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Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Winch St. Program / Jan. 1949"; Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "611"

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Douglas Road school class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1949]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade five class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as N. Holob (top row far left). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade five class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as N. Holob (top row far left). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Douglas Road School

Accession Code: BV016.46.160

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Photographer: Layton

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Item is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "LAYTON PORTRAIT / 2311 YEW ST. VANCOUVER, B.C."; Handwritten note in green on verso of photograph reads: "DRS / 1949"

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Interview with Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1949-2023 (interview content), interviewed 29 May 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (68 min., 6 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (68 min., 7 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, James Binks. 00:00:00 - 00:13:30 Interview opens with introductions. Samuel (Sam) and Angela Nalliah provide biographical details including their p…

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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) (68 min., 6 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (68 min., 7 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: James Binks Interviewees: Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah Location of Interview: Nalliah family home Interview Date: May 29, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 68 min., 6 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 Photograph information: Ruth (Angela) Nalliah with husband Samuel Nalliah WARNING: Some of the content discussed in this interview (00:40:58 – 00:57:31) regarding the Tamil genocide may be upsetting to some people.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, James Binks. 00:00:00 - 00:13:30 Interview opens with introductions. Samuel (Sam) and Angela Nalliah provide biographical details including their parentage, place of birth (Sri Lanka), spoken language and education. Sam Nalliah shares details on his education while living in Sri Lanka, his later education in Wales where he obtained a Master’s Degree in Computer Science and his migration to Halifax in 1978 after obtaining a job at Dalhousie University as a systems analyst. Sam conveys how he decided to relocate from Halifax to Vancouver in 1986 and started his employment with BC Tel. Angela Nalliah shares details on her education and employment after immigrating to Canada from Sri Lanka in 1986. Angela conveys how she first lived in Ottawa, moved to Toronto in 1989 where she began working for TD bank and moved to Vancouver in 1999. 00:13:31 – 00:20:03 Sam Nalliah talks about how he and his wife Angela first met and married in 1999 and moved to Vancouver. Sam shares information on where his other family members immigrated to and why he decided to immigrate to Canada. Angela shares information on other members of her family who immigrated to Canada before her and how her uncle sponsored them all to come. 00:20:04 – 00:29:30 Sam provides further details regarding his family make up including; his first wife, his daughters (born in 1983 and 1985), his step daughter (born in 1991) and his youngest daughter (born in 2000). Sam tells how he worked as a Systems and Operations Manager at Shaughnessy Hospital and later at BC Hydro. Sam provides locations of homes that they lived in Burnaby and Vancouver. Sam and Angela describe what they liked about living in Burnaby, where their daughter attended school and where they did their shopping. 00:29:31 – 00:32:11 Angela talks about working for Prospera Credit Union from 2003 after TD bank downsized. Sam describes how they rented out their house in Vancouver and lived in a rental home in Burnaby that was owned by the City of Burnaby. Sam and Angela recollect the time period that they lived in Burnaby and Vancouver before deciding to move to Surrey in 2015. 00:32:12 – 00:35:59 Sam and Angela provide details regarding their daughter’s post-secondary education and careers. Angela talks about her social activities, volunteer work and involvement with the Thamil Cultural Society of British Columbia, the Women’s Network as well as the Westminster Bible Chapel Church in Burnaby and the Green Timbers Evangelical Covenant Church in Surrey. 00:36:00 – 00:40:57 Sam recalls hearing Prime Minster Pierre Elliott Trudeau speak about the Charter of Rights and Freedoms at Dalhousie University and the effect that his speech made on him. Sam talks about joining the National Democratic Party when Peter Julian was elected as a Member of Parliament for Burnaby. 00:40:58 – 00:57:31 (WARNING: Some of the content discussed in this portion of the interview may be upsetting to some people) Sam and Angela speak about their involvement with the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC). Angela describes the brutal violence that she witnessed while living in Sri Lanka during the Anti-Tamil state sponsored genocide in the 1980’s. Sam and Angela recollect and discuss their views and actions pertaining to the MV Sun Sea incident where a Thai cargo ship carrying Sri Lankan Tamil refugees to British Columbia were identified as terrorists by the Canadian Government and held in detention facilities. 00:57:32 – 01:08:07 Sam reflects on what he likes about Burnaby. Angela and Sam talk about Hindu temples attended by many Tamil and Sri Lankan people living in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Angela talks about the many cultural events and celebrations that are celebrated within the Tamil and Sri Lankan community including the Pongal Festival. Angela and Sam reflect on how grateful they are to be residents of Canada.

History: Interviewees biographies: Samuel (Sam) Nalliah was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1949. Sam immigrated to Halifax in 1977 after obtaining a position as a systems analyst at Dalhousie University. In 1986, Sam sponsored his parents to come to Canada. In 1986, after being introduced to the milder weather in Victoria, Sam decided to move to British Columbia. He moved to Burnaby in 1990 and began working for BC Tel in Burnaby. Following his job at BC Tel, Sam worked as a Systems and Operations Manager at Shaughnessy Hospital and later at BC Hydro. Ruth (Angela) Nalliah was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1964 and immigrated to Canada in 1986. As a Tamil living in Sri Lanka in the 1980’s Angela witnessed first hand the brutal violence during the Anti-Tamil state sponsored genocide. In 1986 Angela was relieved to be able to immigrate to Canada after being sponsored by her uncle. Angela first lived and worked in Ottawa and Toronto before marrying Samuel Nalliah in Ottawa in 1999 and the couple moved to Burnaby. Angela worked for TD bank in both Toronto and Vancouver until it downsized in 2003 and she began working for Prospero Credit Union. While living in Burnaby, Angela attended the Westminster Bible Chapel and after moving to Surrey she became a member of the Green Timbers Evangelical Covenant Church. Sam and Angela Nalliah have four daughters and since moving to British Columbia they’ve lived in Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey. Both Sam and Angela are involved with the Tamil Cultural Association of British Columbia and the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) as well as participates in Sri Lankan and Tamil community cultural events. Interviewer biography: James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Education; Events - Festivals; Government; Government - Federal Government; Migration; Occupations; Organizations - Political Parties; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Religions; Religions - Christianity; Religions - Hinduism; Rights; Rights - Human Rights; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Social Issues - Discrimination

Names: Nalliah, Ruth "Angela"; Nalliah, Samuel "Sam"; Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC); Westminster Bible Chapel; Thamil Cultural Society of British Columbia (TCSBC)

Responsibility: Binks, James

Accession Code: BV023.16.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1949-2023 (interview content), interviewed 29 May 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available upon request - contact Burnaby Village Museum

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Interview with Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah, 1949-2023 (interview content), interviewed 29 May 2023

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Group outside house

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 22 Aug. 1949

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of group of five women and three men standing in two rows outside of house. Joyce (Stanley) Warner is standing in front row (second from left) and Mary (Stanley) Pearson is standing in front row (center).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of group of five women and three men standing in two rows outside of house. Joyce (Stanley) Warner is standing in front row (second from left) and Mary (Stanley) Pearson is standing in front row (center).

Names: Pearson, Mary Frances Stanley; Warner, Joyce Stanley

Accession Code: BV022.32.681

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 22 Aug. 1949

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431); Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Aug. 22/49 / MARY + JOYCE IN / MIDDLE"; Note in white ink on album page reads: "'JOYCE_MARY"

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Stanley family with car at Boundary Bay

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 22 Aug. 1949

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the Stanley family and others gathered in front of an automobile at Boundary Bay. People identified; Ina (Stanley) Shankie (front - far left), Mary (Stanley) Pearson (front - second from left), Frank Stanley (seated on car bumper), Esther (Love) Stanley (second from right),…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the Stanley family and others gathered in front of an automobile at Boundary Bay. People identified; Ina (Stanley) Shankie (front - far left), Mary (Stanley) Pearson (front - second from left), Frank Stanley (seated on car bumper), Esther (Love) Stanley (second from right), Frank "Stan" Stanley (far right) and George Pearson (standing in front of car).

Names: Stanley Family; Shankie, Ina Esther Stanley; Stanley, Frank Charles "Stan", 1891-1975; Pearson, Mary Frances Stanley; Stanley, Esther Love; Stanley, Frank Conquest

Accession Code: BV022.32.682

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 22 Aug. 1949

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431); Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "STANLEY FAMILY / GROUP / THE CAMP / BOUNDARY BAY"; Note in white ink on album page reads: "INA_GEORGE_ESTHER / MARY_STAN / BOUNDARY BAY"

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Members of Love and Kennedy family with baby Bob

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1949]

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Margaret Love, Robert Leonard Love, Jenny Love, John Leonard Love and grandmother Catherine Elisabeth Kennedy who is holding her great grandchild Robert Matthew "Bob" Love (son of Margaret and Robert). The group are gathered together in the yard of John Leonard Love a…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Margaret Love, Robert Leonard Love, Jenny Love, John Leonard Love and grandmother Catherine Elisabeth Kennedy who is holding her great grandchild Robert Matthew "Bob" Love (son of Margaret and Robert). The group are gathered together in the yard of John Leonard Love and Jenny Love's home located at 3205 George Street (after 1958 address became 6112 Sussex Avenue) on the occasion of baby Bob's christening. A grape vine is visible growing along a wall behind them.

Subjects: Persons - Families; Persons - Children

Names: Love, Jenny Kennedy; Love, John Leonard; Love, Robert Leonard "Bob"; Love, Margaret Iona Giles; Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"; Kennedy, Catherine Elisabeth Plummer

Street Address: 6112 Sussex Avenue

Accession Code: BV023.24.26

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Mom-Dad-Grandma-Grandpa / Great Grandma Kennedy / Rob"

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Robert and Margaret Love with infant son Robert Mathew "Bob"

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Leonard Love and Margaret Love with their infant son Robert Mathew "Bob" in the yard of the home of Robert Leonard Love's parents John Leonard Love and Jenny Love on George Street in Burnaby. Robert Leonard Love is holding his infant son Bob while Margaret looks on.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Leonard Love and Margaret Love with their infant son Robert Mathew "Bob" in the yard of the home of Robert Leonard Love's parents John Leonard Love and Jenny Love on George Street in Burnaby. Robert Leonard Love is holding his infant son Bob while Margaret looks on.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Persons - Families

Names: Love, Robert Leonard "Bob"; Love, Margaret Iona Giles; Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"

Accession Code: BV023.24.27

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1949

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Bob - Margaret / Rob / Burnaby House / of / Leonard / Jenny"

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Robert Mathew "Bob" Love

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of baby Robert Mathew "Bob" Love with his mother Margaret Love. Baby Bob is dressed in a christening gown holding hands and seated on his mother's lap inside the home of his grandparents John Leonard and Jenny Love.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of baby Robert Mathew "Bob" Love with his mother Margaret Love. Baby Bob is dressed in a christening gown holding hands and seated on his mother's lap inside the home of his grandparents John Leonard and Jenny Love.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"; Love, Margaret Iona Giles

Accession Code: BV023.24.28

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1949

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Bob Love / @ / Grandma's 1949"

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Grandmother Catherine Kennedy with grandson Bob Love

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Sep. 1949

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of grandmother Catherine Kennedy holding her infant grandson Robert Mathew "Bob" Love on the occasion of his christening. Catherine Kennedy is seated on a chair in the yard at the home of John Leonard and Jenny Love located at 3205 George Street, Burnaby. Baby Bob is wearing a christenin…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Material Details: surface layer of photographic print is torn away obscurring face of baby

Scope and Content: Photograph of grandmother Catherine Kennedy holding her infant grandson Robert Mathew "Bob" Love on the occasion of his christening. Catherine Kennedy is seated on a chair in the yard at the home of John Leonard and Jenny Love located at 3205 George Street, Burnaby. Baby Bob is wearing a christening gown. A grape vine is visible behind.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"; Kennedy, Catherine Elisabeth Plummer

Accession Code: BV023.24.29

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Sep. 1949

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Sept 4/49Grandma Kennedy / at Robbie's / Christening"

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Grandmother Catherine Kennedy with grandson Bob Love, Sep. 1949 thumbnail

Baby Bob Love with Ruth and Fred Boruck and grandmother Kennedy

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1949]

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine "Ruth" and Fred Boruck (Aunt and Uncle to Bob Love) and Catherine Kennedy with infant, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love. Ruth and Fred Boruck are lying on a blanket with baby Bob and grandmother Kennedy is seated in a chair beneath a tree. The group has gathered together on the occa…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine "Ruth" and Fred Boruck (Aunt and Uncle to Bob Love) and Catherine Kennedy with infant, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love. Ruth and Fred Boruck are lying on a blanket with baby Bob and grandmother Kennedy is seated in a chair beneath a tree. The group has gathered together on the occasion of Bob's christening at the home of John Leonard and Jenny Love at 5205 George Street in 1949.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Persons - Families

Names: Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"; Boruck, Catherine "Ruth" Love; Boruck, Frederick; Kennedy, Catherine Elisabeth Plummer

Accession Code: BV023.24.30

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "(Love) (Boruck) / Ruth Fred, Bob / Grandma Kennedy"

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Baby Bob Love with Ruth and Fred Boruck and grandmother Kennedy

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1949]

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine "Ruth" and Fred Boruck (Aunt and Uncle to Bob Love) and Catherine Kennedy with infant, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love. Ruth and Fred Boruck are on a blanket with baby Bob and grandmother Kennedy is seated in a chair beneath a tree. The group has gathered together on the occasion o…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine "Ruth" and Fred Boruck (Aunt and Uncle to Bob Love) and Catherine Kennedy with infant, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love. Ruth and Fred Boruck are on a blanket with baby Bob and grandmother Kennedy is seated in a chair beneath a tree. The group has gathered together on the occasion of Bob's christening at the home of John Leonard and Jenny Love at 5205 George Street in 1949.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Persons - Families

Names: Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"; Boruck, Catherine "Ruth" Love; Boruck, Frederick; Kennedy, Catherine Elisabeth Plummer

Accession Code: BV023.24.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Bob's Christening / R & F with Bob / Grandma Kennedy"

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Ruth Boruck with Margaret Love and infant son Bob Love

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1949]

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margaret Love holding infant son, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love and standing with her sister in-law Catherine "Ruth" Boruck (nee Love) in front of a house.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margaret Love holding infant son, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love and standing with her sister in-law Catherine "Ruth" Boruck (nee Love) in front of a house.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Persons - Families

Names: Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"; Boruck, Catherine "Ruth" Love; Love, Margaret Iona Giles

Accession Code: BV023.24.32

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Margaret Love / Ruth Love (Boruck) / Bob"

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General chemical division Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1949

Call Number: 661 GEN

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book; Catalogue

Accession Code: BV022.22.1

Call Number: 661 GEN

Publisher: General Chemical Division, Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation

Publication Date: 1949

Physical Description: 175 p. : illustrations ; 26 cm

Library Subject (LOC): Chemical industry; Catalogs

Names: Nichols Chemical Company Limited

Object History: Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation catalogue at one time used by the Manager of the The Nichols Chemical Company Limited, William H. Main in Barnet BC. His business card is paper clipped to the first page. Page 106 has an ad from the Nichols company.

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Houses under construction

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 11.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a row of houses being built along a road lined with electric posts. Catalogue information from 1976 indicates that it is a street scene from Burnaby, ca. 1948. This may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 11.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a row of houses being built along a road lined with electric posts. Catalogue information from 1976 indicates that it is a street scene from Burnaby, ca. 1948. This may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision.

Subjects: Industries - Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Accession Code: HV971.12.84

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "278X."

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Cleared lot

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large cleared lot with two houses built apart from each other. Catalogue information from 1976 indicates that the photograph depicts the development of one of Burnaby's streets, ca. 1948. This may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on back of photo: "657X."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large cleared lot with two houses built apart from each other. Catalogue information from 1976 indicates that the photograph depicts the development of one of Burnaby's streets, ca. 1948. This may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on back of photo: "657X."

Subjects: Land Clearing

Names: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Accession Code: HV971.12.85

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Street Scene

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a row of house being built along a road lined with electric posts. Catalogue information from 1976 indicates that it is a street scene from Burnaby, possibly Kitchener Street and Gilmore Avenue, ca. 1948. Ths may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on back of…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a row of house being built along a road lined with electric posts. Catalogue information from 1976 indicates that it is a street scene from Burnaby, possibly Kitchener Street and Gilmore Avenue, ca. 1948. Ths may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on back of photo: "328X."

Subjects: Industries - Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue; Kitchener Street

Accession Code: HV971.12.86

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Paved road

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a paved road running through a cleared lot. There is an electric post on the roadside, and woods in the background. Catalogue information from 1976 indicates that it is a street development in Burnaby, ca. 1948. This may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Annotation o…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a paved road running through a cleared lot. There is an electric post on the roadside, and woods in the background. Catalogue information from 1976 indicates that it is a street development in Burnaby, ca. 1948. This may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Annotation on lower right front of photograph: "26." Stamped on back of photograph: "321X."

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Land Clearing

Names: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Accession Code: HV971.12.87

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and his four daughters

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1948 and 1956]

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman sitting in his living room with with his four daughters at Christmas time. Mamie Bateman McWilliams is sitting on his left, Jessie Bateman Fox Kemp is sitting on his right with Edna Bateman Corner perched beside her on the arm of the couch. Marianne May Batema…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Series: Bateman family photographs series

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman sitting in his living room with with his four daughters at Christmas time. Mamie Bateman McWilliams is sitting on his left, Jessie Bateman Fox Kemp is sitting on his right with Edna Bateman Corner perched beside her on the arm of the couch. Marianne May Bateman is sitting on floor at their feet. A Christmas wreath is hanging on the window and the edge of the Christmas tree is visible on the left side of the photograph.

Subjects: Holidays - Christmas

Names: Bateman, Edwin W.; McWilliams, Mamie Bateman; Kemp, Jessie Bateman Fox; Corner, Edna Bateman; Bateman, Marianne May

Accession Code: BV986.21.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1948 and 1956]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of Mr. Bateman and his daughters taken at the same setting on the same day, see HV974.22.1

Scan Resolution: 800

Scan Date: 2024-04-02

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue pen on verso of photograph reads: "Edwin Bateman with 4 daughters" and in pencil :"# 5"

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Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and his four daughters, [between 1948 and 1956] thumbnail

Ada Bingham by a tree stump

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.3 x 6.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mary Ada Bingham standing in front of a giant tree stump in Willingdon Heights which was to be cleared for a veterans' housing project in 1948. According to an accompanying note prepared by Burnaby Village Museum, and supported by the inscription on the photograph, Ada Bingham came to…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.3 x 6.8 cm

Material Details: Inscribed in black ballpoint pen, on the back of the photo: "Ada and Big Stump / Clearing time on Willingdon Heights / 1948. / Burnaby 2. B. C" and in blue ballpoint pen: "Mrs. Mary Ada Bingham / 1 Real Pioneer Wife; she helped me clear the land. Build our home, dig out well and worked for the community for nearly 50 years. She died August 9, 1969 / Alf Bingham."

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mary Ada Bingham standing in front of a giant tree stump in Willingdon Heights which was to be cleared for a veterans' housing project in 1948. According to an accompanying note prepared by Burnaby Village Museum, and supported by the inscription on the photograph, Ada Bingham came to Burnaby to homestead with her husband, Alfred "Alf" Bingham, in 1919. They settled in the Lochdale district of North Burnaby but later moved to Parker Street.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Plants - Trees

Names: Bingham, Mary Ada "Ada"

Accession Code: HV976.46.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-20

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Ada Bingham by a tree stump, [1948] thumbnail

Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and four Daughters, Christmas

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [December 1948]

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 18.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the front room of "Elworth" house in 1948 with Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and four of his daughters, Edna Bateman Corner; Mamie Dale Bateman McWilliams; May Bateman and Jessie Bateman Fox Kemp. Mr. Batemen is seated on a couch with two daughters beside him; the other two daughters are s…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Series: Bateman family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 18.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the front room of "Elworth" house in 1948 with Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and four of his daughters, Edna Bateman Corner; Mamie Dale Bateman McWilliams; May Bateman and Jessie Bateman Fox Kemp. Mr. Batemen is seated on a couch with two daughters beside him; the other two daughters are seated on the floor. Edna Bateman Corner is identifed seated to the left of her father, Edwin. The Elworth house is located on Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby. Snow can be seen on the ground through the large window behind them.

Subjects: Holidays - Christmas

Names: Bateman, Edwin W.; Corner, Edna Bateman; McWilliams, Mamie Bateman; Bateman, Marianne May; Kemp, Jessie Bateman Fox

Accession Code: HV974.22.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [December 1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of Mr. Bateman and his daughters taken at the same setting on the same day, see BV986.21.5

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-25

Notes: Title based on caption of photograph; Annotations on the back of the photo read, "Xmastime / Vanc [sic] / 1948" and "E.W. Bateman / + Four / Daughters."

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