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![Vancouver, [before 1973] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1973/1973_0041_0008_001.jpg?width=280)
Vancouver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription999
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [before 1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a destination sign that reads "Vancouver" on a British Columbia Electric Railway tram. Just below the sign is a label that reads, "BCER 1231-B48."
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a destination sign that reads "Vancouver" on a British Columbia Electric Railway tram. Just below the sign is a label that reads, "BCER 1231-B48."
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- HV973.41.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [before 1973]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Vancouver, [before 1973] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1973/1973_0041_0008_001.jpg)
Vancouver historical journal, January 1958
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1142
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1 VAN
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Archives Society of Vancouver
- Publication Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 70 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--History
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Periodicals
- Biography
Vancouver's glory years : public transit, 1890-1915
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1379
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Conn, Heather
- Ewert, Henry, 1937-
- Publication Date
- c2003
- Call Number
- 388.46 CON COPY 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1552855171
- Call Number
- 388.46 CON COPY 1
- Author
- Conn, Heather
- Ewert, Henry, 1937-
- Place of Publication
- North Vancouver, BC
- Publisher
- Whitecap Books
- Publication Date
- c2003
- Physical Description
- 224 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electric railroads
- Local transit
- Street-railroads
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-209) and index.
- 2 copies held: copy 1.
The Velvet touch : recipes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5515
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.65.3
- Call Number
- 641 MAR
- Author
- Martin, Rita
- Place of Publication
- Moncton
- Publisher
- Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 20 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cooking, Canadian
- Pastry
- Baking
- Cookbooks--1940-1949
- Notes
- "Velvet cake and pastry flour" from cover page.
- Includes index
Victorian pharmacy : rediscovering forgotten remedies and recipes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6758
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Eastoe, Jane
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Call Number
- 615.1094 EAS
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 615.1094 EAS
- Author
- Eastoe, Jane
- Contributor
- Goodman, Ruth, 1963-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Pavilion
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Printer
- L.E.G.O. spa
- Physical Description
- 224 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 24 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Traditional medicine
- Pharmacognosy
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmacy
- Notes
- "As seen on BBC"--Cover
- "Foreword by Ruth Goodman".
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-207) and index.
- Summary: Follows the fascinating story of the emergence of high street healthcare in the form of the chemist's shop and the products on offer. Investigates which pills, potions, tonics and cures were available-- some effective, some deadly, and some still with us today.
![View from dredge, 1951 (date of original), copied [1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0457_0005_001.jpg?width=280)
View from dredge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10586
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1951 (date of original), copied [1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 10 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of dredge for clearing channel through Burnaby Lake, March 1951. The surface of the lake is covered with lily pads.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 10 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of dredge for clearing channel through Burnaby Lake, March 1951. The surface of the lake is covered with lily pads.
- Accession Code
- BV985.457.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1951 (date of original), copied [1985]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Scan Resolution
- 1200
- Scan Date
- 2022-06-07
- Photographer
- Lindsay, Jack
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![View from dredge, 1951 (date of original), copied [1985] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0457_0005_001.jpg)
![View of the Mervin Mawhinney house, [between 1958 and 1962] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2018/2018_0009_0017_001.jpg?width=280)
View of the Mervin Mawhinney house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5217
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1958 and 1962]
- Collection/Fonds
- Reverend Edward S. Gale fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia. ; 20.2 x 25.4 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Mervin Mawhinney house. Exterior view of the south side of the house with surrounding garden and mature shrubbery. The address of the house was 7661 Burris Street and was changed to 7667 Burris Street in 1984.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Reverend Edward S. Gale fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia. ; 20.2 x 25.4 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Mervin Mawhinney house. Exterior view of the south side of the house with surrounding garden and mature shrubbery. The address of the house was 7661 Burris Street and was changed to 7667 Burris Street in 1984.
- Geographic Access
- Burris Street
- Street Address
- 7667 Burris Street
- Accession Code
- BV018.9.17
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1958 and 1962]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 07-05-2018
- Photographer
- Weller, Michael
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- "7667 Burris Street, / during occupancy by / the Sisters of S. Clare, / between 1958 and 1962" written in pen on verso.
Images
![View of the Mervin Mawhinney house, [between 1958 and 1962] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2018/2018_0009_0017_001.jpg)
![View of the Wuzinski family property on Hastings Street, [between 1940 and 1955] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2018/2018_0039_0012_001.jpg?width=280)
View of the Wuzinski family property on Hastings Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9696
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- View of the Wuzinski family property on Hastings Street. The photograph was taken from Hastings Street. The sign in the foreground invited people to drive in and purchase berries, honey, and tomatoes. John Wuzinski is visible in the photograph, and raspberries are growing beind him.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- View of the Wuzinski family property on Hastings Street. The photograph was taken from Hastings Street. The sign in the foreground invited people to drive in and purchase berries, honey, and tomatoes. John Wuzinski is visible in the photograph, and raspberries are growing beind him.
- History
- John and Frances Wuzinski moved from Manitoba to Burnaby in 1944, where they purchased an acre of land on the corner of Hastings Street and Cliff Avenue. They had two daughters: Janice and Mary Louise. They grew berries, fruit and vegetables for home and for sale, and raised bees. People came from miles around to purchase strawberries, blueberries, tomatoes and honey. In 1962 the Wuzinski property was expropriated by the Municipality of Burnaby, and the family purchased another property nearby. They started a new garden, brought the bees, and transplanted several trees to the new property.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content
- Names
- Bobic, Janice
- Wuzinski, John
- Accession Code
- BV018.39.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1955]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-04-2015
Images
![View of the Wuzinski family property on Hastings Street, [between 1940 and 1955] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2018/2018_0039_0012_001.jpg)
Visitors' book Seaforth School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18822
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1922-1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Seaforth School fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 book : textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Vistors' Book from Seaforth School with handwritten entries of names and events. Includes guests at the 1922 opening of the school with entries made by Mrs. Postill and entries and program of the official opening of the new building in December 1958. Last entry is for 50th Anniv…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Seaforth School fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 book : textual record
- Material Details
- pages within last half of book are blank
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Vistors' Book from Seaforth School with handwritten entries of names and events. Includes guests at the 1922 opening of the school with entries made by Mrs. Postill and entries and program of the official opening of the new building in December 1958. Last entry is for 50th Anniversary Tea in December 1972.
- Creator
- Seaforth School
- Names
- Seaforth School
- Accession Code
- BV987.2.2
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1922-1972
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Entry from first page of book reads: "Vistors' Book, / Seafforth School, / Burnaby"
Vivian's Tapestry
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9670
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (9 min., 17 sec.) : digital, 25 fps, col., sd., stereo
- Scope and Content
- Vivian Lee’s short film covers six decades of her life experience. The film tells the story of Vivian’s parents and their difficult time during the Second World War, including a harrowing journey on the Burma Road. Vivian describes her idyllic childhood in post-war Burma, where she was the sixth of…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (9 min., 17 sec.) : digital, 25 fps, col., sd., stereo
- Scope and Content
- Vivian Lee’s short film covers six decades of her life experience. The film tells the story of Vivian’s parents and their difficult time during the Second World War, including a harrowing journey on the Burma Road. Vivian describes her idyllic childhood in post-war Burma, where she was the sixth of eight children, and her life in Singapore and Hong Kong as a young woman. The film includes Vivian and husband Alan’s decision to move to Canada. The couple briefly lived in Burnaby for a short period, during which time their daughters were born. A short while later they moved to Vancouver to care for Alan’s parents. The film concludes with the couple’s return to Burnaby for their retirement, and Vivian’s expressions of appreciation for the many things that bring her joy.
- History
- Vivian Lee was born in Rangoon, Burma, in 1950. Her parents moved to Burma from China in the 1930s. Vivian was the sixth of eight children. Two older siblings were born in Burma, and survived a perilous escape from Burma along the Burma Road during the Second World War. Vivian was the first child to be born in post-war Burma, after her parents returned following the war. The family lived in Rangoon for a period, before moving to a home in the suburbs where Vivian spent an idyllic childhood. After graduating from university, Vivian moved to Singapore, and then to Hong Kong. She worked for a large pharmaceutical company in Hong Kong, where she met her husband, Alan. The couple emigrated to Canada with Alan’s parents (in the 1980s?). Daughters Cynthia and Adrienne were born in Burnaby, before the family moved to Vancouver to care for Alan’s parents. Alan and Vivian have recently returned to Burnaby for their retirement years. They are active volunteers and grand-parents, and Vivian has been developing her watercolour painting skills. Vivian produced the short film in order to pass the legacy of her family’s history on to her children and their offspring. She notes: “I am happy and honoured to share my life story with others in the community. I think it gives all of us a chance to contribute to the mosaic of our shared heritage. I am so proud to be a Canadian citizen and feel very fortunate to live in a multicultural society. I believe it is through sharing these life stories that will make us stronger as a nation.”
- Creator
- Lee, Vivian
- Other Title Information
- title supplied by film maker
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Lee, Vivian
- Accession Code
- BV016.37.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 2016
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Images
Video
Vivian's Tapestry, 2016
Vivian's Tapestry, 2016
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2016_0037_0001_001.mp4
Vogue knitting vintage collection : classic knits from the 1930s - 1960s
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6354
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV013.32.1
- ISBN
- 1931543003
- Call Number
- 746.432 VOG
- Contributor
- Malcolm, Tricia
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Soho Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- c2001
- Physical Description
- 144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Knitting
- Knitting--Patterns
- Notes
- "ed. by Malcolm, Tricia"
- knitting patterns with instructions and pictures.
Voices from Two Rivers : harnessing the power of the Peace and Columbia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6429
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Stanley, Meg, 1962-
- B.C. Hydro
- Publication Date
- c2010
- Call Number
- 333.793 STA
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781553654957
- Call Number
- 333.793 STA
- Author
- Stanley, Meg, 1962-
- B.C. Hydro
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Publication Date
- c2010
- Physical Description
- vii, 312 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Inscription
- Opposite of front end paper on the top half of page: "PRESENTED TO LISA COOD - CURATOR - BURNABY VILLAGE MUSEUM & CAROUSEL BY THE BC HYDRO POWER PIONEERS SEPT 29/12 HAPPY READING! PHIL HORTON - POWER PIONEER" [Printed in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Hydroelectric power plants
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-298) and index.
- "This book was commissioned by the BC Hydro Power Pioneers Association to recognize and celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the BC Hydro and Power Authority."
![Vorce tram station, [before 1953] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2005/200500150001.jpg?width=280)
Vorce tram station
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10545
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [before 1953]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 7 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Vorce tram station on the Burnaby Lake Line of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company in the snow. A notice is posted on an electric power pole in the foreground.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 7 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Vorce tram station on the Burnaby Lake Line of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company in the snow. A notice is posted on an electric power pole in the foreground.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Geographic Access
- Nursery Street
- Accession Code
- BV005.15.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [before 1953]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- Original negative for this photograph is in accession BV005.15.1
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Vorce tram station, [before 1953] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2005/200500150001.jpg)
Wagner family house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1163
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 8 Dec. 1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the house that the Wagner family moved into in 1921, located across from the Central Park gate on the same property as Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the house that the Wagner family moved into in 1921, located across from the Central Park gate on the same property as Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Names
- Wagner, Frank
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4230 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV992.45.54
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 8 Dec. 1950
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "4230 Kingsway/ Burnaby B.C./ Wagner Family moved into this/ house in 1921" and "Photo taken / DEC 8 1950"
Images
Walhachin : birth of a legend
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6756
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Jacobsen, Larry, 1928-
- Publication Date
- c2014
- Call Number
- 971.172 JAC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780978164034
- Call Number
- 971.172 JAC
- Author
- Jacobsen, Larry, 1928-
- Place of Publication
- China
- Publication Date
- c2014
- Printer
- Prolong Press
- Physical Description
- 160 p., [30] p. : ill., maps ; 19 x 24 cm
- Inscription
- Title page (Lower right side) "Larry Jacobsen" [handwritten in black , author's signature]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Walhachin (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (page160).
- "Design and Layout by the author."
Walthers 2003 H0 scale model railroad reference book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5213
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780941952675
- Call Number
- 625.1902 WAL
- Place of Publication
- Milwaukee, WI
- Publisher
- Walthers
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Physical Description
- 1056 p. : ill. (mostly col.)
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Railroads--Models
- Catalogs
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- Includes index
Waplington and Fleming families album series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18958
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1900-2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 1 album (88 photographs, textual records, graphic material)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of an album about the Waplington and Fleming families. The album contains photographs, family documents, stories, poems, biographies and genealogy about family members.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 1 album (88 photographs, textual records, graphic material)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of an album about the Waplington and Fleming families. The album contains photographs, family documents, stories, poems, biographies and genealogy about family members.
- Date
- [1900-2004]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Waplington family documents series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18967
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1950-1987
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a collection of family documents belonging to members of the Waplington family. Records include correspondence items, notes and a membership card.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a collection of family documents belonging to members of the Waplington family. Records include correspondence items, notes and a membership card.
- Accession Code
- BV016.46
- Date
- 1950-1987
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Waplington family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4613
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1911-2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 album (88 photographs + textual records) + 2 photographs in frames
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting the lives of both the Waplington and Fleming families who resided at 3813 Deer Lake. Records include a family photograph album; two framed portraits: one of John Waplington and Doris Waplington (nee Caswell) (possibly on their wedding day) and Frances (nee Wapl…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 album (88 photographs + textual records) + 2 photographs in frames
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting the lives of both the Waplington and Fleming families who resided at 3813 Deer Lake. Records include a family photograph album; two framed portraits: one of John Waplington and Doris Waplington (nee Caswell) (possibly on their wedding day) and Frances (nee Waplington) and Ray Fleming; a copy of a handwritten memoir "The Way it Was / 1913-1925"; as well as a computer printed copy of "In and Out of / A Cedar Shake Shack" / "The life of a little girl from World War I / to Canada's Diamond Jubilee" both written by Frances L. Fleming (nee Waplington). Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Waplington and Fleming families album series 2) Frances Fleming manuscripts series 3) Waplington family documents series 4) Waplington family photographs series
- History
- John (Jack) Waplington emigrated from Nottingham, England in 1904, arriving in Quebec City and continuing on to Ontario before eventually settling in British Columbia. Somewhere on his journey his right hand was crushed in an industrial accident and amputated. Following his recovery, Jack continued to work his way across Canada until he found employment at Stave Falls, B.C. and married Sarah Alice Cogswell (nee Nickerson). Jack and Sarah (nicknamed Cutie) Waplington had three children; Frances Louise Waplington (1913-2004), John Hazen Waplington and Grace Bancroft Waplington. In 1916, the Waplingtons rented the Walker house at Hill Station on the Burnaby Lake Interurban Line and in 1920 Jack built a cedar shack on 5 acres of land at 4925 Douglas Road (northwest corner of Douglas and Laurel). According to a memoir by Frances Waplington, life was rough living in the cedar shack on Douglas Road with no electricity or running water and by 1925 the family was lucky to purchase "Brookfield", the former home of Louis Claude Hill located at 3813 Deer Lake Avenue. The home was not in good shape having been empty for some time but was located on ¾ of an acre and purchased at a fair price of $1000. The house was surrounded by grass and flowers gone wild and very tall fir trees. The house had running water, electricity and was heated by a wood burning stove in the kitchen and hall and a fireplace in the living room. There was no refrigeration other than the ice box. The three Waplington children, Frances, John and Grace continued to attend Douglas Road School. The family renovated and restored the house at Deer Lake as well as the grounds, adding in flower and vegetable gardens. The large area of grass which formerly housed a tennis court was rolled flat and reseeded. Jack Waplington continued to work for the power company which became B.C. Electric Company and eventually B.C. Power and Hydro. The Waplingtons continued to live at 3813 Deer Lake until 1946 when they sold their home to their daughter Frances who married Ray Fleming. Jack and Sarah Waplington retired and moved to Lasquiti island. Frances "Fanny" Waplington married Reyland "Ray" Fleming October 11, 1935. Ray and Frances Fleming had three children; John (Jack) Reyland, Edith (Edie) Louise and Sara Maureen. In 1941 Ray was hired by the B.C. Electric Company to work at Buntzen Lake hydro station. There was no housing at the hydro station so the family lived on a 42’ coastal boat, the Cohoe Bay tied up to the dock at Buntzen Lake. Since it was war time, there was fear that the two hydro plants at Stave Falls and Buntzen Lake could be targeted for bombing so the Fleming family had to learn about air raid sirens, bunkers, helmets and gas masks. The children attended a one room classroom at Buntzen Lake and participated in school drills when the air raid siren sounded. By 1947 the Fleming family moved to the Waplington home at 3813 Deer lake Avenue after purchasing it from Frances’ parents. Ray continued to work for B.C. Electric and eventually B.C. Power and B.C. Hydro. The children walked or rode bicycles to and from Douglas Road School. At the time the family moved into their home there were no buses only the Interurban streetcar to take them to Vancouver. Douglas Road station was the nearest stop to Deer Lake on the Burnaby Lake Line. The closest neighbours were the Oakalla Prison farm (located off of Royal Oak hill overlooking Deer Lake) and the Ceperley mansion. Prison breaks were common and both the Waplington and Fleming families would often hear air raid sirens blare to warn them. The neighbourhood would go on high alert and the children would immediately run home to safety. Mr. Fleming was well prepared with his 22 rifle nearby should it be needed. After Sarah Waplington died, Jack Waplington returned to Deer Lake to live in a house trailer on the property that was owned by the Flemings. In 1959, after the Fleming children had grown and moved on, Ray and Frances Fleming sold the property to the Municipality of Burnaby. The Municipality rented it out for several years prior to its demolition around 1970 to make way for Burnaby’s Heritage Village. Frances Louise Fleming received her teaching degree from the Vancouver Normal School at the end of World War II but found it extremely difficult to secure a permanent teaching position as a woman. Between 1944 and 1954, Frances was hired and fired eight times from teaching positions despite excellent reports. Finally in 1954, she was invited to teach in an adjoining district with a permanent teaching appointment to follow. Over the years, Frances taught in Vancouver, Burnaby, Pender Harbour and served as vice principal at Magee Secondary. In the early 1970s Frances was appointed provincial superintendent of schools at Quesnel and then moved to Victoria to be assistant superintendent of integrated and supportive services and then in 1973, she became assistant superintendent of the department of public intstruction. Frances retired from teaching soon after, moving to the Sunshine Coast with her husband Ray. Frances was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 1997, was an accomplished writer who regularly contributed articles to the Vancouver Sun newspaper and othe publications. Ray Fleming died in 2002 and Frances Fleming died in 2004.
- Accession Code
- BV016.46
- Date
- 1911-2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Arrangement
- Series arrangement is based on physical arrangement of records by donor. Family album was scanned in it's original order and items from within family album were removed and described at item and file level.
- Notes
- Title based on content of fonds
![Waplington home, [between 1925 and 1958] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/2016_0046_0078_001.jpg?width=280)
Waplington home
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1925 and 1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Waplington family home located at 3813 Deer Lake. The house was called 'Brookfield' when it was formerly owned by Claude Hill. The house was purchased by Jack and Sarah Waplington in 1925. Jack and Sarah raised there three children (Frances, John and Grace) in the house until they ret…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Waplington family home located at 3813 Deer Lake. The house was called 'Brookfield' when it was formerly owned by Claude Hill. The house was purchased by Jack and Sarah Waplington in 1925. Jack and Sarah raised there three children (Frances, John and Grace) in the house until they retired to Lasqueti Island in 1946. They sold the house to their eldest daughter, Frances and son in law Ray Fleming who lived in the home until 1958. The house and property was sold to the Municipality of Burnaby in 1959.
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 3813 Deer Lake Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.46.78
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1925 and 1958]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Aug-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52
Images
![Waplington home, [between 1925 and 1958] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/2016_0046_0078_001.jpg)