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Aerial photograph of Dominion Bridge Company's Burnaby plant

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: August 1946

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Dominion Bridge Company's Burnaby Plant taken 1000 feet above ground from a Fleet Canuck (a Canadian designed and built light aircraft).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Dominion Bridge Company's Burnaby Plant taken 1000 feet above ground from a Fleet Canuck (a Canadian designed and built light aircraft).

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Industrial

Names: Dominion Bridge Company

Geographic Access: Henning Drive

Street Address: 3880 Henning Drive

Accession Code: BV003.46.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: August 1946

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black felt pen on recto of photograph reads: "FROM 1000' / AUG. 1946"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "D.B. Co. - Burnaby Plant./ Taken from 1000' - in fleet Canuck/ with Brub - Aug. 1946."

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Aerial photograph of Dominion Bridge Company's Burnaby plant, August 1946 thumbnail

Aerial photograph of the Burnaby Village area

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1946] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Sperling Avenue/Douglas Road Burnaby Village area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1946] (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 ; 3.5 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-532

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Sperling Avenue/Douglas Road Burnaby Village area.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Sperling Avenue; Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Aerial photograph of the Burnaby Village area, [1946] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Aerial photograph of the Royal Canadian Air Force training camp

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of what appears to be the Royal Canadian Air Force training camp at Vernon, B.C.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Series: Military series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 485-026

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2005-15; 2006-01; 2007-18

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of what appears to be the Royal Canadian Air Force training camp at Vernon, B.C.

Subjects: Public Services - Military Services; Buildings - Military; Aerial Photographs; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Kermod, Douglas

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso

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Aerial photograph of the Royal Canadian Air Force training camp, [1941] thumbnail

Burnaby Mountain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1945 and 1949] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain looking north.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1945 and 1949] (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 ; 3.1 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-798

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Burnaby Mountain looking north.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Burnaby Mountain, [between 1945 and 1949] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Collision

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Field family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi

Scope and Content: Photograph of spectators surrounding a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram and a car.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Field family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi

Material Details: Item is a scan of a faded sepia photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 521-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of spectators surrounding a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram and a car.

Subjects: Accidents - Automobile Accidents; Accidents - Train Accidents

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Collision

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Field family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a car and the damage it suffered in a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Field family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi

Material Details: Item is a scan of a b&w photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 521-017

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of a car and the damage it suffered in a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram.

Subjects: Accidents - Automobile Accidents; Accidents - Train Accidents

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Deer Lake and Sperling Avenue

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1946] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Deer Lake and the Sperling Avenue area facing north.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1946] (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 ; 3.5 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-533

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Deer Lake and the Sperling Avenue area facing north.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Deer Lake and Sperling Avenue, [1946] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 6

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1947-1954

Length: 00:05:44

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the paving and widening of Kingsway in 1953, the development along main roads, and the end of the Interurban tram system

Date Range: 1947-1954

Photo Info: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979

Length: 00:05:44

Subjects: Accidents - Automobile Accidents; Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 26, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown 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 mainly about Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 01:35:07

Interviewee Name: Brown, Donald N. "Don"

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.

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track six of interview with Don Brown

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Lower Mainland

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1946]

Collection/Fonds: Charles MacSorley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, looking east over Stanley Park and the Burrard Inlet. A printed description accompanying the photograph reads: "A view of the Lower Mainland taken along Burrard Inlet. The block of land in the lower centre of the photograph is Stanley Par…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1946]

Collection/Fonds: Charles MacSorley fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 486-039

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2005-14

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, looking east over Stanley Park and the Burrard Inlet. A printed description accompanying the photograph reads: "A view of the Lower Mainland taken along Burrard Inlet. The block of land in the lower centre of the photograph is Stanley Park with the business section of the City of Vancouver connected thereto. To the left of the Inlet is the City and District of North Vancouver and just above Vancouver is the District of Burnaby. The mountains at the extreme top of the photograph are the Coastal Range and are over a hundred miles away. The mountains to the left can be reached by a fifteen-minute drive from the city. Presented with the compliments of the Corporation of the District of Burnaby."