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![Gai Paree Supper Club, November 21, [1955] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/219-001.jpg?width=280)
Gai Paree Supper Club
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36075
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 21, [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 13 cm (sight), mounted on green paper 33 x 12 .5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of men and women sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club. Wine, beer and scotch bottles line the table.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 21, [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 13 cm (sight), mounted on green paper 33 x 12 .5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 219-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of men and women sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club. Wine, beer and scotch bottles line the table.
- Subjects
- Events - Parties
- Names
- Gai Paree Supper Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 6669 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Gai Paree Supper Club, November 21, [1955] thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/219-001.jpg)
![Garden at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2121.jpg?width=280)
Garden at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96497
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Nick Suyoshi tending to a Japanese cut leaf maple tree in the Japanese Canadian garden in front of the newly-built Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2121
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Nick Suyoshi tending to a Japanese cut leaf maple tree in the Japanese Canadian garden in front of the newly-built Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Nick Suyoshi tends a Japanese cut leaf maple tree in the Japanese garden being built in front of the new Japanese Cultural Centre. The garden, which will feature a waterfall, is being built mostly by volunteers, using trees and shrubs donated by the Japanese community."
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Garden at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2121.jpg)
![Girls' Day Festival at the Nikkei National Museum, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1995-2.jpg?width=280)
Girls' Day Festival at the Nikkei National Museum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96312
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the Girls' Day Festival at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby. Photographs show Erika Tajiri dressing up in a traditional Japanese kimono and Miyuki Taniguchi viewing a Fuzoku Ningyo, a traditional Japanese doll, during the festivities.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1995
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the Girls' Day Festival at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby. Photographs show Erika Tajiri dressing up in a traditional Japanese kimono and Miyuki Taniguchi viewing a Fuzoku Ningyo, a traditional Japanese doll, during the festivities.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1995-1: "Erika Tajiri, 6, is outfitted with a traditional Japanese kimono at the Girl's Day Festival at the National Nikkei Heritage Centre, in Burnaby. In addition to dressing up, visitors also participated in Origami workshops, sampled Japanese food and were entertained by Koto players."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1995-2: "Miyuki Taniguchi admires a Fuzoku Ningyo, a traditional Japanese doll, on display at the Girl's Day Festival at the National Nikkei Heritage Centre in Burnaby."
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Girls' Day Festival at the Nikkei National Museum, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1995-2.jpg)
Group at Gai Paree Super Club
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64878
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 25, 1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm (sight), in card 12.5 x 35.5 cm folded to 15.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large group of people at the Gai Paree Supper Club. George Grant and his wife are identified as the second and third from the right in the first row; all other individuals are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 25, 1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Richard Hardy family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm (sight), in card 12.5 x 35.5 cm folded to 15.5 x 17.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph is housed inside a souvenir card
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 312-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1993-09
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large group of people at the Gai Paree Supper Club. George Grant and his wife are identified as the second and third from the right in the first row; all other individuals are unidentified.
- Subjects
- Events - Parties
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Hoyer Studios
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Front cover of souvenir card reads: "Souvenir Photo / Gai Paree Supper Club / on Kingsway / Your Friendly Inter City Rendezvous / DEx. 4505 / Between Vancouver & New Westminster, B.C. Canada / Featuring Rudy Morin & His Orchestra / Canada's Liveliest Band"
- Inside front cover of souvenir card reads: "Hoyer Studios / 2321 Kingsway (Burnaby, B.C.) Canada / Photographers / Gai Paree Provides Free Personal Table Cards For Birthdays & Anneversaries [sp] / To reorder No. Scouts / Have this Photo Enlarged to any size / Phone Particulars DEx. 4504"
- Photographers name on recto of mat reads: "Hoyer Studios"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 6669 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Hitchhiking during transit strike, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2233-1.jpg?width=280)
Hitchhiking during transit strike
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96611
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Denis Orlov hitchhiking in the Middlegate area on Kingsway during the transit strike. Photographs depict Orlov holding his thumb out behind a sign for the 106 and 112 Metrotown buses, and getting into a minivan after accepting a ride.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2233
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Denis Orlov hitchhiking in the Middlegate area on Kingsway during the transit strike. Photographs depict Orlov holding his thumb out behind a sign for the 106 and 112 Metrotown buses, and getting into a minivan after accepting a ride.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2233-1: "Denis Orlov, who just emigrated from Russia a week ago, tries to thumb a ride to Metrotown from the Middlegate area on the second day of the transit strike which has shut down bus and Skytrain service. Orlov says he was on his way to make arrangements to get his phone connected. "I'll just be waiting here, and see what happens," he says, hopefully. Five minutes later, he got a lift from a passing minvan."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2233-2: "Denis Orlov, who emigrated from Russia just last week, accepts a lift to Metrotown from a passing minivan, on the second day of the transit strike which has shut down bus and Skytrain service. He was hitchiking along Kingsway on his way to make arrangements to hook up his phone service."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Hitchhiking during transit strike, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2233-1.jpg)
![Burnaby South High School, [1930]. Item no. 280-008 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/280-008.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Catherine Rees March 14, 1990 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory186
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1929-1964
- Length
- 0:08:19
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Catherine Bertha "Cathy" Rees's memories of the sports activities and other recreational activities that took place while teaching at Burnaby South High School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Catherine Bertha "Cathy" Rees's memories of the sports activities and other recreational activities that took place while teaching at Burnaby South High School.
- Date Range
- 1929-1964
- Photo Info
- Burnaby South High School, [1930]. Item no. 280-008
- Length
- 0:08:19
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Interviewer
- Evans, Alf
- Interview Date
- March 14, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Catherine Bertha "Cathy" Rees by fellow Burnaby Retired Teacher's Association member Alf Evans, March 14, 1990. This interview was prepared for the Burnaby School History Committee of the Burnaby Retired Teacher's Association. Major themes discussed are: the Depression.
- Biographical Notes
- Catherine Bertha “Cathy” Rees was born in Greenwood, British Columbia on March 30, 1903. Her mother died when she was four years old and her younger brother Lloyd was only a few months old. Catherine’s family moved regularly because her dad was continually transferred. She attended a two room school in Greenwood until grade four, then to school in Kamloops until grade 8, graduating from Duke of Connaught High School in New Westminster in 1919. One of her brothers won a lacrosse championship while at Nelson Avenue School. Catherine started at the University of British Columbia in 1919 and went to Normal School in 1923 (she belonged to the first teacher-training class). Upon graduating, Catherine was offered a position at Revelstoke High School for Physics, French and Latin which she took for a brief period of time. She then taught for one year in Victoria, traveling from one school to the other in a one ton truck to teach languages. For the next two years, she worked at Cloverdale High School. By 1929 Catherine began working in Burnaby where her father and two brothers were living. She taught at Burnaby South for her entire career in Burnaby, from 1929 to 1964. Catherine taught French and Latin as well as physical education to the girls (in the basement with two other teachers) and lived at the corner of Nelson and Victory (she still lives there at the time of this interview).
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:37:02
- Interviewee Name
- Rees, Catherine "Cathy"
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Retired Teachers subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
![Burnaby South High School, [1930]. Item no. 280-008 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/280-008.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with Catherine Rees
Track three of interview with Catherine Rees
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS103-026/MSS103-026_Track_3.mp3
Interview with Catherine Rees March 14, 1990 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory187
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1929-1964
- Length
- 0:10:03
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Catherine Bertha "Cathy" Rees's strongest memories of teaching at Burnaby South High School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Catherine Bertha "Cathy" Rees's strongest memories of teaching at Burnaby South High School.
- Date Range
- 1929-1964
- Photo Info
- Burnaby South High School, [1930]. Item no. 280-008
- Length
- 0:10:03
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Interviewer
- Evans, Alf
- Interview Date
- March 14, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Catherine Bertha "Cathy" Rees by fellow Burnaby Retired Teacher's Association member Alf Evans, March 14, 1990. This interview was prepared for the Burnaby School History Committee of the Burnaby Retired Teacher's Association. Major themes discussed are: the Depression.
- Biographical Notes
- Catherine Bertha “Cathy” Rees was born in Greenwood, British Columbia on March 30, 1903. Her mother died when she was four years old and her younger brother Lloyd was only a few months old. Catherine’s family moved regularly because her dad was continually transferred. She attended a two room school in Greenwood until grade four, then to school in Kamloops until grade 8, graduating from Duke of Connaught High School in New Westminster in 1919. One of her brothers won a lacrosse championship while at Nelson Avenue School. Catherine started at the University of British Columbia in 1919 and went to Normal School in 1923 (she belonged to the first teacher-training class). Upon graduating, Catherine was offered a position at Revelstoke High School for Physics, French and Latin which she took for a brief period of time. She then taught for one year in Victoria, traveling from one school to the other in a one ton truck to teach languages. For the next two years, she worked at Cloverdale High School. By 1929 Catherine began working in Burnaby where her father and two brothers were living. She taught at Burnaby South for her entire career in Burnaby, from 1929 to 1964. Catherine taught French and Latin as well as physical education to the girls (in the basement with two other teachers) and lived at the corner of Nelson and Victory (she still lives there at the time of this interview).
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:37:02
- Interviewee Name
- Rees, Catherine "Cathy"
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Retired Teachers subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track four of interview with Catherine Rees
Track four of interview with Catherine Rees
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS103-026/MSS103-026_Track_4.mp3
Interview with Sev Morin by Rod Fowler April 4, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory537
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1943-1990
- Length
- 00:05:37
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s parents moving to Burnaby where he completed Grade 11 at South Burnaby School, the later careers of people he met at school, and his memories of the Kingsway neighbourhood in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s parents moving to Burnaby where he completed Grade 11 at South Burnaby School, the later careers of people he met at school, and his memories of the Kingsway neighbourhood in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Date Range
- 1943-1990
- Photo Info
- Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712
- Length
- 00:05:37
- Subjects
- Education
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 4, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Severin "Sev" Morin, conducted by Rod Fowler. Sev Morin 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 Sev Morin’s banquet hall, restaurant and night club business on Kingsway, originally named the “Gai Paree Supper Club” (1947-1976) and later “Severin’s” (1976-1985) and “Diego’s” (1985-1994), its function as a Burnaby landmark, and the entertainment and political people he met through his business. He also describes his many volunteer activities in Burnaby, including member of the SFU Senate, Rotary Club, Variety Club and Telethon, fund raising for Burnaby Hospital, and tourism related groups, and his political work for the federal Liberal party. He talks about his parents’ origins, the lives of his brothers Rudy and Rene, and the family’s involvement in establishing the “Gai Paree”. He also shares his views about the business and cultural development of Burnaby. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Severin “Sev” Rene Morin was born September 21, 1927, in Bonneville, Alberta, to Rene Pierre Morin (1878-1963) and Anne Marie (nee Lachiver) Morin (1886-1956). Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morin and their son Rene Francois (1905-1954) immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, from France in 1913, where Rene Pierre Morin worked for the C.N.R. and a second son Adolphe “Rudy” Ferdinand (1922-1969) was born, followed by their third son Severin. In 1943, after R.P. Morin retired, the family moved to Burnaby to a house on Sperling Avenue. Sometime earlier the two older Morin brothers found work in Trail at the smelter and developed musical careers. In 1946/47 the Morin family purchased property on Kingsway and built a banquet hall, the “Gai Paree Supper Club”. Sev and Rudy Morin managed the club and Rene F. Morin moved to Burnaby to join them with his band. The supper club, with its live music and dance floor, became a popular meeting place and wedding venue, eventually expanding into a restaurant and nightclub in the 1970s. The “Gai Paree” was renamed “Severin’s” in 1976 and “Diego’s” in 1985, closing finally in 1994. Sev Morin’s business life included three record stores which he owned with his friend Jack Cullen. Through these businesses Sev Morin was well known in the entertainment and hospitality industry. He and his restaurant also hosted political and social events that made the restaurant a community landmark. Sev Morin contributed many volunteer hours to community and charitable organizations, including an appointment to the SFU Senate, fundraising for the Burnaby Hospital, Director of the Variety Club and Rotary Club, and consultant for a variety of tourism related ventures. He also was active in the federal Liberal Party. Sev Morin and his wife Pauline married in 1950 and had three children. Sev Morin died at age 86 on March 28, 2014.
- Total Tracks
- 10
- Total Length
- 00:56:44
- Interviewee Name
- Morin, Severin "Sev"
- 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
- 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.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Sev Morin
Track one of interview with Sev Morin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-021/MSS187-021_Track%201.mp3
Interview with Sev Morin by Rod Fowler April 4, 1990 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory538
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1950-1990
- Length
- 00:06:16
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.
- Date Range
- 1950-1990
- Photo Info
- Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712
- Length
- 00:06:16
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial
- Buildings - Civic
- Buildings - Industrial
- Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Lake City Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 4, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Severin "Sev" Morin, conducted by Rod Fowler. Sev Morin 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 Sev Morin’s banquet hall, restaurant and night club business on Kingsway, originally named the “Gai Paree Supper Club” (1947-1976) and later “Severin’s” (1976-1985) and “Diego’s” (1985-1994), its function as a Burnaby landmark, and the entertainment and political people he met through his business. He also describes his many volunteer activities in Burnaby, including member of the SFU Senate, Rotary Club, Variety Club and Telethon, fund raising for Burnaby Hospital, and tourism related groups, and his political work for the federal Liberal party. He talks about his parents’ origins, the lives of his brothers Rudy and Rene, and the family’s involvement in establishing the “Gai Paree”. He also shares his views about the business and cultural development of Burnaby. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Severin “Sev” Rene Morin was born September 21, 1927, in Bonneville, Alberta, to Rene Pierre Morin (1878-1963) and Anne Marie (nee Lachiver) Morin (1886-1956). Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morin and their son Rene Francois (1905-1954) immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, from France in 1913, where Rene Pierre Morin worked for the C.N.R. and a second son Adolphe “Rudy” Ferdinand (1922-1969) was born, followed by their third son Severin. In 1943, after R.P. Morin retired, the family moved to Burnaby to a house on Sperling Avenue. Sometime earlier the two older Morin brothers found work in Trail at the smelter and developed musical careers. In 1946/47 the Morin family purchased property on Kingsway and built a banquet hall, the “Gai Paree Supper Club”. Sev and Rudy Morin managed the club and Rene F. Morin moved to Burnaby to join them with his band. The supper club, with its live music and dance floor, became a popular meeting place and wedding venue, eventually expanding into a restaurant and nightclub in the 1970s. The “Gai Paree” was renamed “Severin’s” in 1976 and “Diego’s” in 1985, closing finally in 1994. Sev Morin’s business life included three record stores which he owned with his friend Jack Cullen. Through these businesses Sev Morin was well known in the entertainment and hospitality industry. He and his restaurant also hosted political and social events that made the restaurant a community landmark. Sev Morin contributed many volunteer hours to community and charitable organizations, including an appointment to the SFU Senate, fundraising for the Burnaby Hospital, Director of the Variety Club and Rotary Club, and consultant for a variety of tourism related ventures. He also was active in the federal Liberal Party. Sev Morin and his wife Pauline married in 1950 and had three children. Sev Morin died at age 86 on March 28, 2014.
- Total Tracks
- 10
- Total Length
- 00:56:44
- Interviewee Name
- Morin, Severin "Sev"
- 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
- 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.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Sev Morin
Track two of interview with Sev Morin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-021/MSS187-021_Track%202.mp3![Kitters at Edmonds Batteries, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1846.jpg?width=280)
Kitters at Edmonds Batteries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96149
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitters, a large long-haired black cat, perched on the shoulder of Matthew Bowers in the store Edmonds Batteries.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1846
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitters, a large long-haired black cat, perched on the shoulder of Matthew Bowers in the store Edmonds Batteries.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Kitters takes a break from his "pest control" duties at Edmonds Batteries on one of her favourite hangouts, Matthew Bower's shoulder. Kitters was adopted by the shop five years ago when she strayed inside from a litter of kittens that had been abandoned in an alley behind the store."
- Geographic Access
- Curragh Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Kitters at Edmonds Batteries, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1846.jpg)
Murdock and Lillian McMurray interview November 17, 1975 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory244
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1906-1975
- Length
- 0:09:00
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's memories of riding the tram as a young man and briefly, of working for Ed Brown. Murdock mentions Reeve Byrne and the development of first water system in Burnaby. He also discusses Gilley Brother's Logging Company practices near his fath…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's memories of riding the tram as a young man and briefly, of working for Ed Brown. Murdock mentions Reeve Byrne and the development of first water system in Burnaby. He also discusses Gilley Brother's Logging Company practices near his father's ranch of six acres, which grew mostly strawberries to sell in Vancouver.
- Date Range
- 1906-1975
- Photo Info
- Emerson Doran (left) and Murdoch McMurray, 1917. Item no. 229-004
- Length
- 0:09:00
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Interviewer
- McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”
- Interview Date
- November 17, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Murdock McMurray and his wife Lillian (Wray) McMurray conducted by Pixie McGeachie on November 17, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Burnaby's development, the Wray Shoe store and Murdock McMurray's cordwood delivery business.
- Biographical Notes
- Murdock McMurray was born in Vancouver in 1892 to Wilhelmina May and Robert William McMurray. Other children in the family included older siblings John “Jack” and Margaret Lillian, younger siblings Minnie May born May 4, 1895 and Hampton born June 8, 1902. Murdock’s father Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) but retired shortly after moving his family to Burnaby in 1906. He bought six acres of land of what had been previously the Gilley Ranch, the base of operations for Gilley Bros. Ltd. at 2519 Windsor Street (later renumbered and renamed to the 6400 block Imperial Street). Murdock McMurray quit school early to apprentice as a printer. By sixteen he had left the trade and gone into partnership with his older brother Jack. With a team of horses, harness and a wagon, the brothers helped to macadamize roads, haul building supplies for new homes, deliver cord wood for heating, clear land and excavate basements. When Jack McMurray set off to serve overseas during World War I as a driver in the engineer corps, Murdock bought his team of horses and continued working, mainly in the Deer Lake district. In 1916 Murdoch McMurray partnered with Emerson Doran, nephew of the owner of Doran's Mill to buy Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard. As everything was geared towards the war effort, Murdock and Emerson soon ran out of work and had to sell the business. Murdock sold off his horses and equipment and went to work at the ship yard on Pitt River. By 1919 Jack McMurray had returned home from overseas and was working as a fireman at the Shull Lumber and Shingle Mill on the Fraser River. In 1921, he and Murdock teamed up with Emerson Doran and repurchased the Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard which they ran together until 1947. Murdock McMurray married Lillian Wray on September 17, 1925. Lillian was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wray, who came to settle in the Jubilee area of Burnaby in 1919. The family lived on Dow Road and Edward Wray operated Jubilee Shoe Store and Post Office. He was known throughout the district as "Wray - The Shoe Man." Mrs. Wray died in 1957 at the age of eight-six and Edward Wray died January 14, 1967 at age of ninety-three. Murdock and Lillian lived at Inverness Street (now Arcola) and raised three children together, Bob, Jack and Bessie. Murdock McMurray died in New Westminster on April 28, 1985 at the age of ninety-two. Lillian Ethel (Wray) McMurray died in Burnaby on February 28, 1986 at the age of eighty-seven.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:55
- Interviewee Name
- McMurray, Lillian Wray
- McMurray, Murdoch
- Interviewer Bio
- Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. Pixie married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie and raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. Pixie served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." She also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine. On 24 September, 2011, the City of Burnaby dedicated the reading at the City Archives in honour of Pixie and formally named it the Pixie McGeachie Reading Room in recognition of her years of service to the community.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track two of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray
Track two of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-010/MSS137-010_Track_2.mp3![Nikkei Festival, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2791-1.jpg?width=280)
Nikkei Festival
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97431
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Nikkei Festival at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Photographs depict Mitsuko Ioharo performing a Chado, a Japanese tea ritual, and Sally Hama with one of the Osome paper dolls that she crafted.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2791
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Nikkei Festival at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Photographs depict Mitsuko Ioharo performing a Chado, a Japanese tea ritual, and Sally Hama with one of the Osome paper dolls that she crafted.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2791-1: "Mitsuko Ioharo performs a Japanese tea ritual, or Chado, at the Nikkei Festival, Saturday at the Nikkei Cultural Centre, in Burnaby. Chado is a ritual developed centuries ago to meet man's need for inner tranquility."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2791-2: "Sally Hama admires an "Osome," one of the Japanese paper dolls she's created, at the Nikkei Festival at Burnaby's Nikkei Cultural Centre. Each doll can take more than a month to create."
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Nikkei Festival, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2791-1.jpg)
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2403-1.jpg?width=280)
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96845
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- File contains two photographs of the exterior and gardens of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2403
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains two photographs of the exterior and gardens of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2403-1.jpg)
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2693-2.jpg?width=280)
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97296
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Photographs depict an unidentified woman posing in the doorway to a hall and in the foyer, and the exterior and grounds of the Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2693
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Photographs depict an unidentified woman posing in the doorway to a hall and in the foyer, and the exterior and grounds of the Centre.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2693-2.jpg)
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre construction completion, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2390-1.jpg?width=280)
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre construction completion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96832
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in its final phases of construction. Photographs depict Gordon Kodata, the President of the National Nikkei Heritage Society, in the new lobby and the round windows of the banquet hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2390
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in its final phases of construction. Photographs depict Gordon Kodata, the President of the National Nikkei Heritage Society, in the new lobby and the round windows of the banquet hall.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2390-1: "Gordon Kodata, the President of the National Nikkei Heritage Society, admires the distinctive lobby of the new Nikkei Heritage Centre, in its final phases of construction."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2390-2: "The round windows in the banquet hall are protected by decorative steel bars, so the hall can also be used for sporting activities."
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre construction completion, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2390-1.jpg)
![Spray pool in Rene Memorial Park, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2418.jpg?width=280)
Spray pool in Rene Memorial Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96860
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a worker power washing the spray pool in Rene Memorial Park, off Sperling Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2418
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a worker power washing the spray pool in Rene Memorial Park, off Sperling Avenue.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "John Bennett power washes the spray pool in Rene Memorial Park."
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Spray pool in Rene Memorial Park, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2418.jpg)
![St. Francis de Sales Church, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2577.jpg?width=280)
St. Francis de Sales Church
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97045
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gary Stewart, of Holland Home Services, washing the tall second storey windows of St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church on Balmoral Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2577
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gary Stewart, of Holland Home Services, washing the tall second storey windows of St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church on Balmoral Street.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Religious - Churches
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Gary Stewart, of Holland Home Services, appears to be scrubbing the sky as he cleans the windows on St. Francis de Sales Church on Balmoral St."
- Geographic Access
- Balmoral Street
- Street Address
- 6610 Balmoral Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![St. Francis de Sales Church, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2577.jpg)
![Student with Edmonds Town Centre banner, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2915.jpg?width=280)
Student with Edmonds Town Centre banner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97599
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anthony Lazazzera, a grade three student at St. Francis de Sales School, posing with a banner he designed. The banner reads: "Edmonds Town Centre" and features a drawing of a sunflower.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2915
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anthony Lazazzera, a grade three student at St. Francis de Sales School, posing with a banner he designed. The banner reads: "Edmonds Town Centre" and features a drawing of a sunflower.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Anthony Lazazzera, 8, a Grade Three student at St. Francis de Sales School, with the banner he designed that will hang from light standards in Burnaby's Edmonds area. Anthony says it took him "about 15 minutes" to come up with the design, which was inspired by a recent trip his family took to Italy. "We saw lots of sunflowers and we took lots of pictures of them," he says."
- Geographic Access
- Balmoral Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Student with Edmonds Town Centre banner, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2915.jpg)
![Sumo event at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2710-2.jpg?width=280)
Sumo event at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97314
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a sumo event happening on the front lawn of the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, as part of the festivities to celebrate its opening. Photographs depict participants preparing for and wrestling in the event, and members of the crowd.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2710
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a sumo event happening on the front lawn of the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, as part of the festivities to celebrate its opening. Photographs depict participants preparing for and wrestling in the event, and members of the crowd.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2710-1: "Mamoru Yamaguchi announces the wrestlers by singing their names in Japanese."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2710-2: "Wrestlers, their names marked on their backs with pen, wait their turn in the ring."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2710-3: ""Sumo wrestlers" grapple on the front lawn of the new Nikkei Heritage Centre, in a sumo tournament, part of the opening festivities for the new centre."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2710-4: "David Sakata gets some help wrapping his "mawashi," the traditional Japanese sumo belt, from M. Naruki."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2710-5: "A couple of grapplers tumble to the ground outside the sumo ring. The winner in a sumo match is the wrestler who can knock his opponent over so that something other than his feet hit the ground."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2710-6: "Mike Matsubada, in the white smock, takes the prospective wrestlers through some of the rituals of the sumo match, including having opponents show each other their hands to prove they're not hiding weapons."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2710-7: "A young fan takes in the action from ringside."
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Sumo event at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2710-2.jpg)
![Weiser Lock Co., [1958] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/096-001.jpg?width=280)
Weiser Lock Co.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34687
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of Weiser Lock Co. of Canada Ltd. at 1895 Hawthorne Terrace (later renumbered 7373 Hawthorne Terrace, then 6700 Beresford Street).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 096-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of Weiser Lock Co. of Canada Ltd. at 1895 Hawthorne Terrace (later renumbered 7373 Hawthorne Terrace, then 6700 Beresford Street).
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Williams Brothers Photographers Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp and annotation on the back of photograph reads, "Williams Bros. Photographers Ltd. / 413 Granville St., Vancouver 2, B.C. / Phone Tatlow 8588 / 07004-1"
- Geographic Access
- Hawthorne Terrace
- Beresford Street
- Street Address
- 7373 Hawthorne Terrace
- 6700 Beresford Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Weiser Lock Co., [1958] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/096-001.jpg)