Photograph of a class on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School. The group consists of twenty-one boys and nineteen girls, aged about eight or nine. Most of the girls have short hair and are wearing dresses or skirts just above the knees with knee high socks. The boys are in either shirts or swea…
Photograph of a class on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School. The group consists of twenty-one boys and nineteen girls, aged about eight or nine. Most of the girls have short hair and are wearing dresses or skirts just above the knees with knee high socks. The boys are in either shirts or sweaters.
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of girls standing on the Gilmore Avenue School grounds. Left to right: Alice Bruce, May Graham, Ella Robinson, Margaret Reilly, Beatrice Morely, Dorothy Warburton, Mary Clark, Nellie Langley, Isabelle Spraggon, and Dolly Killer.
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
Description Level
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Record No.
370-777
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of girls standing on the Gilmore Avenue School grounds. Left to right: Alice Bruce, May Graham, Ella Robinson, Margaret Reilly, Beatrice Morely, Dorothy Warburton, Mary Clark, Nellie Langley, Isabelle Spraggon, and Dolly Killer.
Photograph: Gilmore Avenue School, grade 2-3, Division 12 class. Photograph taken in 1958.
The teacher, Mrs Jill Allder, is standing on the left of the class. The class is sitting on the front steps of the school.
Photograph: Gilmore Avenue School, grade 2-3, Division 12 class. Photograph taken in 1958.
The teacher, Mrs Jill Allder, is standing on the left of the class. The class is sitting on the front steps of the school.
Photograph: Gilmore Avenue School, Grade 4, Division 8 class photograph taken in 1957.
The teacher, Mrs Jill Allder, is standing on the far left.
Students:
second from the left, front row, Doug Farrell
sixth from left, back row, Doug Penn
The photograph is from Layton
Photograph: Gilmore Avenue School, Grade 4, Division 8 class photograph taken in 1957.
The teacher, Mrs Jill Allder, is standing on the far left.
Students:
second from the left, front row, Doug Farrell
sixth from left, back row, Doug Penn
The photograph is from Layton
Photograph: Gilmore Avenue School, grade 6, class photograph for the 1952 to 1953 school year. Taken on the front steps of school.
The teacher located in the back row far right is Mr. Frank Allder.
Students are unidentified except for:
front row,second from left, Helen Shearer;
front row, far ri…
Photograph: Gilmore Avenue School, grade 6, class photograph for the 1952 to 1953 school year. Taken on the front steps of school.
The teacher located in the back row far right is Mr. Frank Allder.
Students are unidentified except for:
front row,second from left, Helen Shearer;
front row, far right Eddy Stark;
third row from front, sixth student from left, Don Kirby.
The photo was most likely taken by Layton
Photograph: Gilmore Avenue School, grade 7, class photograph for the 1953 to 1954 school year. Photo taken in 1954.
The teacher located at the far right of the second row, is Mr. Frank Allder
Students are unidentified except for:
front row on ground, second from left , Walter Carr
third row from…
Photograph: Gilmore Avenue School, grade 7, class photograph for the 1953 to 1954 school year. Photo taken in 1954.
The teacher located at the far right of the second row, is Mr. Frank Allder
Students are unidentified except for:
front row on ground, second from left , Walter Carr
third row from front, third from left, John Bell
The photo was taken by Layton
Photograph of a class of Grade 7 students standing in four rows on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School. The teacher, standing in the back row to the right in a polka dot blouse, is believed to be Margaret Scott. Most of the girls are in light coloured dresses with dark stockings and boots and …
Photograph of a class of Grade 7 students standing in four rows on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School. The teacher, standing in the back row to the right in a polka dot blouse, is believed to be Margaret Scott. Most of the girls are in light coloured dresses with dark stockings and boots and most boys are in button up shirts. Jim Warren is standing in the third row on the far left and George Pendygrasse is in the same row, ninth from the left. None of the other students have been identified.
This Classical Revival school was originally designed as a two-storey four-room brick building in 1915, with a two-storey four-room addition in 1922 and an auditorium in 1929. It was built to replace a wooden schoolhouse that had been built on the site in 1912. The original section was designed by Joseph Bowman (1864-1943), a specialist in school buildings who was the school board architect for South Vancouver and Burnaby, with the additions designed after the formation of his partnership with Harold Cullerne in 1919. One of Bowman’s first designs for Burnaby was a utilitarian two-storey school that could be built with two classrooms and later expanded to eight rooms as the district’s school population grew; five schools from this design were built in 1908, and then four others in modified versions between 1910-16, including this school. This school was named after provincial politician Hugh Gilmour, but the spelling of the name was inadvertently changed by a civic clerk. The classrooms retain their thick wood doors, cloakrooms and rounded walls. The first addition was built by the contracting firm of Patterson, Cope & Thomson. Original features include the dentilled cornice that encircles the entire building and its red brick façade. The school was the first brick school in Burnaby and is the only school of this era left in Burnaby.
Survey plan of Gilmore Avenue School site. Title on plan reads: "Gilmour Avenue School Site / Burnaby Municipality / Being Lots 1-10 inc. & Lots 27-36 inc. of Block 9 / of Subdivision of a Portion of Lot 187, GP.1 / New Westminster District". "Note. School site is as shown below, the original...am…
Survey plan of Gilmore Avenue School site. Title on plan reads: "Gilmour Avenue School Site / Burnaby Municipality / Being Lots 1-10 inc. & Lots 27-36 inc. of Block 9 / of Subdivision of a Portion of Lot 187, GP.1 / New Westminster District". "Note. School site is as shown below, the original...amended" "by cancelling Lots 1-10 & 27-30 inc....order of court filed No.4938".
History
The school was named after Hugh B. Gilmour, but an error by a municipal clerk in the Street Naming Bylaw in 1912 (Bylaw Number 135) changed the spelling to "Gilmore" Avenue and the school name was spelled "Gilmore" Avenue School hereafter.
Oath in bottom left corner reads: "I, D.J. McGugan...did superintend the survey", "...completed on the 27th day of May 1915" and noterized by Walter Edmonds" "sworn...29th Day of May 1915"; "Burnett and McGugan. B.C. Land Surveyors Etc. New Westminster. B.C."
Photograph of children lined up in rows for their class picture in the gymnasium of the school building. All forty-two children are unidentified. The teacher is Mrs. V. Cuthbertson. A sign placed in front of the group reads: "Gilmore Ave School Gr. 2 Div. 13 1962-1963."
Photograph of children lined up in rows for their class picture in the gymnasium of the school building. All forty-two children are unidentified. The teacher is Mrs. V. Cuthbertson. A sign placed in front of the group reads: "Gilmore Ave School Gr. 2 Div. 13 1962-1963."
"100 Years of Gilmore School". Filmed by Yunuen Perez Vertti and made by the Heights Neighbourhood Association. The film includes interviews with former students and highlights their experiences through the Great Depression, the Second World War and the 1960s.
"100 Years of Gilmore School". Filmed by Yunuen Perez Vertti and made by the Heights Neighbourhood Association. The film includes interviews with former students and highlights their experiences through the Great Depression, the Second World War and the 1960s.
History
Yunuen Perez Vertti is a filmmaker and digital media artist originally from Mexico City. She has produced films for many public, private and non-profit organizations.
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the All-Stars soccer team made up of students from Gilmore Avenue, Kitchener Street and Capitol Hill Schools. The location of the photograph is unknown.
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Description Level
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Record No.
370-189
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the All-Stars soccer team made up of students from Gilmore Avenue, Kitchener Street and Capitol Hill Schools. The location of the photograph is unknown.