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History: Andrew Martin Johnson was born in Norway in 1861 and immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1886. His wife Margaret Sloane was born in Ireland. Margaret and Andrew Johnson's eldest child, Edward Sloane, was born June 10, 1901 but did not survive infancy. Their second child, Andrew Sloane, was born in 1906. Andrew Martin was a major landowner in Burnaby, at one time owning each of the four corners of Royal Oak and Kingsway and many of the adjacent properties. He made his fortune as a partner in the firm of Atkins & Johnson, a leading transportation company in Vancouver which later became the Mainland Transfer Company. In 1910, Andrew Martin purchased Burnaby's Royal Oak Hotel. He soon acquired the property on the opposite corner to build their family home, called "Glenedward" after their eldest son. He owned and operated the Royal Oak Hotel until his death on September 18, 1934. In 1943 Margaret sold Glenedward. The building has since been converted twice: first into the Royal Oak Funeral Chapel and then into the Johnson House Korean Restaurant. Andrew Sloane Johnson attended Kingsway West School and Britannia High School before earning a Bachelor's of Business Administration at the University of Washington in 1930. He lived at Glenedward until moving to Washington for school.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Creator: Johnson, Andrew Martin

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC244, PC335

Columbian Newspaper collection

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-]-1985

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1579 photographs : b&w + col.

Scope and Content: Collection consists of photographs created by or for the Columbian Newspaper and the Burnaby Today newspaper (child company to the Columbian). Photographs depict various people, organizations, and events in Burnaby that had historical interest. Many of the photographs within this collection have ne…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-]-1985

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1579 photographs : b&w + col.

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2003-02; 2009-01

Scope and Content: Collection consists of photographs created by or for the Columbian Newspaper and the Burnaby Today newspaper (child company to the Columbian). Photographs depict various people, organizations, and events in Burnaby that had historical interest. Many of the photographs within this collection have newspaper photographers identified as: Peter Battistoni, Tom Braid, Campbell, Randy Glover, Craig Hodge, B.C. Jennings, Basil King, Ken Oakes, Sheamus Smith, John Symonds, Don Trimbell and Don Whistler.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of collection; Photo catalogue 480, photo catalogue 222

Miss Burnaby contestants

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1971]

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of contestants onstage at Miss Burnaby pageant. Melodie Spring (Miss Burnaby 1970) is standing at the podium. Contestants include; Freda Joy, Jeanie Fraser, Willie De La Ferrard, Carol Maillox, Sheila Nash, Sheila Nicholson, Michelle Gay, Leslie Brenner and Joan Fruin.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of contestants onstage at Miss Burnaby pageant. Melodie Spring (Miss Burnaby 1970) is standing at the podium. Contestants include; Freda Joy, Jeanie Fraser, Willie De La Ferrard, Carol Maillox, Sheila Nash, Sheila Nicholson, Michelle Gay, Leslie Brenner and Joan Fruin.

Subjects: Events - Pageants; Celebrations - Centennials

Names: Spring, Melodie; Nicholson, Sheila; Fruin, Joan; Joy, Freda; Fraser, Jeanie; De La Ferrrd, Willie; Mailloux, Carol; Nash, Sheila; Gay, Michelle; Brenner, Leslie

Accession Code: BV005.54.157

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1971]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: July 21, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Miss Burnaby contestants, [1971] thumbnail

Threshing outfit in Burnaby on Fraser River

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1892]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm ; copy print

Scope and Content: Threshing machine on paddlewheel barge on river. Five men standing on barge.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm ; copy print

Material Details: "Ist Threshing outfit in Burnaby, about 1892. / Owned by Pat Byrne, brother of Peter. Sold to / Peter when Pat returned to Ireland to live. / ON Fraser River. L. to R. : Pat Byrne, Capt. Stewart / of "Alice", Peter Byrne and Another (unknown)." on typewritten label on front of photograph. "Columbian files" written on verso in black pen.

Scope and Content: Threshing machine on paddlewheel barge on river. Five men standing on barge.

History: Part of a set of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper, which operated out of New Westminster under this name starting in 1900 until its dissolution in 1988. Photographs found in the collection of the Burnaby Village are dated 1971.

Other Title Information: title based on note on front of photograph

Names: Byrne, Pat

Accession Code: BV018.19.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1892]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 24-04-2018

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Threshing outfit in Burnaby on Fraser River, [1892] thumbnail

Large house in a field

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 14 cm x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large home in the background with some building to the left of it. There is some snow on the ground.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 14 cm x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large home in the background with some building to the left of it. There is some snow on the ground.

Other Title Information: title based on content of photograph

Accession Code: BV017.47.2

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Apr-18

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Tram on railroad tracks

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 12 cm x 18.5cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a tram on railroad tracks. There are telephone/power poles on both sides of the tracks. There is a train signal sign in the foreground. There is some snow on the ground.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 12 cm x 18.5cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a tram on railroad tracks. There are telephone/power poles on both sides of the tracks. There is a train signal sign in the foreground. There is some snow on the ground.

Other Title Information: title based on content of photograph

Accession Code: BV017.47.3

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Apr-18

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Boy crouched in a field

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17cm ; copy print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young blond boy dressed in a light colored shirt and dark pants with his hands on his knees in a crouch position. In the background there is a building and there is a white railroad crossing sign on the right.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17cm ; copy print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young blond boy dressed in a light colored shirt and dark pants with his hands on his knees in a crouch position. In the background there is a building and there is a white railroad crossing sign on the right.

Other Title Information: title based on content of photograph

Accession Code: BV017.47.4

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Apr-18

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Children in front of a school house

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 14 cm x 23.5cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of 19 boys and girls posing in front of the stairs of a wood shingled building. Everyone is wearing long sleeve tops and shorts or skirts. Most wearing rain boots.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 14 cm x 23.5cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of 19 boys and girls posing in front of the stairs of a wood shingled building. Everyone is wearing long sleeve tops and shorts or skirts. Most wearing rain boots.

Other Title Information: title based on content of photograph

Accession Code: BV017.47.6

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Apr-18

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Children in front of a school house, thumbnail

Edith Metcalf sitting on a bakery truck.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 14 cm x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Woman holding a small, brown dog, sitting in a bread delivery truck. The word "Bread" can be seen on the side of the vehicle and "Phone 3X 14".

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 14 cm x 8.5 cm

Material Details: "1923" written in pen on the top of the photo. "Mrs. Metcalfe / Bakery truck" written in pen on the back of the photo.

Scope and Content: Woman holding a small, brown dog, sitting in a bread delivery truck. The word "Bread" can be seen on the side of the vehicle and "Phone 3X 14".

Other Title Information: Title based on contents.

Accession Code: BV018.20.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1923

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 17-Jul-18

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Edith Metcalf sitting on a bakery truck., 1923 thumbnail

Alice Sparman with group of children

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Group photograph of seventeen children pictured outside. Alice Sparman in front row, far right, wearing dark jacket. In background: trees, hillside with scrub, and log cabin with woodpile. Shadow of photographer on lower right.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds

Series: Sanders-Sparman photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Material Details: Text in blue ink on top front "34".

Scope and Content: Group photograph of seventeen children pictured outside. Alice Sparman in front row, far right, wearing dark jacket. In background: trees, hillside with scrub, and log cabin with woodpile. Shadow of photographer on lower right.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Sanders, Alice Viola Sparman

Accession Code: BV018.34.28

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cascade-Schou Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-07-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Alice Sparman with group of children, [193-] thumbnail

Sparman family

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 7.6 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Sparman family pictured outside with trees in background. Front row left to right: Alice Sparman, Nester Sparman holding May Sparman on lap, Lester Sparman, Marie Sparman. Back row left to right: Elizabeth Marie Sparman and Lillian "Lil" Sparman.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds

Series: Sanders-Sparman photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 7.6 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Sparman family pictured outside with trees in background. Front row left to right: Alice Sparman, Nester Sparman holding May Sparman on lap, Lester Sparman, Marie Sparman. Back row left to right: Elizabeth Marie Sparman and Lillian "Lil" Sparman.

Names: Sanders, Alice Viola Sparman; Sparman, Lester; Sparman, Elizabeth Marie; Sparman, Lillian; Sparman, Mary; Sparman, Nester

Accession Code: BV018.34.29

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-07-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Comic foreground novelty photograph

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.0 x 9.0 cm print ; 26.5 x 33.5 cm print in folder

Scope and Content: Photograph of couple in a comic foreground novelty photograph. A comic foreground generally consistes of a comedic painted image with holes cut-out where the heads of the figures in the image should be. Sitters then stand behind the image and place their faces into the cut-out holes to comedic effe…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.0 x 9.0 cm print ; 26.5 x 33.5 cm print in folder

Material Details: Photograph is housed in a beige, thin card, tri-fold folder with rectangular cut-out to view image. Folder has navy blue pinstripe detail around cut-out. Navy blue text above cut-out reads: "A Souvenir Comic Photo". Navy blue text below the cut-out reads: "From the FLAME SUPPER CLUB / VANCOUVER, B.C.".

Scope and Content: Photograph of couple in a comic foreground novelty photograph. A comic foreground generally consistes of a comedic painted image with holes cut-out where the heads of the figures in the image should be. Sitters then stand behind the image and place their faces into the cut-out holes to comedic effect. Phil and Marg McClaughlin are pictured in the photograph. Phil is standing behind an illustration of a sharp dressed man wearing a fedora and holding a cigar in one hand. In his other hand, the man holds an over-sized martini glass containing the figure of a scantily clad woman. Marg is standing behind the image of the woman seated in the martini glass.

History: The Flame Supper Club was located on the Grandview Highway between Smith and Boundary Road. The address was later given as 3776 Canada Way. The club was touted in advertisements as having "Vancouver's Largest Cabaret Dance Floor". It opened in 1947 and was sold in 1971.

Names: Flame Supper Club

Accession Code: BV019.1.1

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13-Feb-2019

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Comic foreground novelty photograph

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.0 x 9.0 cm print ; 26.5 x 33.5 cm print in folder

Scope and Content: Photograph of couple in a comic foreground novelty photograph. A comic foreground generally consistes of a comedic painted image with holes cut-out where the heads of the figures in the image should be. Sitters then stand behind the image and place their faces into the cut-out holes to comedic effe…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.0 x 9.0 cm print ; 26.5 x 33.5 cm print in folder

Material Details: Photograph is housed in a beige, thin card, tri-fold folder with rectangular cut-out to view image. Folder has navy blue pinstripe detail around cut-out. Navy blue text above cut-out reads: "A Souvenir Comic Photo". Navy blue text below the cut-out reads: "From the FLAME SUPPER CLUB / VANCOUVER, B.C.".

Scope and Content: Photograph of couple in a comic foreground novelty photograph. A comic foreground generally consistes of a comedic painted image with holes cut-out where the heads of the figures in the image should be. Sitters then stand behind the image and place their faces into the cut-out holes to comedic effect. Phil and Marg McClaughlin are pictured in the photograph. Marg is standing behind an illustration of a scantily clad woman who is running. Phil is standing behind the image of a clawed, furred animal wearing striped boxer shorts. Text printed beneath the painted image reads: "IT HAPPENED AT / THE Flame VAN B.C.".

History: The Flame Supper Club was located on the Grandview Highway between Smith and Boundary Road. The address was later given as 3776 Canada Way. The club was touted in advertisements as having "Vancouver's Largest Cabaret Dance Floor". It opened in 1947 and was sold in 1971.

Names: Flame Supper Club

Accession Code: BV019.1.2

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 16/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Four Love sisters

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1970-1980]

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; copy print ; 8.8 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four older women posing for photograph in building lobby. From left to right are: Phoebe Love Feedham, Minnie Love Mackenzie, Esther (Eddie) Love Stanley, and Sarah Love Parker. There are palms and other large plants in the background.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Series: Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; copy print ; 8.8 x 12 cm

Material Details: Written on the verso in black ink: "A. Phoebe, A. Minnie, A. Eddie, / Grams. / 4 Love sisters"

Scope and Content: Photograph of four older women posing for photograph in building lobby. From left to right are: Phoebe Love Feedham, Minnie Love Mackenzie, Esther (Eddie) Love Stanley, and Sarah Love Parker. There are palms and other large plants in the background.

History: Photograph is from the Love farmhouse. The house was lived in by generations of the Love family. Jesse and Martha Love's daughter, Sarah Love married William Parker and their daughter, Elsie (later Hughes) is the donor's mother. The objects were in the house when the donor lived in the house.

Names: Feedham, Phoebe Leonard Love; McKenzie, Edith Minnie Love; Stanley, Esther Love; Parker, Sarah Maria Love

Accession Code: BV019.8.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1970-1980]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 18-Mar-19

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Four Love sisters, [1970-1980] thumbnail

Werner (Ollie) Ohl with 1223 tram

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1985 - 1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; copy print ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Werner (Ollie) Ohl stands on the left side of the photo with his left foot on the bottom step leading up to the door of the 1223 tram, which is to the right, at the Burnaby Village Museum.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; copy print ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Werner (Ollie) Ohl stands on the left side of the photo with his left foot on the bottom step leading up to the door of the 1223 tram, which is to the right, at the Burnaby Village Museum.

History: Werner (Ollie) Ohl (1925-2014) was born in Germany, moving to Canada at age 4 in around 1930. He grew up on the property located at 2833 Laurel Street in Burnaby. The property had turkeys and cows, etc. and was close to Tommy Irvine's house. He attended Douglas Road School. He served in WWII and married Shirley Cole (donor) in 1949. He worked with BC Electric right out of the army, first driving the trams until they stopped running then he drove buses and then in 1962, he worked in the rail yard. The couple moved to Coquitlam in the 1950s and had four daughters. Werner (Ollie) was a volunteer who worked on the restoration of the 1233 Interurban on display at the Burnaby Village Museum.

Names: Ohl, Werner "Ollie"

Accession Code: BV019.22.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1985 - 1995]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 18-Mar-19

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Werner (Ollie) Ohl with 1223 tram, [1985 - 1995] thumbnail

Love House going south on Cumberland Street

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Love farmhouse moving south on Cumberland Street by little park where kitchen had been placed temporarily. The house is being moved from it's original site at 7651 Cumberland Street to the site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse restoration photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm

Material Details: Photograph is part of Film roll "3829" - 20 colour negatives and 18 colour photographs that are a part of a collection described as BV018.41.82

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Love farmhouse moving south on Cumberland Street by little park where kitchen had been placed temporarily. The house is being moved from it's original site at 7651 Cumberland Street to the site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Street Address: 7651 Cumberland Street

Accession Code: BV018.41.428

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Related Material: See BV018.41.82 for File Level Description

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 27-Aug-2019

Scale: 100

Photographer: Stevens, Colin

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is a part of file level description "Photographic documentation of changes and move" BV018.41.82

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Love House going south on Cumberland Street, thumbnail

Love farmhouse and new administration building

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1989]

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Love farmhouse and the back of the new administration building at Burnaby Village Museum. Exposed soil is in the foreground.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Love farmhouse and the back of the new administration building at Burnaby Village Museum. Exposed soil is in the foreground.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.5.190

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1989]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 25-Feb-20

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; date stamp on slide reads Dec 04, 1989

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Love farmhouse

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1989]

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Love farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum before restoration. The new administration building and Hart House are also visible.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Love farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum before restoration. The new administration building and Hart House are also visible.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums; Buildings - Heritage

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.5.202

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1989]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 25-Feb-20

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; date stamp on slide reads Dec 04, 1989

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Love farmhouse and new administration building

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1989]

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Love farmhouse and the back of the new administration building at Burnaby Village Museum. Exposed soil is in the foreground.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Love farmhouse and the back of the new administration building at Burnaby Village Museum. Exposed soil is in the foreground.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums; Buildings - Heritage

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.5.203

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1989]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 25-Feb-20

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; date stamp on slide reads Dec 04, 1989

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Larry Lee family fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Larry Lee family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 14 photographs + 3 p. of texutal records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs of the Dragon Inn restaurant in Burnaby, Lee family photographs and certificates awarded to Larry Lee.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Larry Lee family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 14 photographs + 3 p. of texutal records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs of the Dragon Inn restaurant in Burnaby, Lee family photographs and certificates awarded to Larry Lee.

History: Larry Lee was born in Dawan village, Kaiping, Guangdong, China in 1932. As a child, he attended school at the Dawan village primary school, and later the Kaiqiao middle school. During the Second World War, the Japanese army took over parts of Guangdong. Due the circumstances at the time, Larry quit school and returned to the village. He arrived in Vancouver, Canada in 1949 at the age of 16 by plane, which stopped in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Guam, Hawaii, and Seattle before reaching its final destination in Vancouver. With no English language skills upon arrival, he attended Sir William Dawson School in Vancouver and was placed in grade five surrounded by mostly white children. His father Lee Soon was already in Canada many years before Larry arrived, and paid the Chinese head tax to come to Canada. Lee Soon operated the Puss and Boots coffee shop located on Robson Street and Richards Street and was one of the restaurant’s cooks. As a teenager, Larry's first job in Canada was working at the Puss and Boots as a restaurant helper. Later on, he took a full time job working at the Bamboo Terrace restaurant in Chinatown, and was eventually promoted to become a buyer for the restaurant. He met his wife Git Nung Lee "Kathy" who came from Xinhui county, Guangdong, in the 1950s while she was working for the produce wholesaler Tom Yee, which was located on Keefer Street between Gore and Main Street in Chinatown. Kathy's grandfather originally operated a fireworks factory in Vancouver. After an accident which involved an explosion at the factory, her father closed down the company and opened the Fong Lee BBQ Meatshop in Chinatown. Kathy and Larry married in 1958. Larry and Kathy lived in Burnaby where they raised their eight children. In the late 1950s, Larry and Kathy opened the first Dragon Inn restaurant on Slocan Road and Kingsway area along with seven other partners who mostly originated from Larry's hometown in Kaiping. The business partners eventually parted ways, and a second Dragon Inn restaurant opened in the Willingdon and Kingsway area. The third restaurant, named the Park Inn, opened up at Welwyn Street and Kingsway. A fourth restaurant, also named the Dragon Inn, was established on Willingdon and Hastings Street. Finally, a fifth Dragon Inn restaurant was opened in New Westminster on Columbia Street. Larry retained ownership of the Willingdon and Kingsway location, and sold the remaining businesses. Over the years, he purchased property around the block of his restaurant, and sold the land to developers who constructed the Crystal Mall. Larry and Kathy operated the Grand Buffet restaurant on Kingsway in the late 1990s for five years before they sold the business and retired. The Dragon Inn was known for its exterior neon sign which was removed in 1997. Larry Lee was a member of the International Association of Lions Club and a duly elected member of the Lions Club of Vancouver Champlain Heights. Larry Lee died in 2019 and his wife Kathy died in 2022.

Responsibility: Lee, Larry

Accession Code: BV017.37; BV022.19

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

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