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City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920]-[1979]
Collection/Fonds
City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
43 photographs (39 tiffs ; 2 jpegs ; 3 col. prints, 9 x 9 cm) and 3 p. of textual records
Scope and Content
Collection consists of photographs that were selected for preservation because of their relevance to documenting the heritage and development of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection depict Burnaby citizens, locations, businesses, residences, geography, and events throughout the history…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920]-[1979]
Collection/Fonds
City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
Physical Description
43 photographs (39 tiffs ; 2 jpegs ; 3 col. prints, 9 x 9 cm) and 3 p. of textual records
Description Level
Fonds
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2010-01
2013-31
2016-24
2021-10
Scope and Content
Collection consists of photographs that were selected for preservation because of their relevance to documenting the heritage and development of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection depict Burnaby citizens, locations, businesses, residences, geography, and events throughout the history of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection are acquisitions of discrete items or small sets of items that do not form a discrete fonds or collection.
History
Burnaby’s first municipal archive officially opened on November 10, 2001, and is located in the McGill Branch Public Library at 4595 Albert Street. The City Archives functions as a branch of the Office of the City Clerk and operates as the official repository of Burnaby’s municipal records, containing records dating back to Burnaby’s incorporation in 1892. In 2007, the City of Burnaby Archives expanded its collection mandate to include private as well as public records. Types of records held at the Archives include City Records (Council minutes and reports, bylaws, departmental records and photographs) and records from private individuals and community organizations (correspondence, reports, minutes, photographs, moving images and sound recordings). The Archives storage area is equipped with the sophisticated environmental controls necessary to preserve Burnaby’s unique archival material into the future. The mandate of the City of Burnaby Archives is to identify, acquire, preserve and make accessible archival material in the form of civic and private records documenting the history of the City of Burnaby.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
City of Burnaby Archives
Notes
Title based on contents of collection.
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Disney Family collection

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1914-1963]
Collection/Fonds
Disney Family collection
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
6 architectural drawings : pencil and ink on paper ; 52 cm x 77 cm and smaller + 1 p. of textual records (40 cm. x 31 cm.) + 1 plan : col. ; 55 cm x 75 cm folded to 28 cm x 10 cm + 1 map : diazo print ; 39 cm x 28 cm.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of maps and plans created and collected by Jack Disney.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1914-1963]
Collection/Fonds
Disney Family collection
Physical Description
6 architectural drawings : pencil and ink on paper ; 52 cm x 77 cm and smaller + 1 p. of textual records (40 cm. x 31 cm.) + 1 plan : col. ; 55 cm x 75 cm folded to 28 cm x 10 cm + 1 map : diazo print ; 39 cm x 28 cm.
Description Level
Fonds
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2016-03
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of maps and plans created and collected by Jack Disney.
History
John Howard "Jack" Disney served as Burnaby Surveyor from 1911 to 1919.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of collection
MSS199
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Girl Guiding

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1939-1951
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook album (99 photographs+ textual records + other material)
Scope and Content
File consists of 18 loose pages of a scrapbook created by Ivy McGeachie (nee Ivy Oldham) who was involved in guiding in Burnaby between 1942 -1948. The front page of the scrapbook is titled “Girl / Guiding” and has a wood-burnt image of a camp fire and a singed photo of a flag pole. The scrapbook …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook album (99 photographs+ textual records + other material)
Scope and Content
File consists of 18 loose pages of a scrapbook created by Ivy McGeachie (nee Ivy Oldham) who was involved in guiding in Burnaby between 1942 -1948. The front page of the scrapbook is titled “Girl / Guiding” and has a wood-burnt image of a camp fire and a singed photo of a flag pole. The scrapbook contains photographs along with bits and pieces of ephemera. Included in the material is a four page, type-written diary of a Girl Guide camp held at Aldergrove Beach in August of 1963. Many of the photographs document the activities of the 2nd Burnaby Girl Guide Company and include photos of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in uniform on roller skates; Burnaby District Camp (Aldergrove, BC) / 1948; Hiking; Canadian Girl Guide Golden Jubilee; Open House at St. Alban’s church hall; a hand tinted photo of Ivy McGeachie 1939 and the 2nd Kamloops Folk Dance – Yale Cariboo Musical festival 1951.
Creator
McGeachie, Ivy Ashliegh
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Names
McGeachie, Ivy Ashliegh
Girl Guides of Canada
Accession Code
BV015.35.160
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1939-1951
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on content of file
Some photographs within scrapbook have been described at item level (BV015.35.191 to BV015.35.210)
Images
Documents
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Pixie McGeachie fonds

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1939 and 1949] (date of originals), copied 2008 ; 1976
Collection/Fonds
Pixie McGeachie fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
24 photographs (tiffs) : b&w + 1 membership card
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs from a McGeachie family album documenting a time that Jack and Pixie McGeachie spent at their log cabin on Mount Seymour and a membership card for the Century Park Museum Association. Jack McGeachie, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained the cabin with f…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Pixie McGeachie fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
24 photographs (tiffs) : b&w + 1 membership card
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs from a McGeachie family album documenting a time that Jack and Pixie McGeachie spent at their log cabin on Mount Seymour and a membership card for the Century Park Museum Association. Jack McGeachie, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained the cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Pixie McGeachie photographs series 2) Pixie McGeachie documents series
History
Doreen "Pixie" Johnson was born in 1922 and married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie in April 1942. Jack and Pixie McGeachie lived on Rosewood Street (formerly named Campbell Street pre 1951) in Burnaby from 1948 where they raised their two children; David and Kathi. Pixie was well known for her volunteer work in Burnaby. Pixie served for over 20 years as the volunteer archivist for the Burnaby Historical Society; served as president of the Century Park Museum Association and the Friends of the Interurban 1223 and a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission. Pixie was also a Burnaby historian and author who published a column in the Burnaby Examiner Newspaper entitled "Burnaby History" as well as three books about Burnaby History entitled "Bygones of Burnaby"; "Burnaby - A Proud Century" and "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." Due to her diligent volunteer work in Burnaby, Pixie was the recipient of many awards between 2002 and 2008. Awards included: 2002 - the Kushiro cup for Citizen of the Year; 2006 - Heritage BC project award for her work with Friends of the Interurban 1223 and in 2008 - Heritage BC - Ruby Nobb Award. Jack McGeachie passed away in 1981, at the age of 67 years and Pixie McGeachie passed away in August 2010 at the age of 88 years. On September 24, 2010, Pixie was honoured by the City of Burnaby when they dedicated the reading room of the City of Burnaby Archives by naming it the "Pixie McGeachie Reading Room".
Creator
McGeachie, Doreen "Pixie"
Accession Code
BV008.17; BV013.4.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[between 1939 and 1949] (date of originals), copied 2008 ; 1976
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
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Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1939-1969
Collection/Fonds
Earl and Adell Philips family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
22 photographs + 2 p. of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of Earl Gene and Adell Philips and family along with realestate listing slips for homes on Barker Avenue and Spruce Street in Burnaby.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Earl and Adell Philips family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
22 photographs + 2 p. of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of Earl Gene and Adell Philips and family along with realestate listing slips for homes on Barker Avenue and Spruce Street in Burnaby.
History
Earl Gene Philips (1915-1968) was born, Eugene William Phillips in Kamloops, British Columbia and Adell Philips (1915-2022) was born, Lilian Odell Greenwood in Jaffray, British Columbia. The couple met at Mac & Mac Hardware in New Westminster where Earl was working as a salesman and Adell was working as a secretary and bookkeeper. Earl and Adell were married on May 15, 1942 in New Westminster. The couple lived briefly in Mission while Earl was working for the Mackie Brothers and returned to New Westminster where they lived on Queens Avenue while Earl worked for the Nelson Brothers Fisheries. In 1943, their first child, Cory (Linda Anne Phillips) was born followed by; Lorayne (Donna Elaine Phillips) in 1944 and Judith (Diane Elizabeth Phillips) in 1949. In 1949, the family moved to 5877 Barker Avenue, Burnaby and Adell worked for MacDonald Realty as a legal secretary. In 1952, Earl became involved in numerology and changed his name from Eugene William Phillips to Earl Gene Philips (with one “l”). The names of his wife and children were also changed from; Lilian Odell Phillips to Adell Philips, Linda Anne Phillips to Cory Philips, Donna Elaine Phillips to Lorayne Philips and Diane Elizabeth Phillips to Judith Philips. In 1955, their fourth child Lea Philips was born. All four children attended schools in Burnaby including; Nelson Elementary, Kingsway West School, Suncrest Elementary School, Maywood Elementary School, Burnaby South High School, Moscrop Junior High School, Burnaby Central Secondary School and BCIT. In 1969, following the death of Earl (in 1968), Adell and her son, Lea moved from their home on Barker Avenue to a house located at 4085 Spruce Street. Lea lived with his mother Adell until 1978 when he was married. Adell continued to live on Spruce Street until 2021 when she moved to a care home at the age of 106. Adell died in 2022, just 3 weeks shy of her 107th birthday.
Creator
Philips, Adell Greenwood
Philips, Earl Gene
Accession Code
BV022.11
Date
1939-1969
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Arrangement
Family records within fonds were compiled and arranged by Lea, Cora and Judith Philips and arranged and described at item level in the order in which they were donated to Burnaby Village Museum.
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
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Marine Drive

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1938 and 1958] (date of originals), copied [199-]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
7 photographs : sepia and b&w ; 12 x 8.5 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Royals' house on Riverway Road (Marine Drive), the Kiewitz house and Glen Lyon and members of the Parslow, Bolton, Rorison, Down and Kiewitz families.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1938 and 1958] (date of originals), copied [199-]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Physical Description
7 photographs : sepia and b&w ; 12 x 8.5 cm or smaller
Description Level
File
Record No.
572-013
Access Restriction
In Archives only
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2014-27
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Royals' house on Riverway Road (Marine Drive), the Kiewitz house and Glen Lyon and members of the Parslow, Bolton, Rorison, Down and Kiewitz families.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Note in blue pen on verso of photograph 572-013-1 reads: "Gertie Kiewitz, Mary Bolton/ Marine Dr. by Kiewitz house/ August 1938"
Note in pencil on verso of photograph copy print 572-013-2 reads: "Chess in front of the Royal's house showing gravel Riverway Rd" (note on original reads: "Chess/ Royal's / accross")
Note in blue ink and pencil on verso of photograph 572-013-3 reads: "Mary Paulson/ Mary Bolton/ looking across to 18th and Marine Drive when paved".
Note in pencil on verso of photograph copy print 572-013-5 reads: "Glen Lyon"
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph copy print 572-013-6 reads: "1942/ Muriel Down/ Kay Rorison (North)/ Doreen Binns (Parson)".
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Political photographs

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1938-1990], predominant 1938-1953
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
35 photographs : b&w + col. prints + slides
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs relating to Winch's political career, including professional portraits of Harold Winch, tourist photographs of Ottawa, and photographs of Winch with New Democratic Party (NDP) colleagues Dave Barrett (Premier of British Columbia, 1972-1975; also served as MLA and MP) an…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
35 photographs : b&w + col. prints + slides
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs relating to Winch's political career, including professional portraits of Harold Winch, tourist photographs of Ottawa, and photographs of Winch with New Democratic Party (NDP) colleagues Dave Barrett (Premier of British Columbia, 1972-1975; also served as MLA and MP) and Dave Stupich (served as MLA and MP). Includes a photograph taken by photographer Ken McAllister of members of the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) standing outside of the British Columbia Legislature [ca. 1941].
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
New Democratic Party
Accession Code
BV013.12.6
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1938-1990], predominant 1938-1953
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-04-14
Photographer
McAllister, Kenneth "Ken"
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Annotation in blue ink on recto of photograph of CCF members [ca. 1941] includes names of people identified; "Arthur Tuenue, Colin Cameron, Laura Jamieson, Grant MacNeil / Wallis Lefeaux, Sam Guthrie, Bernard Webber, / Front: Bert Herridge, Grace MacInnis, Bert Gargrave, Harold Winch, Gretchen Steeves, Len Shepherd, Ernie Winch"
Images
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Herbert Yee Law family fonds

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1938-1959] (date of originals), 2017-2019 (date of duplication)
Collection/Fonds
Herbert Yee Law family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
4 photographs (tiffs + jpgs)
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a collection of photographs of Herbert Yee Law, United Fruit Growers, his farm on Marine Drive and a scanned copy of a survey plan of District Lots 163, 162, 157, 158 and 165.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Herbert Yee Law family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
4 photographs (tiffs + jpgs)
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a collection of photographs of Herbert Yee Law, United Fruit Growers, his farm on Marine Drive and a scanned copy of a survey plan of District Lots 163, 162, 157, 158 and 165.
History
Herbert (Yee) Law was born in New Westminster British Columbia in 1916. Between 1938 and 1945, Yee Law worked for the United Fraser Growers Limited in Vancouver. The company was a wholesaler that purchased produce from Chinese farmers. In 1948 Yee Law purchased land from another Chinese family along Marine Drive in the Big Bend Area of Burnaby. From this location, Yee Law operated a Chinese market garden. Yee Law and his wife Jean had five daughters who attended schools in the area including Riverway West School, McPherson Park School and Burnaby South High School. In 1954, Yee Law continued to live in the area but left his farm to work for a plastic bag company on Annacis Island. Herbert (Yee) Law died in 2003.
Creator
Law, Yee "Herbert"
Accession Code
BV017.40
BV019.11
Date
[1938-1959] (date of originals), 2017-2019 (date of duplication)
Media Type
Photograph
Cartographic Material
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
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May Aikenhead Scrapbook

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 75 photographs : col. (tiffs))
Scope and Content
File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty pages of pasted copies of newspaper clippings of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1940 . The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of the British Royal Family, newspaper clip…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 75 photographs : col. (tiffs))
Material Details
Pre-printed design on front cover of scrapbook reads: “SCRAP / BOOK", with red, green, and black illustrations of scissors and a bottle of paste.
White, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "FORGET-ME-NOT PATROL / SCRAP BOOK" in red ink.
More recent white, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "From: May Aikenhead / 97 years old / Burnaby Royal Trefoil / 2001".
Scope and Content
File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty pages of pasted copies of newspaper clippings of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1940 . The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of the British Royal Family, newspaper clippings about the death of King George V, the not-to-be coronation of Edward VIII, and the eventual coronation of King George IV. Miscellaneous general clippings and photographs about Girl Guides and Scouts are also present.
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Names
Aikenhead, May
Girl Guides of Canada
Accession Code
BV015.35.326
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of scrapbook
Selected ephemera from scrapbook are described at as artifact (BV015.35.328 to BV015.35.330)
Images
Documents
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Information for Harold Winch biography

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1935-2003
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col.
Scope and Content
File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including newspaper clippings, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publicity material, and a photograph of the dedication of MacInnis Park in Vancouver, including Glen Clark, MLA.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch biographical records series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col.
Scope and Content
File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including newspaper clippings, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publicity material, and a photograph of the dedication of MacInnis Park in Vancouver, including Glen Clark, MLA.
Subjects
Government - Provincial Government
Names
MacInnis, Grace
MacInnis, Angus
Clark, Glen
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12.4
Date
1935-2003
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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May Aikenhead Scrapbook

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 77 photographs : col. (tiffs))
Scope and Content
File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty-six pages of pasted copies of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1937. The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of Canadian Governor General John Buchan, the British Royal Fam…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 77 photographs : col. (tiffs))
Material Details
Pre-printed design in black on front cover of scrapbook reads: “SCRAPS".
White, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "From: May Aikenhead / 97 years old / Burnaby Royal Trefoil / 2001 / (1936)".
Scope and Content
File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty-six pages of pasted copies of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1937. The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of Canadian Governor General John Buchan, the British Royal Family, the death of King George V, the not-to-be coronation of Edward VIII, and the eventual coronation of King George IV. Miscellaneous general clippings and photographs about Girl Guides and Scouts are also present.
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Names
Girl Guides of Canada
Aikenhead, May
Accession Code
BV015.35.327
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of scrapbook
Images
Documents
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Crichton Hawkshaw photograph album

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1935-1939
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 album (284 photographs)
Scope and Content
File consists of a photograph album created by Crichton Hawkshaw. Photographs within album are arranged in chronological order by year and document Crichton Hawkshaw's military training between 1935 and 1938 at Shilo and Sarcee military training bases; the funeral of Charles Woodward (1937), his ti…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Series
Hawkshaw family photographs series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 album (284 photographs)
Scope and Content
File consists of a photograph album created by Crichton Hawkshaw. Photographs within album are arranged in chronological order by year and document Crichton Hawkshaw's military training between 1935 and 1938 at Shilo and Sarcee military training bases; the funeral of Charles Woodward (1937), his time working as an operator in the mill at Britannia Beach mine (1938-1949) along with photographs of friends and family and a photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during their visit to Vancouver in 1939.
Accession Code
BV996.6.1
Date
1935-1939
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Title on cover of album printed in gold lettering on the upper top left corner reads: "Photographs"
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First Burnaby Company

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1934-1939
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (2 photographs + illustrations + textual records)
Scope and Content
File consists of a scrapbook with sixteeen double sided pages with handwritten journal notations, poems, hand drawn illustrations and photographs documenting 1st Burnaby Girl Guide activities including meetings, hiking, camping and various outings. Many of the journal entries describe hiking around…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (2 photographs + illustrations + textual records)
Scope and Content
File consists of a scrapbook with sixteeen double sided pages with handwritten journal notations, poems, hand drawn illustrations and photographs documenting 1st Burnaby Girl Guide activities including meetings, hiking, camping and various outings. Many of the journal entries describe hiking around Burnaby including areas such as Deer Lake, Brunette River, Willingdon and the Gilley Avenue Ravine while photographs document a garden party at the Municipal Hall at Edmonds in 1936. Photograph BV015.35.162.1 is titled "Garden Party / 1936" with Brown Owls identified L to R as: Mrs. Gowan, Miss May Dumas and Miss Kay Crossfield. Photograph BV015.35.162.2 is titled " Folk-dancing team / 1936 / Garden Party, Municipal Hall, Edmonds" with people identified in the top row L to R as: Phyllis Lockhart, Margaret Wilson, Marion Bellinger, Betty Martin and Peggy Urquhart and bottom row L to R as: Joan Warburton, Kay Lambert and Joan Mortimer. The scrapbook may have been a collective project by Marion Bellinger, Jean Atcheson, Margaret Wilson and Connie Benning.
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Recreational Activities - Hiking
Names
Atcheson, Jean
Wilson, Margaret
Bellinger, Marion
Dumas, May
Crossfield, Kay
Lockhart, Phyllis
Martin, Betty
Urquhart, Peggy
Warburton, Joan
Lambert, Kay
Mortimer, Joan
Girl Guides of Canada
Accession Code
BV015.35.162
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1934-1939
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Graphic Material
Notes
Title based on contents of scrapbook
Two photographs are described at item level (BV015.35.162.1 & BV015.35.162.2)
Images
Documents
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Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1934-1973
Collection/Fonds
Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
42 photographs + 9 architectural drawings + approx. 4 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of E.W. Martin during his military service with the RCAF; development in Burnaby along Winch Street; Martin's Auto Villa on Hastings and Paneloc buildings together with E.W. Martin's military service records and other records relating to E.W. Martin's involvement with …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
42 photographs + 9 architectural drawings + approx. 4 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of E.W. Martin during his military service with the RCAF; development in Burnaby along Winch Street; Martin's Auto Villa on Hastings and Paneloc buildings together with E.W. Martin's military service records and other records relating to E.W. Martin's involvement with Paneloc Marketing Ltd. and other businesses. Fonds is arranged in the following series 1) E.W. Martin photographs series 2) E.W. Martin military records and photographs series 3) E.W. Martin business records series
History
Elmer Wilson Martin (1909-1973) was a professional engineer who lived most of his life in Burnaby. He was born in Treesbank Manitoba to William Henry Martin and Bethia “Bertie” Snell. Elmer married Ellen "Reta" Renetta Boyd (1908-1984) in approx. 1930. The couple moved to Burnaby in 1931 and Elmer graduated from UBC. Following his graduation from UBC, he spent two years at the University of Saskatchewan doing research. From 1936-1937 he worked at the Port Alice mill of the B.C. Pulp and paper Co and later worked for the Boeing aircraft plant at Vancouver. He joined the RCAF in September 1939, serving as chief engineering officer at various Canadian and overseas stations during WWII, until being discharged as a pilot and wing commander in November 1945. He served as NHA assistant regional engineer for a year after his discharge before becoming the owner and operator of Martin Auto Villa at 6574 East Hastings Street in North Burnaby. He was a director of the Burnaby Board of Trade from 1951 and chairman of the Burnaby Industrial Development Board and a member of the Professional Engineers' Association. He ran for Reeve under the Non-Partisan Association in Burnaby's municipal election in 1959 and donated land on Burnaby Mountain for Simon Fraser University. He had many businesses throughout his life including Paneloc Marketing Ltd. and his last one was as Director with the construction company Webb & Knapp Canada Ltd. The couple lived at various locations in Burnaby including, 6574 East Hastings Street eventually settling at 7231 Sutliff Street in North Burnaby in 1957. Elmer's brother, Wilbert Maurice Martin (1907-1980) was also born in Treesbank, Manitoba. Wilbert "Bert" was married to Eva (nee Erhart) Martin (1911-1993). Wilbert and Eva Martin lived on Winch Street in Burnaby. They first lived at 6776 Winch Street before relocating their house to 6656 Winch Street, Burnaby. Wilbert worked in construction as a building contractor and Eva worked as a hostess in the hotel industry. Paneloc buildings were developed by Elmer W. Martin, president of Paneloc Manufacturing Ltd. beginning in 1957 and were based on a design by A.B. Wenaus and Sons Ltd. In 1964, Martin held patents for his design of paneloc buildings in thirty six countries. Since Martin trained as a mechanical engineer, he developed a plan for his home model over a six year period in series of experiments with materials, styles, methods and sizes. Paneloc homes were prefabricated, using specially built bevelled wall panels cut-pie segments to form both the roof and the floor. The wall panels were designed to squeeze together by two metal straps on a turn-buckle basis. The roof and floor were held in place with factory-installed tap block bolts and a long wooden spine which fit in a keyway between the sections. The prefabricated parts were insulated and built with door and window allowances at Harrigan Industries Ltd. in Vancouver where Martin was part owner. Epoxy resin allowed the panels to be assembled without nails using weather-proofed five ply plywood. Sizes of homes varied using four by eight foot wall panels and increasing the span of the floor and roof sections. Harrigan Industries Ltd. continued to sell the prefabricated paneloc buildings until it went into receivership in late 1974.
Creator
Martin, Elmer Wilson
Accession Code
BV015.39
BV019.37
BV019.40
Date
1934-1973
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Architectural Drawing
Arrangement
The records are organized into three series based on the individual's business work as well as military and personal life. The photograhs series includes both professional and personal content.
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
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James Massey family fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88394
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1933-1953 (date of originals), copied 2014
Collection/Fonds
James Massey family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
18 photographs (tiffs) ; 600 dpi
Scope and Content
Records consist of 14 digitized photographs of Robert Burnaby Park and the Massey family with views of buildings, gardens, and trails.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1933-1953 (date of originals), copied 2014
Collection/Fonds
James Massey family fonds
Physical Description
18 photographs (tiffs) ; 600 dpi
Material Details
Tiffs are copies of original photographs
Description Level
Fonds
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2014-34
Scope and Content
Records consist of 14 digitized photographs of Robert Burnaby Park and the Massey family with views of buildings, gardens, and trails.
History
James Massey was born in Lancaster, England, in 1890 and immigrated to Burnaby in 1910. He married Alice Wilcock who also immigrated to Canada from Lancaster. James and Alice (Willcock) Massey were married in New Westminster on September 11, 1912. The couple built a house on three adjoining lots on the south side of 13th Avenue in Burnaby near Cumberland Road. James and Alice had three daughters, Betty, Grace, and Evelyn. James worked in road construction for the Burnaby Municipality, assisting to build Sperling Avenue (formerly named Pole Line Road) in 1912. He also worked in the brick yard in the glen behind the B.C. Penitentiary, which was owned by the Cogband family. In 1933, James accepted the job of caretaker for Robert Burnaby Park and moved his family onto the property. He was paid 30 dollars a week and the house was rent-free, leaving the family to rent out their house on 13th Avenue for extra revenue. The house that they moved into in Robert Burnaby Park was formerly owned by the Ramsey family and was a pre-fabricated design with no bathroom and a wood stove in the kitchen for heating. The park is situated south of Burnaby Lake on District Lots 87, 89, and 90. The land was originally owned by the Ramsey family, who purchased the property in 1905 and then sold it to Mr. Vidal in 1909. Annie Ramsey bought it back in 1917, but lost it to the city through tax sale proceedings where she entered into a lease agreement allowing her to live on the property until her death in 1926. As the caretaker of Robert Burnaby Park and Burnaby Lake, James also fulfilled the role of game warden. In his role as game warden, James would watch for any poachers, pull traps, take any firearms from children and also act as a deputy for the Provincial Police, which later became the R.C.M.P. The Massey family's dog, Pete, a spaniel cross, assisted Jim in tracking down any traps. Mr. Massey had three aviaries on the park property, where he raised canaries, and in 1939, he installed a goldfish pond. He was also responsible for constructing a playground and raising the flag up the flag pole on all public holidays. The family built a greenhouse behind their house to grow plants for the extensive park gardens. James' brother was the caretaker of Queens Park in New Westminster and assisted him in the planning and design of the gardens. During the 1930s, many unemployed script worked for Mr. Massey in clearing land and building trails and a bridge within the park. A garage was built at the foot of 2nd Street with two additional rooms built by Mr. Massey with the intention of them being used by the Parks Board. However, it was never used for this purpose and the Air Raid Patrol building from the 2nd Street School grounds was moved to the park and used for storage. The Army for the Common Good gardens were located on the west side of Hill Avenue with a shed for tools. The Army of the Common Good grew food and distributed it within the community to those in need during the Depression. The Massey family moved from the park in 1947 and James decided to run for the Burnaby School in the early 1950s. James retired at 65 years of age but continued to work as a custodian at the Armstrong Avenue School until the age of 72. James died in 1985 in Princeton, B.C., at the age of 95.
Media Type
Photograph
Creator
Massey family
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
Photo catalogue 581
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W.F. Silver house

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35007
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1931] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w panorama ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm prints
Scope and Content
Photograph of the William F. Silver house and surrounding lan An automobile, believed to be the family's 1927 Pierce-Arrow, is parked in front of the house. Three photographs form the panorama.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1931] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Silver family subseries
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w panorama ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm prints
Description Level
File
Record No.
173-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1986-22
Scope and Content
Photograph of the William F. Silver house and surrounding lan An automobile, believed to be the family's 1927 Pierce-Arrow, is parked in front of the house. Three photographs form the panorama.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Transportation - Automobiles
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w photocopy of entire panorama in accession file. Digital scan is of the photocopy.
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Silver Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
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Kantonen Family fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription70549
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1930]
Collection/Fonds
Kantonen Family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of one class picture which is believed to have been taken at Riverway West in Burnaby. The donor's aunt, Terttu Ulriki (Bertha) Kantonen, is pictured in the second row, fourth from the left.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1930]
Collection/Fonds
Kantonen Family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2012-06
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of one class picture which is believed to have been taken at Riverway West in Burnaby. The donor's aunt, Terttu Ulriki (Bertha) Kantonen, is pictured in the second row, fourth from the left.
Media Type
Photograph
Creator
Kantonen family
Notes
Photo catalogue 531
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Riverway West Baptist Church

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88025
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[193-]-1948 (date of originals), copied [1990]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
5 photographs : b&w copy prints ; 10 x 15.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photographs of Riverway West Baptist Church and Mission. Some members of the congregation have been identified on the backs of the photographs including; Lilly Stagg, Nellie Lamb, Reverend Claude Scott, Mrs. Nettie Leverton, Martha Lawson and Kay Rorison.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[193-]-1948 (date of originals), copied [1990]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Physical Description
5 photographs : b&w copy prints ; 10 x 15.3 cm
Description Level
File
Record No.
572-005
Access Restriction
In Archives only
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2014-27
Scope and Content
Photographs of Riverway West Baptist Church and Mission. Some members of the congregation have been identified on the backs of the photographs including; Lilly Stagg, Nellie Lamb, Reverend Claude Scott, Mrs. Nettie Leverton, Martha Lawson and Kay Rorison.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Notes in blue pen on verso of photograph 572-005-1 reads: 1942 / The ladies who started the Mission/ Lilly Stagg, Nellie Lamb/ Sunday School student
Notes in blue pen on verso of photograph 572-005-2 reads: 1943
Notes in blue pen on verso of photograph 572-005-3 reads: 1937
Notes in blue pen on verso of photograph 572-005-4 reads: May 8, 1948
Notes in blue pen on verso of photograph 572-005-5 reads: Picking up children to go to Riverway W. Mission / Rev. Claude Scott, (Mrs.) Nettie Leverton, Lilly Stagg, (Mrs.) Martha Lawson. / Kay Rorison in back of truck with Sunday School children c. 1930s
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Easthope photograph album

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97972
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1930 and 1970]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
40 photographs : b&w on 8 album pages : 22 cm x 30 cm
Scope and Content
George and Dorothy Easthope photograph album. Album includes photographs of the couple on holiday, with family and pets, and building their home at 6671 Halifax Street in Burnaby, BC.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1930 and 1970]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Easthope family subseries
Physical Description
40 photographs : b&w on 8 album pages : 22 cm x 30 cm
Description Level
File
Record No.
451-039
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS2003-06
Scope and Content
George and Dorothy Easthope photograph album. Album includes photographs of the couple on holiday, with family and pets, and building their home at 6671 Halifax Street in Burnaby, BC.
Names
Easthope, George Jr.
Easthope, Dorothy May Parkes
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of album
Album is missing several photographs. These photographs may be included in 451-001:451-038.
Geographic Access
Halifax Street
Street Address
6671 Halifax Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Lochdale Area
Images
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McLeod's mainland dairy

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88110
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1928 and 1943] (date of originals), copied [1990]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 photographs : sepia ; 10 x 12 cm and 7 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photographs of McLeod's mainland dairy on Trapp Road and the barns prior to being moved to Trapp Road.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1928 and 1943] (date of originals), copied [1990]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Physical Description
2 photographs : sepia ; 10 x 12 cm and 7 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
File
Record No.
572-009
Access Restriction
In Archives only
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2014-27
Scope and Content
Photographs of McLeod's mainland dairy on Trapp Road and the barns prior to being moved to Trapp Road.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Note in blue pen and pencil on verso of photograph 572-009-1 reads: "Jack/ McLeod farm west of New Westminster/ The dairy on Trapp Rd".
Note in blue pen on verso of photograph 572-009-2 reads: "The barns before they were moved to Trapp Rd. when T.P.L. built/ Mr. Jack McLeod/ Mainland Dairy".
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