B.C. Summer Games series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1979]-1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs + 1 post card + 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a small collection of photographs and textual records collected by Donald Copan regarding B.C. Summer Games taking place in Burnaby in 1984 and 1997.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- B.C. Summer Games series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs + 1 post card + 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a small collection of photographs and textual records collected by Donald Copan regarding B.C. Summer Games taking place in Burnaby in 1984 and 1997.
- Accession Code
- BV021.4
- Date
- [1979]-1997
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the series
- See also B.C. Summer Games artifacts BV021.4.1 to BV021.4.12 & BV021.4.21; BV021.4.25; BV021.4.26
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Bell's Dry Goods exhibit collection series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1974-2012, predominant 1974-1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 129 photographs + 10 cm of textual records + approx. 6 architectural drawings + 1 video recording
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records pertaining to the moving, restoration, exhibit and repair of the Bell's Dry Goods store and Whitechurch Hardware store building that was relocated from Sixth Avenue to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1974. The building was set up as a permanent exhibit on sit…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Bell's Dry Goods exhibit series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 129 photographs + 10 cm of textual records + approx. 6 architectural drawings + 1 video recording
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records pertaining to the moving, restoration, exhibit and repair of the Bell's Dry Goods store and Whitechurch Hardware store building that was relocated from Sixth Avenue to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1974. The building was set up as a permanent exhibit on site at Burnaby Village Museum. The majority of the records were created by museum and City of Burnaby staff.
Series is arranged into four subseries:
1) Restoration, upgrades and repairs subseries
2) Bell's building photographs subseries
3) Bell's exhibit photographs subseries
4) Bell's research files subseries
- History
- The Bell's Dry Goods building was built in 1922 by Clifford Tuckey with a small lean to structure on the back housing a kitchen and bedroom. The building was located on the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Thirteenth Avenue in Burnaby. William Bell (1884-1952) and Flora Bell (nee Connell) (1889-1953) immigrated to Burnaby from Scotland between 1917 and 1918. In about 1924, the building was purchased by William and Flora Bell. Flora operated "Bell's Dry Goods" store out of the building and the couple lived at the back of the store. William worked as a driver for a local lumber mill. Bell's Dry Goods was in operation in this one storey building between 1925 and 1937 with the building address, 1314 Sixth Street (later 7695 Sixth Street). In 1927, they moved to a house located on Thirteenth Avenue while they converted the back of the store to include the East Burnaby Post Office.
In 1937, the Bells moved the one storey "Bell's Dry Goods" building a little further north and built a two storey building on the corner. Flora continued to operate Bell's Dry Goods on the ground level of the new building until 1941 and the couple lived upstairs. The new two storey building assumed the address of 1314 Sixth Street (later 7695 Sixth Street) and the older one storey building obtained a new address of 1316 Sixth Street (later 7685 Sixth Street). The East Burnaby Post Office continued to operate at 1314 Sixth Street until about 1954.
On December 1, 1937, Maurice Whitechurch moved his Whitechurch Hardware store into the one storey building which he rented out from the Bells. In 1943, Maurice Whitechurch purchased the building from the Bells and Whitechurch Hardware store continued to operated at this location until the Spring of 1973. In June 1973, Mr. Fergie Will bought the store and the building was donated to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum).
In August 1974, the building was relocated from it's location on Sixth Avenue to Heritage Village. Sometime prior to the move, the extension at the rear of the building was removed. After the building was moved to Heritage Village, some exterior repairs were completed including the installation of exterior siding at the rear of the building and installation of large wood sliding door. The building opened as a carpentry shop exhibit in 1975. In March 1976, an extension at the rear of the building was rebuilt by museum staff. The building underwent several repairs and restorations between 1992 and 1996 and was closed to the public. Due to structural problems, the extension was demolished in 1992. Between 1993 and 1996, the building underwent a series of exterior and interior structural repairs to restore it to Bell's Dry Goods store which included the rebuilding of the extension at the rear of the building and the moving of the building onto a new foundation. The newly restored building opened as Bell's Dry Goods store (exhibit) on August 6, 1996. On November 23, 1992, the building was designated a heritage building under Heritage Designation Bylaw 1992, Bylaw Number 9807.
- Accession Code
- BV019.52
- BV020.5
- Date
- 1974-2012, predominant 1974-1996
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Further accruals are expected
- Some records within this collection are subject to FIPPA
- For other records and photographs associated with this building, see also Century Park Museum Association fonds and Burnaby Village Museum fonds and Jesse Love farmhouse fonds
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Burnaby Girl Guides administrative records and histories series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1920]-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records + 33 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of administrative records and histories pertaining to the Burnaby Girl Guides. Records include correspondence, histories, biographies and cancelled warrants for Girl Guide commissioners.
Burnaby Girl Guides memorabilia series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1940-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records + 2 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a collection of ephemera collected by Burnaby Guider Bea MacMillan from attending various international Girl Guide events as well as a collection of programs from various ceremonies and events collected by Eleanor Holvick of the North Burnaby Girl Guides.
Burnaby Girl Guides newsletters series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1986-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 9 folders of textual records + 8 photographs : col. + laser prints + 4 postage stamps
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of copies of newsletters "Guidelines Burnaby Royal Area" and articles written by Paulene Hall as the newsletter editor and Archivist for the Burnaby Royal Area.
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1920-2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 22 scrapbooks + approx. 210 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a collection of scrapbooks and photographs pertaining to Burnaby Girl Guides. Scrapbooks and photographs were created by several different individuals that were involved in Girl Guides in Burnaby.
Burnaby historical reference collection series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1950-1992, predominant 1950-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 film reels + 20 videocassettes + 1 avi
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a reference collection of films relating to the history of Burnaby. Films include CBUT News footage "Burnaby Mountain Sod Turning"; a documentary film "Cabin" about the building of a log cabin at Burnaby Village Museum; a documentary film "A Friend at the Door" about the work of …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
- Series
- Burnaby historical reference collection series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 film reels + 20 videocassettes + 1 avi
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a reference collection of films relating to the history of Burnaby. Films include CBUT News footage "Burnaby Mountain Sod Turning"; a documentary film "Cabin" about the building of a log cabin at Burnaby Village Museum; a documentary film "A Friend at the Door" about the work of rural social workers in British Columbia; historical film footage from B.C. Transit Centennial of the B.C. Electric Lower Mainland trams and home movie footage created by the Handel family.
- Accession Code
- HV971.30
- BV005.8
- BV005.48
- BV012.37
- BV014.39
- BV016.37
- BV017.11
- BV020.5
- Date
- 1950-1992, predominant 1950-1973
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
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Cecil Lee business records series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1970-1980, predominant 1970-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of business records collected and created by Cecil Lee while he was employed as a Produce Buyer for Kelly Douglas Limited and Western Commodities Limited and responsible for the import of Chinese mandarin oranges. Records include correspondence, photographs, documentation regarding …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Series
- Cecil Lee business records series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of business records collected and created by Cecil Lee while he was employed as a Produce Buyer for Kelly Douglas Limited and Western Commodities Limited and responsible for the import of Chinese mandarin oranges. Records include correspondence, photographs, documentation regarding travel within China along with export and import information, contracts, financial reports, credit applications, Chinese trade fair information and ephemera.
- History
- Kelly Douglas and Company Limited was founded in 1896 as a wholesale grocery business. In 1946, its headquarters moved from Vancouver to Burnaby and a manufacturing plant and warehouse were built on the site at 4700 Kingsway. During the nineteen seventies, Kelly Douglas and Company Limited and the Produce Department of Western Commodities Limited were located on this site. In 1986, the building was demolished and the produce department of Kelly Douglas was relocated to 6451 Telford Burnaby and the head office to 808 Nelson Street, Vancouver. In the nineteen seventies, Cecil Lee worked as a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas & Company Ltd.and Western Commodities. In the mid-1970s, Lee was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with demand, Kelly Douglas & Company looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business. Cecil Lee designed the cardboard Chinese mandarin orange box to replace wooden container
- Subjects
- Foods
- Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
- Names
- Kelly Douglas and Company Limited
- Western Commodities Limited
- Accession Code
- BV019.6
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1970-1980, predominant 1970-1979
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- A large portion of these records are subject to FIPPA, contact Burnaby Village Museum for access
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Century Park Museum Association architectural records and reports series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1972-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 219 architectural drawings + 17 technical drawings + .5 m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of architectural records, reports and documentation related to the construction, renovation, alteration and expansion of the Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum) site and buildings between 1972 and 1989.
Century Park Museum Association Board of Directors' administrative files series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 60 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of administrative records retained by the Century Park Museum Association (Burnaby Village Museum Association) Board of Directors. Series includes correspondence, reports and documentation regarding the governance and administration of the association as well as the governance, admi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Series
- Century Park Museum Association Board of Directors' administrative files series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 60 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of administrative records retained by the Century Park Museum Association (Burnaby Village Museum Association) Board of Directors. Series includes correspondence, reports and documentation regarding the governance and administration of the association as well as the governance, administration and operations of the Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum).
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV011.44
- BV014.30
- BV016.56
- BV018.21
- BV020.5
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Further accruals are expected
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Century Park Museum Association committees' minutes and reports series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1972]-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records pertaining to various committees while Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum) was under the governance of the Century Park Museum Association. Records include committee minutes, reports, terms of reference and correspondence.
Century Park Museum Association constitution, bylaws and agreements series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of the Constitution and Bylaws of the Century Park Museum Association (1971-1983), Burnaby Village Museum Association (1984-1989) as well as agreements with the Corporation of the District of Burnaby, the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers and CUPE 23 regarding the governan…
Century Park Museum Association film collection series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1980]-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 videocassettes
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of films that were created while the museum was under the governance of the Century Park Museum Association (Burnaby Village Museum Association). Films include; footage of a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter delivering a program to students inside of the Burnaby Village Museum scho…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Series
- Century Park Museum Association film collection series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 videocassettes
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of films that were created while the museum was under the governance of the Century Park Museum Association (Burnaby Village Museum Association). Films include; footage of a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter delivering a program to students inside of the Burnaby Village Museum schoolhouse; a short silent film "The Wedding Day" on location inside Burnaby Village Museum as well as a copy of Rogers Cable 4- Burnaby Edition coverage of the Burnaby Village Museum Sod Turning Ceremony for Phase I of the Burnaby Village Museum Expansion Project in 1988.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5
- Date
- [1980]-1989
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Related Material
- See also: Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection; Burnaby Village Museum fonds and Burnaby Village Museum Video collection
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
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Century Park Museum Association finanical records series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of financial records, reports and budgets regarding the operations of the Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum) and the Century Park Museum Association.
Century Park Museum Association membership series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records pertaining to membership of the Century Musuem Association (Burnaby Village Museum Association) between October 1971 and December 1989. Records include membership lists, receipts and correspondence.
Century Park Museum Association minutes of meetings series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 37 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of minutes of meetings of the Century Park Museum Association (Burnaby Village Museum Association) Board of Directors, Executive and Annual General Meetings between October 1971 and December 1989.
Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 763 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs documenting the history of the Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) while it was under the governance and administration of the Century Park Museum Association (Burnaby Village Museum Association) between November 1971 and December 1989. Photographs document and …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Series
- Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 763 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs documenting the history of the Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) while it was under the governance and administration of the Century Park Museum Association (Burnaby Village Museum Association) between November 1971 and December 1989. Photographs document and include the official opening weekend in November 1971, the re-opening in 1972, special events and celebrations, staff and volunteers, school and public programming, construction and restoration projects as well as professional photographs created for promotional materials.
- Accession Code
- BV016.56
- BV017.46
- BV020.4
- BV020.5
- BV022.9
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See also Don Copan fonds; Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Further accruals are expected
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Century Park Museum Association reports series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1974-1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 35 cm of textual records + 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of annual reports and reports regarding the staffing, volunteers, operations, marketing, financing and policies of Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) under the governance of the Century Park Museum Association (1971-1983) and the Burnaby Village Museum Association (1984-1989)…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Series
- Century Park Museum Association reports series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 35 cm of textual records + 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of annual reports and reports regarding the staffing, volunteers, operations, marketing, financing and policies of Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) under the governance of the Century Park Museum Association (1971-1983) and the Burnaby Village Museum Association (1984-1989).
- Accession Code
- BV011.44
- BV014.30
- BV019.52
- BV020.4
- BV020.5
- Date
- 1974-1985
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Contact Burnaby Village Museum for access
- Further accruals are expected
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Copan family photographs series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1982]
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : col. negatives ; 40 x 55 mm
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs of a wedding ceremony taking place at Willingdon Heights United Church on Parker Street in Burnaby, the newly weds and guests are not identified. Photographs are described at file level.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan family photographs series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : col. negatives ; 40 x 55 mm
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs of a wedding ceremony taking place at Willingdon Heights United Church on Parker Street in Burnaby, the newly weds and guests are not identified. Photographs are described at file level.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1982]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the series
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C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-] (date of originals) - 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 238 photographs + 3 audio cassettes + 2 sound recordings (mp3) + 6 videocassettes + 8 video recordings (mp4)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created and adminstered by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, preservation and documentation of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel.
Series have been arranged into the following subseries:
1) Carousel photographs subseries
2) Caro…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 238 photographs + 3 audio cassettes + 2 sound recordings (mp3) + 6 videocassettes + 8 video recordings (mp4)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created and adminstered by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, preservation and documentation of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel.
Series have been arranged into the following subseries:
1) Carousel photographs subseries
2) Carousel sound recordings and films subseries
- History
- "The C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was built in 1912 in Leavenworth Kansas by the Charles Wallace Parker Company. It was the one hundred and nineteenth carousel made by the company and was so named the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel.
In 1913 the carousel was sold to Mr. F.K. Leggett of Houston Texas for $5,886.00 and was originally equipped with a steam engine and ""wishbones/grass-hopper/jumping horse"" mechanisms. It toured Texas for two years with the Lone Star Circus until 1915 when the machine was shipped back to the factory. It is believed that the machine was rebuilt by the factory with fancier horses and heavier rounding boards referred to as the “Superior” style. Some of the horses were built around 1917 and some between 1920 and 1922. The factory records consulted do not tell for certain where the machine went between 1915 and 1936, possibly to San Jose, California from 1918 until 1922 and then to San Francisco California, or Tacoma, Washington.
Accounts from the family of James W. "Jimmy" Robertson, supervisor of rides for Happyland, tell of him travelling with his wife Dora Robertson to Washington, Oregon and California in the fall of 1935 or early 1936 to pick up a new carousel for Happyland. By May 1936, the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was in operation in Happlyland inside Hastings Park.
The Parker #119 carousel was installed in a pavilion in Happyland which had been built in 1928 by a rival company (Philadelphia Toboggan Company - P.T.C.) and was located next to the "Shoot the Chutes" ride in Hastings Park. Here it remained until Happyland was demolished in 1957. The C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was then moved to a new small pavilion in Playland until that too was demolished in 1972. From 1972 to 1990, the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was operated outdoors inside Playland, and was put away each winter. In 1989 it was announced that the carousel would be sold off horse by horse at an auction in New York. Venus Solano and Doug McCallum and other local people came together to save the carousel and formed The Lower Mainland Association of Friends of the Vancouver Carousel (also known as "Friends of the Carousel"). The first directors of the society consisted of, President and Chairman, Venus Solano; Secretary, Doug McCallum; Director, Keith Jamieson and Director, Nina Freid Rhodes.
In May 1989, the Friends of the Carousel approached the Burnaby Village Museum Association who agreed to provide a home for the carousel, pending the approval of Burnaby Municipal Council. Don Wrigley who was president of the Burnaby Village Museum Association joined the board of The Friends of the Carousel as a liaison. The Friends of the Carousel first acquired two horses from the carousel, who were named Julius and Belle. These two carousel horses were used in fundraising over the summer of 1990, at which time the carousel was operating again for a short time inside Playland. The carousel horse named Julius was restored by William Dentzel III (a descendant of one of North America’s original carousel manufacturers) and the carousel horse named Belle was partially stripped and repaired. These carousel horses served as before and after examples of restoration.
In June 1990 Don Wrigley was elected as president of The Friends of the Carousel and they set about raising the $350,000 to purchase the carousel and begin restoration work. With a lot of hard work, the help of the Government of British Columbia and the support of the Municipality of Burnaby, the carousel was purchased. Funds were also raised by The Friends of the Carousel to pay for the restoration, and Burnaby agreed to build a new pavilion for it as a Centennial project. Keith Jamieson, a carousel expert, was brought in to coordinate the rebuilding project and restoration work. The Centennial Parker Carousel (C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel) and the Don Wrigley Pavilion where the carousel is housed, opened at Burnaby Village Museum on March 25, 1993.
- Accession Code
- BV013.19
- BV019.21
- BV019.39
- BV020.5
- BV020.12
- BV022.2
- X5124
- X5125
- Date
- [190-] (date of originals) - 2012
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Moving Images
- Sound Recording
- Related Material
- Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel fonds
- Keith Jamieson fonds
- Faye Diamond fonds
- See also: Burnaby Village Museum artifacts for the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel as well as souvenir memorabilia from Lower Mainland Association of Friends of the Vancouver Carousel
- Arrangement
- Records have been created by various staff members of Burnaby Village Museum during the acquistion and research of the carousel. Some records were compiled together into a collection by subject and arranged according to their general material designations within the Burnaby Village Museum archival collection.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Further accruals are expected
- Contact Burnaby Village Museum to access sound recordings and moving images
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