Photograph of Kingsway West School teaching staff outside on the school grounds. Back row, left to right: Mr. William D. Blair (principal), Miss M. Bloomfield, Miss Annie Theresa Forrest (much loved by generations of younger children in her Grade 1 class), Miss Edith Kay, Miss Daisy Bodley, Miss Be…
Photograph of Kingsway West School teaching staff outside on the school grounds. Back row, left to right: Mr. William D. Blair (principal), Miss M. Bloomfield, Miss Annie Theresa Forrest (much loved by generations of younger children in her Grade 1 class), Miss Edith Kay, Miss Daisy Bodley, Miss Bert Thompson, Mr. William Wallace (vice principal), Miss Morgan, Miss Grimwood, Miss Doris Scott, and Mr. George Sievers. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Cassie Roberts, Miss Dorothy Black, Miss Christine Goodman, and Miss Rose Mould. Margaret Gooding was absent.
Photograph of many men and women gathered for a summer school session in front of a large multi-storey brick and marble building with a large lawn and boardwalk in the foreground.
Photograph of many men and women gathered for a summer school session in front of a large multi-storey brick and marble building with a large lawn and boardwalk in the foreground.
1 photograph : 19.5 x 24.5 cm, mounted on card 21 x 27 cm
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Photograph of many men and women gathered for a summer school session in front of a large multi-storey brick and marble building with a large lawn and boardwalk in the foreground.
1 photograph : 19.5 x 24.5 cm, mounted on card 21 x 27 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of many men and women gathered for a summer school session in front of a large multi-storey brick and marble building with a large lawn and boardwalk in the foreground.
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.3 x 16 cm mounted on heavyweight drawing paper
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Photograph of Miss Black (top left corner) and her class standing on the stairs (in rows) at Kingsway West School (originally named West Burnaby School).
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.3 x 16 cm mounted on heavyweight drawing paper
Description Level
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Record No.
214-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-15
Scope and Content
Photograph of Miss Black (top left corner) and her class standing on the stairs (in rows) at Kingsway West School (originally named West Burnaby School).
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm mounted on heavyweight drawing paper
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Photograph of Miss Kay (top right corner) and her class standing on the stairs (in rows) at Kingsway West School (originally named West Burnaby School).
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm mounted on heavyweight drawing paper
Description Level
Item
Record No.
214-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-15
Scope and Content
Photograph of Miss Kay (top right corner) and her class standing on the stairs (in rows) at Kingsway West School (originally named West Burnaby School).
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm mounted on card 18 x 23 cm
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Photograph of Miss Scott's class taken on the steps of Vancouver Heights Public School. The students are standing in seven rows and Miss Scott is standing on the left at the end of the second row.
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm mounted on card 18 x 23 cm
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Photograph of Miss Scott's class taken on the steps of Vancouver Heights Public School. The students are standing in seven rows and Miss Scott is standing on the left at the end of the second row.
Note written in pencil on verso of card mount reads: "R. G. McManus/ 4257 Dundas St [top two lines crossed out]/ North Burnaby B.C" and "c/o Terry Lynn Callender/ TEACHER MISS SCOTT"
Note written in pen on verso of card mount reads: "AS OF FEB 28/85/ DAVID L. McMANUS/ [address follows]"
Embossed letters on the card mount reads: "W. F. McConnell/ VANCOUVER, B.C."
1 photograph : sepia ; 18.5 x 23.5 cm (sight) in mat 30 x 35 cm
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Photograph of the official opening of Seaforth School on Government Road at Piper Avenue. Teachers, students, parents and staff are all standing on the steps of the school as well as in a long row out front. Individuals have been identified as; (from top of stairs) the school's first teacher Mrs. P…
1 photograph : sepia ; 18.5 x 23.5 cm (sight) in mat 30 x 35 cm
Description Level
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Record No.
308-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-51
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Photograph of the official opening of Seaforth School on Government Road at Piper Avenue. Teachers, students, parents and staff are all standing on the steps of the school as well as in a long row out front. Individuals have been identified as; (from top of stairs) the school's first teacher Mrs. Postill, (next step, left to right) [unidentified], Evelyn Jenkins, (next step) Dorothy Pipe, Myrtle Jackson, (next step) [unidentified], (next step) Beulah Tobaert, [unidentified], [unidentified], (next step) Madaleine Tobaert, Stewart Pipe, Arthur Haddon, (next step) [unidentified], [unidentified], Gordon Haddon, Russell Pipe, (next step) Jimmie Haddon, Douglas Haddon, George Johnston. Seated on the bottom steps are; unidentified and Douglas Haddon. Standing on the ground to the right of the seated boys are; (back row) [unidentified], [looks to be Claude Hill], [unidentified]. Standing in front of them are Kathleen Pipe, [unidentified] and Jack Jenkins. Standing on the ground to the left of the staircase are all unidentified except for the woman wearing a hat who has been identified as Mrs. Haddon (Myrtle and Jimmie's mom).The school building was later moved to Burnaby Village Museum.
Photograph of Riverway West School, mixed class. Identified: (2nd row, far left) Bill Rorison; (4th row 6th from left) Kay Rorison; (2nd row, 6th from left) John Rorison; (4th row, 9th from left) Evelyn Rorison, and teacher (back), Mrs. Mary Kidd. The Rorisons were the children of William Rorison…
Photograph of Riverway West School, mixed class. Identified: (2nd row, far left) Bill Rorison; (4th row 6th from left) Kay Rorison; (2nd row, 6th from left) John Rorison; (4th row, 9th from left) Evelyn Rorison, and teacher (back), Mrs. Mary Kidd. The Rorisons were the children of William Rorison and Alma Rorison (nee Cropley) of 3907 River Road (later Marine Drive).
Photograph of Samuel Shepard, who moved to Burnaby in 1900 with his wife and from 1907 to 1931 he was the municipal clerk of Richmond. He also worked as a school teacher, and even as the Principal of the Craigflower school in Victoria.
Photograph of Samuel Shepard, who moved to Burnaby in 1900 with his wife and from 1907 to 1931 he was the municipal clerk of Richmond. He also worked as a school teacher, and even as the Principal of the Craigflower school in Victoria.
Page attached to verso of photograph gives a detailed account of his travel route on the Electric interurban tram to and from his job at the Municipal Hall
Photograph of Seaforth School parents, teacher, and students. Identified: (far left) Mrs. Jean Ker Haddon (mother); (2nd from right) Gordon Haddon. Teacher: Miss Postill (not identified). Taken at Seaforth school in 1922, the year it was built. The reprised schoolhouse was later relocated to Burna…
Photograph of Seaforth School parents, teacher, and students. Identified: (far left) Mrs. Jean Ker Haddon (mother); (2nd from right) Gordon Haddon. Teacher: Miss Postill (not identified). Taken at Seaforth school in 1922, the year it was built. The reprised schoolhouse was later relocated to Burnaby Village Museum.
Photograph of a Second Street School classroom. The students are seated at desks, and the teacher is standing behind them beside a chalkboard and a map.
Photograph of a Second Street School classroom. The students are seated at desks, and the teacher is standing behind them beside a chalkboard and a map.
Photograph of a Second Street School class taken outside of the school. Back row, left to right: Kenneth Wilson, Victor Spong, Gordon Ramsey, Murdoch McLeod, Keith Waite, Frank Trewern, Herbert Spong, and Charlie Trewern. Next row, left to right: Mina Fraser, Florence Wilson, Ethel Beamish, Eliza…
Photograph of a Second Street School class taken outside of the school. Back row, left to right: Kenneth Wilson, Victor Spong, Gordon Ramsey, Murdoch McLeod, Keith Waite, Frank Trewern, Herbert Spong, and Charlie Trewern. Next row, left to right: Mina Fraser, Florence Wilson, Ethel Beamish, Elizabeth Murray, Gladys Brown, Gwen Allman, Ethel Meade, Jean Campbell, Dorothy White, Masie Frost, and Doreen Burton. 2nd row from front, left to right: Madge Donald, Ilma Beamish, Annie McDonald, Edna Townsend, Jessie Murray, Frances Atkinson, Elizabeth Moody, Helen Sutherland, and Helen Spong. Front row, left to right: Leslie Roy, Harold Allman, Bernard Gosse, Stanley Owen, Ralph Stapely, Percey Bettles, Archie Card, Norman Swift, and Gilbert Bettles. The teacher, at back, is Miss Sutcliffe.
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm, mounted on card 18 x 24 cm
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Photograph of the Burnaby South High School Senior Girl's Grass Hockey team for the 1928-1929 school year. Thirteen girls in uniforms are standing in two rows in front of the school building, holding their hockey sticks. A woman in a fur trimmed coat is standing in the centre of the back row.
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm, mounted on card 18 x 24 cm
Material Details
Card mount has a decorative border
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Burnaby South High School Senior Girl's Grass Hockey team for the 1928-1929 school year. Thirteen girls in uniforms are standing in two rows in front of the school building, holding their hockey sticks. A woman in a fur trimmed coat is standing in the centre of the back row.
Note written in blue ball-point pen on recto of photograph reads: "Wonderful French Teacher from Sorbonne, Fr. / Burnaby South High School - Grass Hockey Sr. Team 1928-29"
This portion of the recording pertains to Jack Davy's description of teachers of Edmonds School, including stories from the Second Street annex. He finishes his speech.
This portion of the recording pertains to Jack Davy's description of teachers of Edmonds School, including stories from the Second Street annex. He finishes his speech.
Recording is of a speech given by John "Jack" Davy on November 8, 1972 to the Burnaby Historical Society on the subject of Edmonds School. Jack Davy is introduced by Dr. Blythe Eagles.
Biographical Notes
John “Jack” Davy was raised in New Westminster and his family and the Eagles' family were close friends, with the grandparents and parents getting together regularly to play cards. As a child, Jack delivered the Columbian newspaper.
Jack Davy worked for Burnaby schools for over fifty years; twenty-five of those years as principal at Edmonds Street School. During the depression, he worked as a principal of Kitchener Street School.
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Audio Tracks
Track three of recording of speech given by Jack Davy
Track three of recording of speech given by Jack Davy
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
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Photograph of the staff at Kingsway West School standing on the front steps of the school with trophies laid out on a table in front of them. Standing in a semi-circle (l to r) are; Miss Wells, Miss McDonald, Miss Simmonds, Miss Simpson, Mr. Brown, Mr. Black, Miss Forrest, Miss Gray, Miss Brice and…
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
Material Details
Card mount has a decorative border
Scope and Content
Photograph of the staff at Kingsway West School standing on the front steps of the school with trophies laid out on a table in front of them. Standing in a semi-circle (l to r) are; Miss Wells, Miss McDonald, Miss Simmonds, Miss Simpson, Mr. Brown, Mr. Black, Miss Forrest, Miss Gray, Miss Brice and Miss Morrow.
Note in pencil on recto of card mount reads: "1921"
Note in black ink on verso of card mount reads: "Kingsway W. Sept. 1921. Miss Wells, Miss Mc.Donald, Miss Simmonds, Miss Simpson, Mr. Brown, Mr. Black, Miss Forrest, Miss Gray, Miss Brice, Miss Morrow"