Photograph of eleven men gathered together in two rows in front of a harbour. The men are the prize winners at the Vancouver Branch Annual Salmon Derby, which is likely a company event for Dominion Bridge Company. Standing in the back row are: Production Manager D. Patterson, unidentified guest, P…
Photograph of eleven men gathered together in two rows in front of a harbour. The men are the prize winners at the Vancouver Branch Annual Salmon Derby, which is likely a company event for Dominion Bridge Company. Standing in the back row are: Production Manager D. Patterson, unidentified guest, Plateshop worker Rick Ellis, Trophy Winner H. Preston from D.O., Steel Service Centre worker Ralph Carr and Dave Maw from Sales. Crouching in the front row are: General Foreman G. Sutherland, J. Price from D.O., Rebar worker S. Senkew, D. Quero from D.O. and Sales Manager W. Stobbart.
Written on recto of original photograph's card mount: "PRIZE WINNERS VANCOUVER BRANCH ANNUAL SALMON DERBY D. Patterson (Production Mgr.) Guest Rick Ellis (Plateshop) H. Preston (D. O.) Trophy Winner Ralph Carr (Steel Serv. Centre) Dave Maw (Sales) G. Sutherland (Gen. Foreman) J. Price (D. O.) S. Senkew (Rebar) D. Quero/(D. O.) W. Stobbart (Sales Mgr.) / "[sideways] - 3 -"
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "D.C.P."
Photograph of Ernie Carpenter clearing a lot at 3336 Beresford Street (later renumbered 5268 Beresford Street) near Royal Oak Avenue. Mr. Carpenter built a house here, and then cultivated an English garden and prize-winning onions and flowers.
Photograph of Ernie Carpenter clearing a lot at 3336 Beresford Street (later renumbered 5268 Beresford Street) near Royal Oak Avenue. Mr. Carpenter built a house here, and then cultivated an English garden and prize-winning onions and flowers.
File consists of various miscellaneous papers including a map of Jasper National Park published in 1941, a Pacific National Exhibition prize list from 1968, a price list of acreage for sale in Burnaby (unknown date) and notebook filled with Rose Bancroft's notations appearing to pertain to ships do…
File consists of various miscellaneous papers including a map of Jasper National Park published in 1941, a Pacific National Exhibition prize list from 1968, a price list of acreage for sale in Burnaby (unknown date) and notebook filled with Rose Bancroft's notations appearing to pertain to ships docking in Vancouver. Inside the notebook are a number of newspaper clippings as well as a member card for Local 38-52 (Vancouver) of the International Longshoreman Association (ILA) Auxiliary.
Subseries consists of photographs and textual records collected by Gwen Pitman. Photographs depict the Pitman family and the Phillips-Hoyt Lumber Company horse team, truck, office and sled and the Patterson Avenue Station.
Subseries consists of photographs and textual records collected by Gwen Pitman. Photographs depict the Pitman family and the Phillips-Hoyt Lumber Company horse team, truck, office and sled and the Patterson Avenue Station.
History
Ernest Pitman owned a men’s furnishings store in Weston-super-Mare, England. He and Mary Jane “Jean” Gill were married in Cardiff, Wales and their children Clifford, Dorothy, Marjorie and Gwendolyn were all born in Weston-super-Mare, England. Ernest was the brother-in-law of Willard H. Hoyt of Phillips-Hoyt Lumber Company on McKay Avenue.
The family of six came to Canada in 1912 and settled in Burnaby in 1914. Ernest Pitman had to clear the lot at 2766 Cassie Avenue of tree stumps before Mr. Mansell could build their wooden four room house. The family moved to Victoria in 1920, renting out the house on Cassie Avenue, and returning to it in 1922. The Pitman children attended Kingsway West School and Burnaby South High School.
Ernest Pitman bought a dry goods store near the corner of McKay and Kingsway and renamed it McKay Dry Goods Store in 1926. He expanded the store when Lloyd’s Studio closed to include a post-office, ladies and menswear, children and babywear. His older children, Dorothy and Gwen, were the first employees, working at the store after school and on Saturdays. Clifford and Marge also served through the years. McKay Dry Goods closed in the late 1950s but the structure still stands.
Ernest Pitman opened his second shop, Jubilee Dry Goods and Men’s Furnishings, in 1930 in the area then known as Shacktown. In 1935, he expanded the store to include the old Wray shoe store and post office. Jubilee was first managed by Dorothy, but when she married Dave Howat Gwen took over as manageress. In 1961, Gwen Pitman won the Show Window Contest in the small retail outlets category, receiving a $100 prize from the Burnaby Chamber of Commerce. She continued to run the store until she closed it for the last time in 1971 and retired.
The other children also lived their adult lives in Burnaby: Clifford Pitman and his wife raised two boys on Rumble Street and Marjorie Pitman Everett and her husband raised three children in the Grange-Willingdon area.
Photograph of the onion patch at the Carpenter family home at 3336 Beresford Street (later renumbered 5268 Beresford Street) near Royal Oak Avenue. Mr. Carpenter raised other vegetables and won many prizes at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE).
Photograph of the onion patch at the Carpenter family home at 3336 Beresford Street (later renumbered 5268 Beresford Street) near Royal Oak Avenue. Mr. Carpenter raised other vegetables and won many prizes at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE).