Photograph of the New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders on George A. Grant's lawn, watching for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to travel along Kingsway as part of their visit to British Columbia. Everyone has flags in their hands, including the four men in suits that are accomp…
Photograph of the New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders on George A. Grant's lawn, watching for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to travel along Kingsway as part of their visit to British Columbia. Everyone has flags in their hands, including the four men in suits that are accompanying the reform school students.
Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.
Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 5.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of brother and sister George Nichols, Jr. and Ruth Nichols standing outside of Nichols Family Meat Market at 4016 Kingsway (later renumbered 4548 Kingsway). The phone number was Carlton 920.
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 5.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.8 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-744
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of brother and sister George Nichols, Jr. and Ruth Nichols standing outside of Nichols Family Meat Market at 4016 Kingsway (later renumbered 4548 Kingsway). The phone number was Carlton 920.
Item is a digitized film colour segment identified as Reel 12. The film is a compilation of Digney family events. The film opens with children Paul and Bruce Digney running around the Digney family yard at their home on Bonsor Avenue with Andy and Ernest (Dig) Digney looking on. This is followed by…
Item is a digitized film colour segment identified as Reel 12. The film is a compilation of Digney family events. The film opens with children Paul and Bruce Digney running around the Digney family yard at their home on Bonsor Avenue with Andy and Ernest (Dig) Digney looking on. This is followed by interspersed footage of the family's pet dog Nero and puppies along with some brief glimpses of the Royal visit (King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) and cavilicade in 1939 along Kingsway. The film then switches to footage of Digney family Christmas festivities, a cat playing with a fish in a bowl and summer time at Pelican Lake in the 1940s and ends with a dog playing with a ball.
The Jubilee Grove Arch sits at the corner of Kingsway and Patterson Avenue. Located within Central Park, the ceremonial arch and its decorative plantings provide a visual anchor to the northeast corner and entry point to the park.
The Jubilee Grove Arch sits at the corner of Kingsway and Patterson Avenue. Located within Central Park, the ceremonial arch and its decorative plantings provide a visual anchor to the northeast corner and entry point to the park.
Heritage Value
Jubilee Grove Arch was dedicated as part of the municipality’s celebration of the Jubilee of the coronation of King George V and was dedicated during Burnaby’s annual May Day celebrations in 1935. Much of the construction work was carried out by local citizens under the direction of the Burnaby Engineering Department through a Depression era work relief program that provided a way for local residents to pay their taxes. The garden was also chosen as the site for the ceremonial planting of an oak tree from the Royal Forest at Windsor, in honor of the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937. The original bronze garden dedication plaque and oak tree remain at the site today.
The decorative stone arch was erected in 1939 as a symbol of Burnaby's, and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia’s, strong ties to the English monarchy at the time, and the arch’s unveiling during May Day ceremonies shows the social role that such a commemorative feature played both to the local government and people of Burnaby. It was erected just prior to the Royal Visit of 1939, the first time that reigning British monarchs had travelled to Canada. Built of Haddington Island sandstone, the arch itself was reconstructed from a salvaged architectural element of a historic Vancouver landmark. The arch originally framed the entrance door to the Vancouver Club building in Vancouver, built in 1893-94 on West Hastings Street and designed by architect C.O. Wickenden. The building was demolished in 1930, however the arch was stored and rebuilt as the focal point of the Jubilee Grove after being bought by the Municipality of Burnaby. The work was undertaken by Italian-born stone mason Rizieri Stefanini (1879-1954), the owner of Burnaby Monumental Works. The re-use of the arch symbolizes the close tie between Vancouver and Burnaby and the joint evolution of the neighbouring cities.
Defining Elements
The Jubilee Grove Arch has character-defining elements that recognize it both as a remnant of a past building and as a new and individual structure. These include its:
- axial diagonal placement and prominent corner location marking one of the entries to Central Park
- visibility and accessibility as a public monument
- hand carved stone blocks of Haddington Island sandstone
- decorative twisted-rope motif carved to outline the arch
- supporting rusticated sidewalls with planting urns
- original bronze dedication plaque
- flanking ornamental gardens
- Royal Oak tree and plaque
P.I.D. No. 017-767-172
Legal Description: Block B of Lot 2 Except Firstly: Part on Plan 8669 and Secondly: Part on Plan LMP4689 District Lot 151, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 3443
Boundaries
The property (Central Park) is a municipally-owned park that lies at the western edge of Burnaby, between 49th Avenue to the south, Kingsway to the north, Boundary Road to the west and Patterson Avenue to the east.
Area
853,403.82
Contributing Resource
Structure
Landscape Feature
Ownership
Public (local)
Documentation
Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2
Photograph of students at Kingsway West School standing in three rows on the front steps of the school building (the front door is swung open behind them). Standing in the top row are: (l to r); Buddy Stephens, Roy Long, Gordon Wetherall, Blaine Irwin, Harry Parsons, Alan Gibson, Clarence Baldwin, …
Photograph of students at Kingsway West School standing in three rows on the front steps of the school building (the front door is swung open behind them). Standing in the top row are: (l to r); Buddy Stephens, Roy Long, Gordon Wetherall, Blaine Irwin, Harry Parsons, Alan Gibson, Clarence Baldwin, Travis Wagner and Stanley Campbell. Standing in the middle row are; Jack Mitchell, Ross Bond, Joyce Pooler, Bernice Thrasher, Rita Quesnel, Audrey Collicut, Beatrice Glancy, Audrey Powell, Marion Thompson and Jean Greveling. Standing in the front row are; Marguerite Bush, Lillabelle Brown, Kay Dibbs, Marie Price, Margaret Robertson, Beverley Burns, Lyndell Rutherford, Lila Forshaw, Winone Tillack and Gertrude McDonald. Elizabeth Gill and Laurie Saunders (both not pictured) were in this class but were both absent this day.
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "June 1939. / Top row. Left to right Buddy Stephens, Roy Long, Gordon Wetherall, Blaine Irwin, Harry Parsons, Alan Gibson, Clarence Baldwin, Travis Wagner, Stanley Campbell / 2nd row Lt. to rt. Jack Mitchell, Ross Bond, Joyce Pooler, Bernice Thrasher, Rita Quesnel, Audrey Collicutt, Beatrice Glancy, Audrey Powell, Marion Thompson, Jean Greveling / Bottom row. Lt. to rt. Marguerite Bush, Lillabelle Brown, Kay Dibbs, Marie Price, Margaret Robertson, Beverley Burns, Lyndell Rutherford, Lila Forshaw, Winone Tillack, Gertrude McDonald. (Absent. Elizabeth Gill, Laurie Sanders.) Left school -5. Patty Weston, Diane Hudson, Marion Nicholson, Lenore Beaumont (short time at school) + Helen Devine"
Photograph of students at Kingsway West School sitting and standing in three rows at the side of the school building. The students standing in the top row (l to r) are; Wayne Shaver, David Bush, Bobby Wall, Garry Workman, Billy Williams and Elmer Hetherington. Standing in the middle row; Lorne Leac…
Photograph of students at Kingsway West School sitting and standing in three rows at the side of the school building. The students standing in the top row (l to r) are; Wayne Shaver, David Bush, Bobby Wall, Garry Workman, Billy Williams and Elmer Hetherington. Standing in the middle row; Lorne Leach, Donald Murray, Alan Lawson, Robbin Warren, Donald Nicholls, Jack MacKenzie, Walter Gibson, Max McIntyre and Michael Williams. Sitting in the front row; Beverly Newcomb, Jeanie McFadyen, Shirley Stefanko, Bernice Thrasher, Jo-Anne [illegible], Betty Ross, Douglas Wagner, Bobby Robertson, Arthur Nicholls, Keith Wilson and Grant Johnstone. Shirley [illegible] (not pictured) was in the class but was absent on this day.
For other prints of the same image, see BV999.2.22 - .25
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
08-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Oct. 6. 1939. /Top row. Lt. to rt. Wayne Shaver, David Bush, Bobby Wall, Garry Workman, Billy Williams, Elmer Hetherington / Middle row. Lt. to rt. Lorne Leach, Donald Murray, Alan Lawson, Robbin Warren. Donald Nicholls, Jack MacKenzie, Walter Gibson, Max McIntyre, Michael Williams./ Bottom row. Left. To rt. Beverly Newcomb, Jeanie McFadyen, Shirley Stefanko, Bernice Thrasher, Jo-Anne [illegible], Betty Ross, Douglas Wagner, Bobby Robertson, Arthur Nicholls, Keith Wilson, Grant Johnstone, Absent Shirley [illegible]"
Photograph of two young children building a snowman on the Martin family property in the winter. The property was at 2671 McKay Avenue (renumbered 6408 McKay Avenue - this area has since been further sub-divided).
Photograph of two young children building a snowman on the Martin family property in the winter. The property was at 2671 McKay Avenue (renumbered 6408 McKay Avenue - this area has since been further sub-divided).
Photograph of the Richards family home on McKay Avenue, halfway between Kingsway and the streetcar tracks. Three or four children are standing on the porch.
Photograph of the Richards family home on McKay Avenue, halfway between Kingsway and the streetcar tracks. Three or four children are standing on the porch.
In 1938, the Ford Motor Company selected Burnaby as its site for a new assembly plant to serve Western Canada. Ford purchased the land which had been owned by the Silver family at Kingsway and Silver Avenue and built its factory using steel from Burnaby's Dominion Bridge Company. During World War II, the plant was used to produce military vehicles. In 1988, the building was demolished and the Station Square development was constructed on the site.
Photograph of the Division XV (fifteen) class at Kingsway West School standing in four rows on the front steps of the school building. Standing in the top row are (r to l); Teddy Robinson and Rudolph Petschl. In the second row are; Walter Rutledge, Bert Price, Vincent Gardner, Morris Wilson, David …
Photograph of the Division XV (fifteen) class at Kingsway West School standing in four rows on the front steps of the school building. Standing in the top row are (r to l); Teddy Robinson and Rudolph Petschl. In the second row are; Walter Rutledge, Bert Price, Vincent Gardner, Morris Wilson, David Neudick, Jimmy Parker, Fred Forshaw, Rose MacSorley, David Codd, John Pratt, Morris Hock and Dick Guthrie. In the third row are; David Courtice, Richard Smith, Alan Anderson, Robin Lauridson, Patsy Bush, Betty Wagner, Merna Innes, Maurice Quesnel, Teddy Guillemis, Edwin Dunn, Brodie Corker. In the front row are; Connie Armitage, Jeannette Wheeler, Beverly Rice, Beryl Wheeler, Barbara Burton, Frances Wigman, Joan Eaton, Katie Fyvie, Patricia Chandler, Patsy Sturgess and Barbara Hunt. Jean Fyvie and Eileen Wood (both not pictured) were in this class but were both absent on this day.
For another print of the same image, see BV999.2.20
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
08-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Oct. 1937. Div. XV./ Two at top rt. To left. Teddy Robinson, Rudolph Petschl / next/ Top row. Rt. To left. Walter Rutledge, Bert Price, Vincent Gardner, Morris Wilson, David Neudick, Jimmy Parker, Fred Forshaw, Rose MacSorley, David Codd, John Pratt, Morris Hock, Dick Guthrie/ 2nd row Rt. To left. David Courtice, Richard Smith, Alan Anderson, Robin Lauridson, Patsy Bush, Betty Wagner, Merna Innes, Maurice Quesnel, Teddy Guillemis, Edwin Dunn, Brodie Corker / 3rd row, Rt. To left. Connie Armitage, Jeannette Wheeler, Beverly Rice, Beryl Wheeler, Barbara Burton, Frances Wigman, Joan Eaton, Katie Fyvie, Patricia Chandler, Patsy Sturgess, Barbara Hunt./ Absent, Jean Fyvie, Eileen Wood."
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm print + 2 p. identification keys
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kingsway West School class standing and sitting in rows outside, on the steps of the school. Accompanying identification keys note the following: In the back row are; unidentifed, Gordon Simms, Jack Blain, Jack Casey, Norman McKenzie, Jack Hogg, and Gordon Sutherland. In the third row…
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm print + 2 p. identification keys
Description Level
Item
Record No.
256-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1991-15
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kingsway West School class standing and sitting in rows outside, on the steps of the school. Accompanying identification keys note the following: In the back row are; unidentifed, Gordon Simms, Jack Blain, Jack Casey, Norman McKenzie, Jack Hogg, and Gordon Sutherland. In the third row are; Boris Karpeza, Billy Taylor, unidentified, Grant Smith, Terry Forman, George Flett (was bus driver [sic] ) unidentified, and Kenneth Coburn. In the second row are; Donald Noyes, Bud Thompson, Gilbert "Albert" Brown, Joyce Campbell, Vera Jackson (Pel), Rosemary Hawthorne, White, and Ethel Wynn. In the front row are; Joyce Sheane, unidentified, Beatrice Doine (Mrs. Bea Rodda), Colleen Cooper, Winnie Goss, Jeanette Cruickshank, Faye Greveling, Evelyn Lindsey (Mrs. Dave Hughes), Hannah Frith, and Lois McCann.
Photograph of a stump in Central Park. Typed note at the bottom of the photograph reads, "Hollow stump in Central Park (about centre of park). Fifty feet high. At five feet from ground, fifty feet in circumference as measured by Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Wilson. Central Park, November 1936. / City Archiv…
Photograph of a stump in Central Park. Typed note at the bottom of the photograph reads, "Hollow stump in Central Park (about centre of park). Fifty feet high. At five feet from ground, fifty feet in circumference as measured by Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Wilson. Central Park, November 1936. / City Archives."
Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson, her children, Vera and Ron and their dog Dinty Moore who was part Alsatian and part Airedale, in the snow. This photograph was taken on Trafalgar Street (now Maywood) looking west toward Central Park from between Telford Avenue and McKay Avenue.
Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson, her children, Vera and Ron and their dog Dinty Moore who was part Alsatian and part Airedale, in the snow. This photograph was taken on Trafalgar Street (now Maywood) looking west toward Central Park from between Telford Avenue and McKay Avenue.