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100 Years of Gilmore School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4488
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
2017
Collection/Fonds
100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (34 min., 23 sec.) : digital, 29 fps, col., sd., stereo
Scope and Content
"100 Years of Gilmore School". Filmed by Yunuen Perez Vertti and made by the Heights Neighbourhood Association. The film includes interviews with former students and highlights their experiences through the Great Depression, the Second World War and the 1960s.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (34 min., 23 sec.) : digital, 29 fps, col., sd., stereo
Scope and Content
"100 Years of Gilmore School". Filmed by Yunuen Perez Vertti and made by the Heights Neighbourhood Association. The film includes interviews with former students and highlights their experiences through the Great Depression, the Second World War and the 1960s.
History
Yunuen Perez Vertti is a filmmaker and digital media artist originally from Mexico City. She has produced films for many public, private and non-profit organizations.
Creator
Perez Vertti, Yunuen
Subjects
Buildings - Schools
Persons - Students
Events - Anniversaries
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Responsibility
Heights Neighbourhood Association
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV018.13.1
Access Restriction
Restricted access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
2017
Media Type
Moving Images
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Notes
Transcribed title
Reproductions are restricted by copyright holder
Images
Video

100 Years of Gilmore School, 2017

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Film of Pat Sexsmith discussing Gilmore Avenue School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5116
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
January 17, 2017
Collection/Fonds
100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (2 min., 30 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
Scope and Content
Recording is of anecdotes shared by Pat Sexsmith pertaining to Gilmore Avenue School in Burnaby. Pat attended the school in the 1940s and 1950s. She describes recreational activities at the school during a time when resources were few, and recalls the commitment of time made by the school’s teacher…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (2 min., 30 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
Material Details
Film recorded at the McGill Library on January 17, 2017 as part of an event to screen "100 Years of Gilmore School" by filmmaker Yunuen Perez Vertti.
Scope and Content
Recording is of anecdotes shared by Pat Sexsmith pertaining to Gilmore Avenue School in Burnaby. Pat attended the school in the 1940s and 1950s. She describes recreational activities at the school during a time when resources were few, and recalls the commitment of time made by the school’s teachers to extracurricular activities for the students.
Creator
Perez Vertti, Yunuen
Subjects
Buildings - Schools
Names
Sexsmith, Pat
Perez Vertti, Yunuen
Gilmore Avenue School
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV017.48.3
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
January 17, 2017
Media Type
Moving Images
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Notes
Title based on contents of film
Images
Video

Film of Pat Sexsmith discussing Gilmore Avenue School, January 17, 2017

Film of Pat Sexsmith discussing Gilmore Avenue School, January 17, 2017

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Film of Dave Linton discussing Gilmore Avenue School

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
January 17, 2017
Collection/Fonds
100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (51 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
Scope and Content
Recording is an anecdote shared by Dave Linton pertaining to Gilmore Avenue School in Burnaby. Dave displays a medallion which was awarded to his mother by the Burnaby School Board for perfect attendance between the years 1921-1929. Dave attended Gilmore Avenue School, but it is unclear which schoo…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (51 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
Material Details
Film recorded at the McGill Library on January 17, 2017 as part of an event to screen "100 Years of Gilmore School" by filmmaker Yunuen Perez Vertti.
Scope and Content
Recording is an anecdote shared by Dave Linton pertaining to Gilmore Avenue School in Burnaby. Dave displays a medallion which was awarded to his mother by the Burnaby School Board for perfect attendance between the years 1921-1929. Dave attended Gilmore Avenue School, but it is unclear which school his mother attended. Asked her name, he replies “Stark”.
Creator
Perez Vertti, Yunuen
Subjects
Buildings - Schools
Names
Linton, David "Dave"
Perez Vertti, Yunuen
Gilmore Avenue School
Accession Code
BV017.48.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
January 17, 2017
Media Type
Moving Images
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Notes
Title based on contents of film
Images
Video

Film of Dave Linton discussing Gilmore Avenue School, January 17, 2017

Film of Dave Linton discussing Gilmore Avenue School, January 17, 2017

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Film of Bruce McRae discussing Gilmore Avenue School

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
January 17, 2017
Collection/Fonds
100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (3 min., 15 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
Scope and Content
Recording is of anecdotes shared by Bruce McRae pertaining to Gilmore Avenue School in Burnaby. Bruce recalls that he didn’t attend Gilmore Avenue School, but his mother, Sheila McRae, worked there as an assistant. He describes her work and her enjoyment of it. Bruce also notes that the school had …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (3 min., 15 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
Material Details
Film recorded at the McGill Library on January 17, 2017 as part of an event to screen "100 Years of Gilmore School" by filmmaker Yunuen Perez Vertti.
Scope and Content
Recording is of anecdotes shared by Bruce McRae pertaining to Gilmore Avenue School in Burnaby. Bruce recalls that he didn’t attend Gilmore Avenue School, but his mother, Sheila McRae, worked there as an assistant. He describes her work and her enjoyment of it. Bruce also notes that the school had an air raid siren mounted on its roof which sounded terrifying to him when it was tested periodically during the 1950s Cold War era.
Creator
Perez Vertti, Yunuen
Subjects
Buildings - Schools
Public Services - Civil Defence
Names
Perez Vertti, Yunuen
Gilmore Avenue School
McRae, Bruce
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV017.48.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
January 17, 2017
Media Type
Moving Images
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Notes
Title based on contents of film
Images
Video

Film of Bruce McRae discussing Gilmore Avenue School, January 17, 2017

Film of Bruce McRae discussing Gilmore Avenue School, January 17, 2017

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Film of Marcello Agosti discussing Gilmore Avenue School

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
January 17, 2017
Collection/Fonds
100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (2 min., 3 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
Scope and Content
Recording is of an anecdote shared by Marcello Agosti pertaining to Gilmore Avenue School in Burnaby. Marcello was a Grade 2 student at the school at the time of the recording. He describes the music class, noting that it has changed greatly since he was in Kindergarten. Marcello talks about the ro…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (2 min., 3 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
Material Details
Film recorded at the McGill Library on January 17, 2017 as part of an event to screen "100 Years of Gilmore School" by filmmaker Yunuen Perez Vertti.
Scope and Content
Recording is of an anecdote shared by Marcello Agosti pertaining to Gilmore Avenue School in Burnaby. Marcello was a Grade 2 student at the school at the time of the recording. He describes the music class, noting that it has changed greatly since he was in Kindergarten. Marcello talks about the room, the equipment and resources, the students’ activities, and praises his music teacher.
Creator
Perez Vertti, Yunuen
Subjects
Buildings - Schools
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Perez Vertti, Yunuen
Agosti, Marcello
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV017.48.5
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
January 17, 2017
Media Type
Moving Images
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Notes
Title based on contents of film
Images
Video

Film of Marcello Agosti discussing Gilmore Avenue School, January 17, 2017

Film of Marcello Agosti discussing Gilmore Avenue School, January 17, 2017

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Film of Barrie McKenzie discussing Gilmore Avenue School

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
January 17, 2017
Collection/Fonds
100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (2 min., 2 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
Scope and Content
Video recording of an anecdote shared by Barrie McKenzie, pertaining to Gilmore Avenue School in Burnaby. Barrie attended the school in the 1940s and 1950s. He describes the “punishment paddle” as made by and used on students in the woodworking shop.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (2 min., 2 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo
Material Details
Film recorded at the McGill Library on January 17, 2017 as part of an event to screen "100 Years of Gilmore School" by filmmaker Yunuen Perez Vertti.
Scope and Content
Video recording of an anecdote shared by Barrie McKenzie, pertaining to Gilmore Avenue School in Burnaby. Barrie attended the school in the 1940s and 1950s. He describes the “punishment paddle” as made by and used on students in the woodworking shop.
Creator
Perez Vertti, Yunuen
Subjects
Buildings - Schools
Names
McKenzie, Barry
Perez Vertti, Yunuen
Gilmore Avenue School
Accession Code
BV017.48.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
January 17, 2017
Media Type
Moving Images
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Notes
Title based on contents of film
Images
Video

Film of Barrie McKenzie discussing Gilmore Avenue School, January 17, 2017

Film of Barrie McKenzie discussing Gilmore Avenue School, January 17, 2017

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2017_0048_0001_001.mp4
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My life on The Heights : Burnaby B.C. 1932 -1938, 1946 - 1977

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Penn, Edna
Publication Date
2016
Call Number
921 PEN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV016.45.1
Call Number
921 PEN
Author
Penn, Edna
Place of Publication
[Burnaby]
Publisher
Self Published
Publication Date
2016
Physical Description
55 p. : ill.(some col.) ; 28 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Burnaby (B.C.)--History--Anecdotes
Burnaby (B.C.)--Social Life and Customs
Burnaby (B.C.)
British Columbia--Social life and customs
British Columbia--History
Biography
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Object History
This is the second family history book that Edna has published.
Notes
Edna Penn is the mother of Douglas Penn who wrote the history of the Burnaby Fire Department "Follow That Fire"
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Halifax / Buchanon, Bby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93743
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989
Collection/Fonds
Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
25 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photographs of a property located between Halifax Street and Buchanon Street under construction.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989
Collection/Fonds
Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
Physical Description
25 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Description Level
File
Record No.
622-028
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2017-39
Scope and Content
Photographs of a property located between Halifax Street and Buchanon Street under construction.
Subjects
Construction
Construction Tools and Equipment
Land Clearing
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from print envelope photographs were originally housed in
File no. 89-390-B
Handwritten sticky note on print envelope reads: "BOSA - Burnaby Office". At time of description, Bosa Development's Burnaby office is located at 1300-2025 Willingdon Avenue.
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
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Overlynn house

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38299
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Overlynn house at 3755 McGill Street, North Burnaby. This home was built by Charles J. Peter in 1909 and is now a protected heritage site in Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
398-006
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Overlynn house at 3755 McGill Street, North Burnaby. This home was built by Charles J. Peter in 1909 and is now a protected heritage site in Burnaby.
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
McGill Street
Street Address
3755 McGill Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Images
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Windows to Burnaby's past : a preliminary survey of Burnaby's pre-1930 buildings

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary998
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Watson, Ann
Publication Date
1985
Call Number
720.971 BUR Ver. 1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Call Number
720.971 BUR Ver. 1
Author
Watson, Ann
Contributor
Wolf, Jim
Publisher
Burnaby Historical Society
Publication Date
1985
Physical Description
[540] p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Historic buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby
Burnaby (B.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Burnaby (B.C.)--History
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Notes
"A report of the Burnaby Historical Society." -- Subtitle page
"Prepared by Ann Watson, assisted by Jim Wolf, for the Burnaby Historical Society, May 13 to August 13th, 1985." -- Title page
Includes blibliography
Cross-reference with 720.971 BUR Ver. 2
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Windows to Burnaby's past : a preliminary survey of Burnaby's pre-1930 buildings

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6686
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Watson, Ann
Publication Date
1985
Call Number
720.971 BUR Ver. 2
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Call Number
720.971 BUR Ver. 2
Author
Watson, Ann
Contributor
Wolf, Jim
Publisher
Burnaby Historical Society
Publication Date
1985
Physical Description
[540] p. : map. ; 30 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Historic buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby
Burnaby (B.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Burnaby (B.C.)--History
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Notes
"Project funded by the British Columbia Heritage Trust." -- Cover
"Prepared by Ann Watson, assisted by Jim Wolf, for the Burnaby Historical Society, May 13 to August 13th, 1985." -- Cover
Includes bibliography
Cross-reference with 720.971 BUR Ver. 1
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Arthur Wirick on Oxford Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37480
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 28, 1984 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Arthur Wirick in front of 4361 Oxford Street, his home from 1914 to 1924.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 28, 1984 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-068
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Arthur Wirick in front of 4361 Oxford Street, his home from 1914 to 1924.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Names
Wirick, Arthur "Art"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Geographic Access
Oxford Street
Street Address
4361 Oxford Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Images
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Frances and Harold Johnston

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52878
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1983
Collection/Fonds
Harold H. Johnston fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of Frances Johnston (seated) with her husband Harold standing behind her. The photograph was likely taken inside the Johnston family home at 4447 Venables Street.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1983
Collection/Fonds
Harold H. Johnston fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Description Level
Item
Record No.
483-105
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2008-08
Scope and Content
Photograph of Frances Johnston (seated) with her husband Harold standing behind her. The photograph was likely taken inside the Johnston family home at 4447 Venables Street.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Names
Johnston, Harold H.
Johnston, Frances
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Johnston, Harold H.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Venables Street
Street Address
4447 Venables Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Images
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Wedding at Willingdon United Church

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3871
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1982]
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
11 photographs : col. negatives ; 40 x 55 mm
Scope and Content
Photographs of a wedding ceremony with unidentified individuals at Willingdon Heights United Church on Parker Street in Burnaby.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan family photographs series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
11 photographs : col. negatives ; 40 x 55 mm
Scope and Content
Photographs of a wedding ceremony with unidentified individuals at Willingdon Heights United Church on Parker Street in Burnaby.
Subjects
Ceremonies - Weddings
Names
Willingdon Heights United Church
Geographic Access
Parker Street
Street Address
4304 Parker Street
Accession Code
BV005.54.868
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1982]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
August 25, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on content of photographs
Photograph attached to description: BV005.54.868.5
Conact Burnaby Village Museum to view other photographs (BV005.54.868.1 to BV005.54.868.11)
Images
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Venables Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52845
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1981
Collection/Fonds
Harold H. Johnston fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman standing next to two children on a tricycle on Venables Street. A man is on the far right standing next to a parked car. Three of the people in the photograph are identified by first name only as Sharron, Andrea and Frank. The photograph was most likely taken near the Johnston…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1981
Collection/Fonds
Harold H. Johnston fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Description Level
Item
Record No.
483-102
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2008-08
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman standing next to two children on a tricycle on Venables Street. A man is on the far right standing next to a parked car. Three of the people in the photograph are identified by first name only as Sharron, Andrea and Frank. The photograph was most likely taken near the Johnston family home at 4447 Venables Street.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Bicycles
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Geographic Features - Roads
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Johnston, Harold H.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Venables Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Images
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Betty Stevenson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36688
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[198-] (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 7.5 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph Betty Stevenson in her living room in Vancouver Heights.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[198-] (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 7.5 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
315-043
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-04
Scope and Content
Photograph Betty Stevenson in her living room in Vancouver Heights.
Subjects
Animals - Cats
Names
Stevenson, Betty
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Parker Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
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Art Deco House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52797
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1980
Collection/Fonds
Harold H. Johnston fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of the exterior of an art deco style house in Burnaby. The home was located at 4289 Oxford Street at the northwest corner of Madison Avenue.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1980
Collection/Fonds
Harold H. Johnston fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Description Level
Item
Record No.
483-100
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2008-08
Scope and Content
Photograph of the exterior of an art deco style house in Burnaby. The home was located at 4289 Oxford Street at the northwest corner of Madison Avenue.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Johnston, Harold H.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Madison Avenue
Oxford Street
Street Address
4289 Oxford Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Images
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Lane behind the 4400 block of Venables Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52833
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1980
Collection/Fonds
Harold H. Johnston fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of three men standing around a cement mixer, preparing cement. The photograph was taken in the lane behind the Johnston family home in the 4400 block of Venables Street.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1980
Collection/Fonds
Harold H. Johnston fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Description Level
Item
Record No.
483-101
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2008-08
Scope and Content
Photograph of three men standing around a cement mixer, preparing cement. The photograph was taken in the lane behind the Johnston family home in the 4400 block of Venables Street.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Lanes
Occupations - Labourers
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Johnston, Harold H.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Venables Street
Street Address
4447 Venables Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Images
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Opposed to twin-tower development

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 1980
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Willingdon Heights community protesting against Bosa Bros Construction Ltd's proposal to build a twin-tower development on corner of Hastings Street and Boundary Road. They protested with picket signs that read: "STOP BLOCK-BUSTING" and "COUNCIL MUST LISTEN!". Despite t…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 1980
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 24 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1255
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Willingdon Heights community protesting against Bosa Bros Construction Ltd's proposal to build a twin-tower development on corner of Hastings Street and Boundary Road. They protested with picket signs that read: "STOP BLOCK-BUSTING" and "COUNCIL MUST LISTEN!". Despite these demonstrations, Bosa Bros Construction Ltd. was eventually granted permission from council to build the twin-towers.
Subjects
Protests and Demonstrations
Names
Bosa Properties
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Hodge, Craig
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "RESIDENTS AGAINST HIGHRISES ... Burnaby residents braved a Sunday drizzle to carry on their battle to stop Bosa Bros. Construction from building a 13 and 15-storey apartment complex at the corner of Hastings and Boundary. Protesters say the complex will not fit in with the character of the surrounding neighbourhood."
Geographic Access
Hastings Street
Boundary Road
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Images
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Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 3

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1969-1990
Length
00:04:54
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita and her family’s move to Burnaby in 1969 to an apartment near Brentwood Mall. She tells about continuing to demonstrate origami in schools and teach Ikebana in the community.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita and her family’s move to Burnaby in 1969 to an apartment near Brentwood Mall. She tells about continuing to demonstrate origami in schools and teach Ikebana in the community.
Date Range
1969-1990
Length
00:04:54
Subjects
Persons - Volunteers
Arts
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
February 27, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.
Total Tracks
11
Total Length
01:34:10
Interviewee Name
Miyashita, Toki
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with Toki Miyashita

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