American Bowling Congress certificate
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate : 20 x 24.5 cm in frame 27 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a certificate from the American Bowling Congress to H. Royle of Rose Bowl Alleys recognizing sponsorship of a League Championship in the 1955-1956 season in the "MAJOR "B" TEN PIN" league.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate : 20 x 24.5 cm in frame 27 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a certificate from the American Bowling Congress to H. Royle of Rose Bowl Alleys recognizing sponsorship of a League Championship in the 1955-1956 season in the "MAJOR "B" TEN PIN" league.
- Subjects
- Sports - Bowling
- Names
- Royle, Henry "Harry" Cecil
- Accession Code
- BV006.39.15
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1956
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-01-09
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Label with framer identified on verso of frame reads: "Seip's / Art / Store / Pictures / and / Picture Framing / 2703 Main St. / Vancouver B.C."
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Amusement park operaters at Happyland
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1950] (date of original), copied 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified amuseument park operators dressed in uniforms and standing in front of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel at Happyland in Hastings Park, Vancouver. One of these men could be Jimmy Robertson who was the supervisor of amusement park rides at Happyland.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
- Subseries
- Carousel photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified amuseument park operators dressed in uniforms and standing in front of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel at Happyland in Hastings Park, Vancouver. One of these men could be Jimmy Robertson who was the supervisor of amusement park rides at Happyland.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Accession Code
- BV022.2.30
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1950] (date of original), copied 1996
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-17
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #1
- Photograph copied from Robertson family album
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Anderson family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.2 x 3.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Anderson family in front of the Anderson family home at 3908 Norland Avenue (previously numbered 4437 Norland Avenue). Left to right: Mrs. Anderson (grandmother), Madelaine Anderson (mother), Janet Anderson (daughter), and Cliff Anderson (son).
Anderson family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Anderson family in front of their home at 3908 Norland Avenue (originally numbered 4437 Norland Avenue) after a snowfall. Left to right: Cliff Anderson (son), Janet Anderson (daughter), and Robert "Bob" Anderson (father). To the side is a 1959 Galaxie car.
Andy Digney Film
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1934 and 1961]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 optical discs (approx. 2 hrs, 40 min) : digital, b&w, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a collection of 18 short films on DVD. These films were created by Andy Digney using his 8 mm camera and provide views of the Digney family gatherings, trips, vacations at home and abroad. They also provide glimpses of Burnaby parades, celebrations and the Digney Speedway. The 18 segments h…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1934 and 1961]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 optical discs (approx. 2 hrs, 40 min) : digital, b&w, col., si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2014-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a collection of 18 short films on DVD. These films were created by Andy Digney using his 8 mm camera and provide views of the Digney family gatherings, trips, vacations at home and abroad. They also provide glimpses of Burnaby parades, celebrations and the Digney Speedway. The 18 segments have all been described at item level.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Recreational Activities - Fishing
- Recreational Activities - Camping
- Recreational Activities - Picnics
- Geographic Features - Rivers
- Events - Parades
- Names
- Digney, Andy
- Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- The original 8mm film footage was digitized and broken down into 18 segments, reflecting the original order. Items are described as 562-003-1 : 562-003-18
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Anne and Evelyn Le Grove
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1956] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anne and Evelyn Le Grove washing dishes in the kitchen of 1007 Gilley Avenue (later renumbered 8416 Gilley Avenue).
Annie Ellis-King and Car
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1950] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Annie King-Ellis, posing with a car at the front of 6113 Silver Avenue, the Ellis family home.
Annual Club Achievement Report for 1951
An Outline Plan for the Development of the Big Bend District of Burnaby / The Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board of BC
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a report outlining the proposals for the development of the Big Bend area of Burnaby.
Appliance display at Simpsons-Sears Days
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1954]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a display of appliances set up in the parking lot of the Simpsons-Sears store located at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959, 4750 Kingsway) during Simpsons-Sears Days. A tarp is covering the appliance display to protect it from the rain. An unidentified man and child are standing under the tar…
Arthur W. Mawbey
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1959 and 1964]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of World War I veteran Arthur W. Mawbey sitting in front of the Union Jack in uniform during a Remembrance Day observance ceremony. He is smoking a pipe, with one hand resting on his cane, and the other hand holding a white wooden cross with maple leaf resting on it.
Astor Hotel
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Astor Hotel at 4561 Kingsway and McKay Avenue. A hotel sign reads, "Welcome HRH Princess Margaret to Burnaby." The Astor Coffee Shop is to the right of the hotel.
A Study of Burnaby taken from the Point of View of Education
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952-1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 report
- Scope and Content
- Item is a school report entitled "A Study of Burnaby taken from the Point of View of Education." Included in the typed report are handwritten charts and newspaper clippings.
At the Gai Paree Supper Club
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 6, 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm, mounted in card ; 12.5 x 33.5 cm, folded to 12.5 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club with Clifford G. Brown. The four other individuals at the table have not been identified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 6, 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm, mounted in card ; 12.5 x 33.5 cm, folded to 12.5 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 523-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club with Clifford G. Brown. The four other individuals at the table have not been identified.
- Subjects
- Events - Parties
- Names
- Grieve, William Ewart "Bill"
- Brown, Clifton Gilbert, 1889-1960
- Gai Paree Supper Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of card mount reads: "2004 January I believe the Gai Paree has disappeared"
- Notes inside card on recto of photograph mount read: "Maybe wartime?", "Bill Grieve, Chair of Burnaby School Bd circa 1955?" and "Clifford [sic] G. Brown, a school superintendent after whom a Pool named by Burnaby Lake"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 6669 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
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At Tucks Station, Richmond
Austin Heights School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of thirty-nine students and their teacher, Mrs. V. Cuthbertson, on the steps of Austin Heights School in Coquitlam. A note on the back of the picture indicates that this was the grade one class.
Automatic equipment being installed
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men working with rows of equipment at the British Columbia Telephone Company Glenburn Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Automatic equipment being installed in the new Glenburn exchange. / B.C. Telephone Company…
Award winning pianists
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three boys in front of a piano, holding trophies. The two boys seated in front are identified only as the Mandy brothers and the third is unidentified.
Baby Janice Bower
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- March 1950 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait of little girl, identified as Janice Bower, aged about 18 months. Child is seated with legs stretched out in front of her. She wears a gold necklace with pendant, white dress, and white leather booties.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait of little girl, identified as Janice Bower, aged about 18 months. Child is seated with legs stretched out in front of her. She wears a gold necklace with pendant, white dress, and white leather booties.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Names
- Flintroy, Janice Bower
- Accession Code
- BV015.40.34
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- March 1950 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 09-Sep-18
- Notes
- Title based on annotations on digital file name
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
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Back yard of 5118 Douglas Road
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1951]
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 cm x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the backyard and screened summer house at 5118 Douglas Road after a snowfall. The summer house was used by the Roberts children for sleeping outdoors in the summertime and by the Small children as a playhouse. It rotted and collapsed in the 1960s, likely following the "Big Snow" of …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1951]
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 cm x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 620-019
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2017-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the backyard and screened summer house at 5118 Douglas Road after a snowfall. The summer house was used by the Roberts children for sleeping outdoors in the summertime and by the Small children as a playhouse. It rotted and collapsed in the 1960s, likely following the "Big Snow" of December 1964.
- Subjects
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Buildings - Residential - Cabins
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from donor's notes
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Summer House in the Snow / Burnaby - 1951?"
- Note in blue ink on verson of photograph reads: "P.19"
- 5118 Douglas Road renumbered to 3131 Douglas Road in 1958 and to 5538 Dominion Street in 1970 or 1971
- Street Address
- 3131 Douglas Road
- 5118 Douglas Road
- 5538 Dominion Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
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