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B.C. Electric Railway tram no. 1216 near Byrne Road stop
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2910
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Oct. 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 9 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of B.C. Electric Railway tram no. 1216 approaching a level crossing and the Byrne Road stop on the New Westminster to Marpole line.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 9 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of B.C. Electric Railway tram no. 1216 approaching a level crossing and the Byrne Road stop on the New Westminster to Marpole line.
- Accession Code
- BV012.37.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- Oct. 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2022-07-26
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Typewritten text on verso of photograph reads: "On a partly foggy and frosty morning of / October 1956, B.C.E.R. #1216, westbound / to Vancouver on theNew Westminster Div - / ision of the Marpole Line pauses at the / Byrne Road Station."
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![British Columbia Electric Railway train, [195-] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-683.jpg?width=280)
British Columbia Electric Railway train
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38096
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway Company train, just west of MacPherson Ave, on the Central Park Interurban line.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-683
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway Company train, just west of MacPherson Ave, on the Central Park Interurban line.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- MacPherson Avenue
Images
![British Columbia Electric Railway train, [195-] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-683.jpg)
Burnaby Lake Tram #1228
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35995
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tram #1228 on the Burnaby Lake Interurban line, at Ardley station, crossing Great Northern Railway tracks.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Geoff Meugans subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 208-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-08
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tram #1228 on the Burnaby Lake Interurban line, at Ardley station, crossing Great Northern Railway tracks.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake Interurban line
- Planning Study Area
- Dawson-Delta Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Burnaby Lake Tram #1230
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35996
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tram #1230 on the Burnaby Lake Interurban line, at Cariboo station's level crossing.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Geoff Meugans subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 208-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-08
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tram #1230 on the Burnaby Lake Interurban line, at Cariboo station's level crossing.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake Interurban line
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
![Children with bicycles, [1958] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0133_001.jpg?width=280)
Children with bicycles
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17384
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified children holding bicycles and crowd gathered outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. The crowd is gathered around a Ford Model A [ca. 1930] automobile.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Material Details
- perforated right edge of photo with two holes punched
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified children holding bicycles and crowd gathered outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. The crowd is gathered around a Ford Model A [ca. 1930] automobile.
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4750 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.133
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1958]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-09-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed small paper album titled "Album Prints" pasted within original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
- Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "A_860"
Images
![Children with bicycles, [1958] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0133_001.jpg)
![Child with bicycle and crowd, [1958] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0132_001.jpg?width=280)
Child with bicycle and crowd
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17383
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified child, holding a bicycle and crowd gathered outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. The crowd is gathered around a Ford Model A [ca. 1930] automobile.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Material Details
- perforated right edge of photo with two holes punched
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified child, holding a bicycle and crowd gathered outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. The crowd is gathered around a Ford Model A [ca. 1930] automobile.
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4750 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.132
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1958]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-09-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed small paper album titled "Album Prints" pasted within original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
- Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "A_860"
Images
![Child with bicycle and crowd, [1958] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0132_001.jpg)
![Decorated wagon, [195-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-726.jpg?width=280)
Decorated wagon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35867
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (left, in white hat) Reeve Ran Beamish and (right) Ainsly Lubbock. The horses, Maggie and Jiggs, are pulling a 4-X Bakery delivery wagon decorated as a U.S. Mail stagecoach.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-726
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (left, in white hat) Reeve Ran Beamish and (right) Ainsly Lubbock. The horses, Maggie and Jiggs, are pulling a 4-X Bakery delivery wagon decorated as a U.S. Mail stagecoach.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- A note with this photograph indicates that the old address of this property was 1 Arbor Lane
- Geographic Access
- Grandview Highway
- Canada Way
- Burris Street
- Street Address
- 7803 Burris Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Decorated wagon, [195-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-726.jpg)
Driving a horse-drawn buggy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37236
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 14, 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the eldest of the Lubbock children, John Lubbock, driving a horse-drawn buggy with his friend in Grandview.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 14, 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 342-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the eldest of the Lubbock children, John Lubbock, driving a horse-drawn buggy with his friend in Grandview.
- Names
- Lubbock, John
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
Images
![Haskell with woman and children outside of Simpsons-Sears, [1958] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0130_001.jpg?width=280)
Haskell with woman and children outside of Simpsons-Sears
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17381
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby and an unidentified woman standing with two children outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. Haskell and the woman are standing next to a Ford Model A. automobile [ca. 1930] …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Material Details
- perforated right edge of photo with two holes punched
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby and an unidentified woman standing with two children outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. Haskell and the woman are standing next to a Ford Model A. automobile [ca. 1930] and the two children are standing next to bicycles.
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4750 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.130
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1958]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-09-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from small paper album titled "Album Prints" pasted within original scrapbook. Handwritten inscription on small album reads "Back to school / 1958?"
- Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "A_860"
Images
![Haskell with woman and children outside of Simpsons-Sears, [1958] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0130_001.jpg)
![Haskell with woman and children outside of Simpsons-Sears, [1958] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0134_001.jpg?width=280)
Haskell with woman and children outside of Simpsons-Sears
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17385
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby and an unidentified woman standing with two children outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. Haskell and the woman are standing next to a Ford Model A. automobile [ca. 1930] …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Material Details
- perforated right edge of photo with two holes punched
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby and an unidentified woman standing with two children outside of the Simpsons-Sears store at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) Burnaby. Haskell and the woman are standing next to a Ford Model A. automobile [ca. 1930] and the two children are standing next to bicycles.
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4750 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.134
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1958]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-09-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from small paper album titled "Album Prints" pasted within original scrapbook. Handwritten inscription on small album reads "Back to school / 1958?"
- Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "A_860"
Images
![Haskell with woman and children outside of Simpsons-Sears, [1958] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0134_001.jpg)
![Home Station at Royal Oak and Kingsway, [1950] (date of original), copied [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900180001.jpg?width=280)
Home Station at Royal Oak and Kingsway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1381
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950] (date of original), copied [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 25.5 cm laser print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Home Station owned by Ted Hopper located at Royal Oak and Kingsway. Edward Tarling is visible operating a Model 'C' Oliver tractor to clear the snow out front.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 25.5 cm laser print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Home Station owned by Ted Hopper located at Royal Oak and Kingsway. Edward Tarling is visible operating a Model 'C' Oliver tractor to clear the snow out front.
- Names
- Tarling, Edward
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.18.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1950] (date of original), copied [1999]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of laser print reads: "HOME STATION - AT ROYAL OAK & Kingway [sic] (Now SAFEWAY) BURNABY STATION OWNED BY MR. TED HOPPER - - 1950 - ED TARLING OPERATING 'C' model OLIVER TRACTOR"
Images
![Home Station at Royal Oak and Kingsway, [1950] (date of original), copied [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900180001.jpg)
Interview with Bill Gruenthal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19636
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business,…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Bill Gruenthal Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business, his knowledge and interest in Judaism, places that he and his wife lived before moving to Burnaby, family life in Burnaby and his political involvement in running for the Burnaby school board. 00:27:02 – 00:42:50 Bill Gruenthal talks about the Burquest Jewish Community Association, it’s background and his involvement, experiences of discrimination in his career, a brief history of the Jewish people and some cultural traditions. 00:42:51 – 00:56:04 Bill Gruenthal mentions some of the charities that he supports including Burnaby Hospital, his volunteer work within the community and community organizations including the Nikkei Place Foundation and shares more details on his insurance career. 00:56:05 – 01:14:37 Bill Gruenthal shares information about his Burnaby neighbourhood and Jewish funeral customs and provides his impressions of new development at Brentwood, Burnaby Council and other development projects in Burnaby.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Bill Gruenthal was born in the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1935 after his parents had fled Germany in advance of the then worsening political situation. Bill’s father died in 1942; some years later his mother remarried to an Irish-born senior civil servant in that government. He had a difficult and somewhat dangerous job. Soon after marriage, the family, including Bill’s older brother, Martin, immigrated to Canada in January 1947 on the strength of his step-father’s British Passport. They traveled via New York, where Bill’s uncle and his family resided and who put up the family. Later that month, the parents travelled by CP rail from Montreal to Vancouver, followed by Bill and his brother in March 1947 who travelled from New York to White Rock on an American railroad. While passing through the Fraser Valley Bill’s parents took an interest in Silverdale, a small hamlet west of Mission where the four eventually settled. Bill finished High School in Mission and soon joined the insurance industry. Bill connected with the Jewish Community in Vancouver where he met his soon-to-be wife. Upon marriage they were transferred to Calgary; after five years suffering its cold weather they were transferred back to Vancouver. They settled in Burnaby in 1966 as an affordable neighbourhood with easy access to his office downtown Vancouver. Outside work, Bill helped raise his family of three daughters who all graduated Burnaby High School (Alpha). They joined Temple Sholom in Vancouver, and he volunteered and still volunteers for a number of non-profits, including The Jewish Museum and Archives and Nikkei Place Foundation (Burnaby). He was an early long-term supporter and a past president of Burquest Jewish Community Association, mostly involving persons from Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area (hence the name). He ran for political office in Burnaby in 1976 but was not elected. He delivers food in Burnaby for the Food Bank and is a donor to many worthy causes including Burnaby General Hospital. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Migration
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Transportation
- Transportation - Rail
- Religions - Judaism
- Cemeteries
- Organizations
- Elections
- Names
- Gruenthal, Bill
- Gruenthal, Noemi Yadlow
- O'Connor, Herta Ingrid Gruenthal
- O'Connor, John
- Burquest
- Jacobson, Max Alec
- Temple Shalom
- Brentwood Shopping Centre
- Brentwood Park School
- Alpha Secondary School
- Burnaby School Board
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0014_003.mp3Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4498
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:05:45 min)
- Scope and Content
- Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s feelings about Burnaby as a place to live, and continues the subject of change. Bob talks of his property in Burnaby, which he purchased as acreage. He compares the Burnaby of his childhood to that of pioneers such as Tommy Irvine, describing…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Growing Up in Burnaby subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:05:45 min)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Bob Lowe Date of interview: May 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total length of all Tracks: 0:43:36
- Scope and Content
- Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s feelings about Burnaby as a place to live, and continues the subject of change. Bob talks of his property in Burnaby, which he purchased as acreage. He compares the Burnaby of his childhood to that of pioneers such as Tommy Irvine, describing himself as a relative newcomer. He speaks of the preservation of the Deer Lake and Burnaby Lake areas. Bob describes his disorientation in the more newly densified parts of Burnaby, and observes that traffic has increased on Burnaby streets. Bob recalls that he mostly travelled on foot or by bike. He notes that the Neville Transport Company operated the school bus he used as well as the only North-South bus route in Burnaby at that time. He mentions Pacific Stage Lines as a later operator through Burnaby.
- History
- Recording of an interview with Bob Lowe recording by Tom Gooden in 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake
- Deer Lake
- Accession Code
- BV017.45.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Tiltle based on cotents of item
Audio Tracks
Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 6, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 6, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0006_006.mp3
Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory507
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1947-1954
- Length
- 00:05:44
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system
- Date Range
- 1947-1954
- Photo Info
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979
- Length
- 00:05:44
- Subjects
- Accidents - Automobile Accidents
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 26, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown 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 Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.
- Total Tracks
- 14
- Total Length
- 01:35:07
- Interviewee Name
- Brown, Donald N. "Don"
- 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.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track six of interview with Don Brown
Track six of interview with Don Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-016/MSS187-016_Track%206.mp3
Interview with Robert Lowe by Eric Damer November 5, 2012 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory355
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1939-1972
- Length
- 0:10:04
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Robert "Bob" Lowe's memories of growing up in Burnaby. He discusses transportation in Burnaby, including the first cars in his family. Bob talks about recreational activities available to Burnaby residents in the late nineteen-thirties and early nineteen-fo…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Robert "Bob" Lowe's memories of growing up in Burnaby. He discusses transportation in Burnaby, including the first cars in his family. Bob talks about recreational activities available to Burnaby residents in the late nineteen-thirties and early nineteen-forties, as well as changes that he has seen from his time growing up to the time of raising his own children.
- Date Range
- 1939-1972
- Photo Info
- Robert "Bob" Lowe (at center) and friends riding soap box race cars, [1939]. Item no. 549-041.
- Length
- 0:10:04
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- November 5, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Robert "Bob" Lowe conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 5, 2012. Major theme discussed: the rise of the automobile and its effect on development in Burnaby.
- Biographical Notes
- Robert "Bob" Lowe has lived his entire life in Burnaby. During his childhood, Bob’s family lived at several addresses near Royal Oak and what is now Canada Way. He attended Douglas Road Elementary and South Burnaby High Schools. After graduating, Bob worked for a few years before enrolling in Normal School for a teaching certificate. He began teaching in Vancouver, married in 1952, and started a family. The Lowes moved to Government Road in 1961 and began a hobby farm, while Bob upgraded his formal education and became an administrator in the new college system.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:36:54
- Interviewee Name
- Lowe, Robert "Bob"
- Interview Location
- Interviewee's residence
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track three of recording of interview with Bob Lowe
Track three of recording of interview with Bob Lowe
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-016/MSS171-016_Track_3.mp3![Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/231-012.jpg?width=280)
Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory443
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1930-1990
- Length
- 00:07:58
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the interurban tram service in Burnaby, how it was used, the interurban routes, reasons for closing the interurban and later building Skytrain, and attempts to purchase an old tram car for Heritage Village
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the interurban tram service in Burnaby, how it was used, the interurban routes, reasons for closing the interurban and later building Skytrain, and attempts to purchase an old tram car for Heritage Village
- Date Range
- 1930-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012
- Length
- 00:07:58
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 14, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne 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 Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.
- Total Tracks
- 14
- Total Length
- 1:34:40
- Interviewee Name
- Lewarne, William A. "Bill"
- 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 business computerization 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.
Images
![Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/231-012.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with Bill Lewarne
Track three of interview with Bill Lewarne
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_3.mp3![John and Elizabeth Lubbock, [1955] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/342-009.jpg?width=280)
John and Elizabeth Lubbock
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37235
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col. ; 15.5 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Barker Lubbock driving in horse-drawn buggy with his wife Elizabeth Lubbock. A dalmatian dog has come to sniff the buggy, while it is stopped at the side of the road.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col. ; 15.5 x 20.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 342-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Barker Lubbock driving in horse-drawn buggy with his wife Elizabeth Lubbock. A dalmatian dog has come to sniff the buggy, while it is stopped at the side of the road.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![John and Elizabeth Lubbock, [1955] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/342-009.jpg)
![Jubilee station, [1952] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-682.jpg?width=280)
Jubilee station
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38095
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1952] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jubilee Station of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company on the Central Park Interurban line. A woman can be seen on the left.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1952] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-682
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jubilee Station of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company on the Central Park Interurban line. A woman can be seen on the left.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Central Park Interurban line
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Jubilee station, [1952] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-682.jpg)
![Oakalla Clydesdale team, [1958] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-731.jpg?width=280)
Oakalla Clydesdale team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38144
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Clydesdale horse team from Oakalla Prison Farm pulling a wagon inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome. A crowd is watching.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-731
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Clydesdale horse team from Oakalla Prison Farm pulling a wagon inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome. A crowd is watching.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
Images
![Oakalla Clydesdale team, [1958] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-731.jpg)
![Oakalla Clydesdale team, [1958] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-732.jpg?width=280)
Oakalla Clydesdale team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38145
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 19.8 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pete Connelly and the Clydesdale horse team from Oakalla Prison Farm (2nd team from right) with other teams inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 19.8 x 26.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-732
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pete Connelly and the Clydesdale horse team from Oakalla Prison Farm (2nd team from right) with other teams inside the Pacific National Exhibition Agridome in Vancouver, BC.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
Images
![Oakalla Clydesdale team, [1958] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-732.jpg)