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camera
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact358
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.43
- Description
- Camera, Kodak Autographic No. 1-A Junior; missing a lens and autographic stylus
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Classification
- Photographic T&E - - Camera Equipment
- Object Term
- Camera
- Subjects
- Communication Artifacts
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
camera
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact420
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.105
- Description
- Camera, black box type, textured; leather handle; no lens; back comes off; film spool holder attached to front part with lens, "No.2A BROWNIE CAMERA MODEL 8" "EASTMAN KODAK CO." "MANUFACTURED BY CANADIAN KODAK CO."; patent dates from 1897 to 1909; large
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Classification
- Photographic T&E - - Camera Equipment
- Object Term
- Camera
- Marks/Labels
- No.2A BROWNIE CAMERA MODEL 8 / EASTMAN KODAK CO. / MANUFACTURED BY CANADIAN KODAK CO.
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- TORONTO
- Subjects
- Communication Artifacts
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
candleholder
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact329
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.14
- Description
- Candle holder and stand
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Lighting Equipment - - Lighting Holders
- Object Term
- Candleholder
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
glass
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact362
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.47
- Description
- Glass crystal, with cut pattern around base of alternating squares of diagonal lines and translucent cross-hatching; upper part of glass has design of flower with leaves, one on each side.
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Drinking Vessels
- Object Term
- Glass, Drinking
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
![Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-001.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory287
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1910-1946
- Length
- 0:09:17
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.
- Date Range
- 1910-1946
- Photo Info
- Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
- Length
- 0:09:17
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Geographic Access
- Napier Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.
- Biographical Notes
- Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 33:02
- Interviewee Name
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
![Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-001.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track one of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
Track one of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_1.mp3