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Miss Burnaby contestants

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1971]

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

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

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

Subjects: Events - Pageants; Celebrations - Centennials

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

Accession Code: BV005.54.157

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1971]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: July 21, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Miss Burnaby contestants, [1971] thumbnail

Threshing outfit in Burnaby on Fraser River

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1892]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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

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

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

Names: Byrne, Pat

Accession Code: BV018.19.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1892]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 24-04-2018

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

Large house in a field

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

Other Title Information: title based on content of photograph

Accession Code: BV017.47.2

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Apr-18

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Tram on railroad tracks

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

Other Title Information: title based on content of photograph

Accession Code: BV017.47.3

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Apr-18

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Boy crouched in a field

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

Other Title Information: title based on content of photograph

Accession Code: BV017.47.4

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Apr-18

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Children in front of a school house

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

Other Title Information: title based on content of photograph

Accession Code: BV017.47.6

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Apr-18

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Edith Metcalf sitting on a bakery truck.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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

Other Title Information: Title based on contents.

Accession Code: BV018.20.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1923

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 17-Jul-18

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Edith Metcalf sitting on a bakery truck., 1923 thumbnail

Alice Sparman with group of children

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

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

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Series: Sanders-Sparman photographs series

Description Level: Item

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

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

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

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Sanders, Alice Viola Sparman

Accession Code: BV018.34.28

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cascade-Schou Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-07-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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

Sparman family

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

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

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Series: Sanders-Sparman photographs series

Description Level: Item

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

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

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

Accession Code: BV018.34.29

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-07-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Comic foreground novelty photograph

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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

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

Names: Flame Supper Club

Accession Code: BV019.1.1

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13-Feb-2019

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Comic foreground novelty photograph

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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

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

Names: Flame Supper Club

Accession Code: BV019.1.2

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 16/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Four Love sisters

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1970-1980]

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Series: Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

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

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

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

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

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

Accession Code: BV019.8.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1970-1980]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 18-Mar-19

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Four Love sisters, [1970-1980] thumbnail

Werner (Ollie) Ohl with 1223 tram

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1985 - 1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

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

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

Names: Ohl, Werner "Ollie"

Accession Code: BV019.22.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1985 - 1995]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 18-Mar-19

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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

Love House going south on Cumberland Street

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse restoration photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

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

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

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

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Street Address: 7651 Cumberland Street

Accession Code: BV018.41.428

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Related Material: See BV018.41.82 for File Level Description

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 27-Aug-2019

Scale: 100

Photographer: Stevens, Colin

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

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Love House going south on Cumberland Street, thumbnail

Love farmhouse and new administration building

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1989]

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series

Description Level: Item

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

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

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.5.190

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1989]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 25-Feb-20

Scale: 100

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

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Love farmhouse

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1989]

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

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

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

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series

Description Level: Item

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

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

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums; Buildings - Heritage

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.5.202

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1989]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 25-Feb-20

Scale: 100

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

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Love farmhouse and new administration building

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12542

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1989]

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

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

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

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series

Description Level: Item

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

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

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums; Buildings - Heritage

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.5.203

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1989]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 25-Feb-20

Scale: 100

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

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Interview with Lachman Singh Gill and Gill family members

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2023 (interview content), interviewed 6 May 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (124 min., 8 sec.) + 1 sound recording (m4a) 1:15:54

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Lachman Singh Gill and family members conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. The first part of the interview was conducted with Lachman Singh Gill in Punjabi with some English and the second part of the interview (15 mi…

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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) (124 min., 8 sec.) + 1 sound recording (m4a) 1:15:54

Material Details: Interviewer: Rajdeep Interviewees: Lachman Singh Gill and family members - Santokh Singh Gill, Mohinder Kaur Gill and Prem Kaur Gill Location of Interview: Gill family residence Interview Date: June 12, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks:124 min., 8 sec. 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 Lachman Singh Gill and family members conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. The first part of the interview was conducted with Lachman Singh Gill in Punjabi with some English and the second part of the interview (15 min.) was conducted in English with family members, Santokh Singh Gill, Mohinder Kaur Gill and Prem Kaur Gill. 00:00:00 - 00:05:35 This interview starts abruptly, and the interviewer was unable to introduce the interviewees and themself. There were also technical difficulties in the beginning, which led to the recording starting mid-sentence. Discussion begins with Lachman Singh Gill providing details on his spiritual practices and background. 00:05:35 - 00:13:38 Discussion continues with Lachman providing details on his birthplace in Punjab, his family home, family names and languages spoken while living in India (Punjabi and Urdu). Family members chime in to help with details. 00:13:39 - 00:18:00 Lachman Gill imparts information on his migration story from England to British Columbia and his experiences when he first came to England from India. Lachman shares his employment history in Vancouver and India. 00:18:01 - 00:23:34 Lachman talks about his marriage to Surjit Kaur (Ark) Gill in India in 1943 and shares the names of their seven children, including his youngest daughter Sarbjit who died tragically at a young age. Lachman shares the details of his daily routine at the age of 95 years old. 00:23:35 - 00:25:48 Lachman shares information on the Gurdwaras that he visits for prayers, weddings and events. 00:25:49 - 00:35:49 Lachman recalls his experience living in India at the time of Partition in 1947 including details on his family’s experiences of how they helped protect a Muslim family. 00:35:50 - 00:39:49 Lachman comments on his experiences of living in Burnaby from when he first arrived here. Lachman, Santokh, Prem and the interviewer recount the names and locations of gurdwaras in the lower mainland and how they’ve changed over time. 00:39:50 - 00:43:15 Lachman shares his employment history working in a foundry and driving a taxi. Santokh, Mohinder and Prem Gill provide information about Lachman’s wife Surjeet Kaur Gill. The group describes their family home in Burnaby which they've lived in since 1973 and their first home on Georgia Street in Burnaby. 00:43:16 - 00:49:19 Lachman, Mohinder and Santokh recall their experiences obtaining citizenship as British subjects and how they were able to buy a home in a year. Santokh Gill recalls how he and his brother took over his father’s taxi after he retired and later sold it for a profit. 00:49:20 - 01:04:19 Lachman describes in detail his daily routine as a 95 year old. The group shares some of their favourite types of roti and Lachman talks about using his hearing aid. The interviewer and group convey to Lachman how the information will be used. Lachman describes how his wife made oatmeal. 01:04:20 - 01:15:54 In this portion of the interview, Santokh and Prem Gill show the interviewer a book by Henry Bromley titled “Fire in the Blood: A History of British Columbia and Alberta Foundries”. The book was given to the Santokh when he was working at the foundry and contains photographs of Lachman Gill and the foundries they worked at. Santokh describes photographs within the book and the metal casting processes.

History: Interviewees' biographies: Lachman Singh Gill was born in 1928 in the village of Ferozepur near Lakhpur, Punjab. In 1943, Lachman married his wife Surjit Kaur Ark who was from the village of Malpur. Sometime after Partition in 1947, Lachman and his wife Surjeet immigrated to England. Lachman and Surjit had seven children, four sons and three daughters. Around 1973, Lachman's son, Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill sponsored his father and mother and they immigrated to Canada joining him and his family in Burnaby, British Columbia. After arriving in British Columbia, Lachman worked as a steel worker at a foundry and drove his own taxi. Lachman retired in his ffities and continues to live with his son and family in Burnaby. Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill was born in the District of Jalandhar in Punjab, India. Gurmail moved to England with his family in 1957 and immigrated to British Columbia in 1966. Gurmail married Mohinder Kaur Gill in England in 1968 and she immigrated to British Columbia from England soon after. Gurmail first lived with a cousin in Burnaby before purchasing a home of his own in Burnaby where he raised his family. Gurmail worked in the steel industry and was a member and treasurer of the CAIMAW before the union merged with the Canadian Auto Workers Union. Mohinder Kaur Gill was born in the Hoshiapur in Punjab, India. She married her husband Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill in England in 1968 and immigrated to Burnaby, British Columbia to join her husband. Mohinder and Gurmail Gill have four children, all born in Burnaby. Prem Kaur Gill was born in Burnaby in 1969 and is the eldest child of Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill. Prem grew up and attended school in Burnaby. Interviewer biography: Rajdeep was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and is of Punjabi (South Asian) descent. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She is a student in the Restoration of Natural Systems program at the University of Victoria. Rajdeep works at Simon Fraser University as a Program Assistant and as a researcher with the City of Burnaby. At Burnaby Village Museum, Rajdeep contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - South Asian Canadians; Migration; Foods; Industries; Persons - Seniors; Religions - Sikhism; Transportation - Taxicabs

Names: Gill, Lachman Singh; Gill, Santokh "Gurmail" Singh; Gill, Prem Kaur; Gill, Mohinder Kaur; Gill, Surjit Kaur Ark; Gill, Sarbjit Kaur

Responsibility: Rajdeep

Accession Code: BV023.16.4

Date: 2023 (interview content), interviewed 6 May 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcript for master recordings available upon request - Contact Burnaby Village Museum

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Interview with Lachman Singh Gill and Gill family members, 2023 (interview content), interviewed 6 May 2023

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West Burnaby teachers and trophies

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven teachers standing behind a table with trophies at the entrance to West Burnaby School (Kingway West School). The group is standing at the foot of the front steps to the school, behind a table draped with a Union Jack flag with three trophies on top. Teachers are identified as; …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven teachers standing behind a table with trophies at the entrance to West Burnaby School (Kingway West School). The group is standing at the foot of the front steps to the school, behind a table draped with a Union Jack flag with three trophies on top. Teachers are identified as; Mr. Brown (second from left), Miss Annie Theresa Forrest (third from left), Miss Brice (center), Miss Gray (second from right) and Miss Morrow (far right).