Oakalla Prison
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1912
- Heritage Value
- The Oakalla Prison Farm opened in 1912 and was hailed as the most modern facility of its kind. Initially designed to hold 150 men and 50 women, by the 1950s, the population was well over 1000. A working farm, the prison had its own dairy, vegetable gardens and livestock. From the beginning, the location of Oakalla on 185 acres of scenic land next to Burnaby's Deer Lake was the source of contention with residents petitioning the government to relocate the prison and by 1979 it was decided to close the farm and 64 acres of land were transferred to Burnaby for inclusion on the Deer Lake Park. In 1991, Oakalla closed forever and the buildings were demolished to make way for a new residential housing development and an expansion of the park.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
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All Saints Anglican Church and Parish Hall
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.8 x 13.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of two buildings identified as All Saints Anglican Church and Parish Hall. There are two men in work clothes (cover-alls) standing in between the two buildings. There is a ladder going up to the roof of one building.
Bertha McLaren with her daughter Bessie
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1913] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bertha (Vallie) McLaren sitting on the grass, holding her daughter Bessie McLaren (later Taylor) at her side. This photograph was taken in the backyard of the family home at 3079 Royal Oak Avenue (later renumbered 6362 Royal Oak Avenue), South Burnaby.
Bezanson family home
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Bezanson family home (of Albert and Margaret Bezanson), 1407 Royal Oak Avenue and Portland Street (later renumbered 7883 Royal Oak Avenue). To the left is the Ericksons' family home; Mr. and Mrs. Erickson were Margaret Bezanson's parents. Note the gravelled Royal Oak Road.
Harry and Hannah Sellers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harry Sellers and wife Hannah Sellers, with other family members. They rented this house at Imperial Street and Royal Oak for $10.00 per month after being married. Rent was raised to $12.00 during the next six years. They moved into their own home in 1923.
Joe Davis at his store
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Joseph "Joe" Davis and three women standing outside his Fruit and Confectionary store on Royal Oak Avenue located adjacent to the Royal Oak station on the Central Park Interurban tram line.
Alfred Henry England
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1915] (date of original) , copied 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary England fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alfred Henry England (husband of Mary England) walking home from work. He is walking along a boardwalk on Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary England fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alfred Henry England (husband of Mary England) walking home from work. He is walking along a boardwalk on Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby.
- Names
- England, Alfred Henry
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV020.9.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1915] (date of original) , copied 2020
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 12-Feb-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Andrew Johnson house and surrounding property
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1913]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w panorama ; 13.5 x 34.5 cm mounted on mattboard 20 x 38 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Andrew M. Johnson house "Glenedward" and surrounding property at Kingsway and Royal Oak Avenue. Andrew Johnson built the house around 1911, then occupied the residence until his death in 1934. His wife sold the property in 1943, after which, the place operated as a funeral home un…
Brown family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard 8 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of Ed Brown and his wife Jennie Birtch Brown with daughters Hazel and Inez in a horse-drawn wagon in front of their home.
Brown family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ed Brown Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w jpg.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Brown family standing in front of a large tree. Identified are Ed Brown (next to horse) with his wife Jennie and one of their children (in a baby carriage).The man to the left is unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ed Brown Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w jpg.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 298-013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2008-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Brown family standing in front of a large tree. Identified are Ed Brown (next to horse) with his wife Jennie and one of their children (in a baby carriage).The man to the left is unknown.
- Subjects
- Plants - Trees
- Animals - Horses
- Names
- Brown, Jennie Birtch
- Brown, Ed
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
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Ed Brown and family beside his truck
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ed Brown Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 jpg. : sepia
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ed Brown family standing in front of one of Ed's first trucks.
Ed Brown family home
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ed Brown Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 jpg. : sepia
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ed Brown family home. This was the first home of Ed and Jennie Brown on Royal Oak Avenue and was built by Ed. Ed can be seen sitting in the wagon with two of his daughters, Hazel and Inez, while Jennie is on the verandah. The other men in the photograph are unidentified.
Kingsway
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1914]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 15.8 x 21.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a paved street lined on both sides with curbs and electric poles. There appears to be a car in the distance, as well as an idustrial building on the right-hand side of the road. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 conjectures that the street is Kingsway, probably in Burnaby, between…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 15.8 x 21.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a paved street lined on both sides with curbs and electric poles. There appears to be a car in the distance, as well as an idustrial building on the right-hand side of the road. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 conjectures that the street is Kingsway, probably in Burnaby, between Sperling Avenue and Royal Oak, looking South, and that the building is possibly the Macadam making plant for the company which paved Kingsway.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Sperling Avenue
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV972.11.22
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1914]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 14/8/2006
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative
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Neville Street by Royal Oak
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.8 x 13.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of Neville Street just off Royal Oak Avenue. The street is a dirt road lined with residential buildings on one side and eletric power poles on the other side. The Holdsworth house is seen being constructed on the left. There is scaffolding on the side of the building and a cle…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.8 x 13.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of Neville Street just off Royal Oak Avenue. The street is a dirt road lined with residential buildings on one side and eletric power poles on the other side. The Holdsworth house is seen being constructed on the left. There is scaffolding on the side of the building and a cleared lot beside the house. here are variant spellings of "Holdsworth" used in the notes in the accession file. They are "Houldsworth" and "Hallsworth." The 1937 British Columbia directory lists a Fred Houldsworth at 3345 Neville Street, Burnaby. The address was later renumbered 5249 Neville Street. An annotation on the back of the postcard reads: "Nevil [sic] Street - 1912 - Just off Royal Oak."
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Geographic Access
- Neville Street
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV980.12.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1912
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-09-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Royal Oak Hotel
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1911]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the Royal Oak Hotel at Kingsway and Royal Oak (3501 Kingsway, old street numbering). Three men (who have been identified by a note on the back of the card as Andrew Johnson, T.C. Hicks and W. Hicks) can be seen standing at the front steps of the hotel while a Burnaby Police…