Photograph of Burnaby May Day celebrations. Two young women are seated on a stage platform, with a girl standing between them. Four men are standing on the stage (2nd from right: Constable Jeffery), and boys and girls can be seen at the sides of the photograph. There is a microphone on the right si…
Photograph of Burnaby May Day celebrations. Two young women are seated on a stage platform, with a girl standing between them. Four men are standing on the stage (2nd from right: Constable Jeffery), and boys and girls can be seen at the sides of the photograph. There is a microphone on the right side of the photograph.
Photograph of the May Queen and her first maid on a stage at the May Day Celebration in Burnaby in 1933. The two girls are standing in front of a microphone, and the rest of the girls in the Queen's suite are seated on chairs beside the stage. There are other girls and boys crowding behind the stag…
Photograph of the May Queen and her first maid on a stage at the May Day Celebration in Burnaby in 1933. The two girls are standing in front of a microphone, and the rest of the girls in the Queen's suite are seated on chairs beside the stage. There are other girls and boys crowding behind the stage. Two older men in suits are flanking the stage. There are two union jacks flying behind the stage. Inscribed in the negative and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "May Day Celebration / Burnaby, B.C., May 20, 1933 / Stride Studios Photo / #7."
The photographs in the accession HV976.143 are thought to be by the Stride studio, as the donor indicated in her letter that the Stride family were personal friends of her great-aunt and her husband, who resided in Edmonds. She wrote that she received a picture of the New Westminster or Burnaby May Day celebrations each year.
Photograph of the May Queen and her maid (or retiring Queen) on a stage at a May Day celebration (location and year unidentified). They are standing on a stage at a microphone, with another girl standing behind them. There are three older men standing in front of the stage, with two of them on the…
Photograph of the May Queen and her maid (or retiring Queen) on a stage at a May Day celebration (location and year unidentified). They are standing on a stage at a microphone, with another girl standing behind them. There are three older men standing in front of the stage, with two of them on the left side of the photograph clapping. There is a group of boys and girls standing behind the stage. Hanging from two trees behind the stage is a large Union Jack. Inscribed in the negative and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "12."
The photographs in the accession HV976.143 are thought to be by the Stride studio, as the donor indicated in her letter that the Stride family were personal friends of her great-aunt and her husband, who resided in Edmonds. She wrote that she received a picture of the New Westminster or Burnaby May Day celebrations each year.
Photograph of four men on stage in front of a microphone at what is identified by the caption as the "Central Park Garage Opening." Charles MacSorley is standing to the right, but the others are unknown.
Photograph of four men on stage in front of a microphone at what is identified by the caption as the "Central Park Garage Opening." Charles MacSorley is standing to the right, but the others are unknown.
Photograph of Columbian newspaper fashion columnist Lorraine Murison wearing a gown with a fur stole and high heel sandals as she speaks into a microphone. (According to newspaper articles that accompany this photograph, Lorriane's last name is sometimes spelt Muirson, and sometimes Murison).
Photograph of Columbian newspaper fashion columnist Lorraine Murison wearing a gown with a fur stole and high heel sandals as she speaks into a microphone. (According to newspaper articles that accompany this photograph, Lorriane's last name is sometimes spelt Muirson, and sometimes Murison).
Photograph of men and women square dancing at Edmonds House. Irene Hazard is visible in the forground calling out the dance formations with a microphone. This most likely the site of what is now Edmonds Centre.
Photograph of men and women square dancing at Edmonds House. Irene Hazard is visible in the forground calling out the dance formations with a microphone. This most likely the site of what is now Edmonds Centre.
Portable audio tape recorder with a time code generator attached underneath the recorder.
The tape recorder is a "NAGRA IV - S" model with serical number "0604219",
marked as made by
"NAGRA KUDELSKI Made in Switzerland
1033 Chessaux Switzerland".
Originally intended for use with 5 inch spools, this machine has been adapted to accomodate 7 inch spools. The clear plastic lid is moulded to allow 7 inch spools and wings have been added to the sides to support the larger spools. Toogle switches are recessed and setting switches are flat and notched both to prevent accidental changes while recording.
There is no power pack with the machine. There is a battery compartment for 12, "D" size batteries located on the underside of the machine..
The tape machine has a sticker at the centre top reading:
"AUDIO CINE
SERVICES Inc.
[address line struck out]
416-461-5015
FEB 9/99 468 71/2 99068"
This may indicate the company and date of the addaptation to the larger spools
The attached time code reader is marked
"Tape Recorder Module TC 200A"
"COHERENT
COMMUNICATIONS INC."
There are two male, seven pin DIN connectors extending from each side of the time code reader on short 4 to 5 inch blue cables. There are two female RG59 BNC connectors on the back of the module and a female 15 pin digial cable socket. There is a socket for plugging in a time code reader.
Object History
This machine was used by the donor to record sound on TV and movie location shoots in Burnaby and the Lower Mainland.
The Nagra IV was preceeded by the Nagra III, which revolutionized the recording of sound for film in the early 1960's. The IV was introduced in 1971 and used until the 1990's.
Photograph of Peter Leung, a producer at CDIS, inside of a recording studio. He is seated behind a mixing board; a computer with a large CRT monitor is visible in the background.
Photograph of Peter Leung, a producer at CDIS, inside of a recording studio. He is seated behind a mixing board; a computer with a large CRT monitor is visible in the background.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Peter Leung, an in-house producer at CDIS works on the mixing board in the school's new Bruce Fairbairn Room, named after the renowned musician and rock music producer who died in May, 1999."
headphones made by the Hamburg Brothers. The speakers are mainly metal with hard plastic around where the ear would rest. There is cloth around the metal that attaches the speakers together. On the back of both speaker is "PENNSYLVANIA/ TYPE/ E-25/ HAMBURG BROTHERS/ PITTSBURG/ U.S.A."
Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.
Biographical Notes
John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930.
While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school.
John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter.
When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Audio Tracks
Track four of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Track four of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Hand cranked Edison "Triumph" Phonograph that plays cylinder records. The player comes with the sound horn and separate stand, along with additional Model-H 4 minute reproducer and a Model-C reproducer (attached to the player). The serial number on the machine is "32372".
Object History
Edison “Triumph” cylinder player. Edison began manufacturing phonographs for the home market in c. 1896. Edison introduced the “Blue Amberol cylinder c 1913 as an attempt to compete with the dominant disk record on the market. Edison had started to manufacture disk records in 1913 but continued to produce Amberol cylinders until 1929 when Edison stopped making both cylinder and disk records. These Triumph machines were designed to play the “4 minute cylinders which were the same playing time as disk records.
Fleetwood brand radio and record player cabinet. The wooden cabinet has a cabinet door on one side and a control panel and speaker on the other.
Inside the cabinet is a shelf that holds the record turntable. The turntable has a plastic arm. The shelf below the turntable would be suitable for storing records.
The control panel includes four knobs for Off-Tone, Volume, Phono-Radio, and Tuning. The panel also includes a dial for AM radio tuning.
The speaker below has a four paned panel with speaker fabric in a brown tone.
The back of the cabinet is open on one side to reveal the radio mechanism and speaker.
The radio has a product stamp from Electrical Products Manufacturing of Montreal, Quebec.
Vols 115, Model 43-52, Amps 0.45, Cycle 6.0, Serial 31-1
Object History
The record player belonged to Adell Philips and was in her Spruce Street home in Burnaby for more than 50 years.
Whistle. Metal, World War 1 military, whistle on cord. Cord is attached to whistle's ring by metal clip.
Object History
Whistle belonged to Frederick Homer Cassels who was a World War I Veterinary Service Army veteran. Frederick immigrated to Burnaby from England in 1919.
Frederick Homer Cassels was born June 25th 1870 or 1872 in Paisley, Ontario. He moved to BC in 1914 and settled in Vancouver. Cassels was a veterinary surgeon in the 103rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I.
Prior to that, Cassels worked in Washington State. He married Emily Frances McMullen in England in 1919. They came back to Canada and settled in Burnaby the same year.
He later worked as a marble worker, sticker and polisher at Continental Marble Works until 1932. The family settled in Burnaby's "Skunk Hollow" area, an area off Boundary Road at 13th Avenue and Clydesdale. Their children attended Schou St. School.
Mission Garage - Advertisement Blotter. Advertisment card for the Mission Garage at 3959 Hastings Street Vancouver, run by E. Furer. (Although the address on the card says Vancouver, it is actually in Burnaby, part of the Vancouver Heights community.) The front of the card has an illustration of an automobile accident. There is a caption at the top of the card "You're Under Arrest!" and another caption on the side of the card "Don't Face Arrest Because of Faulty Brakes...". The reverse side of the card has pink construction paper which has been used as an ink blotter.
A.D. Hewitt Company - Advertisment Blotter. Advertisement card for A.D.Hewitt Company, a decal company in Vancouver BC. The card promotes Name Plates, Truck Lettering, Window and Door Lettering among other serives. The back of the card has been used as an ink blotter.
Hobson, Christie & Company - Advertisement Blotter. Advertisement card for Hobson, Christie & Company Limited Insurance at 163 W.Hastings Street Vancouver. The company supplies insurance for fire, automobile, casualty and inland marine. The back side of the card has been used as an ink blotter.
The Dominion Fire Insurance - Advertisement Blotter. Advertising card for The Dominion Fire Insurance Company. The card has the Dominion of Canada coat of arms on the front, flanked by two flags: the Union Jack and what appears to be the Canadian Red Ensign Flag. The front of the card has been stamped with "Alex. Inch Real Estate Agency" and below that is "Phone GL en. 0881 -- 3870 E. Hastings St." The back of the card has been slightly used as an ink blotter but is in very good condition.