's building on top of a flatbed truck trailer with jacks and wood cribbing piles at the end. The Royal Bank building is visible to the left.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Real Estate Office and Surveyor's building on top of a flatbed truck trailer with jacks and wood cribbing piles at the end. The Royal Bank building is visible to the left.
- History
- The building was originally located at 3043 (pre-1958) / 6108 Patterson Avenue, Lot 22, Block 33, District Lot 151, Plan 2002. It was built ca. 1929, possibly by Mr. Cuthbert Pratt. Over the years it was used as a confectionary store, grocery store, home, and small boarding house. By 1977, it was operating as the Magee Grocery Store. The building was moved to BVM in May 1977 and then adapted to look like the original Dow, Fraser & Co. Ltd. real estate building.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1513
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1977]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 17-Nov-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Real Estate - Surveyor's office building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14686
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1977]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Real Estate Office and Surveyor's building on top of a flatbed truck trailer. A man is visible crouching underneath next to a cribbing pile.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Real Estate Office and Surveyor's building on top of a flatbed truck trailer. A man is visible crouching underneath next to a cribbing pile.
- History
- The building was originally located at 3043 (pre-1958) / 6108 Patterson Avenue, Lot 22, Block 33, District Lot 151, Plan 2002. It was built ca. 1929, possibly by Mr. Cuthbert Pratt. Over the years it was used as a confectionary store, grocery store, home, and small boarding house. By 1977, it was operating as the Magee Grocery Store. The building was moved to BVM in May 1977 and then adapted to look like the original Dow, Fraser & Co. Ltd. real estate building.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1514
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1977]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 17-Nov-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Riding minature locomotives at Heritage Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14048
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of vistiors riding Burnaby Central Railway minature locomotives at Heritage Village. The Burnaby Central Railway was built and operated by members of the B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of vistiors riding Burnaby Central Railway minature locomotives at Heritage Village. The Burnaby Central Railway was built and operated by members of the B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1074
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [197-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from a binder of photographs labeled "B.C.S.M.E. / Vaudeville at BVM"
Images
Riding trains at Burnaby Central Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14052
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of visitors riding a Burnaby Central Railway train at Heritage Village. The Burnaby Central Railway was built and operated by members of the B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of visitors riding a Burnaby Central Railway train at Heritage Village. The Burnaby Central Railway was built and operated by members of the B.C. Society of Model Engineers (BCSME).
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1078
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [197-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 06-Oct-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from a binder of photographs labeled "B.C.S.M.E. / Vaudeville at BVM"
Images
Tram 1223 on site of Heritage Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18420
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Interurban Tram 1223 on the tracks behind the Ice Cream Parlour building in Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). The Ice Cream Parlour building is under construction.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Interurban Tram 1223 on the tracks behind the Ice Cream Parlour building in Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). The Ice Cream Parlour building is under construction.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV022.9.55
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2022-03-15
- Photographer
- Lott, Richard
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Negative number 6
Images
Women in McLaughlin-Buick
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13618
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 5 August 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 two unidentified women dressed in costumes and sitting in 1910 McLaughlin-Buick automobile outside of Elworth House.Two receptions were held at Heritage Village's Elworth House on August 5, 1971, one for the press and one for those associated with the construction and development of t…
- 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 two unidentified women dressed in costumes and sitting in 1910 McLaughlin-Buick automobile outside of Elworth House.Two receptions were held at Heritage Village's Elworth House on August 5, 1971, one for the press and one for those associated with the construction and development of the village.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.512
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 5 August 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- August 11, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
City employees in costume
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2242
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 20 July 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 Corporation of the District of Burnaby staff dressed in pioneer costumes outside the Burnaby Municipal Hall. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee coordinator, Mary Trainer is at bottom left, holding a BC Centennial flag. Staff dressed in pioneer costumes to mark British Columbia's one hun…
- 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 Corporation of the District of Burnaby staff dressed in pioneer costumes outside the Burnaby Municipal Hall. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee coordinator, Mary Trainer is at bottom left, holding a BC Centennial flag. Staff dressed in pioneer costumes to mark British Columbia's one hundred years of confederation.
- Names
- Trainer, Mary
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.288
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 20 July 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 24, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Inter-City Golf Driving Range clubhouse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78773
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1954] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a tractor attempting to move the Inter-City Golf Driving Range's clubhouse.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1954] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 300 dpi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 557-024
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-15
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a tractor attempting to move the Inter-City Golf Driving Range's clubhouse.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 10th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
Inter-City Golf Driving Range clubhouse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78774
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1954] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a tractor attempting to move the Inter-City Golf Driving Range's clubhouse.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1954] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 300 dpi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 557-025
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-15
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a tractor attempting to move the Inter-City Golf Driving Range's clubhouse.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 10th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory470
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1936-1990
- Length
- 00:04:34
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.
- Date Range
- 1936-1990
- Length
- 00:04:34
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 21, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:43:35
- Interviewee Name
- Nixon, Al
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track seven of interview with Al Nixon
Track seven of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_7.mp3Horses and carriage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13241
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 20 July 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 a team of horses pulling a carriage as part of the Centennial celebration event "The Day We Joined - a Confederation Celebration 1871 - 1977" held at Empire Stadium, Vancouver. The horses are decorated in feather plumes and blankets with a sign "1870'.
- 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 a team of horses pulling a carriage as part of the Centennial celebration event "The Day We Joined - a Confederation Celebration 1871 - 1977" held at Empire Stadium, Vancouver. The horses are decorated in feather plumes and blankets with a sign "1870'.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.255
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 20 July 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 23, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Rhodo-ramble bikeathon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13215
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 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 a group of children and adults gathered together on bicycles for the "Rhodo-Ramble Bikeathon" (Rhodo Bicycle Ramble). The "Rhodo Bicycle Ramble" started and finished at the James Cowan Centre and included a half way stop at "Cap's Cycle and Ten Speed Centre" for a tour of the "Museum …
- 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 a group of children and adults gathered together on bicycles for the "Rhodo-Ramble Bikeathon" (Rhodo Bicycle Ramble). The "Rhodo Bicycle Ramble" started and finished at the James Cowan Centre and included a half way stop at "Cap's Cycle and Ten Speed Centre" for a tour of the "Museum of Old Bikes" in Sapperton. This event was part of the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival.
- Names
- James Cowan Theatre
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.201
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 16 May 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 21, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Rhodo-ramble bikeathon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13216
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 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 a group of children and adults gathered together on bicycles for the "Rhodo-Ramble Bikeathon" (Rhodo Bicycle Ramble). The "Rhodo Bicycle Ramble" started and finished at the James Cowan Centre and included a half way stop at "Cap's Cycle and Ten Speed Centre" for a tour of the "Museum …
- 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 a group of children and adults gathered together on bicycles for the "Rhodo-Ramble Bikeathon" (Rhodo Bicycle Ramble). The "Rhodo Bicycle Ramble" started and finished at the James Cowan Centre and included a half way stop at "Cap's Cycle and Ten Speed Centre" for a tour of the "Museum of Old Bikes" in Sapperton. This event was part of the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival.
- Names
- James Cowan Theatre
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.202
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 16 May 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 21, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph