One who has served his community well : Richard Bolton, Charles B. Brown, George A. Grant, George Green
One Who Has Served His Community Well
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979-[1981]
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a draft of "One Who Has Served His Community Well, Richard Bolton, Charles Brown, George Grant, George Green". Correspondence and one page of handwritten notes are also included in the file.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979-[1981]
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie collection
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS065-023
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a draft of "One Who Has Served His Community Well, Richard Bolton, Charles Brown, George Grant, George Green". Correspondence and one page of handwritten notes are also included in the file.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Originally housed in a report cover with a clear front
- "Revised" is handwritten in pencil on the front page
Less detail
Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinbugh
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 26, 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 16 x 11 cm, mounted on card 25 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Police Magistrate George A. Grant and his wife Alice meeting Princess Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh at the Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 26, 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 16 x 11 cm, mounted on card 25 x 35 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-024
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Police Magistrate George A. Grant and his wife Alice meeting Princess Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh at the Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Subjects
- Events - Royal Visits
- Names
- Grant, George Alford
- Grant, Alice Taylor
- Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
- Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Filion, Harry Francis
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph mount is a folder.
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7282 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Less detail
Alice and George Grant meet Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alice and George Grant meeting Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at Burnaby Municipal Hall.
Group at Gai Paree Super Club
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 25, 1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm (sight), in card 12.5 x 35.5 cm folded to 15.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large group of people at the Gai Paree Supper Club. George Grant and his wife are identified as the second and third from the right in the first row; all other individuals are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 25, 1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Richard Hardy family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm (sight), in card 12.5 x 35.5 cm folded to 15.5 x 17.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph is housed inside a souvenir card
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 312-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1993-09
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large group of people at the Gai Paree Supper Club. George Grant and his wife are identified as the second and third from the right in the first row; all other individuals are unidentified.
- Subjects
- Events - Parties
- Names
- Gai Paree Supper Club
- Grant, George Jr.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Hoyer Studios
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Front cover of souvenir card reads: "Souvenir Photo / Gai Paree Supper Club / on Kingsway / Your Friendly Inter City Rendezvous / DEx. 4505 / Between Vancouver & New Westminster, B.C. Canada / Featuring Rudy Morin & His Orchestra / Canada's Liveliest Band"
- Inside front cover of souvenir card reads: "Hoyer Studios / 2321 Kingsway (Burnaby, B.C.) Canada / Photographers / Gai Paree Provides Free Personal Table Cards For Birthdays & Anneversaries [sp] / To reorder No. Scouts / Have this Photo Enlarged to any size / Phone Particulars DEx. 4504"
- Photographers name on recto of mat reads: "Hoyer Studios"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 6669 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Less detail
Three generations of Grants
Grant men with Tom Corbett
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 1949
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of son William T. Grant, and father George A. Grant honouring Scoutmaster Tom Corbett with sons George Grant and Heriot H. Grant.
George A. Grant
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1949]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Police Magistrate and Juvenille Court Judge George A. Grant.
Police Magistrate George A. Grant
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1942 and 1954]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm, mounted on board 25 x 30.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George A. Grant seated in his chambers and wearing his judicial gown at the time that he was a Police Magistrate and a Juvenille Court Judge.
Teachers at Burnaby South High School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of teachers seated on stairs outside Burnaby South High School in Burnaby. Teachers are identified as; Willard Ireland, Tommy Sanderson (who later became the principal of the high school), Fred Pratt, George Grant and Norm MacDonald.
Burnaby South High School Staff
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of staff from Burnaby South High School 1937-38 standing on stairs outside of the school. Staff are identified from left to right; back row: Bob, McKeown, C. Scott, Bill McKeown, Herb Fleming, Tom Chalmers, Fred Pratt, Norm McDonald; middle row: Alvin Mooney, George Grant, Hester Draper,…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-021
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of staff from Burnaby South High School 1937-38 standing on stairs outside of the school. Staff are identified from left to right; back row: Bob, McKeown, C. Scott, Bill McKeown, Herb Fleming, Tom Chalmers, Fred Pratt, Norm McDonald; middle row: Alvin Mooney, George Grant, Hester Draper, Emma Parks, Tom Sanderson, Jack Harkness; front row: Janey Findlay, Catherine Rees, Laura Swencisky, Mabel nee Young (Hardy), Olive Day, Helen Putnam and Betty Hammond.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- McKeown, Robert
- Scott, C.
- McKeown, B.A.
- Fleming, Herb
- Chalmers, Thomas "Tom"
- Pratt, Fred
- McDonald, Norm
- Mooney, Alvin
- Grant, George Jr.
- Draper, Hester
- Parks, Emma
- Sanderson, Thomas "Tommy" James
- Harkness, Jack
- Findlay, Janey
- Rees, Catherine "Cathy"
- Swencisky, Laura
- Young, Mabel
- Hardy, Mabel
- Martin, Olive Day
- Putnam, Helen
- Hammond, Betty
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on notes located on back of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Staff, Burnaby South HIgh School - Term 1937-38" and identifies the staff in the photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Less detail
George A. Grant on Grouse Mountain
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George A. Grant at 60 years old, wearing a wool sweater and hiking boots, standing outside his daughter Millie's cabin on Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver.
Burnaby South High School Staff
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of staff from Burnaby South High School 1937-38 standing on stairs outside of the school. Staff are identified from left to right; back row: Robert McKeown, Mr. C. Scott, Mr. Fred Pratt; third row: Mr. Ireland, Mr. (George) Grant, Mr. (Norm) McDonald, Mr. (Herb) Fleming; second row: Mr. …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937]
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-022
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of staff from Burnaby South High School 1937-38 standing on stairs outside of the school. Staff are identified from left to right; back row: Robert McKeown, Mr. C. Scott, Mr. Fred Pratt; third row: Mr. Ireland, Mr. (George) Grant, Mr. (Norm) McDonald, Mr. (Herb) Fleming; second row: Mr. (Thomas) Sanderson, Miss (Betty) Hammond, Miss (Helen) Putnam, Miss (Hester) Draper, Mr. (Jack) Harkness; front row: Miss (Janey) Findlay, Miss Kidd, Miss (Mabel) Young, Miss (Catherine) Rees, Miss (Laura) Swenisky.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- McKeown, Robert
- Scott, C.
- Fleming, Herb
- Pratt, Fred
- Grant, George Jr.
- Draper, Hester
- Sanderson, Thomas "Tommy" James
- Harkness, Jack
- Findlay, Janey
- Rees, Catherine "Cathy"
- Swencisky, Laura
- Young, Mabel
- Hardy, Mabel
- Putnam, Helen
- Hammond, Betty
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on notes located on back of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Staff, Burnaby South High School, 1936-37" and identifies the staff in the photograph
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Less detail
Alice & George Grant
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 17 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alice & George A. Grant standing on a paved walkway, arm in arm. Alice Grant is wearing a dress with a corsage at her shoulder and George Grant is wearing a three piece suit with a flower in his lapel. Kingsway West school is visible in the background.
Grant family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alice & George A. Grant sitting in chairs in front of their children who are standing behind them in a row; George, Alastair, Millie, Heriot, and William. The family is on the front steps of their home at 2772 Sussex Avenue (old street numbering).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alice & George A. Grant sitting in chairs in front of their children who are standing behind them in a row; George, Alastair, Millie, Heriot, and William. The family is on the front steps of their home at 2772 Sussex Avenue (old street numbering).
- Names
- Grant, George Alford
- Grant, Alice Taylor
- Grant, Alastair
- Grant, George Jr.
- Grant, Heriot "Harry"
- Grant, Millie
- Grant, William "Bill"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sussex Avenue
- Street Address
- 4700 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Less detail
1935 Ford and 1918 "Tin Lizzie"
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a George Grant with a 1935 Ford (right) and Bill Grant with a 1918 "Tin Lizzie" (left). The "Tin Lizzie" belonged to William Wright.
George and Hazelwood Ice Cream Truck
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.1 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George Grant standing beside a Hazelwood Creamery truck driven as part of his summer job at Hazelwood Creamery. The truck has "Ice Cream" written on its side.
Mrs. Leeming and George A. Grant
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1925 and 1938]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. J.P. Leeming President of the BCSTA in 1938 walking on the street with George A. Grant, President of the BCSTA in 1925 (believed to be the British Columbia School Trustees Association).
Board of School Trustees
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1924
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w 14 x 9 cm (sight) in matt 69.5 x 57 cm in frame 77 x 65 cm
- Scope and Content
- Six photograph portraits of men identified as the School Board Trustees of Burnaby in 1924. Trustees are identified with names below each portrait "Capt. G.A. Grant - Management", "J.P. Dickson - Chairman", "H.W. Swann - Buildings and Grounds", "R. Baxter - Health and Recreation", W.H. Wood - Secr…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w 14 x 9 cm (sight) in matt 69.5 x 57 cm in frame 77 x 65 cm
- Material Details
- 6 photographs mounted in mat with black decoration in oak frame, no glass
- large smudge lower right corner of matting and above upper right corner; two eye hooks along upper border, back of frame; tears in backing; large tear next to "Stride Studios" decal; photographer's label centred along bottom
- Scope and Content
- Six photograph portraits of men identified as the School Board Trustees of Burnaby in 1924. Trustees are identified with names below each portrait "Capt. G.A. Grant - Management", "J.P. Dickson - Chairman", "H.W. Swann - Buildings and Grounds", "R. Baxter - Health and Recreation", W.H. Wood - Secretary", "C.M.M. Harper - Finance".
copy print of six photographic portraits in one frame, oak?; all black and white; no glass; "School Board Trustees", "Burnaby", "1924";;
- Names
- Harper, Charles Mirren McInnes
- Grant, George Alford
- Dickson, James P.
- Swann, Hiram Walker
- Wood, William H.
- Accession Code
- BV985.5409.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1924
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06-Dec-2018
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Transcribed title from matt
- Title in black ink on matt reads: "Board of School Trustees / Burnaby / 1924"
- Captions below each portrait in black ink reads: "Capt. G.A. Grant - Management / J.P. Dickson - Chairman / H.W. Swann - Buildings and Grounds / R. Baxter - Health and Recreation / W.H. Wood - Secretary / C.M.M. Harper - Finance"
Less detail
Grant family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.0 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alice Grant and her children. Front, on step: George (sitting) and Alice (standing). Back, left to right: Heriot, Millie and Alastair. The woman on the right is unidentified.