Alan Fish collection
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920-1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Alan Fish collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one photographic postcard of the North Pacific Lumber Co. Mill at Barnet Village in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920-1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Alan Fish collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one photographic postcard of the North Pacific Lumber Co. Mill at Barnet Village in Burnaby.
- History
- John Lawrence Fish was born in 1904 at Oldham, Lancashire, England. His father, Samuel, first immigrated to Canada 1909, eventually bringing his family to Davie Street, Vancouver in 1919.
In 1924, John started working for the Barnet Lumber Company. After working six months at Hanbury Lumber Company in Vancouver in 1926, he came back to the Barnet Mill. In 1927 he began working for the Nichols Chemical plant.
Lucy Isabelle Currie was born in Vancouver in 1911 to Harvey and Jane May “Jennie” (Laidlaw) Currie. After graduating from Magee High School, she studied teaching at the Normal School, then went to work at the Compensation Board.
In 1942 John and Lucy married at Ryerson Church in Kerrisdale, Vancouver and moved to an apartment at 4095 East Hastings Street in Burnaby. Their daughter, Rosemary Ann Fish, was born in 1943 and their son, Alan John Fish, was born in 1945. In 1947 or 1948 the family of four moved to an apartment at Barnet, followed by a move to a house at Nichols Road. By 1956, they were living in house number 28 on the Nichols property.
Alan and Rosemary grew up at Barnet, roaming freely with the other Barnet children around the area of Nichols and the beaches west of the plant. The Fish siblings were taken to school on the Barnet school bus; they attended Rosser Elementary School, Westridge Elementary School, Sperling Elementary School, Kensington Junior High School and Burnaby North High School. As a young adult, Alan worked weekends as a boiler house fireman at the Bestwood shingle mill from 1963 to 1966. He worked at the Nichols Chemical plant from 1966 to 1967.
John worked for the Nichol Chemical plant for over 40 years. On November 3, 1968 he was in an accident at the plant from which he suffered first, second and third degree burns. He succumbed to his injuries in hospital on December 16, 1968.
Rosemary married Larry Meech. They were living together at Barnet while finishing college when John died. The Meeches then bought a house in Capitol Hill. Alan and Lucy moved to an apartment at Westridge.
Lucy passed away in 1974.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Fish, Alan
- Other Title Information
- Title was changed from Alan Fish fonds to Alan Fish collection to better reflect the nature of the materials.
- Notes
- Photo catalogue 539
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City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]-[1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs (39 tiffs ; 2 jpegs ; 3 col. prints, 9 x 9 cm) and 3 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of photographs that were selected for preservation because of their relevance to documenting the heritage and development of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection depict Burnaby citizens, locations, businesses, residences, geography, and events throughout the history…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]-[1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs (39 tiffs ; 2 jpegs ; 3 col. prints, 9 x 9 cm) and 3 p. of textual records
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2010-01
- 2013-31
- 2016-24
- 2021-10
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of photographs that were selected for preservation because of their relevance to documenting the heritage and development of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection depict Burnaby citizens, locations, businesses, residences, geography, and events throughout the history of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection are acquisitions of discrete items or small sets of items that do not form a discrete fonds or collection.
- History
- Burnaby’s first municipal archive officially opened on November 10, 2001, and is located in the McGill Branch Public Library at 4595 Albert Street. The City Archives functions as a branch of the Office of the City Clerk and operates as the official repository of Burnaby’s municipal records, containing records dating back to Burnaby’s incorporation in 1892. In 2007, the City of Burnaby Archives expanded its collection mandate to include private as well as public records. Types of records held at the Archives include City Records (Council minutes and reports, bylaws, departmental records and photographs) and records from private individuals and community organizations (correspondence, reports, minutes, photographs, moving images and sound recordings). The Archives storage area is equipped with the sophisticated environmental controls necessary to preserve Burnaby’s unique archival material into the future.
The mandate of the City of Burnaby Archives is to identify, acquire, preserve and make accessible archival material in the form of civic and private records documenting the history of the City of Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection.
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Woman's Institute fashion service : spring & summer 1921
Bicycle accessories and repair supplies
Painting and decorating working methods : a text book for apprentice journeyman, housepainter, decorator
Beautiful Burnaby, British Columbia
My hundred favorite recipes
How to make dresses the modern Singer way
Fashion service : woman's institute magazine
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV991.24.1
- Call Number
- 646 PIC
- Author
- Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981
- Contributor
- Fellows, Alwilda
- Seipp, Alice
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1921
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. : 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fashion
- Textile fabrics
- Textile industry
- Periodicals
- Notes
- "Assisted by Alwilda Fellows" -- Title page
- "Illustrations by Alice Seipp" -- Title page
- "Prepared for the exclusive use of students of the Woman's Institute course in dressmaking and designing" -- Title page
- Spring & Summer 1921
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Fashion service : woman's institute magazine
Fashion service : woman's institute magazine
Fashion service : woman's institute magazine
Designing and planning clothes : the principles of design illustrated and explained in their practical application to correct dress for all types
Draping and designing with scissors and cloth : details and instructions for the creating and developing of garments from cloth without patterns
Dress decoration and ornament : illustrations, instruction, ideas, and suggestions for the right application of decoration and ornament to dress
The Mary Brooks Picken method of modern dressmaking
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 646.4 PIC COPY 1
- Author
- Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Pictorial Review Company
- Publication Date
- c1925
- Physical Description
- 96 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
- Inscription
- "copy 1", handwritten in pencil on title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 2 copies held: copy 1.
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Jell-O : Canada's most famous dessert at home everywhere
How to electrify your radio set
A distinctive group of beaded bags, including original models designed by Harriet B. Davis; simple instructions ... with illustrations by actual photographs.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV986.18.1
- Call Number
- 746.5 DAV
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Author
- Davis, Harriet B.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dritz-Traum Co.
- Publication Date
- c1927
- Physical Description
- 32 p. : ill. : 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "1400 A 8
25¢" [Handwritten in pencil on front cover]
"1927" [Handwritten in pencil on front cover and first page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Beadwork
- Handbags
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