Photograph of the exterior of the Glenburn Telephone Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Glenburn Automatic Exchange at Delta and Parker streets. To be cutover in March, 1959. / B.C. Telephone Company."
Photograph of the exterior of the Glenburn Telephone Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Glenburn Automatic Exchange at Delta and Parker streets. To be cutover in March, 1959. / B.C. Telephone Company."
Photograph of the Lower mainland's "new freeway" in Burnaby. This was taken along the Trans Canada Highway with the Willingdon exit off to the south and the Grandview Highway off to the west.
Photograph of the Lower mainland's "new freeway" in Burnaby. This was taken along the Trans Canada Highway with the Willingdon exit off to the south and the Grandview Highway off to the west.
This portion of the recording pertains to Chiyoko "Chic" (Haya) Tanaka's memories of her former neighbourhood. Chic shares a photograph of her wedding, and goes on to describe her neighbours. She also mentions changes that have occurred in the neighbourhood since then. Chic also touches on the nine…
This portion of the recording pertains to Chiyoko "Chic" (Haya) Tanaka's memories of her former neighbourhood. Chic shares a photograph of her wedding, and goes on to describe her neighbours. She also mentions changes that have occurred in the neighbourhood since then. Chic also touches on the nineteen-sixties; by mentioning her brother going in to see Elvis Presley and describing the clothes she wore in that era.
Date Range
1959-2012
Photo Info
Chiyoko (Haya) Tanaka on her wedding day, surrounded by friends and family, 1959. Item no. 549-075.
Length
0:09:47
Interviewer
Damer, Eric
Interview Date
November 20, 2012
Scope and Content
Recording is an interview with Chiyoko "Chic" (Haya) Tanaka conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 20, 2012. Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre Assistant Archivist Linda Reid lends her support to the interview. Major theme discussed: recreational activities.
Biographical Notes
Chiyoko “Chic” Haya (later Tanaka) moved to Burnaby with her parents in 1957. Although born in Steveston, Richmond, Chic had been removed from the coast with her family during the internment of Japanese-Canadians in 1942. After three years at a logging camp near Taylor Lake, BC, the family moved first to Forest Grove and then to the Great Northern Cannery in West Vancouver. With a loan from the owner of the cannery, Chic's father purchased several adjacent lots in Burnaby near Willingdon and Canada Way and moved his family to a new house soon after. Chic worked in Vancouver at the Bank of Montreal and married in 1959. She and her husband bought one of her father’s lots and moved next door.
Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
Item is a notebook filed with financial records pertaining to the South Burnaby Garden Club. Included in the notebook is correspondence( from the Royal Bank of Canada) interspersed between the pages.
Item is a notebook filed with financial records pertaining to the South Burnaby Garden Club. Included in the notebook is correspondence( from the Royal Bank of Canada) interspersed between the pages.
Photograph of Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and president of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association, T. Boyd Haskell (centre) with two unidientified people. Haskell is dressed as a British soldier with a three cornered hat and holding a document while an unidentified man and woman look at t…
Photograph of Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and president of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association, T. Boyd Haskell (centre) with two unidientified people. Haskell is dressed as a British soldier with a three cornered hat and holding a document while an unidentified man and woman look at the document from either side of him. The woman on the right is wearing a jacket with a crest which reads " Visitor / Convention / Bureau / Greater / Vancouver". Unidentified people could be members of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association.
Photograph of Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and president of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association, T. Boyd Haskell (left) standing with Stan Leonard, Canada's top professional golfer in 1959. The pair are holding a document between them. In October 1959, Stan Leonard earned the distinctio…
Photograph of Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and president of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association, T. Boyd Haskell (left) standing with Stan Leonard, Canada's top professional golfer in 1959. The pair are holding a document between them. In October 1959, Stan Leonard earned the distinction as Greater Vancouver's Tourist Ambassador by the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association. Tourist Association president, Haskell read the citation at a luncheon in the Vancouver Hotel.
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch speaking to school children in a classroom during a political trip, likely associated with the Sixth Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, held in Canberra, Australia. Winch was a representative of Canada in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch speaking to school children in a classroom during a political trip, likely associated with the Sixth Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, held in Canberra, Australia. Winch was a representative of Canada in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).
Item is a photograph of delegates at the Sixth Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, held in Canberra, Australia. Harold Winch was a representative of Canada in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).
Item is a photograph of delegates at the Sixth Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, held in Canberra, Australia. Harold Winch was a representative of Canada in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).
Item is a photograph of a group of delegates, likely at the Sixth Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, held in Canberra, Australia. Harold Winch, fourth from left, was a representative of Canada in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).
Item is a photograph of a group of delegates, likely at the Sixth Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, held in Canberra, Australia. Harold Winch, fourth from left, was a representative of Canada in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).
Photograph of a group of six women posed together outside on benches. Four of the women are dressed in Girl Guide uniforms. Some of the women are identified as; Nancy Harrower (middle of the back row) and Mrs Beanchies, Beth Hill and Doris Stafford in the front row.
Photograph of a group of six women posed together outside on benches. Four of the women are dressed in Girl Guide uniforms. Some of the women are identified as; Nancy Harrower (middle of the back row) and Mrs Beanchies, Beth Hill and Doris Stafford in the front row.
Loose photographs and slides arranged by Kathryn Raadsheer nee Hardy.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue pencil on verso of photograph reads: "K._Hardy / Backow: / 1_2_Nancy Harrower_3_/ Frontrow: / Mrs_ Beanchies,_Beth_Hill, / Doris_Stafford"
Photograph of the first company of the 42nd Burnaby Girl Guide Company. The guides are gathered together in a wooded clearing with trees behind them (could be Burnaby Mountain). Most guides are unidentified except for Captain Mrs. M. Kozak and Lieut. Mrs. I. Kaill.
Hand-written text in blue ink on back of photograph reads: "1959 1st 42nd Co / Capt Mrs M. Kozak / Lieut Mrs I Kaill".
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first company of the 42nd Burnaby Girl Guide Company. The guides are gathered together in a wooded clearing with trees behind them (could be Burnaby Mountain). Most guides are unidentified except for Captain Mrs. M. Kozak and Lieut. Mrs. I. Kaill.
Photograph of Kathyrn Raadsheer (nee Hardy) with a group of unidentified people (could be members of her family) outside a house/cabin. Kathyrn "Kathy" Hardy is pictured at centre with her hands on the head and shoulders of a young boy.
Photograph of Kathyrn Raadsheer (nee Hardy) with a group of unidentified people (could be members of her family) outside a house/cabin. Kathyrn "Kathy" Hardy is pictured at centre with her hands on the head and shoulders of a young boy.
Photograph of four unidentified women, standing in front of the Valley Bakery shops, in uniform including blue aprons.
History
Valley Bakery was started in Burnaby in 1957 by Gerardus "George" Jacobus Kuyer. George started as an apprentice baker in Holland at age 13 and came from the Netherlands to Canada in 1954. He originally opened Valley Bakery at 4059 Hastings Street, near Gilmore Avenue. The bakery later moved to four other premises over the years, before opening at the present location at 4058 East Hastings Street. Valley Bakery brought European baking to the Burnaby area.
Son Jack Kuyer bought the bakery from his father in 1979. Jack was an early adopter of using computers to track inventory in the bakery. As a strong community advocate, Jack was one of a few business owners that worked to halt a Department of Highways plan to rid Hastings Street of all street level parking. He was also integral in launching Hats Off Day, a festival designed for local merchants to show their appreciation for their customers. As of 2019, Hats Off Day is Burnaby's largest street festival. In 2015, the Burnaby Board of Trade inducted Valley Bakery into the Burnaby Business Excellence Awards Hall of Fame. The bakery has been in business for over 60 years as of 2019.
Photograph of a crowd gathering for Princess Margaret's visit to Burnaby in June of 1958. The photograph is taken outside the municipal hall located on Grandview Highway ( later, Canada Way) which can be seen on the left. There are several people gathered on the road along with people riding horses…
Photograph of a crowd gathering for Princess Margaret's visit to Burnaby in June of 1958. The photograph is taken outside the municipal hall located on Grandview Highway ( later, Canada Way) which can be seen on the left. There are several people gathered on the road along with people riding horses. The north shore mountains can be seen in the distance.
Photograph of a automobiles, horses and a horse drawn carriage gathering for Princess Margaret's visit to Burnaby in June of 1958. The photograph is taken on the roads outside the municipal hall located on Grandview Highway ( later, Canada Way). Deer Lake park can be seen in the background.
Photograph of a automobiles, horses and a horse drawn carriage gathering for Princess Margaret's visit to Burnaby in June of 1958. The photograph is taken on the roads outside the municipal hall located on Grandview Highway ( later, Canada Way). Deer Lake park can be seen in the background.
Photograph of a crowd gathering for Princess Margaret's visit to Burnaby in June of 1958. The photograph is taken outside the municipal hall located on Grandview Highway ( later, Canada Way). There are several people gathered on the road along with people riding horses. The north shore mountains ca…
Photograph of a crowd gathering for Princess Margaret's visit to Burnaby in June of 1958. The photograph is taken outside the municipal hall located on Grandview Highway ( later, Canada Way). There are several people gathered on the road along with people riding horses. The north shore mountains can be seen in the distance.
Photograph of vehicles and a horse drawn covered wagon gathering for Princess Margaret's visit to Burnaby in June of 1958. The photograph is taken outside the municipal hall located on Grandview Highway (later, Canada Way). Deer Lake Park can be seen in the background.
Photograph of vehicles and a horse drawn covered wagon gathering for Princess Margaret's visit to Burnaby in June of 1958. The photograph is taken outside the municipal hall located on Grandview Highway (later, Canada Way). Deer Lake Park can be seen in the background.