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Arrow Neon Sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark861
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Commercial building.
- Associated Dates
- 1961
- Other Names
- Lost in the 50's Drive-in
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Lost in the 50's Drive-in
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Associated Dates
- 1961
- Description
- Commercial building.
- Heritage Value
- The Arrow Neon Sign was built in 1961 by the Neonette Sign Company of New Westminster when this property was opened as the Tomahawk Drive-in Restaurant. The restaurant was later known as Lindy's Burger and in 1990, the business was renamed Lost in the 50's Drive-in. It stands 20-foot tall and is composed of a large double-sided hollow steel panel serpentine arrow mounted on a pole supporting a lexan sign panel measuring approximately 8 feet wide by 4 feet tall. The sign was designed with three illuminated features: a round lamp at the top of the pole, a double-sided rectangular fluorescent sign panel box, and two double-sided rows of orange neon arrows that follow the large serpentine arrow. The Arrow Neon Sign remains as a rare surviving example of neon sign art in the city and is the only historic neon sign in South Burnaby. The sign has gained prominence over the years as it has been associated with this small iconic drive-in which has also been utilized as a set for film production. Additionally, the drive-in has played a prominent role in the Edmonds community as a popular setting for recent "Show and Shine" participants to park their classic cars.
- Locality
- Edmonds
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lakeview-Mayfield Area
- Builder
- Neonette Sign Company
- Community
- Burnaby
- Contributing Resource
- Structure
- Ownership
- Public (local)
- Street Address
- 7741 Edmonds Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Helen 'The Swinging Girl' Neon Sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark591
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Commercial building.
- Associated Dates
- 1956
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Helen's Childrens Wear Sign
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Helen's Childrens Wear Sign
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Associated Dates
- 1956
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 12771
- Enactment Date
- 19/04/2010
- Description
- Commercial building.
- Heritage Value
- While the building here is of some importance as the former North Burnaby municipal office, its primary importance is its delightful neon sign that has become a North Burnaby landmark. Helen Arnold opened Helen’s Childrens Wear shop in the building next door to the old Municipal offices in 1948. In 1955, when North Burnaby moved out, she moved into the vacated building. As part of the renovations, Helen enlisted the assistance of her good friend Jimmy Wallace, owner of Vancouver’s Wallace Neon Company, to create a new sign for her expanded business. One of the company’s designers, Reeve Lehman, created the swinging neon girl that was installed in 1956. Designed in two parts, one section of the sign is cloud shaped and reads ‘Helen’s’ while the other section is a moving representation of a little girl on a swing. The sign is nine feet six inches high and nine feet wide, and the lower section is animated with an internal motor and gears. It immediately became a landmark on Hastings Street, and recently the sign’s design fame has spread far and wide as one of the best surviving examples of kinetic neon art in North America.
- Locality
- Vancouver Heights
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Community
- Burnaby
- Names
- Helen's Childrens Wear
- Street Address
- 4142 Hastings Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Belted kingfisher
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82754
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows a belted kingfisher.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 559-009
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows a belted kingfisher.
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Arts - Paintings
- Media Type
- Graphic Material
- Creator
- Lansdowne, James Fenwick
- Notes
- Title transcribed from item
- Simnett personal papers series
Images
Bullock's oriole
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82753
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows two Bullock's orioles.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 559-008
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows two Bullock's orioles.
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Arts - Paintings
- Media Type
- Graphic Material
- Creator
- Lansdowne, James Fenwick
- Notes
- Title transcribed from item
- Simnett personal papers series
Images
California quail
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82748
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1956]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows two California quail.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1956]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 559-003
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows two California quail.
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Arts - Paintings
- Media Type
- Graphic Material
- Creator
- Lansdowne, James Fenwick
- Notes
- Title transcribed from item
- Simnett personal papers series
Images
Green-winged teal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82749
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows two green-winged teal.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 559-004
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows two green-winged teal.
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Arts - Paintings
- Media Type
- Graphic Material
- Creator
- Lansdowne, James Fenwick
- Notes
- Title transcribed from item
- Simnett personal papers series
Images
Macgillivray's warbler
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82751
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows two Macgillvray's warblers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 559-006
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows two Macgillvray's warblers.
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Arts - Paintings
- Media Type
- Graphic Material
- Creator
- Lansdowne, James Fenwick
- Notes
- Title transcribed from item
- Simnett personal papers series
Images
Mourning dove
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82755
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows a mourning dove.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 559-010
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows a mourning dove.
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Arts - Paintings
- Media Type
- Graphic Material
- Creator
- Lansdowne, James Fenwick
- Notes
- Title transcribed from item
- Simnett personal papers series
Images
Red-winged blackbird
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82752
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows two red-winged blackbirds.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 559-007
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows two red-winged blackbirds.
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Arts - Paintings
- Media Type
- Graphic Material
- Creator
- Lansdowne, James Fenwick
- Notes
- Title transcribed from item
- Simnett personal papers series
Images
Sparrow hawk
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82756
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows a sparrow hawk.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 paintings : colour print ; 28 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 559-011
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows a sparrow hawk.
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Arts - Paintings
- Media Type
- Graphic Material
- Creator
- Lansdowne, James Fenwick
- Notes
- Title transcribed from item
- Simnett personal papers series
Images
Western meadowlark
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82750
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows a Western meadowlark.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : colour print ; 37 x 28 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 559-005
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- Painting shows a Western meadowlark.
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Arts - Paintings
- Media Type
- Graphic Material
- Creator
- Lansdowne, James Fenwick
- Notes
- Title transcribed from item
- Simnett personal papers series