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E.W. Martin photographs series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15110
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1945-1965
Collection/Fonds
Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
19 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs documenting the construction of Martin's Auto Villa on East Hastings Street in Burnaby; house relocation and construction of a duplex along Winch Street in Burnaby; a plaque unveiling at Simon Fraser University and portraits of Elmer Wilson Martin.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
Series
E.W. Martin photographs series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
19 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs documenting the construction of Martin's Auto Villa on East Hastings Street in Burnaby; house relocation and construction of a duplex along Winch Street in Burnaby; a plaque unveiling at Simon Fraser University and portraits of Elmer Wilson Martin.
Accession Code
BV019.37; BV019.40
Date
1945-1965
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Joseph H. Corsbie personal and professional records series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20333
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1945-1988
Collection/Fonds
Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
22 photographs + 1 cm textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of documents and photographs regarding Joseph (Joe) Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie's personal and professional life. Series includes photographs and documents regarding his marriage, his family, his home in Burnaby, his term with the 21st Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (194…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
Series
Joseph H.C. Corsbie personal and professional records series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
22 photographs + 1 cm textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of documents and photographs regarding Joseph (Joe) Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie's personal and professional life. Series includes photographs and documents regarding his marriage, his family, his home in Burnaby, his term with the 21st Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1945-1948) and his work with the Gulf and Fraser Fishermen's Credit Union.
Names
Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"
Corsbie, Margaret Carr
Accession Code
BV020.31
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1945-1988
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20338
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1943-1986, predominant 1943-1955
Collection/Fonds
Robert Leonard Love fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
29 phototgraphs
Scope and Content
Series consists of family photographs relating to Robert Leonard Love and Margaret (Giles) Love and other family relations.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Robert Leonard Love fonds
Series
Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
29 phototgraphs
Scope and Content
Series consists of family photographs relating to Robert Leonard Love and Margaret (Giles) Love and other family relations.
Accession Code
BV023.24
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1943-1986, predominant 1943-1955
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Joseph H. Corsbie RCAF records series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20332
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1942-1945
Collection/Fonds
Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
13 photographs + 1 book + 10 maps + 2 cm textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of documents and photographs relating to Joseph (Joe) Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie's service and training with the Royal Canadian Air Force between 1942 and 1945.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
Series
Joseph H.C. Corsbie RCAF records series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
13 photographs + 1 book + 10 maps + 2 cm textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of documents and photographs relating to Joseph (Joe) Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie's service and training with the Royal Canadian Air Force between 1942 and 1945.
Subjects
Wars - World War, 1939-1945
Names
Royal Canadian Air Force
Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"
Accession Code
BV020.31
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1942-1945
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Cartographic Material
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Lauder family photographs series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription21425
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1943-1943] (date of originals), copied 2004
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
4 photographs (tiffs)
Scope and Content
Series consists of copies of photographs pertaining to the Lauder family while they lived on the site of Barnet Lumber Company in the 1940's. Photographs were published in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village".
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Series
Lauder family photographs series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
4 photographs (tiffs)
Scope and Content
Series consists of copies of photographs pertaining to the Lauder family while they lived on the site of Barnet Lumber Company in the 1940's. Photographs were published in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village".
History
Helen (Sukkua) Lauder (1910-1995) and Sidney Lauder (1913-1936) had two children, Beverely (Mundreon) (b. 1935) and Douglas (1937-2018). While the children were young the family first lived at Kask Lumber camp before moving to Barnet. While living in Barnet in the 1940s, both children attended Barnet School. While Sidney Lauder fought overseas during WWII, Helen worked as a cook at the mill.
Accession Code
BV019.32
Date
[1943-1943] (date of originals), copied 2004
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
See also, City of Burnaby Archives: Burnaby Historical Society fonds - "In the Shadow by the Sea subseries"
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Burnaby Girl Guides memorabilia series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18957
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1940-1983
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
2 folders of textual records + 2 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of a collection of ephemera collected by Burnaby Guider Bea MacMillan from attending various international Girl Guide events as well as a collection of programs from various ceremonies and events collected by Eleanor Holvick of the North Burnaby Girl Guides.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides memorabilia series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
2 folders of textual records + 2 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of a collection of ephemera collected by Burnaby Guider Bea MacMillan from attending various international Girl Guide events as well as a collection of programs from various ceremonies and events collected by Eleanor Holvick of the North Burnaby Girl Guides.
Names
Girl Guides Association
Girl Guides of Canada
Accession Code
BV015.35
BV016.49
Date
1940-1983
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Kapoor Singh Siddoo series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription21422
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1940-1947] (date of originals), copied 2004
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
31 photographs (tiffs)
Scope and Content
Series consists of copies of photographs pertaining to the family of Kappoor Singh Siddoo and the Kapoor Sawmills Limited that were published in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village".
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Series
Kapoor Singh Siddoo family photographs series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
31 photographs (tiffs)
Scope and Content
Series consists of copies of photographs pertaining to the family of Kappoor Singh Siddoo and the Kapoor Sawmills Limited that were published in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village".
History
Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who first immigrated to America in 1906, arriving in San Francisco in 1906 with twenty illiterate compatriots seeking employment. As the only one among them with a formal education, Kapoor acted as their interpreter, manager, and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, as it inched toward Reno, Nevada. At the same time, Kapoor was asked to help raise funds for a mining company in British Columbia founded by a Punjabi spiritual leader. Kapoor attempted to join the company in British Columbia (attracted partly by stories of the province’s natural beauty), but was turned back at the international border at Blaine several times before entering via Victoria in 1912. Once settled, he operated a successful dairy, invested in various businesses, and socialized with other South Asian immigrants interested in politics. However, emotions of those around Kapoor began to heat up; frustration among opponents of British rule in Indian grew intense. Kapoor left the explosive situation for Ontario in June 1914, determined to find a place for himself in Canadian society. He tried homesteading in the “Clay Belt” of northern Ontario, but like others found the extreme winter conditions intolerable. He returned to British Columbia in 1916, invited by a group of Sikh sawmill workers to help them manage the accounts at a Fraser Valley sawmill they had leased. Kapoor found his niche in the sawmill industry. Fraser Valley timber sat on land granted by the Dominion government to railways to help finance their construction. South Asian workers could get timber rights on these lands, unlike on Crown Lands elsewhere in the province. Kapoor and his new partners, particularly Mayo Singh, looked for other promising “railway belt” locations for another sawmill and found an ideal location on Vancouver Island near Duncan. Kapoor and his colleagues opened a large, modern mill in 1918 and despite various setbacks, prospered for the next decade and a half. In 1923, with a change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur, to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada with Kapoor’s older brother, Bhagwan. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters while in Duncan: Jagdis Kaur Siddoo (1925) and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo (1926), both of whom eventually became physicians. Kapoor’s lumber business on Vancouver Island flourished until 1935, when a fire destroyed the original mill. He moved his family to Vancouver, although retaining interest in another Vancouver Island mill. In 1939, he purchased a large piece (45 acres) of the former Barnet Mill in Burnaby, recently acquired by the Municipality as payment for tax default during the Depression. Kapoor named the mill Modern Sawmills and finalized the purchase though a business agent to get around Burnaby’s bylaw prohibiting the sale to a non-White person. Eventually he changed the mill’s name to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. The mill received timber in log booms from Vancouver Island, and once processed, the wood was then shipped via the Canadian Pacific Railway that ran past the mill, and still does today. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara, who had earlier worked with Kapoor in other sawmills, joined the venture as a shareholder. Tara and his wife, Beant, took up residence in Barnet from 1943-1945 with their family: sons Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and daughters Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). Tara oversaw the regular delivery of logs from Vancouver Island to the Barnet mill. He also became known as a local Burnaby philanthropist, donating to Burnaby General Hospital. The Kapoor sawmill prospered but burned to the ground on January 14, 1947. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and remained a successful financial operation until 1959. When he retired in 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. He was a leading businessman, but had also fought to give South Asian Canadians the right to vote. The year he retired, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years.
Accession Code
BV019.32
Date
[1940-1947] (date of originals), copied 2004
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
See also, City of Burnaby Archives: Burnaby Historical Society fonds - "In the Shadow by the Sea subseries"
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Pixie McGeachie photographs series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18934
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1939 and 1949] (date of originals), copied 2008
Collection/Fonds
Pixie McGeachie fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
24 photographs (tiffs) : b&w
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs from a McGeachie family album documenting a time that Jack and Pixie McGeachie spent at their log cabin on Mount Seymour. Jack McGeachie, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained the cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second Worl…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Pixie McGeachie fonds
Series
Pixie McGeachie photographs series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
24 photographs (tiffs) : b&w
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs from a McGeachie family album documenting a time that Jack and Pixie McGeachie spent at their log cabin on Mount Seymour. Jack McGeachie, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained the cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War.
Accession Code
BV008.17
Date
[between 1939 and 1949] (date of originals), copied 2008
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Harold E. Winch political photograph album and records series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3641
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1937]-1993
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
3 files of textual records + ca. 100 photographs. - 2 prints
Scope and Content
Series consists of records relating to Winch's political career, including newspaper clippings, publications, a photograph album presented to Winch by the Israeli legislature, and an illustrated print of a J.S. Woodsworth grace.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch political photograph album and records series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
3 files of textual records + ca. 100 photographs. - 2 prints
Scope and Content
Series consists of records relating to Winch's political career, including newspaper clippings, publications, a photograph album presented to Winch by the Israeli legislature, and an illustrated print of a J.S. Woodsworth grace.
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12
Date
[1937]-1993
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Waplington family photographs series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19018
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1935-[1941]
Collection/Fonds
Waplington family fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w prints (in frames)
Scope and Content
Series consists of two framed portraits. One framed portrait is a reproduction of a photograph of Frances (nee Waplington) and Ray Fleming and the other is a reproduction of a wedding portrait of John Waplington and Doris Waplington (nee Caswell).
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Waplington family fonds
Series
Waplington family photographs series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w prints (in frames)
Scope and Content
Series consists of two framed portraits. One framed portrait is a reproduction of a photograph of Frances (nee Waplington) and Ray Fleming and the other is a reproduction of a wedding portrait of John Waplington and Doris Waplington (nee Caswell).
Accession Code
BV016.46
Date
1935-[1941]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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E.W. Martin military records and photographs series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15111
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1934-1946
Collection/Fonds
Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
12 photographs + 1 book + approx. 2 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs, military records and ephemera documenting Elmer Wilson Martin's training and service with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
Series
E.W. Martin military records and photographs series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
12 photographs + 1 book + approx. 2 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs, military records and ephemera documenting Elmer Wilson Martin's training and service with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Accession Code
BV015.39; BV019.37; BV019.40
Date
1934-1946
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Harold E. Winch biographical records series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3639
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1933-2003
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
5 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
Scope and Content
Series consists of records relating to Harold Edward Winch and the process of writing his biography. Records include newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, publications, and one photograph. Some correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other textual records deal with the potential biography sp…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch biographical records series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
5 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
Scope and Content
Series consists of records relating to Harold Edward Winch and the process of writing his biography. Records include newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, publications, and one photograph. Some correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other textual records deal with the potential biography specifically, including agreements between Jessie Winch and the Boag Foundation and financial records. It is unclear whether the biography was ever written.
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Winch, Jessie
Accession Code
BV013.12
Date
1933-2003
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Lee family photographs series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15034
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1920-2006 (date of originals), predominant 1920-1955
Collection/Fonds
Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
40 photographs (tiff) + 4 photographs (jpgs) + 1 photograph : sepia ; 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Series consists of family photographs of Julie Lee and Cecil Lee including the Suey Ying (Laura) and Puy Yuen Chan family; the Sui Seo Ngen and Lee Ding Quai family and the Chung Chong Jung and Gee Shee Jung family.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
Series
Lee family photographs series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
40 photographs (tiff) + 4 photographs (jpgs) + 1 photograph : sepia ; 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Series consists of family photographs of Julie Lee and Cecil Lee including the Suey Ying (Laura) and Puy Yuen Chan family; the Sui Seo Ngen and Lee Ding Quai family and the Chung Chong Jung and Gee Shee Jung family.
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Accession Code
BV017.24; BV019.33; BV020.38; BV021.19
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1920-2006 (date of originals), predominant 1920-1955
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18954
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1920-2005
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
22 scrapbooks + approx. 210 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of a collection of scrapbooks and photographs pertaining to Burnaby Girl Guides. Scrapbooks and photographs were created by several different individuals that were involved in Girl Guides in Burnaby.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
22 scrapbooks + approx. 210 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of a collection of scrapbooks and photographs pertaining to Burnaby Girl Guides. Scrapbooks and photographs were created by several different individuals that were involved in Girl Guides in Burnaby.
Names
Girl Guides of Canada
Accession Code
BV015.35
BV015.36
BV016.49
Date
1920-2005
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Burnaby Girl Guides administrative records and histories series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18955
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1920]-2002
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
5 cm of textual records + 33 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of administrative records and histories pertaining to the Burnaby Girl Guides. Records include correspondence, histories, biographies and cancelled warrants for Girl Guide commissioners.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides administrative records and histories series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
5 cm of textual records + 33 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of administrative records and histories pertaining to the Burnaby Girl Guides. Records include correspondence, histories, biographies and cancelled warrants for Girl Guide commissioners.
Names
Girl Guides of Canada
Accession Code
BV015.35
BV016.49
Date
[1920]-2002
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Sanders-Sparman photographs series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18836
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1918-2016
Collection/Fonds
Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
33 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of family photographs pertaining to Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Viola Sparman Sanders.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
Series
Sanders-Sparman photographs series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
33 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of family photographs pertaining to Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Viola Sparman Sanders.
Accession Code
BV018.34
Date
1918-2016
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Harold E. Winch photographs series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3640
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1914-[ca. 1990]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
ca. 500 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs and photograph albums relating to Harold Winch's family and political career. Subjects include Winch's work in BC and Ottawa, CCF conventions, political travels and visits, family events, family vacations, and Winch's wedding to Jessie Winch. Also included in the albu…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
ca. 500 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs and photograph albums relating to Harold Winch's family and political career. Subjects include Winch's work in BC and Ottawa, CCF conventions, political travels and visits, family events, family vacations, and Winch's wedding to Jessie Winch. Also included in the albums are numerous postcards and some newspaper clippings and ephemera.
Accession Code
BV013.12
Date
1914-[ca. 1990]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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Jeffers family photographs series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18938
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1910-1960]
Collection/Fonds
Rhoda Jeffers fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
31 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of a collection of photographs of Rhoda Jeffers and members of her family.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Rhoda Jeffers fonds
Series
Jeffers family photographs series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
31 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of a collection of photographs of Rhoda Jeffers and members of her family.
Accession Code
BV007.20
Date
[1910-1960]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
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Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19021
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1910-1975
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
180 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs that were part of the contents of the Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. business at 1620 Government Street, Victoria in 1975 as well as documentary photographs of the interior and exterior. Photographs of individuals, organizations and families are included along with photo…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Series
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
180 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs that were part of the contents of the Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. business at 1620 Government Street, Victoria in 1975 as well as documentary photographs of the interior and exterior. Photographs of individuals, organizations and families are included along with photographs of the interior and exterior of the shop documenting contents and furnishings in 1975 prior to being moved to Burnaby Village Musuem.
Accession Code
HV975.5
BV985.5331
BV017.7
Date
1910-1975
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
See also Artifacts under Accessions HV975.5; BV985.5331 and BV017.7
Notes
Title based on contents of series
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C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17810
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[190-] (date of originals) - 2012
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
238 photographs + 3 audio cassettes + 2 sound recordings (mp3) + 6 videocassettes + 8 video recordings (mp4)
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created and adminstered by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, preservation and documentation of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. Series have been arranged into the following subseries: 1) Carousel photographs subseries 2) Caro…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
238 photographs + 3 audio cassettes + 2 sound recordings (mp3) + 6 videocassettes + 8 video recordings (mp4)
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created and adminstered by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, preservation and documentation of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. Series have been arranged into the following subseries: 1) Carousel photographs subseries 2) Carousel sound recordings and films subseries
History
"The C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was built in 1912 in Leavenworth Kansas by the Charles Wallace Parker Company. It was the one hundred and nineteenth carousel made by the company and was so named the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. In 1913 the carousel was sold to Mr. F.K. Leggett of Houston Texas for $5,886.00 and was originally equipped with a steam engine and ""wishbones/grass-hopper/jumping horse"" mechanisms. It toured Texas for two years with the Lone Star Circus until 1915 when the machine was shipped back to the factory. It is believed that the machine was rebuilt by the factory with fancier horses and heavier rounding boards referred to as the “Superior” style. Some of the horses were built around 1917 and some between 1920 and 1922. The factory records consulted do not tell for certain where the machine went between 1915 and 1936, possibly to San Jose, California from 1918 until 1922 and then to San Francisco California, or Tacoma, Washington. Accounts from the family of James W. "Jimmy" Robertson, supervisor of rides for Happyland, tell of him travelling with his wife Dora Robertson to Washington, Oregon and California in the fall of 1935 or early 1936 to pick up a new carousel for Happyland. By May 1936, the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was in operation in Happlyland inside Hastings Park. The Parker #119 carousel was installed in a pavilion in Happyland which had been built in 1928 by a rival company (Philadelphia Toboggan Company - P.T.C.) and was located next to the "Shoot the Chutes" ride in Hastings Park. Here it remained until Happyland was demolished in 1957. The C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was then moved to a new small pavilion in Playland until that too was demolished in 1972. From 1972 to 1990, the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was operated outdoors inside Playland, and was put away each winter. In 1989 it was announced that the carousel would be sold off horse by horse at an auction in New York. Venus Solano and Doug McCallum and other local people came together to save the carousel and formed The Lower Mainland Association of Friends of the Vancouver Carousel (also known as "Friends of the Carousel"). The first directors of the society consisted of, President and Chairman, Venus Solano; Secretary, Doug McCallum; Director, Keith Jamieson and Director, Nina Freid Rhodes. In May 1989, the Friends of the Carousel approached the Burnaby Village Museum Association who agreed to provide a home for the carousel, pending the approval of Burnaby Municipal Council. Don Wrigley who was president of the Burnaby Village Museum Association joined the board of The Friends of the Carousel as a liaison. The Friends of the Carousel first acquired two horses from the carousel, who were named Julius and Belle. These two carousel horses were used in fundraising over the summer of 1990, at which time the carousel was operating again for a short time inside Playland. The carousel horse named Julius was restored by William Dentzel III (a descendant of one of North America’s original carousel manufacturers) and the carousel horse named Belle was partially stripped and repaired. These carousel horses served as before and after examples of restoration. In June 1990 Don Wrigley was elected as president of The Friends of the Carousel and they set about raising the $350,000 to purchase the carousel and begin restoration work. With a lot of hard work, the help of the Government of British Columbia and the support of the Municipality of Burnaby, the carousel was purchased. Funds were also raised by The Friends of the Carousel to pay for the restoration, and Burnaby agreed to build a new pavilion for it as a Centennial project. Keith Jamieson, a carousel expert, was brought in to coordinate the rebuilding project and restoration work. The Centennial Parker Carousel (C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel) and the Don Wrigley Pavilion where the carousel is housed, opened at Burnaby Village Museum on March 25, 1993.
Accession Code
BV013.19
BV019.21
BV019.39
BV020.5
BV020.12
BV022.2
X5124
X5125
Date
[190-] (date of originals) - 2012
Media Type
Photograph
Moving Images
Sound Recording
Related Material
Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel fonds
Keith Jamieson fonds
Faye Diamond fonds
See also: Burnaby Village Museum artifacts for the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel as well as souvenir memorabilia from Lower Mainland Association of Friends of the Vancouver Carousel
Arrangement
Records have been created by various staff members of Burnaby Village Museum during the acquistion and research of the carousel. Some records were compiled together into a collection by subject and arranged according to their general material designations within the Burnaby Village Museum archival collection.
Notes
Title based on contents of series
Further accruals are expected
Contact Burnaby Village Museum to access sound recordings and moving images
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