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Scope and Content: Photograph of the Fraser Wilson family taken in their yard at their home at 1648 Graveley Street, Grandview District, Vancouver. Adney James Wilson (standing, back left); his wife Alexandra Wilson (standing, back right); Frances May Wilson (front left); Catherine McRae (seated, centre); and Fraser …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-278

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Fraser Wilson family taken in their yard at their home at 1648 Graveley Street, Grandview District, Vancouver. Adney James Wilson (standing, back left); his wife Alexandra Wilson (standing, back right); Frances May Wilson (front left); Catherine McRae (seated, centre); and Fraser Wilson (front right).

Names: McRae, Catherine; Wilson, Adney James; Wilson, Alexandra; Wilson, Frances May; Wilson, Fraser

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Wilson family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35421

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (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 Adney "Ab" Wilson (front, centre); his wife, Alexandra Wilson (on right); their daughter, Frances May Wilson (on left); and, Catherine McRae (standing), mother of Alexandra Wilson. Photograph was taken in Vancouver, BC.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-279

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adney "Ab" Wilson (front, centre); his wife, Alexandra Wilson (on right); their daughter, Frances May Wilson (on left); and, Catherine McRae (standing), mother of Alexandra Wilson. Photograph was taken in Vancouver, BC.

Names: McRae, Catherine; Wilson, Adney "Ab"; Wilson, Alexandra; Wilson, Frances May

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Wilson family, [191-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Interview with W.H. O'Brien July / August 1975 - Track 8

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: [1932]-1936

Length: 0:11:12

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).

Date Range: [1932]-1936

Photo Info: Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005

Length: 0:11:12

Names: Darling, Gordon; Phillips, Turnie

Subjects: Organizations

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: July / August 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with W.H. "Harry" O'Brien by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury. Major themes discussed are: the Army of the Common Good, the Union of the Unemployed and the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union). To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: W.H. “Harry” O’Brien was born in the coal mining town of Nanaimo, British Columbia on October 20, 1914. He came to Burnaby with his parents and five siblings in 1927. Harry’s mother, a school teacher, wanted her children to live closer to school in order to obtain a better education, so the O’Brien family settled at Inman Avenue, Burnaby. Harry's mother, Mary Anne Crossan, was Gilmore Avenue School's first teacher. Harry left school in June of 1929. Harry’s father worked as the caretaker at Central Park around this time and Harry helped him to clear brush, plant trees and enforce the land clearing and wood cutting permit regulations held by men who were on script. Although too young to vote by just over a week, Harry O'Brien worked as a scrutineer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) during the 1935 Federal Election. On October 12, 1940 Harry O'Brien married Gertrude Sutherland at St. John the Divine in Burnaby. The Sutherland family came to Burnaby from Winnipeg in 1933 and settled at Nelson Avenue. Harry began his involvement with the Unemployment Organization in Burnaby by participating in an organised protest against the municipality for homeowner evictions brought on by unpaid taxes. The South Burnaby Union of the Unemployed organised in order to protest rules around receiving Relief. Harry became involved, eventually becoming one of the spearheads of the organization, taking over as secretary by 1936. Harry was an original member of the Army of the Common Good, helping to produce over one hundred and twenty-five tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed Burnaby citizens suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The members of the Army of the Common Good who cut wood for consumption or worked in the gardens were given credit for their work through LU (Labour Units) which they could then use to buy groceries and that at the Army's Cooperative stores, one of which was at McKay Avenue, where Harry began working as Manager of Groceries in 1937. The Credit Union movement of British Columbia was also organized by Harry O'Brien and his fellow Army of the Common Good members. W.H. "Harry" O'Brien died July 1, 1992.

Total Tracks: 9

Total Length: 1:17:56

Interviewee Name: O'Brien, Harry

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

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

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

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Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track eight of interview with W.H.

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Frank Bailey and sibling

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64480

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 9.5 cm mounted on paper 19 x 12 cm, pasted in folded paper 27.8 x 35.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Frank Bailey standing on a bench in a photographic studio next to one of his siblings.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bailey family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 9.5 cm mounted on paper 19 x 12 cm, pasted in folded paper 27.8 x 35.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 508-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-55

Scope and Content: Photograph of Frank Bailey standing on a bench in a photographic studio next to one of his siblings.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Bailey, Frank

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Frank Bailey and sibling, [191-] thumbnail

Group of labourers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64482

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.6 x 16.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of labourers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bailey family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.6 x 16.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 508-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-55

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of labourers.

Subjects: Occupations - Labourers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Bailey family house

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64487

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16 cm, mounted on board 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of five people standing in the front yard and porch of William and Mary Bailey's home at 4050 Kingsway.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bailey family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16 cm, mounted on board 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 508-015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-55

Scope and Content: Photograph of five people standing in the front yard and porch of William and Mary Bailey's home at 4050 Kingsway.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Bailey, William; Bailey, Mary

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note on verso of card mount reads: "Sept. 1925 / Passed away"; To be scanned

Street Address: 4050 Kingsway

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Charles and Minnie Bailey

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64491

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [19--]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia (two oval images on one strip) ; 8 x 3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of what looks to be Charles Bailey and underneath Charles with his wife Minnie Bailey. These look to be cut from a contact sheet.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [19--]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bailey family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia (two oval images on one strip) ; 8 x 3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 508-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1992-55

Scope and Content: Photograph of what looks to be Charles Bailey and underneath Charles with his wife Minnie Bailey. These look to be cut from a contact sheet.

Names: Bailey, Charles; Bailey, Minnie

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Charles and Minnie Bailey, [19--] thumbnail

Les Francis

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64815

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [198-]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.2 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Les Francis, Burnaby Waterworks Superintendent.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [198-]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.2 x 10 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1542

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Les Francis, Burnaby Waterworks Superintendent.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers; Public Services - Public Works

Names: Burnaby Waterworks

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso reads: "Les Francis / Bby Waterworks Supt."

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J.C. Fisher

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64821

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [196-]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of J.C. Fisher, the manager of the Shellburn Refinery in Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [196-]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1548

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of J.C. Fisher, the manager of the Shellburn Refinery in Burnaby.

Names: Shell Oil Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso reads: "J.C. Fisher / Manager, Shellburn Refinery / Burnaby"; Note on verso reads: "Re-photo / 1 x 3 / Bus page 6 / Wed"

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Tom Blake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64829

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [196-]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom Blake, who may have been an independent candidate in Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [196-]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1556

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom Blake, who may have been an independent candidate in Burnaby.

Names: Blake, Thomas

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso reads: "Tom Blake / Burnaby / Independent / in 3 col x 4" [?]"

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Bill Boyd

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64852

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of YMCA 'Summer Fun' Director Bill Boyd.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 5.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1579

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of YMCA 'Summer Fun' Director Bill Boyd.

Subjects: Organizations - Societies and Clubs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso (partial) identifies photographer as "Campbell"; Note on verso reads: "BUrnaby / Bill Boyd / YMCA / Summer 'Fun' Director"

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Ball thirty-three at the Inter-City Golf Driving Range

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78772

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [201-]

Collection/Fonds: Walker family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 314 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of "ball thirty-three" at the Inter-City Golf Driving Range in Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [201-]

Collection/Fonds: Walker family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 314 dpi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 557-023

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-15

Scope and Content: Photograph of "ball thirty-three" at the Inter-City Golf Driving Range in Burnaby.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Golf

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title

Geographic Access: 10th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Inter-City Golf Driving Range

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78791

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [201-]

Collection/Fonds: Walker family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 314 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of what appears to be ball thirty-three at the Inter-City Golf Driving Range in Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [201-]

Collection/Fonds: Walker family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 314 dpi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 557-041

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-15

Scope and Content: Photograph of what appears to be ball thirty-three at the Inter-City Golf Driving Range in Burnaby.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Golf

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: 10th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Inter-City Golf Driving Range, [201-] thumbnail

Ellenor Murray's brother

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80585

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Collection/Fonds: Murray family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia (cabinet card) ; 9 x 6 cm, mounted on card 10 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family of three taken at a photographic studio in Newcastle-On-Tyne. Either the man or the child in the photograph has been identified as Ellenor Murray's brother.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Collection/Fonds: Murray family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia (cabinet card) ; 9 x 6 cm, mounted on card 10 x 6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 548-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-31

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family of three taken at a photographic studio in Newcastle-On-Tyne. Either the man or the child in the photograph has been identified as Ellenor Murray's brother.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Dickson, Jas.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Mother's Brother"; Photographer's studio markings on recto of cabinet card read: "Jas. Dickinson / Newcastle-On-Tyne"; Photographers studio markings on verso of cabinet card read: "The Portrait / City Gallery / Photographic Artist / Jas Dickinson / Grainger Street Newcastle-On-Tyne / Negatives Kept / Additional Copies Can Always Be Obtained / Portraits of Every Description Enlarged / Portrait Clubs."

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Brothers Earl and Norman Wild

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80586

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925] - 1990

Collection/Fonds: Murray family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925] - 1990

Collection/Fonds: Murray family fonds

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 548-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-31

Scope and Content: Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.

Names: Wild, Norman; Wild, Earl

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Norman's brother Earl + Norman. Idaho USA"

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