49 photographs (35 prints : b&w and col. and 14 negatives : b&w)
Scope and Content
Photographs of "the Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton and their properties, avaries, and pets. File also includes the couple's travel photographs, photograph's of Milton's antique clock and watch collection, and images of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
49 photographs (35 prints : b&w and col. and 14 negatives : b&w)
Description Level
File
Record No.
510-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
BHS1992-53
Scope and Content
Photographs of "the Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton and their properties, avaries, and pets. File also includes the couple's travel photographs, photograph's of Milton's antique clock and watch collection, and images of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
Stamp on verso of 510-001 reads: "Woodward's Advertising Photography"
Note on verso of 510-003 reads: "Taken at San Juan Capistrano. The minute you enter the place these pigeons light all over you and they sell you small bags of wheat to feed them." Other notes and date stamp on verso.
Note on verso of 510-010 reads: "Virgie + Sheila Joan (Easton) Mulliner / New Year's Eve / 1970-71"
510-008, 510-009, 510-011, 510-012: Date stamp on verso reads "Jan 12, 1962"
Note on verso of 510-022 reads: "My little Saw-Whet Owl who was one of my patients. Fully recovered and hand tame."
510-024 is five small photographs glued to a black paper album page
Handwritten notes on recto of 510-032, describing the clocks in the photograph.
Photograph of Lubbock's farm yard and riding stable. Three horses are tied to the paddock fence, partially tacked up. Another horse is still inside the paddock, and in the background three people are standing around a horse just outside one of the three barns visible on the property. In the foregou…
Photograph of Lubbock's farm yard and riding stable. Three horses are tied to the paddock fence, partially tacked up. Another horse is still inside the paddock, and in the background three people are standing around a horse just outside one of the three barns visible on the property. In the foregound, one dog is following another as they crawl under a car. Both the Burnaby Lake Riding Academy and the Burnaby Lake Saddle Club operated out of the Lubbock farm.
Photograph of the garage and shop at 6664 Deer Lake Avenue (formerly the F.J. Hart Estate "Avalon"; now Hart House). This photograph was taken prior to the City of Burnaby’s purchase of the home in 1979. The photograph shows a building with three roof peaks from across a grass lawn. A dog sits on t…
Photograph of the garage and shop at 6664 Deer Lake Avenue (formerly the F.J. Hart Estate "Avalon"; now Hart House). This photograph was taken prior to the City of Burnaby’s purchase of the home in 1979. The photograph shows a building with three roof peaks from across a grass lawn. A dog sits on the edge of the grass in front of the garage.
Photograph of Father Raymond de Coccola sitting with one arm around his sled dog, and the book "Ayorama" that he wrote about the life of the Eskimos of the Central Arctic. He spent 12 years among the Eskimos during the 1940s and 50s as an Oblate missionary.
Photograph of Father Raymond de Coccola sitting with one arm around his sled dog, and the book "Ayorama" that he wrote about the life of the Eskimos of the Central Arctic. He spent 12 years among the Eskimos during the 1940s and 50s as an Oblate missionary.
Photograph of John Reynolds smiling as he gets a kiss from a canine picketer; a St. Bernard named Heidi. Strikers Bruce Johnson and Union Local President Keith Sheedy (holding Heidi's leash) discussed the distillery dispute with their Member of Parliament for the Burnaby-Richmond-Delta riding John …
Photograph of John Reynolds smiling as he gets a kiss from a canine picketer; a St. Bernard named Heidi. Strikers Bruce Johnson and Union Local President Keith Sheedy (holding Heidi's leash) discussed the distillery dispute with their Member of Parliament for the Burnaby-Richmond-Delta riding John Reynolds.
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Canine picket Heidi, wearing a Please Don't Buy sign on her keg, welcomes MP John Reynolds. At left are Bruce Johnson and union local president Keith Sheedy. Mr. Reynolds discussed the distillery dispute with the strikers."
Photograph of Ray Loewen sitting on a couch in his living room with his wife Ann sitting beside him and his son, daughter, and the family dog sitting on the carpet in front of them. Each family member is looking at the family dog and smiling. Ray Loewen represented the provincial constituency of Bu…
Photograph of Ray Loewen sitting on a couch in his living room with his wife Ann sitting beside him and his son, daughter, and the family dog sitting on the carpet in front of them. Each family member is looking at the family dog and smiling. Ray Loewen represented the provincial constituency of Burnaby-Edmonds from 1975 to 1979, and was at one time listed as the 17th wealthiest person in Canada.
File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for a slideshow presentation about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the American coot, green-winged teal, bufflehead, heron, american bittern, barn swallow, barn owl, painted turtle,…
File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for a slideshow presentation about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the American coot, green-winged teal, bufflehead, heron, american bittern, barn swallow, barn owl, painted turtle, muskrat, Canadian goose, beaver, wood duck, bullrushes, yellow and white waterlilies, yellow iris, and loosestrife. Also included in the slideshow are photographs of the BC Wildlife rescue and fisherman working in the Brunette River.
File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for slideshow presentations about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the painted turtle, heron, American coot, coyote, barn owl, rainbow fry, Canadian goose, and beaver, as well as a v…
File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for slideshow presentations about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the painted turtle, heron, American coot, coyote, barn owl, rainbow fry, Canadian goose, and beaver, as well as a variety of scenic photographs of the Burnaby Lake shoreline with mountains and the Metrotown skyline in distance. Also included in file are photographs of people canoeing, kayaking, feeding geese, and participating in conservation activities including fencing trees and testing water levels. Photographs also depict the pipeline leading into Burnaby Lake, lake dredging equipment, and an oil slick.
This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the food sources on the farm including the garden, food animals, berry picking and bears. She also describes what her parents did after giving up the farm, opening sporting good stores on Hastings Street and then in North Vanco…
This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the food sources on the farm including the garden, food animals, berry picking and bears. She also describes what her parents did after giving up the farm, opening sporting good stores on Hastings Street and then in North Vancouver.
Recording is of an interview with Maureen Olofson conducted by Kathy Bossort. Maureen Olofson was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Maureen Olofson’s memories of growing up on her parent’s Burnaby Mountain mink ranch between 1942 and 1950 and about the operation of the farm. She also talks about her parents’ history, her teaching career, and her thoughts about the beauty and value of Burnaby Mountain’s natural area.
Biographical Notes
Maureen Olofson was born 1938 in Glote, Harjedalen, Sweden, to Axel (1906-1998) and Kerstin Margareta (1906-1980). Axel and Kerstin Olofson, who had separately immigrated to Canada in 1928 and 1913 respectively, married in Canada and then returned to Sweden where Maureen was born. They moved to Burnaby in 1942 with their daughters Maureen and Anita Lea, and bought land and a mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain with their partners Gus Skofteby and Karin Ericksson (Kerstin’s sister). The GAK Fur Farm, located in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on 4th Avenue near Curtis Street, was one of the largest mink ranches in BC, an award winning operation with over 1200 mink animals. In 1950 the partners sold the land and the Olofson family moved to rented homes on Sperling Avenue. In 1952 Axel sold the last of his minks and opened a sporting goods store on Hastings Street. In 1954 the family moved to North Vancouver where Axel Olofson reestablished his sports business. Maureen attended Sperling Avenue School from Gr. 1 to Gr. 8 and Burnaby North High School to Gr. 11, completing school in North Vancouver, before going to UBC where she trained as a teacher. She returned to Burnaby in 1977 to teach, retiring in 1997. She is a volunteer with the Swedish Canadian Rest Home Association and the Dania Homes Society. Maureen continues to enjoy activities on Burnaby Mountain and works toward preserving the natural beauty of the mountain.
Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
Photograph of the lake frontage at 6664 Deer Lake Avenue (formerly the F.J. Hart Estate "Avalon"; now Hart House). This photograph was taken prior to the City of Burnaby’s purchase of the home in 1979. Canada geese sit on a grassy lawn beneath trees on the edge of Deer Lake.
Photograph of the lake frontage at 6664 Deer Lake Avenue (formerly the F.J. Hart Estate "Avalon"; now Hart House). This photograph was taken prior to the City of Burnaby’s purchase of the home in 1979. Canada geese sit on a grassy lawn beneath trees on the edge of Deer Lake.
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a blue heron near the shore of Burnaby Lake - one of the more than 180 species of bird and animal life that have been identified in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
Description Level
Item
Record No.
556-480
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2013-13
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a blue heron near the shore of Burnaby Lake - one of the more than 180 species of bird and animal life that have been identified in the Burnaby Lake area.
Photograph of horses and riders as part of the Centennial celebration parade event "The Day We Joined - a Confederation Celebration 1871 - 1977" held at Empire Stadium, Vancouver.
Photograph of horses and riders as part of the Centennial celebration parade event "The Day We Joined - a Confederation Celebration 1871 - 1977" held at Empire Stadium, Vancouver.