Carousel horses found 5 records

Notes: "Includes index"; A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.; The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.

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Keith Jamieson fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1989-1993

Collection/Fonds: Keith Jamieson fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 3 scrapbook albums (245 photographs + textual records + ephemera)

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of three scrapbooks providing a detailed account of the fundraising, restoration and installation of the Parker Carousel no. 119 which was rescued from the PNE and re-installed at the Burnaby Village Museum. Scrapbooks were created by Keith and Pat Jamieson and contain photographs, n…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Keith Jamieson fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 3 scrapbook albums (245 photographs + textual records + ephemera)

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of three scrapbooks providing a detailed account of the fundraising, restoration and installation of the Parker Carousel no. 119 which was rescued from the PNE and re-installed at the Burnaby Village Museum. Scrapbooks were created by Keith and Pat Jamieson and contain photographs, newspaper clippings, publicity and correspondence documenting this historical event and are described at item level.

History: Keith Jamieson was one of the founding members of the Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel. The Association was created in 1989 to raise funds to rescue the C.W. Parker Carousel no. 119 from Playland at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE). As a collector and restorer of vintage carousel horses, Keith and his wife Pat took a keen interest in saving this carousel. In May 1989, Burnaby Village Museum agreed to provide a home for the carousel and Friends of the Carousel set about raising the $350,000 to purchase the machine which opened at the Museum in 1993. Jamieson a carousel expert, worked on restoring the Expo ’86 carousel and agreed to oversee the restoration of the Parker Carousel when it was moved to Burnaby.

Creator: Jamieson, Keith

Accession Code: BV015.41

Date: 1989-1993

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Arrangement: Scrapbooks were arranged by Keith and Pat Jamieson before donation.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Artism

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Gibbons-Barrett, Stephen; Hing, Sue

Publication Date: 2009

Call Number: 759.21 GIB

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 759.21 GIB

Author: Gibbons-Barrett, Stephen; Hing, Sue

Place of Publication: [Mission, BC]

Publisher: Blurb.com

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: 199 p. : ill (chiefly col.) ;

Inscription: "TO MY FRIENDS @ B.V.M. /S G BARRETT/JUNE 16TH/2012", hand written in black ink on the front endsheet of the book

Library Subject (LOC): Painters--British Columbia; Art; Merry-go-round art; Biography

Notes: Signed by the author.; Self-published: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/793103; Stephen Gibbons-Barrett was involved in the restoration of the 1912 Parker Carousel and he completed a series of paintings of the carousel horses.

Pictorial History

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1990-1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook

Scope and Content: Item is a scrapbook entitled "Pictorial History" which traces the history of the Burnaby Centennial Parker Carousel from its transportation from the Pacific National Exhibition to fundraising displays, through reconstruction and restoration of the carousel and its horses, salvaging and repurposing …

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1990-1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Friends of the Carousel subseries

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook

Material Details: Scrapbook is a three-ring black binder with a bright, multi-coloured flower pattern; Scrapbook is comprised mainly of colour photographs; Tag along spine of scrapbook reads: "Pictorial History"

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS121-002

Accession Number: BHS2006-02

Scope and Content: Item is a scrapbook entitled "Pictorial History" which traces the history of the Burnaby Centennial Parker Carousel from its transportation from the Pacific National Exhibition to fundraising displays, through reconstruction and restoration of the carousel and its horses, salvaging and repurposing Oakalla Prison floorboards and building the Pavilion, to opening day.