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François & Cezarie Comeau Residence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark580
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1925
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Esmond Avenue
Associated Dates
c.1925
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
This home was built for Francois Xavier “Frank” Comeau (1863-1943), a blacksmith who moved from Quebec to Vancouver in about 1890, and his wife Cezarie Marie (née Fortin, 1860-1950), also from Quebec, whom he married in 1903. Featuring a front gabled roof with decorative triangular eave brackets, this comfortable Craftsman bungalow displays other characteristics typical of the style such as lapped siding at the foundation, a shingle-clad main floor, casement windows and stained glass transoms on the front elevation. The most notable feature of the plan is the inset verandah with subtle segmental-arched openings and tapered square columns.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Area
566.71
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
306 Esmond Avenue
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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John & Jessie MacLean Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1926
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Pandora Street
Associated Dates
c.1926
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
This cottage illustrates the traditionalism of the interwar years, when domestic ideals were expressed through modest homes displaying period revival influences. Reflecting the influence of the British Arts and Crafts movement, it features a symmetrical plan, a side jerkin-headed roof, a gabled front dormer and twin-coursed shingle siding, and retains its original wooden-sash windows with unusual multi-paned upper sash. It was built for John R. and Jessie MacLean. The house was recently restored by the owners.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Area
566.71
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
3827 Pandora Street
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Vancouver Heights Neighbourhood

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1925-1954
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1925-1954
Heritage Value
Vancouver Heights remained an important residential and commercial centre in Burnaby throughout the 1925-1954 period. The area had its own Board of Trade and the North Burnaby Library was created to serve the residents. In 1949, the Hastings streetcars stopped running, but the area retained its reputation as one of the best shopping districts in the city.
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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Crabtown

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark674
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1912-1957
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1912-1957
Heritage Value
North Burnaby's waterfront was the location of a unique squatter's community known as Crabtown. Although its origins are obscure, it is believed that the first shacks were built before 1912. When the depression of 1913-1917 began, the shacks became permanent homes for impoverished workers. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the community grew larger. Crabtown was not a slum, but a neighbourhood - the community even rallied together to build a water supply system and trails up the steep bluff with steps and banisters so children could go to school safely. In 1957, the National Harbours Board decided that Crabtown was encroaching on Federal property and evicted all 130 residents. Within a few months, residents were relocated and 114 homes were levelled.
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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Vancouver Heights Neighbourhood

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark741
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1905-1924
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1905-1924
Heritage Value
On December 13, 1912, The British Columbian Weekly described the Vancouver Heights neighbourhood as follows: "The northern portion of the municipality in the vicinity of Boundary Road has during the past three years made tremendous strides towards settlement. At that time Mr. James Herd and Mr. Peters were the only residents of the district...Soon, however, the timber was removed, streets laid out and other conveniences such as water, light and transportation provided... The school population of the district has increased so rapidly that the school has been enlarged twice this year and is at the present time inadequate. About 200 children are attending now. There are three churches in the district and one mission...At present time there are two large blocks containing six stores..."
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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Miss Scott's class at Vancouver Heights Public School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription72
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[after 1912]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm mounted on card 18 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Miss Scott's class taken on the steps of Vancouver Heights Public School. The students are standing in seven rows and Miss Scott is standing on the left at the end of the second row.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm mounted on card 18 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Miss Scott's class taken on the steps of Vancouver Heights Public School. The students are standing in seven rows and Miss Scott is standing on the left at the end of the second row.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Vancouver Heights Public School
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV989.19.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[after 1912]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Photographer
McConnell, W. F.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note written in pencil on verso of card mount reads: "R. G. McManus/ 4257 Dundas St [top two lines crossed out]/ North Burnaby B.C" and "c/o Terry Lynn Callender/ TEACHER MISS SCOTT"
Note written in pen on verso of card mount reads: "AS OF FEB 28/85/ DAVID L. McMANUS/ [address follows]"
Embossed letters on the card mount reads: "W. F. McConnell/ VANCOUVER, B.C."
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Students at Vancouver Heights Public School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription73
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1912 and 1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10.5 cm mounted on card 23 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students standing in six rows on the steps of Vancouver Heights Public School.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10.5 cm mounted on card 23 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students standing in six rows on the steps of Vancouver Heights Public School.
Names
Vancouver Heights Public School
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV989.19.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[between 1912 and 1920]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note written in pencil on verso of card mount reads: "c/o Terry Lynn Callender"
Note written in pen on verso of card mount reads: "Jessie Horn -/ Mrs. R. G. McManus.", and "AS OF FEB 28/85/ DAVID L. McMANUS/ [address follows]"
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Interview with Edward Apps by Rod Fowler February 22, 1990 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory456
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1918-1950
Length
00:05:30
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Ed Apps’ brief overview of the changes in Burnaby since he arrived in 1946, where he grew up in England, his war service, and the reasons that he and his wife Margaret immigrated to Canada from England
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Ed Apps’ brief overview of the changes in Burnaby since he arrived in 1946, where he grew up in England, his war service, and the reasons that he and his wife Margaret immigrated to Canada from England
Date Range
1918-1950
Length
00:05:30
Subjects
Migration
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
February 22, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Edward Apps, conducted by Rod Fowler. Ed Apps 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 Ed Apps involvement in community groups, particularly his work in seniors organizations lobbying for seniors’ housing since his retirement, and views about the role of Rate Payer groups, unions and politics in the development of North and South Burnaby. He also talks about his origin in England, his war service, arrival with his wife Margaret in Burnaby in 1946, his work with the Burnaby School Board and for the local union, the location of some of the older schools, the history of his house, and briefly about his wife and children. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Edward Apps was born in 1918 in London, England, and grew up in Kent and Essex. In WWII he flew the third glider to land in Normandy on June 6th, 1944. He and his wife Margaret Hope (1915-1985) immigrated to British Columbia in 1946, joining his wife’s parents, who had immigrated earlier in 1939, in Burnaby Heights in North Burnaby. He worked for the Burnaby School Board as Foreman Painter, and served on CUPE Local 379 Executive, until his retirement in 1982. In 1948 Ed Apps bought his first lot, for $150.00, in the 4700 block on Georgia Street, building houses there and in the 4100 block before buying his present home, a ca.1900 farm building, in the same area in 1954. North Burnaby was “bush country and orchards” in the 1950s; his two sons played in the ravines; and the family used the tram system on Hastings and Boundary Road for transportation. Development of municipal services seemed slower in North than South Burnaby, and Ed Apps remembers the strong role Rate Payers groups had in creating local services and lobbying Municipal Council for provide services. After retirement Ed Apps became involved in several local and provincial seniors organizations, advocating for better housing, including serving on the Executives of the Network of Burnaby Seniors and the Council of Senior Citizens Organization, and was active in the provincial Seniors Research and Resource and CMHC Housing Committee. He also served on the Centennial Committee of Burnaby.
Total Tracks
8
Total Length
0:56:50
Interviewee Name
Apps, Ed
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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Gilmore Avenue School class

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35239
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Gilmore Avenue School class. Sally Knowlton Yeates is in the front row, 4th from left. She is about ten years old. The school is located at 50 Gilmore Avenue.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-096
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Gilmore Avenue School class. Sally Knowlton Yeates is in the front row, 4th from left. She is about ten years old. The school is located at 50 Gilmore Avenue.
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Yeates, Sally Knowlton
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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St. Nicolas Anglican Church garden party

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35301
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the St. Nicholas Anglican Church garden party held in the backyard of the John Pendygrasse family home at 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-158
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the St. Nicholas Anglican Church garden party held in the backyard of the John Pendygrasse family home at 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights.
Subjects
Events - Parties
Animals - Dogs
Names
St. Nicholas Anglican Church
St. Nicolas Anglican Church
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Chuch alternate spelling "St. Nicolas Anglican Church"
Geographic Access
Eton Street
Street Address
4027 Eton Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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Pendygrasse family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35305
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Pendygrasse father and sons. Left to right: Harold Pendygrasse, John Pendygrasse and George Pendygrasse. Harold and George were the sons of John and Mary Pendygrasse, who lived at 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-162
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Pendygrasse father and sons. Left to right: Harold Pendygrasse, John Pendygrasse and George Pendygrasse. Harold and George were the sons of John and Mary Pendygrasse, who lived at 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights.
Names
Pendygrasse, George
Pendygrasse, Harold
Pendygrasse, John
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Eton Street
Street Address
4027 Eton Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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First North Burnaby High School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35306
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first high school class in North Burnaby, originally held in the Presbyterian Church on MacDonald Avenue (later Masonic Hall). George Pendygrasse is in the 4th row, 3rd from the left. The teacher, Mr. Black, is on the right. George spent his first few years of high school bussi…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-163
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first high school class in North Burnaby, originally held in the Presbyterian Church on MacDonald Avenue (later Masonic Hall). George Pendygrasse is in the 4th row, 3rd from the left. The teacher, Mr. Black, is on the right. George spent his first few years of high school bussing to Burnaby South High School. George was the son of John and Mary Pendygrasse of 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights, and brother to Harold Pendygrasse.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Burnaby North High School
Pendygrasse, George
Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Triumph Street
Street Address
4015 Triumph Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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Masonic Hall

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35431
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of 4015 Triumph Street, Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church at the corner of MacDonald Avenue and Triumph Street, with people playing tennis in the adjoining tennis court. The Hall's basement was used by overcrowded Gilmore School for classes and was also used for first Burnaby North h…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-289
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of 4015 Triumph Street, Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church at the corner of MacDonald Avenue and Triumph Street, with people playing tennis in the adjoining tennis court. The Hall's basement was used by overcrowded Gilmore School for classes and was also used for first Burnaby North high school classes before Burnaby North High School was built. It later became the Zenith Masonic Hall.
Subjects
Sports - Tennis
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Names
Burnaby North High School
Gilmore Avenue School
Masonic Hall
Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Eaton, Dr. Carl
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Triumph Street
Street Address
4015 Triumph Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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Brown Family and Home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35673
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Brown family feeding chickens. From left: Alex Brown (brother, later to become MD), Janet Brown (sister), and Janet Mackintosh Macfarlane Maclean (grandmother). This photograph was taken in back of the Brown family home, 3846 Triumph, Vancouver Heights. The house was owned by t…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-531
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Brown family feeding chickens. From left: Alex Brown (brother, later to become MD), Janet Brown (sister), and Janet Mackintosh Macfarlane Maclean (grandmother). This photograph was taken in back of the Brown family home, 3846 Triumph, Vancouver Heights. The house was owned by the grandmother.
Subjects
Animals - Poultry
Agriculture - Farms
Names
Brown, Alex
Maclean, Janet Mackintosh Macfarlane
McLeod, Janet Brown
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Triumph Street
Street Address
3846 Triumph Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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Bessie and Helen Stack

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37015
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-] (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 11.4 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of sisters Elizabeth "Bessie" and Helen Stack outside their home on the 3900 block of Albert Street.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-] (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 11.4 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
315-478
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1994-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of sisters Elizabeth "Bessie" and Helen Stack outside their home on the 3900 block of Albert Street.
Names
Linton, Elizabeth "Bessie" Stark
Stark, Helen
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Albert Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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Mr. Porter and Jack Greer

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37555
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1920 and 1924] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left to right) Mr. Porter and Jack Greer standing in front of a car in front of Mr. Porter's house on the 4200 block of Oxford Street.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1920 and 1924] (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 ; 4.1 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-143
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left to right) Mr. Porter and Jack Greer standing in front of a car in front of Mr. Porter's house on the 4200 block of Oxford Street.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Names
Greer, Jack
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Geographic Access
Oxford Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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Vancouver Heights

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38274
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three houses in the Vancouver Heights area, North Burnaby. The exact location of this photograph is unknown.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
381-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of three houses in the Vancouver Heights area, North Burnaby. The exact location of this photograph is unknown.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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Overlynn Mansion

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38429
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1920 and 1925] (date of original), copied [2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15.2 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the house known as Overlynn on McGill Street. This house was built by Charles J. Peter in 1909. Charles J. Peter was the manager of G.F. & J. Galt Company, and he pioneered the development of the Vancouver Heights area in North Burnaby, as he believed that it was one of the most pict…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1920 and 1925] (date of original), copied [2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15.2 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
438-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the house known as Overlynn on McGill Street. This house was built by Charles J. Peter in 1909. Charles J. Peter was the manager of G.F. & J. Galt Company, and he pioneered the development of the Vancouver Heights area in North Burnaby, as he believed that it was one of the most picturesque districts in Greater Vancouver. Peter developed his own beautiful estate with the hope that this would be an incentive to lure buyers to the subdivision. The house remained as the Peter home until 1936, when the estate was sold to the Sisters of Charity of Halifax, a Catholic order which had moved to Vancouver Heights in 1927 to operate a school. The mansion became their convent and new girls' school known as Seton Academy. The mansion's original conservatory was demolished and a two-storey addition was constructed. In 1970 when the school closed, Overlynn was purchased by Action Line Housing Society which developed the senior's development on the property. It was designated by Burnaby Council in 1995 and was the first heritage building in B.C. to have its interior features protected.
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
In some sources, this home is referred to as the "Esmond House."
Geographic Access
McGill Street
Street Address
3755 McGill Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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Students at St. Helen's School

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 21.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of eleven St. Helen's School students holding their diplomas. All are unidentified.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
North Burnaby Board of Trade subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 21.8 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
476-012
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2005-8
Scope and Content
Photograph of eleven St. Helen's School students holding their diplomas. All are unidentified.
Subjects
Ceremonies - Graduations
Names
St. Helen's Catholic School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Pandora Street
Triumph Street
Ingleton Avenue
Street Address
3894 Triumph Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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Gilmore Avenue School

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[192-?] (date of original), copied 1977
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilmore Avenue School, with additions being built. Visible are two cars parked by the school on the right side of the photograph, and construction barricades on one side of the building. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Addition to Gilmore Avenue School / No date."
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilmore Avenue School, with additions being built. Visible are two cars parked by the school on the right side of the photograph, and construction barricades on one side of the building. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Addition to Gilmore Avenue School / No date."
Subjects
Buildings - Schools
Construction
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
HV977.99.11
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[192-?] (date of original), copied 1977
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-07-11
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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