Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content

Photograph of the land property of the Sprott family while the land is being cleared for building the "Dovecote" farmhouse. There is a wooden shack in the midground, and densely wooded area just behind. In the foreground, there are felled trees and stumps.

Subjects

Land Clearing

Accession Code

HV978.1.8

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Date

[190-](date of original), copied 1978

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2023-08-01

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1900-1926

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Stride family subseries

Physical Description

Textual records and photographs

Description Level

Subseries

Accession Number

BHS2007-04

Scope and Content

Subseries consists of photographs and government records pertaining to the Stride family of Burnaby, including a tax demand and the booklet version of by-law no. 509.

History

Eber Stride was born in Somerset England, one of three brothers, along with Albert and Sydney. Older brother Sydney came to Canada with Eber and Eber’s wife Mary in 1888 and settled in New Westminster. Both bricklayers by trade, Sydney soon began operating the brickyard at Queen’s Park. Mary McKinnon was born in Dorset, England on October 1, 1857. Her father, Hugh McKinnon worked as a coast guard. Mary worked as a school teacher in Somerset for nine years before marrying Eber Stride on April 28, 1888 and relocating to Canada. Eber and Mary were living at Royal Avenue in New Westminster when their first child Charles Edgar was born on February 24, 1890. Their second child, Edwin Hubert was born November 26, 1892. In May of 1893 the family of four moved to Burnaby. Their third child, Marguerite "Margaret" Ella, was born in Burnaby on April 2, 1895. The Stride family owned and operated Stride and Son Florist Green houses located at their residence at 1749 Kingsway (later renumbered 7434 Kingsway). Eber joined the municipal council a year after its incorporation and served for nineteen consecutive years; from 1894-1911 and again in 1913. Eber and Mary were life-long members of the St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Burnaby, dating back to the Churchs’ beginings. The Strides are considered Edmonds district pioneers. The Stride children attended Westside School and later Royal City High School. Both sons worked for the family florist business after they left school. Edwin continued working there, applying for a chauffeur licence renewal in September of 1916 at the age of twenty-three. Edwin and Eber operated the business together for over 40 years. Charles Edgar didn’t stay a florist long. Instead, he had a brief career building houses before travelling to San Francisco by bicycle with a friend to attend the World’s Fair. He continued on to Tijuana, Mexico before heading home to join the Reserves and head overseas. Once back in New Westminster, Charles Edgar opened a series of photographic studios along Columbia Street. His first studio was Universal Photographers, operating from 1918 to 1925. He opened Brighton Studios at 657 Columbia Street as well from 1924 to 1925. In 1926 he opened Stride Studios at 657 Columbia Street, which thrived until 1968 when an unfortunate fire in a neighbouring business destroyed most of his prints and negatives. In 1928 he bought Columbia Studio across the street at 624 Columbia Street and owned it anonymously until 1960. For thirty years, no one knew that he owned both businesses and was able to send disgruntled customers “across the street to the competition.” Margaret Stride married and became Margaret Hokanson. Mary Stride died September 24, 1933 at the age of 75. Eber died November 8, 1942 at the age of 84. Edwin died April 16, 1970 at the age of 77. Charles Edgar died February 29, 1972 at the age of 82. Stride Avenue in Burnaby was named after Eber Stride.

Media Type

Photograph

Textual Record

Creator

Stride, Charles Edgar

Stride, Eber

Notes

MSS004 and PC001

Title based on contents of subseries

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photographic postcard of West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School teaching staff standing on the steps of the school building. The man is in a suit, and the women are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts down to their ankles. The woman standing third from the front is Miss Annie Forrest.

Subjects

Occupations - Teachers

Names

Kingsway West School

Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access

Kingsway

Street Address

4800 Kingsway

Accession Code

BV999.2.45

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[between 1906 and 1910]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Related Material

For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.44 and BV999.2.46.

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

08-Jun-09

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.44 and BV999.2.46.

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 11 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photographic postcard of West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) teaching staff standing on the steps of the school building. The five women are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts down to their ankles. The woman standing third from the front is Miss Annie Forrest.

Subjects

Occupations - Teachers

Names

Kingsway West School

Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access

Kingsway

Street Address

4800 Kingsway

Accession Code

BV999.2.46

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[between 1906 and 1910]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Related Material

For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.44 and BV999.2.45.

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

08-Jun-09

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph.

For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.44 and BV999.2.45.

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken in front of the stone foundation of the school building. The two men are in suits and the five women are in light coloured blouses with long dark skirts, or dresses tied high at the waist. The woman standing in the centre is Miss Annie Forrest.

Subjects

Occupations - Teachers

Names

Kingsway West School

Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access

Kingsway

Street Address

4800 Kingsway

Accession Code

BV999.2.48

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[between 1906 and 1910]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Related Material

For another photograph of the same group of staff, see BV999.2.49

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

08-Jun-09

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken in front of the stone foundation of the school building. The two men are in suits and the five women are in light coloured blouses with long dark skirts, or dresses tied high at the waist. The woman standing third from the left is Miss Annie Forrest.

Subjects

Occupations - Teachers

Names

Kingsway West School

Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access

Kingsway

Street Address

4800 Kingsway

Accession Code

BV999.2.49

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[between 1906 and 1910]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Related Material

For another photograph of the same group of staff, see BV999.2.48

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

08-Jun-09

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13 x 8 cm

Material Details

Pre-printed text on back reads: "Post Card", " "VICTOR" "/ "POSTAL", and "Stamp / Here".

Scope and Content

Photographic postcard of West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School teaching staff standing on the steps of the school building. The man is in a suit, and the women are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts down to their ankles. The woman standing third from the front is Miss Annie Forrest.

Subjects

Occupations - Teachers

Names

Kingsway West School

Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access

Kingsway

Street Address

4800 Kingsway

Accession Code

BV999.2.44

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[between 1906 and 1910]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Related Material

For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.45 and BV999.2.46.

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph.

For additional copies of the same image, see BV999.2.45 and BV999.2.46.

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Description Level

Fonds

Physical Description

3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) while the shop was in operation at 1620 Government Street in the 1940s. Some of the records are written in English while a portion are written in Cantonese and haven't been translated. Most of the photographs document the content of the original shop at the time of aquistion in 1975. Some photographs of unidentified people may be related to the owner or proprietor of the shop. A collection of other photographs document various Chinese Canadian organizations that were in operation in Victoria. Records are arranged into the following series: 1) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series 2) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series

History

The Chinese Herbalist shop "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" operated in Victoria, BC from about 1905 until [1968]. The meaning of "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" can be translated as "Collection, Life, Source, Alive, Shop" although many interpretations can be taken since each Chinese character can have several meanings. Contents of the shop were purchased by the Burnaby Village Museum in 1975 and reassembled as a permanent display in the Burnaby Village Museum. The shop’s original owner was Ng Chee Fong who opened the shop ca.1905. In 1921, Ng returned to Hong Kong and sold the business to Lam Yuen and Wong Ying who were from Vancouver. Lam Yuen and Wong Ying employed Lum Chuck Yue to operate the shop. Lum Chuck Yue had formerly operated a small herbal counter in a Chinese apothecary store on the south side of Fisgard Street, Victoria. In 1924 Lam Yuen and Wong Ying purchased Wah Sun & Co. from Lee S. Yew and Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. moved into the Wah Sun premises at 1620 Government Street in the Lee Block . The furnishings and fixtures of both stores were combined, with the more elaborate fixtures from WSYWK remaining as part of the public part of the shop and the plainer fixtures of Wah Sun moved into the workroom and basement. In the 1930s Lum Chuck Yue took over the business and became the proprietor. In about 1934, Tan Yi Tang purchased the business and the shop reopened as Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. following renovations with Lum Yew Jong as the shop's proprietor. Lum Yew Jong continued to operate the shop until his death in 1967 at the age of 68 years. Following Lum’s death, the property and contents of the shop were purchased by Mr. J. Watson Marles, a local owner operator of an antique store at 1714 Government Street. The shop and contents went through a few more private owners including Rodney Pain before it was purchased by the Heritage Village Museum in 1975 with funds made available by the Vancouver Foundation and the Province of British Columbia. Contents of the original shop were reasembled in a reconstructed building as a permanent display on site at the Burnaby Village Museum.

Creator

Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company

Accession Code

HV975.5

BV985.5331

BV017.7

Access Restriction

Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

1908-1975

Media Type

Photograph

Textual Record

Cartographic Material

Architectural Drawing

Related Material

See also Artifacts under Accessions HV975.5; BV985.5331 and BV017.7

Notes

Title based on contents of fonds

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a class at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). There are thirty boys and nineteen girls sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building.

Names

Kingsway West School

Geographic Access

Kingsway

Street Address

4800 Kingsway

Accession Code

BV999.2.47

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[between 1900 and 1915]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

08-Jun-09

Scale

100

Photographer

Brown, William Thomas

Notes

Stamp on recto of photograph reads: " WEST BURNABY PUBLIC SCHOOL / W. BROWN. Photo."

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.8 x 8.5 cm

Material Details

"WEST BURNABY PUBLIC SCHOOL" is stamped on the front of the photograph in red ink.

Hand-written text in blue ink reads: "1911".

Pre-printed text on back reads: "POST CARD", "MESSAGE", "ADDRESS" and "KBUXO / KBUXO / KBUXO / KBUXO / ONE CENT / STAMP / HERE".

Scope and Content

Photographic postcard of a class at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). There are fifteen girls and nineteen boys sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building.

Names

Kingsway West School

Geographic Access

Kingsway

Street Address

4800 Kingsway

Accession Code

BV994.21.3

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[between 1905 and 1911]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph.

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1905]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Photographs subseries

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.4 x 17.0 cm mounted on 19.8 x 24.8 cm cardboard

Description Level

Item

Record No.

037-001

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No restrictions

Accession Number

BHS2007-04

Scope and Content

Photograph of William Whiting's agricultural display at New Westminster. Vegetables, fruit, grains and preserves are displayed inside a building. "W. Whiting" is spelled out at the base of the display. A sign reads "Third Prize."

Subjects

Agriculture - Crops

Exhibitions - Agricultural

Agriculture - Fruit and Berries

Media Type

Photograph

Photographer

Cornish, New Westminster, BC

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Annotation on back of photograph reads, "This exhibit was grown w. my garden at Burnaby Lake"

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