Photograph shows a group of eight boys, dressed in uniform, posing with rifles at an unknown location. The group has been identified as the 530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps.
Photograph shows a group of eight boys, dressed in uniform, posing with rifles at an unknown location. The group has been identified as the 530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps.
Photograph shows a group of eight boys, dressed in uniform, posing with rifles. The group has been identified as the 530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps.
Photograph shows a group of eight boys, dressed in uniform, posing with rifles. The group has been identified as the 530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps.
Photograph shows a group of seven boys, dressed in uniform, posing in front of a boathouse beside a lake. The group has been identified as the 530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps.
Photograph shows a group of seven boys, dressed in uniform, posing in front of a boathouse beside a lake. The group has been identified as the 530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps.
Item is a framed 1893 $1000.00 debenture issued on June 1, 1893 pursuant to the Burnaby Loan Bylaw, 1893. Twenty-five of these debentures were issued on June 1 and they bore an interest rate of 6 percent and matured in 1943, 50 years after the date of issue. The purpose for this issue was to pay …
Item is a framed 1893 $1000.00 debenture issued on June 1, 1893 pursuant to the Burnaby Loan Bylaw, 1893. Twenty-five of these debentures were issued on June 1 and they bore an interest rate of 6 percent and matured in 1943, 50 years after the date of issue. The purpose for this issue was to pay for the construction of roads in Burnaby.
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 3.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Spraggon family home and another house on the 3900 block of Union Street (formerly named Barnard Street). There is a child at play in the snow in the foreground.
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 3.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm
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Item
Record No.
370-772
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Spraggon family home and another house on the 3900 block of Union Street (formerly named Barnard Street). There is a child at play in the snow in the foreground.
Photograph shows a young man sitting on stone in front of a few fallen trees and brush. A label accompanying the photograph reads: ADB - Top of Burnaby Mtn. - 1914.
Photograph shows a young man sitting on stone in front of a few fallen trees and brush. A label accompanying the photograph reads: ADB - Top of Burnaby Mtn. - 1914.
Photographic postcard of a labourer grappling with a large log on the log chute at the Barnet mill. The caption to the card reads: "A Good Size Log / Barnet B.C." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Photographic postcard of a labourer grappling with a large log on the log chute at the Barnet mill. The caption to the card reads: "A Good Size Log / Barnet B.C." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Photograph of Burnaby's Agricultural Exhibit at New Westminster showing a display of vegetables, fruit, flowers, plants, and trees inside of a building.
Photograph of Burnaby's Agricultural Exhibit at New Westminster showing a display of vegetables, fruit, flowers, plants, and trees inside of a building.
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 10.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a large crowd gathering around an airship in a clearing in New Westminster. The craft bears a banner reading "Motor Boats Built by Hinton Electric Ltd. At Victoria." The airship was piloted by Harry Ginter and made twice daily flights over the 1909 exhibition.
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 10.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Item
Record No.
477-887
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a large crowd gathering around an airship in a clearing in New Westminster. The craft bears a banner reading "Motor Boats Built by Hinton Electric Ltd. At Victoria." The airship was piloted by Harry Ginter and made twice daily flights over the 1909 exhibition.
Photograph of Albert and Annie Armitage in front of their family home on Randolph Avenue. It was built in 1910 while the family lived in two tents on the property. Their youngest daughter, Edna, was two years old at the time.
Photograph of Albert and Annie Armitage in front of their family home on Randolph Avenue. It was built in 1910 while the family lived in two tents on the property. Their youngest daughter, Edna, was two years old at the time.
Photograph of two men and a dog standing in front of a horse carrying a child on its back. The men are identified as Walter Lewis (right) and Albert Lewis (left). The child is unidentified and the location of the photograph is unknown.
Photograph of two men and a dog standing in front of a horse carrying a child on its back. The men are identified as Walter Lewis (right) and Albert Lewis (left). The child is unidentified and the location of the photograph is unknown.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.7 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Albert Memorial. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.7 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
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Item
Record No.
477-770
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Albert Memorial. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Photograph of Emma Jane Armitage (nee Hubbard), and husband Alfred E. Armitage, who settled in Burnaby in 1913 and built at 3913 Portland Street, in the Alta Vista area of Burnaby.
Photograph of Emma Jane Armitage (nee Hubbard), and husband Alfred E. Armitage, who settled in Burnaby in 1913 and built at 3913 Portland Street, in the Alta Vista area of Burnaby.
This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's essay entitled Stump Rangers, a listing of early settlers that includes addresses and short descriptions, essays on Confederation Park, land clearing and on Burnaby's first Council meeting.
This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's essay entitled Stump Rangers, a listing of early settlers that includes addresses and short descriptions, essays on Confederation Park, land clearing and on Burnaby's first Council meeting.
Recording is of Alfred Bingham's writings, as read by Alfred Bingham. Major themes discussed are: Pioneers, early days in Burnaby and the Co-op Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions.
After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Aungus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street.
On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area.
Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society.
Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP).
Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.
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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Track one of recording of Alfred Bingham's writings
Track one of recording of Alfred Bingham's writings