Trans Mountain Pipe Line papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1997-2000
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Trans Mountain Pipe Line newsletters (including one with an insert publicizing Burnaby Mountain Ecotours), bookmarks, stickers, maps, landscaping guidelines and safety brochures.
Trudi Tuomi papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1968] -1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of text written by Trudi (Rintanen) Tuomi on her reminiscences of growing up in the squatters' community known as Crabtown. Included in the file are typed and handwritten pages, drawings and correspondence.
Trudi Tuomi subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1945]-1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records and 5 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the squatter community known as Crabtown that ran along the Burrard Inlet, accompanied by articles about growing up in that community.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1945]-1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Trudi Tuomi subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records and 5 photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-20
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the squatter community known as Crabtown that ran along the Burrard Inlet, accompanied by articles about growing up in that community.
- History
- Gustav and Aune Rintanen came to Vancouver from a mixed farm on the prairies in 1936 with the hopes of finding employment. The couple had two children: nine year old Aili (later Topalian) and eight year old Trudi (later Tuomi), when they moved to a “squatters shack” at North Burnaby’s waterfront Crabtown community in 1937. They paid 50 dollars for their two-room cabin, which was built on a platform and supported by pilings.
Though the squatters’ homes that ran along the Inlet were commonly referred to as shacks and Crabtown a slum, in reality they were very neatly kept homes in a community. Crabtown residents rallied together to build a water supply system and trails up the steep bluff with stairs and banisters so children could go to school safely.
Before Gustav found a job, he “busied himself with fixing up the place”: building a new chimney, railing, wood shed, clothes line and sauna for his family. By 1940, he was working at the mill near Windermere pool (now New Brighton Park). Aune worked as a dishwasher and prep cook at Ye Olde English Fish and Chips in downtown Vancouver.
In 1946, they sold the cabin for two hundred dollars and moved to a small house. All Crabtown squatters were eventually evicted in 1959.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Tuomi, Trudi Rintanen
- Notes
- Title based on contents and creator of subseries
- PC337, MSS144
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Twilight Parade records
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and tentative programs pertaining to the Twilight Parade and entertainment, designed for Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. The parade took place along Kingsway from Nelson Avenue to Central Park.
Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified women walking a dog past the Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church.
Vera Jackson papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946 (date of original) -1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists mainly of photocopied newspaper articles pertaining to the McKay branch of the Royal Bank armed robberies of 1946 and 1948 which Vera Jackson (later Pel) witnessed while she was working there as a clerk. Also included in the file are photocopies of photographs of her and her mother Fl…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946 (date of original) -1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Vera Jackson Pel subseries
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS069-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists mainly of photocopied newspaper articles pertaining to the McKay branch of the Royal Bank armed robberies of 1946 and 1948 which Vera Jackson (later Pel) witnessed while she was working there as a clerk. Also included in the file are photocopies of photographs of her and her mother Florence and younger brother Ron (along with captions and identifying marks) along with various papers (mostly photocopies) pertaining to the history of the Royal Bank.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Less detail
Vera Jackson Pel subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927 (date of original)-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs and textual records collected by Vera Jackson Pel. These records document Pel's personal life as well as her time as a clerk at the Royal Bank in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927 (date of original)-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Vera Jackson Pel subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-15
- BHS1991-37
- BHS1992-04
- BHS1992-46
- BHS1989-04
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs and textual records collected by Vera Jackson Pel. These records document Pel's personal life as well as her time as a clerk at the Royal Bank in Burnaby.
- History
- Harold Joseph Jackson and Florence Colocott married in 1925. The couple bought a brown wooden shingled house at 3507 Booth Avenue in Burnaby in 1926.
Vera Rose Jackson was born to Harold and Florence at Mrs. Scott’s private hospital on Kingsway near Central Park December 4, 1927. Her brother Ronald Harold Jackson was born June 21, 1929. In 1934, the family moved to 2706 Cassie Avenue (later renumbered 6457).
Vera attended Miss Edith Hall’s Kindergarten on Grange Street until she was old enough to enter Kingsway West as a grade one student. The family were members of the West Burnaby United Church and Vera and Ron both went to Sunday school in the old church basement. Vera attended Burnaby South High School where she met her future husband, Fred Pel.
In 1944, Vera started a job at the Royal Bank in Burnaby. Besides the manager and the accountant, the entire staff at the branch were young women fresh out of school, as the men had left to serve during World War II. She worked at the Royal Bank from 1944 until 1952. During her time as clerk, she witnessed two armed robberies: one in May of 1946 and the other in January of 1948.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Pel, Vera Rose Jackson
- Notes
- Title based on contents and creator of subseries
- MSS053, PC256, PC274, PC305, MSS044, MSS069
Less detail
Volunteer luncheon
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the volunteer appreciation luncheon organized for everyone who volunteered at Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations.
Walker house
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1990]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the house built by William and Olive Walker in 1908. This picture shows the home as it looked in 1990.
What's in the B.A.G.?
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (9 min., 35 sec.) : chrome dioxide, SP, b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a VHS tape entitled “What's in the B.A.G.?" a documentary on the "haunted" Burnaby Art Gallery, directed by Scott Morgan.
William J. Devitt papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1901-1996 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to William J. "Bill" Devitt, who served as Burnaby Police Chief from 1921 to 1936. These pages were compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum when researching information for the writers of "Follow that Fire."
William J. Devitt subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1901-1996 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the life of former Burnaby Police Chief William J. "Bill" Devitt.
Woodward cottage
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1990]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Woodward cottage as seen from Deer Lake. The cottage was a prefabricted building designed by J.J. Mahoney and architect Joseph Bowman and was manufactured in Vancouver by the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company and erected here in 1904. Maude Woodward established a post-office here…
Woodward House
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1990]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the home that belonged to early Burnaby lake residents, Maude and Harriet Woodward. This home replaced their earlier cottage at 5141 Sperling Avenue and served as a residence, post office and private school. This photograph shows the home as it appeared in 1990.