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".
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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 members of 4th Guide Company standing in front of a sign which reads "Welcome / 50th Anniversary / 4th Guide Company". Guiders in back row are identified from L to R as: Mrs. Dumka (Lt.), Mrs. Florence Underhill (Div. Comm.), Mrs. Kent (Dist. Comm), Mrs. Vivian E.S. Henderson (Area Co…
Photograph of members of 4th Guide Company standing in front of a sign which reads "Welcome / 50th Anniversary / 4th Guide Company". Guiders in back row are identified from L to R as: Mrs. Dumka (Lt.), Mrs. Florence Underhill (Div. Comm.), Mrs. Kent (Dist. Comm), Mrs. Vivian E.S. Henderson (Area Comm.); Front row L to R: Mrs. Alice Thomas (Ellett), Mrs. Meta-Fay Miskell (Peden), Miss May Kelly, Miss Bessie Kelly, Mrs. Bristow (original guide captain).
Photograph of members of 4th Guide Company standing in front of a sign which reads "Welcome / 50th Anniversary / 4th Guide Company". Guiders are identified as: Center--Mrs. Bristow (original guide captain). L to R: Miss Bessie Kelly, Mrs. Meta-Fay Miskell (Peden), Miss May Kelly, Mrs. Alice Thomas…
Photograph of members of 4th Guide Company standing in front of a sign which reads "Welcome / 50th Anniversary / 4th Guide Company". Guiders are identified as: Center--Mrs. Bristow (original guide captain). L to R: Miss Bessie Kelly, Mrs. Meta-Fay Miskell (Peden), Miss May Kelly, Mrs. Alice Thomas (Ellett). "These Ladies were guides with the original company".
Photograph of members of 4th Guide Company standing with a cake which reads "50th Anniversary / 4th Burnaby Royal Guide Company". Guiders are identified L to R Miss Jean Simmons, Mrs. Dorothy Bristow (original guide leader), Mrs. Ann Kent.
Photograph of members of 4th Guide Company standing with a cake which reads "50th Anniversary / 4th Burnaby Royal Guide Company". Guiders are identified L to R Miss Jean Simmons, Mrs. Dorothy Bristow (original guide leader), Mrs. Ann Kent.
File consists of a scrapbook with a handpainted wood cover titled "50th Anniversary / G.G.C". The scrapbook documents events and ceremonies of the 4th Guide Company with the first half of the scrapbook containing photographs and documents regarding the 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides which was cele…
File consists of a scrapbook with a handpainted wood cover titled "50th Anniversary / G.G.C". The scrapbook documents events and ceremonies of the 4th Guide Company with the first half of the scrapbook containing photographs and documents regarding the 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides which was celebrated at St. Nicholas Church in 1960 while the second half documents earlier events from 1926, as well as other events in the 1960s such as; "Year of the Golden Jubilee", a parade in North Burnaby as well as Thinking Day 1976-1978, banquets, a disco contest, camping on Hollyburn mountain and a visit to Victoria in 1979. On November 3rd, 1926 the company was registered as the 5th Burnaby Guide company, in 1951 the number was changed to the 4th Vancouver Guide Company and in 1956 the number was changed to the 4th Burnaby Company.
File consists of a Burnaby Courier three page newspaper article titled "A Salute to the 50th Anniversary / of the Burnaby Girl Guide Movement". Page two of the article consists of a full page with the heading "Enthusiastic, hard-working, dedicated... BURNABY'S GIRL GUIDE LEADERS" . A photocopy is …
Label at pasted at the top of the page within the scrapbook reads: "SALUTE TO GUIDERS_1964 / 50TH ANNIVERSARY BURNABY GUIDES"
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File consists of a Burnaby Courier three page newspaper article titled "A Salute to the 50th Anniversary / of the Burnaby Girl Guide Movement". Page two of the article consists of a full page with the heading "Enthusiastic, hard-working, dedicated... BURNABY'S GIRL GUIDE LEADERS" . A photocopy is also included in the file identifying Girl Guide leaders on the bottom half of the page. Girl Guide leaders are identified as: Eleanor Ross, Gwen Dawson, Florence Underhill, Mary Vallencourt, Win Critchley, Vera Hovey, Joselyn Foster, Elenor ?, Vera Armstrong, Barbara Edmonsen, Betty Bremner, June Dare, Janet Wright, Kay Smyllie, Audrey Park, Eileen (Periton) Du Pontier, Mary Montemurro, Velma Cowan, Jackie Winstanley, ? Bastien, Marion Konings, Marjorie Ryan, Florence Grout, Evey Puppyn, Bertha Fisher, Marion Sparrow, Marg Nelson, Helen Taylor, Donna Ledan, Marion Hollingshead, Dorothy Trewin, Norah Daniel, Anne Marie Jorgensen, Doreen Johnstone, Lois Zimmerman, Beth Hill and ? Schootman.
1 scrapbook (77 photographs + textual records + ephemera)
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File consists of a ninety-three page scrapbook containing photographs, original artwork, newspaper clippings and memorabilia for the 51st Burnaby Brownie Pack, C.W.L.; 1967 - 1975. The title page "51st Burnaby Pack / C.W.L. / 1967 - 1975" of the scrapbook includes a pen and coloured pencil illustra…
1 scrapbook (77 photographs + textual records + ephemera)
Scope and Content
File consists of a ninety-three page scrapbook containing photographs, original artwork, newspaper clippings and memorabilia for the 51st Burnaby Brownie Pack, C.W.L.; 1967 - 1975. The title page "51st Burnaby Pack / C.W.L. / 1967 - 1975" of the scrapbook includes a pen and coloured pencil illustration with an owl on a toadstool surrounded by sprites, elves and fairies. Special events are documented with photographs, newspaper clippings, newsletters, collages, illustrations and a variety of ephemera pertaining to: Enrolment Ceremonies; various donations of handicrafts; service projects; Dedication Ceremonies of the International Peace Arch; camping; Brownie and Guide Revels at James Cowan Centre, Burnaby and Queen's Park, New Westminster; Jubilee Poetry Contest for Eastburn District; Ceremony for Mrs. Clysdale; Baden Powell Day; and winning Cookie sale posters.
The 51st Brownie Pack was opened on September 23, 1967 with one Brownie and 18 tweenies. Mrs. Jeanne Schneider was acting Tawny Owl and Mrs. Terry Parkin acting Brown Owl. The 51st Brownie Pack was part of the Eastburn District, Imperial Division and regular meetings were held at Our Lady of Mercy School auditorium.
Photograph of a group of unidentified Brownies from the 60th Burnaby Company gathered together on the stairs outside an unidentified building with a large papier mache toad stool and owl.
Photograph of a group of unidentified Brownies from the 60th Burnaby Company gathered together on the stairs outside an unidentified building with a large papier mache toad stool and owl.
Photograph of a log that has been put on display at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, BC. The log was dated as being 1200-years old and markers were placed on various rings to date the tree and make mention of historical events that took place in those years. The signs read: 770 AD See…
Photograph of a log that has been put on display at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, BC. The log was dated as being 1200-years old and markers were placed on various rings to date the tree and make mention of historical events that took place in those years. The signs read: 770 AD Seed sprouted during life of Charlemagne / 1066 AD Battle of Hastings, Beginning of Norman Rule in England / 1215 AD Magna Carta signed by King John / 1497 AD John Cabot Reached Cape Breton / 1620 AD Pilgrim Fathers Aboard Mayflower Arrive at Cape Cod / 1808 AD Simon Fraser Reached Mouth of Fraser River / 1867 AD Confederation of Canada.
Photograph of the Burnaby Fire Department's 1925 four cylinder Dodge combination hose and chemical fire engine, the first of its kind to be used in North Burnaby. Commercial buildings are visible behind the truck and a sign on the window display reads, "Better and Better."
Photograph of the Burnaby Fire Department's 1925 four cylinder Dodge combination hose and chemical fire engine, the first of its kind to be used in North Burnaby. Commercial buildings are visible behind the truck and a sign on the window display reads, "Better and Better."
File contains photographs of the Silver Triathalon Ladies' Free Skate at the 2004 National STARSkate Championships at Copeland Arena. Photographs depict figure skaters Kayla Berst and Brittany Baril performing their routines during the competition.
File contains photographs of the Silver Triathalon Ladies' Free Skate at the 2004 National STARSkate Championships at Copeland Arena. Photographs depict figure skaters Kayla Berst and Brittany Baril performing their routines during the competition.
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2090-1: "Kayla Berst, of the Northern Ontario section, carves a turn in the Silver Triathalon Ladies' Free Skate, at the 2004 National STARSkate Championships, Saturday at Copeland Arena. Almost 200 figure skaters from across Canada participated in the national competition."
Caption from metadata for 535-2090-2: "Brittany Baril, of the Newfoundland section, completes a spin in the Silver Triathalon Ladies' Free Skate, at the 2004 National STARSkate Championships, Saturday at Copeland Arena. Almost 200 skaters from across Canada participated in the national competition."
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.
Photograph of Aaron Lau, a Moscrop Secondary School student, about to throw a javelin during a Burnaby-New Westminster high school track and field meet at Burnaby Central.
Photograph of Aaron Lau, a Moscrop Secondary School student, about to throw a javelin during a Burnaby-New Westminster high school track and field meet at Burnaby Central.
Collected by editorial for use in a May 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Moscrop's Aaron Lau rears back in the boys' javelin competition at the Burnaby-New West high school track and field meet at Burnaby Central."
Photograph of vice-president and western general manager of Loblaw Groceterias Co. Ltd. A. A. Shelly, general manager of the Brentwood Shopping Centre Gerald Patrick Woodside, assistant vice-president of Webb & Knapp (Canada) E. R. Loftus, and municipal manager of Burnaby Harold Balfour looking at …
Photograph of vice-president and western general manager of Loblaw Groceterias Co. Ltd. A. A. Shelly, general manager of the Brentwood Shopping Centre Gerald Patrick Woodside, assistant vice-president of Webb & Knapp (Canada) E. R. Loftus, and municipal manager of Burnaby Harold Balfour looking at the plans for Brentwood Shopping centre together.
The number "7651" are stenciled out across the panel, surrounded by gray paint. The panel itself is a diagonal rectangle (parallelogram) shaped sign. There are four screws, one in each corner, with two rusting screws still intact in both the bottom right and left corner. The reverse of the panel is yellowed, and was also painted gray.
Object History
Panel was found in the attic of Love Farmhouse August 2021, where it had been since the farmhouse restoration project in the late 1990's. This panel was an original fixture on the home.
Photograph of the exterior of the Adley Substation, beside the Great Northern Railway tracks near Willingdon Avenue. Signs on the building read: "Western Canada Power Co. Ltd." and "Use Stave Lake Power."
Photograph of the exterior of the Adley Substation, beside the Great Northern Railway tracks near Willingdon Avenue. Signs on the building read: "Western Canada Power Co. Ltd." and "Use Stave Lake Power."
Your Health Comes First - Advertisement -- [192-?]. Advertisement from David Spencer Limited regarding their Health Food Booth and New Health Food Department. The Health Food Department featured food served at Battle Creek Sanitarium, enabling the customer to practice scientific eating in their own home. The advertisement measures 14.5cm x 8cm.
Object History
Donor inherited object from the estate of his father, Dr. Stanley H. Sievenpiper.
Anticipating the Modern Trend - leaflet. Advertising leaflet for the Easy Washing Machine Company Limited at 187 Geary Avenue, Toronto Ontario. The leaflet advertises seven new washers and irons. The front cover has a small illustration of a man in a tuxedo and a red haired lady in an evening dress. The leaflet was made for The T. Eaton Company Limited in Winnipeg Canada and was lithographed in Canada. The leaflet measures 8cm x 15.5cm when folded close.