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Scope and Content: Photograph of Carol and Valerie Shantz, age 5 and 1, with their grandmother, Ida Cary, at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Albert Street.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955] (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 ; 4.4 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-167

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Carol and Valerie Shantz, age 5 and 1, with their grandmother, Ida Cary, at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Albert Street.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods

Names: Cary, Ida; Shantz, Carol; Shantz, Valerie

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Madison Avenue; Albert Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Carol and Valerie Shantz with Ida Cary, [1955] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Grace McGill and Reeve Emmott

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36136

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 15, 1951

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Grace McGill & Reeve Allan Emmott at the opening of the McGill Branch.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 15, 1951

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Public Library photograph subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 225-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1989-22

Scope and Content: Photograph of Grace McGill & Reeve Allan Emmott at the opening of the McGill Branch.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Libraries

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Albert Street

Street Address: 4595 Albert Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Images

Grace McGill and Reeve Emmott, May 15, 1951 thumbnail

Grace McGill inside McGill Annex

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36134

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 15, 1951

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm, mounted on board 15 x 40.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (Mrs.) William Beck, Grace McGill, and Lois Stevenson each holding stacks of books at the opening of the McGill Annex.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 15, 1951

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Public Library photograph subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm, mounted on board 15 x 40.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 225-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1989-22

Scope and Content: Photograph of (Mrs.) William Beck, Grace McGill, and Lois Stevenson each holding stacks of books at the opening of the McGill Annex.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Libraries

Names: McGill, Grace; Stevensons, Lois

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Cunningham, Bill

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was originally mounted in a booklet style folder, with a stamp on the recto that reads: "BURNABY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR REFERENCE USE IN LIBRARY ONLY" a stamp in the interior that reads: "COMPLIMENTS VANCOUVER DAILY PROVINCE" and a stamp on the verso that reads: "Bill Cunningham, Vancouver, B.C."

Geographic Access: Albert Street

Street Address: 4595 Albert Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Images

Grace McGill inside McGill Annex, May 15, 1951 thumbnail

Interview with Kathleen Rose July 14, 1975 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory146

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1897-1934

Length: 0:10:37

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.

Date Range: 1897-1934

Length: 0:10:37

Subjects: Buildings - Residences - Houses

Geographic Access: Albert Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: July 14, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Kathleen Rose by SFU (Simon Fraser University) student Bettina Bradbury, July 14, 1975. Major theme discussed is: the Depression.

Biographical Notes: Kathleen Rose was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1897 and immigrated to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1907 with her family. Kathleen lived on the Prairie for eighteen years before getting married in 1923 and moving to Burnaby to be with her husband. The couple moved to the 4600 block of Albert Street in North Burnaby, where Kathleen’s husband cleared all of the land by hand. The Roses had help putting in the foundation but otherwise built their house themselves. Kathleen’s husband was a longshoreman at that time. They had a son, born in 1925, who suffered from rheumatic fever during the Depression.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:35:42

Interviewee Name: Rose, Kathleen

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

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

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Kathleen Rose

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-21/100-13-21_Track_1.mp3

Valerie and Dorothy Shantz

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37590

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1956] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dorothy Shantz holding her daughter, Valerie Shantz. The photograph was taken looking east along Albert Street at Madison Avenue. Capitol Hill is visible in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1956] (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 ; 4.6 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-178

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dorothy Shantz holding her daughter, Valerie Shantz. The photograph was taken looking east along Albert Street at Madison Avenue. Capitol Hill is visible in the background.