Six soliders with their rifles
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1918]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six unidentified soldiers with their rifles, at attention in front of a shelter building at a camp.
Three of the soldiers are kneeling on their right knees, and the other three are standing in formation behind them. They are wearing Stetson style hats. The acquisition record identifie…
Soldiers in a comic act
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1918]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified soliders with pipes in their mouths. Two of them holding a rifle over their shoulders, and one of them holding a wooden sword. They are watched by other soldiers and a man in civilian clothing. Behind them are tents, and a building with a sign that is half-covered, …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, "5-11"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified soliders with pipes in their mouths. Two of them holding a rifle over their shoulders, and one of them holding a wooden sword. They are watched by other soldiers and a man in civilian clothing. Behind them are tents, and a building with a sign that is half-covered, and reads, "CORN…" The acquisition record identifies this photograph as from World War One.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Structures - Tents
- Armament
- Accession Code
- HV973.110.22
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1918]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- The camp appears to be the same camp depicted in photograph HV973.110.23
For another photograph of these three soldiers in their comic act, see photograph HV973.110.35
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Sprott family property
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the land property of the Sprott family while the land is being cleared for building the "Dovecote" farmhouse. There is a wooden shack in the midground, and densely wooded area just behind. In the foreground, there are felled trees and stumps.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the land property of the Sprott family while the land is being cleared for building the "Dovecote" farmhouse. There is a wooden shack in the midground, and densely wooded area just behind. In the foreground, there are felled trees and stumps.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Accession Code
- HV978.1.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-08-01
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Staff at Kingsway West School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at Kingsway West School (originally named West Burnaby School) standing in front of the school building. The teachers are (from the left); Miss Brice, unidentified (at the back), Miss Annie Forrest, Miss Morrow (at the back), unidentified, Miss Gray (in profile) and Mr. Brow…
Staff at West Burnaby School
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1917]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later Kingsway West) School standing in a horseshoe formation at front steps of the school building. They are (from the left); unidentified, Miss Annie Theresa Forrest, Miss Morrow (with a trophy in her hands), unidentified (with a trophy in her hands), Miss…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later Kingsway West) School standing in a horseshoe formation at front steps of the school building. They are (from the left); unidentified, Miss Annie Theresa Forrest, Miss Morrow (with a trophy in her hands), unidentified (with a trophy in her hands), Miss Brice (with a trophy in her hands) and Miss Gray. Mr Brown is standing in the center at the back.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Personal Symbols - Trophies
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Brice, Miss
- Forrest, Annie Theresa
- Brown, Marie Cornelia Morrow
- Gray, Miss
- Brown, Mr
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.27
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1917]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Related Material
- For another photograph of the same image, see BV999.2.27
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Stand of trees
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-?] (date of original), copied [between 1975 and 1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.0 x 25.4 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a stand of coniferous trees in the snow. There is a fence in the foreground, and part of a building visible at the lower right corner.
Stone fountain in lake
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a small stone fountain spraying water in a pond laid with stones along the edges. There are swans and ducks in the pond, with trees and a part of a wooden building in the background. A note in the accession register speculates the location is Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Material Details
- The name "velox" is lightly printed on the back of the photo paper: thus, the photograph is printed on Kodak velox photo paper made in early 1900s for amateur photography.
- stamped on verso, "729"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a small stone fountain spraying water in a pond laid with stones along the edges. There are swans and ducks in the pond, with trees and a part of a wooden building in the background. A note in the accession register speculates the location is Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver.
- Subjects
- Fountains
- Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
- Animals - Fowl
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV985.5790.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1920]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-02
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Stride family subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900-1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs and government records pertaining to the Stride family of Burnaby, including a tax demand and the booklet version of by-law no. 509.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900-1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Stride family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs and government records pertaining to the Stride family of Burnaby, including a tax demand and the booklet version of by-law no. 509.
- History
- Eber Stride was born in Somerset England, one of three brothers, along with Albert and Sydney. Older brother Sydney came to Canada with Eber and Eber’s wife Mary in 1888 and settled in New Westminster. Both bricklayers by trade, Sydney soon began operating the brickyard at Queen’s Park.
Mary McKinnon was born in Dorset, England on October 1, 1857. Her father, Hugh McKinnon worked as a coast guard. Mary worked as a school teacher in Somerset for nine years before marrying Eber Stride on April 28, 1888 and relocating to Canada.
Eber and Mary were living at Royal Avenue in New Westminster when their first child Charles Edgar was born on February 24, 1890. Their second child, Edwin Hubert was born November 26, 1892.
In May of 1893 the family of four moved to Burnaby. Their third child, Marguerite "Margaret" Ella, was born in Burnaby on April 2, 1895. The Stride family owned and operated Stride and Son Florist Green houses located at their residence at 1749 Kingsway (later renumbered 7434 Kingsway).
Eber joined the municipal council a year after its incorporation and served for nineteen consecutive years; from 1894-1911 and again in 1913. Eber and Mary were life-long members of the St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Burnaby, dating back to the Churchs’ beginings. The Strides are considered Edmonds district pioneers.
The Stride children attended Westside School and later Royal City High School. Both sons worked for the family florist business after they left school. Edwin continued working there, applying for a chauffeur licence renewal in September of 1916 at the age of twenty-three. Edwin and Eber operated the business together for over 40 years.
Charles Edgar didn’t stay a florist long. Instead, he had a brief career building houses before travelling to San Francisco by bicycle with a friend to attend the World’s Fair. He continued on to Tijuana, Mexico before heading home to join the Reserves and head overseas. Once back in New Westminster, Charles Edgar opened a series of photographic studios along Columbia Street. His first studio was Universal Photographers, operating from 1918 to 1925. He opened Brighton Studios at 657 Columbia Street as well from 1924 to 1925. In 1926 he opened Stride Studios at 657 Columbia Street, which thrived until 1968 when an unfortunate fire in a neighbouring business destroyed most of his prints and negatives. In 1928 he bought Columbia Studio across the street at 624 Columbia Street and owned it anonymously until 1960. For thirty years, no one knew that he owned both businesses and was able to send disgruntled customers “across the street to the competition.”
Margaret Stride married and became Margaret Hokanson.
Mary Stride died September 24, 1933 at the age of 75. Eber died November 8, 1942 at the age of 84. Edwin died April 16, 1970 at the age of 77. Charles Edgar died February 29, 1972 at the age of 82.
Stride Avenue in Burnaby was named after Eber Stride.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Stride, Charles Edgar
- Stride, Eber
- Notes
- MSS004 and PC001
- Title based on contents of subseries
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Teaching staff at West Burnaby School
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School standing in front of the school building. The teachers are (from the left); Miss Annie Forrest, unidentified, Miss Brice (at the back) Miss Gray, unidentified, Miss Morrow (at the back) and Mr. Brown. Three young girls ar…
Teaching staff at West Burnaby School
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School teaching staff standing on the steps of the school building. The man is in a suit, and the women are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts down to their ankles. The woman standing third from the front is Miss Annie…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School teaching staff standing on the steps of the school building. The man is in a suit, and the women are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts down to their ankles. The woman standing third from the front is Miss Annie Forrest.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Forrest, Annie Theresa
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.45
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Related Material
- For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.44 and BV999.2.46.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.44 and BV999.2.46.
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Teaching staff at West Burnaby School
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 11 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) teaching staff standing on the steps of the school building. The five women are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts down to their ankles. The woman standing third from the front is Miss Annie Forrest.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 11 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) teaching staff standing on the steps of the school building. The five women are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts down to their ankles. The woman standing third from the front is Miss Annie Forrest.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Forrest, Annie Theresa
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.46
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Related Material
- For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.44 and BV999.2.45.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.44 and BV999.2.45.
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Teaching staff at West Burnaby School
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken in front of the stone foundation of the school building. The two men are in suits and the five women are in light coloured blouses with long dark skirts, or dresses tied high at the waist. The woman standing in the c…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken in front of the stone foundation of the school building. The two men are in suits and the five women are in light coloured blouses with long dark skirts, or dresses tied high at the waist. The woman standing in the centre is Miss Annie Forrest.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Forrest, Annie Theresa
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.48
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Related Material
- For another photograph of the same group of staff, see BV999.2.49
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Teaching staff at West Burnaby School
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken in front of the stone foundation of the school building. The two men are in suits and the five women are in light coloured blouses with long dark skirts, or dresses tied high at the waist. The woman standing third fr…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken in front of the stone foundation of the school building. The two men are in suits and the five women are in light coloured blouses with long dark skirts, or dresses tied high at the waist. The woman standing third from the left is Miss Annie Forrest.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Forrest, Annie Theresa
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.49
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Related Material
- For another photograph of the same group of staff, see BV999.2.48
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Teaching staff at West Burnaby School
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School teaching staff standing on the steps of the school building. The man is in a suit, and the women are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts down to their ankles. The woman standing third from the front is Miss Annie…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13 x 8 cm
- Material Details
- Pre-printed text on back reads: "Post Card", " "VICTOR" "/ "POSTAL", and "Stamp / Here".
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School teaching staff standing on the steps of the school building. The man is in a suit, and the women are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts down to their ankles. The woman standing third from the front is Miss Annie Forrest.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Forrest, Annie Theresa
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.44
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Related Material
- For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.45 and BV999.2.46.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.45 and BV999.2.46.
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Three babies
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified babies in a row, lying down or sitting up on blankets laid out on grass. There are pillows and toys near the babies. Visible in the background are windows on the side of a building.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, c. "14"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified babies in a row, lying down or sitting up on blankets laid out on grass. There are pillows and toys near the babies. Visible in the background are windows on the side of a building.
- Subjects
- Toys
- Persons - Children
- Accession Code
- BV985.5812.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Truss bridge
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1919]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men and a dog looking at the BS&W trestle constructed at Campbell River. There is a workman's crossing shown below the bridge, allowing workmen to cross from one side of the river to the other. Tom Irvine was involved in the building of the trusses for this bridge.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men and a dog looking at the BS&W trestle constructed at Campbell River. There is a workman's crossing shown below the bridge, allowing workmen to cross from one side of the river to the other. Tom Irvine was involved in the building of the trusses for this bridge.
- History
- Bloedel Stewart and Welch built a trestle over the Campbell River in Spring 1925. BS&W acquired a timber lease on the south side of the Campbell River in order to access operations at Sayward. This is now the site of the John Hart Hydro Dam.
- Subjects
- Structures - Bridges
- Animals - Dogs
- Accession Code
- HV975.33.3bc
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1919]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2/2/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)
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Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1908-1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968.
Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) wh…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968.
Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) while the shop was in operation at 1620 Government Street in the 1940s. Some of the records are written in English while a portion are written in Cantonese and haven't been translated. Most of the photographs document the content of the original shop at the time of aquistion in 1975. Some photographs of unidentified people may be related to the owner or proprietor of the shop. A collection of other photographs document various Chinese Canadian organizations that were in operation in Victoria.
Records are arranged into the following series:
1) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series
2) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series
- History
- The Chinese Herbalist shop "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" operated in Victoria, BC from about 1905 until [1968]. The meaning of "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" can be translated as "Collection, Life, Source, Alive, Shop" although many interpretations can be taken since each Chinese character can have several meanings. Contents of the shop were purchased by the Burnaby Village Museum in 1975 and reassembled as a permanent display in the Burnaby Village Museum.
The shop’s original owner was Ng Chee Fong who opened the shop ca.1905. In 1921, Ng returned to Hong Kong and sold the business to Lam Yuen and Wong Ying who were from Vancouver. Lam Yuen and Wong Ying employed Lum Chuck Yue to operate the shop. Lum Chuck Yue had formerly operated a small herbal counter in a Chinese apothecary store on the south side of Fisgard Street, Victoria.
In 1924 Lam Yuen and Wong Ying purchased Wah Sun & Co. from Lee S. Yew and Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. moved into the Wah Sun premises at 1620 Government Street in the Lee Block . The furnishings and fixtures of both stores were combined, with the more elaborate fixtures from WSYWK remaining as part of the public part of the shop and the plainer fixtures of Wah Sun moved into the workroom and basement. In the 1930s Lum Chuck Yue took over the business and became the proprietor. In about 1934, Tan Yi Tang purchased the business and the shop reopened as Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. following renovations with Lum Yew Jong as the shop's proprietor. Lum Yew Jong continued to operate the shop until his death in 1967 at the age of 68 years.
Following Lum’s death, the property and contents of the shop were purchased by Mr. J. Watson Marles, a local owner operator of an antique store at 1714 Government Street. The shop and contents went through a few more private owners including Rodney Pain before it was purchased by the Heritage Village Museum in 1975 with funds made available by the Vancouver Foundation and the Province of British Columbia. Contents of the original shop were reasembled in a reconstructed building as a permanent display on site at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Creator
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Accession Code
- HV975.5
- BV985.5331
- BV017.7
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1908-1975
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Architectural Drawing
- Related Material
- See also Artifacts under Accessions HV975.5; BV985.5331 and BV017.7
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
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West Burnaby Public School
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). There are thirty boys and nineteen girls sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building.
West Burnaby Public School
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1905 and 1911]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.8 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of a class at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). There are fifteen girls and nineteen boys sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.8 x 8.5 cm
- Material Details
- "WEST BURNABY PUBLIC SCHOOL" is stamped on the front of the photograph in red ink.
- Hand-written text in blue ink reads: "1911".
- Pre-printed text on back reads: "POST CARD", "MESSAGE", "ADDRESS" and "KBUXO / KBUXO / KBUXO / KBUXO / ONE CENT / STAMP / HERE".
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of a class at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). There are fifteen girls and nineteen boys sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building.
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV994.21.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [between 1905 and 1911]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-04-23
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
Less detail
West Burnaby School class
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School sitting and standing in three rows in front of the school building. Miss Annie Forrest is standing at the back near the centre.
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