More like 'Crowd at Heritage Village sod-turning.'

100 records – page 5 of 5.

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.
Subjects
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Events - Parties
Transportation - Automobiles
Names
Burnaby Village Museum
Barrington, James Alfred "Jim"
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
Less detail

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
Series
Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series
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.
Subjects
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Transportation - Automobiles
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
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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
Series
Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series
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).
Subjects
Transportation - Rail
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Names
Burnaby Village Museum
BC 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
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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
Series
Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series
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.
Subjects
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Transportation - Rail
Names
Burnaby Village Museum
BC Society of Model Engineers (BCSME)
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
Less detail

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
Series
Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series
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.
Subjects
Events - Openings
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Transportation - Bicycles
Toys
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
Less detail

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
Names
Trainer, Mary
Burnaby Village Museum
Clark, Warren R.
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
Less detail

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.
Subjects
Construction
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Names
Trainer, Mary
Burnaby Village Museum
Clark, Warren R.
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
Less detail

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
Series
Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series
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.
Subjects
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Construction Tools and Equipment
Transportation - Trucks
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
Less detail

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
Series
Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series
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.
Subjects
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Construction Tools and Equipment
Transportation - Trucks
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
Less detail

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
Series
Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series
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).
Subjects
Transportation - Rail
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Names
Burnaby Village Museum
BC 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
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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
Series
Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series
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).
Subjects
Transportation - Rail
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Names
Burnaby Village Museum
BC 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
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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.
Subjects
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Transportation - Electric Railroads
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
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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.
Subjects
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Events - Parties
Transportation - Automobiles
Names
Burnaby Village Museum
Copan, Donald Angus "Don"
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
Less detail

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.
Subjects
Occupations - Civic Workers
Celebrations - Centennials
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
Less detail

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.
Subjects
Recreational Activities - Golf
Buildings - Recreational
Transportation - Tractors
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
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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.
Subjects
Recreational Activities - Golf
Buildings - Recreational
Transportation - Tractors
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
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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
Subjects
Buildings - Civic - Archives
Buildings - Civic - Museums
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
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
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
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Horses 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'.
Subjects
Events - Parades
Animals - Horses
Transportation - Carriages
Celebrations - Centennials
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
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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.
Subjects
Transportation - Bicycles
Celebrations - Centennials
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
Less detail

Rhodo-ramble bikeathon

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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.
Subjects
Transportation - Bicycles
Celebrations - Centennials
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
Images
Less detail

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