1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a French Cathedral. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Item
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477-773
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a French Cathedral. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 9.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a French Cathedral. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 9.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-774
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a French Cathedral. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : sepia ; 6.2 x 9.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a French Cathedral. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : sepia ; 6.2 x 9.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-775
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a French Cathedral. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Photograph of parishioners leaving a service at Gordon Presbyterian Church, 7457 Edmonds Street. People are on the steps outside the church, and two automobiles can be seen.
Photograph of parishioners leaving a service at Gordon Presbyterian Church, 7457 Edmonds Street. People are on the steps outside the church, and two automobiles can be seen.
Photograph of parishioners leaving a service at Gordon Presbyterian Church, 7457 Edmonds Street. Men, women and children are seen on the steps and standing outside the church.
Photograph of parishioners leaving a service at Gordon Presbyterian Church, 7457 Edmonds Street. Men, women and children are seen on the steps and standing outside the church.
Photograph of parishioners leaving a service at Gordon Presbyterian Church, 7457 Edmonds Street. Men, women and children are walking down the steps of the church. The minister can be seen by the door of the church. A boy with a bicycle is on the left side of the photo. A sign reads, "Gordon Pre…
Photograph of parishioners leaving a service at Gordon Presbyterian Church, 7457 Edmonds Street. Men, women and children are walking down the steps of the church. The minister can be seen by the door of the church. A boy with a bicycle is on the left side of the photo. A sign reads, "Gordon Presbyterian Church / Minister Rev. L.D. Hankinson / Services: Morning 11 AM, Evening 7:30 PM / Sunday School 9:45 AM / Come Let Us Worship."
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "Gordon Presbyterian Church / Blocks 1-2 BK 7 DL 30 GP1 N.W.D.". Arbutus Street is identified to the north of Lots 1, 2, & 3 and Humphries Avenue to the east.
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Material Details
Scale 1 inch = 20 feet
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "Gordon Presbyterian Church / Blocks 1-2 BK 7 DL 30 GP1 N.W.D.". Arbutus Street is identified to the north of Lots 1, 2, & 3 and Humphries Avenue to the east.
Note in pencil on verso reads: "Gordon Presbyterian Church / Blocks 1-2 BK 7 DL 30 / Scale 1 inch = 20 feet" "Total area Lot 1 / Portion exempted / Total area Lot 2 / Portion exempted"
This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's memories of the church events that took place during the depression (community effort). He discusses how the people of East Burnaby survived the depression and also discusses the water problem that occurred in New Westminster in 1921.
This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's memories of the church events that took place during the depression (community effort). He discusses how the people of East Burnaby survived the depression and also discusses the water problem that occurred in New Westminster in 1921.
Recording is of an interview with John Burton conducted by Jim Wolf on March 4, 1987 in New Westminster. Major themes include New Westminster businesses and his grandfather's newspaper.
Biographical Notes
John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930.
While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school.
John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter.
When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
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.
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Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with John Burton by Jim Wolf
Track three of interview with John Burton by Jim Wolf
Photograph of 4015 Triumph Street, Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church at the corner of MacDonald Avenue and Triumph Street, with people playing tennis in the adjoining tennis court. The Hall's basement was used by overcrowded Gilmore School for classes and was also used for first Burnaby North h…
Photograph of 4015 Triumph Street, Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church at the corner of MacDonald Avenue and Triumph Street, with people playing tennis in the adjoining tennis court. The Hall's basement was used by overcrowded Gilmore School for classes and was also used for first Burnaby North high school classes before Burnaby North High School was built. It later became the Zenith Masonic Hall.
Photograph of Reba, a basset hound, and Randolf Bruce, the minister at All Saints Anglican Church, posing together on a lawn with the church partially visible in the background.
Photograph of Reba, a basset hound, and Randolf Bruce, the minister at All Saints Anglican Church, posing together on a lawn with the church partially visible in the background.
Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Randolf Bruce, the minister at All Saints Anglican Church, tries, in vain, to get the attention of Reba, the Bassett Hound. The church is hosting a special blessing for pets and their owners on Sunday."