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Heritage Park site plan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11405
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [March 1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 61 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- Architectural site plan for Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) with the follwing buildings identified as: A: admission gate; B: Baker House; C: School House (behind house); D: bandstand; F: Fire Hall (crossed out); G: General Store building with jail, print shop, bicycle shop, buggy shop; H…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 61 x 91 cm
- Material Details
- Scale [ca. 1:20]
- Scope and Content
- Architectural site plan for Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) with the follwing buildings identified as: A: admission gate; B: Baker House; C: School House (behind house); D: bandstand; F: Fire Hall (crossed out); G: General Store building with jail, print shop, bicycle shop, buggy shop; H: Ice Cream Parlour building with bank, dentist, apothecary; I: Blacksmith and harness shop; J: future exhibits; K: Municipal Hall; L: service and administration building; M: Sawmill; N: Saw Shop and Shake Splitting; O: Log Cabin; P: shelter and farmyard; Q: Tram and tram station.
- History
- Burnaby's Centennial Project was conceived to re-create a permanent memorial to "founders of our west coast society", how they lived, how they worked, played and created the basic pattern of our present city. The project was patterned after "Barkerville" and "Upper Canada Village". The Municipality of Burnaby assembled components of a park on a five acre site located on the east side of Century Gardens and just north of Deer Lake. The site was named "Heritage Village" which would be compirised of an 1890s townsite with a Main Street bordered by workshops, businesses and offices and a village square with a bandstand, a maple tree and boardwalks. The commemorative project was initiated by The Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee in close co-operation with the Burnaby Historical Society, Burnaby Parks and Recreation Commission and Project Consultants: Hopping, Kovach, Grinnell, Design Consultants Ltd.; General Contractor : Ballarin Bros. Ltd; Finish Contractor: Franco Pozzollo - Trevi Construction; Architects: Donald Erb and Associates; Landscape: Burnaby Parks & Recreation; Mechanical: Slinn S.P. and Co. Ltd. and Electrical: Arnold Nemetz Engineering. Student Labour from Douglas College and Simon Fraser University provided by "Operation Ahoy" (in conjunction with the Opportunities for Youth programme). The first installation of "Heritage Village" was funded by a combination of Federal, Provincial and Municipal grants with work beginning on April 10, 1971. The Century Park Museum Association held it's founding meeting on October 26, 1971 in the Council Chambers of the Burnaby Municipal Hall. The Association was founded under the auspices of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee, to adminster Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project, "Heritage Village" located at Canada Way and Deer Lake Avenue. The first phase of the Heritage Village (Park) was officially opened on November 19, 1971. The project included the following buildings; a blacksmith shop, buggy and bicycle shop, general store, land registry office, schoolhouse, print shop, apothecary shop, Barber - dentist, Chinese shop window display, ice cream parlour, Interurban tram and station, restored country home (E.W. Bateman house).
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV000.18.6
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- [March 1971]
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Arrangement
- Record appears to be a part of the Burnaby Centennial Committee or the Century Park Museum Associaton. Jon Newby was a board member of the CPMA.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of architectural drawing
- Note in pencil reads: "This layout gives 31 cars / @ 8'6" stalls"
Heritage Village- Basement Addition - Bldg 'H'
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11768
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 architectural drawings : blackline prints ; 61 x 92 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two "Preliminary - Unchecked" architectural drawings of "Heritage Village / Basement Addition - Bldg H / Plans and Section & Details". Plans were drawn up by consulting engineers "Robertson, Kolbein, Teevan & Gallaher Ltd."
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 architectural drawings : blackline prints ; 61 x 92 cm
- Material Details
- Scales differ
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two "Preliminary - Unchecked" architectural drawings of "Heritage Village / Basement Addition - Bldg H / Plans and Section & Details". Plans were drawn up by consulting engineers "Robertson, Kolbein, Teevan & Gallaher Ltd."
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.104
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- [1971]
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of drawings
Heritage Village - Building "G"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13389
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 61 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an architectural drawing of "Heritage Village / Building G / Elevations / Details" from Hopping-Kovach-Grinnell.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 61 x 91 cm
- Material Details
- Scales 1/8"=1-0' + 1/4"=1-0'
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an architectural drawing of "Heritage Village / Building G / Elevations / Details" from Hopping-Kovach-Grinnell.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.172
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- July 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Heritage Village - Contract 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11670
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July-August 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 7 architectural drawings : blackline prints + coversheet ; 61 x 92 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of architectural drawings of Heritage Village for the Burnaby Centennial Committee- Contract 3- Job No. 71-006 and includes cover sheet and "Exterior Finish_Sheets 1-4" / "Sash and Door Details _Sheets 5 & 6" / "Interior Finish & Schoolhouse_Sheet 7" .
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 7 architectural drawings : blackline prints + coversheet ; 61 x 92 cm
- Material Details
- Scales differ
- Scope and Content
- File consists of architectural drawings of Heritage Village for the Burnaby Centennial Committee- Contract 3- Job No. 71-006 and includes cover sheet and "Exterior Finish_Sheets 1-4" / "Sash and Door Details _Sheets 5 & 6" / "Interior Finish & Schoolhouse_Sheet 7" .
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.6
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- July-August 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file; Missing Sheets 8 & 9.; Stamp on drawing reads: "Oct. 6, 1971"; Each sheet contains the Corporate seal of the "Corporation of the District of Burnaby"
Heritage Village - Contract 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11671
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July - August 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 9 architectural drawings : blackline prints + coversheet ; 61 x 92 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of architectural drawings of Heritage Village for the Burnaby Centennial Committee- Contract 3- Job No. 71-006 - Sheets 1-9 and includes a cover sheet along with "Exterior Finish_Sheets 1-4" / "Sash and Door Details _Sheets 5 & 6" / "Interior Finish & Schoolhouse_Sheet 7" / "Bandstan…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 9 architectural drawings : blackline prints + coversheet ; 61 x 92 cm
- Material Details
- Scales differ
- Scope and Content
- File consists of architectural drawings of Heritage Village for the Burnaby Centennial Committee- Contract 3- Job No. 71-006 - Sheets 1-9 and includes a cover sheet along with "Exterior Finish_Sheets 1-4" / "Sash and Door Details _Sheets 5 & 6" / "Interior Finish & Schoolhouse_Sheet 7" / "Bandstand _Sheet 8" and "Admission Building_Sheet 9".
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.7
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- July - August 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Transcribed Title; Stamp on drawings reads: "Received August 17, 1971 / Building Inspector's / Office"; Each sheet has handwritten annotation in red felt pen which reads: "Heritage Village / 4900 Deer Lake Ave"; Sheet No. 1 has circular stamp which reads: "Professional / Engineer / Province of British Columbia"
Heritage Village - Contract 3- Building H
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11666
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 26, 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 60 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an architectural drawing of "Heritage Village / Burnaby B.C. / Building H / South West Elevation / Exterior Details"
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 60 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an architectural drawing of "Heritage Village / Burnaby B.C. / Building H / South West Elevation / Exterior Details"
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.2
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- July 26, 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Note in red marker reads: "Check_print"
Heritage Village - Contract 3- Building H
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11667
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 26, 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print with col. markings (marker + blue pen) ; 60 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an architectural drawing of "Heritage Village / Burnaby B.C. / Building H / South West Elevation / Exterior Details"
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print with col. markings (marker + blue pen) ; 60 x 91 cm
- Material Details
- Scale not given
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an architectural drawing of "Heritage Village / Burnaby B.C. / Building H / South West Elevation / Exterior Details"
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.3
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- July 26, 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
![Heritage Village - Master Plan Proposal, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Architectural_Drawings/2019_0052_0085_001.jpg?width=280)
Heritage Village - Master Plan Proposal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11749
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : black ink and pencil hand col. (markers) ; mounted on board 61 X 92 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a presentation drawing of "Heritage Village / Master Plan Proposal" created by Hopping, Kovach and Grinnell Design Consultants Ltd.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : black ink and pencil hand col. (markers) ; mounted on board 61 X 92 cm
- Material Details
- Not drawn to scale
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a presentation drawing of "Heritage Village / Master Plan Proposal" created by Hopping, Kovach and Grinnell Design Consultants Ltd.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.85
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1971]
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Images
![Heritage Village - Master Plan Proposal, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Architectural_Drawings/2019_0052_0085_001.jpg)
![Heritage Village - Master Plan Proposal, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Architectural_Drawings/2019_0052_0086_001.jpg?width=280)
Heritage Village - Master Plan Proposal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11750
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : black ink and pencil hand col. (markers) ; mounted on board 61 X 92 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a presentation drawing of "Heritage Village / Master Plan Proposal" created by Hopping, Kovach and Grinnell Design Consultants Ltd.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : black ink and pencil hand col. (markers) ; mounted on board 61 X 92 cm
- Material Details
- Not drawn to scale
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a presentation drawing of "Heritage Village / Master Plan Proposal" created by Hopping, Kovach and Grinnell Design Consultants Ltd.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.86
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1971]
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Images
![Heritage Village - Master Plan Proposal, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Architectural_Drawings/2019_0052_0086_001.jpg)
Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14281
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 707 photographs + 1 audio reel + 3 audio cassettes + 2 maps
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting Heritage Village (1971-1983) and Burnaby Village Museum (1984-1989) exhibits and artifacts while it was under the governance and administration of the Century Park Museum Association (Burnaby Village Museum Association) between November 1971 and December 1989.…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 707 photographs + 1 audio reel + 3 audio cassettes + 2 maps
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting Heritage Village (1971-1983) and Burnaby Village Museum (1984-1989) exhibits and artifacts while it was under the governance and administration of the Century Park Museum Association (Burnaby Village Museum Association) between November 1971 and December 1989. Series includes photographs and textual records pertaining to exhibits and artifacts including buildings that form part of the museum's collection along with interpretive maps, audio recordings of samplings from the collection and registers from the Village Church.
- Accession Code
- BV985.6028
- BV005.14
- BV016.56
- BV017.46
- BV020.4
- BV020.5
- BV021.5
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Sound Recording
- Cartographic Material
- Related Material
- See also Don Copan fonds; Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Arrangement
- Item level descriptions available
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Further accruals are expected
Heritage Village Museum oral history interviews series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13986
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1977]-1989 (interview dates), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 4 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of audio recordings of interviews conducted by Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum) staff with Burnaby residents including; Beulah Coates; Gordon Haddon and Phoebe Love Feedham between 1977 and 1989.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 4 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of audio recordings of interviews conducted by Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum) staff with Burnaby residents including; Beulah Coates; Gordon Haddon and Phoebe Love Feedham between 1977 and 1989.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5
- Date
- [1977]-1989 (interview dates), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Related Material
- See also: Jesse Love farmhouse fonds; Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Contact Burnaby Village Museum for access
Heritage Village Museum presentation and programming series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13987
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 2 audio reels + 10 audio cassettes + 344 photographs + 10 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of audio recordings, photographs and textual records of Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum) presentations involving staff orientation and training, interpretive guides as well as school and public programming while under the governance of Century Park Museum Association…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 2 audio reels + 10 audio cassettes + 344 photographs + 10 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of audio recordings, photographs and textual records of Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum) presentations involving staff orientation and training, interpretive guides as well as school and public programming while under the governance of Century Park Museum Association (Burnaby Village Museum).
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV011.44
- BV020.5
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Further accruals are expected
Heritage Village project series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13978
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971-1981, predominant 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 architectural drawings + 2 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of architectural drawings and a proposal for the site of Heritage Village Museum also known as "Heritage Park" and a Century Park - Heritage Village Newsletter with details on the project.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 architectural drawings + 2 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of architectural drawings and a proposal for the site of Heritage Village Museum also known as "Heritage Park" and a Century Park - Heritage Village Newsletter with details on the project.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54
- Date
- 1971-1981, predominant 1971
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the series
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19150
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1950-2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos interviews series 2) Jimmy Chow family photographs series 3) Property master photographs series 4) Property master records series
- History
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow was born in Lin Pong Lee, Hoiping, China in 1948. In 1950, Jimmy Chow and his mother, Gim Gee Chow (1913-1991) fled China to escape the Communist Revolution and to be reunited with his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow (1906-1990) who’d immigrated to Canada many years earlier. Jimmy’s elder sister Shao-Lin Chow stayed behind in China. Jimmy’s father, Robin Chung Dip Chow immigrated to Canada in 1921 at 14 years of age and was forced to pay the Chinese head tax of $500. In 1950, Jimmy and his mother first fled to Hong Kong before immigrating to Canada and arriving in Vancouver. Jimmy Chow’s birth name is Hipman Chow but when he arrived in Canada, his father indicated that he needed an English name and he was given the name “Jimmy” but retained his birth name “Hipman Chow”. Over the years, Jimmy has also used the name “James H. Chow” and is often credited by this name in the film industry. For the first four years after immigrating, Jimmy and his parents lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec where his father had work in hotels and restaurants. While living in Asquith, Saskatchewan Jimmy attended school and began to learn English. In 1954, Jimmy and his parents returned to Vancouver, first living in the area of Strathcona before settling in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant where they purchased a house located on 15th Avenue east of Main Street. While living in Mount Pleasant, Jimmy attended both elementary and high school. While attending high school, Jimmy began working at the local grocery store where he worked for many years living at home and saving his money. In 1970 while attending Vancouver City College, Jimmy met his future wife Donna Polos. Two years later, they moved in together, married in 1981 and started a family. Jimmy and Donna first lived in North Burnaby before purchasing a house on Victory Street in Burnaby where they raised their three children. Growing up in a traditional Chinese Canadian family, Jimmy was always one who went against the grain. Although his father wanted him to get a business degree, Jimmy had aspirations for a different career path. Through the referral of a friend, he entered the film industry in 1973 working for CBC Vancouver. While working at the CBC, Jimmy gained valuable experience working on the set of the television series The Beachcombers, which launched his career in the film industry. Over a 45 year career, Jimmy worked on over 50 blockbuster movies, historical period films, science fiction films and fantasy films, where he honed in on his expertise as a set decorator, art director and property master. He built an international reputation through working with production companies, prop makers and antique sellers across the globe. As a property master in the film industry, Jimmy Chow has been responsible for designing, managing, and sourcing props for films such as: The BFG, Warcraft: The Beginning, X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Watchman, Tron: Legacy, Little Women, Seven Years in Tibet, Shanghai Noon, The Shipping News, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Changeling, Man of Steel (Superman), Snow Falling on Cedars, Legends of the Fall, And the Sea Will Tell, Once a Thief and many more. With Jimmy's many years of professional experience in the film industry, he has been a union member of IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians...) from July 1979, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science from 2018 and has worked as a guest lecturer in film production at Capilano University and Langara University. He was also a key contributor to the Burnaby Village Museum’s 2014 temporary exhibition Burnaby Makes Movies. Donna Polos was born in Vancouver in 1949 to parents Mayme "May" Helen Tillikana Polos (1931-1977) and Donald James Polos (1926-2017). Donna’s maternal grandparents, Elvi Tienhara and Toiva Tillikana immigrated to Canada from Helsinki, Finland. Donna’s paternal grandmother, Pauline Chimiki Polos emigrated from Ukraine to Argentina and then to Winnipeg. Donna’s paternal grandfather, James "Jimmy" Kostopolus emigrated as an orphan from Sparta Greece at the age of 12 years. In 1908, he first immigrated to the United States where he was denied entry so immigrated to Canada, entering through Halifax at Pier 17. When immigrating, James changed his last name to "Polos". Jimmy Polos arrived in Halifax with only five dollars in his pocket. He lived in Halifax for many years before making his way to Vancouver where he established three restaurants and raised his family. James was the proprietor of three restaurants in Burnaby including; the Home Apple Pie Café (1941-1944) located on East Hastings near Princess Avenue; Jimmy’s Café (1945-1955) located on East Hastings near Hawks Avenue and another restaurant located near 10th Avenue and Alma Street. Donna grew up with her family in Vancouver, first living in the downtown eastside before moving to a home near Joyce Station. Donna attended elementary school and high school while growing up in the neighbourhood of Joyce Station. Donna moved out of her family home at 21 years of age and lived with roommates before moving in with Jimmy Chow in 1972. Donna attended Vancouver City College and the University of British Columbia where she obtained her teaching degree in 1974. Donna first taught at Gilmore Elementary School before being hired to teach at Clinton Elementary School where she taught for nine years. While raising their three children, Donna worked part time teaching in schools in Burnaby. In 1991, after a near death experience, Donna became interested in fine art and took drawing and watercolour painting classes. This experience led her to experimenting with different painting techniques on paper and fabric. In 2008, Donna retired from teaching but continued her art career often working as an Artist in Residence at various schools and exhibiting her work. While living in Burnaby Donna has been politically active with a particular passion for heritage, housing and preserving the natural environment. Donna was instrumental in advocating and petitioning for the establishment of a tree bylaw in Burnaby which was eventually adopted by the City.
- Creator
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
- Polos, Donna
- Accession Code
- BV022.21
- BV023.11
- Date
- 1950-2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
Homes of Comfort - Airdrie design
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18830
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1946]
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 7 architectural drawings : blueline print ; 28 x 43 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a series of architectural drawings titled "Homes of Comfort "Airdrie" Design. Sheets are numbered 1 to 7 and consist of drawings of a single-family home built at the corner of Spruce Street and Carleton Avenue, Burnaby (Lot 11, Block 2, District Lot 39) 4096 Spruce Street. Drawing…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 7 architectural drawings : blueline print ; 28 x 43 cm
- Material Details
- Scale: 1/4" to 1'
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a series of architectural drawings titled "Homes of Comfort "Airdrie" Design. Sheets are numbered 1 to 7 and consist of drawings of a single-family home built at the corner of Spruce Street and Carleton Avenue, Burnaby (Lot 11, Block 2, District Lot 39) 4096 Spruce Street. Drawings include both interior floorplans and exterior elevations. Sheet #1 "Basement Plan - Cross Section"; Sheet #2 "Ground Floor Plan"; Sheet #3 "Second Floor Plan"; Sheet #4 "Front Elevation"; Sheet #5 "Right Side Elevation"; Sheet #6 "Left Side Elevation"' Sheet #7 "Rear Elevation".
- Accession Code
- BV018.34.2
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- [1946]
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2022-07-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- additions and other notes are hand-written in pencil on the front and back of each page
Ice cream parlour - Heritage Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11682
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- March 14, 1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 architectural drawings : brownline prints ; 61 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of architectural plans of Heritage Village - Ice Cream Parlour with Kitchen & Bar layout, back bar elevation details.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 architectural drawings : brownline prints ; 61 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of architectural plans of Heritage Village - Ice Cream Parlour with Kitchen & Bar layout, back bar elevation details.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.18
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- March 14, 1972
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Transcribed Title; Stamp on Plan reads: "Received April 5, 1972 Building Inspector's Office". One copy has annotations with no stamp.
Interview with Bill Gruenthal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19636
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business,…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Bill Gruenthal Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business, his knowledge and interest in Judaism, places that he and his wife lived before moving to Burnaby, family life in Burnaby and his political involvement in running for the Burnaby school board. 00:27:02 – 00:42:50 Bill Gruenthal talks about the Burquest Jewish Community Association, it’s background and his involvement, experiences of discrimination in his career, a brief history of the Jewish people and some cultural traditions. 00:42:51 – 00:56:04 Bill Gruenthal mentions some of the charities that he supports including Burnaby Hospital, his volunteer work within the community and community organizations including the Nikkei Place Foundation and shares more details on his insurance career. 00:56:05 – 01:14:37 Bill Gruenthal shares information about his Burnaby neighbourhood and Jewish funeral customs and provides his impressions of new development at Brentwood, Burnaby Council and other development projects in Burnaby.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Bill Gruenthal was born in the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1935 after his parents had fled Germany in advance of the then worsening political situation. Bill’s father died in 1942; some years later his mother remarried to an Irish-born senior civil servant in that government. He had a difficult and somewhat dangerous job. Soon after marriage, the family, including Bill’s older brother, Martin, immigrated to Canada in January 1947 on the strength of his step-father’s British Passport. They traveled via New York, where Bill’s uncle and his family resided and who put up the family. Later that month, the parents travelled by CP rail from Montreal to Vancouver, followed by Bill and his brother in March 1947 who travelled from New York to White Rock on an American railroad. While passing through the Fraser Valley Bill’s parents took an interest in Silverdale, a small hamlet west of Mission where the four eventually settled. Bill finished High School in Mission and soon joined the insurance industry. Bill connected with the Jewish Community in Vancouver where he met his soon-to-be wife. Upon marriage they were transferred to Calgary; after five years suffering its cold weather they were transferred back to Vancouver. They settled in Burnaby in 1966 as an affordable neighbourhood with easy access to his office downtown Vancouver. Outside work, Bill helped raise his family of three daughters who all graduated Burnaby High School (Alpha). They joined Temple Sholom in Vancouver, and he volunteered and still volunteers for a number of non-profits, including The Jewish Museum and Archives and Nikkei Place Foundation (Burnaby). He was an early long-term supporter and a past president of Burquest Jewish Community Association, mostly involving persons from Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area (hence the name). He ran for political office in Burnaby in 1976 but was not elected. He delivers food in Burnaby for the Food Bank and is a donor to many worthy causes including Burnaby General Hospital. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Migration
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Transportation
- Transportation - Rail
- Religions - Judaism
- Cemeteries
- Organizations
- Elections
- Names
- Gruenthal, Bill
- Gruenthal, Noemi Yadlow
- O'Connor, Herta Ingrid Gruenthal
- O'Connor, John
- Burquest
- Jacobson, Max Alec
- Temple Shalom
- Brentwood Shopping Centre
- Brentwood Park School
- Alpha Secondary School
- Burnaby School Board
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0014_003.mp3Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4493
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:04:56 min)
- Scope and Content
- Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s school activities, recreation, responsibilities, and his jobs. Bob grew up in the area of Central Burnaby known as Skunk Hollow, and talks of living near Norfolk and Douglas Road in his early childhood, and then on Government Road. He recalls…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Growing Up in Burnaby subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:04:56 min)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Bob Lowe Date of interview: May 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total length of all Tracks: 0:43:36
- Scope and Content
- Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Bob’s school activities, recreation, responsibilities, and his jobs. Bob grew up in the area of Central Burnaby known as Skunk Hollow, and talks of living near Norfolk and Douglas Road in his early childhood, and then on Government Road. He recalls attending Douglas Road School and Burnaby South High School. Bob describes his extracurricular activities in school, organized and informal. He mentions the games he played with his friends. Bob discusses his family chores, and his first job, which was a newspaper route for the Vancouver Province. He describes his later jobs, one at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, working for Mr. Arnold, and then for Mr. Robertson at Burnaby Lake Nurseries.
- History
- Recording of an interview with Robert "Bob" Lowe recording by Tom Gooden in 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Geographic Access
- Norfolk Street
- Douglas Road
- Government Road
- Accession Code
- BV017.45.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on content of item
Audio Tracks
Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 1, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 1, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0006_001.mp3Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4494
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:11:02 min)
- Scope and Content
- Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the earning and spending of money, household living arrangements, friends, and recreational activities. Bob describes his small businesses, and how he spent the money he earned. He shares his perspective that the self-sufficiency and practicality o…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Growing Up in Burnaby subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:11:02 min)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Bob Lowe Date of interview: May 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total length of all Tracks: 0:43:36
- Scope and Content
- Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the earning and spending of money, household living arrangements, friends, and recreational activities. Bob describes his small businesses, and how he spent the money he earned. He shares his perspective that the self-sufficiency and practicality of the people he knew at the time had their origin in the community’s experiences of the First World War. Bob discusses his family’s living arrangements, and how they moved as circumstances required, although they always remained in the same area. Bob recalls his school sporting activities, and the Army Cadets organized in his high school during World War II. He talks of his friends and how they played in the bush, at the millponds, and on Still Creek, and how they could skate on the frozen creek to Burnaby Lake. He describes the hunting and fishing, and the field and water trials for retrievers in the marsh.
- History
- Recording of an interview with Bob Lowe recording by Tom Gooden in 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Organizations - Boys Societies and Clubs
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Sports - Skating
- Names
- Lowe, Robert "Bob"
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake
- Still Creek
- Accession Code
- BV017.45.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Audio Tracks
Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 2, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 2, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0006_002.mp3Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4495
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:08:17 min)
- Scope and Content
- Track 3: This portion of the recording pertains to recreation. Bob continues talking about fishing, and how he and his friends sold their catch. He describes in detail the many games he played with his friends, listing the complicated rules and scoring systems.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Growing Up in Burnaby subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:08:17 min)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Bob Lowe Date of interview: May 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total length of all Tracks: 0:43:36
- Scope and Content
- Track 3: This portion of the recording pertains to recreation. Bob continues talking about fishing, and how he and his friends sold their catch. He describes in detail the many games he played with his friends, listing the complicated rules and scoring systems.
- History
- Recording of an interview with Bob Lowe recording by Tom Gooden in 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities - Fishing
- Names
- Lowe, Robert "Bob"
- Accession Code
- BV017.45.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on content of item
Audio Tracks
Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 3, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 3, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0006_003.mp3