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Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1911-1990

Length: 00:05:22

Summary: This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Dep…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Department in 1911.

Date Range: 1911-1990

Length: 00:05:22

Subjects: Public Services - Fire Protection; Documentary Artifacts - Photographs

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

Track one of interview with Al Nixon

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Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 5

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1860-1932

Length: 0:08:48

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.

Date Range: 1860-1932

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:08:48

Names: Foley, John

Subjects: Printing Tools and Equipment; Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 0:58:44

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr

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Kitty Hill reading a book

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 8.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill seated with a book at her lap, reading. This photograph was most likely taken inside the family home, Broadview, in the Burnaby Lake area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 8.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-081

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Hill seated with a book at her lap, reading. This photograph was most likely taken inside the family home, Broadview, in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Books

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue

Street Address: 5730 Buckingham Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Kitty Hill reading a book, [1910] thumbnail

L. Claude Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of Claude Hill, early Burnaby Lake resident.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-049

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of Claude Hill, early Burnaby Lake resident.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Loading Skids and Burner

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the loading skids and burner at the North Pacific Lumber Company in Barnet Village, BC.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 540-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the loading skids and burner at the North Pacific Lumber Company in Barnet Village, BC.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Industries - Logging/lumber; Woodworking Tools and Equipment

Names: Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Canadian Photo Company

Notes: Transcribed title

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Texaco Drive

Street Address: 8059 Texaco Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Loading Skids and Burner, [191-] thumbnail

Logging in Central Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men logging in Central Park. The man on the left is Evan Baker but the other man is unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 449-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men logging in Central Park. The man on the left is Evan Baker but the other man is unidentified.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Occupations - Lumberjacks; Woodworking Tools and Equipment

Names: Baker, Evan

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Looking up North Arm, Burrard Inlet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of an image looking up the north arm of Burrard Inlet from the North Pacific Lumber Company in Barnet Village, BC.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 540-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of an image looking up the north arm of Burrard Inlet from the North Pacific Lumber Company in Barnet Village, BC.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Industries - Logging/lumber; Industries - Forestry; Buildings - Industrial - Mills

Names: Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Canadian Photo Company

Notes: Transcribed title

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Texaco Drive; Burrard Inlet

Street Address: 8059 Texaco Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Looking up North Arm, Burrard Inlet, [191-] thumbnail

Mary Anne, Ethel, and Fred

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7.5 cm oval, print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mary Anne, Ethel, and Frederick T., three of Frederick and Harriett Thrussell's children, taken in a photographic studio in New Westminster.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Thrussell family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7.5 cm oval, print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 275-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-05

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mary Anne, Ethel, and Frederick T., three of Frederick and Harriett Thrussell's children, taken in a photographic studio in New Westminster.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Welsh, Mary Anne "Annie" Thrussell Phillips; Thrussell, Ethel; Thrussell, Fredrick Thomas (1901-1977)

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Original photograph was housed in an oval mat; Original mat had a stamp on its recto which read: "Ritchie / New Westminister"

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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Mary Anne, Ethel, and Fred, 1913 thumbnail

Men in three-piece suits

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph ; sepia cabinet card ; 19.5 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men in three piece suits, all of whom have moustaches and are wearing pocket watches. They are sitting and standing inside a photographer's studio.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Andrew Johnson subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph ; sepia cabinet card ; 19.5 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 335-017

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1997-16

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men in three piece suits, all of whom have moustaches and are wearing pocket watches. They are sitting and standing inside a photographer's studio.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Men in three-piece suits, [1910] thumbnail

The Men's Quarters

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the men's quarters for those who worked at the North Pacific Lumber Company in Barnet, BC. Burrard Inlet is also depicted in the background of the image.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 540-026

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the men's quarters for those who worked at the North Pacific Lumber Company in Barnet, BC. Burrard Inlet is also depicted in the background of the image.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Buildings - Residential - Apartments; Industries - Forestry; Industries - Logging/lumber

Names: Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Texaco Drive

Street Address: 8059 Texaco Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Miss Muir's class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1912]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of students about age seven sitting and standing in three rows in front of the doors of a school. There are sixteen girls and eleven boys. Their female teacher stands by them to the right side of the photograph. Annotations on the back of the postcard read: "Miss Muir?" and "G…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of students about age seven sitting and standing in three rows in front of the doors of a school. There are sixteen girls and eleven boys. Their female teacher stands by them to the right side of the photograph. Annotations on the back of the postcard read: "Miss Muir?" and "Gilmore School / 1912?"

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Occupations - Teachers; Persons - Black Canadians

Names: Gilmore Avenue School; Muir, Miss

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: BV985.100.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1912]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-01-09

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Municipal Hall, Edmonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34293

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.6 x 13.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the exterior of Burnaby's Municipal Hall at Edmonds Street and Kingsway. This was the second Municipal Hall built. Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Municipal Hall, Edmonds / Hurndall Photo"

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.6 x 13.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 019-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the exterior of Burnaby's Municipal Hall at Edmonds Street and Kingsway. This was the second Municipal Hall built. Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Municipal Hall, Edmonds / Hurndall Photo"

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - City Halls; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names: Burnaby City Hall

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hurndall, F.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 7282 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Municipal Hall, Edmonds, [1918] thumbnail

Neville Street by Royal Oak

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.8 x 13.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Neville Street just off Royal Oak Avenue. The street is a dirt road lined with residential buildings on one side and eletric power poles on the other side. The Holdsworth house is seen being constructed on the left. There is scaffolding on the side of the building and a cle…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.8 x 13.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Neville Street just off Royal Oak Avenue. The street is a dirt road lined with residential buildings on one side and eletric power poles on the other side. The Holdsworth house is seen being constructed on the left. There is scaffolding on the side of the building and a cleared lot beside the house. here are variant spellings of "Holdsworth" used in the notes in the accession file. They are "Houldsworth" and "Hallsworth." The 1937 British Columbia directory lists a Fred Houldsworth at 3345 Neville Street, Burnaby. The address was later renumbered 5249 Neville Street. An annotation on the back of the postcard reads: "Nevil [sic] Street - 1912 - Just off Royal Oak."

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Geographic Features - Roads

Geographic Access: Neville Street; Royal Oak Avenue

Accession Code: HV980.12.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1912

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Neville Street by Royal Oak, 1912 thumbnail

Nichols Chemical Company

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.6 x 13.9

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Nichols Chemical Company on Barnet Road, Barnet, with buildings at the edge of the water.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.6 x 13.9

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 015-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Nichols Chemical Company on Barnet Road, Barnet, with buildings at the edge of the water.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names: Nichols Chemical Company Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Timms Photographic Co.

Notes: Title based on caption of photograph; Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd., Barnet, BC / Timms"

Geographic Access: Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Nichols Chemical Company

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Nichols Chemical Company in Barnet Village, BC. Photograph depicts the construction of the building.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 540-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Nichols Chemical Company in Barnet Village, BC. Photograph depicts the construction of the building.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Industries - Logging/lumber; Industries - Forestry; Buildings - Industrial - Mills

Names: Nichols Chemical Company Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Canadian Photo Company

Notes: Transcribed title

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Texaco Drive

Street Address: 8059 Texaco Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Nichols Chemical Company, [191-] thumbnail

No. 1 Stock Shed

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of No. 1 stock shed at the North Pacific Lumber Company in Barnet Village, BC.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 540-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of No. 1 stock shed at the North Pacific Lumber Company in Barnet Village, BC.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Industries - Logging/lumber; Industries - Forestry; Buildings - Industrial - Mills

Names: Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Canadian Photo Company

Notes: Transcribed title

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Texaco Drive

Street Address: 8059 Texaco Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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North Pacific Lumber Company Mill from South

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of an image of the North Pacific Lumber Company, located in Barnet Village, BC, from the South.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 540-017

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of an image of the North Pacific Lumber Company, located in Barnet Village, BC, from the South.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Industries - Logging/lumber; Industries - Forestry; Buildings - Industrial - Mills

Names: Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Canadian Photo Company

Notes: Transcribed title

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Texaco Drive

Street Address: 8059 Texaco Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

North Pacific Lumber Company Mill from South, [191-] thumbnail

North Road drawing

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy-stand of paper original ; 13.4 x 20.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pen and ink wash drawing of the proposed overpass on North Road. Written on drawing: "Inter Municipal Highway. Burnaby-Coquitlam. North Road. VV&ER&NCo [Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Co.]. View of proposed tunnel, looking east." In the bottom right corne…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy-stand of paper original ; 13.4 x 20.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 044-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pen and ink wash drawing of the proposed overpass on North Road. Written on drawing: "Inter Municipal Highway. Burnaby-Coquitlam. North Road. VV&ER&NCo [Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Co.]. View of proposed tunnel, looking east." In the bottom right corner is written: "Corporation of Burnaby Engineering Department / Nov. 1915 / [signed] [illegible] Mayhenson [?], M. Can. Soc. C.E. [Member of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineers?] / Engineer." Above the road, at left of photograph with the arrow pointing left, is, "Moody." Above the road, at right of photograph with the arrow pointing right is, "to New Westminster." At the centre of the road, by the bushes, is, "Brunette St." The drawing at the bottom of the photograph is captioned, "Section Through Road."

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Architectural Drawings

Names: Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: North Road

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Recording of John Burton - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory213

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1850-1950

Length: 0:09:14

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of the galley press and the proofing process. He also discusses job printing (now referred to as commercial printing).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of the galley press and the proofing process. He also discusses job printing (now referred to as commercial printing).

Date Range: 1850-1950

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:09:14

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers; Printing Tools and Equipment

Scope and Content: Recording is of John Burton discussing the history of the weekly newspaper and of the types of printing presses that have been used in Canada, as well as exactly how their parts function. John appears to be describing printing presses that are in the room with him.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 5

Total Length: 0:46:18

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.