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Lois Hollands-Coutts and Charles Hollands

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1945] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lois Holland-Coutts and her father, Charles Hollands, on a path leading to Robert Burnaby Park, near 6th Street at 19th Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1945] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-429

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lois Holland-Coutts and her father, Charles Hollands, on a path leading to Robert Burnaby Park, near 6th Street at 19th Avenue.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Geographic Features - Trails

Names: Coutts, Lois Hollands; Hollands, Charles "Charlie"

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: 6th Street; 19th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

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Lois Hollands-Coutts and Charles Hollands, [1945] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Boy Scout on rocky shore

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Aug. 1926

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Boy Scout standing on rocky shore at Granthams Landing. View from shore looking towards Keats and Bowen Island. Boy Scout is attending New Westminster District Boy Scout camp at Granthams Landing.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Boy Scout standing on rocky shore at Granthams Landing. View from shore looking towards Keats and Bowen Island. Boy Scout is attending New Westminster District Boy Scout camp at Granthams Landing.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Geographic Features - Islands; Geographic Features - Natural Waterways

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Accession Code: BV995.8.152

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Aug. 1926

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 43

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Boy Scout on rocky shore, Aug. 1926 thumbnail

Washing up at Sunbury

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three Boy Scouts from the 2nd Burnaby Boy Scouts troop washing up in the Fraser River at Sunbury.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three Boy Scouts from the 2nd Burnaby Boy Scouts troop washing up in the Fraser River at Sunbury.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Geographic Features - Natural Geographic Features

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Geographic Access: Fraser River

Accession Code: BV995.8.13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1925

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Notes: Transcribed title; Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 4; Inscription in white ink below photograph reads: "WASHING UP"; Newspaper clipping with heading "SECOND BURNABY TROOP ENJOY HIKE" is adhered to page of album and provides context for the photographs mounted to the page.

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Gathering firewood

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of five young girls gathering firewood on a beach in Sechelt. Three of the girls are identified as Kate Barker and Alice Ellett (back row) and Florence Nuttall ( far right of the front row).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm

Material Details: Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Kate_Barker,_Alice, / Florence_Nuttall / ?_Gathering_Wood / for_fire / Camp_(Sechelt)_1926"

Scope and Content: Photograph of five young girls gathering firewood on a beach in Sechelt. Three of the girls are identified as Kate Barker and Alice Ellett (back row) and Florence Nuttall ( far right of the front row).

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Geographic Features - Beaches

Names: Barker, Kate; Ellett, Alice; Nuttall, Florence; Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.296

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1926

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Photograph is part of scrapbook BV015.35.166

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Interview with Rajinder and Raj Pandher

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1942- 2023] (interview content), interviewed Jan. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 4 sound recordings (wav) (186 min., 1 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (186 min., 2 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Rajinder and Raj Pandher conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa and Museum Registrar, James Binks. The interview was conducted on January 10, 2023 and January 24, 2023. 00:00 – 08:52 First part of interview…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 4 sound recordings (wav) (186 min., 1 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (186 min., 2 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewers: Kate Petrusa and James Binks Interviewees: Rajinder and Raj Pandher Location of Interview: Love farmhouse, Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: January 10, 2023 and January 24, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 4 Total Length of all Tracks: (3:06:01 min) Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto four 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 Rajinder and Raj Pandher conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa and Museum Registrar, James Binks. The interview was conducted on January 10, 2023 and January 24, 2023. 00:00 – 08:52 First part of interview begins on January 10. Rajinder Pander provides information on where he was born and where he grew up and shares details regarding his family and his childhood including; his elementary and high school education and experiences and his involvement and interest in the sport of field hockey. 08:53 – 23:24 Raj Pander provides information on where she was born and shares details regarding her family and education. Raj recalls details of her family life in India including her family farm, her father’s service in the Indian National Army and other ancestor’s involvement in the military. Rajinder assists with the details regarding Raj’s father’s military service and explains how he was highly decelerated for his heroic actions. Rajinder conveys further information in reference to the Sikh Empire. 23:25 – 35:53 Rajinder and Raj share information on their formal education. Raj explains how she learned English and talks about the other spoken languages that her family used while she was growing up. Rajinder and Raj recall how they first met which lead them to marry in 1971. Rajinder provides information about his older brothers who left India before him. He explains how his elder brother, Kirpal Singh Pandher immigrated to Canada in 1970 and provides details on his other brother who lived in Malaysia and England before coming to Canada in 1975. Rajinder conveys how after his brother, Kirpal Singh Pandher arrived in Canada, he lived in Campbell River and worked at the saw mill there. 35:54 – 1:01:38 Rajinder and Raj share their immigration stories including details of; what lead them to immigrate, their immigration route, what they brought with them and where they lived and worked. Rajinder and Raj tell of how they both faced discrimination in finding work that they were qualified for and describe some of the jobs that they worked at before obtaining their Real Estate licences. 1:01:39 – 1:13:09 Rajinder and Raj share information on where they’ve purchase traditional food supplies in Burnaby and Rajinder provides further details on his employment and recalls how they were able to purchase their first home in Burnaby. 1:13:10 - 1:19:33 Rajinder describes how he began writing for the Sikh newsletter “The Western Sikh Samachar”. Rajinder shares how he first started printing small pamphlets of Sikh Cultural history in 1975 and how he’s been volunteering with the National Democratic Party (NDP) since 1973. 1:19:34 - 1:38:24 Second part of interview continues on January 24, 2023. Rajinder provides further information about the Sikh newsletter “The Western Sikh Samachar”, provides an historical summary of the Sikh Empire and the Sikh religion and describes a book that’s he’s written about his culture and the village he lived in India. 1:38:25 - 1:52:24 Raj describes some of the traditional textiles that she’s created including a dury, embroidered cloth (pakha and pakhi) and clothing. Raj shares a story of a train derailment in India in which her father survived. 1:52:25 - 2:14:53 Raj Pandher talks about her father’s letters and diaries, Rajinder talks about receiving a Diamond Jubilee Medal for his community service and they both talk about their daughter Amanjit’s education and career accomplishments. Raj describes her involvement in the community council of her children’s school and both Raj and Rajinder describe their involvement in multicultural education and events that they were involved with in Burnaby and New Westminster. Interviewer lists Rajinder Pandher’s many volunteer awards and accomplishments. 2:14:54 - 2:39:53 Raj and Rajinder describe some of their family photographs as well as personal items from India including decorative arts and textiles. They talk about celebrating their 30 year wedding anniversary and the origin of their Sikh names. Rajinder describes a visit to Paldi in 1977 when the whole family was baptized at the Sikh temple and provides informaton about Hardial Singh Atwal, the first Sikh child born in Canada. Rajinder discusses what he thinks a cookhouse looked like, his friendship with former Mayor William J. Copeland and wages of South Asians working in sawmills. 2:39:54 - 3:06:01 Raj and Rajinder talk about food including where they’ve purchased traditional South Asian foods and what they grow in their home garden. Rajinder provides details about the Burnaby Multicultural Society, talks about South Asian work ethics and housing and shares some of the cultural and religious traditions of Sikhs and celebrations that take place in Vancouver and Burnaby.

History: Interviewees biographies: Rajinder Pandher was born five years prior to the Partition of India in the Village of Jhamat, Ludhiana District, Punjab. Raj Pandher was born in 1948 in the Village of Chapar, Ludhiana District, Punjab. Rajinder played field hockey while living in India and is passionate about the sport. Both Rajinder and Raj Pahndher attended college in India and were married in India in 1971. Rajinder Pandher immigrated to Canada in 1972 and his wife, Raj Pandher joined him in 1973. After arriving in Canada, Rajinder Pandher started working at a sawmill in Campbell River but didn't like the work and moved to Vancouver to find better employment opportunties. In 1976, the couple moved to Burnaby and rented until they could buy a home a year later. They raised two children who attended Second Street Elementary School and Cariboo Hill Secondary School in Burnaby. Rajinder and Raj Pandher were both very involved with multicultural efforts at their childlren's schools including turban tying and sari demonstrations and Rajinder was a founding member of the Burnaby Multicultural Society. Interviewers biographies: Kate Petrusa is the Assistant Curator at the Burnaby Village Museum. In her role, she manages all aspects of the collection – including caring for physical artifacts and making their digital counterpart accessible. Before coming to Burnaby Village Museum in 2019, Kate has worked at several Museums around the Lower Mainland as a Curator and contractor since 2013. James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Education; Housing; Employment; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Persons - Volunteers; Religions - Sikhism; Migration; Organizations; Organizations - Societies and Clubs; Social Issues - Racism; Social Issues; Celebrations; Sports - Field Hockey

Names: Pandher, Raj; Pandher, Rajinder; Copeland, William J.; Pandher, Harman; Pandher, Amanjit; Burnaby Multicultural Society; The Western Sikh Samachar

Responsibility: Petrusa, Kate; Binks, James

Accession Code: BV023.1.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1942- 2023] (interview content), interviewed Jan. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcripts available upon request

Audio Tracks

Interview with Rajinder and Raj Pandher, [1942- 2023] (interview content), interviewed Jan. 2023

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2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts album

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1913-1925, predominant 1923-1925

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 album (151 photographs + ephemera + textual records)

Scope and Content: File consists of a sixty page photograph album titled "2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts" with photographs and ephemera pasted onto fourty one pages. The album includes photographs of the Burnaby Boy Scouts at various events, camps and hikes, the Burnaby Girl Guides and May Day events in Burnaby and New…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 album (151 photographs + ephemera + textual records)

Material Details: 41 pages of album have pasted content; 19 pages at the back of the album are blank

Scope and Content: File consists of a sixty page photograph album titled "2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts" with photographs and ephemera pasted onto fourty one pages. The album includes photographs of the Burnaby Boy Scouts at various events, camps and hikes, the Burnaby Girl Guides and May Day events in Burnaby and New Westminster.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Events - May Day; Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada; Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV995.8.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1913-1925, predominant 1923-1925

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-20

Notes: Transcribed title from cover of photograph album; Sticker on lower left of back cover reads, "No. D", "Glendale Album", "Made in Canada by Canadian Kodak Co., Limited. Toronto"; Individual photographs + ephemera within album are numbered BV995.8.2 to BV995.8.153 - item level descriptions available

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2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts album, 1913-1925, predominant 1923-1925 thumbnail

Documents

1995_0008_0001_001

C.P.R. line

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail overlooking Burrard Inlet that runs down a hill through some evergreen trees.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Material Details: "You asked me how / far the CPR Line / was from our lot / It is within 1/4 mile / This was taken / right above the / CPR line, there is / quite a sharp descent / from here down to the / line If the piece of / bush to the left was / cut you would see 2nd narrows bridge" written in pencil on the back of the photo.

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail overlooking Burrard Inlet that runs down a hill through some evergreen trees.

History: George Vincent Martin was born in 1892 in England. He married Matilda Florence Reed in 1916. He purchased a property in North Burnaby in the 1920s on Trinity Street. There was a main house and a "shack" on the property split up onto two lots.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Trails; Geographic Features - Inlets

Accession Code: BV007.45.14

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Nov-2018

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on notes on the reverse of the photograph

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Boys Tumbling Club at Gilmore Avenue Junior High School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1942 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boys Tumbling Club at Gilmore Avenue Junior High School. The photograph was taken on school grounds.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1942 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-153

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Boys Tumbling Club at Gilmore Avenue Junior High School. The photograph was taken on school grounds.

Subjects: Sports - Gymnastics; Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs

Names: Gilmore Avenue School

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Boys Tumbling Club at Gilmore Avenue Junior High School, June 1942 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Burnaby District on roller skates

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1948

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of Brownies and Girl Guides on roller skates from the Burnaby District. Margaret McGeachie is standing in the back row on the far left and Ivy McGeachie is standing on the far right in the back row.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of Brownies and Girl Guides on roller skates from the Burnaby District. Margaret McGeachie is standing in the back row on the far left and Ivy McGeachie is standing on the far right in the back row.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Sports - Skating

Names: McGeachie, Ivy Ashliegh; McGeachie, Margaret; Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.195

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1948

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page5/18) Item BV015.35.160

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Burnaby District on roller skates, 1948 thumbnail

Girls in swimsuits

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four young girls standing together in swim suits outside a canvas tent. Three of the girls are identified as Mildred Jones, Margaret Davie and Mrs. Heywood.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm

Material Details: Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Mildred_Jones_(Bishop) / Margaret_Davie / (Mrs._Heywood) / 1926"

Scope and Content: Photograph of four young girls standing together in swim suits outside a canvas tent. Three of the girls are identified as Mildred Jones, Margaret Davie and Mrs. Heywood.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Sports - Swimming; Recreational Activities - Camping

Names: Davie, Margaret; Jones, Mildred; Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.295

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1926

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Photograph is part of scrapbook BV015.35.166

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Girls Tumbling Club at Gilmore Avenue Junior High School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1942 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 5.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Girls Tumbling Club at Gilmore Avenue Junior High School. This photograph was taken on the school grounds.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1942 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 5.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-158

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Girls Tumbling Club at Gilmore Avenue Junior High School. This photograph was taken on the school grounds.

Subjects: Sports - Gymnastics; Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: Gilmore Avenue School

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Girls Tumbling Club at Gilmore Avenue Junior High School, June 1942 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 2

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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) (0:11:02 min)

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the earning and spending of money, household living arrangements, friends, and recreational activities. Bob describes his small businesses, and how he spent the money he earned. He shares his perspective that the self-sufficiency and practicality o…

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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) (0:11:02 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 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the earning and spending of money, household living arrangements, friends, and recreational activities. Bob describes his small businesses, and how he spent the money he earned. He shares his perspective that the self-sufficiency and practicality of the people he knew at the time had their origin in the community’s experiences of the First World War. Bob discusses his family’s living arrangements, and how they moved as circumstances required, although they always remained in the same area. Bob recalls his school sporting activities, and the Army Cadets organized in his high school during World War II. He talks of his friends and how they played in the bush, at the millponds, and on Still Creek, and how they could skate on the frozen creek to Burnaby Lake. He describes the hunting and fishing, and the field and water trials for retrievers in the marsh.

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

Subjects: Recreational Activities; Organizations - Boys Societies and Clubs; Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Sports - Skating

Names: Lowe, Robert "Bob"

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake; Still Creek

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: Title based on contents of item

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 2, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0006_002.mp3

Ivy and Margaret McGeachie on roller skates

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1948

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in their Girl Guide uniforms and wearing roller skates. The sisters have their hands clasped together and appear to be dancing while wearing white roller skates.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in their Girl Guide uniforms and wearing roller skates. The sisters have their hands clasped together and appear to be dancing while wearing white roller skates.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Sports - Skating

Names: McGeachie, Ivy Ashliegh; Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.197

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1948

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page5/18) Item BV015.35.160

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Ivy and Margaret McGeachie on roller skates, 1948 thumbnail

Ivy McGeachie on roller skates

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ivy McGeachie in a Girl Guide uniform and wearing white roller skates. Ivy has her arms outstreched in the air and is balancing on one skate.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ivy McGeachie in a Girl Guide uniform and wearing white roller skates. Ivy has her arms outstreched in the air and is balancing on one skate.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Sports - Skating

Names: McGeachie, Ivy Ashliegh; Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.192

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06/11/2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note handwritten in pencil on front of photograph reads: "Love / from / Ivy"; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" Item BV015.35.160

Images

Ivy McGeachie on roller skates

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1948

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ivy McGeachie in her Girl Guide uniform and wearing roller skates.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ivy McGeachie in her Girl Guide uniform and wearing roller skates.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Sports - Skating

Names: McGeachie, Ivy Ashliegh; Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.196

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1948

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page5/18) Item BV015.35.160

Images

Leaders and Seconds of the Second Burnaby Girl Guide Company

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company leaders and seconds in the snow on Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver. The young women are standing in the snow holding skis with a log cabin in the background.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company leaders and seconds in the snow on Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver. The young women are standing in the snow holding skis with a log cabin in the background.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Sports - Skiing; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.244

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: See also photograph HV972.204.4

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: January 4, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on content of photograph Note in black ink on scrapbook page above photograph reads:"Leaders and Seconds / 2nd Burnaby" Note in black ink on scrapbookk page below photograph reads: "Grouse Mountain"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Leaders & seconds / 2nd Burnaby / [AB] initials / Grouse Moutnain / April 29"; Photograph is a part of scrapbook (page 27) "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)

Images

Leaders and Seconds of the Second Burnaby Girl Guide Company, [1929] thumbnail

Margaret McGeachie on roller skates

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca. 1948]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margaret Knoke (nee McGeachie) in a Girl Guide uniform and wearing white roller skates

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margaret Knoke (nee McGeachie) in a Girl Guide uniform and wearing white roller skates

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Sports - Skating

Names: McGeachie, Margaret; Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.191

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [ca. 1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06/11/2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" Item BV015.35.160

Images

Margaret McGeachie on roller skates, [ca. 1948] thumbnail

Bridge and trail in Robert Burnaby Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1933 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail in Robert Burnaby Park with a bridge in the middle ground and stairs leading to higher ground. The bridge and trail are surrounded by lush foliage and trees.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1933 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 581-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2014-34

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail in Robert Burnaby Park with a bridge in the middle ground and stairs leading to higher ground. The bridge and trail are surrounded by lush foliage and trees.