Photograph of four men on stage in front of a microphone at what is identified by the caption as the "Central Park Garage Opening." Charles MacSorley is standing to the right, but the others are unknown.
Photograph of four men on stage in front of a microphone at what is identified by the caption as the "Central Park Garage Opening." Charles MacSorley is standing to the right, but the others are unknown.
Photograph of Burnaby May Day celebrations in Central Park. The May Queen is standing on a podium and a girl is seated holding a crown on a pillow at the top of the stairs. There is a woman standing beside a microphone, and children, including the May Queen's suite, are seen behind her. Printed at…
Photograph of Burnaby May Day celebrations in Central Park. The May Queen is standing on a podium and a girl is seated holding a crown on a pillow at the top of the stairs. There is a woman standing beside a microphone, and children, including the May Queen's suite, are seen behind her. Printed at the bottom of the photograph reads: "May Day Celebrations / Burnaby, B.C., May 26th, 1934 / Stride Studios Photo."
Photograph of Burnaby May Day celebrations. Two young women are seated on a stage platform, with a girl standing between them. Four men are standing on the stage (2nd from right: Constable Jeffery), and boys and girls can be seen at the sides of the photograph. There is a microphone on the right si…
Photograph of Burnaby May Day celebrations. Two young women are seated on a stage platform, with a girl standing between them. Four men are standing on the stage (2nd from right: Constable Jeffery), and boys and girls can be seen at the sides of the photograph. There is a microphone on the right side of the photograph.
Photograph of Columbian newspaper fashion columnist Lorraine Murison wearing a gown with a fur stole and high heel sandals as she speaks into a microphone. (According to newspaper articles that accompany this photograph, Lorriane's last name is sometimes spelt Muirson, and sometimes Murison).
Photograph of Columbian newspaper fashion columnist Lorraine Murison wearing a gown with a fur stole and high heel sandals as she speaks into a microphone. (According to newspaper articles that accompany this photograph, Lorriane's last name is sometimes spelt Muirson, and sometimes Murison).
Photograph of men and women square dancing at Edmonds House. Irene Hazard is visible in the forground calling out the dance formations with a microphone. This most likely the site of what is now Edmonds Centre.
Photograph of men and women square dancing at Edmonds House. Irene Hazard is visible in the forground calling out the dance formations with a microphone. This most likely the site of what is now Edmonds Centre.
Photograph of Peter Leung, a producer at CDIS, inside of a recording studio. He is seated behind a mixing board; a computer with a large CRT monitor is visible in the background.
Photograph of Peter Leung, a producer at CDIS, inside of a recording studio. He is seated behind a mixing board; a computer with a large CRT monitor is visible in the background.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Peter Leung, an in-house producer at CDIS works on the mixing board in the school's new Bruce Fairbairn Room, named after the renowned musician and rock music producer who died in May, 1999."
Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.
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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Track four of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Track four of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Photograph of Governor General Roland Michener admiring the printing press being operated by Jack Barclay at the opening of Heritage Village (renamed Burnaby Village Museum). Two unidentified men are standing to the left of the Governor General.
Photograph of Governor General Roland Michener admiring the printing press being operated by Jack Barclay at the opening of Heritage Village (renamed Burnaby Village Museum). Two unidentified men are standing to the left of the Governor General.
Photograph of Tony Antonias, the winner of the 2001 Bernie Legge Cultural Award, presented by the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce. He is leaning on an Olympia manual typewriter and holding autographed scripts toward the camera.
Photograph of Tony Antonias, the winner of the 2001 Bernie Legge Cultural Award, presented by the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce. He is leaning on an Olympia manual typewriter and holding autographed scripts toward the camera.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "The winner of this year's Bernie Legge Cultural Award, Tony Antonias, still types on the old Olympia manual typewriter he used to compose his famous Woodward's $1.49 Day jingle. He's holding autographed scripts he wrote to introduce such stars as Ben Heppner, John Kimura Parker and Kiri Tikanawa."
Photograph of George L. Donovan demonstrating the new L.C. Smith (later Smith-Corona) typewriter at the Vancouver Exhibition (later Pacific National Exhibition, PNE). He owned Vancouver Typewriters at 334 Seymour Street in Vancouver.
Photograph of George L. Donovan demonstrating the new L.C. Smith (later Smith-Corona) typewriter at the Vancouver Exhibition (later Pacific National Exhibition, PNE). He owned Vancouver Typewriters at 334 Seymour Street in Vancouver.
Photograph of a table filled with various household items including a manual typewriter and a manual slide projector at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor and young girl (most likely the vendor's daughter) are sitting behind the table.
Photograph of a table filled with various household items including a manual typewriter and a manual slide projector at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor and young girl (most likely the vendor's daughter) are sitting behind the table.
Photograph of Dean King, of Burnaby, sitting at a table with a desktop computer monitor and using a HAM radio during the annual Field Day event at Moody Park in New Westminster, during which radio clubs across North America test their emergency preparedness.
Photograph of Dean King, of Burnaby, sitting at a table with a desktop computer monitor and using a HAM radio during the annual Field Day event at Moody Park in New Westminster, during which radio clubs across North America test their emergency preparedness.
Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Dean King, of Burnaby, talks to fellow HAM radio operators around North America at the annual Field Day at Moody Park in New Westminster. The Field Day, hosted by amateur radio clubs from New West and Burnaby, connects radio clubs from around the continent to test their emergency preparedness. Last year, the operators at Moody Park made more than 2,000 contacts in 24 hours."
Photograph of Shawn Wagner, a sales associate at the Future Shop at Station Square, watching news coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks playing on the store's displays of televisions.
Photograph of Shawn Wagner, a sales associate at the Future Shop at Station Square, watching news coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks playing on the store's displays of televisions.
Collected by editorial for use in a September 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Shawn Wagner, a sales associate at the Future Shop at Station Square, pauses at the store's banks of tv monitors to catch up on the latest news from New York City."