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Houses along Tenth Avenue

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
Collection/Fonds
Walker family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 96 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of houses along Tenth Avenue in Burnaby. Visible in front of the houses is a section of the land belonging to Scotty Walker and the Lady of Mercy Brothers.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
Collection/Fonds
Walker family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 96 dpi
Description Level
Item
Record No.
557-033
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-15
Scope and Content
Photograph of houses along Tenth Avenue in Burnaby. Visible in front of the houses is a section of the land belonging to Scotty Walker and the Lady of Mercy Brothers.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
10th Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Edmonds Area
Images
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Interview with Kathleen Rose July 14, 1975 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory146
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1897-1934
Length
0:10:37
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.
Date Range
1897-1934
Length
0:10:37
Subjects
Buildings - Residences - Houses
Geographic Access
Albert Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Capitol Hill Area
Interviewer
Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
Interview Date
July 14, 1975
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Kathleen Rose by SFU (Simon Fraser University) student Bettina Bradbury, July 14, 1975. Major theme discussed is: the Depression.
Biographical Notes
Kathleen Rose was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1897 and immigrated to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1907 with her family. Kathleen lived on the Prairie for eighteen years before getting married in 1923 and moving to Burnaby to be with her husband. The couple moved to the 4600 block of Albert Street in North Burnaby, where Kathleen’s husband cleared all of the land by hand. The Roses had help putting in the foundation but otherwise built their house themselves. Kathleen’s husband was a longshoreman at that time. They had a son, born in 1925, who suffered from rheumatic fever during the Depression.
Total Tracks
4
Total Length
0:35:42
Interviewee Name
Rose, Kathleen
Interviewer Bio
Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Oral history subseries
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Kathleen Rose

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The Moody Tree

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36085
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1948
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Moody Tree, a European Ash, which was presented by Colonel Moody to Mr. and Mrs. William Holmes and planted by Mrs. Holmes in the fall of 1861. The home of Mr & Mrs W. Holmes is visible in the background. This tree is on Lot 1, beside the Brunette, at the eastern side of Colby Str…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1948
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Columbian Newspaper subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
222-008
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1989-19
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Moody Tree, a European Ash, which was presented by Colonel Moody to Mr. and Mrs. William Holmes and planted by Mrs. Holmes in the fall of 1861. The home of Mr & Mrs W. Holmes is visible in the background. This tree is on Lot 1, beside the Brunette, at the eastern side of Colby Street and a few feet from the New Westminister border.
Subjects
Plants - Trees
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Stamp of copyright on verso of photograph
Glued to the verso is a photocopy of the photograph with information typed below, identifing the tree as "The Moody Tree"
Geographic Access
10th Avenue
North Road
Planning Study Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
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